E. B. STONEHILL 

E. B. Stonehill, a successful lawyer of San Francisco, was born in Germany in 1829. He came to New York during boyhood, where he attended school, and before reaching manhood, in February, 1847, he enlisted in the United States service in the Mexican war, and served in the First New York Volunteers, the same regiment with Chief Scannell, of the Fire Department. After his return to New York he went to Missouri and remained until the fall of 1852, when he came to the Pacific coast. He was engaged in mining and trading until 1859, when he went to Washoe. He was a member of the Nevada County Rifles in the Piute Indian war, and was with his company, under Captain Van Hagen. The expedition was under the command of Colonel Jack Hayes. In August, 1861, after the breaking out of the civil war, Mr. Stonehill went East; enlisted September 26, 1861; served in the army of the West; was wounded in the battle of Shiloh, and participated in the Georgia campaign, serving as aid on the staff of General Armstrong until the fall of Atlanta, when he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department and assigned to duty under General Joe Selby. He served until the close of the war. 

After the war Mr. Stonehill went to New York, where he remained three years, and in 1868 returned to this coast, [sic] He read law with Garber & Thornton, at Hamilton, White Pine county, Nevada, who were then, as now, leading members of the bar. Mr. Stonehill subsequently went to Nevada, in 1868, where he practiced law in White Pine until 1872, and then went to Virginia City and was engaged in practice eight years. He was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati, and was chairman of the Nevada delegation which nominated General Hancock. In 1880 he came to San Francisco, and since that time has successfully practiced his profession here. He was appointed Assistant District Attorney under J. D. Sullivan, and in 1886 was nominated and elected District Attorney, which position he held two years. He is connected with the Masonic Order, the Order of Red Men and the American Legion of Honor. 

Transcribed by Donna L. Becker 

Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 1, page 518, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.