The Beginnings of San Francisco

Illustrations 28 and 29.

TOP: JACOB P. LEESE
Born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, August 19, 1809; died in San Francisco, February, 1892;
came to California in 1833; built the first dwelling in Yerba Buena (San Francisco)
in 1836 and established the first business house.

BOTTOM: ROSALIA LEESE
The first child born in Yerba Buena (San Francisco),
born April 15, 1838.