SURNAMES: SAWTELLE, LOCKWOOD,
Dr. J. H. Josselyn, of Burnett
Township, is a native of Massachusetts, born in the city of Boston, and is a son
of Marquis F. and Eunic (Sawtelle) Josselyn. Both parents sprang from old New
England families. The founder of the Josselyn family in this country settled at
Hanover, Massachusetts, and to him was afterward granted by the king of England
the territory now embraced in the State of Maine. The grandfather of the
subject of this sketch was an iron founder, while his father was a large
contractor. Dr. Josselyn was reared and educated in Boston, and there read
medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. John Stevens. He attended the
University of Pennsylvania, and graduated in the medical department of that
institution in 1844. From that time until 1853 he practiced his profession in
Boston, and in the latter year came to California, by the Nicaragua route.
Locating at San Francisco, he at once resumed his practice, and remained there
until he came to this county, with the exception of a time spent in South
America, where, however, he kept up his professional labors, though the trip was
undertaken on account of his health. In August, 1887, he removed to his present
mountain home in Santa Clara County.
In April, 1874, the Doctor
married Mamie E. Lockwood, a native of Cazenovia. Dr. and Mrs. Josselyn are the
parents of four children, namely: Lockwood H., Maude O., Marquis De Lafayette,
and Edna.
The Doctor is a member of
the Sotoyome Tribe of Red Men, San Francisco, which he has represented for years
in the Grand Council, of which he has also been an officer. He yet retains his
membership and good standing in the Virtue and Union Lodge, A. F. & A. M.., at
Lima, Peru, with which he became associated while in South America. He is a
Grand Ancient Odd Fellow, and a Knight of Pythias, and a member of the Order of
Chosen Friends of the Pacific. He was one of the most active members and
officers of the Janissaries of Light. In the days of the old Whig party he was
on of its ardent supporters, and has been a Republican since the organization of
the party. The Doctor is a progressive man, and has kept pace with the great
progress made by his profession, and, after a large practice in San Francisco,
attended and graduated at the College of the California Medical Association.
The mountain home of the
family in the canon of the Coyote is a place of great natural beauty, and is
widely known as “Glen Wildwood.” It is triangular in shape. Three streams, the
Packwood, Coyote, and Las Animas, water the place, which, except for the canon,
is entirely shut in by hills. There is an arroyo through the place, and along
this is situated the buildings. There are three cottages, of three, four, and
eight rooms respectively, and a large building which is as yet utilized for the
family residence, but which will eventually form one of the wings of the hotel
which is in contemplation, to be in the form of a Greek cross. A public house
was built in 1888 by the roadside. The water of the Packwood, clear as crystal,
and always cold, has been introduced into the place by means of a tunnel through
the hills, 500 feet in length, and a system of water works has been constructed,
the entire outlay for the improvement having been some $5000. The mineral
springs are a great attraction, and very valuable; they are both sulphur and
soda, and have been analyzed with the result that the waters have been
demonstrated to be of great medical value.
About 1,500 grape-vines have been
set out, mostly Reislings, with a few Isabels and Muscats. Three hundred walnut
trees will be planted in 1889, besides mammoth chestnuts from Japan, and
fruit-trees in varieties. About 1,300 olive-trees have been planted, and many
figs. Trout and other valuable fish, are here to be found in abundance, while a
bathing-pool, fine in all respects, is no inconsiderable attraction. All in
all, the place is one of the naturally favored spots of the county, and the
combination of money and taste now at work will make of it one of the best known
resorts in this portion of California. Four beautiful view of the place are
shown in the illustration of “Glen Wildwood,” which appears in this connection.
Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara
County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H.S. Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis
Publishing Company, 1888.
Transcribed by: Letisha Oddo
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