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1 NAME "Claude" Clement /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 APR 1896
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1993
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE A man of local prominence.  He was a successful rancher and farmer. Du
2 CONC ring the Great Depression, he took over his father's property when th
2 CONC e bank was threatening to foreclose and take over the family farm. Hi
2 CONC s father had obtained the property from Claude's grandfather, Joseph C
2 CONC rawford Wemple. After taking it over, Claude built this farming busine
2 CONC ss up from about 500 acres of farm land to over 1000 acres of tilled f
2 CONC arm land and another 3900 acres of grazing land.  At the height of hi
2 CONC s operation, he ran about 400 head of cows and another 300 head of hei
2 CONC fers and steers he was readying for market.  His business practices we
2 CONC re beyond reproach his entire life.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Above all, Claude was a horseman.  He loved his horses and  was an act
2 CONC ive rider throughout most of his life.  When he was aged 77, he rod
2 CONC e a ten hour day riding after cattle with the rest of the "cowboys.
2 CONC "  At this age, his legs began to fail him and riding became too painf
2 CONC ul for him, so "he hung up his spurs."   But, he continued actively t
2 CONC o run his ranch for the next several years. His love of horses continu
2 CONC ed for the rest of his life and he would "talk horses" to any willin
2 CONC g ear until the day he died.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He had artistic skills and during the Depression, he made silver mount
2 CONC ed horse bridles, which he sold for a small profit.  It was during thi
2 CONC s time that he engraved a Thoroughbred horse on a flat piece of Germa
2 CONC n silver. This piece of art was never sold, but was kept as a family t
2 CONC reasure.  It is presently in the possession of his grandson, Daniel C
2 CONC . Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After he retired, at about age 85, he wrote a book about his grandfath
2 CONC er, Joseph Crawford Wemple, which he simple titled "Joseph Crawford We
2 CONC mple: A Pioneer of Lassen County, California, 1830-1921."  Then when h
2 CONC e entered his nineties, he wrote a second book, an autobiography title
2 CONC d "Memories of a Rancher From the Land of the Never Sweats."  Joseph C
2 CONC rawford Wemple, and other early Lassen County pioneers called the are
2 CONC a they lived in "The Land of the Never Sweats" because it took "littl
2 CONC e labor to live off the land" that they had moved onto.
2 CONT 
2 CONT At various times in his lifetime he served on about twelve different a
2 CONC dvisory boards, the most prestigious being the Advisory Board of the B
2 CONC ank of America from 1949-1975 in Susanville, California.  He was a sch
2 CONC ool trustee on the Milford Elementary School, Lassen Union High Schoo
2 CONC l and Lassen Junior College running from 1937-1949, and he was a chart
2 CONC er member and had a thirty year membership in the Lassen County Sherif
2 CONC f's Posse.  He was given recognition by seven different community an
2 CONC d organizational awards, the most notable being recognized as the "Far
2 CONC mer of the Year" by California Soil Conversation District in 1982.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He died while living on his beloved ranch in 1993 at age 97 in his hom
2 CONC e not far from the house where he was born.  He had spent his entire l
2 CONC ife span in the community in which he was born, save a brief six month
2 CONC s which he spent living with his son, David, in Orland, CA. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following article was sent to the compiler by Lynn Hallowell McDon
2 CONC ald, niece of Claude Wemple, shortly after its publication. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Article from the NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, May 11, 1985:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PLAQUE NOTES HISTORIC PAST OF TINY CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford, California - Motorists along busy Highway 395 between Reno an
2 CONC d Susanville may never have noticed when they passed through the histo
2 CONC ric Lassen County community of Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT But Milford, one of the oldest settlements in the Honey Lake Valley, w
2 CONC ill go unnoticed no longer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Neversweats Chapter of E Clampus Vitus has dedicated a rock plaqu
2 CONC e that recognizes the community at the site of the first important flo
2 CONC ur mill in northeastern California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford, about 25 miles southeast of Susanville, was registered in 197
2 CONC 9 as a state historical point in interest, the first in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Still, the town's historical significance was generally unrecognized u
2 CONC ntil E Clampus Vitus decided to erect the marker.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford got its start in 1856 when Robert T. Scott staked a claim ther
2 CONC e. Joseph Wemple named the town in 1861, taking note of a sawmill an
2 CONC d flour mill there.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude Wemple, 89-year-old patriarch of the Wemple family, was on han
2 CONC d when the marker was dedicated last week.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Honey Lake Valley has seen seven generations of Wemples.  Many sti
2 CONC ll live here.  Claude Wemple has lived in a cluster of homes in the We
2 CONC mple Ranch since 1903.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Records say Robert Scott's first developments - including a cabin, fiv
2 CONC e fenced acres and water for farming - were sold to Peter Lassen, th
2 CONC e county's pioneer settler, in 1859.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Thomas Fairchild of Massachusetts and Frederick Washburne of Pennsylva
2 CONC nia acquired Milford from Lassen's estate.  They built a sawmill alon
2 CONC g Mill Creek in 1860.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A flour mill was constructed a year later by Joseph Wemple and his bro
2 CONC ther-in-law Judson Dakin.  The site of the flour mill is about 200 yar
2 CONC ds from the new historical plaque.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford's business district is limited to a store and post office.  I
2 CONC t once featured a saloon, hotel, blacksmith shop, store, butcher shop
2 CONC , school and several mills.
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to Claude Wemple, it was known for crops of apples that wer
2 CONC e shipped along Honey Lake to the railroad.
2 CONT 
2 CONT McClatchy News Service
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 28 Decembe
2 CONC r 1993, page 1c2-4 & 10c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MILFORD PIONEER DEAD AT 97
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lifelong Milford resident Claude Clement Wemple, 97 died at his home o
2 CONC n Tuesday, December 21.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The first born son of Jay and Libby Wemple, he was born in Milford o
2 CONC n April 3, 1896. A third generation California native, Claude operate
2 CONC d the Wemple Ranch in Milford for 51 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married Henrietta Winchester shortly after graduating from Lassen H
2 CONC igh School in 1916. The couple raised a family of three sons and one d
2 CONC aughter. Henrietta died in 1984.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude worked for his father at farming and ranching from 1915 to 1932
2 CONC . Then, in 1932, he started to realize his lifelong goal of owning an
2 CONC d operating a cattle ranch. It was in this year that he purchased hi
2 CONC s father's ranch, part of which was originally owned by Peter Lassen
2 CONC . At the time he purchased it, the ranch consisted of approximately 50
2 CONC 0 acres.
2 CONT 
2 CONT By the time Claude retired, he had increased the size of his ranch t
2 CONC o more than 4,700 acres. During his active ranching years, Claude prim
2 CONC arily raised beef cattle, but on various occasions he also raised dair
2 CONC y cattle, hogs and Thoroughbred horses, as well as producing grain, ha
2 CONC y and alfalfa seed as cash crops.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude also developed artistic skills, producing over the years severa
2 CONC l paintings, engravings and pen in ink sketches many of them focusin
2 CONC g on life as it was lived on his ranch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Another of Claude's passions was the preservation of history. He wa
2 CONC s a founding member of the Lassen County Historical Society and, follo
2 CONC wing his retirement from active ranching, he devoted his life to recor
2 CONC ding his own experiences of growing up in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The result is a book entitled MEMORIES OF A RANCHER FROM THE LAND OF T
2 CONC HE NEVER SWEATS. Published by Bornet Books in 1992, Claude's book adde
2 CONC d a whole new chapter to local history and has been praised as a "dyna
2 CONC mic and entertaining" chronicle of the "life as it was really lived i
2 CONC n the vast American west."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude was a member of numerous local organizations, including: Lasse
2 CONC n County Cattlemen's Association (charter member and president from 19
2 CONC 49-1955); Lassen County Farm Bureau (charter member and former Chairma
2 CONC n of the Janesville/Milford Center); Lassen County Fair Board, 1952-19
2 CONC 74; Lassen County Historical Society (charter member and president for
2 CONC m 1963-1967); Advisory Board of the Bank of America; Susanville Branch
2 CONC , 1949-1975; School Board Trustee, Milford Elementary, Lassen Union Hi
2 CONC gh School and Junior College, 1937-1954; the Farmers Home Administrati
2 CONC on Advisory Board, late 1940's; Lassen County Sheriff's Posse (charte
2 CONC r member, 30-year member); and the United Methodist Church of Susanvil
2 CONC le.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude is survived by his sons Glenn of Milford and David of Orland; h
2 CONC is brother Neil W. Wemple of Tucson, Arizona; sisters Olga Burroughs o
2 CONC f Sacramento, Marjel Dozier of Anderson, Marguerite Rypkema of Paradis
2 CONC e and Deesse Theodore of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also surviving are eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren
2 CONC , fourteen great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandch
2 CONC ild.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services are scheduled to be held at 11 a.m., December 28, wit
2 CONC h interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Snippites from various newspapers sent to the compiler by Phyllis Met
2 CONC z on May 20, 2000:
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE September 12, 1912:
2 CONT 
2 CONT High School Athletics - Claude Wemple was hit in the eye with a baseba
2 CONC ll while practicing at the grounds Wednesday. He was taken to his hom
2 CONC e in an automobile after the accident. Claude promises to develop int
2 CONC o a good player and it is hoped that his injury will not long keep hi
2 CONC m off the diamond.
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE April 25, 1913:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Doings at the High School:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Tryouts for Reno meet - . . .high hurdles, Wemple.  . . .220 dash, Wem
2 CONC ple.  . . .low hurdles, Wemple
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE April 3, 1914:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lassen High School Notes:
2 CONT 
2 CONT 16 Annual Academic Field Meet at Reno.  . . .Two new records were esta
2 CONC blished, one of them by Claude Wemple of Lassen in the broad jump cove
2 CONC ring a distance of 20'4". Wemple's efforts brings to him a gold metal
2 CONC . In the 120 hurdles 17 2/5 second.  . . .Wemple ran ran a tie for sec
2 CONC ond place and was given the third place award. He also tied in the hig
2 CONC h jump for second place 5'7 1/2".  . . .320 hurdles Wemple 29 1/5 seco
2 CONC nds. . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE February 19, 1915:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Alumni and High School Debate - "Resolved that the United States shal
2 CONC l establish a Protectorate over Mexico until a stable government is es
2 CONC tablished." For the negative . . . Claude Wemple . . .
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME Henrietta /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1897
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1984
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE Obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 3 September 1984 page 7c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "HENRIETTA WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Wemple, 87, who died in a local h
2 CONC ospital, will be held at the Susanville United Methodist Church on Tue
2 CONC sday at 2 P.M. with interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.  At h
2 CONC er request there will be no visitation.  Arrangements are under the di
2 CONC rection of the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was born in Standish on Jan. 16, 1897, and had resided i
2 CONC n Lassen County all her life. Her grandfather and great-grandfather Wi
2 CONC nchester settled in Lassen County in 1863 and her great-grandfather fo
2 CONC ught in the Civil War.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Wemple was a member of the United Methodist Church and a charte
2 CONC r member of the Lassen County Cowbells and was selected as Mom of th
2 CONC e Year by the Cowbells.  She was also a member of the Native Daughters
2 CONC .  She was married to her husband, Claude, for 68 years.  For many yea
2 CONC rs they owned and operated the Wemple ranch near Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include her husband, Claude, of Milford; three sons Donal
2 CONC d and Glenn Wemple of Milford and David Wemple of Orland; a daughter
2 CONC , Myra Hunt of Milford, nine children, 16 great-grandchildren and eigh
2 CONC t great-great-grandchildren."
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME "Donald" Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1917
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 APR 1991
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F10@
1 NOTE Don was a rancher in Milford, CA. He enjoyed chewing tobacco, visiting
2 CONC , riding horses and working cattle, just possibly in that order. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT A story related to the compiler by Murray Wemple , second cousin of Do
2 CONC n, goes as follows: Don was in the first grade in the old Milford on
2 CONC e room school. All grades from first through eight were taught in thi
2 CONC s one room. Murray was in the eight grade. Contrary to school rules, D
2 CONC on bought some candy into the classroom. The teacher caught Don eatin
2 CONC g the candy and informed him that he would have to give her the candy
2 CONC . The teacher started in Don's direction, but before she could reach h
2 CONC im, he announced as he chewed and swallowed the candy, "You'll have t
2 CONC o gut me if you want the it!"
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 16 April 19
2 CONC 91, page 1c4-6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT AREA RANCHER DIED SUDDENLY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lifelong Milford resident Donald J. "Don" Wemple died at his home in M
2 CONC ilford April 12. As of press time, no cause of death was immediately k
2 CONC nown.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The death of Wemple came unexpectedly and within weeks of Joe Roberts
2 CONC , another long time Milford resident and neighbor of Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born in Susanville, September 16, 1917, and worked on the famil
2 CONC y ranch for 44 years. The Wemple family settled in the Honey Lake Vall
2 CONC ey in the late 1800's.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Among Wemple's many associations were the Lassen County Cattlemen's As
2 CONC sociation, the Farm Bureau, the Lassen County Sheriff's Posse, and th
2 CONC e Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Board.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, the former Gay Corder, son Ken of Milfor
2 CONC d and daughter Donna McClelland of Standish, his father Claude Wempl
2 CONC e of Milford, brothers Glenn of Milford and David of Orland, four gran
2 CONC dchildren and two great grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were scheduled for April 15 at Lucero Carlson Mortuary Chape
2 CONC l with burial at the Milford Cemetery.
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME "Myra" Dozier /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1919
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1987
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F2@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 24 March 19
2 CONC 87, page 7c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MYRA WEMPLE HUNT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myra Wemple Hunt, 67 died March 11 at the Lassen Community Hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was born July 20, 1919 in Susanville and had lived in this area un
2 CONC til 1956 when she and her husband moved then returning in 1980 to th
2 CONC e Milford area to retire. She was also a member of the Episcopal Churc
2 CONC h of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myra Hunt was survived by her husband, Leroy Hunt of Milford; son, Sco
2 CONC tt Hunt of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; daughter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka
2 CONC ,  CA, father, Claude C. Wemple and brothers, Donald and Glenn Wempl
2 CONC e of Milford and David of Orland, eight grandchildren and eleven great
2 CONC -grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were held March 14 at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary wi
2 CONC th burial in the Milford Cemetery. Family and friends gathered at th
2 CONC e home of Martha and Ardel Torrey after the service.
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 JAN 1925
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 JAN 1925
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME "Glenn" Harlen /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 MAY 1926
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F11@
1 NOTE Upon his retirement from the Lassen College board of trustees, he wa
2 CONC s given the honor of having a the main enterence to the college name
2 CONC d "Glenn H. Wemple Boulevard."
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME "David" Raymond /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1931
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F5@
1 NOTE A friend and family member, Robert Preston Wemple of Albuquerque, Ne
2 CONC w Mexico, wrote our father and mentioned that there was no biography o
2 CONC f the man who put in the many hours writing letters, making phone call
2 CONC s and following any lead that might add to our knowledge of our famili
2 CONC es. In addition to making inquiries, hundred of hours were spent in fr
2 CONC ont of a computer screen entering the data.  Thanks to Bob's observati
2 CONC on, this short biography is written by his children, Daniel C. and Deb
2 CONC ra S.
2 CONT 
2 CONT David Raymond Wemple was born in Susanville, California on June 13, 19
2 CONC 31 to Claude and Henrietta Wemple.  He is the youngest of four, two br
2 CONC others and one sister.  He has the distinction of being the first on
2 CONC e in his family born in a hospital and not at the family home, or thei
2 CONC r maternal grandmother's home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married Donna L. Rogers on January 2, 1951.  They lived with David'
2 CONC s parents while a house was being built by David's father, Claude.  Cl
2 CONC aude watched David pace and stake off the rooms for the future home, h
2 CONC e  was heard to say, "I knew by the way he paced off those rooms it wa
2 CONC s going to be a big house."
2 CONT 
2 CONT He left the family ranch in January 1957 to join the California Highwa
2 CONC y Patrol.  His first assignment was in Alturas, California as a Traffi
2 CONC c Officer.  He made sergeant in November 1966 and moved the family t
2 CONC o Ukiah, California.  Five years later in 1971, he was transferred t
2 CONC o Culver City, California (Los Angeles area) when he promoted to Lieut
2 CONC enant and requested a transfer back to northern California the same da
2 CONC y he reported to the Culver City office.  He was transferred less tha
2 CONC n a year later to Red Bluff, California and finally in 1976 to Willows
2 CONC , California where he was Officer in Charge of the area office.  He re
2 CONC tired seven years later in 1983 and is still living just north of Will
2 CONC ows in Orland, California with his bride of 45 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Our father is, as other fathers, many things.  As a provider he held t
2 CONC wo jobs on numerous occasions to provide us those extra things like br
2 CONC aces for our teeth, a home and of course Christmas presents.  As a fat
2 CONC her he was strict but fair.  He said on many occasions that the two th
2 CONC ings he couldn't abide were a liar or a sneak thief.  Our father is di
2 CONC rect and honest and if you don't want to hear the truth, don't ask hi
2 CONC m the question.  He said that cops either start drinking, chasing wome
2 CONC n or find a hobby.  Our dad had a lot of hobbies.  When our dad take
2 CONC s up a hobby he throws his whole being into it.  He started findin
2 CONC g a few pennies on the floor of our home that we had neglected to pu
2 CONC t in our piggy banks.  Dad didn't look at the pennies as a problem bu
2 CONC t as a source of entertainment.  He started a penny collection.  He bo
2 CONC ught a book about coins and folders to put the pennies in.  He got s
2 CONC o wrapped up collecting pennies that he would take five dollars to th
2 CONC e bank and get five dollars in pennies, return to the house and go thr
2 CONC ough them.  He would then wrap them and return to the bank for five mo
2 CONC re dollars in pennies.  He planted roses and raised them to glorious b
2 CONC looms.  We believe his favorite is the Peace rose.  There have been ot
2 CONC her hobbies but learning our family ancestry holds a special place i
2 CONC n his heart.  He loves to meet family and visit. The genealogy of th
2 CONC e Wemple family has been a passion of his for over 30 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We know one thing that our dad takes great comfort in is his Christia
2 CONC n belief.  Through all life's struggles our dad has felt like Abraha
2 CONC m Lincoln who said, "I've been driven to my knees many times with th
2 CONC e overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go."  During hi
2 CONC s visit to Albuquerque in 1996, Dad told Bob that, "I only had to dra
2 CONC w my gun once in a 26 year career with the California Highway Patrol
2 CONC , and I thank the Lord I didn't have to shoot."  Dad also told Bob, "W
2 CONC hen I started this genealogy project, I sent out many letters to know
2 CONC n family members but got very little response.  I was downhearted.  Do
2 CONC nna and I prayed about this situation, and shortly new doors opened an
2 CONC d leads started to come to me."  This describes our dad.  A honest, ca
2 CONC ring, Christian man who loves his family and cherishes his wife Donna.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We hope this gives you, the reader, a little insight into the compile
2 CONC r of this latest version of the genealogy of our various lines.   If y
2 CONC ou happen to meet Dad, visit with him and tell him a little about you
2 CONC r family.  He will thoroughly enjoy it.
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME "Paul" Leroy /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1915
2 PLAC Salem, Marion County, Illinois
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 JUL 1990
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1231@
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMS @F4@
1 NOTE Committed suicide by shooting himself due to ill health. He was a part
2 CONC icle board mill superintendent. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 31 July 199
2 CONC 0, page 7Cc3-4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PAUL LEROY HUNT
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Paul Leroy Hunt, 75, died July 15, 1990, in Milford. He was born Marc
2 CONC h 18, 1915, in Salem, IL, and lived in Lassen County for 60 years comi
2 CONC ng from southern California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include his wife, Vivian Mary Hunt, of Milford; son, Scot
2 CONC t Hunt, of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; daughter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka
2 CONC , sister, Bernice Grismore of San Jose; and eight grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Memorial services were held July 19, 1990, at Lucero-Carlson Colonia
2 CONC l Mortuary Chapel."
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME "Claudia" Wemple /Hunt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAR 1938
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F260@
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME "Scott" Edwin /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1946
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F261@
1 NOTE Scott's first 10 years were spent in Susanville before the family move
2 CONC d to Eureka due to cutbacks in the lumber industry. In 1963 he graduat
2 CONC ed from Arcata High School. He graduated from the University of Califo
2 CONC rnia at Davis with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1968. He immedi
2 CONC ately went to work in Phoenix, Arizona as an engineer for General Elec
2 CONC tric. In January of 1970 he was transferred by GE to Schenectady, Ne
2 CONC w York. This is where he met his wife-to-be, Carole Clark.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1973 he changed employers and went to work for Saint Regis Paper Co
2 CONC mpany as a process control engineer.  He reentered school and receive
2 CONC d his Master's degree in electrical engineering in 1977.  Saint Regi
2 CONC s was acquired by Champion International in 1984.
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME "Raymond" Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 OCT 1907
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 APR 1988
2 PLAC Weed, Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F3@
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME "Vivian" Mary /Preppernau/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1911
2 PLAC Kent, King County, WA
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMS @F4@
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME "Joan" Rae /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JAN 1939
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 AUG 1996
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Weed, Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F212@
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME "Nancy" Vivian /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1941
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F213@
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME "Donna" LaRue /Rogers/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUN 1932
2 PLAC Manassa, Conejos County, CO
1 FAMC @F1658@
1 FAMS @F5@
1 NOTE This family file is dedicated to the compiler's wife, who unselfishl
2 CONC y gave of herself for many years while he confined himself in front o
2 CONC f the computer for hours at a time. Thanks millions, Donna. I love you
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT In November of 1938, when Donna was six, Donna, her sister Betty and h
2 CONC er mother and father moved from Colorado to Westwood, California. Gold
2 CONC ie, Donna's mother, started working at what was called "The Club" almo
2 CONC st immediately. Heber (also called Ricky) apparently couldn't find emp
2 CONC loyment and even tried finding work in Redding at Shasta Dam, which wa
2 CONC s in its early beginnings of construction. Unable to find employment
2 CONC , and discouraged by summer's end, Ricky returned to Westwood and anno
2 CONC unced to Goldie that he was going back to Colorado. Goldie and Ricky a
2 CONC greed upon an amiable separation. Ricky went his way taking Donna wit
2 CONC h him and they returned to Colorado with the understanding that when s
2 CONC chool took up in the fall, Donna would return to Westwood.
2 CONT Ricky soon took up with a second lady and went to Telluride to work i
2 CONC n the silver mines. Donna was placed with her paternal grandmother an
2 CONC d grandfather Rogers. She began the second grade in Manassa, while sti
2 CONC ll living with her grandparents. Donna had little or no contact with h
2 CONC er father while she was in Colorado, except she did spend one weeken
2 CONC d in Telluride. It was not a pleasant experience and, since she was se
2 CONC nt to bed before the sun was down, she felt that she was more in the w
2 CONC ay than wanted.
2 CONT When school started, Donna was not returned to Goldie as agreed upon b
2 CONC y everyone. Several times Goldie appealed to have Donna returned to he
2 CONC r. She could see that her daughter was never going to be returned to h
2 CONC er, unless she took matters into her own hands. So Goldie borrowed $50
2 CONC .00 from the local Westwood credit union, $50.00 from her mother, Jose
2 CONC phine Hartley and as Goldie was getting ready to leave Westwood for Co
2 CONC lorado, a friend gave her another $20.00. So with $120.00 at her dispo
2 CONC sal, she headed for Colorado to retrieve her daughter.
2 CONT Before leaving California, Goldie consulted with a Susanville attorney
2 CONC , named Finn Berry. Finn gave Goldie a signed letter explaining the ci
2 CONC rcumstances and explicit instructions on how to handle the situation a
2 CONC nd charged her $10.00 for the legal advise.
2 CONT A friend drove Goldie to Reno, where she bought train tickets for Alam
2 CONC osa, Colorado. When she arrived at Alamosa, she stayed with her aunt
2 CONC , Nellie Winters. Early the next morning, Goldie sought out a local at
2 CONC torney and pounded on the door of his house until it was finally answe
2 CONC red. After an explanation the attorney signed Finn Berry's letter an
2 CONC d charged her another $5.00 for his signature.
2 CONT It was early on Sunday morning when Goldie hired a local taxi in Alamo
2 CONC sa to drive her to Manassa, with plans to drive on to Santa Fe, New Me
2 CONC xico. When Goldie arrived in Manassa, she went to the local Morman chu
2 CONC rch with the certainty Donna would be there for Sunday school. Disguis
2 CONC ed with a bandanna and dark glasses, Goldie had the driver pull up t
2 CONC o the front of the church and tipped a child .25c and asked her to tel
2 CONC l Donna Rogers to come to the car that was waiting. Donna's grandparen
2 CONC ts, who she was with at church, were upstairs at service, while Donn
2 CONC a was downstairs attending Sunday school.  Not having the slightest id
2 CONC ea of who wanted her, Donna immediately went out and innocently got in
2 CONC to the taxi with this strange lady in the bandanna and dark glasses. 
2 CONT When Donna got in the car, Goldie immediately gave the order to driv
2 CONC e away. When they got over the state line into New Mexico, Goldie ha
2 CONC d the taxi driver stop by a phone and called back to Manassa and tol
2 CONC d Ella Haynie, Donna's cousin, that she was taking Donna home with he
2 CONC r to Westwood. The three of them, Donna, Goldie and the taxi driver ar
2 CONC rived in Santa Fe, where Goldie paid the taxi driver $25.00 for the ri
2 CONC de. This was in a day when most men were working for a paltry dolla
2 CONC r a day.
2 CONT After arriving an Santa Fe, Goldie immediately got Donna out of her "M
2 CONC orman clothes" which consisted of silk stockings, with the runs sown u
2 CONC p, and a plain, print cotton dress and bought her a pink slack suit fo
2 CONC r the trip home. Now Donna felt all dressed up for the trip home.
2 CONT Donna and Goldie did arrive in Susanville with no further difficulty
2 CONC . Finn Berry was waiting for them. He immediately took Goldie's purs
2 CONC e from her and looked into it. He finally found where the money was ke
2 CONC pt and all that was left was $2.00. Finn commented, "Just as I thought
2 CONC ."   It's not every child who can say that they were kidnapped by thei
2 CONC r mother.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME "Daniel" Calvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 AUG 1951
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F5@
1 FAMS @F6@
1 NOTE About Daniel Calvin Wemple
2 CONT 
2 CONT Daniel Calvin Wemple was born to David R. and Donna LaRue Rogers Wempl
2 CONC e on August 2, 1951 in Susanville, Lassen County, California.  He rece
2 CONC ived his first nine years of education in the public schools of Altura
2 CONC s, Modoc County, California. At this time in his life his parents move
2 CONC d to Ukiah, Mendocino County, California, so Daniel finished his publi
2 CONC c education in Ukiah, graduating from Ukiah high school in 1969.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Soon after graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
2 CONT His Naval assignments were:
2 CONT 1969 to 1970 Boot training at Great Lakes, Ill.
2 CONT 1970 Machinist Mate A School at Great Lakes, Ill.
2 CONT 1970 to 1972 the USS Buck DD 761. MMFA TO MM2 (E-2 to E5)
2 CONT 1972 to 1973 the USS Southerland DD 743. MM2 (E5) 
2 CONT 1973 to 1975 USS Berkeley DDG 15.  MM2 to MM1 (E5 to E6)
2 CONT 1975 to 1979 Recruit Training Command, San Diego (MM1 (E6)
2 CONT 1979 to 1982 the USS Marvin Shields FF 1066. MM1 to MMC (E6 to E7)
2 CONT 1982 to 1987 COMNAVSURFPAC Mobile Training Team, San Diego. MMC to MMC
2 CONC S (E7 to E8)
2 CONT 1988 to 1991 Fleet Training Center, San Diego. MMCS to MMCM (E8 to E9)
2 CONT 
2 CONT On February 17, 1971, he married Constance Arlene Hass in Reno, Nevada
2 CONC . After their marriage, their naval assignment was to San Diego, wher
2 CONC e they spent the balance of their career, with Dan's assignments as de
2 CONC scribed above.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dan returned to college by attending Chapman University in San Diego i
2 CONC n the early 1980's. He graduated from Chapman with Magna Cum Laude hon
2 CONC ors in 1991.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dan and Connie have a daughter, Alison Lynne, who was born July 1, 197
2 CONC 6 in a suburb of San Diego. On May 23, 1998, Alison married Michael Jo
2 CONC seph Kelley in Chula Vista. They also live in Chula Vista, right nex
2 CONC t door to Dan and Connie. Michael was in the Marines when he married A
2 CONC lison but is presently working for G. Scott Asphalt, Inc. Michael an
2 CONC d Alison have been blessed with a daughter, Mackenzie Ailis, who was b
2 CONC orn January 13, 2002.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After retiring from the Navy on a Friday, Dan went to work for Gerry S
2 CONC cott, owner/operator of an asphalt paving company on the next Monday
2 CONC . Dan was hired as an estimator for this paving company and worked i
2 CONC n that capacity until March 2, 1998, at which time he and his partner
2 CONC , Lionel Kahn, bought Gerry Scott's company. Dan and Lionel's compan
2 CONC y is known as G. Scott Asphalt, Inc., with Dan acting as CEO and Lione
2 CONC l as CFO. The company has flourished under the leadership of Dan and L
2 CONC ionel and now grosses more than $3,000,000.00 a year.
2 CONT 
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME "Debra" Susan /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JAN 1956
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F5@
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMS @F8@
1 NOTE Debra Susan Blanchette was born to David R. and Donna LaRue Wemple o
2 CONC n January 11, 1956 in Susanville, Lassen County, California. Debra wa
2 CONC s educated in the public schools in Alturas, Ukiah and Red Bluff, Cali
2 CONC fornia. While attending high school in Red Bluff Debra was chosen to r
2 CONC epresent Red Bluff High School as delegate to the State convention i
2 CONC n 1973. She graduated from Red Bluff high school in 1974. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Upon her high school graduation, Debra traveled to England where she w
2 CONC orked for about three months at a hotel in Brighton, which is a resor
2 CONC t town on England's south Atlantic shore. After finishing her work con
2 CONC tract, she and a high school friend traveled by rail throughout Europe
2 CONC , including Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT After about a six-month stay in England and Europe, Debra returned hom
2 CONC e and moved to Napa, California where she attended Napa Community Coll
2 CONC ege training as a psychiatric technician. After graduation from psychi
2 CONC atric technician school and obtaining her California State license, De
2 CONC bra went to work for the state mental hospital in Napa. It was here th
2 CONC at Debra met Daniel James Cox, her first husband. They were married i
2 CONC n Napa's Episcopal church on May 20, 1978. Their daughter, Ashley Chri
2 CONC stine, was born June 10, 1980 in Vallejo's Kaiser Hospital. Debra an
2 CONC d Daniel Cox divorced in September of 1983. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Debra was a single mom for the next twelve years. It was during this t
2 CONC ime that she moved from Napa State Hospital to Sonoma Developmental Ce
2 CONC nter. After working at Sonoma for few years she promoted to shift lead
2 CONC . In a few more years she was promoted to Unit Supervisor and was plac
2 CONC ed in charge of her own unit. A this time she was responsible for abou
2 CONC t 30 clients and 30 support personal. She held this position for the n
2 CONC ext several years and received memos of recognition for her outstandin
2 CONC g service. She also received a Sustained Superior Accomplishment Awar
2 CONC d from the State for her outstanding work for the years of 1994-1995
2 CONC . 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The summer of 1994 Debra was asked by her aunt, Betty Rogers Murphy, t
2 CONC o take Kelly Murphy, her granddaughter in and to give her a home. In D
2 CONC ecember of 1994 out of love Debra reached out and provided Kelly a sec
2 CONC ure home. Kelly was fourteen years old at this time. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On October 7, 1995, Debra and Tom Blanchette were married in Del Mar
2 CONC , California at Tom's mother's home. Debra quit her State job and move
2 CONC d along with Ashley and Kelly to Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii. Tom is employe
2 CONC d by the US Department of Defense as a welder. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Since living in Hawaii, Debra worked in a variety of sales jobs. Thi
2 CONC s is something she has always been interested in. She has discovered s
2 CONC he loves sales and working with people.  Tom and Debra plan on movin
2 CONC g back to the contingent forty-eight when Tom retires from federal emp
2 CONC loyment in 2006. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Shortly before Debra's divorce became final to Daniel Cox, she and Ash
2 CONC ley, who was about two and a half at the time, were driving from Napa
2 CONC , California to Orland, California to visit her parents. Ashley was as
2 CONC leep on the front seat, next to Debra. As they were traveling along th
2 CONC e deserted I-505, an older car passed Debra and Ashley, pulled right i
2 CONC n front of them, and slowed down to about 35 mph. Debra passed this ca
2 CONC r and the older car passed them again and slowed down again, but eve
2 CONC n slower to about 25, then 15 miles an hour. This man did this same th
2 CONC ing several more times, when finally anger weld up inside Debra. She g
2 CONC ot out paper and pen and wrote down everything she could about this ca
2 CONC r traveling so slow in front of her. She then pulled up along side o
2 CONC f this car and looked directly at the driver. Debra saw this man clear
2 CONC ly, with his right eye appearing to droop lower than the left eye an
2 CONC d looking as though he had two different faces put together as one; hi
2 CONC s hair was ugly and graying. By this time, Debra was not only very ang
2 CONC ry, but determined to get this man to stop harassing her and her baby
2 CONC . She looked directly into his eyes and mouthed, "Come on you son-of-a
2 CONC -bitch, I'll kill you!" With this the guy in the older car backed of
2 CONC f and Debra drove onto her parents house and reported this incident t
2 CONC o them. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Within days of this incident, Debra saw a picture of Henry Lee Lucas a
2 CONC nd positively identified him as the man she had an encounter with. H
2 CONC e was convicted of ten murders in Texas and confessed of murdering ove
2 CONC r 100 women across America. On June 27, 1998 Governor George W. Bush s
2 CONC pared Henry's life by commuting his sentence to life. He is still serv
2 CONC ing his life sentence in Texas. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was in 1959 that Henry Lee Lucas killed his mother and in interview
2 CONC s that followed, he admitted to killing many other women, including hi
2 CONC s former live-in girl friend, Frieda Becky Powell, who was only fiftee
2 CONC n at the time. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He has a glass eye from an injury when he was a child. This caused hi
2 CONC s eye to look as if it is drooping as it appeared to Debra on that day
2 CONC . Later investigations have revealed Lucas may have exaggerated the nu
2 CONC mber of women he killed, but this doesn't change the fact that he trie
2 CONC d to assault Debra on this encounter she had with him.
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME "Constance" Arlene /Hass/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 FEB 1952
2 PLAC Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California
1 FAMC @F1206@
1 FAMS @F6@
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME "Alison" Lynnč /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JUL 1976
2 PLAC National City, San Diego County, CA
1 FAMC @F6@
1 FAMS @F211@
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME "Daniel" James /Cox/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 NOV 1950
2 PLAC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
1 FAMC @F1023@
1 FAMS @F7@
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME "Ashley" Christine /Wemple-Cox/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JUN 1980
2 PLAC Vallejo, Solano County, California
1 FAMC @F7@
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME "Thomas" Paul /Blanchette/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1949
2 PLAC Eagle Lake, Aroostook County, Maine
1 FAMC @F949@
1 FAMS @F8@
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME J /Wemple/
2 GIVN J.C.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1873
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 APR 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F9@
1 NOTE At his funeral the compiler, aged 9 at the time, heard a community mem
2 CONC ber saying, "He never had an enemy in his whole life."  He was loved b
2 CONC y his whole family and his family sadly missed and mourned him when h
2 CONC e died at the young age 67 in 1940.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay was given the name J.C. at birth. After he and Libby were married
2 CONC , Libby had him change his name to Jay C. to end the confusion over th
2 CONC e mail (with Jay's father, Joseph C). Jay was a farmer in Milford, CA
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT A tribute to J.C. & Libby Wemple from DFD
2 CONT by Dave F. Dozier, M.D.:
2 CONT 
2 CONT This tribute is written for the descendants of two of the most wonderf
2 CONC ul parents anyone could ever know of.  Often it is difficult for child
2 CONC ren to write with the freedom which others may use in telling of a pre
2 CONC cious home and the life therein. Having known the family for seventy y
2 CONC ears, I want to tell of the life in this blessed home.  Such was was t
2 CONC he home of Jay and Libby.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay Wemple and Libby Decious both grew up in Milford and attended th
2 CONC e Milford School.  Grandfather Joseph Wemple named the town and in fac
2 CONC t bought the land which became the base of all the Wemple ranches fro
2 CONC m Peter Lassen himself.*  Truly, this is the story of the beautiful lo
2 CONC ve between husband and wife which thrived as long as life permitted
2 CONC .  Every child was wanted, made welcome and secure within the family a
2 CONC nd the older brothers and sisters.  No one knowing the family ever beh
2 CONC eld a more close knit, happy and affectionate family group - all for e
2 CONC ach and each for all!  There were ten children - five boys and five gi
2 CONC rls.  God called one little fellow early in life and one fine son wa
2 CONC s called in the full glow of manhood.  As this is written, in 1984, th
2 CONC e eight surviving are all known to be fine men and gracious ladies who
2 CONC se friendship is cherished by all who know them. In the early years i
2 CONC t was Jay's great joy after chores were done, to come into the house a
2 CONC nd pick up the youngest, bringing coos and laughs from the infant whil
2 CONC e Libby and the daughters, who were learning priceless cooking skills
2 CONC , readied the evening meal.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The home was a large two story ranch home with generous room for all
2 CONC . And what living and what wonderful food, most of which came right fr
2 CONC om the ranch itself, with chickens, eggs and milk; beef, pork, and lam
2 CONC b; hams, bacon, and sausage expertly prepared by Jay and the boys.  Th
2 CONC ere was a large garden behind the house from which came berries an
2 CONC d a large variety of vegetables which were used fresh, put into dozen
2 CONC s of glasses and jars, or in large bins in the basement cellar.  Fro
2 CONC m the orchard came cherries, apricots, peaches, and a variety of apple
2 CONC s all to be handled in a similar manner.  There was always fresh bake
2 CONC d bread, biscuits, hot cakes, cakes, pies, and doughnuts as only Libb
2 CONC y and her daughters could turn out.  Of course jams, jellies and prese
2 CONC rves to match.  Butter churned on the ranch, plenty of cream, plus ic
2 CONC e from Honey Lake** stored and brought out from the icehouse for the m
2 CONC aking of glorious ice cream in the summer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT What a wonderful life replete with so many products of the land and al
2 CONC l under the mantle of parental, filial and sibling love seen but rarel
2 CONC y. In these later years it is truly wonderful to see the genuine affec
2 CONC tion within all members of the families, the happy friendships and lov
2 CONC e, each and every one for the others.  To have been born a child of Ja
2 CONC y and Libby is to have been truly blest.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Compiler's note: * (1) Joseph C. Wemple bought land from Fairfield an
