Person:Joseph Poett (1)

California Narratives: A Picture of Pioneer Times in California A picture of pioneer times in California, illustrated with anecdotes and stories taken from real life. CHAPTER IX. page 104 As to the female portion of the inhabitants .....; and some (came) from Chile; notably among those from the last named was the accomplished family of Doctor Poett, no small addition to our society, the eldest daughter soon becoming the wife of Mr. Wm. D. M. Howard, one of our most prominent old-time pioneers. CALIFORNIA PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX 1542 - 1848 page 290 Poett (J. Henry), 1848, physician at S.F.; possibly earlier. Database: William H. Davis, Seventy-Five Years in California Seventy-five years in California; a history of events and life in California: personal, political and military CHAPTER XLIV W. D. M. Howard, Trader, Jester and Bold Operator page 213 In the autumn of 1849 Howard was married again, the bride being Miss Poett, daughter of Dr. Poett, who, with his wife, had resided many years in Santiago, Chili, where the young lady was born. They came to California in '49. Before the marriage he had purchased a house and lot on the northeast corner of Stockton and Washington streets. It was there he was married and afterward lived, until 1851, when he moved to Mission street, between Third and Fourth, and built one of four cottages--of similar design and appearance, the others having been constructed, one by George Mellus, one by Talbot H. Green and one by Sam. Brannan. Howard had by his second wife one child, (1899) still living. His first child died at Los Angeles.