Martin Ruiz, Newhall Innkeeper
Ruiz Cemetery, San Francisquito Canyon
March 9, 2002: Martin R. Ruiz was born in Los Angeles County, presumably on his family's farm in San Francisquito Canyon, on March 6, 1868. He ran his own saloon in Newhall and, following his death on Feb. 26, 1900, his widow married another Newhall innkeeper, Nicanor H. "Nick" Rivera, who raised Martin's children.
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