2 CONC d Whiting, not Peter Lassen.
2 CONT ** (2) Ice was not cut off Honey Lake, as the water was always murky
2 CONC . Rather, it was cut off the reservoirs and saved in ice houses insula
2 CONC ted with saw dust. (3)The author of this note, Doctor Dave Dozier, a
2 CONC s a high school boy, spent a summer with Jay and Libby working on th
2 CONC e ranch for Jay. Doctor Dozier later married Jay and Libby's daughter
2 CONC , Marjel in 1981, after both their spouses had died. (4) The garden th
2 CONC at the author noted was raised largely by Jay. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Tuesday, 16 April 1940
2 CONC , page 1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JAY C. WEMPLE PASSES AWAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
2 CONT 
2 CONT At the Riverside Hospital Friday night, Susanville lost another of he
2 CONC r old time residents, Jay C. Wemple, who passed away at about 8 p.m. a
2 CONC t the age of 67 years and 12 days, of a very industrious and eventfu
2 CONC l life.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay C. Wemple was well known about Lassen county, having been born an
2 CONC d raised here. He was born in the home farm, March 31, 1873, and in co
2 CONC mmon with his brothers and sister was educated, principally in the dis
2 CONC trict school. As soon as he was old enough to be of use, he began work
2 CONC ing on the ranch, and has been actively engaged in agricultural labo
2 CONC r since. His farm is northeast of Milford, and shows well how his syst
2 CONC ematic methods and excellent judgement brought satisfactory results.
2 CONT 
2 CONT On February 17, 1894, Mr. Wemple married Elizabeth Decious, a daughte
2 CONC r of Irvin Decious, of Modoc county, and into their home 11 children w
2 CONC ere born. Living are Claude C. Wemple of Milford, Mrs. Olga Burrough
2 CONC s of Sacramento, Miss Narnia Wemple and Joseph Irvin Wemple, both of M
2 CONC ilford, Mrs. Marjel Edwards and Raymond J. Wemple of Westwood, Mrs. Ma
2 CONC rguerite Hallowell of Susanville, Mrs. Deesse Theodore of Litchfield a
2 CONC nd Neil Wemple of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was a member of Honey Lake Parlor No. 198 N.S.G.W. (Native Sons o
2 CONC f the Golden West), of Janesville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife and the above mentioned children and also 1
2 CONC 6 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. One sister, Mrs. Elizabet
2 CONC h Harris of Elko, Nevada and Judge N.V. Wemple and F.O. Wemple, brothe
2 CONC rs, of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Reverand R.G. Green officiated at services in the Methodist churc
2 CONC h at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Martha Torry and Ardith O'Dell sang, while Alfreda Cunningham accompan
2 CONC ied them at the piano.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Members of the Janesville Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member, an
2 CONC d the Susanville Masonic Lodge attended in a body to act as honorary g
2 CONC uests.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pallbearers were all nephews: Lyle Wemple, Fred Wemple, Paul Wemple, O
2 CONC rville Wemple, Lawrence [sic] Wemple, and Guy Wemple.
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME "Elizabeth" Adelia /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 DEC 1874
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JUN 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F9@
1 NOTE Grandma was a strong Christian who lived her faith. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 8 June 1960
2 CONC , page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT FINAL RITES HELD FOR LIBBY WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Mrs. Libby A. Wemple, 85, of Milford, who died a
2 CONC t a local hospital last Saturday afternoon, were held in the Rogers Fu
2 CONC neral Home on Monday afternoon at two o'clock with the Reverand Russel
2 CONC l Van Alen officiating. Interment was in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Alfreda Cunningham played three organ selections, "In the Garden,
2 CONC " "Beautiful Garden of Prayer" and "Open Mine Eyes That I may see."
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Pallbearers were Don Wemple, Glenn Wemple, David Wemple, David Edward
2 CONC s, Jr., Trent Burroughs and John J. Theordore.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in California on December 7, 1874 and was marrie
2 CONC d at Milford in 1894.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving are three sons, Claude, Milford; Raymond, Dorris; and Col. N
2 CONC eil, March AFB, and five daughters, Mrs. Olga Burroughs, Sacramento; N
2 CONC arnia Wemple, Milford; Mrs Marjel Edwards, Anderson; Mrs. Marguerite H
2 CONC allowell; Susanville; and Mrs. Deesse Theodore, Wendel.
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1894
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1894
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME "Olga" Adelia /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1897
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUL 2000
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 DATE 05 AUG 2000
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F14@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; Wednesday, July 19, 2000, page B5c2;  obtained at the CA State L
2 CONC ibrary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "Burroughs, Olga Wemple 
2 CONT "Passing away quietly on July 17, 2000. She was born September 13, 189
2 CONC 7, at the family ranch in Milford, Lassen County, California, the thir
2 CONC d of eleven children born to early pioneers Jay C. and Libby Decious W
2 CONC emple. Mrs. Burroughs was married for 29 years to Spencer E. Burroughs
2 CONC , a veteran of WW I and the Chief Attorney for the California Departme
2 CONC nt of Water Resource until his death in November 1948. Mrs Burroughs w
2 CONC as predeceased by her son Spencer Burroughs who was killed in action i
2 CONC n the Pacific in WW II. She is survived by two sons: Trent Burroughs a
2 CONC nd Geoffrey Burroughs, both of Sacramento, a daughter: Brooke Van Zand
2 CONC t, of Phoenix, Arizona, and five grandchildren, and nine great-grandch
2 CONC ildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by he
2 CONC r sister: Margarite Rypkema of Reno, Nevada, and a brother: Neil Wempl
2 CONC e of Tucson, Arizona. Mrs. Burroughs attended the University of Califo
2 CONC rnia at Berkeley, and was a well-known Sacramento artist who had exhib
2 CONC ited her award winning oil paintings at the Crocker Art Gallery. She w
2 CONC as President of the Kingsley Art Club from 1937 to 1939, and was found
2 CONC er and Past President of the World Affairs Council of Sacramento, an
2 CONC d active in many other social events. A private memorial service wil
2 CONC l be held later in Susanville. Remembrances may be made to the charit
2 CONC y the doner's choice, or to the Crocker Art Museum, 216 'O' Street, Sa
2 CONC cramento, CA 95814, or to the Kingsley Art Club's Educational Fund, 21
2 CONC 6 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Arrangements by Harry A Nauman an
2 CONC d Son.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; Friday, 21 Jul 2000; page B5c1-4;  obtained at the CA State Libr
2 CONC ary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "(With picture and the following caption)
2 CONT "OLGA WEMPLE BURROUGHS
2 CONT "She started her own business after her husband died and she had to ra
2 CONC ise three children.
2 CONT "AD PIONEER OLGA BURROUGHS
2 CONT "HER DISPLAY PANELS FOR CITY TRASH CANS DREW PRAISE NATIONWISE
2 CONT "By Steve Gibson
2 CONT "Bee Staff Writer
2 CONT "Olga Wemple Burroughs, a member of a pioneer Lassen County family wh
2 CONC o later settled in Sacramento, reared a family and operated her own ou
2 CONC tdoor advertising firm, is dead at 102.
2 CONT "She died in a nursing home Monday of complications from pneumonia, sa
2 CONC id her son, Geoffrey Burroughs.
2 CONT "Her firm, Emerson & Burroughs, had a franchise from the city during t
2 CONC he late 1940s and early 1950s to display advertising panels on trash c
2 CONC ontainers on downtown street corners.
2 CONT "Mrs. Burroughs advertising techniques - attaching weatherproof panel
2 CONC s covered with color photos on the containers - were considered so inn
2 CONC ovative that she gained national recognition.
2 CONT "In 1951, the Advertising Federation of America presented her with th
2 CONC e Erma Proetz Award for pioneering "a new type of outdoor advertising.
2 CONC "
2 CONT "Trash cans have long been ugly and dirty," Mrs. Burroughs wrote at th
2 CONC e time. "I have designed a waste unit of almost classic dignity (with
2 CONC ) . . . beautiful colored pictures . . . which arouse civic pride an
2 CONC d give people a warm feeling toward the advertiser whose name and cop
2 CONC y is below the picture."
2 CONT "But, as Mrs. Burroughs recalled later, to win the franchise she firs
2 CONC t had to overcome "strenuous opposition" from the City Council and Sac
2 CONC ramento's two daily newspapers, both of which editorialized against th
2 CONC e concept.
2 CONT "Most of the criticism was based on the hypothesis that our waste unit
2 CONC s would be unsightly," she said later. But once samples were placed o
2 CONC n sidewalks, opposition waned.
2 CONT "Mrs. Burroughs entered the advertising business out of necessity afte
2 CONC r her husband, Spencer E. Burroughs, a lawyer for the state of Califor
2 CONC nia, died in 1948, her son said.
2 CONT "Her oldest son, a Navy officer, had been killed in action, in the Pac
2 CONC ific Theater during World War II, but at the time of her husband's dea
2 CONC th, she still had three children at home and little insurance money, a
2 CONC ccording to her son Geoffrey.
2 CONT "We went from being real comfortable to being on a real tight budget,
2 CONC " her son said. "She had to work to support us."
2 CONT "Nonetheless, Mrs. Burroughs found time for other interests.
2 CONT "She was a Democrat, a political liberal who was active during the 195
2 CONC 0s and 1960s in the local chapter of the World Affairs Council of Nort
2 CONC hern California, serving as president of the group.
2 CONT "In addition, she was an accomplished artist, whose oil paintings wer
2 CONC e displayed in the Crocker Art Gallery. She was a past president of th
2 CONC e Kingsley Art Club.
2 CONT "Olga Wemple Burroughs was born September 13, 1897, on the family ranc
2 CONC h in Milford, Lassen County, the third of 11 children of Libby Deciou
2 CONC s Wemple and Jay C. Wemple. Her father was a rancher in Milford.
2 CONT "She was a 1915 graduate of Lassen High School in Susanville, and stud
2 CONC ied art for one year at the University of California, Berkeley. She re
2 CONC turned home the next year after her mother gave birth to her 11th chil
2 CONC d and needed help caring for the family.
2 CONT "In 1919 she married Spencer E. Burroughs, a Lassen County lawyer wh
2 CONC o served in the Navy during World War I.
2 CONT "According to her family, she was 13 when became interested in art an
2 CONC d painting, an interest that continued into her 90s.
2 CONT "In addition to her son Geoffrey, who resides in Sacramento, survivor
2 CONC s include a daughter, Brooke Van Zandt of Phoenix; another son, Tren
2 CONC t Burroughs of Sacramento; sister Marguerite Rypkema of Reno; brother
2 CONC , Neil Wemple of Tucson; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildre
2 CONC n and two great-great-grandchildren.
2 CONT "The family is planning a memorial service in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following are excerpts from Olga's daughter, Brooke (Olga)'s, lett
2 CONC er which was available at the reception following Olga's memorial serv
2 CONC ice in Susanville:
2 CONT "(Elegance) was truly Mother on those evenings when she would descen
2 CONC d the stairs, dressed in brilliance for a party; her eyes shining wit
2 CONC h excitement, her hair and gown lovely, looking like a girl on her fir
2 CONC st date.
2 CONT "She entertained often in her home, and had many elegant friends who i
2 CONC nvited her to their homes.
2 CONT "Mother understood sophisticated hospitality. She knew what the menu s
2 CONC hould be - and what it should not be - and was never ruffled or ill a
2 CONC t ease.
2 CONT "Her parties were lovely; her guests those of the art world and thos
2 CONC e of politics. Her home was charming; her husband, dynamic, and she ha
2 CONC d a gracious manner of enjoying people.
2 CONT "For years, no liquor was served at her home, and yet a society, who c
2 CONC ustomarily enjoyed cocktails and wine, appeared and stayed the evening
2 CONC .
2 CONT "Even after Dad died, at a much too early age, Mother continued to ent
2 CONC ertain, both the same collection of friends, and new ones she met in o
2 CONC utside activities.
2 CONT "Although a widow, Mother never seemed interested in finding a secon
2 CONC d husband. In fact, she discouraged any would-be suitors. Either she f
2 CONC ound Spencer Senior too difficult on act to supplant, or she enjoyed h
2 CONC er personal freedom. Mother was a very independent person.
2 CONT "Ten words describe Mother to me: Elegant, Mercurial, Hospitable, Arbi
2 CONC trary, Aspiring, Admiring, Artistic, Undecided, Emotional, Determined.
2 CONT "Amidst these ten words are a lot of contradictions!
2 CONT "Mother had a wacky sense of humor, yet she was a most prim and tradit
2 CONC ional lady. For example: she thought it VERY FUNNY when a longtime mal
2 CONC e-friend of the family, who lived in the southern part of the State, a
2 CONC rrived, unannounced, in the middle of the night - climbed through an u
2 CONC nlocked downstairs window and went upstairs to an extra bedroom to sle
2 CONC ep - showing up suddenly at the breakfast table the next morning.
2 CONT "Mother liked kookie antics in her friends, thus gathering a number o
2 CONC n the 'Avant-Garde' around her, although her own behavior was strictl
2 CONC y conventional, and she preferred that her own children's behavior b
2 CONC e conventional also.
2 CONT "As a matter of fact, she had a sense of possession about her own chil
2 CONC dren, and even a sense of possession about their possessions. Mother w
2 CONC as very much a matriarch.
2 CONT "Yet, as a mother, she did not enter into her children's activities. S
2 CONC he never looked at a report card, or entered a school a child her her
2 CONC s attended, or sought a teacher's advice, or helped with homework. He
2 CONC r expectations for scholarship and behavior were high, and that was th
2 CONC at.
2 CONT "She had many too many outside activities in her life to be bothered w
2 CONC ith such details.
2 CONT "She had two main interests in her life: art and politics. Art was a
2 CONC n outstanding talent given her as a gift from Above. Her special talen
2 CONC t was in the oil painting of portraits. With very little training, he
2 CONC r portraits were truly exquisite and exact images of her subject. Sh
2 CONC e spent some years in painting family members and friends, generally
2 CONC , anyone she could get to pose for her. Mother never thought in term
2 CONC s of business or making money.
2 CONT "She was really a 'lady' of the old school, and felt that women shoul
2 CONC d be allowed to stay out of the grubby world of making a living.
2 CONT "Her other great interest was politics. From the moment she rode all t
2 CONC he way home from Cal, Berkeley, on the train with Spencer Burroughs, w
2 CONC ho was going all the way home from Stanford University, and Spencer as
2 CONC tounded her by talking nothing but politics the whole trip, Mother wa
2 CONC s captivated by politics.
2 CONT "She learned all her politics from Spencer, and was a rabid Democrat
2 CONC . I often though that, as he grew older, and the world changed, Dad mi
2 CONC ght have mellowed in his politics. But, not so, for Mother. She stoo
2 CONC d by the 'family' point of view, and only progressed past Dad to becom
2 CONC ing, on many issues, absolutely radical.
2 CONT "Her intense interest in art and politics brought her some Awards in b
2 CONC oth fields. Among other things, she was President of the elite 'Kingsl
2 CONC ey Art Club of Sacramento', and Founder and President of the 'World Af
2 CONC fairs Council of Sacramento', which, as I am sure you know, is a Rocke
2 CONC feller gift to the world.
2 CONT "In 1945, I recall, she dragged me to the first meeting of the Unite
2 CONC d Nations, which was held in San Francisco. It was a gathering of seve
2 CONC ral days and very potent with power. I recall being quite blase' abou
2 CONC t the event, but now I am quite impressed.
2 CONT "Mother also introduced me, at a luncheon, to the Moral ReArmament, Ox
2 CONC ford Group, whom I later visited in Los Angeles, and some of whom I co
2 CONC rresponded with for years.
2 CONT "This was the sort of atmosphere in which I grew up, and, of course, w
2 CONC hen Dad was alive, it was multiplied by Dad, who was, indeed, a uniqu
2 CONC e life in himself.
2 CONT "But, mother, took a long pause after Spencer Jr.'s death, and three y
2 CONC ears later, after Dad's death, disconnecting the telephone for some ti
2 CONC me. But when she recovered, she took up her activities with even mor
2 CONC e determination.
2 CONT "Mother wanted to BE everything, and to KNOW everything, and she did v
2 CONC alue her own acumen.
2 CONT "Therefore, not so very long ago, she was disappointed when she receiv
2 CONC ed a form in the mail from 'Who's Who' in America, and discovered tha
2 CONC t she could not fill in a single requirement!
2 CONT "Well, what I say is, 'She RECEIVED the FORM, didn't she?' That is bet
2 CONC ter than most of us do.
2 CONT "HOWEVER, if 'Who's Who' had a form for "Eccentricity in a Restraine
2 CONC d Lady-like Manner' . . . or 'Ratings For The Top Tea-Pourer In Americ
2 CONC a' . . . or 'Ratings For The Woman Who Presented The Same Salad At Din
2 CONC ner For Well Over Umpteen-Years In A Row' . . . or, 'Ratings For Someo
2 CONC ne Who Tried To Be Everything To Everybody And Always, In Her Opinion
2 CONC , Was Right', SURELY, Mother could have filled THAT form to overloadin
2 CONC g and more!
2 CONT "I remember Mother mentioning once, in the early days, that 'someone
2 CONC ' should write a book just about the daily life of an ordinary person
2 CONC . I got the impression that the someone she was thinking about was her
2 CONC self.
2 CONT "NEVER! NEVER could she have done it!
2 CONT "ANYONE  who knew Mother well, knew that she could not have done it! S
2 CONC he could NEVER have become an 'ORDINARY' person.  . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County Times Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 25 Jul 2000; page 8Cc2-3; obtained at the Susanville Li
2 CONC brary, 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT "OLGA WEMPLE
2 CONT "BURROUGHS
2 CONT "Olga Wemple Burroughs, 103, died Monday, July 17, 2000.
2 CONT "She was born Sept. 13, 1897 at the family ranch in Milford, Calif., t
2 CONC he third of 11 children born to early pioneers Jay C. and Libby Deciou
2 CONC s Wemple.
2 CONT "She was married for 29 years to Spencer E. Burroughs, a veteran of Wo
2 CONC rld War II [sic] and the chief attorney for the California Departmen
2 CONC t of Water Resources until his death in Nov. 1948.
2 CONT "She attended the University of California at Berkeley, and was a well
2 CONC -known Sacramento artist who had exhibit4ed her award-winning oil pain
2 CONC tings at the Crocker Art Gallery.  She was president of the Kingsley A
2 CONC rt club from 1937 to 1939, and was founder and past president of the W
2 CONC orld Arffairs Council of Sacramento, and active in many other social e
2 CONC vents.
2 CONT "She was preceded in death by her son, Spencer Burroughs, who was kill
2 CONC ed in action in the pacific in World War II.
2 CONT "She is survived y two sons, Trent Burroughs and Geoffrey Burroughs, b
2 CONC oth os Sacramento; daughter, Brooke Van Zandt, of Phoenix, Ariz.; sist
2 CONC er, Marguerite Rypkema, of Reno, Nev. and brother, Neil Wemple, of Tuc
2 CONC son, Ariz.  five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, and two grea
2 CONC t-great grandchildren.
2 CONT "A private memorial service will be held later in Susanville.  Remembr
2 CONC ances may be made to the charite of the donor's choice, or to the Croc
2 CONC ker Art Museum, 216 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or to Kingsley A
2 CONC rt Club Eeducational Fund 216 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814."
2 CONT 
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME "Hazel" Narnia /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 AUG 1899
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1984
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SACRAMENTO BEE, 8 December 1984, page A19c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "NARNIA HAZEL WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Narnia Hazel Wemple, a descendant of Lassen County settlers, died Thu
2 CONC rsday in Sacramento after a long illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Miss Wemple, 85, moved to Sacramento from Susanville 10  years ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She was for many years the post-mistress of her native Milford, Lasse
2 CONC n County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Miss Wemple raised an orphaned nephew and cared for her elderly mothe
2 CONC r.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She is survived by her brothers, Claude Wemple of Milford, retired Ar
2 CONC my Col. Neil Wemple of Tucson, Arizona, and Ray Wemple of Weed, Siskiy
2 CONC ou County; and sisters, Marguerite Rypkema of Paradise, and Deesse The
2 CONC odore of Susanville, and Olga Burroughs and Marjel Dozier, both of Sac
2 CONC ramento.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She was the granddaughter of Joseph Wemple, who settled in Lassen Cou
2 CONC nty in 1859.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Her ashes will be interred next spring in the family plot in the Milf
2 CONC ord Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The family requests that any remembrances be sent to a charity of th
2 CONC e donor's choice."
0 @I28@ INDI
1 NAME "Joseph" Irvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1900
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 DEC 1948
2 PLAC Johnstonville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F15@
1 NOTE Sammy was killed in an automobile accident near Johnstonville, CA. H
2 CONC e was an excellent horseman and truly enjoyed to ride race horses.  I
2 CONC t has been said that he had the skill to ride race horses on any trac
2 CONC k and could have competed with the best of jockeys. He was a conservat
2 CONC ive Christian who loved his Lord. He worked at various times as a mil
2 CONC l worker, farmer, and security guard. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary & article from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 3 Dece
2 CONC mber 1948, page 1c7-8:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "WELL-KNOWN LOCAL MAN DIED AS CAR SKIDS INTO BRIDGE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Irvin (Sammy) Wemple Killed As Car Skids Into Bridge Near Johnstonvil
2 CONC le
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Irvin (Sammy) Wemple, 48, of Milford, was killed when his car skidde
2 CONC d into the bridge over the Lake Leavitt Slough this side of Johnstonvi
2 CONC lle Wednesday about 7:45 a.m.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Earl Allison of Buntingville, office manager of the Susanville Loggin
2 CONC g company, a passenger in the front seat of the car, is recovering fro
2 CONC m face, head cuts and bruises at Riverside hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Frank Kliewer of Milford, who worked at Lassen Lumber and Box compan
2 CONC y with Wemple, was riding in the back seat of the car, and was not inj
2 CONC ured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral services are scheduled Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Methodist c
2 CONC hurch, with the Reverand E.E. Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Mi
2 CONC lford cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Ivan Hudson of Janesville, driving a red pickup immediately behind We
2 CONC mple's car, skidded and struck the bridge, missing the other victims
2 CONC , when he tried to stop, according to highway patrolmen. He was not in
2 CONC jured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Jay Wemple, Irvin's son, was following by about 100 yards of his fath
2 CONC er's car. Seeing the accident, he tried to stop and his car made a sli
2 CONC ding turn through the bridge, striking only a piece of broken guard po
2 CONC st in the road.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The highway was icy when the accident occurred. The victim's car, a 1
2 CONC 946 Dodge sedan, skidded first into the right end of the cement bridge
2 CONC , whirled around and hit the back of the car along the bridge. Wempl
2 CONC e was thrown out of the door which was knocked open and skidded abou
2 CONC t 150 feet on the icy pavement according to the highway patrol. He wa
2 CONC s dead on admittance to the hospital, presumably from skull fractures
2 CONC . The car landed in the ditch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include three sons, Jay, Tremain and Nolan Mark, from abou
2 CONC t 20 to 5; his mother, Mrs. J.C. Wemple of Milford; brothers, Claude o
2 CONC f Milford, Raymond of Redding and Lt. Col. Neil Wemple of Spokane, Was
2 CONC hington; sisters, Mrs. Nolan Hallowell of Susanville, Mrs. Olga Burrou
2 CONC ghs of Sacramento, Miss Narnia Wemple of Milford, Mrs. D.I. Edwards o
2 CONC f Westwood and Mrs. John Theodore of Wendel. His wife, the former Emm
2 CONC a Grayce Tremain, died several years ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Lt. Col. Wemple flew in by bomber to Reno Thursday night. Other broth
2 CONC ers and sisters are expected to come to the funeral.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "This is the tragedy which has struck the family in a week; the funera
2 CONC l of Spencer Burroughs, who was a brother-in-law of Irvin Wemple, wa
2 CONC s last Saturday."
0 @I29@ INDI
1 NAME "Marjel" May /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1904
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F16@
1 FAMS @F19@
1 FAMS @F20@
1 NOTE Compiler's Note: Marjel was a faithful friend when I needed a friend
2 CONC . I shall ever be grateful to her. DRW
0 @I30@ INDI
1 NAME Marguerite /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1909
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 FEB 2005
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery - Section J, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F21@
1 FAMS @F23@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Reno-Gazette-Journal Newspaper, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONC ; Saturday, 26 Feb 2005; page 9Cc4;  obtained at the University of Nev
2 CONC ada, Getchell Library, microfilm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT "MARGUERITE WEMPLE
2 CONT "HALLOWELL
2 CONT "Marguerite Wemple Hallowell passed away on February 4, 2004 [sic] i
2 CONC n Reno, at age 95. She was the last in her generation of a Lassen Coun
2 CONC ty pioneer family. Born on the Wemple Ranch in Milford, CA, she was th
2 CONC e eighth child of Libby A. and Jay C. Wemple.
2 CONT "She attended schools in Milford, Susanville, and Sacramento and wa
2 CONC s a graduate of Lassen Union High School in 1930, the year she was mar
2 CONC ried to Nolan Hallowell. In 1936 she became the first woman in Lasse
2 CONC n County to be licenced [sic] as a ham radio operator. In 1946 she an
2 CONC d Nolan purchased a small plane which they flew home to Susanville fro
2 CONC m Youngstown, Ohio with Marguerite navigating. She worked for the Doyl
2 CONC e Motor Company and California Pacific Power Company after her husband
2 CONC 's death in 1958.
2 CONT "Marguerite was a gracious woman who enjoyed sharing her home with fri
2 CONC ends and family. She volunteered for the Red Cross and WPA during WWII
2 CONC . She was a member of her high school sorority, Omicron Alpha in Sacra
2 CONC mento, a past president of the Monticola Club and a member of the Pa
2 CONC n Club in Susanville. In Paradise, California, she was a past presiden
2 CONC t of the Agenda Club and the Elks Wives. She was a member of the Daugh
2 CONC ters of the American Revolution.
2 CONT "She was preceded in death by her husband Nolan Hallowell; daughter Ly
2 CONC nn Hallowell McDonald; her husband Dick Rypkema; her parents and ten b
2 CONC rothers and sisters.
2 CONT "Marguerite is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Bob Mc
2 CONC Donald of Reno; grandchildren, Stephen McDonald of Manhatten Beach, CA
2 CONC , Elizabeth McDonald Delia (Rob) of Sparks, NV, J.R. McDonald of San F
2 CONC rancisco, CA, [sic] Jess Iturri) of Portland, OR; one great grandson a
2 CONC nd many nieces and nephews.
2 CONT "Memorial services will be held at a later date in Milford and Susanvi
2 CONC lle. Donations can be made to the Lassen County Historical Society, 7
2 CONC 5 Weatherlow St., Susanville, CA, 96130, or a charity of your choice."
2 CONT 
0 @I31@ INDI
1 NAME "Deesse" Decious /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1911
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 APR 1998
2 PLAC Burney, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F24@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 29 M
2 CONC ay 1931, page 8c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "TWO PROMINENT VALLEY FAMILIES UNITED SUNDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT "On Sunday morning, May 24th, Miss Deesse Wemple was married to John T
2 CONC heordore, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Theodore of Litchfield.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The marriage was solemnized at eight o'clock at the home of the bride
2 CONC 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Wemple of Milford, the Reverand Mark P
2 CONC ike of Susanville officiating in the presence of relatives and friends
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT "For the wedding music Mrs. J. Irvin Wemple played the favorite select
2 CONC ion from Mendelsohn.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The bride, the youngest daughter of the family, wore the dress of cre
2 CONC am-white satin and lace worn before her by three of her sisters. Her v
2 CONC eil was of tulle, and short, fastened with tiny clusters of orange blo
2 CONC ssoms, and her bouquet was a shower of cream-white roses and lillies o
2 CONC f the valley. Miss Narnia Wemple, her sister's only attendant, wor
2 CONC e a lavender flowered dress and carried Rose Marie roses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Raymond Wemple acted as best man.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "A lovely mass of flowers formed the background for the wedding servic
2 CONC e, and about the house tulips and pastel shades of columbine were used
2 CONC , and spays of hawthorne.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Following the ceremony breakfast was served with the wedding party an
2 CONC d near relatives seated at the bride's table.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The young couple are spending their honeymoon at Sacramento, San Fran
2 CONC cisco and cities south."
0 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME "Lowell" Stanford /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 AUG 1913
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1925
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 NOTE Lowell S. Wemple was a very sensitive boy, who became depressed and di
2 CONC scouraged rather easily.  His parents had gone to visit Libbie's broth
2 CONC er, Frank and his wife Blanche in Lemoore, CA and Lowell wanted to g
2 CONC o very much, but was refused.  This refusal started a series of event
2 CONC s which led to tragedy.  Soon thereafter, he got into trouble in schoo
2 CONC l over little or nothing.  Just before this, but after he missed the L
2 CONC emoore trip, he and a friend of his, Claude (Bud) Harwood, were caugh
2 CONC t stealing cigarettes from the local store and Lowell's older brother
2 CONC , Claude had remarked to him, "You'd better be careful.  You could en
2 CONC d up in prison."   When Lowell got into trouble at school, he came hom
2 CONC e at noon sobbing his heart out. Some of the family were gathered in t
2 CONC he kitchen.  When they heard Lowell come in the front door sobbing, Ma
2 CONC rjel Wemple, later Marjel Edwards, Lowell's sister, went to see Lowel
2 CONC l and told him that she would get him something to eat.  Fixing someon
2 CONC e something to eat was always the family cure all for depression, sadn
2 CONC ess and sickness.  Marjel probably had said to Lowell, "I'll fix yo
2 CONC u a sandwich.  That'll make you feel better."  Lowell went on upstairs
2 CONC .  It wasn't long before Claude, Irvin, Marjel and a family friend wh
2 CONC o were all sitting about the kitchen, heard a report from a .22 rifle
2 CONC .  Irvin (Sammy), Lowell's brother, bounded up the stairs, two at a ti
2 CONC me, followed closely by Claude.  They found Lowell mortally wounded
2 CONC .  Shortly thereafter, a phone call was placed to Lowell's parents. J.
2 CONC C. and Libby in Lemoore and they hurried home to a sadden and broken h
2 CONC earted family. The pain and heartache of this tragedy still haunts thi
2 CONC s family, even after all these seventy-one years. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lowell died in September of 1925 and he wrote a couple of stories in t
2 CONC he spring of that same year that his sister, Deesse Theodore, has kep
2 CONC t and treasured these many years.  The stories are as follows: " A STO
2 CONC RY.  Once Claude, Heavy (Orville Wemple), Guy (Wemple) and Murph (Fre
2 CONC d Wwmple) bilt (sic) a raft and put it on the lake. Then they got on i
2 CONC t and went out on the lake.  When they got out a little way, the win
2 CONC d came up and drifted them on down to that fense (sic) between Harwood
2 CONC s and Humphries.  Guy got sea sick and Heavy was frightened to death
2 CONC .  Claude and Murph got a hold of the fense (sic) and pulled them in t
2 CONC o shore.  When they got in, it was dark."
2 CONT 
2 CONT The second story is titled: "TUMMY BUNNY.  Once there was a bunny name
2 CONC d Tummy.  This was a funny name.  The reason why his name was Tummy wa
2 CONC s because he was a funny bunny.  One day Tunny was running down the pa
2 CONC th merrily, when out jumped Rocket the old hound dog.  Rocket jumped r
2 CONC ight on Tummy.  "Hey, what's the  big idea?" said Tummy.  "I'm catchin
2 CONC g rabbits," said Rocket.  "Well," said Tummy, "you're going the wron
2 CONC g way because I'm a bunny."  "What's the difference?" said Rocket.  "
2 CONC A rabbit has a black tail and a bunny has a white tail," answered Tumm
2 CONC y.  "Oh all right," said Rocket, as he walked down the path. "Whow (sp
2 CONC ), that was close," said Tummy, "because I have a black tail.  THE END
2 CONC "
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME "Neil" Waldon /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1918
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 OCT 2002
2 PLAC Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F25@
1 NOTE Farm raised in California, he joined the Army Air Corps in 1940.  He s
2 CONC erved for the next 36-37 years with the flying arm of the U.S. militar
2 CONC y and he retired with the rank of full colonel. Early on during WW II
2 CONC , Helen met with Neil at Neil's assigned base in Latin America and the
2 CONC y flew to Tapachula, Mexico in a O-47A to get married.  During his ten
2 CONC ure with the air force, he mostly flew bombers and was one of the orig
2 CONC inal pilots for the B-29's that were stationed in India.  He flew ove
2 CONC r the "hump" on many occasions, flying fuel and bombs from India to Ch
2 CONC ina for their own raids over Japan.  He was promoted to major early o
2 CONC n during the war and was known as "the boy major" by his men, becaus
2 CONC e of his young appearance.  Before his retirement, he was Commander 39
2 CONC 74th Combat Support Group Zaragoza Air Base, Spain.  They presently re
2 CONC side in Tucson, AZ.  DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Go to website http://40thbombgroup.org to explore some of Neil's explo
2 CONC its during WWII.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Service decorations:
2 CONT 1. Distinguished Flying Cross, with one Oak Leaf Cluster
2 CONT 2. Bronze Star Medal
2 CONT 3. Air Metal, with three Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 4. Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 5. Meritious Service Medal
2 CONT 
2 CONT Medals, Citations, and Campaignes
2 CONT 1. Distinguished Unit Citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 2. American Defense Campaign Metal with Bronze Star
2 CONT 3. American Campaign Medal with Bronze Star
2 CONT 4. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four Bronze Stars
2 CONT 5. World War II Victory Metal
2 CONT 6. National Defense Service Medal
2 CONT 7. Philippine Liberation Ribbon
2 CONT 9. Phillippine Independence Ribbon
2 CONT 10. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
2 CONT 11. China War Memorial Medal
2 CONT 
2 CONT Total Flying Time 5710:45 hours
2 CONT Instructor Pilot     586 hours
2 CONT First Pilot           3852 hours
2 CONT Night                    567 hours
2 CONT Instrument           500 hours
2 CONT Command Pilot    147 hours
2 CONT Co Pilot                878 hours
2 CONT Instrument and Night also included in other catagories.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Aircraft in which most flying performed:
