Maria de la Soledad Pico

     Maria de la Soledad Pico was born on 12 April 1835 San Luis Obispo County, California.¹ She was the daughter of José de Jesus Pico and Francisca Antonia Gabriela Villavicencio. Maria de la Soledad Pico married William James Graves, son of William Graves and Lucy Berger, on 20 October 1851 San Luis Obispo, California; "Let us make a diary for a year or two: 1851. . . The same day was published the marriage of William J Graves to Miss Soledad Pico at San Luis Obispo, on October 20th. . ."

(note, this is from a recently published tome, about the history of Los Angeles, which includes a running scrib of events and other things. No source is identified, but it looks as though these were from newspaper articles. No publication information, either, but found at Google books.
*Los Angeles From the Mountains to the Sea*, p 73; John Steven McGroarty, Am Historical Society, 1921.² Maria de la Soledad Pico died 30 March 1922, in Corralitos, Santa Cruz County, California at age 86 years, 11 months and 18 days.³

OLD DESCENDENT OF GOVERNOR PICO DIES
MRS. GRAVES WAS LAST DIRECT SURVIVOR OF FAMOUS FAMILY
WATSONVILLE, Aug. 31. With death Wednesday morning of Mrs. Soledad Pico-Graves, which occurred at the home of her daughter in Corralitos, there passed out of earthly existence the last direct descendent of Senor Don Pio Pico, one of the early Spanish governors of California. She was a granddaughter of the former governor.
Mrs. Graves was born at Monterey, the first capital of the state, April 12, 1835. Her father, Senor Don Jose de Jesus Pico, was a wealthy land owner of the Monterey peninsula, and son of Pio Pico. The latter was governor of the department of Alta California under Mexican rule during the years 1832 und 1833. and again in 1846, at the time of the American invasion, when Commodore Sloat raised the first American flag In California at Monterey. He was the last governor under Mexican rule. Mrs. Graves was the widow or William J. Graves, to whom she was married at San Luis Obispo in 1851. She was the mother of six children, only one of whom survives her. This Is Elizabeth, at whose home in Corralitos she passed away. The funeral will be held at this city tomorrow morning. Following services at the Catholic church the remains will bn taken to San Luis Obispo for interment.¹