Found the following obit in the Dagget Scrapbook from The California State Library. He is not actually one of my ancestors -- was looking for other info. Hoped someone else might find it useful at some point. I think it is 7 March 1911, the Sacramento paper. Note that his term as Sheriff was actually about 1871, and he had only one term to my knowledge. Accounts as to which MC Sheriff actually caught Vasquez, and which bungled his capture, vary widely. -- Kim ANDREW WASSON PASSES AWAY Noted Pioneer Finishes Two Years' Struggle with Grim Reaper Andrew Wasson, a pioneer Californian, died at his residence, 1415 L Street, yesterday afternoon, following a sickness of several days resulting from an attack of apoplexy two years ago which had weakened his constitution. The attending physicians gave up hope of his recovery several days ago. During the two years which the former public official lived since he suffered the stroke of apoplexy he has been subject frequent sinking spells, which had recently increased in number and intensity. Wasson was well known throughout the State, and was, until a few years ago, a prominent figure in the affairs of California. He gained name and position by his record of courage and determination while Sheriff of Monterey County, during the days when Vasquez, the famous bandit of early California, was the terror of that section. Since coming to Sacramento, Wasson had accumulated considerable property in this city and in the Northwest. Under President Harrison he held the appointment of Collector of Customs for the Northwestern District, with offices at Seattle. He was seventy-one years old and is survived by his wife and four brothers-in-law -- Frank G. and J.P. Snook, A.A. De Ligne and Edward Teague. He was a native of New York. The funeral will be held from his late residence on Thrusday at 2:30 in the afternoon. Friends are invited to visit the house services. The interment will be private. Came Here in the Fifties Wasson came to California in 1854. He spent several years at mining with indifferent success before he gave up that occupation. It was in the early sixties that he was elected Sheriff of Monterey. After many deadly encounters, he broke up the famed gang of bandits when then beset that part of the State. He personally captured Moreno, one of the lieutenants of Vasquez, and was insturmental in running down the ringleader himself. After serving two terms as Sheriff of Monterey County, Wasson removed to San Francisco. He held the position of Sergean-at-Arms in the State Legislature for three consecutive terms. Later he went to Mexico, where he engaged extensively in mining with more than moderate success. After this he was attractec to the State of Washington by the possibilities of Puget Sound country. In 1891 he was elected to the Legislature of that State, and later was appointed to the position in the Customs House. After the expiration of his term there, he returned to Sacramento where he has made his residence ever since.