2 CONT B29                   1500 hours
2 CONT B-17                    750 hours
2 CONT B-47                    600 hours
2 CONT T-33                    400 hours
2 CONT B-24                   250 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Command Positions
2 CONT 1. Aircraft Commander
2 CONT 2. Commander, 44th Bomb Sq.
2 CONT 3. Commander, 327th Bomb Sq.
2 CONT 4. Deputy Commander, 6th Bomb Wing
2 CONT 5. Deputy Commander, 509th Wing
2 CONT 6. Commander, 3974th Combat Support Group
2 CONT 7. Commander, 3973rd Combat Support Group
2 CONT 8. Deputy Commander, 3800th Air Base Wing
2 CONT 9. Commander, 6592nd Support Group
2 CONT 
2 CONT Promotions
2 CONT 1. Flying Cadet                25 November 1940
2 CONT 2. Second Lieutenant      12 July 1941
2 CONT 3. First Lieutenant           1 February 1942
2 CONT 3. Captain                        27 July 1942
2 CONT 4. Major                           15 October 1943
2 CONT 5. Lt. Colonel                   18 June 1945
2 CONT 5. Colonel                        19 January 1951
2 CONT 
2 CONT Retired                             01 August 1969
2 CONT 
2 CONT Tuscon Daily Star Newspaper, Tuscon, Pima Co, AZ;    Neil Waldon Wempl
2 CONC e's obituary;    Internet; Tuscon.com
2 CONT "Neil Waldon Wemple, Colonel USAF Retired
2 CONT died October 31, 2002 in Tucson, AZ born February 26, 1918 in Milford
2 CONC , Lassen County, CA, the 11th child of Jay C. Wemple, a cattle ranche
2 CONC r and Libby A. Wemple (both deceased). He attended elementary school i
2 CONC n Milford and graduated from Lassen High School and Junior College i
2 CONC n Susanville, CA. He completed his education at San Jose State Univers
2 CONC ity with a degree in Commerce. His love of airplanes and flying encour
2 CONC aged him to apply for pilot training in the Army Air Corps. On July 11
2 CONC , 1941 he graduated from flying school at Brooks Field, Texas. Neil wa
2 CONC s commissioned a 2nd Lt, leading to a 30 year career in Military Servi
2 CONC ce. During his career he accumulated 7000 hours of flying. Col. Wempl
2 CONC e flew a total of 36 different military aircraft, the last being the B
2 CONC -52. His war years included stations in Puerto Rico and Guatemala, fly
2 CONC ing submarine patrol in B-17-E's and B-240's. He served in the CBI (Ch
2 CONC ina, Burma, India) Theater and on Tinian Island, completing a total o
2 CONC f 42 months overseas duty. His war record included 28 combat mission
2 CONC s against Japan and in the Asiatic Theater. He returned to CA at war'
2 CONC s end, having circled the globe and having visited 60 countries. His a
2 CONC utobiography is chronicled in two volumes, written by him for his chil
2 CONC dren, family and friends. Col. Wemple is survived by his loving wife o
2 CONC f 59 years, Helen; daughter, Forrest W. Levely; sons, Stephen S. (Lind
2 CONC a) Wemple, Neil T. Wemple and grandchildren, Karah L. (Frank) Rinaldi
2 CONC , Thomas Scott Levely and Krystal Carter; great-granddaughters, Alexi
2 CONC s and Kaia Rinaldi. Memorial services with Military Honors will be hel
2 CONC d Monday, November 11, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. in the EAST LAWN PALM MORTUAR
2 CONC Y CHAPEL, 5801 E. Grant Rd."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME "Gay" Victoria /Corder/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 APR 1918
2 PLAC Snowville, Pulaski County, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 JAN 2011
2 PLAC Renown Medical Center, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1018@
1 FAMS @F10@
1 NOTE [STATE and US FEDERAL CENSUS:  
2 CONT ...1920 Feb 11  -  Hiwassee, Pulaski Co, VA  -  (Thomas K Corder index
2 CONC ed Thomas K Carder)  -  Gay Corder indexed Gay Carder  -  daughter, F
2 CONC , W, 1-10/12, S, VA, VA, VA, none;    Internet; www.ancestry.com; Rol
2 CONC l T625_1907; Pg 9A; ED 60; Img 730
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 15  -  Honey Lake, Lassen Co, CA  -  (Adam Neipoth)  -  Ga
2 CONC y Corder  -  step-daughter, F, W, 11, S, VA, VA, VA, none;    Internet
2 CONC ; www.ancestry.com; Roll 123; Pg 21B; ED 4; Img 91.0]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Information from the Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 6 Sep 1938; page 3c4,    Donald Jay Wemple    +    Ga
2 CONC y Victoria Corder's wedding announcement;    obtained at the CA Stat
2 CONC e Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "MILFORD
2 CONT "Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wemple entertained Tuesday evening at a receptio
2 CONC n in honor of the marriage of their son Donald and Miss Gay Corder, o
2 CONC f Susanville.  They slipped away to Reno Monday and were married, surp
2 CONC rising their many friends.  Those attending the reception were Mrs. Ne
2 CONC ipouths, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wemple, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Wemple, Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. Jay C. Wemple, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wemple, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Hu
2 CONC nt, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beard, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flux, Mr and Mrs. Roy H
2 CONC arwood, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Humphrey, Mr. and Mrs. Marian Beard, Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. J. C. McQueen, Mrs. Gladys Huhtala, Mrs. David I. Edwards, Mis
2 CONC s Narnia Wemple, Miss Jane Ulch, Miss Mary Garnier, Miss Elizabeth Smi
2 CONC th, Janice Huhtala, Phyllis Wemple, James Pardee, Claude Harwood, Nei
2 CONC l Wemple, Ted Corder, Jack Lanham, Chas. Van Norman, Felix Garnier, Do
2 CONC uglas Clayburg, Billie Doyle and Buddie Huhtala."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Obituary from the Lassen County Times Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen C
2 CONC o, CA; Tuesday,11 Jan 2011;    obtained from the Internet; www.lassenn
2 CONC ews.com
2 CONT "Gay Victoria Wemple
2 CONT "Gay Victoria Wemple, 92, resident of Milford, Calif. died Saturday, J
2 CONC an. 1, 2011 at Renown Medical Center, in Reno, Nev. "She was born Apri
2 CONC l 23, 1918 in Snowville, Va.
2 CONT "She is survived by son, Kenneth J. (Kathryn) Wemple, of Milford; gran
2 CONC dchildren, Keith (Diana) Wemple, Kyle (Robin) Wemple, Becky Verdoon an
2 CONC d Burna McClelland. Also surviving her are five great-grandchildren. S
2 CONC he was preceded in death by husband, Donald J. Wemple; daughter, Donn
2 CONC a Wemple McClelland; granddaughters, Kristine Wemple and Janice McClel
2 CONC land.
2 CONT "Memorial services were held at the Milford Cemetery on Thursday, Jan
2 CONC . 6, 2011.
2 CONT "Donations can be made at Lassen County Cattlemen s Association Schola
2 CONC rship Fund."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME "Kenneth" Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F10@
1 FAMS @F75@
1 NOTE Kenneth Wemple is a rancher and cattleman. He enjoys visiting, ropin
2 CONC g cattle and branding calves. DRW
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME "Donna" Gay /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1942
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1991
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F10@
1 FAMS @F76@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 1 Se
2 CONC ptember 1961, page 6c4:
2 CONT "DONNA GAY WEMPLE IS RECENT BRIDE OF THOMAS McCLELLAND
2 CONT "Miss Donna Gay Wemple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wemple of Milf
2 CONC ord, became the bride of Thomas Pierce McClelland, son of Mr. and Mrs
2 CONC . Pierce McClelland of Standish, in a ceremony performed by the Revera
2 CONC nd Ralph H. Carleton at the Park Wedding Chapel in Reno on Sunday, Jul
2 CONC y 30.
2 CONT "The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white chiffon gow
2 CONC n and a short circular veil with a fluted head band. She carried a bou
2 CONC quet of white carnations and pink roses.
2 CONT "Miss Kathryn French was the bridesmaid and wore an aqua chiffon gow
2 CONC n with a white carnation corsage.
2 CONT "Charles Shere was the best man.
2 CONT "For her daughter's wedding the bride's mother was dressed in pink an
2 CONC d wore a white carnation corsage. The groom's mother wore blue and als
2 CONC o wore a white carnation corsage.
2 CONT "A dinner hosted by the bride's father followed in the Shore Room of t
2 CONC he Holiday Hotel. The table was centered with a tiered wedding cake to
2 CONC pped with a miniature bride and groom and encircled with an arrangemen
2 CONC t of pink roses, stock, fern and corn flowers.
2 CONT "Dinner guests included the bride and groom, Mrs. Ester McClelland, Mr
2 CONC s. Edna Johnston, Messrs. and Mesdames Claude Wemple, Pierce McClellan
2 CONC d, Donald Wemple, Elliot Cann, Messrs. Charles Shere, Kenneth Wemple
2 CONC , Ronald Farwell, Rodney Cann, Misses Nancy McClelland, Helen McClella
2 CONC nd, Kathyrn French and Corrine Cann.
2 CONT "For her going away outfit the bride wore a navy blue ensemble with wh
2 CONC ite accessories. Following a honeymoon trip through Oregon, the newlyw
2 CONC eds are now at home in Standish.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County Times Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 10 Sep 1991; page 16Cc2-3; obtained at the Susanville L
2 CONC ibrary, 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT "DONNA GAY
2 CONT "McCLELLAND
2 CONT "Donna Gay McClelland, 48 died Aug. 30 at her residence in Standish. "
2 CONC She was born Dec. 15, 1942 in Susanville and had lived in the local ar
2 CONC ea all her life.
2 CONT "She was a homemaker and helped on the family ranch.  She was also a m
2 CONC ember of the Lassen County Cow Belles.
2 CONT "She is survived by her husband Tom, daughters Rebecka McClelland Reec
2 CONC e and Burna Gay McClelland, all of Standish.  Her mother Gay Wemple an
2 CONC d brother Ken Wemple, both of Milford, also survive. "She was precede
2 CONC d in death by her daughter Janice in 1980 and father Don Wemple in Apr
2 CONC il of this year.
2 CONT "Visitation was held Sun. Sept. 1 at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortu
2 CONC ary Chapel.
2 CONT "Funeral services were held Sept. 2 at the mortuary chapel with interm
2 CONC ent following in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT "The family requests that donations be made to the Susanville Future F
2 CONC armers of America, care of Lassen High School in Donna's memory.
2 CONT 
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME "Verna" Rae /Fraley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1932
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1174@
1 FAMS @F11@
1 NOTE Wedding Announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Thursday, 2
2 CONC 0 September 1951, page 5c2-3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "VERNA FRALEY AND GLENN WEMPLE MARRIED SUNDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT "On the lawn at the home ranch home of the Ray Fraleys at Litchfield
2 CONC , their daughter Verna Fraley became the bride of Glenn Wemple, Sunday
2 CONC , September 16, at 3 p.m. The Reverand E.E. Wilson read the double rin
2 CONC g ritual in the presence of immediate members of both families and a f
2 CONC ew close friends.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Decorations for the ceremony consisted of white satin streamers conne
2 CONC cting short white poles which formed an aisle leading to the improvise
2 CONC d altar. White circular trellises decorated with Virginia creeper an
2 CONC d white asters, formed the background. At each side of the trellis wer
2 CONC e tall baskets of large white chrysanthemums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Their only attendants, the bride's sister, Mrs. Robert Katen, matro
2 CONC n of honor, and Norman Mosier, best man, walked informally to the alte
2 CONC r and waited as Verna was escorted by her father, who gave her in marr
2 CONC iage.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The bride was attired in a gray wool suit and gray and white accessor
2 CONC ies. She carried white gladioli and stephanotis.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Katen wore a Maroon colored suit, brown accessories and a corsag
2 CONC e of white mums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The reception was held in the home where the dining table was centere
2 CONC d with a three tiered wedding cake, partly surrounded by small white m
2 CONC ums and fern; tall white tapers stood on each side of the cake, whic
2 CONC h was cut by the bride and bridegroom in the traditional manner. The r
2 CONC oom decor was in white with bouquets of carnations, asters and mums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The couple left for a short motor trip to the coast. They will make t
2 CONC heir home in Milford, where Glenn is engaged in farming.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Invited to the wedding and reception were: Messrs. and Mesdames Claud
2 CONC e Wemple, Don Wemple, Ken and Donna, David Wemple and small son Dannie
2 CONC ; Leroy Hunt, Claudia and Scott; Robert Katen and son Bobby; Robert Pi
2 CONC neo; Mrs. Fannie Winchester, Mrs. Jay Wemple, Norman Mosier and Jim Fr
2 CONC aley."
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME "William" Neil /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 OCCU ,
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F208@
1 NOTE He owns and operates a beauty parlor, with about a dozen operators i
2 CONC n it, in Susanville, CA. DRW
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME "Glenda" Fern /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1954
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F209@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 1
2 CONC 4 February 1973, page4c1-3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "GLENDA WEMPLE RECENT BRIDE OF RANDY AZEVEDO
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Glenda Fern Wemple became the bride of Randall Robert Azevedo i
2 CONC n a double ring ceremony performed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Churc
2 CONC h in Susanville by Father John Hannan on Saturday, December 16. Gilber
2 CONC t Azevedo, father of the groom, assisted as commentator.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The theme colors of the wedding were chosen to coordinate with the tra
2 CONC ditional purple of the Advent season. Bouquets of lavender star chrysa
2 CONC nthemums against a background of white flowers, decorated the sanctuar
2 CONC y of the church. The family pews were marked with lavender satin bow
2 CONC s which matched the delicate draperies the nuns had made to cover th
2 CONC e tabernacle doors on each altar.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wemple of Milford, was give
2 CONC n in marriage by her father. She was dressed in modern bridal origina
2 CONC l designed with empire waistline, high collar, and long bouffant sleev
2 CONC es fastened tightly at the wrist. The traditional floor length gown o
2 CONC f satin had scattered bouquets of embroidered appliqued flowers center
2 CONC ed with tiny seed pearls. The skirt ended in a flounce which extende
2 CONC d into a long train. The elbow length illusion veil was held in plac
2 CONC e by a head piece of satin and lace with appliques matching those of h
2 CONC er dress. The bride chose to carry the prayer book she received at th
2 CONC e time of her confirmation. Her prayer book was covered with bridal la
2 CONC ce and a cascade of stephanotis and white roses centered with a cattel
2 CONC eya orchid. For something old she carried a handmade lace handkerchie
2 CONC f made by her great-grandmother. For something borrowed she wore a pai
2 CONC r of opal earrings belonging to her aunt, Mrs. David Wemple. For somet
2 CONC hing blue she wore the traditional blue garter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Debra Wemple, cousin of the bride, served as maid of honor. She w
2 CONC ore a floor length dress of purple velvet and white nylon trimmed wit
2 CONC h tiny pastel flowers. Her head piece was of purple ribbon trimmed wit
2 CONC h flowers, matching those of her dress, secured in place with a whit
2 CONC e velvet ribbon. To complement her gown, the maid of honor carried a c
2 CONC olonial bouquet of azalea and pink feathered carnations with gypsophil
2 CONC ia and daisy chrysanthemums accented with purple satin.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also in the bridal procession were the two demure little flower girls
2 CONC , Kristine Wemple and Rebecca McClelland, cousins of the bride. Thei
2 CONC r gay nosegays of multicolored carnation petals and tiny white daisy c
2 CONC hrysanthemums with baby breath accented their tip-toe length dresses o
2 CONC f purple and white styled exactly like that of the maid of honor's. Th
2 CONC e flower girls' head pieces were styled of lavender ribbon trimmed wit
2 CONC h the pastel flowers matching their dresses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred Wemple served as ring bearer for his sister.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Serving as best man was Fred Mallery. Ushers were Terry Azevedo, broth
2 CONC er of the groom with Bill Wemple, brother of the bride.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride's mother wore a lime green floor length long sleeved dress o
2 CONC f polyester knit. The groom's mother was attired in a blue floor lengt
2 CONC h long sleeved dress also of polyester knit. Both mothers wore cymbidi
2 CONC um orchid corsages.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Each one of the four gracious grandmothers, Mrs. Rose Azevedo, Mrs. Fr
2 CONC ed White, Mrs. Ray Fraley and Mrs. Claude Wemple, were complimented wi
2 CONC th a corsage of white jappette orchids.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. Randy Azevedo were honored at a reception immediately fol
2 CONC lowing the ceremony in the Pyrenees Room at the St. Francis Hotel. Th
2 CONC e luscious wedding cake with each of its four tiers, edged with fres
2 CONC h lavender chrysanthemums and fern, topped with bride and groom, stoo
2 CONC d in all its glory on a crocheted table cloth handmade by the bride'
2 CONC s great-grandmother, Mae Waldorf of Soquel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In charge of the guest book were Mrs. Renelle English and Fred Wemple
2 CONC . Serving the wedding cake were Ginger Pinneo, Debra Azevedo and Rond
2 CONC a Mallery. Those serving punch and hors d'oeuvre were Melanie Brines
2 CONC , Rita Mallery and Cheri Flux.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following a short honeymoon in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area, the bride an
2 CONC d groom are now at home in Milford. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil
2 CONC bert Azevedo of Doyle, is engaged in ranching with his father.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Out of town guests included Mrs. Rose Azevedo, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White
2 CONC , Mr. and Mrs. David Wemple and Debi, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Peacock, Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. Dibbie Azevedo and Debbie, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Settlege, Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Tony Welander, Robert Leavell, Mr. and Mrs. Mike English, Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. David Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Machado.
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME "Frederick" Paul /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F210@
1 NOTE The following article came from the CHESTER PROGRESSIVE, WESTWOOD PIN
2 CONC E PRESS dated September 11, 1996.
2 CONT 
2 CONT THE WEMPLE RANCH
2 CONT by Joseph Kriss, Staff Writer
2 CONT 
2 CONT "What's kept the Wemple family in business was their willingness to ch
2 CONC ange," explains Fred Wemple as he and his wife, Lena (actually Dena DR
2 CONC W), bounce around in the cab of their old pickup truck while crossin
2 CONC g a field of alfalfa.
2 CONT 
2 CONT With a tank trailer of diesel fuel in tow, the couple heads out to a f
2 CONC ar corner of their 1,000-acre Milford ranch to gas-up a large green an
2 CONC d yellow tractor operated by Fred's dad, Glenn.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The senior Wemple, now 70, is the last of the family actually born o
2 CONC n the ranch.  "He's supposed to be retired," says Lena.  "It's hard t
2 CONC o keep him off a tractor."
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Wemple Ranch, located in Milford along Highway 395, is a househol
2 CONC d name in south Lassen County.  Most school-age children know about th
2 CONC e ranch, having had the opportunity to get pumpkins during October fie
2 CONC ld trips to the well known pumpkin patch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT There have been many changes and many memories made on this sandy, alk
2 CONC aline patch of dirt over the past 100 years.  Originally, the Wemple
2 CONC s used the property as a dairy farm and horse ranch.  Then they went i
2 CONC nto the cattle business.  The cattle operation lasted until the proper
2 CONC ty was split (abt. 1989 DRW).  The Wemples still run cattle but now le
2 CONC ase about 3,000 acres for grazing in the desert near Herlong.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "We had to diversify," Fred said, when asked how the ranch stays solve
2 CONC nt during these hard economic times for agriculture.  "We're always lo
2 CONC oking for new ideas, and we're willing to accept change.  We might no
2 CONC t like it, but we have to be more business minded."
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1998, the ranch will celebrate its 100 year anniversary.  "The prop
2 CONC erty has changed hands many times," Fred said, "but it's always been (
2 CONC sold) to a Wemple."
2 CONT 
2 CONT J.C. Wemple (Sr. DRW), Glenn's great-grandfather, originally bought th
2 CONC e property back in 1859.  He came to California from Michigan where h
2 CONC e had operated a grist mill.  (This is an error.  He operated the gris
2 CONC tmill in Milford.  It was his first business venture after moving to C
2 CONC alifornia and highly successful.) He had to give up the gristmill beca
2 CONC use of failing lungs and he went into farming, mostly  raising vegetab
2 CONC les, and then branched off into other farming as time passed.  DRW)
2 CONC .  When the pioneering Wemple ended up in northern California, he boug
2 CONC ht a parcel of land from Peter Lassen.  On closer inspection of the de
2 CONC ed, Wemple found the purchased property, supposed to be in Susanville
2 CONC , ended up actually being in Milford where the ranch is today.  The or
2 CONC iginal ranch stretched from Highway 395 to the shores of Honey Lake.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The ranch is now split in two with Fred's cousin, Kyle Wemple, an ex-p
2 CONC ro rodeo saddle bronc rider, now working the land adjacent to his. (Ac
2 CONC tually Kyle's father, Kenneth is the owner of this part of the ranch
2 CONC .  DRW).
2 CONT 
2 CONT The elder Wemple's memories of the place he has called home for 70 yea
2 CONC rs are many.  Most are good, some bring back times that were not so pl
2 CONC easant, like the big fire that raced through Milford.  "September 2, 1
2 CONC 950," Glenn says, recalling the date like it was last week.  "I rememb
2 CONC er we were gathering cattle off (the) summer range when the fire start
2 CONC ed. It was real close to where we were."  The fire started on the sout
2 CONC hwest side of the mountain and quickly burned over the ridge (and int
2 CONC o the valley). Wemple motions across the valley towards the mountains
2 CONC , still showing the scars of wildfire.  "Once it hit the top of the hi
2 CONC ll, it took only 20 minutes to burn all the way down to the lake."
2 CONT 
2 CONT All the barns and out buildings on the ranch were destroyed. Miraculou
2 CONC sly, the old farm house(s) was saved from the flames.  "It just abou
2 CONC t wiped us out completely," added Fred.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemples were grazing cattle in the valley long before the Forest Servi
2 CONC ce and grazing allotments were in existence, according to Glenn.  The
2 CONC y used to run horses in the valley, too.  "Old Tom Doyle ran hogs ove
2 CONC r the hill at one time," Wemple recalls.  "But he had a heck of a tim
2 CONC e getting them back home.  Cattle - they'll find their way back, but n
2 CONC ot hogs."
2 CONT 
2 CONT The most significant change he has seen over the years is the switch f
2 CONC rom horse power to tractor power.  "I saw it change from horse to al
2 CONC l tractors," said Glenn.  "It used to take seven men to put up the hay
2 CONC , and we only we only put up a third of what we do now.  Generally, w
2 CONC e use just three men now," he said.  "One tractor is equal to four tea
2 CONC ms of horses."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Making the slow transition to mechanized farming, Glenn's father, Clau
2 CONC de Wemple, bought a Fordson tractor back in 1930.  He had quite a tim
2 CONC e keeping the tractor running," he remembers.  "My most vivid memory i
2 CONC s seeing that tractor tipped over on its side in the field with him ge
2 CONC tting a team of horses to pull it upright again," he said with a chuck
2 CONC le.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Another big change in farming is the high cost of the equipment.  "Th
2 CONC e cost of machinery now - it'll take your breath away," says Glenn.  "
2 CONC We bought a John Deere tractor in 1936 with a plow and mower for $1,20
2 CONC 0. Now a small garden tractor can cost $6,000 and a large farming trac
2 CONC tor can cost up to $100,000 or more."
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Wemples buy used equipment and make repairs at the ranch.  Repairi
2 CONC ng farm equipment is a constant, on-going project.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Even back in the days of horse-drawn plows and mowers, repairs were al
2 CONC ways cause of "tearing out one's hair."  Glenn remembers how a team o
2 CONC f horses got spooked in the field one day and ran off.  "There was mow
2 CONC ing machine parts scattered from here to the barn, 'cause that's wher
2 CONC e the team always ended up."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred now collects the old "Poppin' Johnny" style tractors.  One of th
2 CONC e restored old timers is used to pull school children around the far
2 CONC m when the pumpkin patch is open.
2 CONT 
2 CONT To help keep the earth producing high quality alfalfa - there's a bi
2 CONC g difference in dollar value between the quality levels of hay - the W
2 CONC emples use wheat and carrot seed as rotation crops.  "It's pretty inte
2 CONC resting to try different crops," said Glenn.  "Sometimes you make mone
2 CONC y, sometimes you don't."
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Rotating crops in between a six-year cycle of alfalfa planting help
2 CONC s get the ground broken up and cleaned of weeds and unwanted pests," s
2 CONC ays Fred.  The rotation is usually planted for two years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Carrot seeds are harvested from carrot plants that are left to flowe
2 CONC r and seed.  This crop accounts for 15 acres on the ranch right now
2 CONC .  The seed is shipped to a seed company in Woodland, Calif.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The farming seems to agree with the Wemples.  "I'd have a hard time i
2 CONC f I had to get up to go to work everyday," Fred states.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Born in Susanville, he attended Janesville School and Lassen High Scho
2 CONC ol.  "My college education consisted of horse shoeing and rodeo," he s
2 CONC ays.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lena, also a Susanville native, now works on the ranch full-time wit
2 CONC h her husband.  Her main passion this time of year is readying the man
2 CONC y varieties of pumpkins for their annual pumpkin patch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred, 35, says he never thought about doing anything else but ranchin
2 CONC g and farming.  "This is all I could think about since I was old enoug
2 CONC h to walk."  Fred and Lena have been married for 10 years and have a s
2 CONC ix-year-old son, Matt.
2 CONT 
2 CONT They enjoy the farming lifestyle.  "We're always busy, but it's a rela
2 CONC xed pace," Lena says.  "Sometimes, we can take for granted the lifesty
2 CONC le we enjoy," she said.
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME N /Wemple/
2 GIVN N.V.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 MAY 1871
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JAN 1942
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F26@
1 NOTE Yes, his name was simply N.V. It is said that when N attended college
2 CONC , he had quite a time with a professor convincing him that N.V. was hi
2 CONC s only and correct name. Claude C. Wemple always referred to him simpl
2 CONC y as "Uncle N." 
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V. Wemple  was judge of the Justice Court in Susanville from 1933 un
2 CONC til the time of his death.  He represented the Second District in th
2 CONC e California State Assembly from 1924-1928 and he was Lassen County As
2 CONC sessor for several years before that.   He graduated from San Jose Sta
2 CONC te Normal College about 1875. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V. hired his brother-in-law, Will Bronson in 1905 to build him a hou
2 CONC se in Milford.  Nearby, N also had Will build a small single room hom
2 CONC e for his father, Joseph Crawford Wemple. Joseph died in this small ho
2 CONC me. For several years about 1940-1955, Hazel Wemple, niece of N, use
2 CONC d this building for the Milford Post Office. Donald Jay Wemple, grand-
2 CONC nephew of N. lived in N's big house until his death in 1995. As of thi
2 CONC s writing his widow, Gay is living in this house. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT An article from the special edition of the LASSEN ADVOCATE CENTENNIA
2 CONC L EDITION, July 9, 1965:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple, N.V. (1871-1942) Engaged in farming in Honey Lake Valley. Asse
2 CONC ssor of Lassen County 1906-1914, judge of the Honey Lake judicial Dist
2 CONC rict 1934-1942, member of the State Assembly from the Second Distric
2 CONC t 1924-1928.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, January 20, 1942:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH TAKES LASSEN PIONEER - JUDGE N. WEMPLE Dies Monday; Brief Illnes
2 CONC s - Life is Paralleled to History of County. N.V. Wemple, member o
2 CONC f a pioneer family of Lassen County which is closely connected with th
2 CONC e very growth of this section of California, died at the Riverside Hos
2 CONC pital last night near 10:30 o'clock. leaving the community saddened wi
2 CONC th the knowledge that it had lost one of its best known and useful cit
2 CONC izens. Wemple, who was nearing his seventy-first birthday, was born i
2 CONC n Milford, Lassen County on May 7, 1871, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Josep
2 CONC h Crawford Wemple. Joseph was one of the sturdy pioneers who came to L
2 CONC assen County and aided in developing his adapted town and county.
2 CONT 
2 CONT EDUCATION 
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V., as he was know to so many, received his elementary education i
2 CONC n the public schools of Milford and graduated from San Jose State Norm
2 CONC al College. On August 14, 1892, he and Pearl Bronson were united in ma
2 CONC rriage. To this happy union were born the following children: Orvill
2 CONC e E., Guy B., Fred, Lyle E. Maude, Percy N. and Bernice M. Wemple. Wem
2 CONC ple was engaged in farming and livestock business until 1903. At tha
2 CONC t time he was elected to the Assessor's office of Lassen County in whi
2 CONC ch capacity he served for two four-year terms. He retired from publi
2 CONC c life at the end of the second term and took up ranching at Milford
2 CONC . In 1920 Wemple started the Wemple Lumber and Warehouse Company at Li
2 CONC tchfield. It was while in this business that he was elected to the Ass
2 CONC embly of the California State Legislature in 1925, serving his count
2 CONC y well for two terms. Always active in civic and lodge circles, he wa
2 CONC s a past master of Janesville Lodge No. 232 of the F. and A. M. (Fre
2 CONC e and Accepted Masons) and a member of the Knights of Templar. Followi
2 CONC ng his service in the Legislature, he returned to Lassen County and wa
2 CONC s appointed to the office of Justice of the Peace of Honey Lake Townsh
2 CONC ip in 1933. Wemple was still faithfully carrying on his duties in thi
2 CONC s capacity at the time of his death.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SURVIVORS
2 CONT 
2 CONT He leaves, of his immediate family, his wife, Pearl, one daughter Bern
2 CONC ice, who is now employed in Sacramento, three sons, Guy of Fallon, Fre
2 CONC d of Milford and Lyle of Susanville, one brother, Frank O. Wemple, wh
2 CONC o is now Lassen County Assessor and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Ha
2 CONC rris of Elko, Nevada. He is also survived by six grandchildren: Naom
2 CONC i and Nadene Wemple, Gynith, Phyllis,  Frank and Dana Wemple. Funera
2 CONC l services will be conducted from the Methodist Church by the local lo
2 CONC dge of Masons Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Internment will be in t
2 CONC he family plot at the Milford Cemetery. Morrill Mortuary is in charg
2 CONC e of the funeral arrangements.
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME "William" Irvin /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAR 1849
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 NOV 1929
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F28@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 NOTE Grandpa Decious was a man who never quite got his life on a successfu
2 CONC l path as far as having plenty was concerned.  He owned a place in Mod
2 CONC oc County, in Surprise Valley, which was given to him by his father-in
2 CONC -law, Joel Dickinson.  While only about 100 acres, it was prime meado
2 CONC w land and he was able to make a successful living milking cows.  In 1
2 CONC 883, he sold this piece of land and moved his family to Honey Lake Val
2 CONC ley in a covered wagon.  My Grandmother, Libbie Decious Wemple, ofte
2 CONC n told me the story of moving from Surprise Valley to Honey Lake Valle
2 CONC y when she was only nine years old.  Once in Honey Lake Valley, Great-
2 CONC grandpa bought a piece of land on which is was very difficult to rais
2 CONC e any crop, let alone feed his growing family. The only advantage thi
2 CONC s piece of land provided Grandpa Decious, was that it was next door t
2 CONC o his brother, Joe.
2 CONT 
2 CONT However, Grandpa worked hard, but had an occasional bout with alcoho
2 CONC l to relieve his stress.  He once told a neighbor, "Why should I be po
2 CONC or? For two-bits I can be wealthy." And his alcoholic benders proved h
2 CONC is point. He would often leave his wife and family for weeks at a tim
2 CONC e to have his parties.  For a living, he milked cows for the Wales ran
2 CONC ch, which was next to his brother's ranch. He also cut and sold wood
2 CONC , moved freight by wagon, tried to farm his small place and mostly di
2 CONC d without. He hauled freight between Fort Bidwell and Reno, NV. He als
2 CONC o supplied wood for locomotives on the Nevada-California-Oregon railro
2 CONC ad.
2 CONT 
2 CONT His house was made of double board walls without two by fours, on a fe
2 CONC w rocks that acted as a minimal foundation.  After my parents married
2 CONC , Mother used to cut his hair.  She just loved him and had nothing bu
2 CONC t good to say about him.  He was a well known fiddle player in the th
2 CONC e Honey Lake area and he and his orchestra played for many a dance i
2 CONC n more than one community. According to his grandson, Warren Davis Dec
2 CONC ious, he used the hair off horses' tails for his fiddle bow.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Grandma Decious was a immaculate house keeper and faithful wife, who w
2 CONC as instrumental in the successful raising of their nine children.  Sh
2 CONC e kept her home, while her wandering husband was off doing his thing
2 CONC ; her house, with rough board floors, and wall paper covering the roug
2 CONC h board wall, was clean beyond reproach.  She spoiled her children an
2 CONC d they often took advantage of her love for them.  But she never los
2 CONC t her loyalty or love for her children and always made a home for them
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From an article from SAGEBRUSH REFLECTIONS, Tim Purdy, author:
2 CONT 
2 CONT ". . . In 1895 Jake Yanner and George Carpenter Clark built a boat fo
2 CONC r transporting lumber and freight across Honey Lake. They based thei
2 CONC r operations at the Joseph W. Decious ranch near Milford. The boat wa
2 CONC s first built with a propeller, but did not function properly. They mo
2 CONC dified it into a side wheeler. The boat was 60 feet in length and ha
2 CONC d a load capacity of 30,000 pounds.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The Milford correspondent to the Lassen Advocate of April 29, 1897, w
2 CONC rote and included this bit of news about the boat: 'The steamship, BLO
2 CONC OMER, Captain Yanner, which has been undergoing extensive repairs at J
2 CONC oe Decious' dry dock for the past six months left this port Sunday eve
2 CONC ning on schedule time with a cargo of wood consigned the N-C-O [Nevada
2 CONC -California-Oregon] Railroad Company at Amedee. Captain Yanner receive
2 CONC d a telegram from 'Red' Clark, the consignee of the R.R. company, to s
2 CONC ail immediately, and he lost no time in getting up steam. There wa
2 CONC s a large list of cabin passengers, indeed all the state rooms were oc
2 CONC cupied, so that Miss Hattie Dickinson had to go by stage to the statio
2 CONC n as she was in a hurry to get to Reno. Following is a full list of th
2 CONC e passengers: Gus Greehn, Joe Decious, Oscar Ridenour, Frank and Fre
2 CONC d Cornelison, Irvin Decious, George Decious and Issiah Hallet. The woo
2 CONC d was not insured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The boat remained in operation during the late 1890's making regula
2 CONC r trips to Amede. By 1902, the lake was too shallow for boating and i
2 CONC n 1903 it went dry. The vessel remained docked at the Decious place fo
2 CONC r many years, receiving no use. During the winter of 1937-1938, the hi
2 CONC gh waters of Honey Lake washed it away from its moorings. The boat dri
2 CONC fted down the shore for about 175 yards where it fell apart.  . . ."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Friday, 22 Nov 1929; page 1c6
2 CONT "FUNERAL SERVICES HELD AT MILFORD FOR W. I. DECIOUS
2 CONT "Funeral services for W. I. Decious, 80, pioneer resident of Milford w
2 CONC ere held yesterday in the school house at Milford, and Rev. Mark Pik
2 CONC e officiated.
2 CONT "Decious died last Tuesday.  He is survived by his widow, Mary Decious
2 CONC , three sons and two daughters.  They include, Frank, Charles and Orvi
2 CONC lle Decious, Mrs. Fred Brunhouse and Mrs. J. C. Wemple.
2 CONT "The funeral services were held at 2 o'clock and interment took plac
2 CONC e in the Milford Cemetery."
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Jane /Dickinson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1854
2 PLAC Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1932
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1032@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 30 Dec 1932; page 6c5
2 CONT "FORMER LASSEN RESIDENT PASSES AT FORT BIDWELL
2 CONT "Funeral services were held in the Milford school Tuesday for Mrs. Mar
2 CONC y Decious, former Lassen county resident, who passed away at the hom
2 CONC e of her son at Fort Bidwell, Modoc county, aged 78 years, 2 days.
2 CONT "Mary Jane Dickinson was born in Cottage Grove, Calif., December 21, 1
2 CONC 854.  She married William Irwin Decious in October, 1878 in Modoc coun
2 CONC ty, and moved to Milford shortly afterward where she lived until the d
2 CONC eath of her husband in 1929.  Since that time she has made her home wi
2 CONC th her son at Fort Bidwell.
2 CONT "Rev. Glenn W. Butcher of the Methodist church, Susanville, conducte
2 CONC d the funeral service.  Mrs. O. S. O'Dell and Mrs. La Marr Porter san
2 CONC d `Abide With Me,' and `Lead Kindly Light.'  Interment was in Milfor
2 CONC d Cemetery.
2 CONT "Left to mourn her loss are two daughters:  Mrs. J. C. Wemple of Milfo
2 CONC rd and Mrs. Myrtle Brunhouse of San Jose; three sons: Chas. Decious o
2 CONC f Fort Bidwell, Frank of San Jose and Orvis of Oakland; two nephews
2 CONC :  J. I. and J. B. Christie of Susanville; 23 great children and 10 gr
2 CONC eat-grandchildren."
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME "Joseph" Walter /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1873
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 APR 1896
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F121@
1 NOTE From the Adin ARGUS NEWSPAPER, May 7, 1896:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Suicide at Fort Bidwell. The CEDARVILLE RECORD of the 29th says: Las
2 CONC t Friday morning news was received here that Walter Decious, of Fort B
2 CONC idwell, aged about 22 years, had committed suicide by shooting himsel
2 CONC f through the heart with a rifle. It seems he was staying with his unc
2 CONC le, E.P. Sessions, and about 10 o'clock left the house and went down t
2 CONC o the slaughter house, where the deed was committed. About 2 o'clock i
2 CONC n the afternoon one of Mr. Baty's little girls happened along and disc
2 CONC overed the body and gave the alarm. In inquest was held over the remai
2 CONC ns, and on Saturday morning the body was taken care of by Rufus Ward a
2 CONC nd C.D. Kafader who took it to his parents home near Milford, in Lasse
2 CONC n County, for interment. The unfortunate young man left a note statin
2 CONC g that before it was read his sorrows would all be over, but gave no r
2 CONC eason for committing the deed. The sad affair is made doubly sad by th
2 CONC e fact that he had only been married twelve days to a young lady of Fo
2 CONC rt Bidwell, who he now leaves a widow after a few days of happiness. W
2 CONC alter Decious was a young man well liked by all, a firm friend and gen
2 CONC ial companion, whose many friends deeply deplore the rash act and word
2 CONC s fail to express to the relatives and to the widowed bride the sympat
2 CONC hy felt by them for their sad bereavement."
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME "Effie" Viola /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 APR 1876
2 PLAC Surprise Valley, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1902
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F122@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 20 February 1902, page 3
2 CONC c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "DIED - BRUNHOUSE - Near Standish, February 18, 1902, Mrs. Effie Brunh
2 CONC ouse, wife of Fred Brunhouse, aged about 25 years. The funeral took pl
2 CONC ace at Milford Wednesday afternoon, and was largely attended."
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME "Myrtle" May /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 FEB 1878
2 PLAC Surprise Valley, Modoc County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 DEC 1962
2 PLAC Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F123@
1 NOTE Obituary from the PALO ALTO TIMES, 11 December 1962, page 4c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "MRS. BRUNHOUSE OF MENLO PARK PASSES AT 84
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Myrtle Brunhouse, 84, a resident of Menlo Park for the past five year
2 CONC s, died Wednesday after a three month illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She had lived at 1130 Laurel Avenue, with her daughters, Mary and Pau
2 CONC line Brunhouse.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Brunhouse was a native of California. She was born and reared i
2 CONC n Modoc County on a cattle ranch. She attended the University of Nevad
2 CONC a and married the late Frederick Brunhouse, who was a teacher and scho
2 CONC ol administrator in California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "In 1922 she made her home in San Jose and during the following 35 yea
2 CONC rs she had lived in several Santa Clara County cities.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Also surviving is a son, Dr. C. Edward Brunhouse of San Jose, a broth
2 CONC er Frank Decious of San Jose, and two grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Oak Hill Mortua
2 CONC ry, 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jose.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Entombment will be private."
