Bagnall, John D.

John Douglas Bagnall (1824-1907) was a carpenter and millwright who came to California in 1849. Chase says that he built a building on Mission Street in Santa Cruz in the 1850s. Bagnall partnered with J. F. Bennett to operate the Majors grist mill in the late 1860s. He later moved to a farm outside Watsonville, where he died. A number of his descendants are also buried in Watsonville's Pioneer Cemetery.

• The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter Four, entry (11), page 86