This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CY.2ADI/301.1 Message Board Post: The Biographical Index to Ventura County by Herbert F. Ricard lists Edwin Porter Todd; born ca. 1834, New York, died Nov. 7, 1899, married Margaret, came to California in 1859, arrived Ventura County, 1869, in 1883 had 225 acres near Santa Paula. Brothers.... Lafe & Theo Todd. Also see; "Most Gentle Wilderness" (1988), a book by Linda A. McCready on the Todd & Ricker families. It has info. from the Lafe Todd diary mentioning his brothers & their travels.