2 CONT 
2 CONT And from page 4c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT " BRUNHOUSE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "In Menlo Park, California, Monday, December 10 1962, Mrs. Myrtle Brun
2 CONC house, beloved wife of the late Frederick Brunhouse, loving mother o
2 CONC f Miss Mary Brunhouse and Miss Pauline Brunhouse of Menlo Park and Dr
2 CONC . C. Edward Brunhouse of San Jose, loving sister of Mr. Frank Deciou
2 CONC s of San Jose; loving grandmother of two; a native of California, age
2 CONC d 84 years. Funeral services Wednesday, December 12, at 11 a.m. from O
2 CONC ak Hill Mortuary, 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jose. Private entombment Oa
2 CONC k Hill Memorial Park."
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME "Charles" Richard /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JAN 1879
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 SEP 1961
2 PLAC Cedarville, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F124@
1 NOTE When Uncle Charles got to be about 80 years old, he had a family membe
2 CONC r take him to the county seat, Alturas, and he marched in and he volun
2 CONC tarily surrendered his driver's license to the Department of Motor Veh
2 CONC icles. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 14 September 1961, pag
2 CONC e 1c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "C.R. DECIOUS, 81 PASSES SEPTEMBER 8
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Charles Richard Decious, 81, a carpenter and retired mercantile cler
2 CONC k of Fort Bidwell, died at Modoc Medical Center in Cedarville on Sunda
2 CONC y afternoon.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Decious was a son of Mary Jane Dickinson and Irvin Decious, Californi
2 CONC a pioneers who were residing in Modoc county at his birth on October 1
2 CONC 2, 1879.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He is survived by his wife Marguerite, of Fort Bidwell; sons, Stanley
2 CONC , of Alturas; Tike Decious, Chico; daughters, Mrs. Granville Peterson
2 CONC , Fort Bidwell, and Mrs. Audrey McCandless of Chico; eight grandchildr
2 CONC en and five great-grandchildren."
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME Francis /Decious/
1 NAME Francis Albert
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 DEC 1885
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 JAN 1978
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F130@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1900 June 1  -  #3 Twp, Lassen Co, CA  -  (Wm I Decious)  -  Franci
2 CONC s A Decious  -  son, W, M, Dec 1885, 14, S, Ca, IA, CA, at school
2 CONC ;    LDS-Microfilm #: 1240088, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacr
2 CONC amento Co, CA
2 CONT ...1910 May 6  -  No 2 Twp, Lassen Co, CA  -  Frank A Decious  -  head
2 CONC , M, W, 24, M/1-4, CA, IA, IA, farmer-general;    LDS-Microfilm #: 137
2 CONC 4091, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT ...1920 Mar 6  -  14 Twp, Placer Co, CA  -  Frank A Decious  -  head
2 CONC , M, W, 34, M, Ca, IA, CA, salesman-dry goods;    LDS-Microfilm #: 182
2 CONC 0124, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 7  -  San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA  -  Frank A Deciou
2 CONC s  -  head, M, W, 44, M-20, CA, OH, CA, salesman-poultry producer
2 CONC ;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Information from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; 28 Dec 1905; page 3c4;    Francis Albert Decious    +    Lulu Bl
2 CONC anche Davis' announcement of wedding;    obtained at the CA State Libr
2 CONC ary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index;    Frank Albert Decious;    age:   92y;    d:   7 Ja
2 CONC n 1978  Santa Clara Co, CA;    SS#554-05-5688;    b:   27 Dec 1885  CA
2 CONC ;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index  1970-1979;     Frank A. Decious;    d:   7 Jan 1978  S
2 CONC anta Clara Co, CA;    sp:   BD;    Registrar #  94;    State File #  2
2 CONC 1938;    CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT Social Security Death Index;    Frank Decious;    b:   27 Dec 1885
2 CONC ;    d:   Jan 1978;  lr  95127 San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA;    SS#  5
2 CONC 54-05-5688  CA;    Internet; Ancestry, Inc; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT  Obituary from the an Jose Mercury Newspaper, San Jose, Santa Clara Co
2 CONC , CA; 9 January 1978, page 34c1;  obtained at the CA State Library, C
2 CONC A History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "DECIOUS, FRANK A.
2 CONT "In San Jose January 7, 1978 Mr. Frank A. Decious, beloved husband o
2 CONC f Mrs. Blanche Decious of San Jose. Loving father of Mrs. Effie Davi
2 CONC s of Visalia and Mr. Warren Decious of Fairfield. Devoted grandfathe
2 CONC r of James Decious of Palo Alto, Donald Decious of Huntington Beach, a
2 CONC nd Jefferson Davis of Visalia. A native of Milford, California. Aged 9
2 CONC 2 years.
2 CONT "Memorial services Tuesday January 10, 1978 at 2 p.m. from Foothill Pr
2 CONC esbyterian Church, 5301 McKee Road, San Jose. Arrangements under the d
2 CONC irection of Oak Hill Funeral Home. Contributions to Foothill Presbyter
2 CONC ian Church of favorite charity. Private internment, Oak Hill Memoria
2 CONC l Park."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1891
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1891
2 PLAC California
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME "Orvis" Raymond /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUN 1955
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F132@
1 FAMS @F133@
1 NOTE After their youngest child reached 18 they divorced. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Oakland Tribune Newspaper, Oakland, Alameda CA; Sund
2 CONC ay, 19 June 1955; page 60Ac8
2 CONT "DEATHS
2 CONT "DECIOUS--In Oakland, June 17, 1955, Orvis R., beloved husband of Nor
2 CONC a Decious; loving father of Mrs. Ruth Callo [sic], Mrs. Thelma Greenwo
2 CONC od, Mrs. Hazel Sherman, Don and Raymond Decious, loving brother of Mrs
2 CONC . Libby Wimple [sic], Mrs. Myrtle Brumhouse [sic], Charles and Frank D
2 CONC ecious; a native of California.
2 CONT "Friends are invited to attend the funeral Tuesday, June 21, at 2 p.m
2 CONC . from the Chapel of the Oaks, Oakland Mortuary, 3007 Telegraph Avenue
2 CONC , Modoc County Record please copy."
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME "Orris" Irvin /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 NOV 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME "Ephraim" Spencer /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JUN 1894
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 NOV 1948
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery - Section B, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1291@
1 FAMS @F14@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; 26 Nov 1948; page 1c2;  obtained at the Sacramento Public Librar
2 CONC y, Central, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "HEART ATTACK IS FATAL TO STATE WATER ATTORNEY
2 CONT "Spencer E. Burroughs, 54, Principal Attorney for the State Division o
2 CONC f Water Resources and recognized authority on water law in California
2 CONC , died early today in Susanville, Lassen County, after a heart attack.
2 CONT "He died in the home of his mother, Mrs. Gladys Burroughs. He and hi
2 CONC s family had gone to Susanville for a Thanksgiving Day reunion with hi
2 CONC s wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wemple, who reside near Susanville.
2 CONT "DOCTOR WAS CALLED
2 CONT "With his wife, Olga, and their children, Trent, Jeffrey and Olga, h
2 CONC e had returned to the home of his mother shortly after midnight when h
2 CONC e complained of feeling ill and lay down on a bed. His wife summone
2 CONC d a doctor but Burroughs was dead when the physician arrived.
2 CONT "Mrs. Gladys Burroughs had resided in Sacramento until recently when s
2 CONC he moved to Susanville. She was in Sacramento at the time of her son'
2 CONC s death.
2 CONT "Burroughs was the son of the late Superior Court Judge H.D. Burrough
2 CONC s of Lassen County. His mother succeeded her husband as Superior Cour
2 CONC t Judge upon the his death and later served as a Deputy Attorney Gener
2 CONC al (of California). She lives in Susanville.
2 CONT "STANFORD GRADUATE
2 CONT "A native of Chico, Butte County, Spencer Burroughs was educated in th
2 CONC e public schools of Susanville and studied law at the University of Ca
2 CONC lifornia and Stanford University. He was a graduate of the Stanford La
2 CONC w School.
2 CONT "In 1920 he entered the private practice of law and in 1922 was name
2 CONC d Attorney for the Division of Water Rights, predecessor to the Divisi
2 CONC on of Water Resources. He had been in state service every since and ha
2 CONC d offices in the Public Works Building at Eleventh and N Streets.
2 CONT "He was active during recent sessions of the Legislature in drafting a
2 CONC nd interpreting the law creating the State Water Resources Board.
2 CONT "Only 10 days ago he appeared at a budget hearing in the State Departm
2 CONC ent of Finance offices to appeal for more legal help, emphasizing tha
2 CONC t water problems have increased tremendously in recent years, principa
2 CONC lly because of the Central Valley Project.
2 CONT "ENSIGN IN NAVY
2 CONT "Burroughs was an ensign in the Navy in World War I. During World Wa
2 CONC r II his son, Spencer, Jr. also an ensign, was killed at Okinawa.
2 CONT "Funeral services will be held Monday in the White Mortuary* in Susanv
2 CONC ille. The Burroughs residence in Sacramento is at 2748 Curtis Way.
2 CONT 
2 CONT *I can clearly remember that Spencer's funeral was held at his brother
2 CONC -in-law, Albert G. Breitweiser, home. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 26 Nov 1948; page 1c1;  obtained at the CA State Library, CA Histor
2 CONC y Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "SPENCER BURROUGHS DIES SUDDENLY EARLY THIS A.M.
2 CONT "Spencer Burroughs, well-known in Susanville and attorney for the stat
2 CONC e division of water resources, died suddenly early this morning at th
2 CONC e apartment here of his mother Judge Gladys S. Burroughs.
2 CONT "Funeral arrangements had not been completed by this afternoon.
2 CONT "He, his wife, daughter Olga and son Jeffry were here from Sacrament
2 CONC o for a family Thanksgiving dinner at the Nolan Hallowell family.
2 CONT "Leaving the Hallowell's at about 1 a.m., Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs and J
2 CONC effry returned to his mother's apartment, Lassen and Cottage sts.  Hi
2 CONC s mother and Mrs. Iva Raker were in Sacramento for Thanksgiving.
2 CONT "He put the car away, went in and lay down.  Apparently in the best o
2 CONC f health, he died almost instantly, before a doctor could arrive.
2 CONT "A native of Chico, where he was born June 27, 1894, Mr. Burroughs mov
2 CONC ed here when a child.  He graduated from local schools and studied a
2 CONC t the University of California for two years, finishing law studies a
2 CONC t Stanford university.
2 CONT "He served as a lieutenant j.g. in naval intelligence in World War I.
2 CONT "For about three years Mr. Burroughs was head of the government land o
2 CONC ffice in Susanville.  He was then appointed by Gov. Stephens as attorn
2 CONC ey for the state division of water resources in Sacramento, where he s
2 CONC erved until the time of his death.
2 CONT "He is survived by his wife, Olga; daughter Olga, student in San Franc
2 CONC isco; sons, Trent, in Sacramento State college and Jeffry, 12 years ol
2 CONC d; mother, Judge Gladys S. Burroughs of Susanville, who moved here rec
2 CONC ently from Sacramento where she was deputy attorney general until resi
2 CONC gning last year, two sisters, Mrs. A. G. Breitwieser and Miss Jean Bur
2 CONC roughs, both of Susanville.
2 CONT "The Burroughs' oldest child, Spencer, Jr., an ensign in the Navy, wa
2 CONC s killed while in service at Okinawa in 1945 during World War II.
2 CONT "Mr. Burroughs was married to Miss Olga Wemple of Susanville in 1919."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 30 Nov 1948; page 1c1; obtained at the CA State Library, CA Histor
2 CONC y Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "BURROUGHS FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY HERE
2 CONT "Funeral services for Spencer Burroughs were held at the old Burroughs
2 CONC ' home, 500 Mill st., present home of the A. G. Bretwieser's, Sunday a
2 CONC t 3 p.m., under the direction of White Mortuary.
2 CONT "Rev. E. E. Wilson of the Methodist church officiated.
2 CONT "More than 20 friends from Sacramento attended the funeral, 10 of who
2 CONC m were state employees from the state capital.  Mr. Burroughs was atto
2 CONC rney for the state division of water resources for many years.
2 CONT "Pallbearers were Claude Wemple, Irvin Wemple, Ray Wemple, Nolan Hallo
2 CONC well, John Theodore, A. G. Breitwieser and Dr. Dave Edwards.
2 CONT "Interment was in the family plot of the Susanville cemetery, next t
2 CONC o his father, the late Judge H. D. Burroughs."
2 CONT 
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME "Spencer" Ephraim /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1920
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1945
2 PLAC near Okinawa, Japan
1 BURI
2 PLAC Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F87@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS: 
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 12  -  Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA  -  (Spencer E Burrou
2 CONC ghs)  -  Spencer Burroughs  -  son, M, W, 9, S, CA, CA, CA, none;    I
2 CONC nternet; www.ancestry.com....11.19.2004
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Birth Index 1905-1995;    Spencer Burroughs;    b:   15 Aug 1920  L
2 CONC assen Co, CA;    mother:   Wimple;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.roots
2 CONC web.com/ca/birth/search.cgi; {CA Dept of Health, Vital Statistics, Sac
2 CONC ramento, Sacramento Co, CA}
2 CONT 
2 CONT Birth Announcement from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Las
2 CONC sen Co, CA; Friday, 20 Aug 1920; page 1c6; obtained at the CA State Li
2 CONC brary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "BORN
2 CONT "BURROUGHS -- In Susanville, Cal., August 15, 1920, to the wife of Spe
2 CONC ncer E. Burroughs, a son."
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE 14 June 1945 page 1c6; obtained at the CA Sta
2 CONC te Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "ENSIGN BURROUGHS IS KILLED IN ACTION
2 CONT "The Navy Department has officially notified Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Burr
2 CONC oughs of Sacramento that their son Ensign Spencer Burroughs, Jr., ha
2 CONC d been killed in action in the vicinity of Okinawa.
2 CONT "A native of Susanville, Ensign Burroughs graduated from Sacramento Hi
2 CONC gh School, attended Stanford University, following which he enlisted i
2 CONC n the Navy V12 training program at the University of California and re
2 CONC ceived his commission at Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.  He was 24 year
2 CONC s old.
2 CONT "Besides his parents, Attorney and Mrs. Spencer Burroughs, he leave
2 CONC s a wife Elaine, a sister Miss Olga Burroughs, brothers, Trent and Geo
2 CONC ffrey Burroughs all of Sacramento.  Also surviving are grandmothers Mr
2 CONC s. J.C. Wemple of Milford and Judge Gladys S. Burroughs of Sacramento
2 CONC ; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins in Lassen County and Sacramento."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Note from the compilers: Spencer is buried at Arlington National Cemet
2 CONC ery, Arlington, VA.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME "Olga" Brooke /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 NOV 1925
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 AUG 2008
2 PLAC Julia Temple Center, Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado
1 BURI
2 PLAC , Maui, Hawaii
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F84@
1 FAMS @F85@
1 FAMS @F86@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 12  -  Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA  -  (Spencer E Burrou
2 CONC ghs)  -  Olga Burroughs  -  daughter, F, W, 4-5/12, S, CA, CA, CA, non
2 CONC e;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Birth Index 1905-1995;    Olga Burroughs;    b:   15 Nov 1925  Sacr
2 CONC amento Co, CA;    mother:   Wemple;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.root
2 CONC sweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi; {CA Dept of Health, Vital Statistics, Sa
2 CONC cramento, Sacramento Co, CA}
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wedding Announcement in The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Las
2 CONC sen Co, CA; Friday, 20 Jan 1950; page 7c4;  obtained at the CA State L
2 CONC ibrary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "OLGA BURROUGHS MARRIES
2 CONT "Word has been received by relatives in Susanville of the marriage o
2 CONC f Miss Olga Burroughs and Jim Dougherty in Reno, Nevada, January 17.
2 CONT "The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Olga Burrough sof [sic] Sacrament
2 CONC o and the late Spencer Burroughs.
2 CONT "The new Mrs. Dougherty is well known in Susanville having visited her
2 CONC e many times with her aunt, Mrs. Nolan Hallowell and family, and her g
2 CONC randmother, Mrs. Jay Wemple, at Milford.
2 CONT "The bridegroom is manager of a department in J. C. Penney store in Sa
2 CONC cramento."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 19 Aug 2008;  obtained from the Internet; www.sacrament
2 CONC obee.com
2 CONT (This obiturary was written by her brother, Geofrey Burroughs.)
2 CONT "BROOKE VAN ZANDT (with picture)
2 CONT "VAN ZANDT, BROOKE 
2 CONT "(nee) Olga Burroughs 
2 CONT "Nov 15, 1925 - Aug 4, 2008 
2 CONT "Brooke was an eclectic. There were few things in life she chose not t
2 CONC o explore and, as she would have said, those left unturned were not im
2 CONC portant. As a young woman she rode horses at a stable in East Sacramen
2 CONC to and later during her days at McClatchy High School challenged the a
2 CONC ugust Principal, Sam Pepper, to allow students to enter the high schoo
2 CONC l through the front doors; a battle she lost but a war she won. Whil
2 CONC e she could be an iconoclast, she was also a traditionalist, belonge
2 CONC d to Manana, a high school sorority, was editor of the school year boo
2 CONC k, and took high school sartorial elegance to a new level. She attende
2 CONC d UCLA, and worked as a page on the MGM lot (the high point she once s
2 CONC aid was a kiss on the cheek from Frank Sinatra after delivering a mess
2 CONC age). She traveled alone whenever possible, observing that it's the on
2 CONC ly way to meet people. She lived in Sacramento; Palm Springs; Montana
2 CONC ; New York; New Jersey; Guadalajara, Mexico; Honolulu; Arizona and Col
2 CONC orado. She was an accomplished photographer and social entertainer o
2 CONC f the first magnitude. She did a lot in her life, had fun and left not
2 CONC hing on the table. Brooke passed away while under the care of some won
2 CONC derful people at the Julia Temple facility in Englewood, Colo. A memor
2 CONC ial service will be held in Hawaii in June of 2009. She was predecease
2 CONC d by her parents Olga and Spencer Burroughs, her loving husband Rober
2 CONC t Van Zandt, son Burne Dougherty, stepson Keith Van Zandt, brothers Sp
2 CONC encer Burroughs Jr. and Trent Burroughs (Maria Luisa). She is survive
2 CONC d by daughter Erin O'Brien (Michael), stepson Mark Van Zandt, granddau
2 CONC ghters Caitlin O'Brien, Emerald O'Brien, Karen Dougherty (Todd), grand
2 CONC son Patrick Moore, (Michele), two great-grandchildren, brother Geoffre
2 CONC y Burroughs (Mollie). nieces Francesca, Lisa, Megan, nephew Spencer an
2 CONC d numerous cousins."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I57@ INDI
1 NAME Trent /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 APR 1930
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JAN 2008
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F88@
1 NOTE CA Birth Index 1905-1995;    Trent Burroughs;    b:   11 Apr 1930  Sac
2 CONC ramento Co, CA;    mother:   Wemple;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.roo
2 CONC tsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi; {CA Dept of Health, Vital Statistics, S
2 CONC acramento, Sacramento Co, CA}
2 CONT 
2 CONT Social Security Death Index;    Trent Burroughs;    b:   11 Apr 1930
2 CONC ;    d:   04 Jan 2008;    lr  95819  Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONC ;    SS#  565-36-8073  CA;    Internet; ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Sacramento Bee  Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA;  Thur
2 CONC sday, 10 Jan 2008;  obtained from the Internet; www.sacramentobee.com
2 CONT "BURROUGHS, TRENT (with picture)
2 CONT "A native Sacramentan, Trent was born on April 11, 1930. He passed pea
2 CONC cefully into God's care on January 4, 2008. A loving husband and fathe
2 CONC r, he is survived by MariaLuisa, his wife of 43 years; his daughter Fr
2 CONC ancesca and son-in-law Robert Pearson of Livermore; his sister Brook
2 CONC e VanZandt of Colorado, his brother Geoffrey and sister-in-law Molli
2 CONC e Burroughs of Sacramento, and many nieces and nephews and dear cousin
2 CONC s.
2 CONT "Trent's parents, Olga and Spencer Burroughs, moved to Sacramento fro
2 CONC m Susanville, California in 1922, settling in the Curtis Park area. Tr
2 CONC ent graduated from C. K. McClatchy High School and California State Un
2 CONC iversity, Sacramento.
2 CONT "After serving in the U.S. Army as an artillery fire control coordinat
2 CONC or, he worked for the U.S. Post Office for 32 years. Trent was a gifte
2 CONC d Chess player; so much so that a disgruntled neighbor, having found n
2 CONC o one to better him in Sacramento, went to San Francisco and brought b
2 CONC ack a highly rated chess player to challenge him -- after an arduous b
2 CONC attle on the chess board they drew. Trent also had an interest in high
2 CONC er mathematics taking such abstruse courses as non-Euclidian geometr
2 CONC y and abstract algebra. As an athlete he was a superlative tennis play
2 CONC er and in his younger days an ace receiver for the once famous Curti
2 CONC s Park Clippers football team. In his later years he became an accompl
2 CONC ished bowler winning a number of local tournaments. He often bowle
2 CONC d a 600 series and once was eleven strikes toward the perfect 300 gam
2 CONC e when he got a nasty split. His only comment was, 'Mmmm, a little hig
2 CONC h on that one, I think.'
2 CONT "A mass of Christian burial will be held at Immaculate Conception Pari
2 CONC sh, 3263 First Avenue, Sacramento at 10:00am on Monday, January 14, 20
2 CONC 08. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the charity of your choice."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I58@ INDI
1 NAME Geoffrey /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1936
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F89@
0 @I59@ INDI
1 NAME "Emma" Grayce /Tremain/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 MAR 1910
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JAN 1945
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F15@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Thursday, 25 January 194
2 CONC 5, page 1c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT EMMA GRAYCE WEMPLE, AGE 34, DIES
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, January 22, for Mrs. Emm
2 CONC a Grayce Wemple, age 34, well known local matron, who died Friday morn
2 CONC ing at the Riverside Hospital, following a short illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Wemple, born March 10, 1910, was the former Emma Grayce Tremain
2 CONC . She married Irvin Wemple in November, 1926.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Besides her husband, she leaves three son, Joseph Jay, 16, Tremain, 6
2 CONC , and Nolan Mark, 1 year; two sisters, Mrs. H.R. Swain, Lancaster, Cal
2 CONC ifornia; Mrs. Carl Adrian, San Jose and a brother, S.A. Tremain of Lo
2 CONC s Angeles, California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The funeral services were held in the Methodist Church, with Dr. H.D
2 CONC . Helwig of Herlong, the Reverand P.C. Knudson and the Reverand G.J.E
2 CONC . Keetch of Susanville officiating.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Interment was in the Milford Cemetery under the direction of the Whit
2 CONC e Memorial Chapel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following birth notice from the LASSEN ADVOCATE dated 4 March 191
2 CONC 0 was sent to the compiler on 29 May 2000 by Susan L. Decious:
2 CONT 
2 CONT BORN.
2 CONT 
2 CONT TREMAIN.--In Susanville, Cal., Mar, 4, 1910, to the wife of R. J. Trem
2 CONC ain, a daughter.
0 @I60@ INDI
1 NAME "Joseph" Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 AUG 1928
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F15@
1 FAMS @F97@
1 FAMS @F98@
1 NOTE He worked for Santa Clara County, first in the survey crew and then a
2 CONC s a traffic accident analyzer, for many years. Retired and moved to La
2 CONC keport, CA. DRW
0 @I61@ INDI
1 NAME "Tremain" Wemple /Adrian/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 FEB 1939
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1959
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F15@
1 NOTE After the death of Tremain's father, which left him an orphan, he wa
2 CONC s adopted by his aunt and uncle, Carl and Theo Adrian. He changed hi
2 CONC s last name to Adrian after the adoption. He died at age 19 from polio
2 CONC , after he had spent five or so years in an Iron Lung. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Birth Index 1905-1995;    Tremain Wemple Adrian;    b:   15 Feb 193
2 CONC 9  Lassen Co, CA;    mother:   Tremaine;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb
2 CONC .rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi; {CA Dept of Health, Vital Statistic
2 CONC s, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA}
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index 1950-1959;    Tremain Adrian;    age:   19y;    d:   1
2 CONC 4 Jan 1959  Santa Clara Co, CA;    Registrar's #  82;    State Fil
2 CONC e #  3789;    CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacrament
2 CONC o Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index;    Tremain Adrian;    age:   19y;    d:   14 Jan 195
2 CONC 9  Santa Clara Co, CA;    b:   15 Feb 1939  CA;    mother maiden:   Tr
2 CONC emain;    father last:   Adrian;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.rootswe
2 CONC b.com/ca/death/search.cgi
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the SAN JOSE MERCURY, Friday, 16 January 1959, page 4c4-
2 CONC 5;  obtained from the CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, S
2 CONC acramento Co, CA
2 CONT "ADRIAN - In San Jose January 14. Tremain Adrian, devoted son of Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. Carl Adrian; dear brother of Joseph Jay Wemple of San Jose an
2 CONC d Mark Wemple of Milford, California; loving grandson of Mrs. Libbie W
2 CONC emple of Milford, California. A native of Westwood, California. Age 1
2 CONC 9 years.
2 CONT "Services Saturday, January 17, at 11 a.m. at the Darling-Fischer Gard
2 CONC en Chapel, 471 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I62@ INDI
1 NAME "Nolan" Mark /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 NOV 1943
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F15@
1 FAMS @F99@
1 NOTE He first worked for the USFS and then switched and worked as a logge
2 CONC r for many years. He moved from Milford, CA to Moscow, ID about 1970
2 CONC . It was in Idaho that he became a logger, rather than working for th
2 CONC e USFS. DRW
0 @I63@ INDI
1 NAME Harold /Woods/
2 GIVN Harold C.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1900
2 PLAC Probably Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1990
1 FAMS @F16@
0 @I64@ INDI
1 NAME "David" F. /Dozier/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1899
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1986
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 TITL M.D.
1 FAMC @F1053@
1 FAMS @F17@
1 FAMS @F20@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Sacramento Bee Newspaper;  Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA;  17 Sep 1986; page C2c1
2 CONT "DOZIER, DR DAVID F. SR.  In Sacramento.  September 16, 1986.  Husban
2 CONC d of Marjel Wemple Dozier of Sacramento and the late Dorothy Jean Dozi
2 CONC er,  Father of Dr. David F. Dozier Jr of Sacramento,  Mrs. Jeanne W. C
2 CONC ave of Colusa,  Mrs Dorothy Dixon of Susanville,  and the late Dr Will
2 CONC iam E. Dozier (died in 1982),  Brother of the late Nina Dozier Hoar
2 CONC d  and  Leonard Franklin Dozier.  Leaves 9 grandchildren and 1 great-g
2 CONC randchild.  A native of Susanville, Calif.  Aged 87 years.  Friends ar
2 CONC e respectfully invited to attend Memorial Services, Saturday, Septembe
2 CONC r 20, 1986  at 11AM in the First United Methodist Church, 2100 "J" St
2 CONC . Cremation private.  Memorial contributions may be sent to the Dr. Da
2 CONC ve F. Dozier, Sr. Memorial Fund, Sutter Hospitals of Sacramento 2820 "
2 CONC L" St., Sac 95816 or a charity of your choice.  Harry A. Nauman & So
2 CONC n funeral directors."
0 @I65@ INDI
1 NAME Dorothy Jean /Wanzer/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1903
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1980
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMS @F17@
0 @I66@ INDI
1 NAME "David" Irvin /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAR 1891
2 PLAC Los  Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1968
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 OCCU ,
1 TITL D.D.S.
1 FAMC @F1153@
1 FAMS @F18@
1 FAMS @F19@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS: 
2 CONT ...1900 June 7-8  -  Twp #1, Lassen Co, CA  -  (Wm H Edwards)  -  Davi
2 CONC d I Edwards  -  son, W, M, Mar 1891, 9, CA, VT, VA, attending school
2 CONC ;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT ...1910 Apr 27  -  Twp 1, Lassen Co, CA  -  (Herbert Edwards)  -  Davi
2 CONC d E Edwards  -  son, M, W, 19, S, CA, VT, CA, none;    Internet; www.a
2 CONC ncestry.com
2 CONT ...1920 Jan 29  -  Fort McDowell, Angel Island, Marin Co, CA  -  Davi
2 CONC d I Edwards  -  head, M, W, 28, M, CA, VT, CA, captain-army;    Intern
2 CONC et; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 9  -  Westwood, Lassen Co, CA  -  Dr David Edwards  -  hea
2 CONC d, M, W, 39, M-24, CA, VT, CA, dentist-Red River Lumber Co;    Interne
2 CONC t; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA  1960-1969;    David I. Edwards;    d:   15 Dec 1968  Shasta Co, CA
2 CONC ;    sp:   MW;    Registrar's # 6720;  State File # 155353;    CA Stat
2 CONC e Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA;    David I Edwards;    age:   77y;    d:   15 Dec 1968  Shasta Co
2 CONC , CA;    SS#546-54-5771;    b:   20 Mar 1891  CA;    mother maiden
2 CONC :   True;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.c
2 CONC gi
2 CONT 
2 CONT Death Index;    David Edwards;    b:   20 Mar 1891;    d:   Dec 196
2 CONC 8  lr 96007 Anderson, Shasta Co, CA;    SS#  546-54-5771  CA;    Inter
2 CONC net; Ancestry, Inc; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen Co, CA;    two cemetery markers
2 CONC ,    David Irvin Edwards. D. D. S. & David I. Edwards;    b: 20 Mar 18
2 CONC 91;    d: 15 Dec 1968;    CA   Capt Dental Corps World War II;    Phot
2 CONC ograph Sep 1997; Susan Lorraine Smith Decious
2 CONT 
2 CONT  Wedding Announcement from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville
2 CONC , Lassen Co, CA; Friday, 17 Jul 1931; page 8c1;  obtained at the CA St
2 CONC ate Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "Miss Marjel Wemple and David Edwards of Westwood were married at Medf
2 CONC ord, Oregon Monday, July 13th."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wedding Announcement from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, L
2 CONC assen Co, CA; Friday, 17 Jul 1931; page 8c4;  obtained at the CA Stat
2 CONC e Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "WESTWOOD PHYSICIAN WEDS FORMER MILFORD GIRL IN OREGON
2 CONT "Word was received in Susanville this week telling of the marriage i
2 CONC n Oregon, of Miss Marjel Wemple to Dr. David I. Edwards of Westwood
2 CONC .  No other details of the wedding were available.  The ceremony too
2 CONC k place Tuesday.  Miss Wemple was born at Milford."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the REDDING SEARCHLIGHT, Monday, 16 December 1968, pag
2 CONC e 17c5; obtained at the CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento
2 CONC , Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "DR. DAVID EDWARDS
2 CONT "Anderson dentist David Irvin Edwards, Sr., 77, died Sunday in Mercy H
2 CONC ospital.
2 CONT "An Anderson resident since 1950, Dr. Edwards was born March 20, 189
2 CONC 1 in Los Angeles. He was a graduate of the College of the Pacific an
2 CONC d the University of California.
2 CONT "He served as a captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps during World Wa
2 CONC r I and remained in the service for three years following the end of t
2 CONC he war.
2 CONT "Dr. Edwards was a member of the Anderson Rotary Club, the Methodist C
2 CONC hurch and a 50-year member of the Westwood Masonic Lodge 501.
2 CONT "He leaves his widow, Marjel of Anderson; two daughters, Betty Frankli
2 CONC n of Fairfax and Jane Koffard of Red Bluff; a son, David Jr. of Oaklan
2 CONC d; and four grandchildren.
2 CONT "Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Trinity Metho
2 CONC dist Church in Anderson. The Reverand Grant Allen will officiate and b
2 CONC urial will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Milford Cemetery in Milford under th
2 CONC e direction of McDonald's Anderson Chapel."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I67@ INDI
1 NAME Maria /Messersmidt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1890-1891)
2 PLAC , , Germany
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F18@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS: 
2 CONT ...1920 Jan 29  -  Fort McDowell, Angel Island, Marin Co, CA  -  (Davi
2 CONC d I Edwards)  -  Marie Edwards  -  wife, F, W, 29, M, 1892 immigration
2 CONC , naturalization, Germany-German, Germany-German, Germany-German, none
2 CONC ;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 9  -  Westwood, Lassen Co, CA  -  (Dr David Edwards)  -  M
2 CONC arie Edwards  -  wife, F, W, 41, M-26, Germany, Germany, Germany, Germ
2 CONC an, 1893 immigration, naturalization, none;    Internet; www.ancestry.
2 CONC com
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I68@ INDI
1 NAME "Elizabeth" Gyneth /Edwards/
1 NAME Elizabeth T
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 APR 1917
2 PLAC , Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F18@
1 FAMS @F1657@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS: 
2 CONT ...1920 Jan 29  -  Fort McDowell, Angel Island, Marin Co, CA  -  (Davi
2 CONC d I Edwards)  -  Elizabeth T Edwards  -  daughter, F, W, 2-9/12, S, CA
2 CONC , CA, Germany-German, none;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 9  -  Westwood, Lassen Co, CA  -  (Dr David Edwards)  -  E
2 CONC lizabeth T Edwards  -  daughte, F, W, 12, S, CA, CA, Germany, none
2 CONC ;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA 1905-1995;    Elizabeth T Edwards;    b:   19 Apr 1917  Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA;    mother:   Messersm;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.rootsweb.co
2 CONC m/ca/birth/search.cgi; {CA Dept of Health, Vital Statistics, Sacrament
2 CONC o, Sacramento Co, CA}
2 CONT 
2 CONT Article from the Redding Record-Searchlight Newspaper, Redding, Shast
2 CONC a Co, CA; Monday, 16 Dec 1968; page 17c5;    David Irvin Edwards' obit
2 CONC uary,    survivor:   Betty Franklin  Fairfax, CA;   obtained at the C
2 CONC A State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I69@ INDI
1 NAME "David" Irvin /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUN 1932
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, California
1 TITL Jr.
1 FAMC @F19@
1 FAMS @F27@
0 @I70@ INDI
1 NAME "Marjel" Jane /Edwards/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUL 1939
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F19@
1 FAMS @F103@
1 FAMS @F104@
0 @I71@ INDI
1 NAME Nolan /Hallowell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JUN 1909
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 FEB 1958
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery - Section J, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1197@
