San Francisco County
ENOCH S. TALBOT
E. S. TALBOT, inspector of hulls, San Francisco, was born in Freeport, Cumberland county, Maine, June 12, 1834, a son of Enoch and Susan (Soule) Talbot. At the age of eighteen he went to sea, his parents and grandparents being ship builders and sailors for several generations. He came first to the Pacific coast in 1853. He followed a seafaring life for many years. After the breaking out of the Rebellion he entered the Government service; had command of a Government transport, carrying the first mail from General Grant’s headquarters at City Point to Washington; was in command of the headquarters boat for months, and during that time took Secretary Stanton and Generals Meiggs, Eaton and Barnes down to City Point. They were ten days on the trip, and that was the only time Secretary Stanton was away from Washington during the war. Captain Talbot assisted in the transfer of the wounded in the battles of the Wilderness, over 33,000 in number. The army built a bridge 400 feet long and eight feet high in forty hours, over which to convey wounded soldiers, of which he has an excellent photograph containing General Grant’s signature.
After the close of the war Captain Talbot again went to sea, until 1875, when he settled in Lassen county, and remained there eight years. While there he was elected County Judge, and held that office two years. He came here in 1883 and engaged in steamboating until 1886, when he was appointed inspector of hulls to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Captain Wilson, and since then has held that position. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the Knights Templar; also to the A. O. U. W. Captain Talbot was married in 1855, to Miss Sophia Bacon, of Alexandria, Virginia, daughter of Captain Ebenezer Bacon, and they have two sons and two daughters now living
Transcribed
by Joyce and David Rugeroni.
Source: “The Bay of
San Francisco,” Vol. 2, Page 358, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2006 Joyce & David
Rugeroni.