Jacob Gustav Waltz

Born: June 19, 1810
Gender:  Male
Occupation:  Farmer
Birthplace:  Wurttemberg, Germany
Educated: Read & write.
Port of Departure:  Le Havre, France
Ship Name:  Ship Ville De Lyon
Arrived in New York: Jul 13, 1839
Father: George Martin Waltz

Jacob was born in the Barony of Wurttemberg, Germany not far away on the German side of the Rhine River.  His family were affluent tenant farmers.  Jacob sailed on the ship; Ville De Lyon, from the Port of Le Havree, France and arrived in New York on November, 12, 1848 along with his father, George Martin Waltz.  George and the family moved to Pennsylvania and purchased a small farm on April 23, 1846.  Jacob came to live with and work for after his own arrival to America a few years after George.  Jacob had an adventurous spirit and could not be tied down on a farm.  He enlisted his services on a wagon train bound for California in the September of 1848, and he headed west, searching for the elusive gold strike. 

Waltz became a naturalized U.S. citizen in Los Angeles, California, in 1861.  In 1862 Jacob was working the gold fields in La Paz, Arizona Territory, on the Colorado River.  During 1863 he was in the Prescott, Arizona Territory, area when the gold strikes were made. In the spring of 1868 he settled a homestead farm in Swilling’s Mill, Arizona Territory in an adobe house on the north side of the Salt River, with 160 acres near South 14th Street and East Pima Street. Jacob died of pneumonia on September 14, 1872.

Miguel León Peralta

Born: August 1, 1830
Gender:  Male
Occupation:  Military General
Birthplace:  Sevilla, Spain
Educated: Read & write.
Married: June 15, 1860

Miguel, oldest of  three male children of Don Miguel Peralta II from a wealthy family and third generation military men.  His grandfather is retired and alive, his father dead in battle.  Miguel has two brothers; Ramon and Pedro. He came from Spain to live with his parents in Arizpe near Mexico City as a young boy.  He joined the Spanish military on September 3, 1848.

Ramon Alfredo Peralta

Born: February 11, 1834
Gender:  Male
Occupation:  Military Lieutenant
Birthplace:  Sevilla, Spain
Educated: Read & write.

Ramon graduated low in both his high school and military school.  A typical under-achiever, only made it into the Spanish Military through his father and grandfather’s influence in the hope it would teach him discipline.

Pedro Ernesto Peralta

Born: February 1, 1838
Gender:  Male
Occupation:  Military Lieutenant
Birthplace:  Mexico City, Mexico
Educated: Read & write.

Pedro graduated Spain’s Military Academy with high honors after joining on March 15, 1854.

Love, Lust, Death
Book 2 In The Series

Julia Anne Thomas

Born: May 21, 1835
Gender:  Female
Occupation:  Mercantile Owner
Birthplace:  New Castle, New York.
Educated: Read & write.

Daughter of a preacher and first black land owner, Isiah Thomas, the middle child of seven siblings.  Julia graduated 6th grade and loves reading and mathematics.

Lazarus Isaiah Heady

Born: March 30, 1809
Gender: Male
Occupation: 4th generation house slave
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia.
Educated: Read & write.
Height: 6’-2”
Weight: 183 Pounds

Sarah Maybelle Heady

Born: May 3, 1816
Gender: Female
Occupation: 2nd generation house slave
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia.
Uneducated: Could not read and write.
Height: 5′-2″
Weight: 120 Pounds
Other: Beautiful, very light skinned negro.  Father was a white plantation owner.

Isidore Drucker

Born: November 7, 1805
Gender: Male
Occupation: Steamship captain, Hudson River, NY
Educated: Read & write.
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Educated: read & write.

Caleb Drucker

Born: April 8, 1837
Gender: Male
Occupation: Steamship apprentice, Hudson River, NY
Birthplace: New Castle, New York
Educated: Read & write.
Height: 5’-7”
Weight: 140 pounds

Don Henerson

Born: April 8, 1815
Gender: Male
Occupation: Sherif, Westchester County, New York
Birthplace: Nashua, New Hampshire
Educated: Read & write.

Height: 6’-0”
Weight: 180 pounds

Pit-Boss

 Born: May 14, 1805
Gender: Male
Occupation: Pit-Boss, Pecksville, Pennsylvania
Birthplace: Scranton,Pennsylvania
Educated: Read & write.
Height: 6’-1”
Weight: 175 pounds
 

William Thomas

Born: October 29, 1825
Gender: M
Occupation: Mercantile store owner, Arizona Territory
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Educated:

Read & write.
Height: 5’-11”
Weight: 160 pounds