1 FAMS @F21@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 12 February 1
2 CONC 958, page 1c5, obtained at the CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacr
2 CONC amento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "FINAL SERVICES HELD MONDAY FOR NOLAN HALLOWELL
2 CONT "Funeral services for Nolan Hallowell, 48, who died suddenly of a hear
2 CONC t attack at his Susanville home at about 6:30 Saturday morning, were h
2 CONC eld in the Susanville Methodist Church Monday afternoon at two o'cloc
2 CONC k with the B.P.O.E (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) officiati
2 CONC ng, assisted by the Reverand Russell Van Alen. Lassen Lodge 149, F
2 CONC . & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons), conducted services at the grave s
2 CONC ide in the Susanville Cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of the Kno
2 CONC bel Funeral Home.
2 CONT "Pallbearers were Dale Soule, Ardel Torrey, W.L. Andrews, Merlyn Mulro
2 CONC ney, all of Susanville, Milton Zimmerman, Reno, and Lindley McClure, S
2 CONC acramento.
2 CONT "The deceased was born in Susanville June 26, 1909, attended the loca
2 CONC l schools and the University of Oregon, where he was affiliated with P
2 CONC hi Kappa Psi fraternity. He had been in the appliance business since 1
2 CONC 936 and a partner with James E. Mc Kahan since 1945. In 1948 the two p
2 CONC artners established radio station KSUE.
2 CONT "The deceased was active in many community affairs and organizations
2 CONC . He was a member of the Rotary Club of Susanville, of which he wa
2 CONC s a past president, Masonic and Shrine organizations and the Elks Lodg
2 CONC e. He was an outstanding sportsman with interests in every sporting fi
2 CONC eld and his greatest relaxation was a weekend spent on some near or fa
2 CONC r fishing stream.
2 CONT "He is survived by his wife Marguerite Hallowell, Susanville, two daug
2 CONC hters, Mrs. Edward Thomas McDonald, now in Germany, where her husban
2 CONC d is stationed with the U.S. Army,and Miss Kay Hallowell, a sophomor
2 CONC e at Stanford University; two sisters, Mrs. Harold Bausch of San Loui
2 CONC s Obispo and Mrs. C.L. Wemple of Millbrea, his grandmother, Mrs. Ralp
2 CONC h Strong, Susanville and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins."
2 CONT 
0 @I72@ INDI
1 NAME Lynn /Hallowell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1931
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 OCT 1985
2 PLAC Paradise, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F21@
1 FAMS @F109@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Chico ENTERPRISE-RECORD, Tuesday, 8 October 1985, pa
2 CONC ge 4Ac1-2,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacrame
2 CONC nto, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "PARADISE - A grave side service for Lynn H. McDonald, 54, of Paradis
2 CONC e will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Susanville Cemetery in Susan
2 CONC ville. She died Friday in her home of natural causes.
2 CONT "Born August 15, 1931, in Susanville, she was a homemaker.
2 CONT "Survivors include two sons, Stephen J. of Palo Alto and Jon R. of Sa
2 CONC n Francisco; a sister, Kay McDonald of Reno, Nevada; and her mother, M
2 CONC arguerite Rypkema of Paradise
2 CONT "Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Hospice o
2 CONC f the Ridge.
2 CONT "Local arrangement are being handled by Rose Chapel."
0 @I73@ INDI
1 NAME Kay /Hallowell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1938
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F21@
1 FAMS @F112@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, L
2 CONC assen Co, CA; Wednesday, 26 Aug 1959; page 10c5-7,  obtained from th
2 CONC e CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "KAY HALLOWELL BECOMES BRIDE OF ROBERT T. McDONALD
2 CONT "KAY HALLOWELL AND ROBERT T. MCDONALD MARRIED ON AUG. 15
2 CONT "Miss Kay Hallowell and Robert Taylor McDonald were married at home Sa
2 CONC turday, Aug. 15, at 8 p. m. by Rev. Donald Conklin of the First Baptis
2 CONC t of Susanville. The bride was given away by her uncle, Kenneth Clar
2 CONC k Ables of Modesto, Calif.
2 CONT "The candlelight ceremony was held at an altar improvised at the firep
2 CONC lace which was banked with white gladiolas and snapdragons.  Above th
2 CONC e mantle hung an oval, antique, gold framed mirror.  Antique, brass ca
2 CONC ndelabra were placed on either side of the mirror.
2 CONT "The wedding march was played by Mrs. Albert Gustav Breitweiser of Sus
2 CONC anville,
2 CONT "The bride was proceeded down the aisle by her sister, Mrs. Edward Tho
2 CONC mas McDonald, of Lakeview, Ore.  The matron of honor wore a gold, sil
2 CONC k taffeta gown with a full skirt, fitted bodice, and the new bouffan
2 CONC t sleeves -- with headpiece and shoes matching the gold gown.  She car
2 CONC ried a French bouquet
2 CONT of yellow rosebuds.
2 CONT "The bride wore an ivory-white, Italian silk gown with a chapel train
2 CONC , featuring a dropped waistline and trimmed only at the neck with reem
2 CONC broidered chantilly lace.  A chantilly lace crown embroidered with
2 CONT pearls held in place her fingertip length, illusion silk veil.  She ca
2 CONC rried stephanotis centered with a single, white orchid and a lace bord
2 CONC ered handkerchief of her father's grandmother.  She wore pearl earring
2 CONC s, a gift from the bridegroom.
2 CONT "The best man was the bridegroom's brother, Edward Thomas McDonald, o
2 CONC f Lakeview, Ore.
2 CONT "The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Paul Wemple of Susanville and the l
2 CONC ate James Robert McDonald of Chester.
2 CONT "The bride's mother wore a Dior blue, silk, sheath dress with a contra
2 CONC sting blue, chiffon cumberbund.
2 CONT "The bridegroom's mother wore an embroidered, tailored, white-blue sil
2 CONC k dress.
2 CONT "After the marriage ceremony, the couple received their guests -- abou
2 CONC t 100 relatives and close friends -- in the yard.
2 CONT "The bride's table, set with an old, hand embroidered, linen tableclot
2 CONC h, was decorated with white carnations wreathing the bride's cake.
2 CONT "The bride's going-away outfit was a black, silk suit with a black, ve
2 CONC lvet, cloche hat and patent leather accessories.
2 CONT "The couple planned to go directly to San Francisco, where the bridegr
2 CONC oom is presently attending Golden Gate College and reviewing for the C
2 CONC ertified Public Accountant examination.
2 CONT "The bride attended local schools, Stanford University and graduated f
2 CONC rom Reno Business College.
2 CONT "The bridegroom, after graduating from high school in Chester, attende
2 CONC d Oregon State College, where he was affiliated with Delta Upsilon fra
2 CONC ternity, and graduated in accounting from Golden Gate College in San F
2 CONC ransicso."
2 CONT 
0 @I74@ INDI
1 NAME "Peter" Richard /Rypkema/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAR 1909
2 PLAC Long Island, Phillips County, Kansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 MAR 2000
2 PLAC Magalia, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F1642@
1 FAMS @F22@
1 FAMS @F23@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS: 
2 CONT ...1910 May 9  -  Long Island, Phillips Co, KS  -  (Henry Rypkema
2 CONC )  -  Pete Rypkema  -  son, M, W, 1-1/12, S, KS, Holand-Dutch, Holand-
2 CONC Dutch, none;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT ...1920 Jan 16  -  Adams, Gage Co, NE  -  (Daniel Vangent-indexed Dani
2 CONC el Varn Gent)  -  Peter Rypkema  -  stepson, M, W, 10, S, KS, Holland-
2 CONC Dutch, Holland-Dutch-none;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 18  -  Emmett, Norton Co, KS  -  Richard Rypkma  -  head
2 CONC , M, W, 21, M-18, KS, Holland, Holland, farmer-general farm;    Intern
2 CONC et; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index;    Dick Rypkema;    b:   5 Mar 1909  KS;    mother's m
2 CONC aiden:   Terbeck;    d:   30 Mar 2000  Butte Co, CA;    SS#   565-14-6
2 CONC 966;    age:   91;    Internet; www.vitalsearch-ca.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Social Security Death Index;    Dick Rypkema;    b:   05 Mar 1909
2 CONC ;    d:   30 Mar 2000;    lr  95954  Magalia, Butte Co, CA;    SS#  56
2 CONC 5-14-6966  CA;    Internet; ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Chico Enterprise-Record-Mercury-Register Newspaper
2 CONC , Chico, Butte Co, CA, Saturday, 1 April 2000, page 2Dc3:
2 CONT "MAGALIA -  A memorial service for Dick Rypkema, 91, of Magalia will b
2 CONC e 2 p.m. Monday April 3 at the Paradise Elks Lodge. 
2 CONT "He died Thursday March 30, 2000 at home. He was born March 5, 1909 t
2 CONC o Henry and Antonia Rypkema in Long Island, Kansas, where he was raise
2 CONC d until moving to California in 1935.
2 CONT "In 1940, Rypkema received his contractor's license. He owned and oper
2 CONC ated a machine shop during World War II that manufactured parts for th
2 CONC e military. He moved to Paradise in 1955 and became a real estate agen
2 CONC t.
2 CONT "Rypkema was the general contractor for the building for the Paradis
2 CONC e Elks Lodge 2026, of which he was a charter member and the first exal
2 CONC ted ruler. In 1961, he was appointed to the Butte County Planning Comm
2 CONC ission, where he served until 1973. He was also a member of SIRS.
2 CONT "He enjoyed hunting, fishing and woodworking.
2 CONT "Along with his wife, Marguerite of Reno, survivors include a daughter
2 CONC , Mary Mays of Magalia; and three grandchildren, seven great-grandchil
2 CONC dren and two great-great-grandchildren.
2 CONT "Memorial contributions may be made to Paradise Hospice in care of Bid
2 CONC well Chapel, which is handling the arrangements."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I75@ INDI
1 NAME Iris /LNUK/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1908-1909)
2 PLAC , , Arkansas
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F22@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS: 
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 18  -  Emmett, Norton Co, KS  -  (Richard Rypkma)  -  Iri
2 CONC s E Rypkma  -  wife, F, W, 21, M-19, AR, AR, KS, none;    Internet; ww
2 CONC w.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I76@ INDI
1 NAME "John" Hartson /Theodore/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1908
2 PLAC Monterey, Monterey County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 NOV 2004
2 PLAC Mayers Memorial Hospital Burney Annex, Burney, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F1290@
1 FAMS @F24@
1 NOTE John was a farmer and drag line owner/operator and served on the Lasse
2 CONC n County Board of Supervisors for a number of years. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Record Searchlight Newspaper, 1101 Twin View Blvd, R
2 CONC edding, Shasta Co, CA; Tuesday, 23 Nov 2004;
2 CONT "JOHN THEODORE
2 CONT "BURNEY -- Services for John Hartson Theodore, 96, of Burney will be a
2 CONC t 11 a.m. Saturday at Walton's Colonial Mortuary in Susanville.
2 CONT "The Rev. Tony Loubet of Standish Bible Church in Standish will offici
2 CONC ate.
2 CONT "Mr. Theodore died Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, at Mayers Memorial Hospital'
2 CONC s Burney Annex.
2 CONT "Born in Oct. 27, 1908, he moved to Shasta County in 1994 from Susanvi
2 CONC lle.
2 CONT "He was a rancher for 60 years.
2 CONT "Survivors include daughters Mary Tashiro of Burney and Ann Weir of Pl
2 CONC acerville; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
2 CONT "Memorial contributions can be made to Standish Bible Church, P.O. Bo
2 CONC x 267, Standish, CA 96128, or to a favorite charity.
2 CONT "Arrangements are being handled by McDonald's Burney Chapel."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County News, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA; Tuesd
2 CONC ay, 30 November 2004;  obtained on the Internet; www.lassennews.com
2 CONT "JOHN THEODORE
2 CONT "John Theodore died on Nov. 19, in Burney. John was born Oct. 27, 1908
2 CONC , and lived most of his life in Lassen County.
2 CONT "He is survived by his daughter Ann Weir and husband John, of Placervi
2 CONC lle and Mary Tashiro and husband Brian, of Burney.
2 CONT "In lieu of flowers, you may donate to the Standish Bible Church o
2 CONC r a charity of your own choice.
2 CONT "Services were held at the Colonial Mortuary Chapel on Saturday, Nov
2 CONC . 27. Internment will follow at the Janesville Cemetery."
2 CONT 
0 @I77@ INDI
1 NAME Ann /Theodore/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 NOV 1933
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F72@
1 NOTE Article from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Monday, 24 Nov 1952; page 3c1-2; obtained at the CA State Library, C
2 CONC A History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "EXCHANGE MARRIAGE VOWS ANN THEODORE, JOHN WEIR
2 CONT "Ann Theodore and John Graham Weir, Saturday afternoon November the fi
2 CONC fteenth, at three, were married at the Theodore home at Wendel.  The l
2 CONC ong living room was warm with candle light, and just at the pause befo
2 CONC re the processional music, the bride's young brother, John Jay Theodor
2 CONC e lighted the tall white floor tapers at either side of the mantle.  M
2 CONC antle-high baskets of giant white mums crossed between the candles.
2 CONT "During the ceremony the wedding party stood all gravely unaware tha
2 CONC t grandmother, grandfather, uncle, cousin, friend, at the farther en
2 CONC d of the room, were enjoying a perfect front view reflection in the br
2 CONC oad mirror above the fireplace.
2 CONT "Ann was given in marriage by her father, John Hartson Theodore.  Th
2 CONC e beautiful double-ring ceremony was performed by the Reverend Carl H
2 CONC . Sisson, and Mrs. Sisson was at the piano.
2 CONT "At the close of the ritual, Sargent Harry Weir on leave to act as bes
2 CONC t man for his brother, proposed a toast to the happy pair, and since t
2 CONC heir plans were for an early leave-taking, attention was directed to t
2 CONC he tea table and collation centered by the sparkling bell capped weddi
2 CONC ng cake.
2 CONT "Kay Hallowell looked after the punch bowl; Jackie Weir, the guest boo
2 CONC k.
2 CONT "Guests noted the bride's pearl ear rings, a gift from the groom, whic
2 CONC h were the something new.  For the something old, she had the lace han
2 CONC dkerchief handed down from her great-grandmother, Sarah Hartson.  Th
2 CONC e thing borrowed was a coin lent by her mother, to be worn in the shoe
2 CONC .  The Wedding Shop gave the garter for the blue.
2 CONT "The wedding gown was white; the skirt ballerina length and full, shee
2 CONC r net over heavy satin, the bodice, chiffon velvet, long, pointed slee
2 CONC ves, the neck high; the tiny Peter Pan collar, and the tiny pearl stud
2 CONC ded bit of a Juliet cap with fingertip veil.  the [sic] only concessio
2 CONC ns to the bride's youth.
2 CONT "With her white prayer book she held her bouquet of three white orchid
2 CONC s and cascade of phalanopsis orchids.
2 CONT "To complete the wedding party, Margaret Bailey, bridesmaid, wore emer
2 CONC ald green velvet with satin, patterned after the bride's gown, and fo
2 CONC r her hands, green net mitts, and she held a bouquet of yellow mumelli
2 CONC as with streamers of green and gold and Mary Elizabeth Theodore, as fl
2 CONC ower girl for her sister, wore a little ruby-red velvet dress and carr
2 CONC ied a French bouquet, a miniature white orchid framed in pink baby ros
2 CONC es.
2 CONT "For her young daughter's wedding, Mrs. Theodore wore champagne lace
2 CONC ; her flower, a bronze orchid.
2 CONT "Mrs. John Weir, the groom's mother chose a fine black lace, a mauve o
2 CONC rchid was her flower.
2 CONT "For her going away outfit Ann changed to a red knit suit, with shoe
2 CONC s and bag of flecked white cobra.  Her beret was white.
2 CONT "The Just-Marrieds both were graduated from Lassen Union high school i
2 CONC n Susanville, and both went to Junior college.  Ann is now enjoying he
2 CONC r job as chief deputy in the office of the county treasurer, John is f
2 CONC inishing his special course in forestry.  Their new home has a west vi
2 CONC ew in the Bangham apartments in Susanville.
2 CONT "The Weir parents are Mr. and Mrs. John G. Weir of Susanville, and o
2 CONC n the bride's side, Mr. and Mrs. John Hartson Theodore."
2 CONT 
0 @I78@ INDI
1 NAME "John" Jay /Theodore/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 OCT 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 OCT 1986
2 PLAC Emeryville, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F24@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE,  Wednesday, 5 November 1
2 CONC 986, page 3Ac4-5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "JOHN THEODORE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Memorial services for John J. Theodore, 46, who died in Oakland, Cali
2 CONC fornia on Wednesday, October 29, will be held at the Lucero-Carlson Co
2 CONC lonial Mortuary on Saturday at 1 p.m.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was born in Susanville on October 15, 1940, and went t
2 CONC o work at the United California Bank at the age of 19. For the past 1
2 CONC 8 years he had been employed as a bank examiner for the Federal Reserv
2 CONC e Bank.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include his parents, John and Deesse Theodore of Susanville
2 CONC , two sisters, Ann Weir of Placerville and Mary Fletcher of Burney, an
2 CONC d two nieces and two nephews.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The family requests that memorial donations be made to a favorite cha
2 CONC rity."
0 @I79@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Elizabeth /Theodore/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 DEC 1944
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F73@
1 FAMS @F74@
0 @I80@ INDI
1 NAME "Helen" Jane /Hidden/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1921
2 PLAC Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 SEP 2004
2 PLAC Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
1 FAMC @F1212@
1 FAMS @F25@
1 NOTE Article sent to David Raymond Wemple by his cousin, Beth Bornet, of As
2 CONC hland, OR: 
2 CONT Obituary from The Oregonian Newspaper, Portland, Multnomah Co, OR; Sep
2 CONC tember 26, 2004: 
2 CONT "Helen Hidden Wemple February 9, 1921 - September 17, 2004 
2 CONT "Helen Hidden Wemple, born February 9, 1921 in Portland. OR to Charle
2 CONC s E. and Evan U. Hidden (deceased) who resided in Tucson, AZ for sever
2 CONC al years. Mrs. Wemple died September 17, 2004. After attending school
2 CONC s in Oregon, Nevada, and Lassen College in Northern California (wher
2 CONC e Mrs. Wemple met her future husband) she moved to Southern Californi
2 CONC a with her family. Marrying Capt. Neil W. Wemple in 1943 led to an int
2 CONC eresting and eventful life. After thirty years in the Air Force, Colon
2 CONC el and Mrs. Wemple retired to Tucson in 1969. Mrs. Wemple is survive
2 CONC d by her daughter Forrest W. Levely; sons Stephen S. Wemple (Linda) an
2 CONC d Neil T. Wemple; grandchildren Karah L. Rinaldi (Frank), Thomas Scot
2 CONC t Levely; and great-grandchildren Alexis, Kaia and Carter Rinaldi. A m
2 CONC emorial service will be held 3:00 PM Saturday, October 16 at East Law
2 CONC n Palms Mortuary, 5801 E. Grant Rd., Tucson AZ."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I81@ INDI
1 NAME "Forrest" Leigh /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 SEP 1944
2 PLAC Torrance, Los Angeles County, CA
1 FAMC @F25@
1 FAMS @F118@
0 @I82@ INDI
1 NAME "Stephen" Scott /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAY 1947
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMC @F25@
1 FAMS @F119@
1 FAMS @F120@
0 @I83@ INDI
1 NAME "Neil" Todd /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAY 1962
2 PLAC Wiesbaden, Germany
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I84@ INDI
1 NAME "Martha" Pearl /Bronson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 APR 1874
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 MAY 1968
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F32@
1 FAMS @F26@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, May 22, 1968:
2 CONT 
2 CONT SERVICES HELD FOR PEARL M. WEMPLE 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl M. Wemple, 94, who died in the Sutte
2 CONC r General Hospital in Sacramento on Thursday of last week were held a
2 CONC t the United Methodist Church on Monday afternoon at two o'clock wit
2 CONC h (the) Reverand Stanley Read officiating. Interment was in the Milfor
2 CONC d Cemetery. The organist for the services was Mrs. Alfreda Cunningham
2 CONC . Pall bearers were Marlyn (sic) Mulroney, Don Wemple, Glenn Wemple, F
2 CONC red Bangham, John Theodore, and Don Conrad. The deceased was born in M
2 CONC ilford on April 19, 1874, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hose (sic) A. B
2 CONC ronson, Lassen County pioneers. She was married on August 14, 1892, t
2 CONC o N.V. Wemple, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crawford Wemple, also pionee
2 CONC rs of Lassen County. Her husband, who died in 1942, served as Lassen C
2 CONC ounty assessor, justice of peace, and two terms as state assemblyman
2 CONC . To the couple were born seven children, Orville E., Guy B., Fred, Ly
2 CONC le E., Maude, Percy N. and Bernice, three of whom survive. They are Be
2 CONC rnice Ohnimus, Sacramento, Guy Wemple, Fallon, and Lyle E. Wemple, Sus
2 CONC anville. Also surviving are a brother, Benton Sifford, Oakland, an
2 CONC d a sister, Mrs. Grace Raker, Chico, six grandchildren, 18 great-grand
2 CONC children and two great-great-grandchildren. Two of the grandchildren
2 CONC , Mrs. Naomi Netzorg of Charlotte, N.C. and Mrs. Nadene Kayser of Alam
2 CONC eda are identical twins whom Pearl Wemple raised from infancy. Other g
2 CONC randchildren are Mrs. Gunth (sic) Cersola (sic) of Wadsworth, Nevada
2 CONC , Mrs. Phyllis Metz, Susanville, Dr. Dana Wemple, Burlingame and Fran
2 CONC k Wemple, Red Bluff.
0 @I85@ INDI
1 NAME "Orville" Earl /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1893
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 NOV 1940
2 PLAC Fallon, Churchill County, NV
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F36@
1 FAMS @F37@
1 NOTE From the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 5 November 1940:
2 CONT 
2 CONT ORVILLE E. WEMPLE DIES OF INJURIES
2 CONT BRIDE BADLY HURT
2 CONT CAR DRIVEN BY MRS. WEMPLE ON HONEYMOON HITS STALLED TRUCK
2 CONT 
2 CONT Susanville was shocked early this morning with the news of the tragi
2 CONC c death of Orville E. Wemple, 47, state sales tax collector here, an
2 CONC d the very serious injury of his bride of two days, the former Miss Ma
2 CONC ry Vail Cook of Alturas; when the car she was driving, sideswiped a st
2 CONC alled truck, 12 miles south of Fallon, Nevada, last night.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple was killed instantly, according to United Press dispatches to t
2 CONC he Advocate, while Mrs. Wemple suffered a broken leg, serious body cut
2 CONC s and bruises and possible internal injuries.  She was moved to the Ha
2 CONC ndley Hospital in Fernley, Nevada, where late this afternoon it was le
2 CONC arned her condition was grave.
2 CONT 
2 CONT MARRIED LAST SUNDAY NIGHT
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to the message to the Advocate Wemple and his bride were mar
2 CONC ried in Reno Sunday evening at 9 o'clock, leaving later for Fallon t
2 CONC o visit Guy Wemple, brother of the deceased.
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was learned after a pleasant visit in Fallon they left for a honeym
2 CONC oon trip which was to have taken them to Boulder Dam and on to Arizona
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT TRUCK MAN SENSED ACCIDENT
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was while bound south that the car driven by Mrs. Wemple encountere
2 CONC d a truck, which had pulled to the side of the highway, where the driv
2 CONC er and assistant were changing tires.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lights were burning on the truck, and the press dispatch states that t
2 CONC he driver of the truck frantically waved a flashlight to attract atten
2 CONC tion.
2 CONT 
2 CONT AUTOMOBILE IS DEMOLISHED
2 CONT 
2 CONT As Mrs. Wemple came within range of the truck she is reported to hav
2 CONC e swerved her car, but too late.  Her automobile was completely demoli
2 CONC shed.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Whether or not Wemple was thrown from the car was not indicated, but i
2 CONC t was learned that his death was instantaneous.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The body of the respected Susanville resident and Lassen County native
2 CONC , was being moved to this city for funeral services which will be cond
2 CONC ucted under the auspices of the Susanville Lodge of Elks Thursday afte
2 CONC rnoon from the Methodist church.  Interment will be made in the famil
2 CONC y plot in Milford cemetery with C.W. Morrill in charge of the arrangem
2 CONC ents.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BORN IN MILFORD, EDUCATED HERE
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Milford, this county, September 28, 1893, an
2 CONC d attended the elementary schools there, later attending Lassen high s
2 CONC chool where he was prominent and active in all student body affairs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following his schooling he went to San Francisco to round out his busi
2 CONC ness education, obtaining employment there.  Later he migrated to Reno
2 CONC , Nevada to enter the employ of his cousin, Paul T. Wemple, who conduc
2 CONC ted a haberdashery in the Nevada metropolis.  When Paul Wemple establi
2 CONC shed a a store in Susanville, the deceased returned to this center an
2 CONC d became identified with him in its management.
2 CONT 
2 CONT When the state legislature directed the levying of sales tax to equali
2 CONC ze the burden of state expenditures, creating a Sales Tax Division o
2 CONC f the State Board of Equalization, Orville was given the appointment o
2 CONC f auditor and collector for the organization in Lassen county area
2 CONC , a position he held with credit to the time of his tragic and untimel
2 CONC y death.
2 CONT 
2 CONT LEAVES MANY PROMINENT KIN
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased, who had scores of friends and great influence in this lo
2 CONC cality, is survived by his shocked parents, Justice and Mrs. N.V. Wemp
2 CONC le, very esteemed and widely known residents of Susanville, three brot
2 CONC hers - Guy Wemple of Fallon, Nevada, Fred Wemple of Wendel and Lyle We
2 CONC mple, young business man of Susanville and one sister, Miss Burnice We
2 CONC mple of Sacramento.
2 CONT 
2 CONT There are also surviving, four nieces - Gynith Wemple of Fallon, Naom
2 CONC i and Nadene of Susanville, Phyllis Wemple of Wendel, two nephews - Fr
2 CONC ank Wemple of Wendel and Dana Wemple of Susanville; Frank O. Wemple, L
2 CONC assen County Assessor, an uncle of, and William Benson (sic) of Reno a
2 CONC nd Benton A. Sifford of Oakland, also surviving uncles.  There are als
2 CONC o four surviving aunts - Mrs. Libby Harris of Elko, Nev., Mrs. Zebno
2 CONC r Johnson of Wendel; Mrs. Drew Raker of Chico and Mrs. Lottie Byer o
2 CONC f Fallon.  There are also surviving 32 cousins.
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 8 November 1940:
2 CONT 
2 CONT O. WEMPLE TO REWARD
2 CONT 
2 CONT One of the largest and most solemn funerals in the history of Susanvil
2 CONC le Orville E. Wemple, son of Justice and Mrs. N.V. Wemple, esteemed pi
2 CONC oneer residents of Lassen County, was placed to rest in the family plo
2 CONC t beside two other children of the Wemples, in Milford cemetery, Thurs
2 CONC day afternoon following services at the Methodist church in this city.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The rites were largely attended by friends of the family and the decea
2 CONC sed from all sections of Northern California and the Sacramento Valle
2 CONC y where he was widely known and respected.  The untimely and tragic de
2 CONC ath of the deceased was in an automobile accident near Fallon, Nevada
2 CONC , last Monday evening shocked  friends and business acquaintances alik
2 CONC e.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The services were most impressive, being under the direction of the of
2 CONC ficers of Susanville lodge of Elks of which the deceased was an honore
2 CONC d member.  The Elks, headed by Exalted Ruler A.G. Breitweiser were ass
2 CONC isted in the ritual by Rev. E.D. Spaulding, with Mrs. Morrill renderin
2 CONC g sacred music, accompanied by Mrs Ben Cunningham of the console.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Elks and the local post of the American Legion attended the rite
2 CONC s in a body, forming an honorary escort.  The Elks ritual was employe
2 CONC d in the dismissal services at the grave side.  Legionnaires made a pr
2 CONC esentation of Arms while Taps were sounded as all that was mortal of t
2 CONC he young resident went to his final reward.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The pall bearers were all close associates of the deceased, being conn
2 CONC ected with the State Board Equalization with which he had been connect
2 CONC ed as Lassen county sales tax collector, since the organization of th
2 CONC e division.  They were Senator Harold J. Powers, Clarence Shearin, Dew
2 CONC ey Eagan, Clarence E. Lowe, W.A. McIntosh and Peter Donnelly.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The floral offerings were beyond compare and so many that the last res
2 CONC ting place was a great bank of the season's most gorgeous blooms.  Th
2 CONC e C.W. Morrill service had charge of the arrangements.
0 @I86@ INDI
1 NAME "Guy" Bronson /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 OCT 1895
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1982
2 PLAC Hospital, Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F38@
1 FAMS @F39@
1 NOTE Guy resided in Fallon, NV and managed Consolidated Warehouse for man
2 CONC y years. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wedding announcement from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 24 May 1918:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Well Known Susanville Couple Married. Miss Dorothy Carman and Guy Wem
2 CONC ple, a well known young couple of Susanville were married last Saturda
2 CONC y in Reno at the Baptist Church, the Reverand Brewster Adams officiati
2 CONC ng. The ceremony was performed at noon and several Susanville people w
2 CONC ere among the guests, including Mr. and Mrs. Wes Emerson, Mr. and Mrs
2 CONC . William Long, Miss May McShane and Mr. Arthur Barrett. The bride i
2 CONC s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Carman of Susanville and is popul
2 CONC ar among the younger set. Young Wemple holds a position in a local ban
2 CONC k and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N.V. Wemple of Milford. They will mak
2 CONC e their home in Susanville. "
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the EAGLE STANDARD, Fallon, NV Sunday 12 December 1982
2 CONC , page 4c2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "GUY B. WEMPLE, 87-years-old, died Wednesday at a Reno hospital. He wa
2 CONC s born October 7, 1895, in Milford, California, and had resided in Chu
2 CONC rchill County for the past 51 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He was a retired manager for the Consolidated Feed and Lumber Compan
2 CONC y of Fallon and was a member of the Elks Club of Fallon. Mr. Wemple wa
2 CONC s a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during WW i>
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He is survived by his wife, Josephine of Fallon, daughter Gynith Spoo
2 CONC n of Wadsworth, sister Bernice Crutcher of Applegate, California; gran
2 CONC dsons, Mitchell Ceresola of Reno, and Tracy Ceresola of Sparks; grandd
2 CONC aughter Dana Maher of Winnemucca; seven great grandchildren; and numer
2 CONC ous nephews, nieces and cousins.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Visitation is scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Austin, Matso
2 CONC n and Smith Funeral Home. A funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.
2 CONC m. Monday at the funeral home with members of the Church of Jesus Chri
2 CONC st of Latter Day Saints officiating. Graveside services will be conduc
2 CONC ted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Milford Cemetery in Milford. Pallbearers w
2 CONC ill be Dana, Don, Glenn, David, Fred and Frank Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "All arrangements are under the direction of the Austin, Matson and Sm
2 CONC ith Funeral Home."
0 @I87@ INDI
1 NAME Fred /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1898
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1956
2 PLAC Janesville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F40@
1 FAMS @F41@
1 FAMS @F42@
1 NOTE Murph was first and foremost a cowboy and horseman. His most favorit
2 CONC e thing to do was "run" wild horses, where several cowboys would run w
2 CONC ild mustangs and capture them in corrals. He ranched and farmed fo
2 CONC r a period and he worked for the county road crew for a short time.  H
2 CONC e resided in Milford, Spoonville and Janesville. At the of his death h
2 CONC e was managing a warehouse for Bronson and Doyle in Litchfield. Bronso
2 CONC n and Doyle's main business was in Susanville. They primarily farm equ
2 CONC ipment dealers, but also dealt in buying and selling grain and sellin
2 CONC g cattle feed. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 9 May 1956, page 1c7:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "SERVICES ARE HELD HERE YESTERDAY FOR FRED WEMPLE, 58
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Fred Wemple, 58, a native of Lassen County, died at his home in Janes
2 CONC ville on Saturday, May 5 at 9:30 p.m. Funeral services were held at th
2 CONC e Susanville Methodist Church yesterday afternoon at two o'clock wit
2 CONC h members of the Susanville Elks Lodge officiating. Glenn Long acted a
2 CONC s exalted ruler. Elk members assisting Long were Frank Corson, Carl Co
2 CONC bel, Murray Doyle, Lester Coffin, Ben Cunningham, Frank Maurina and Iv
2 CONC or Lanigar. Interment was in the family plot in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. J.C. McQueen sang 'End of a Perfect Day' with Mrs. Alfreda Cunni
2 CONC ngham accompanying at the organ.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The pallbearers were Kenneth Barham, H.T. French, Edmund Dunn, Jack W
2 CONC . Humphrey, Eddie Ferris and Tiffin Cannon.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was engaged in farming. He was a member of the Susanvill
2 CONC e B.P.O. (Benevolent and Protective Order) of Elks 1487.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include his wife, Edna M., Janesville; a son Frank N., Re
2 CONC d Bluff; three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy Kayser, Alameda, Mrs. Gordon Netz
2 CONC org, Alma, Michigan, and Mrs. Fred Metz, Susanville; His mother, Mrs
2 CONC . Pearl Wemple, Susanville, two brothers, Lyle E., Susanville, and Gu
2 CONC y B., Fallon, Nevada, and a sister, Mrs. Arthur A. Ohnimus, Sacramento
2 CONC . Also surviving are 11 grandchildren."
0 @I88@ INDI
1 NAME "Lyle" Elmer /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 AUG 1900
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1980
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F43@
1 NOTE Dan sold cars for Barron Chevrolet for many years. He was well respect
2 CONC ed by the community. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 27 October 1980, page 3c
2 CONC 3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "LYLE E. WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral services for Lyle E. Wemple, 80, who died in Reno on Saturday
2 CONC , will be held at the Lucero-Carlson Mortuary on Tuesday at 1 p.m. wit
2 CONC h interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was born in Milford on August 4, 1900, the son of N.V. a
2 CONC nd Pearl Bronson Wemple and had resided in Lassen County all of his li
2 CONC fe. He was employed as an automobile salesman for Barron Chevrolet fo
2 CONC r 37 years. He was a 54 year member of Susanville Elks Lodge 1487 an
2 CONC d a member of the Lassen County Sheriff's Posse and Lassen Lodge 147
2 CONC , F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons).
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include his wife, Nadene of Susanville, a son, Dana Wemple
2 CONC , Burlingame; a brother, Guy Wemple, Fallon, Nevada; a sister Bernic
2 CONC e Crutcher, Applegate, California, and three grandchildren, Timothy, L
2 CONC ynn and Beth Wemple of Burlingame."
0 @I89@ INDI
1 NAME Maude /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1907
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1919
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F26@
1 NOTE An obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, dated 5 December 1919:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "LOSE LITTLE DAUGHTER
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. N.V. Wemple of Milford are sympathiz
2 CONC ing with them over the rather sudden and unexpected death of the eldes
2 CONC t daughter, Maud, which occurred last Saturday night.  The little girl
2 CONC , a bright and lovable child, suffered during the influenza epidemic o
2 CONC f last year, and has not been in very good health since that time.  He
2 CONC r death is thought to have been brought about as an after result or co
2 CONC mplications resulting from the influenza.  The funeral took place Mond
2 CONC ay and was largely attended by friends and others who knew and loved t
2 CONC he little girl."
0 @I90@ INDI
1 NAME "Percy" Nolan /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 SEP 1910
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 JAN 1922
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F26@
1 NOTE Article and obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, dated 27 January 1922:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "BOY DROWNED AT FRUIT GROWERS' POND
2 CONT 
2 CONT "N.V. WEMPLE'S SON SKATES IN OPEN WATER-LOCAL MAN'S HEROIC ACTION FUTI
2 CONC LE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Percy N. Wemple, eleven-year-old son of N.V. was drowned Monday nigh
2 CONC t while skating at the Fruit Growers' pond.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "About 8:30 on Monday night while a crowd of about twenty-five peopl
2 CONC e were scattered around the pond he skated into open water. O.O. Winn
2 CONC , without a moment's hesitation, jumped in after him and succeeded i
2 CONC n getting hold of the boy, but had great trouble getting out himself
2 CONC .  F.L. Shanklin, employment agent for the Fruit Growers' Supply Compa
2 CONC ny, who was about 100 feet from the hole saw what had happened and thr
2 CONC ew a wooden spool to Winn.  He then ran for a pike pole, but gave ou
2 CONC t before he could reach the scene of the accident and the pole was tak
2 CONC en to Winn by another skater.  By this time Winn had become so cold an
2 CONC d numb that he had been unable to any longer hold young Wemple and ha
2 CONC d him securely held between his legs.  Shanklin started to work over y
2 CONC oung Wemple, but stated at the coroner's inquest that there was no sig
2 CONC n of life.  Winn was in a very serious condition and both he and the b
2 CONC oy were rushed to the Riverside hospital where the doctors worked ove
2 CONC r young Wemple for an hour, but without success.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "There was no water in the boy's lungs and it was the doctor's opinio
2 CONC n that he died from drowning in cold.  The shock of the cold water wa
2 CONC s severe and it is believed he was dead before Winn reached him.  Mr
2 CONC . Winn was in very serious condition for several days at the hospital
2 CONC , but is now on the rapid road to recovery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Too much cannot be said of the heroism of Winn, who at the risk of hi
2 CONC s life and without a moment's hesitation jumped to the rescue of the d
2 CONC rowning boy.  Winn is the father of three little children.  His wife d
2 CONC ied a year ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The funeral of young Wemple took place yesterday from the Methodist C
