Central California Biographies

A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California : illustrated : containing 
a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its discovery to the 
present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future, illustrations and full-page portraits of 
some of its eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and prominent citizens of 
to-day (1893)

Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company
Author: Barrows, Henry D; Ingersoll, Luther A

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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HIRAM ROTH, deceased, was well known in his day, as a miner and a cook in mining 
camps, later as a prosperous business man in Monterey, where he owned and operated 
a meat market on Alvarado street. In early life he engaged in a seafaring life, and the 
date of his coming to California is not known for a certainty, but it is thought it was in the 
early '50s. He was an active and reliable business man. Mr. Roth was a native of Germany, 
and combined the native smartness of the people of that country with the business tact 
of his adopted laud. 

Mr. John Roth, his brother, was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and died at 
Castroville, December 12, 1879, leaving a widow, Mrs. Mary Roth, a native of county 
Tipperary, Ireland. Mrs. Roth is an astute business woman, and manages the comfort- 
able estate left her by her husband in a very capable manner. She is the owner of a very 
pretty home, and enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know her.