Edward Neblett (July 18, 1818 â January 19, 1907) was an American businessman and politician who served from 1876 to 1878 as the first mayor of Santa Rosa, California.
Born in Prince George, Virginia, he moved to Cincinnati in 1834 and served as an apprentice to the hatters' trade under J. S. Bates & Co. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1843, there engaging in mercantile pursuits, then travelled to California in 1849. He was selected Sheriff of Trinity County in 1854, and briefly served in the California Legislature from 1858 to 1859 as a Whig. He settled in Sonoma County in 1868, married Ann Jane McClary, and lived there until his death in 1907. He is interred in Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery.
Neblett was a Freemason and a member of the Knights Templar.