2 CONC hurch of Susanville, the Rev. Ira E. Price officiating.  The student
2 CONC s of the lower grades of the grammer school turned out en masse.  Mast
2 CONC er Wemple was beloved by all and his loss is keenly felt.  Many were t
2 CONC he people who came in from the surrounding country to pay their last r
2 CONC espects. Interment was in the Milford Cemetery."
0 @I91@ INDI
1 NAME "Bernice" Marguerite /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1913
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 SEP 2007
2 PLAC Apple Gate, CA
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F44@
1 FAMS @F47@
0 @I92@ INDI
1 NAME "Beverly" D. /Speer/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUN 1932
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMS @F27@
0 @I93@ INDI
1 NAME "Gregory" Speer /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1956
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F27@
0 @I94@ INDI
1 NAME "Curtis" Jay /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 OCT 1957
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F27@
1 FAMS @F105@
0 @I95@ INDI
1 NAME John /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE OCT 1810
2 PLAC Luray, Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 MAR 1867
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F135@
1 FAMS @F28@
1 NOTE ["Tischler" is a German word meaning carpenter.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Sixth Census of United States:   1840 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   OH;    County:   Champaign
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Mad River Township;    Census date:   1 June 184
2 CONC 0-Dec 1841;    page:   342;    JOHN DECIOUS;    FHL Microfilm#: 020160
2 CONC ;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: 382; Page: 342
2 CONT "line #   13;    John Decious;
2 CONT FREE WHITE PERSONS INCLUDING HEADS OF FAMILIES: 
2 CONT MALES:
2 CONT .....1 - under 5y  [1836-1840]:                    Amos Cornelius Deci
2 CONC ous  [b:   11 Nov 1836]; 
2 CONT .....1 - 15y and under 20  [1821-1825]:       [?]  [b:   1821-1825]
2 CONC ;   [not John s child-John and Mary Ann (Stevens) Decious   m:  8 Ma
2 CONC y 1833]
2 CONT .....1 - 30y and under 40  [1801-1810]:      John Decious  [b:   Oct 1
2 CONC 810    d:  15 Mar 1867    m:   08 May 1833];
2 CONT FEMALES:
2 CONT .....1 - under 5y  [1836-1840]: Julia Ann Decious  [b:   27 Jan 1839]
2 CONC ; 
2 CONT .....1 - 5y and under 10  [1831-1835]:  Martha Anne Decious  [b:   2
2 CONC 1 Sep 1834]; 
2 CONT .....1 - 20y and under 30  [1811-1820]:      Mary Ann (Stevens) Deciou
2 CONC s  [b:   26 Feb 1814    m-1:   08 May 1833];
2 CONT TOTAL IN HOUSEHOLD:   6;
2 CONT # OF PERSONS IN EACH FAMILY EMPLOYED IN:   manufacture & trade:   2"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Seventh Census of United States:   1850 - Population, Department of C
2 CONC ommerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   OH;    County:   Champaign
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Madison Township;    Enumeration date:   3 Aug 1
2 CONC 850;    pages:   453  and  454;    JOHN DECIOUS;    FHL Microfilm #: 0
2 CONC 020213;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M432_665; Page: 453; Imag
2 CONC e: 463
2 CONT "line #   40;    Decious, John;    age:   39y;    male;    occupation
2 CONC :   cabinet maker;    real estate value:   $700;    born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   41;    Decious, Mary Ann;    age:   36y;    female;    born
2 CONC :   OH
2 CONT "line #   42;    blank
2 CONT "line #   1;    blank
2 CONT "line #   2;    Decious, Martha A;    age:   14y;    female;    born
2 CONC :   OH;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   3;    Decious, Amos;    age:   12y;    male;    born:   OH
2 CONC ;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   4;    Decious, Juli Ann;    age:   10y;    female;    born
2 CONC :   OH;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   5;    Decious, Jane;    age:   9y;    female;    born:   OH
2 CONC ;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   6;    Decious, Amanda;    age:   6y;    female;    born:   O
2 CONC H;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   7;    Decious, Joseph W;    age:   4y;    male;    born:   O
2 CONC H
2 CONT "line #   8;    Decious, William J;    age:   1y;    male;    born
2 CONC :   OH
2 CONT "line #   9;    Bowis, Erasmius;    age:   19y;    male;    occupation
2 CONC :   cabinet maker;    born:   OH"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Iowa State Census:   1856 - State:   IA;    County:   Jones;    Town/
2 CONC Township:   Fairview Township;    Dwelling #:   92;    Family #:   92
2 CONC ;    JOHN DECIOUS;    Internet; http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/censu
2 CONC s/56fair.htm
2 CONT "Decious, John;    age:   45y;    male;    married;    yrs in Iowa
2 CONC :   1;    born:   Ver;    occupation:   mechanic;   native voter
2 CONC :   1 "Decious, Mary;    age:   42y;    female;    married;    yrs i
2 CONC n Iowa:   1;   born:   OH
2 CONT "Decious, Martha A;    age:   14y;    female;    yrs in Iowa:   1;   b
2 CONC orn:   OH
2 CONT "Decious, A. C.;    age:   19y;    male;    yrs in Iowa:   1;   born
2 CONC :   OH
2 CONT "Decious, Julian;    age:   16y;    female;    yrs in Iowa:   1;   bor
2 CONC n:   OH
2 CONT "Decious, June;    age:   14y;    female;    yrs in Iowa:   1;   born
2 CONC :   OH
2 CONT "Decious, Joseph;    age:   10y;    male;    yrs in Iowa:   1;   born
2 CONC :   OH
2 CONT "Decious, Wm. E;    age:   8y;    male;    yrs in Iowa:   1;   born
2 CONC :   OH
2 CONT "Decious, M. M.;    age:   5y;    male;    yrs in Iowa:   1;   born
2 CONC :   OH
2 CONT "Decious, Mary;    age:   1y;    female;    yrs in Iowa:   1;   born
2 CONC :   IA"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Eighth Census of United States:   1860 - Population, Department of Co
2 CONC mmerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   IA;    County:   Jones
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Fairview Township - P.O. Fairview;    Enumeratio
2 CONC n date:   12 June 1860;    sheet #:   47;    page:   603;    family #
2 CONC :   349;    JOHN DECIOUS-indexed John Deicons;    FHL Microfilm #: 803
2 CONC 328;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M653_328; Page: 47; Image: 6
2 CONC 04
2 CONT "line #   28;    Deicous, John-indexed John Deicons;    age:   49y
2 CONC ;    male;    occupation:   farmer;    real estate value:   $1500
2 CONC ;    personal property value:   $500;    born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   29;    Deicous, Mary-indexed Mary Deicons;    age:   46y
2 CONC ;    female;    born:   OH
2 CONT "line #   30;    Deicous, Joseph W-indexed Joseph W Deicons;    age
2 CONC :   13y;    male;    born:   OH;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   31;    Deicous, Wm Irvin-indexed WmIrving Deicons;    age
2 CONC :   11y;    male;    born:   OH;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   32;    Deicous, Mary F-indexed Mary T Deicons;    age:   5y
2 CONC ;    female;    born:   IA;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   33;    Deicous, Susan E-indexed Susan E Deicons;    age:   0
2 CONC -8/12y;    female;    born:   IA"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Early Marriage Bonds of Ohio 1805-1864-Marriage Records, Probate Cour
2 CONC t, Urbana, Champaign Co, OH, 1805-1848, Book C; Daughters of the Ameri
2 CONC can Revolution - Complied under direction of: Mrs Rufus W Russell, Sta
2 CONC te Historian; Mrs Peter J Blosser, State Chairman Genealogical Researc
2 CONC h, Mrs Asa Clay Messenger, State Regent; published by: Urbana Chapter
2 CONC , Daughters of the American Revolution; 1935; page 21,    marriage inf
2 CONC ormation;  obtained at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 95 S Grant A
2 CONC ve, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  R 929.309771 C449 M359
2 CONT  2276 - Decious, John, m., Stevens, Mary, May 8th, 1833 by John C Pear
2 CONC son, M.P. {Minister of the Gospel} ]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Enumeration of the Headstones of the Susanville Cemetery, Susanville
2 CONC , California compiled in June 1978; Tim I. Purdy; Lahontan Images, Sus
2 CONC anville, CA 96130; © 1986; page 19,    Susanville Cemetery - Section D
2 CONC , Susanville, Lassen Co, CA    cemetery marker,    John Decious    b
2 CONC :   1810    d:   15 Mar 1867    age:   56y 5m    native of Virginia
2 CONC ;    CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONC ; Calif F 869 S88 P873 1986]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Susanville Cemetery-Section D, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA;    cemeter
2 CONC y marker,    John Decious;    b:   1810  VA;    d:   15 Mar 1867;    a
2 CONC ge:   56y 5m;    Visitation; Photograph June 1997; Susan Lorraine Smit
2 CONC h Decious]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT "Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [History of the State of California and Biographical Record of The Sie
2 CONC rras; Prof. James Miller Guinn, A.M.; The Chapman Publishing Co, Chica
2 CONC go, IL; © 1902; page 657;    JOSEPH W. DECIOUS;  obtaianed at the  C
2 CONC A State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA; *cF 8
2 CONC 60 G8
2 CONT "...Champaign county, Ohio, is the native place of Mr. (Joseph Warren
2 CONC ) Decious and September 6, 1847, the date of his birth.  His father, J
2 CONC ohn, was born in Virginia and at an early age became proprietor of a c
2 CONC abinet and furniture shop at Urbana, Ohio, where he built up a growin
2 CONC g trade.  About 1854  he took his family to Iowa and settled in Jone
2 CONC s county.  From there in 1863 he crossed the plains to California wit
2 CONC h teams, being a member of an expedition that at one point of the rout
2 CONC e numbered forty wagons in the train.  Settling at Susanville he secur
2 CONC ed employment as a carpenter.  One of his earliest contracts, which h
2 CONC e took with another carpenter, was for the erection of a porch aroun
2 CONC d the old Stewart hotel.  In 1865 he purchased a tract known now as th
2 CONC e Winchell ranch, directly west of the Lakeview schoolhouse, and compr
2 CONC ising one hundred and sixty acres of land, then wholly unimproved.  Be
2 CONC fore he had been able to improve the property and while he was yet fol
2 CONC lowing his trade with the hope of securing the funds necessary for th
2 CONC e development of the property, his death occurred in 1867.  The Masoni
2 CONC c lodge at Susanville, of which he had been worthy master and a leadin
2 CONC g member, conducted his funeral services at Susanville with appropriat
2 CONC e and beautiful ceremony of the order.
2 CONT "Before leaving the east John Decious married Mary Stevens, who was bo
2 CONC rn in Champaign county, Ohio, and who after his demise became the wif
2 CONC e of William Raker.  Of her first marriage there were eleven children
2 CONC , of whom the following attained maturity:  Amos, who remained in Iow
2 CONC a and still resides in that state;  Martha, widow of Milton Steinberge
2 CONC r, and living near Reno, Nev.;  Julia, Mrs. William Crawford, of Orego
2 CONC n [Washington];  Jane, who is the widow of James Christy [sic]  and re
2 CONC sides at Janesville; Joseph W., of Lassen county;  Irvin, who lives i
2 CONC n Lassen county;  and Mary, Mrs. Sifford, deceased.  When the family m
2 CONC oved from Ohio to Iowa, Joseph W. Decious was a boy of seven years, he
2 CONC nce his primary education was obtained principally in Jones county..."
2 CONC ]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [According to Harry Floyd Decious: All of the children went to Susanvi
2 CONC lle, Calif. in 1856, with their father and mother, by ox train and cov
2 CONC ered wagon, except Amos, who stayed in Iowa. They met no hostile India
2 CONC ns, and their mother baked bread at night and the Indians would trad
2 CONC e beads for bread.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [According to Clarence William Decius: "John made it to Janesville Cal
2 CONC if, he lies at rest in Susanville Calif, he was a Mason and he lies un
2 CONC der a Mason tombstone, City of Susanville, Calif..."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [According to Claude Clement Wemple, John Decious bought property on P
2 CONC arker Creek, about three miles south of Janesville.  This property i
2 CONC s adjacent to present day U.S. 395. DRW]
2 CONT 
2 CONT ["Mother's dad, John Decious, owned property near the Lake View school
2 CONC house (in Milford, CA). I am of the opinion he took up the land and di
2 CONC ed there of an early age He was buried in Susanville by the Masons." R
2 CONC eminiscences of Pearl Martha Bronson Wemple/DRW]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [John Decious was a carpenter and cabinet maker and made a bedroom se
2 CONC t for Joseph and Jane Wemple.  Members of the family often wondered al
2 CONC oud, "I wonder what ever happened to the bedroom set that John Deciou
2 CONC s made for Joe and Jane Wemple?" DRW]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I96@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Ann /Stevens/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1814
2 PLAC Mad River Township, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 APR 1887
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1084@
1 FAMS @F28@
1 FAMS @F29@
1 NOTE [US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1850 Aug 3  -  Madison Twp, Champaign Co, OH  -  (John Decious
2 CONC )  -  Mary Ann Decious  -  36, F, OH;    FHL Microfilm #: 0020213
2 CONC ;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M432_665; Page: 453; Image: 463
2 CONT ...1856  -  IA STATE CENSUS  -  Fairview Twp, Jones Co, IA  -  (John D
2 CONC ecious)  -  Mary Decious-indexed Mury Decious  -  42, F, M, 1yr IA, O
2 CONC ;    Internet; http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/census/56fair.htm
2 CONT ...1860 June 12  -  Fairview Twp, Jones Co, IA  -  (John Deicous-index
2 CONC ed John Deicons)  -  Mary Deicous-indexed Mary Deicons  -  46, F, OH
2 CONC ;    FHL Microfilm #: 803328;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M65
2 CONC 3_328; Page: 47; Image: 604
2 CONT ...1870 June 20  -  Milford, Lassen Co, CA  -  (William Raker)  -  Mar
2 CONC y Raker  -  5, F, W, at home, OH;    FHL Microfilm #: 545572;    Inter
2 CONC net; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M593_73; Page: 438; Image: 256
2 CONT ...1880 June 14  -  Milford, Lassen Co, CA  -  (William Raker)  -  Mar
2 CONC y Raker  -  W, F, 65, W, M, keeping house, OH, KY, VA;    Internet; ww
2 CONC w.ancestry.com, Roll: T9_66; FHL: 1254066; Page: 91.2000; Enumeratio
2 CONC n District: 54; Image: 0695]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Early Marriage Bonds of Ohio 1805-1864-Marriage Records, Probate Cour
2 CONC t, Urbana, Champaign Co, OH, 1805-1848, Book C; Daughters of the Ameri
2 CONC can Revolution - Complied under direction of: Mrs Rufus W Russell, Sta
2 CONC te Historian; Mrs Peter J Blosser, State Chairman Genealogical Researc
2 CONC h, Mrs Asa Clay Messenger, State Regent; published by: Urbana Chapter
2 CONC , Daughters of the American Revolution; 1935; page 21,    marriage inf
2 CONC ormation;  obtained at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 95 S Grant A
2 CONC ve, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  R 929.309771 C449 M359
2 CONT  2276 - Decious, John, m., Stevens, Mary, May 8th, 1833 by John C Pear
2 CONC son, M.P. {Minister of the Gospel} ]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, C
2 CONC A; Thursday, 7 Apr 1887; page 3c1,    Mary Ann "Polly" Stevens Deciou
2 CONC s Raker's obituary;  obtained at the  California State University, Chi
2 CONC co, Chico, Butte Co, CA
2 CONT "Mrs Wm. Raker, for many years a resident of Milford, died at her hom
2 CONC e last Monday morning, after an illness of of [sic] several years at t
2 CONC he ripe age of 74 years.  She was a lady highly respected by all who k
2 CONC new her, and her death is mourned by many friends.  She leaves a larg
2 CONC e number of relatives in this and Long Valley."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen Co, CA;    cemetery marker,    Mar
2 CONC y A Raker;    age:   73y 1m 6d;    d:   4 Apr 1887;    wife of    Will
2 CONC iam Raker;    Visitation; Photograph June 1997; Susan Lorraine Smith D
2 CONC ecious]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I97@ INDI
1 NAME "Martha" Anne /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1834
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 MAY 1913
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Masonic Memorial Gardens, Plot: 357-10, 437 Stoker Ave, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F28@
1 FAMS @F139@
1 NOTE Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, 1 May 1913, page 3c3; obtaine
2 CONC d at the University of Nevada, Getchell Library, microfilm area, Reno
2 CONC , Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT "PIONEER OF WEST DIES
2 CONT "MRS. MARTHA STEINBERGER, WHO CROSSED PLAINS IN 1865, SUCCUMBS NEAR RE
2 CONC NO
2 CONT "Mrs. Martha Steinberger, 78 years old and a pioneer of the western co
2 CONC untry, died early this morning at her home on the Steinberger ranch, n
2 CONC ear Glendale. The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 o'clock from th
2 CONC e Episcopal church, the Reverand Samuel Unsworth officiating.
2 CONT "In 1864 the Steinbergers were prosperous farmers in Iowa. Then cam
2 CONC e a disastrous flood and they lost all their belongings, with the exce
2 CONC ption of two oxen. Obtaining a prairie schooner, they used the oxen t
2 CONC o draw the vehicle and crossed the plains in 1865, settling in Susanvi
2 CONC lle, California. After two years they moved to Milford, California, wh
2 CONC ere Mr. Steinberger conducted a flour mill, the principal market for t
2 CONC his output being Virginia City. In those days flour brought fabulous p
2 CONC rices.
2 CONT "Fourteen years later the family moved to the Willow ranch in Long Val
2 CONC ley, and after 20 years went to the Steinberger ranch near Glendale, w
2 CONC here the family home has since been located.
2 CONT "A daughter and a son, both living in Los Angeles survive her. In addi
2 CONC tion she leaves 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren."
0 @I98@ INDI
1 NAME "Amos" Cornelius /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 NOV 1836
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 DEC 1921
2 PLAC Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Hill Cemetery, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F28@
1 FAMS @F30@
1 NOTE From information sent by Claudia Oliver March 12, 1997: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Amos bought 60 acres of land near Morley, Iowa, farmed it and celebra
2 CONC ted 63 years of marriage life.  Amos and Rosanna are buried in the For
2 CONC est Hill Cemetery, Southeast of Anamosa, Iowa." This information was g
2 CONC athered by Floyd Decious in 1963 and updated in March 1985.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The ANAMOSA JOURNAL Newspaper, Anamosa, Jones Co, IA; Thursday, Decemb
2 CONC er 6, 1921;    Amos Cornelius Decious' obituary;  Claudia Ann Sisk Mil
2 CONC ler Jenkins, Chico, Butte Co, CA. 19 March 1999
2 CONT 
2 CONT "AMOS C. DECIOUS passed away at his home in Anamosa, December 1, 1921
2 CONC . He was born at Urbana, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1836, thus having reached th
2 CONC e age of 85 years.  Mr. Decious came to Iowa in 1854.  It was in the y
2 CONC ear 1858 he was united in marriage to Miss Rosanna Gilkinson of Jone
2 CONC s County, Iowa and the family home was in Fairview township until a co
2 CONC uple of years ago when they moved to Anamosa.  To Mr. and Mrs. Deciou
2 CONC s were born six children. Of these, two died in infancy.  Cora Deciou
2 CONC s Mersbon died in 1890.  Flora Decious Young passed away in 1907 and J
2 CONC ohn B. departed this life in 1918 [sic 1917].  The faithful wife and o
2 CONC ne daughter, Mrs Dora McConaughy, survive; also nine grandchildren an
2 CONC d seven great-grandchildren  . . . these with a host of friends remai
2 CONC n to mourn the loss of this good man. One of the outstanding character
2 CONC istics of Mr. Decious was his unswerving honesty, as would be declare
2 CONC d by all his neighbors who have known him in all the 60 years which h
2 CONC e spent in their midst, since as a young man he settled with his youn
2 CONC g bride in the neighborhood of Forest, where he lived on the same far
2 CONC m until moving to Anamosa.
2 CONT 
2 CONT " 'He who from zone to zone
2 CONT Guides through the boundless sky
2 CONT thy certain flight
2 CONT In the long way I must tread alone
2 CONT Will lead my steps aright'
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The funeral took place Sunday afternoon from the residence in Anamos
2 CONC a to Forest Chapel.  Rev. A.A. Wright of Mattelle officiated.  First s
2 CONC ervices were held at the home and the final ceremonies at the chapel
2 CONC .  Burial was in Forest Cemetery."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Amos Cornelius Decious' children (according to his obituary)
2 CONT 1.  Flora I Decious
2 CONT 2.  (child) Decious     b:  ??   d:  in infancy
2 CONT 3.  John Benjamin Decious
2 CONT 4.  Dora A Decious
2 CONT 5.  Cora A Decious
2 CONT 6. (child) Decious     b:  ??   d:  in infancy
0 @I99@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1835-1840)
2 PLAC Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1850
2 PLAC Ohio
1 FAMC @F28@
0 @I100@ INDI
1 NAME "Julia" Anne /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JAN 1839
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1928
2 PLAC Grand Dalles, Klinkitat County, Washington
1 BURI
2 PLAC Grange Cemetery, Centerville, Klickitat County, Washington
1 FAMC @F28@
1 FAMS @F140@
1 FAMS @F141@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Dalles WEEKLY CHRONICLE, Thursday 18 October 1928, p
2 CONC age 2c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. JULIA CRAWFORD
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Julia Crawford, a pioneer of the Washington county adjacent to Th
2 CONC e Dalles, was buried at Centerville yesterday afternoon, following fun
2 CONC eral services at that city. She died Friday at the home of her daughte
2 CONC r, Mrs. Frank Saxton, at Granddalles.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Crawford came to Granddalles in 1877 and lived practically the ne
2 CONC xt half century in that community. One of her sons, J.C. Crawford, bec
2 CONC ame a member of the Washington legislature. Her husband died in 1907
2 CONC .  Other surviving relatives are a son, William Crawford, and a daught
2 CONC er, Minnie Saxton, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Fu
2 CONC neral services were attended by scores of Klikitat county residents wh
2 CONC o had known Mrs. Crawford for 40 to 50 years.
0 @I101@ INDI
1 NAME "Elizabeth" Jane /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAR 1841
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 OCT 1921
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F28@
1 FAMS @F142@
1 FAMS @F143@
1 NOTE "The Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, dated 7 October 1921
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Pioneer Resident Passed Away at Her Standish Home
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Christie, an old time resident of Lassen county
2 CONC , who passed away at Standish on Sunday at the age of 82 years, was bu
2 CONC ried Tuesday, October 4, at Milford. Mrs. Christie was born in Ohio Ma
2 CONC rch 30, 1839. At an early date her family moved to Iowa, from which st
2 CONC ate she came to California in 1863, crossing the plains by ox team, en
2 CONC during many hardships. Upon their arrival in California they located i
2 CONC n Surprise Valley, and practically the rest of her life was spent in t
2 CONC hat section, where Mrs. Christie was well known, highly esteemed and g
2 CONC reatly beloved by all. And there are none but mourn her passing. Mrs
2 CONC . Christie was married to Mr. James Christie of Milford in 1867. She i
2 CONC s survived by two sons, Mr. J.B. Christie of Eagle Lake, Mr. J.I. Chri
2 CONC stie of Susanville, a daughter Mrs. J.E. Doyle of Standish, six gran
2 CONC d children, and six great grand-children. Friends from all parts of Ca
2 CONC lifornia were in attendance at the funeral. The Solomn and impressiv
2 CONC e services being conducted by Reverand Ira E. Prince. The pall bearer
2 CONC s were Jesse Doyle, Fred Elledge, Leland Bronson, Lyle Wemple and Clau
2 CONC de Wemple."
0 @I102@ INDI
1 NAME "Amanda" M. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JAN 1844
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 SEP 1850
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 BURI
2 PLAC Stevens Cemetery, Mad River Township, north of US Route 36, Champaign County, Ohio
1 FAMC @F28@
0 @I103@ INDI
1 NAME "Joseph" Warren /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 SEP 1847
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1919
2 PLAC Stockton, San Joaquin County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F28@
1 FAMS @F144@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Chico Record Newspaper, Chico, Butte Co, CA; 14 Oc
2 CONC t 1919; page 8c4
2 CONT "FORMER CHICO RESIDENT DIES IN STOCKTON
2 CONT "J. W. Decius [sic], former resident of Chico, passed away Sunday afte
2 CONC rnoon at a Stockton sanitarium.  He is survived by his wife and one da
2 CONC ughter, Mrs. Albert Fish.
2 CONT "The remains will arrive here-today.  The funeral services will be hel
2 CONC d tomorrow at the Bicknell & Moore Chapel."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE SIERRAS, Professo
2 CONC r J.M. Guinn, A.M., copyright 1902, page 657:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Joseph W. Decious. Identified closely with the agricultural developme
2 CONC nt of Honey Lake is the name of Mr. Decious, who since 1875 has owne
2 CONC d and occupied a ranch of two hundred and thirteen acres lying in th
2 CONC e vicinity of Milford.  When he purchased the property only a very sma
2 CONC ll acreage had been placed under cultivation and the only building o
2 CONC n the farm was one of logs.  Under his supervision a neat house has be
2 CONC en erected, barns have been built and fences put up, so that the lan
2 CONC d has been transformed from a barren waste into a desirable homestead
2 CONC .  In raising of produce he makes a specialty of grain and hay and ha
2 CONC s a few acres of alfalfa, all of which yield bountiful crops for the c
2 CONC are bestowed upon the land. Visitors to the ranch notice with interes
2 CONC t on the shore of Honey Lake the only steamer* that ever sailed upon i
2 CONC ts waters, a small craft built in 1895, capacity thirty thousand pound
2 CONC s, which had been used principally for the bringing of freight to th
2 CONC e residents of the valley.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Champaign county, Ohio, is the native place of Mr. Decious and Septem
2 CONC ber 6, 1847, the date of his birth. His father, John, was born in Virg
2 CONC inia and at an early age became proprietor of a cabinet and furnitur
2 CONC e shop at Urbana, Ohio, where he built up a growing trade. About 1854
2 CONC , he took his family to Iowa and settled in Jones county. From there i
2 CONC n 1863 he crossed the plains to California with teams, being a membe
2 CONC r of an expedition that at one point of the route numbered forty wagon
2 CONC s in the train. Settling at Susanville, he secured employment as a car
2 CONC penter. One of his earliest contracts, which he took with another carp
2 CONC enter, was for the erection of a porch around the old Stewart hotel. I
2 CONC n 1865 he purchased a tract known now as the Winchell ranch, directl
2 CONC y west of the Lakeview schoolhouse, and comprising of one hundred an
2 CONC d sixty acres of land, then wholly unimproved. Before he had been abl
2 CONC e to improve the property and while he was yet following his trade wit
2 CONC h the hope of securing the funds necessary for the development of th
2 CONC e property, his death occurred in 1867. The Masonic lodge at Susanvill
2 CONC e, of which he had been worthy master and a leading member, conducte
2 CONC d his funeral services at Susanville with appropriate and beautiful ce
2 CONC remony of the order.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Before leaving the east, John Decious married Mary Stevens, who was b
2 CONC orn in Champaign county, Ohio, and who after his demise became the wif
2 CONC e of William Raker. Of her first marriage, there are eleven children
2 CONC , of whom the following attained maturity: Amos, who remained in Iow
2 CONC a and still resides in that state; Martha, widow of Milton Steinberger
2 CONC , and living near Reno, Nevada; Julia, Mrs. William Crawford, of Orego
2 CONC n (Washington); Jane, who is the widow of James Christie and resides a
2 CONC t Janesville; Joseph W. of Lassen county; Irvin, who lives in Lassen c
2 CONC ounty; and Mary, Mrs. Sifford, deceased. When the family moved from Oh
2 CONC io to Iowa, Joseph W. Decious was a boy of seven years, hence his prim
2 CONC ary education was obtained principally in Jones county. Being needed a
2 CONC t home, it was impossible for him to complete a grammer-school educati
2 CONC on, but by observation and reading he was atoned for the disadvantag
2 CONC e under which he labored at youth. At the age of sixteen he accompanie
2 CONC d his parents to California, where he began to work for wages and lat
2 CONC e rented a ranch until he was in a position to acquire the title to la
2 CONC nd of his own. Stock-raising and dairying have been his principal inte
2 CONC rests in life and through them he has gained a competence as gratifyin
2 CONC g as it is deserved.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "December 9, 1868, occurred the marriage of Mr. Decious to Miss Elizab
2 CONC eth, daughter of Philip Wales, a native of Illinois, but a resident o
2 CONC f California from the age of six years. Of their union six children we
2 CONC re born. The oldest, Alice, married Michael Phillips, and it her deat
2 CONC h left a son, Charles, who now makes his home with his grandparents, M
2 CONC r. and Mrs. Decious, her other child, Ilda, is deceased. the second da
2 CONC ughter, Maude, married Eldon Ridenour, and has four children, Jessie
2 CONC , Ivan, Geneva and Irene. The third child, George, is deceased. The fo
2 CONC urth, Cora, Mrs. Richard Stubbs, makes her home with her parents, as d
2 CONC oes also her daughter, Beryl. The two remaining members of the famil
2 CONC y are Joseph and Elizabeth; the son is a lineman for the Northern Elec
2 CONC tric Company, and the daughter is a telephone operator.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Though deprived of educational advantages himself, Mr. Decious has al
2 CONC ways been a friend of the public-school system, has served efficientl
2 CONC y as a school trustee, and has labored to secure for his children th
2 CONC e school advantages which he lacked. In politics he favors Democrati
2 CONC c principles. His fraternal relations are numerous and important, an
2 CONC d include membership in Janesville Lodge, F & A.M. (Free and Accepte
2 CONC d Masons); Honey Lake Lodge No. 223, I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Od
2 CONC d Fellows), in which he is past noble grand and which in 1889 he repre
2 CONC sented in the grand lodge at San Francisco; the Order of the Eastern S
2 CONC tar at Janesville, in which his wife is past matron and an influentia
2 CONC l worker; and Court No. 1 at Susanville, which was the first to organi
2 CONC zed in California and numbered himself and wife as charter members, th
2 CONC e original location of the court being Janesville, whence it was remov
2 CONC ed to Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Since writing the above, Mr. Decious had rented his ranch and now mak
2 CONC es his home Chico, Butte county, where his sons-in-laws, Richard Stubb
2 CONC s and Elden Ridenour, are employed. Well pleased with the climate an
2 CONC d general surroundings, they have made investments in valuable propert
2 CONC y here."
2 CONT 
2 CONT *Actually two steamers sailed on Honey Lake at various times.  One hul
2 CONC k ended up at the Joe Decious place as indicated here and another hul
2 CONC k ended up at the end of the lake nearest to Susanville. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT As stated in the last paragraph of the profile above, Joseph W. Deciou
2 CONC s left Honey Lake Valley shortly after this writing and moved to the S
2 CONC acramento Valley near Chico where he was a resident until his death i
2 CONC n 1919. He sold his farm in the Honey Lake Valley to a man named Fisch
2 CONC er. Joseph bought land in the Chico area and raised almonds for a numb
2 CONC er of years. While living in Honey Lake Valley, he married a girl fro
2 CONC m the next door farm, the Wales ranch.  Even though the records show h
2 CONC e died in the Dewitt State hospital, they are sealed for review, excep
2 CONC t for descendants with a need to know.  Therefore the reasons for hi
2 CONC m being in a state hospital will remain unknown. DRW
0 @I104@ INDI
1 NAME M M /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1850-1851)
2 PLAC Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 12 JUN 1860
2 PLAC Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F28@
0 @I105@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Frances /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 JAN 1855
2 PLAC Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 SEP 1897
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, Calfornia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F28@
1 FAMS @F32@
1 FAMS @F33@
1 NOTE 
2 CONT [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT "Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 9 September 1897:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Yesterday, September 3rd (1897), we committed to the tomb the remain
2 CONC s of Mrs. Mary Frances Sifford, wife of our brother, William Sifford
2 CONC , of Milford, there to await the Resurrection when our Lord shall com
2 CONC e to claim His own. She died at Susanville, at the home of her husband
2 CONC 's parents (Henry E. and Martha Sifford) on September 2nd, where she h
2 CONC ad been taken some time previous for treatment, as there was no physic
2 CONC ian at Milford. She was 42 years, 7 months and 23 days old, having bee
2 CONC n born January 7th, 1855. She was a native of Iowa, but came to this v
2 CONC alley in 1863, and has ever since resided here. Her maiden name was De
2 CONC cious; a sister of Joseph and Irv Decious of this valley; also a siste
2 CONC r of Mrs. Steinberger, of Long Valley; and Mrs. James Christie of thi
2 CONC s valley. She has been married twice, first to Mr. Bronson, by whom sh
2 CONC e had three children, all of whom are living. She and Mr. Sifford hav
2 CONC e had six children, the oldest of whom is dead. She has been sick al
2 CONC l summer, but worse for the last three months. She was converted and j
2 CONC oined the M. E. Church a year ago last winter, and had lived a consist
2 CONC ent Christian since, being especially active in teaching her children
2 CONC , and trying to raise them in the admonition of the Lord. A very larg
2 CONC e concourse of people were at the funeral, which was at the Milford sc
2 CONC hool house, and a profusion of flowers testified to the high esteem an
2 CONC d love in which she is held by all. It is indeed a sad bereavement t
2 CONC o the husband and children. God alone knows the intense agony of the h
2 CONC usband and may it please the blessed Master to give him comfort and re
2 CONC st in this, the saddest of trial of his life. Yes, the Master knows ev
2 CONC ery pang, and no doubt is saying, 'My child, I love you. Believe, trus
2 CONC t in Me. You cannot understand it now, but it is best, in the sweet by
2 CONC e and bye all will be revealed. In the meantime trust in Me. Whoeve
2 CONC r I love I chasten. It is a mark of My love.' 'Wherefore lift up the h
2 CONC ands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths fo
2 CONC r the feet, lest that which is lame shall be turned out of the way.' R
2 CONC omans 12, 5-14."
2 CONT 
2 CONT "My God and Father while I stray
2 CONT "Far from my home on Life's rough way
2 CONT "O, teach me from my heart to say
2 CONT "Thy will be done."
0 @I106@ INDI
1 NAME "Susan" E. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE OCT 1859
2 PLAC Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE (probably before 1870)
1 FAMC @F28@
0 @I107@ INDI
1 NAME "William" Frederick /Raker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 NOV 1822
2 PLAC Wurtenberg, Germany
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUL 1897
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMS @F29@
1 NOTE [Ninth Census of United States:   1870 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   CA;    County:   Lassen
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Milford Township;    Enumeration date:   18-20-2
2 CONC 1-22-23 June 1870;    sheet #:   3;    page:   438;    family #:   85
2 CONC ;    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Microfilm roll #
2 CONC :   545572, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "line #   15;    Raker, William;    age:   48y;    male;    white
2 CONC ;    occupation:   farmer;    real estate value:   $2000;    persona
2 CONC l property value:   $1200;    born:   not indicated;    father foreig
2 CONC n born:   yes;    mother foreign born:   yes
2 CONT "line #   16;    Raker, Mary;    age:   55y;    female;    white;    o
2 CONC ccupation:   at home;    born:   OH
2 CONT "line #   17;    Decious, Mary;    age:   15y;    female;    white
2 CONC ;    occupation:   at home;    born:   IA;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   18;    Decious, Irvin;    age:   21y;    male;    white
2 CONC ;    occupation:   farm laborer;    born:   OH"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Tenth Census of United States:   1880 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   CA;    County:   Lassen
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Milford;    Enumeration date:   14-15 June 1880
2 CONC ;    Supervisor's District #:   3;    Enumeration District #:   54
2 CONC ;    sheet #:   6B;    page:   91;    family #:   85;    line #:   20-
2 CONC 22;    WILLIAM RAKER;    FHL Microfilm #: 1254066;    Internet; www.an
2 CONC cestry.com, Roll: T9_66; Family History Film: 1254066; Page: 91.2000
2 CONC ; Enumeration District: 54; Image: 0695
2 CONT "line #   20;    Raker, William;    white;    male;    age prior to Ju
2 CONC ne 1st:   58y;    head of household;    married;    occupation:   farm
2 CONC er;    born:   Germany;    father born:   Germany;    mother born:   G
2 CONC ermany
2 CONT "line #   21;    Raker, Mary;    white;    female;    age prior to Jun
2 CONC e 1st:   65y;    wife;    married;    occupation:   keeping house
2 CONC ;    born:   OH;    father born:   KY;    mother born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   22;    Raker, Clarence;    white;    male;    age prior to J
2 CONC une 1st:   14y;    nephew;    single;    occupation:   attending schoo
2 CONC l;    cannot read or write;    born:   IL;    father born:   Germany
2 CONC ;    mother born:   ?"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, C
2 CONC A; Thursday, 22 Jul 1897; page 3c4;  obtained at the  CA State Library
2 CONC , CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "DEATH OF WILLIAM RAKER
2 CONT "Early last Monday morning, at his place at Milford, one among the old
2 CONC est of the pioneers of this section passed away.  'Uncle Billy' Rake
2 CONC r was here in the fifties, and, although we have no means of telling j
2 CONC ust when he came into this valley, it is believed that but few were he
2 CONC re when he came.  His death was the result of an injury received two o
2 CONC r three days before while lifting a very heavy gate that had been knoc
2 CONC ked over.  He was about 74 years of age at the time of his death.  Dec
2 CONC eased leaves a widow and other relatives, but no direct descendants
2 CONC .  He was a good man, a useful man, an honorable man; and he will be g
2 CONC enerally missed.  His funeral took place at Milford Tuesday, and was l
2 CONC argely attended by friends who held in high esteem the kindly generou
2 CONC s spirit of the departed."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen Co, CA;    cemetery marker,    Will
2 CONC iam Raker;    d:   19 Jul 1897;    age:   74y 8m;    Native of Germany
2 CONC ;    Visitation; Photograph June 1997; Susan Lorraine Smith Decious]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Probate Index to the County, Superior and Probate Courts of Lassen Co
2 CONC unty, California  1864-1931; Tim I. Purdy; Lahontan Images, Susanville
2 CONC , Lassen Co, CA 96130; © 1986;    William Raker;    Probate Court Cas
2 CONC e #:   116;    Case Type:   estate;    Filing Date:   18 Aug 1897
2 CONC ;    CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONC ; Calif F 868 L33 P882 1986]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [History of the State of California and Biographical Record of The Sie
