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Charles James Brenham (San Francisco, California, notary public and commissioner of deeds)

b. 1817-11-06 d. 1875-05-10

San Francisco, California, mayor, notary public, and commissioner of deeds. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth "Betty" Adair Brenham. Father of Louisa Brenham, Robert Brenham, Mary Brenham, and Betty Brenham. Mayor of San Francisco, California, from May 5, 1851, to December 31, 1851. Mayor of San Francisco from November 10, 1852, to October 2, 1853. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in San Francisco from 1857 to 1865. Notary public in San Francisco in 1860. Employed Margaret Mulkeen as a nurse in San Francisco in 1860. Employed Kate Nicholston as a cook in San Francisco in 1860. Notary public in San Francisco in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, California, San Francisco County, San Francisco, District 2, p. 673.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, California, San Francisco County, San Francisco, Ward 11, p. 561A.

William F. Heintz, San Francisco's Mayors: 1850–1880, From the Gold Rush to the Silver Bonanza, (Woodside, CA: Gilbert Roberts Publications, 1975).

"Notice of Sale of Real Estate at Private Sale" Placer Herald, (Rocklin, CA) June 23, 1900, p. 7.

San Francisco Directory and Business Guide, 1861-1862, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1861), 77.

San Francisco Directory and Business Guide, 1862-1863, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1862), 444.

The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing October, 1863, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1863), 77.

The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing October, 1864, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1864), 451.

The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing October, 1865, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1865), 92.

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, Adair, National #7304, State #104.

"Charles James Brenham (1817-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #106709339, accessed July 8, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106709339.

"San Francisco Mayors," City and County of San Francisco, December 3, 2003, Archive.org, accessed July 8, 2021, https://web.archive.org/web/20031203021947/http://www.sfgov.org/site/mainpages_index.asp?id=21117.

KYR-0001-017-0148.

Citation

Brenham, Charles James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206300 (November 12, 2026).

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