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Joseph Willard Buzzell

b.Abt 1820 France

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m. 10 May 1844

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Name	Joseph Willard Buzzell
Alt Name	Willard J. Buzzell, Sr.
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1820	France
Immigration^[1]	Abt 1841	Half Moon Bay, San Mateo, California, United StatesDeserted whaling ship Orizaba with a friend. Became a trapper in mountains.
Marriage	10 May 1844	Washington, Oregon, United Statesto Margaret Frances Kelsey
Death`^?`	2 Mar 1865	Half Moon Bay, San Mateo, California, United States
Burial`^?`	Abt 4 Mar 1865	Half Moon Bay, San Mateo, California, United StatesPurissima Cemetery

References

↑ Bancroft, Hubert Howe. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. (Vol. I-XXXIX. San Francisco, CA, USA: A. L. Bancroft and Company, 1882-1888)
Vol. 19. Page 738.

Joseph Willard Buzzell came to California about 1841, when he deserted the whaler Orizaba at Halfmoon Bay. He spent some time with Isaac Graham at Santa Cruz; then he became a trapper for Sutter until 1843. That year he went to Oregon, where he married on of the Kelsey daughters. In 1844 he returned to California with the Kelsey party. He served with Sutter against Micheltorena, worked for Leidesdorff, served in the California Battalion, settled in Stockton as early as 1848, and drowned at Halfmoon Bay a few years before 1879.