2 CONC rras; Prof. James Miller Guinn, A.M.; The Chapman Publishing Co, Chica
2 CONC go, IL; © 1902; pages 467-468;    William Frederick Raker;   obtaine
2 CONC d at the CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; *cF 860 G8
2 CONT "WILLIAM FREDERICK RAKER.
2 CONT "Conspicuous among the pioneer agriculturists of Honey Lake valley wa
2 CONC s the late William Frederick Raker, who during his long residence in L
2 CONC assen county performed his full share in developing and advancing it
2 CONC s resources, industrial, agricultural and financial.  He was a practic
2 CONC al, energetic man, reared to habits of diligence and thrift, and boun
2 CONC d to succeed in whatever he undertook.  He was born November 15, 1822
2 CONC , in Wurtemberg, Germany, and when a small child came with his parent
2 CONC s to the United States, settling in Pennsylvania, where he was brough
2 CONC t up.
2 CONT "In early manhood Mr. Raker turned his face westward, and for a few ye
2 CONC ars lived in Illinois.  In 1853, lured by the thrilling tales concerni
2 CONC ng the wealth to be acquired in the gold regions of California, he cam
2 CONC e across the plains to Plumas county, and for four years was employe
2 CONC d in mining in the Indian valley.  Coming to Lassen county in 1857, h
2 CONC e decided to locate in Long valley, and laid claim to a ranch on whic
2 CONC h he put up a small cabin.  Subsequently, while he was gone for a loa
2 CONC d of timber with which to make further improvements, Jacob McKissick t
2 CONC ook possession of the cabin and land and held it.  Then forming a part
2 CONC nership with Mr. Goose, Mr. Raker pre-empted one hundred and sixty acr
2 CONC es of land in Honey Lake valley, near Milford, and this ranch, when th
2 CONC e partnership was dissolved, fell to his share of the property.  Wit
2 CONC h characteristic enterprise Mr. Raker labored as a general farmer, an
2 CONC d as he accumulated money he wisely invested in real estate, in cours
2 CONC e of time having four hundred and fifty acres in his farm, which he re
2 CONC ndered one of the most attractive and desirable in the community, hi
2 CONC s improvements being of the very best.  He embarked to a considerabl
2 CONC e extent in stock-raising, for many years making a specialty of breedi
2 CONC ng fine horses.  Here he lived, honored and respected by all, until hi
2 CONC s death, in August 1897.
2 CONT "Mr. Raker was twice married, his first marriage being with Mrs. Mar
2 CONC y Decious.  On April 11, 1891, some time after the death of his firs
2 CONC t wife, Mr. Raker married Mrs. Joanna (O'Leary) Lindsey, a native of V
2 CONC ermont.  Politically Mr. Raker was a steadfast supporter of the princi
2 CONC ples of the Republican party, and took a warm interest in local affair
2 CONC s."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I108@ INDI
1 NAME Rosanna /Gilkinson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 AUG 1842
2 PLAC Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 APR 1928
2 PLAC Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Hill Cemetery, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F1087@
1 FAMS @F30@
0 @I109@ INDI
1 NAME "Flora" I. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 AUG 1860
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 MAY 1907
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Chapel Cemetery, SE of Anamosa, Jones Co, Iowa
1 FAMC @F30@
1 FAMS @F193@
0 @I110@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Decious/
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1863
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE (in infancy)
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I111@ INDI
1 NAME "John" Benjamin /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1865
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 DEC 1917
2 PLAC Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Hill Cemetery, SE of Anamosa, Jones Co, Iowa
1 FAMC @F30@
1 FAMS @F192@
0 @I112@ INDI
1 NAME "Dora" A. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 FEB 1868
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County,  Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1953
2 PLAC Marion, Linn County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F30@
1 FAMS @F194@
0 @I113@ INDI
1 NAME "Cora" A. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1869
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1890
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County,  Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Hill Cemetery - Lot Old 51, SE of Anamosa, Fairview, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F30@
1 FAMS @F195@
0 @I114@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Decious/
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1870
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE (in infancy)
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I115@ INDI
1 NAME "David" Drew /Raker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1897
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUL 1974
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMS @F31@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Chico Enterprise-Record, 1974:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "DAVID DREW RAKER, 76, of 482 E. Sacramento Avenue, a 54-year residen
2 CONC t of Chico, died Friday at a local convalescent hospital. Born Decembe
2 CONC r 18, 1897, in Milford, Lassen County, Raker was educated in the Orlan
2 CONC d area and come to Chico in 1920. He went to work for the DeSabla Divi
2 CONC sion of Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 1922 and retired in 1963
2 CONC . He was a member of The Ben Ali Temple of the Shrine, the Elks Lodg
2 CONC e and a past master of the Chico Masonic Lodge. Raker and his widow, t
2 CONC he former Grace Sifford, celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary i
2 CONC n June. In addition to his widow, he is survived by three daughters, M
2 CONC arja Miller and Betty Lou Raker, both of Chico, and LeClaire Meyer o
2 CONC f Ukiah; a brother, Royce Raker of Susanville, a sister, Pearl Ross, a
2 CONC lso of Susanville; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren
2 CONC . A son, Lester, died in 1939. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monda
2 CONC y at Brusie Funeral Home with Masonic officials officiating. Intermen
2 CONC t will follow at the Masonic Section of Chico Cemetery. "
0 @I116@ INDI
1 NAME "Grace" Alberta /Sifford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 OCT 1895
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 FEB 1989
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F33@
1 FAMS @F31@
1 NOTE [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT "Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Chico ENTERPRISE-RECORD, 10 February 1989, page 3Bc4
2 CONC :
2 CONT 
2 CONT "GRACE RAKER
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Services for longtime Chico resident, Grace A. Raker, 93, will be con
2 CONC ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Brusie Funeral Home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She died Wednesday in a local convalescent hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Raker was born on October 18, 1895, to William and Mary Deciou
2 CONC s Sifford in Milford, Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "As a child, she lived on a farm in Nevada and then moved to Monterey
2 CONC , where her family owned a hotel. After finishing her schooling at Ber
2 CONC keley and Woodland schools, she passed the teacher's examination and t
2 CONC aught in Milford in a one-room school housing all eight grades.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She met and married her husband, Drew Raker, in Milford. They lived i
2 CONC n Hamilton City for a short time before moving to Chico in 1921.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Raker was a member of the Josephine Chapter of Order of Easter
2 CONC n Star, Chico Nile Club and Menzaleh Temple No. 16, Daughters of the N
2 CONC ile.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include three daughters, Marja Sisk Miller and Betty Lou Ra
2 CONC ker, both of Chico, and LeClaire Meyer of Ukiah; and 10 grandchildren
2 CONC , 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Her husband died in 1974 and a son, Lester D. Raker, died in 1939.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Burial will be in Chico Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity."
0 @I117@ INDI
1 NAME "Marja" Marilynn /Raker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 DEC 1917
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F31@
1 FAMS @F137@
1 FAMS @F138@
1 NOTE [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT "Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I118@ INDI
1 NAME "Lester" David /Raker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 OCT 1919
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1939
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F31@
1 NOTE Obituray from a Chico newspaper:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Services Held for Lester Raker. With an abundance of floral pieces an
2 CONC d many friends in attendance, last rites were held this morning at 1
2 CONC 1 o'clock from the chapel of the Black and Johnson Funeral home for Le
2 CONC ster Raker, who died Sunday from gunshot wounds, allegedly inflected b
2 CONC y E.J. Lurati Sunday morning. Reverand Harris Pillsbury of the Bidwel
2 CONC l Memorial Presbyterian church officiated and Roy Jefferies sang 'Beau
2 CONC tiful Ilse of Somewhere' and 'The Old Rugged Cross.' The funeral proce
2 CONC ssion was led by a motorcycle escort, deceased having been a member o
2 CONC f the local fire department. Interment was in the Masonic plot in th
2 CONC e Chico cemetery. Pallbearers were all school chums of the deceased, i
2 CONC ncluding Richard Jones, Aubrey LaFoon, Dale LaFoon, Edwin Daniels, Rob
2 CONC ert Anderson and Charles P. Waller."
0 @I119@ INDI
1 NAME LeClaire /Raker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 SEP 1921
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F31@
1 FAMS @F214@
0 @I120@ INDI
1 NAME "Betty" Lou /Raker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 SEP 1929
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 FEB 2007
1 FAMC @F31@
1 NOTE BETTY LOU RAKER 
2 CONT 
2 CONT After an extended illness, Chico native Betty Lou Raker passed away pe
2 CONC acefully on Feb. 23, 2007. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family and friends of Betty Lou are very appreciative to the staff
2 CONC s of Sunbridge of Paradise, Prestige Assisted Living, Feather River Ho
2 CONC spital and Enloe Hospital and doctors Joseph Chiapella and Jason Vanc
2 CONC e for care during her illness. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Betty Lou was born to Grace and Drew Raker in Chico on Sept. 29, 1929
2 CONC . Her lifelong passion for learning and education was instilled at a
2 CONC n early age by her mother. She attended Chico city schools and obtaine
2 CONC d a Master's Degree from Chico State. Her quest for knowledge continue
2 CONC d as she enrolled at UC Berkeley and earned a doctoral degree in educa
2 CONC tion. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her first teaching assignment was at Tahoe Truckee High School from 19
2 CONC 53-1957. After teaching one year at Mira Costa High School in Souther
2 CONC n California, she returned to Chico and joined the Chico State Faculty
2 CONC . Betty Lou continued at CSU, Chico until her retirement, serving th
2 CONC e University as a faculty member, Head of Women's Physical Education D
2 CONC ept., Dean of Students, and Vice President of Student Affairs. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In her role as teacher, administrator, mentor, and coach she inspire
2 CONC d colleagues and students to think innovatively, value diversity and c
2 CONC hange, and maintain high ethical standards. Numerous honors and award
2 CONC s were bestowed on Betty Lou during her professional career, each a ch
2 CONC erished memory to her. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Betty Lou was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Lester R
2 CONC aker. She is survived by sisters: Marja Miller of Chico and LeClaire M
2 CONC eyer of Ukiah; daughter Judy O'Neill of Chico; nieces: Claudia Jenkin
2 CONC s of Chico; Marilyn Tyler of Toledo, Ore.; Kathleen Shestakoff of Sant
2 CONC a Rosa; Elizabeth Cooper of Ukiah; nephews: Mark Sisk of Bethesda, Md.
2 CONC ; Jerry Meyer of Ukiah; David Sisk of Chico; George Sisk of Gallatin
2 CONC , Tenn.; wonderful great nieces and nephews; and extended family membe
2 CONC rs; Shirley Smith, Sally Pearson, Dorna Andersen and Marge Scott. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A celebration of her life will be held Friday, March 2, 2007, at 1 p
2 CONC m at the Masonic Family Center. A celebration of "Rakerisms" (stories
2 CONC , anecdotes, how she challenged you to think) is being compiled. You c
2 CONC an help by mailing or emailing your thoughts or loving memories to Jud
2 CONC y O'Neill in care of brusie@pacbell.net or to Brusie Funeral Home 62
2 CONC 6 Broadway, Chico, CA 95928. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In lieu of flowers, contributions in her name may be made to Butte Cou
2 CONC nty Humane Society or a CSUC scholarship of your choice in care of th
2 CONC e funeral home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Published in the Chico Enterprise-Record from 2/27/2007 - 2/28/2007.
0 @I121@ INDI
1 NAME "Hosea" Aboin /Bronson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JAN 1845
2 PLAC Jackson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1879
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1067@
1 FAMS @F32@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Saturday, 1 Nov 1879; page 2c4; obtained at the Susanville Library
2 CONC , 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT "FUNERAL.-The funeral of Hosea A. Bronson at Janesville on Sunday wa
2 CONC s largely attended.  He as a member of the I.O.O.F., I.O.G.T., and A.O
2 CONC .U.W., all of which orders were represented on the occasion, the cerem
2 CONC onies being conducted by the Odd Fellows.  He leaves a wife and thre
2 CONC e children."
2 CONT 
0 @I122@ INDI
1 NAME "Ida" Matilda /Bronson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1876
2 PLAC Summit, Plumas County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 FEB 1967
2 PLAC Grass Valley, Nevada County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F32@
1 FAMS @F34@
1 FAMS @F35@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 10 February 1967, page 1
2 CONC c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "SERVICES TODAY FOR IDA M. JOHNSON, 81
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Grave side services for Mrs. Ida Mitilda Johnson, 81, who died in Gra
2 CONC ss Valley on Wednesday, will be held at the Milford Cemetery this afte
2 CONC rnoon at 1:30 p.m. with The Reverand Neville Arroues of the First Bapt
2 CONC ist Church officiating. Arrangements were in charge of the Hooper an
2 CONC d Weaver Mortuary of Grass Valley with local arrangements in charge o
2 CONC f the Lucero Funeral Chapel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was born in Vinton, California, January 21, 1876, and ha
2 CONC d lived in that area all of her life until moving 12 years ago to Sacr
2 CONC amento to be with her daughter. She had lived in Grass Valley only sin
2 CONC ce February 1 of this year. She was a member of the NDGW (Native Daugh
2 CONC ters of the Golden West) and Rebekahs in Susanville. Her husband, Samu
2 CONC el T., died in 1925.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Surviving are two daughters, Katherine Greer, Sacramento, and Mary C
2 CONC . Price, Grass Valley; two sisters, Pearl Wemple, Sacramento, and Grac
2 CONC e Raker, Chico; one brother, Benton Sifford, and seven grandchildren a
2 CONC nd eight great-grandchildren. A son, Fred B. died in 1936."
0 @I123@ INDI
1 NAME "William" Marshal /Bronson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 SEP 1878
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1956
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F32@
1 FAMS @F184@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE,  31 October 1956, page 1
2 CONC c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "FINAL SERVICES HELD YESTERDAY FOR Wm. BRONSON
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Final services were held in the Lucero Funeral Chapel yesterday after
2 CONC noon at two o'clock for William M. Bronson, 78, who died at St. Mary'
2 CONC s Hospital in Reno on October 26. The service was in charge of the mas
2 CONC ter of the Janesville Masonic Lodge. Interment was in the Milford Ceme
2 CONC tery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The pallbearers were James McQueen, C.C. Doyle, Will Bailey, Claude W
2 CONC emple, Frank Flux and Phillip Hall. Honorary pallbearers were Roy Harw
2 CONC ood and Ben Beard.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was born in Milford and spent the greater part of his li
2 CONC fe in livestock raising and farming in the Milford area. About 28 year
2 CONC s ago he moved to Reno, where he was associated in a builders' suppl
2 CONC y business. For the past 12 years he served as Reno Township constable
2 CONC , an office to which he had been elected to numerous times.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He was a member of the Peace Officers Association in Reno and a 48-ye
2 CONC ar member of the Masonic Lodge at Janesville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include his wife, Maude, Reno; four sons, Jim E., Susanvill
2 CONC e, Myron T., Stockton, Bernard W., San Francisco, Leland B., Wahoo, Ne
2 CONC braska; a brother, Benton A. Sifford, Oakland; four sisters, Mrs. Pear
2 CONC l Wemple, Alameda, Mrs. Ida Johnson, Sacramento, Mrs. Lottie Byer, Oak
2 CONC land, and Mrs. Drew Raker, Chico."
0 @I124@ INDI
1 NAME "William" Hezekiah /Sifford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JAN 1859
2 PLAC Bloomfield, Stoddard County,  Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 MAY 1951
2 PLAC Lodi, San Joaquin County, California
1 FAMS @F33@
1 NOTE "William Hezekiah Sifford was an infant when his family moved to Gras
2 CONC s Valley. SLD
2 CONT 
2 CONT From LASSEN LEGER, Vol. 3, No. 2 May 1983: "This structure (Milford Sc
2 CONC hool) was built in 1888 and is one of a handful of the 19th century sc
2 CONC hool houses remaining in Lassen County. The Milford schoolhouse sinc
2 CONC e it was constructed in 1888 by Will Sifford for $900.00 has undergon
2 CONC e some changes over the years. The belfry was removed while the schoo
2 CONC l was still in active operation, Since its closure, the building was r
2 CONC enovated into a private residence, with the most significant alteratio
2 CONC n occurring when the front porch was enclosed."
2 CONT 
2 CONT THE FALLON EAGLE, Saturday, July 18, 1936: The Headline read "A TRUE P
2 CONC IONEER WAS MR. SIFFORD"
2 CONT "Subject of Last Week's Picture Came West by Ox Team 77 Years Ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Although he thought little of it at the time, W.H. Sifford, whose pic
2 CONC ture was reproduced in this column last week, was a true pioneer of th
2 CONC e great west, having crossed the plains from Missouri with his parents
2 CONC , by ox team, in the spring of 1859, at the age of three months. Thu
2 CONC s the experience of this man in Churchill county, where he later ha
2 CONC d a prominent part in community development, dates back 77 years, fo
2 CONC r the wagon train in which his father's party emigrated to California
2 CONC , crossed Nevada here. Driving 40 head of loose Durham cattle and trav
2 CONC eling about 10 miles a day, the party came down the Humboldt river an
2 CONC d across the desert. About ten miles east of Ragtown, now Leeteville
2 CONC , eight miles west of Fallon, the Sifford cattle gave out and were una
2 CONC ble to to pull the wagon.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The Siffords had previously abandoned one wagon, and now, with anothe
2 CONC r yoke of oxen weakened by the difficult trail, W.H.'s father did th
2 CONC e only thing left to do - he left his wife and small children out on t
2 CONC he desert north of where Fallon is now located, where they spent the d
2 CONC ay without water while he pushed on, driving the stock, to Ragtown. Th
2 CONC ere he paid Ace Kenyon, keeper of the station, $10.00 to go back the t
2 CONC en miles and bring in his wagon and family.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "SETTLED IN CALIFORNIA. The long trek over the desert safely accomplis
2 CONC hed, the Siffords went on to California where in September, 1859, fiv
2 CONC e months after leaving home, they settled in Grass Valley, Nevada Coun
2 CONC ty. There they lived until 1873 when they moved to Lassen county, an
2 CONC d it was from there Mr. Sifford came to Churchill county in the fall o
2 CONC f 1900. Meanwhile, on October 31, 1880, he had been united in marriage
2 CONC , in Lassen county, to Mary Decious Bronson. To this union six childre
2 CONC n were born, of whom five survive. The eldest died in infancy and on
2 CONC e son drowned in the Carson river (Stillwater Slough) here at age 16
2 CONC . The others are Mrs. Tom Byer of Fallon, Mrs R.F. Conrad of Susanvill
2 CONC e, Mrs. Grace Raker of Chico and Benton Sifford of Oakland, vice presi
2 CONC dent and general manager of Security Fire Insurance Company.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "ENTERS RANCHING. On September 2, 1897 Mr. Sifford's wife died in Cali
2 CONC fornia, and, three years later, broken in fortune after spending all h
2 CONC e had and all he could borrow trying to restore Mrs. Sifford's health
2 CONC , but still possessed of the determination which had characterized hi
2 CONC s parents in their hazardous journey across the continent, he set ou
2 CONC t with his children for Nevada.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Here he bought a ranch at Stillwater from John Snyder and then, in 19
2 CONC 01, added to his holdings by purchase of the old Harriman ranch, now k
2 CONC nown as the Sifford ranch, 2 1/2 miles west of Stillwater. This ranch
2 CONC , now operated by Dodge Bros. & Shoffner, was purchased by Mr. Siffor
2 CONC d from G. Budd Williams.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "ORGANIZED MASONIC LODGE. Deeply interested in Masonry, Mr. Sifford or
2 CONC ganized Churchill Lodge No. 26, F. & A. M., here in 1901, and for fou
2 CONC r years was its worshipful master, diving the twelve miles regularly t
2 CONC o attend meetings in the New River hall, Fallon's first real building
2 CONC , which was just completed when he arrived here. He had long been a Ma
2 CONC son in Lassen county, where he was also a member of the Eastern Star.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Stillwater was still the county seat at the time of Mr. Sifford's arr
2 CONC ival in this county, but about that time Jim Richards, under whom Mr
2 CONC . Sifford served for a time as deputy county clerk, moved his store he
2 CONC re form Stillwater. With the removal of the county seat to Fallon, a n
2 CONC umber of buildings sprang up, among them a bank building, the W.W. Wil
2 CONC liams store building and the I.H. Kent Co. Store building. A short tim
2 CONC e later the first schoolhouse was built.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "FATHER OF THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY. Mr. Sifford was the father of th
2 CONC e sugar beet industry which for a time promised great things for thi
2 CONC s valley. It was he who grew the first beets and sent them over the co
2 CONC unty for tests, learning that sugar beets grown here tested the highes
2 CONC t of sugar content of any in the country.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "What he did not realize at the time, Mr. Sifford says in reminiscing
2 CONC , was that the sugar beet area here was not large enough to suppor
2 CONC t a factory. Encouraged by the reports of the tests of his beet sample
2 CONC s, however, he resolved to try to promote the industry here by interes
2 CONC ting someone in erecting a factory. This was finally accomplished wit
2 CONC h the cooperation of the late Dr. Hascall, who, like Mr. Sifford, ha
2 CONC d faith in the future of sugar beets, and had contact with interests w
2 CONC hich he thought might finance a plant.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "INVESTS IN SUIT OF CLOTHES. Times were not yet so prosperous for th
2 CONC e physician, who later became a heavy property owner and taxpayer here
2 CONC , and one day Mr. Sifford, wondering at Dr. Hascall's delay in gettin
2 CONC g in touch with capital, asked him if he had made any headway. The doc
2 CONC tor replied that he had and that Heinze Bros., his prospects, where th
2 CONC en in Santa Anna, but that he had no suitable clothing to which to vis
2 CONC it them. This lack was soon remedied by Mr. Sifford, who used his cred
2 CONC it at the I.H. Kent Co. store for 'the best suit of clothes in the hou
2 CONC se,' and sent Dr. Hascall to Santa Anna clad in a $40 outfit, which ap
2 CONC parently, was adequate for the purpose, since he came back with Heinz
2 CONC e Bros.' promise to look over the field, and ultimately, the plant whi
2 CONC ch still stands east of Fallon, was the result. Eventually the projec
2 CONC t failed and later was taken over by local men who still own the build
2 CONC ing and equipment, or such of the latter as has not been sold.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA.  In 1909 Mr. Sifford sold his ranch to the lat
2 CONC e Scott Harmon, who died only a few months ago in California, and retu
2 CONC rned to the sunshine state, settling first in Berkeley, where he live
2 CONC d for a number of years, later moving to Lodi where for the past ten y
2 CONC ears he has had ranching interests.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "With one or more of his children always here, he has never missed com
2 CONC ing back to Fallon at some time every year, and is now here at the hom
2 CONC e of his grandson, W.L. Winder, where he is enjoying a visit with Mr
2 CONC . Winder and with Mr. Winder's mother, Mrs. Tom Byer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "On his frequent trips here he has had an opportunity to note the sple
2 CONC ndid growth and development of both project and town, and will never
2 CONC , he says, lose interest in this county nor forget the many years he s
2 CONC pent here as a resident."
0 @I125@ INDI
1 NAME Elmar /Sifford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 OCT 1881
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 APR 1882
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F33@
0 @I126@ INDI
1 NAME "Edna" Edith /Sifford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 MAY 1883
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1938
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F33@
1 FAMS @F188@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 26 October 1938, page 1c
2 CONC 2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "MRS. EDNA CONRAD DIES FOLLOWING LINGERING ILLNESS
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Edna E. Conrad, a native of Lassen County and resident of Susanvill
2 CONC e for many years, passed away at her home this morning following a lon
2 CONC g illness. She was 55 years of age.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Deceased was born in Milford, and lived in Susanville all her life wi
2 CONC th the exception of 18 years spent in Nevada.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She is survived by her husband, Ralph, of Susanville, two sons, Dery
2 CONC l of Westwood and Donald of Susanville; one daughter, Carol Conrad o
2 CONC f Susanville; and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Lottie Byer
2 CONC , Fallon; Mrs. Grace Raker, Chico; Mrs. N.V. Wemple, Susanville; Mrs
2 CONC . Zebnor Johnson, Janesville, Benton Sifford, Oakland; Will Bronson, R
2 CONC eno.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She died at 10:30 at her home on Nevada street and had been bedridde
2 CONC n since February. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Edenho
2 CONC lm-Morill Funeral Home."
0 @I127@ INDI
1 NAME "Benton" Alexander /Sifford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUL 1886
2 PLAC Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 OCT 1968
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F33@
1 FAMS @F186@
1 FAMS @F187@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, October 18, 1968:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Insurance Broker Sifford is Dead. Benton Alexander Sifford, prominen
2 CONC t Oakland insurance broker and scion of pioneer families on both coast
2 CONC s died yesterday. He was 82. Mr. Sifford traced his family to Charlott
2 CONC e, North Carolina, where his ancestors settled after leaving Holland i
2 CONC n 1740. Members of his family were related to George Washington's brot
2 CONC her, Lawrence, and helped build the venerated Old Organ Church, so cal
2 CONC led because it was the first church in the colonies to have an organ
2 CONC . The family trekked to California in 1850, and settled on one of th
2 CONC e largest ranches in Lassen County. Mr. Sifford was born there in 1886
2 CONC . In 1905 he settled in San Francisco and entered the fire insurance b
2 CONC usiness. For many years he was vice president and Pacific Coast manage
2 CONC r of the Security Insurance Company of New Haven. Later he became pres
2 CONC ident of the California Union Insurance Company and at his death he wa
2 CONC s still active in the field, operating his own brokerage in San Franci
2 CONC sco. Mr. Sifford married Mabel Inez Brown in 1911 and they moved to Oa
2 CONC kland, making their home in the Claremont Pines district for many year
2 CONC s. She died in 1957. He was an early member of the Diablo and Castlewo
2 CONC od country clubs and the San Francisco Commercial Club and was activ
2 CONC e in the Athenian Nile Club, Plymouth Lodge No. 560, F. & A. M. (Fre
2 CONC e and Accepted Masons), Oakland Scottish Rite Bodies and the Aahmes Te
2 CONC mple, Mystic Shrine. Throughout his life Mr. Sifford maintained in int
2 CONC erest in history and writing. He had several poems published. In 195
2 CONC 8 he married Millie Horton, member of a pioneer Seattle family, and th
2 CONC ey made their home 245 Lee Street. Besides his widow he leaves a daugh
2 CONC ter, Mrs. Ralph J. Roesling of Oakland, a son Benton Jr., of Larkspur
2 CONC , a sister, Mrs. Drew Raker of Chico and six grandchildren. Services w
2 CONC ill be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Mon
2 CONC tecito Street and Bay Place. Albert-Brown Mortuary is directing arrang
2 CONC ements. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Bent
2 CONC on A. Sifford Memorial Fund. "
0 @I128@ INDI
1 NAME "Charlotte" Elizabeth /Sifford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 DEC 1888
2 PLAC Johnstonville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 APR 1962
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F33@
1 FAMS @F190@
1 FAMS @F191@
1 NOTE In a letter to her sister Grace who was 16:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Stillwater, August 20, 1911.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Dear Sister and all: Sent Papa a postal after I got home, did you ge
2 CONC t it? Baby (Claude Winder) stood the trip fine and we are getting ove
2 CONC r our colds now. N.V. took me to Reno and I took the motor car at 1 o'
2 CONC clock p.m. Got into Fallon at four o'clock. Came home, that is to Fall
2 CONC on, in one day, wasn't that fine? What kind of trip did you have goin
2 CONC g back? Haven't heard from you only that Little Lizzie Decious was no
2 CONC t expected to live, she had her baby and we herd both of them were no
2 CONC t expected to live, but later heard that she was better. We were wonde
2 CONC ring if you stopped there and is she was sick when you were there. Di
2 CONC d you have a good time at Uncle Tom's? and did you stop at Uncle Alex'
2 CONC s? Is Benton there now? Guess that's all. I got a letter from him whe
2 CONC n I was in Milford but haven't answered it yet, I didn't know where t
2 CONC o address him as he said he would leave in a few days for S.F. Claud
2 CONC e is so cute now. He talks all the time about Aunt 'Bace' and says eve
2 CONC rything. He say 'Bampo (grandpa) go auto.' Walter brought Clinton's li
2 CONC ttle buggy down and Marny drove old Bob and took Claude over to Edna'
2 CONC s and he called it 'auto Bob.' When we call him, he says, 'Olwight
2 CONC , I tumin' (all right I'm coming). I haven't seen Edna yet but they ar
2 CONC e all right. Saw little Deryl at Fallon. Mrs. Conrad had him up there
2 CONC . Well, I suppose you are busy at school again. How was Aunt Dade? Hav
2 CONC e you a house yet? Will Bronson was sick when I left Milford. The doct
2 CONC or says he is threatened with appendicitis. He looked awfully bad. I h
2 CONC ope Papa is all right now and that he will get him money out of Eakle
2 CONC . Haven't been anywhere since I got home so don't know anything new. G
2 CONC uess Edna writes you the news don't she? I will copy those quotation
2 CONC s after supper. Have to go now. I hope you are all well. Lots of lov
2 CONC e from all, Lottie. P.S. Grace, I just took those quotations out of th
2 CONC e book. You can take care of them and sometime we can put them back. "
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1 NAME "Deryl" Vayne /Sifford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1892
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 JAN 1908
2 PLAC Stillwater, Churchill County, NV
1 FAMC @F33@
1 NOTE According to Aunt Pearl Bronson Wemple, Deryl drowned in the Truckee R
2 CONC iver at Stillwater, NV. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Fallon, Nevada, CHURCHILL COUNTY EAGLE, Thursday, July 2, 1908:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "A YOUNG MAN DROWNED. Deryl Sifford met death while bathing in Stillwa
2 CONC ter Sough last Friday. Father overcome with grief - The community wa
2 CONC s greatly shocked last Friday to hear of the drowning of Deryl Sifford
2 CONC , the 15 year old son of W.H. Sifford of Stillwater. The young man ha
2 CONC d gone with several of the hired men to bathe in Stillwater Slough abo
2 CONC ut two miles from the home. He got into a washout and the swift curren
2 CONC t took him down. One of the men jumped in and got hold of him and bot
2 CONC h went down. The man lost his hold and went to shore, but Deryl neve
2 CONC r came to the surface. One of the men went to the house and told Mr. S
2 CONC ifford that Deryl was dead. The father was struck dumb at the terribl
2 CONC e news, but soon recovered control of himself. He sprang upon a hors
2 CONC e and ran it at full speed to the scene, hoping that he might still sa
2 CONC ve his son. The boy was, of course, beyond all human aid. It was abou
2 CONC t three hours before the body was recovered and it had been carried ab
2 CONC out 100 feet by the current. The drowning occurred in 10 feet of wate
2 CONC r and as Deryl was not a good swimmer he, of course, stood little sho
2 CONC w in the swift whirling current of cold water. As soon as the news wa
2 CONC s phoned to Fallon, Mrs. Jennie Winder, Grandma Sanford, and others we
2 CONC nt to the Sifford ranch and did all they could to comfort the grief st
2 CONC ricken father. The body was brought to the home of Mrs. Winder, in Fal
2 CONC lon. Mrs. Sifford, step-mother of the unfortunate boy, was in San Fran
2 CONC cisco, but was immediately summoned by wire, as was the brother, Bento
2 CONC n Sifford, who was attending school at the Bay. They arrived on Saturd
2 CONC ay's train. Mrs. Lee Winder, sister of Deryl, was also called from Rou
2 CONC nd Mountain and arrived with her husband Saturday evening. The two oth
2 CONC er sisters were at home when the accident occurred. An inquest was hel
2 CONC d before Justice Black Sunday, the verdict being to the effect that th
2 CONC e deceased met death by accidental drowning. C.E. Hughes, the undertak
2 CONC er, went at dawn and brought the body to Fallon and embalmed it and pr
2 CONC epared it for burial. The sudden and untimely death of this excellen
2 CONC t young man came as a terrible shock to the many friends of the family
2 CONC . But it was a hard blow to the father, and he has been prostrated wit
2 CONC h grief. However, there is much consolation in the thought that Dery
2 CONC l was a beautiful son, a young man of excellent habits, trust-worthy i
2 CONC n all respects. When left in charge of the ranch while his father wa
2 CONC s in California, he managed everything as usual. The deceased was bor
2 CONC n in Lassen County, California October 27, 1892, and was 15 years an
2 CONC d 8 months of age at the time of his death. The funeral took place fro
2 CONC m the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon, Reverand J.F. Price conductin
2 CONC g the ceremonies. There was a large attendance both from here and Stil
2 CONC lwater. The body was laid to rest in the Fallon cemetery. The bereave
2 CONC d family have the deepest sympathy of their numerous friends throughou
2 CONC t this part of the country. It seems sad indeed that a young life so f
2 CONC ull of promise should be so suddenly cut off at the very threshold o
2 CONC f its usefulness. It is not for us to understand the ways of Providenc
2 CONC e."
0 @I130@ INDI
1 NAME "Samuel" Thomas /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 OCT 1868
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 APR 1925
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F500@
1 FAMS @F34@
1 NOTE Sam owned and operated a sawmill in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, not f
2 CONC ar from Milford, CA. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 10 April 1925, page 12c2
2 CONC :
2 CONT 
2 CONT "MILFORD MAN DIES SUDDENLY
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Samuel T. Johnson who has been a resident of Lassen county for the pa
2 CONC st fifty years died suddenly at his home in Milford yesterday afternoo
2 CONC n of heart trouble. The deceased leaves a widow, two married daughter
2 CONC s and a son.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He was born in Red Bluff, October 5, 1869 [sic]. For some time past M
2 CONC r. Johnson has owned and operated a sawmill near Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The funeral will take place at the school house in Milford Sunday aft
2 CONC ernoon at 2 o'clock."
0 @I131@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Calphursie /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUN 1898
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 JUL 1990
2 PLAC Montana
1 FAMC @F34@
1 FAMS @F501@
0 @I132@ INDI
1 NAME "Katherine" Stover /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1900
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 JUN 1984
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC City Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F34@
1 FAMS @F502@
0 @I133@ INDI
1 NAME "Fred" Bronson /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JUN 1902
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1934
2 PLAC Altamont Pass, Alameda County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F34@
1 FAMS @F503@
0 @I134@ INDI
1 NAME Zebnor /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 FEB 1871
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 AUG 1956
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F500@
1 FAMS @F35@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 8 August 1956, page 1c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "ZEBNOR JOHNSON SERVICES ARE HELD
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Final services for Zebnor Johnson, 85, who died at a local hospital l
2 CONC ast Friday, were held from the Lucero Funeral Chapel on Monday at 2 p.
2 CONC m. with the Reverand F.E. Lewis of the First Baptist Church officiatin
2 CONC g. Interment was in the Janesville Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Glen Long sang two solos, 'Jesus Lover of My Soul' and 'Rock of Ages,
2 CONC ' accompanied by Mrs. Carla Winget at the organ.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The pallbearers were Merlyn Mulroney, Ray Winchell, Edmund Dunn, Marv
2 CONC in Sherman, Neil Winchell and Lawrence Wemple [sic].
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was a native of Red Bluff but had resided in Lassen Coun
2 CONC ty for the past 82 years, farming for many years in the Spoonville are
2 CONC a.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He is survived by his wife, Ida, and two step-daughters, Mrs. Fern Pr
2 CONC ice and Mrs. Katherine Greer, both of Sacramento, and two half-brother
2 CONC s, Lenus and Bert Hostetter, and a half-sister, Mrs. Leila Galeppi o
2 CONC f Standish."
0 @I135@ INDI
1 NAME Alma "Marie" /Dotson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1900-1901)
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1990
1 FAMS @F36@
0 @I136@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Vail /Cook/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1900
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1995
1 FAMS @F37@
0 @I137@ INDI
1 NAME "Dorothy" H. /Carman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1899
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 FEB 1970
2 PLAC Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F972@
1 FAMS @F38@
1 NOTE Obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, February 11, 1970, page 1c2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Services Today for Dorothy Wemple. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Grave side services for Mrs. Dorothy H. Wemple, 70, who died in Fallo
2 CONC n, Nevada, on Monday, will be held in the Susanville Cemetery this aft
2 CONC ernoon at two o'clock. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was born July 28, 1899 in Susanville, and had been a res
2 CONC ident of Fallon since 1931. She is survived by her husband, Guy B. Wem
2 CONC ple, owner of Consolidated Feeder and Lumber Company in Fallon, a daug
2 CONC hter, Mrs. Leslie Ceresola of Wadsworth, three grandchildren and one g
2 CONC reat-grandchild."
0 @I138@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1919
2 PLAC Died in infancy.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 APR 1919
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F38@
0 @I139@ INDI
1 NAME "Gynith" Gwen /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JUL 1922
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F38@
1 FAMS @F48@
1 FAMS @F49@
0 @I140@ INDI
1 NAME "Hazel" Josephine /Sedgwick/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1920
2 PLAC Beaver, Beaver County, UT
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F39@
0 @I141@ INDI
1 NAME "Carrie" Ellen /Houghton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 MAY 1896
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1920
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen Co, California   with child
1 FAMC @F1225@
1 FAMS @F40@
1 NOTE THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, 28 May 1920, page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "YOUNG MOTHER AND CHILD SUCCUMB
