Am not related. May be of interest to someone who is. I have no further info but additional old newspaper extracts may be found at URL:

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Vern D
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoc
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>SATURDAY, 8 AUG 1863<<

MARRIED - in San Francisco, Aug. 3d, Rev. T.W. BROTHERTON, Rector of St. John's Church, Mission Dolores, to Mary E., daughter of Samuel B. KING, of Carson City, N.T.
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1870 census, CA San Francisco has a Thomas Brotherton, age 41, PoB MD, Clergyman; wife Mary, 24; son Thomas, 5; dau Blanch, 3.