2 CONT 
2 CONT "A most deplorable termination to the hopeful anticipations of a youn
2 CONC g couple came last Sunday morning when Mrs. Fred Wemple and her chil
2 CONC d both responded to the imperative summons of Death.  Mrs. Wemple wa
2 CONC s a native of California, aged 24 years and 9 days, and was the daught
2 CONC er of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Houghton of Westwood.  She had been marrie
2 CONC d about two years. The funeral took place at Milford Tuesday, May 25th
2 CONC , and the mother and the little one for whom she gave her life were la
2 CONC id together in the same coffin.  The services were conducted by Rev. R
2 CONC owe of Susanville, and the obsequies were under the direction of Under
2 CONC taker Philbrook of Susanville.
0 @I142@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAY 1920
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1920
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California   with mother
1 FAMC @F40@
0 @I143@ INDI
1 NAME Grace /Durfee/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JUN 1900
2 PLAC Bieber, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 JUN 1923
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen Co, California
1 FAMC @F1055@
1 FAMS @F41@
1 NOTE Obituary from the BIG VALLEY GAZETTE, Bieber, Lassen County, CA, 14 Ju
2 CONC ne 1923, page 1c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "DEATH OF MRS. WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Grace Durfee-Wemple of Milford, died at the Riverside Hospital
2 CONC , in Susanville last Monday June 11th, from the result of child birth
2 CONC .  Mrs. Wemple was the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Durfee of B
2 CONC ieber, a sister of Mrs. B.G. Gassaway, and Mrs. Kelly Crews of Fall Ri
2 CONC ver, and Miss Dorothy Durfee of this place.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Not only Bieber and Honey Lake Valley but the whole County of Lassen
2 CONC , has suffered a severe loss in the death of Mrs. Wemple.  Her fine ch
2 CONC aracter, clear, logical mind, great learning and above all, the lovabl
2 CONC e nature of the woman, made her not only a strong personality whereve
2 CONC r known, but has been a benefit to the whole county, through her clear
2 CONC , and just interpretations of the school room. She was aged 22 years
2 CONC , 11 months, and 26 days.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral was held in Susanville, on Wednesday, June 13th.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Parents of Mrs. Wemple, and two sisters, Mrs. Gassaway and Mrs. Crews
2 CONC , were at her bedside at the time of her passing, Miss Dorothy being o
2 CONC bliged to remain in the post office.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Remaining relatives of the deceased have the sympathy of the entire c
2 CONC ommunity."
0 @I144@ INDI
1 NAME Nadene /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JUN 1923
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 SEP 1999
2 PLAC Alameda, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F41@
1 FAMS @F50@
1 NOTE Article from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, Susanville, California, Thursday, Au
2 CONC gust 20, 1942 page 7c1-2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nadene Wemple Becomes Bride of Leroy Kayser in Reno Ceremony. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Nadene Wemple, 19, and Leroy Kayser, 22, were married in Reno, Ne
2 CONC vada, Thursday, August 18, at 8 o'clock p.m. at the home of the Revera
2 CONC nd Brewster Adams. The ceremony was preformed by the Reverand Willia
2 CONC m K. Sempey in the presence of a few close friends and relatives of th
2 CONC e couple. Miss Naomi Wemple, twin sister of the bride and Eugene Kayse
2 CONC r, brother of the bridegroom, were their only attendants. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT This lovely and attractive bride chose to be married in a navy blue su
2 CONC it with matching accessories, and an orchid corsage, while her siste
2 CONC r wore a brown outfit.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Immediately following the ceremony a wedding supper was served at th
2 CONC e Colombo Cafe to the entire wedding part which included: Mr and Mrs
2 CONC . Leroy Kayser, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wemple, Phyllis and Frank Wemple o
2 CONC f Wendel, Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Kayser and Eugene Kayser of Stockton, Mrs
2 CONC . N.V. Wemple and Mrs. Naomi Wemple of Sacramento, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle W
2 CONC emple and Dana, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Davis, Fred Deal, Marion Larrea an
2 CONC d Jack Marden, all of Susanville, Mr. and Mrs E.H. Shoupe, Mr. and Mrs
2 CONC . William Bronson and Mrs. Myron Bronson, all of Reno, Mr. and Mrs Har
2 CONC ry Maritzen of San Francisco. 
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. Kayser are graduates of the Lassen Union High School an
2 CONC d were among the most popular members of Susanville's younger set. Th
2 CONC e new Mrs. Kayser has been employed by the Board of Equalization in Sa
2 CONC cramento, but has now accepted a government position. The bridegroom e
2 CONC nlisted in the Maritime Service and will return to his duties on Septe
2 CONC mber the first, his bride will remain in Sacramento. The couple are ho
2 CONC neymooning at Lake Tahoe.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the ALAMEDA TIMES/OAKLAND TRIBUNE, Oakland, California
2 CONC , 29 September 1999, page 6c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT KAYSER
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nadene W. Kayser, a longtime resident of Alameda and member of a pione
2 CONC er Northern California family passed away on September 26, 1999.  Sh
2 CONC e was born in Susanville, California.  She is survived by her husban
2 CONC d of 57 years, Leroy Kayser and her two children, Lindsay and Steven
2 CONC , six grandsons and
2 CONT many loving family members.  She was preceded in death by her identica
2 CONC l
2 CONT twin, Naomi.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Friends are invited to attend memorial to celebrate her life on Friday
2 CONC , October 1st, at the Bay Fairway Hall, 300 Island Drive, Alameda fro
2 CONC m 2 - 4 PM.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the char
2 CONC ity of your choice.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Refer to web site http://www.plumasnews.com/obit/obits/obit/578.html
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nadene Wemple Kayser, 76, a member of a prominent Susanville Calif., p
2 CONC ioneer family, died in Alameda, Calif. on Sept. 26, 1999. She is survi
2 CONC ved by her husband of 57 years, Leroy Kayser, her two children, Lindsa
2 CONC y Hendricks and Steven Kayser; sister Phyllis Metz; brother Frank Wemp
2 CONC le; brother-in-law Fred Metz, sister-in-law Nancy Wemple, son-in-law P
2 CONC eter Hendricks, grandsons Louks and Kyle, daughter-in-law Terri Kayser
2 CONC , grandsons Andrew, Beau, Christian and Daniel, and many loving famil
2 CONC y members. She was preceded in death by her identical twin, Naomi Netz
2 CONC org in October 1978. A memorial to celebrate her life will be at 11 a.
2 CONC m., Saturday, Oct. 9 at Walton's Colonial Mortuary, 15 South Lassen St
2 CONC . in Susanville. A reception follows at the St. Francis Hotel on Mai
2 CONC n Street. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charit
2 CONC y of your choice. Burial services will be private.
0 @I145@ INDI
1 NAME Naomi /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JUN 1923
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 OCT 1978
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Riverside Cemetery, Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan
1 FAMC @F41@
1 FAMS @F51@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, L
2 CONC assen Co, CA; Thursday, 26 Aug 1943; page 5c3;  obtained at the CA Sta
2 CONC te Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "NAOMI WEMPLE BRIDE 
2 CONT "The Sacramento Bee of August 23, carries the following news item of m
2 CONC uch interest in Susanville, where the bride was a popular member of th
2 CONC e younger set.
2 CONT "After the wedding in Reno, August 14th, Lieutenant and Mrs. Gordon M
2 CONC . Netzorg have returned to Sacramento and will make their home here. T
2 CONC he bride was Miss Naomi Wemple and is the daughter of Mrs. N.V. Wemple
2 CONC , 1500 Fifteenth street and the late Judge N.V. Wemple. "For the weddi
2 CONC ng, she wore a beige gabardine tailored suit with chocolate brown acce
2 CONC ssories and a corsage of gardenias. A small brown hat, veil trimmed, c
2 CONC ompleted her costume. She is the graduate of Lassen Union High School
2 CONC , Lassen County, and is employed by the Sacramento Air Depot.
2 CONT "Lieutenant Netzorg, whose home is in Alma, Michigan, is a graduate o
2 CONC f the University of Michigan, where he received his bachelor of scienc
2 CONC e degree, and studied law at the University of Wisconsin. He is statio
2 CONC ned at Mather Field with the Army Air Forces."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Morning Sun Newspaper, Alma, Gratiot Co, MI; Friday
2 CONC , 6 Oct 1978; page 2c1-2;  obtained at the MI State Library, 702 W Kal
2 CONC amazoo St, Lansing, Ingham Co, MI
2 CONT "Naomi W. Netzorg
2 CONT "Naomi W. Netzorg, 56, Houston, Texas, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, at he
2 CONC r house in Houston.
2 CONT "Funeral services will be at noon Thursday at the Setingast-Kepfchape
2 CONC l in Houston.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Alma, with the Mo
2 CONC ody-Wolfel Funeral Home in charge of Alma arrangements.
2 CONT "Mrs. Netzorg is a past president of the Alma Woman's Club and helpe
2 CONC d organize Gratiot Community Hospital.  She was a resident of Alma fro
2 CONC m 1946 until 19[?69?].
2 CONT "Surviving are her husband, Gordon M.; two daughters, Mrs. Kamela Dora
2 CONC n, Ariz. and Mrs. Nancy Henderson, Texas; two sons, Gordon W., Colorad
2 CONC o and John M, New York; two sisters, Mrs. Nadene Kayser, Calif., Mrs
2 CONC . Phyllis Metz, Calif, a brother, Frank Wemple, Calif; and five grandc
2 CONC hildren.
2 CONT "Contributions may be sent to the Gratiot Community Hospital."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I146@ INDI
1 NAME "Edna" Mary /Prothero/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUN 1890
2 PLAC Douglas Flat, Calvareras County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 FEB 1978
2 PLAC U.S. 395 about 3 miles west Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 FAMS @F42@
1 NOTE From the Susanville  LASSEN ADVOCATE, 27 February 1978, page bc6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "EDNA MARY WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Final services for Mrs. Edna Mary Wemple, 87, who was killed in the s
2 CONC eniors bus-pickup truck collision on Highway 395 near Standish on Thur
2 CONC sday, were held at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary this morning a
2 CONC t 11 o'clock with Rev. James Profitt officiating.  Internment was in t
2 CONC he Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Ivor French was the organist and played 'The Old Rugged Cross' and 'R
2 CONC ock of Ages.'
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was born in Douglas Flats, Calif., June 9, 1890, the dau
2 CONC ghter of Frank and Martha Prothero.  She had resided in this county fo
2 CONC r 56 years and in California all her life.  Prior to retirement she wa
2 CONC s a school teacher in Lassen County for 24 years.  She was a member o
2 CONC f the Susanville Senior Citizens Club, the Janesville Grange, Social R
2 CONC ebekah Lodge 101 of Susanville, the National Retired Teachers' Associa
2 CONC tion and the California Retired Teachers' Association.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Surviving are a son, Frank of Reno, three daughters, Phyllis Metz, Su
2 CONC sanville, Nadene Kayser, Alameda, and Naomi Netzorg, Huston, Tex., tw
2 CONC o sisters Lola M. Prothero, Oakland, and Eva Cunn, Castro Valley and 1
2 CONC 1 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren."
0 @I147@ INDI
1 NAME "Phyllis" Fred /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 OCT 1926
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 OCT 2005
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Millford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F42@
1 FAMS @F64@
1 NOTE The compilers hereby acknowledges the valuable assistance that "Cuzzin
2 CONC " Phyllis provided in  compiling this genealogical record. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Tuesday
2 CONC , 8 June 1948, page 3c4-6:
2 CONT "PHYLLIS WEMPLE WED TO FREDDY G. METZ AT CHURCH NUPTIALS
2 CONT "In a setting of white calla lilies and palms at the Methodist Churc
2 CONC h in Susanville, Saturday, June 5, at 4 o'clock p.m. 100 guests witnes
2 CONC sed the wedding of Phyllis Fred Wemple and Freddy G. Metz.
2 CONT "The bride, given in marriage by her father Fred Wemple, wore an attra
2 CONC ctive gown of white lace over taffeta, fashioned with a tight bodice a
2 CONC nd full skirt. A coronet of orange blossoms held the fingertip lengt
2 CONC h veil, and her carry bouquet was of white stephanotis and white gladi
2 CONC oli tied with moline.
2 CONT "The maid of honor, Marilyn MacDonald of San Francisco, wore a gown o
2 CONC f pink organdy made with a tight bodice and full draped skirt. She wor
2 CONC e pink carnations in her hair, and carried white gladioli and pink car
2 CONC nations tied with white moline.
2 CONT "Dale Porter was best man and ushers were Bill McIntosh and Jim Uptegr
2 CONC ove.
2 CONT "A reception followed in the social hall of the church. When the newl
2 CONC y wedded pair left for a month's honeymoon in Niagra Falls, the brid
2 CONC e wore a white gaberdine suit with gold accessories.
2 CONT "The new Mrs. Metz is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wemple of Jane
2 CONC sville. She graduated from Lassen Union High School and attended the U
2 CONC niversity of California for a year. She has been teaching for the pas
2 CONC t three years, two at Bridgeport school and one year at Willow Creek s
2 CONC chool.
2 CONT "The benedict, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Metz of Susanville, also gradu
2 CONC ated from the local high school after which he enlisted in the Navy. h
2 CONC e spent three years in the South Pacific where he saw active duty. Lat
2 CONC er he attended Chico State University for a year."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County Times Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 25 Oct 2005; page 13Cc1; obtained at the Susanville Lib
2 CONC rary, 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT "PHYLLIS
2 CONT "WEMPLE METZ
2 CONT "Phyllis Wemple Metz, 78, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, in Susanville
2 CONC .  She was born Oct. 29, 1926, in Oakland, Calif.
2 CONT "Metz is survived by her husband, Fred Metz, of Susanville; four grand
2 CONC children and two great-grandchildren.
2 CONT "A viewing will be held at 4-8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005, at Walto
2 CONC n s Chapel in Susanville.  A chapel service is planned at 11 a.m. on W
2 CONC ednesday, Oct. 26 at the United Methodist Church, with burial to follo
2 CONC w at Milford Cemetery."
2 CONT 
0 @I148@ INDI
1 NAME "Frank" N. /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 AUG 1929
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 FEB 2004
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe Co, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F42@
1 FAMS @F65@
1 NOTE He was a butcher and resided in Susanville, Red Bluff, and Yreka, Cali
2 CONC fornia and Reno, Nevada. As a young man he rode bucking horses in loca
2 CONC l rodeos. With his grace as an athletic, it was a thing of beauty to w
2 CONC atch him ride these wild horses. DRW/SLD
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Red Bluff Daily News, Red Bluff, Tehama Co, Californ
2 CONC ia, February 26, 2004:
2 CONT FRANK N. WEMPLE
2 CONT August 9, 1929-February 19, 2004. Frank N. Wemple, 74 years old of Ren
2 CONC o, Nevada, passed away at his home on Thursday, February 19, 2004.
2 CONT He is survived by his wife of fifty-four years, Nancy French Wemple an
2 CONC d four daughters, Cindy Heffren of Chico, CA., Frankie and Larry Mullo
2 CONC y of Yreka, CA., Susan and Rich Colwell of Manteca, CA., Nancy and Joh
2 CONC n Foster of Yreka, CA., nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren
2 CONC , and a sister and brother-in-law, Phyllis and Fred Metz of Susanville
2 CONC .
2 CONT Graveside services will be held at 1100, on Saturday, February 28 2004
2 CONC , at the Milford Cemetery in Milford, California conducted by the Elk
2 CONC s of Susanville with a gathering of friends at the Milford Community C
2 CONC enter to follow.
2 CONT Reno Memorial is in charge.
0 @I149@ INDI
1 NAME "Nadene" Frances /Tombs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JUN 1901
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 JAN 1992
2 PLAC Burlingame, San Mateo County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F43@
0 @I150@ INDI
1 NAME "Dana" Lyle /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1930
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F43@
1 FAMS @F69@
1 NOTE He practiced dentristry in San Francisco for many years and resides i
2 CONC n Burlingame, CA. DRW
0 @I151@ INDI
1 NAME "Arthur" Allen /Ohnimus/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUN 1895
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 MAR 1965
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMS @F44@
0 @I152@ INDI
1 NAME "Anson" H. /Crutcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1913
2 PLAC Williams, Colusa County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1970
2 PLAC Elko, Elko County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F1027@
1 FAMS @F45@
1 FAMS @F46@
1 FAMS @F47@
1 NOTE Obituary from Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONC ; 12 Oct 1970; page B5c5
2 CONT "CRUTCHER -- In Elko, Nevada.  October 10, 1970.  Anson H. Crutcher be
2 CONC loved husband of Berniece [sic] Crutcher of Applegate, father of Anso
2 CONC n Crutcher, Jr. of Santa Rosa and Karen Fisher of San Francisco.  So
2 CONC n of Harry Crutcher of Williams.  Brother of Hazel Crutcher of William
2 CONC s.  Also survived by 1 grandchild.  A native of Williams, Calif. Age
2 CONC d 57 years.  Funeral services will be conducted in THE CHAPEL OF THE H
2 CONC ILLS, Auburn, Tuesday at 2 p.m. Cremation will follow."
0 @I153@ INDI
1 NAME Billie /Evans/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1918
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F45@
0 @I154@ INDI
1 NAME "Cecelia" Reine /Richter/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 SEP 1915
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 AUG 1966
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMS @F46@
0 @I155@ INDI
1 NAME "Karen" Elizabeth /Crutcher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 APR 1939
2 PLAC Colusa, Colusa County, California
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I156@ INDI
1 NAME "Anson" H /Crutcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 AUG 1947
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I157@ INDI
1 NAME Leslie /Ceresola/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1920
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F48@
0 @I158@ INDI
1 NAME "Mitchell" Leslie /Ceresola/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1947
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F48@
1 FAMS @F225@
1 FAMS @F226@
1 FAMS @F227@
0 @I159@ INDI
1 NAME Dana /Ceresola/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 DEC 1950
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F48@
1 FAMS @F229@
1 FAMS @F230@
0 @I160@ INDI
1 NAME "Tracy" Darrell /Ceresola/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F48@
1 FAMS @F231@
1 FAMS @F232@
0 @I161@ INDI
1 NAME "Allen" W. /Spoon/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JUN 1920
2 PLAC Telluride, San Miguel County, CO
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F49@
0 @I162@ INDI
1 NAME "Leroy" Francis /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 MAY 1920
2 PLAC Fresno, Fresno County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 DEC 2005
2 PLAC Alemeda, Alemeda County, CA
1 FAMS @F50@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Lassen County News, 24 January 2005: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT LEROY R. KAYSER 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Leroy F. Kayser died on Dec. 24, 2005, in Alameda at the age of 85. Bo
2 CONC rn in Fresno, Calif., he is survived by his two children, Lindsay Kays
2 CONC er Hendricks and Steven Kayser; daughter-in-law Terri Kayser; six gran
2 CONC dsons, Andy (Mary), Beau (Satu), Chris (Linsey), Dan (Oana), Louks, an
2 CONC d Kyle; and three great-granddaughters, Naomi, Dylan and Saana. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Nadene (nee Wemple)
2 CONC . 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A graduate of Lassen High School in 1938, he attended the University o
2 CONC f California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University. He was a re
2 CONC sident of Alameda, Calif., for 60 years where he was an elementary sch
2 CONC ool teacher and principal in the Alameda Unified School District. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Many summers were spent in Mineral, Lassen County, working for the U.S
2 CONC . Forest Service. He served in the United States Maritime Service duri
2 CONC ng World War II and taught at the Alameda Maritime Academy prior to te
2 CONC aching in the school district. He was a long-time member of the Islan
2 CONC d City Lodge of the Masons of California. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Untied Shoel
2 CONC aces, Box 3322, Yountville, CA 94599, or a favorite charity. A privat
2 CONC e burial service at Milford Cemetery will be scheduled.
0 @I163@ INDI
1 NAME "Steven" Roy /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 FEB 1946
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F50@
1 FAMS @F62@
0 @I164@ INDI
1 NAME "Lindsay" Bernice /Kayser/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 SEP 1957
2 PLAC Alameda, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F50@
1 FAMS @F63@
0 @I165@ INDI
1 NAME "Gordon" Messinger /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1918
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, MI
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 NOV 1992
2 PLAC Great Falls, Cascade County, MT
1 FAMS @F51@
0 @I166@ INDI
1 NAME "Suzanne" Marie /Netzorg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1944
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 FEB 1953
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan
1 BURI
2 PLAC Riverside Cemetery, Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan
1 FAMC @F51@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Alma Record Newspaper, Alma, Gratiot Co, MI; Thursda
2 CONC y, 12 Feb 1953; page 1c4;  obtained at the MI State Library, 702 W Kal
2 CONC amazoo St, Lansing, Ingham Co, MI
2 CONT "HOLD LAST RITES FOR
2 CONT "SUZANNE NETZORG
2 CONT "Funeral services for Suzanne Marie Netzorg, eight-year-old-daughter o
2 CONC f Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Netzorg, of 424 West Center Street, Alma, were h
2 CONC eld Saturday afternoon at First Presbyterian church.
2 CONT "Suzanne, a third grade pupil at Wright avenue school, died last Wedne
2 CONC sday morning at R. B. Smith Memorial hospital.  She had been ill for t
2 CONC wo years.
2 CONT "Oldest of the Netzorg's five children, Suzanne was born in Houston, T
2 CONC exas, May 20, 1944, coming to Alma with her parents in June, 1948.  I
2 CONC n addition to the parents, the two sisters and two brothers survivin
2 CONC g are:  Kamela, Gordon W., Nancy and John Netzorg.  The grandparents a
2 CONC re Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Netzorg, of Alma, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wemp
2 CONC le, of Litchfield, Calif.  She also leaves a great grandmother, Mrs. P
2 CONC earl Wemple, of Susanville, Calif.
2 CONT "The Rev. Clyde F. Vance of First Presbyterian church officiated for t
2 CONC he funeral and burial was in Riverside cemetery.  Moody furneral hom
2 CONC e had charge of arrangements.  Pallbearers were Kenneth Plaxton, Rober
2 CONC t Hicks, Dr. C. L. Hoogerland and Ben Simon.
2 CONT "The Netzorg family has the sympathy of their many friends in the comm
2 CONC unity in the loss of their daughter, who was loved by all who knew her
2 CONC ."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I167@ INDI
1 NAME "Kamela" Jean /Netzorg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1945
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F51@
1 FAMS @F52@
1 FAMS @F53@
0 @I168@ INDI
1 NAME "Gordon" Wemple /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1949
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, MI
1 FAMC @F51@
1 FAMS @F54@
1 FAMS @F56@
1 NOTE The compiler wishes to thank Skep Netzorg for his help. DRW
0 @I169@ INDI
1 NAME "Nancy" Ellen /Netzorg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1950
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, Micigan
1 FAMC @F51@
1 FAMS @F57@
1 FAMS @F58@
0 @I170@ INDI
1 NAME "John" Messinger /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 FEB 1952
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, MI
1 FAMC @F51@
1 FAMS @F59@
1 FAMS @F60@
1 FAMS @F61@
1 NOTE The compiler wishes to thank John Netzorg for his help. DRW
0 @I171@ INDI
1 NAME "Donald" Douglas /Doran/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1942
2 PLAC Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1993
2 PLAC Tucson, Pina County, Arizona
1 FAMC @F1043@
1 FAMS @F52@
0 @I172@ INDI
1 NAME "Brett" Messinger /Doran/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1967
2 PLAC Tucson, Pina County, Arizona
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I173@ INDI
1 NAME "Kristin" Jane /Doran/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 DEC 1969
2 PLAC Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I174@ INDI
1 NAME Murray /Sargeant/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1945
1 FAMS @F53@
0 @I175@ INDI
1 NAME Beverly /Buck/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1954
1 FAMS @F54@
0 @I176@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Bach/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1945
1 FAMS @F55@
0 @I177@ INDI
1 NAME "Jane" Marjone /Watson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 JAN 1947
2 PLAC Shangai, China
1 FAMS @F55@
1 FAMS @F56@
0 @I178@ INDI
1 NAME "Allyson" Jane /Bach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1974
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I179@ INDI
1 NAME "Grant" Watson /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 SEP 1985
2 PLAC Denver, CO
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I180@ INDI
1 NAME "Daniel" John /Henderson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 APR 1948
2 PLAC Morehead, Clay County, Minnesota
1 FAMS @F57@
0 @I181@ INDI
1 NAME "Jason" Aaron /Henderson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1972
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 FAMC @F57@
0 @I182@ INDI
1 NAME "Tracy" Marie /Henderson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 MAR 1975
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 FAMC @F57@
0 @I183@ INDI
1 NAME "Justin" Daniel /Henderson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAY 1977
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 FAMC @F57@
0 @I184@ INDI
1 NAME "Kenneth" Albert /Caschette/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 NOV 1951
2 PLAC Buffalo, Erie County, New York
1 FAMC @F975@
1 FAMS @F58@
0 @I185@ INDI
1 NAME "Kamela" Ann /Caschette/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1990
2 PLAC Rochester, Monroe County, New York
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I186@ INDI
1 NAME "Barbara" Lee /Bachus/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1950
1 FAMS @F59@
0 @I187@ INDI
1 NAME "Paula" Sue /Bell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1955
1 FAMS @F60@
0 @I188@ INDI
1 NAME "Kinsey" Carole /Netzorg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JAN 1990
2 PLAC Las Vegas, Clark County, NV
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I189@ INDI
1 NAME Kate /Pleninger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAR 1955
2 PLAC Buffalo, NY
1 FAMS @F61@
0 @I190@ INDI
1 NAME "Robert" Gordon /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 AUG 1997
2 PLAC Las Vegas, NV
1 FAMC @F61@
0 @I191@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Teresa /Skrondal/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1947
2 PLAC Seattle, King County, Washington
1 FAMC @F1247@
1 FAMS @F62@
0 @I192@ INDI
1 NAME "Andrew" Stewart /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1970
2 PLAC San  Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I193@ INDI
1 NAME "Beau" Justin /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 MAR 1973
2 PLAC San  Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I194@ INDI
1 NAME "Christian" Michael /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JUL 1975
2 PLAC San  Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I195@ INDI
1 NAME "Daniel" Jordan /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1977
2 PLAC San  Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I196@ INDI
1 NAME "Peter" Martin /Hendricks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAY 1955
2 PLAC Saint Louis, St Louis County, Missouri
1 FAMC @F1211@
1 FAMS @F63@
0 @I197@ INDI
1 NAME "Louks" Steven /Hendricks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 SEP 1991
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F63@
0 @I198@ INDI
1 NAME "Kyle" Taylor /Hendricks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 APR 1993
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F63@
0 @I199@ INDI
1 NAME "Freddy" Gerald /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 MAR 1924
2 PLAC Forrest, Livingston County, Illinois
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 MAR 2009
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 TITL Sr.
1 FAMS @F64@
0 @I200@ INDI
1 NAME "Freddy" Gerald /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 MAY 1949
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 JUN 2000
2 PLAC , Plumas County, California
1 TITL II
1 FAMC @F64@
1 FAMS @F66@
1 FAMS @F67@
0 @I201@ INDI
1 NAME "Betty" Luanne /Metz/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 NOV 1950
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 APR 1976
2 PLAC Riverside Hospital, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F64@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 21 Apr 1976; page 3c4,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA Histor
2 CONC y Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA.
2 CONT "BETTY LUANNE METZ
2 CONT "Funeral services for Miss Betty Luanne Metz, 25, who died in a loca
2 CONC l hospital on Sunday, will be held at the Susanville United Methodis
2 CONC t Church this afternoon at two o'clock with interment following in th
2 CONC e family plot in Milford Cemetery.  Arrangements are under the directi
2 CONC on of the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary.
2 CONT "The deceased was born in Susanville on November 4, 1950 and had resid
2 CONC ed here all her life.  She had been employed at the Lassen County Hist
2 CONC orical Society Museum.  She was a member of the Lassen County Historic
2 CONC al Society, Job's Daughters, Camp Fire Girls and Susanville Art League
2 CONC .
2 CONT "Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Metz, a brother, Fredd
2 CONC y Metz, Jr. and a nephew Freddy Metz, III, all of Susanville, and he
2 CONC r grandmother, Mrs. Edna Wemple."
2 CONT 
0 @I202@ INDI
1 NAME "Nancy" Lee /French/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JUL 1931
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1177@
1 FAMS @F65@
0 @I203@ INDI
1 NAME "Cynthia" Lee /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 FEB 1950
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F65@
1 FAMS @F221@
0 @I204@ INDI
1 NAME "Frankie" Jane /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 AUG 1951
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F65@
1 FAMS @F222@
0 @I205@ INDI
1 NAME "Susan" Mary /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F65@
1 FAMS @F223@
0 @I206@ INDI
1 NAME "Nancy" Ann /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAR 1954
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F65@
1 FAMS @F224@
0 @I207@ INDI
1 NAME "Diane" Elise /Crosby/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1949
2 PLAC Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F1025@
1 FAMS @F66@
0 @I208@ INDI
1 NAME "Freddy" Gerald /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1975
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 TITL III
1 FAMC @F66@
0 @I209@ INDI
1 NAME "Amy" Lu /Metz/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 OCT 1979
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F66@
1 FAMS @F68@
0 @I210@ INDI
1 NAME "Murph" Henry /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 SEP 1981
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F66@
0 @I211@ INDI
1 NAME "Alan" G /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 AUG 1983
2 PLAC Greenville, Plumas County, California
1 FAMC @F66@
0 @I212@ INDI
1 NAME "Donna" Lee /Blazeck/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 MAR 1958
2 PLAC Riverside, Riverside County, California
1 FAMC @F951@
1 FAMS @F67@
0 @I213@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /LNUK/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1977
1 FAMS @F68@
0 @I214@ INDI
1 NAME "Dane" Alan /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1995
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F68@
0 @I215@ INDI
1 NAME "Margaret" Mary /von Gebover-Fulnegg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1933
1 FAMS @F69@
0 @I216@ INDI
1 NAME "Timothy" Dana /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1958
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
1 FAMC @F69@
1 FAMS @F71@
0 @I217@ INDI
1 NAME "Lynn" Augusta /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1961
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
1 FAMC @F69@
1 FAMS @F70@
0 @I218@ INDI
1 NAME "Elizabeth" Ann /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1963
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
1 FAMC @F69@
0 @I219@ INDI
1 NAME Michael /Pierce/
2 GIVN Michael D.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JUN 1960
2 PLAC West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN
1 FAMS @F70@
0 @I220@ INDI
1 NAME "Abigail" Quinn /Pierce/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JUL 1990
2 PLAC San Mateo, San Mateo County, CA
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I221@ INDI
1 NAME "Emily" Lynn /Pierce/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 NOV 1991
2 PLAC San Mateo, San Mateo County, CA
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I222@ INDI
1 NAME "Lisa" Nicole /DeSanto/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1960
1 FAMS @F71@
0 @I223@ INDI
1 NAME "Daniel" Timothy /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1987
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F71@
0 @I224@ INDI
1 NAME "Lauren" Elizabeth /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 NOV 1990
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F71@
0 @I225@ INDI
1 NAME "Stephen" Thomas /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 OCT 1993
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F71@
0 @I226@ INDI
1 NAME "John" Graham /Weir/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 OCT 1932
2 PLAC Riverside Hospital, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1286@
1 FAMS @F72@
0 @I227@ INDI
1 NAME Melissa /Weir/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 SEP 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F72@
1 FAMS @F114@
0 @I228@ INDI
1 NAME "Jack" Graham /Weir/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1966
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F72@
0 @I229@ INDI
1 NAME "Kenneth" Orlo /Fletcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1938
2 PLAC Lodi, San Jauquin County, California
1 FAMC @F1167@
1 FAMS @F73@
0 @I230@ INDI
1 NAME "Kevin" Kenneth /Fletcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1961
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F73@
1 FAMS @F115@
1 FAMS @F116@
0 @I231@ INDI
1 NAME "Heidi" Ann /Fletcher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 APR 1966
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F73@
1 FAMS @F117@
0 @I232@ INDI
1 NAME Brian /Tashiro/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1945
1 FAMS @F74@
0 @I233@ INDI
1 NAME Kathryn /French/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 MAR 1942
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F1176@
1 FAMS @F75@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 11 A
2 CONC ugust, 1961, page 2c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Kathryn French and Kenny Wemple will be united in marriage Saturday, A
2 CONC ugust 12, at Park Chapel in Reno.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Invited guests are parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh French of L
2 CONC itchfield, the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wemple, and grandpare
2 CONC nts, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wemple of Milford, Miss Vickie Johnson of Lit
2 CONC chfield, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Cann and children, Corine and Rod of Reno
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT A bridal shower announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 29 S
2 CONC eptember 1961, page 2c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT A bridal shower honoring Kathryn Wemple nee Kathryn French was given b
2 CONC y Donna McClelland, Elburna McClelland and Vickie Johnson in the McCle
2 CONC lland home Friday evening, September 22.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Making the evening a gala event were Dilys Doyle, Patty Mulroney, Sher
2 CONC ri Johnson, Nancy Amesbury, Janet Beard, Karyn Alway, Anna Winchell, H
2 CONC enriette Hardy, Caroley Powell, Eaelene and Karen Johnson, Sandra Hans
2 CONC en, Dianna Chappuis, Janet Naye, Helen and Nancy McClelland, Lucille F
2 CONC rench, Gay Wemple, Ester McClelland, Sheila Creyer, Lynn Wilton, Ann
2 CONC a Rae Arjo, Norma Cordoba, Barbara Ott, Inesse, Ethel, and Harriet Mar
2 CONC r, Donna Nicholas, and Joyce Sutherlin.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Games played during the evening were won by Helen McClelland, Karen Jo
2 CONC hnson and the honoree.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Refreshments topped off the evening.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Bridal shower announcement from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 29 September 1961
2 CONC , page 2c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT A bridal shower honoring Kathryn Wemple nee Katheryn French was give
2 CONC n by Donna McClelland, Elburna McClelland and Vickie Johnson in the Mc
2 CONC Clelland home Friday evening, September 22.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Making the evening a gala event were Dilys Doyle, Patty Mulroney, Sher
2 CONC ri Johnson, Nancy Amesbury, Janet Beard, Karyn Alway, Anna Winchell, H
2 CONC enriette Hardy, Caroley Powell, Eaelene and Karen Johnson, Sandra Hans
2 CONC en, Dianna Chappuis, Janet Naye, Helen and Nancy McClelland, Lucille F
2 CONC rench, Gay Wemple, Ester McClelland, Sheila Creyer, Lynn Wilton, Ann
2 CONC a Rae Arjo, Norma Cordoba, Barbara Ott, Inesse, Ethel and Harriet Marr
2 CONC , Donna Nicholas, and Joyce Sutherlin.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Games were played during the evening were won by Helen McClelland, Kar
2 CONC en Johnson and the honoree.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Refreshments topped of the evening.
0 @I234@ INDI
1 NAME "Keith" Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 APR 1962
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F75@
1 FAMS @F77@
1 NOTE Keith is a cattle rancher. For a few years he sold automobiles in Susa
2 CONC nville, CA. DRW/SLD
0 @I235@ INDI
1 NAME "Kristine" Ellen /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 DEC 1964
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1976
2 PLAC Reno, NV
1 FAMC @F75@
1 NOTE Kristine died from a brain tumor. DRW  "Rest in peace, sweet Niece."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 29 October 1976
2 CONC , page 7c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "KRISTINE ELLEN WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Grave side services for Kristine Ellen Wemple, 11, who died in a Ren
2 CONC o hospital on Tuesday, will be held in the Milford Cemetery today at 1
2 CONC 1 a.m. under the direction of the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was born in Susanville on December 1, 1964, and is survi
2 CONC ved by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wemple, and two brothers, Kei
2 CONC th and Kyle all of Milford, her grandmother, Lucille French, Litchfiel
2 CONC d, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wemple, and great-grandparents, Mr
2 CONC . and Mrs. Claude Wemple, all of Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The family requests that memorial donations be made to St. Jude's Res
2 CONC earch Foundation for Children, Memphis, Tennessee, the Shriner Crippl
2 CONC e Children's Hospital, San Francisco, or the Lassen County 4-H Youth C
2 CONC ouncil."
0 @I236@ INDI
1 NAME "Kyle" Theodore /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JUN 1967
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F75@
1 FAMS @F78@
1 FAMS @F79@
1 NOTE From the LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, December 1, 1987
2 CONT 
2 CONT "MILFORD COWBOY PICKED AS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
2 CONT 
2 CONT by Curt Asher, City Editor
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Rank broncs are nothing new to Kyle Wemple.  He grew up on a cattle r
2 CONC anch and he's been a rodeo hand for as long as he can remember.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "But the rank broncs he faced this year were something a little specia
2 CONC l; they were the toughest in the nation.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Kyle Wemple turned pro this past year and not, at 20, the Milford cow
2 CONC boy is professional rodeo's top rookie saddle bronc rider and will b
2 CONC e competing in the National Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada this week.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association's Rookie of the Year, Wempl
2 CONC e said he isn't particularly concerned about competing in the finals a
2 CONC nd riding against some of the world's best cowboys.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "'It'll be the same guys I've been competing against all year long,' h
2 CONC e said.  'I think I'm probably the youngest one in the bronc riding i
2 CONC n the finals.'
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Wemple, a Lassen High graduate, competed in the National High Schoo
2 CONC l Rodeo finals in his senior year.  Riding for the Lassen College rode
2 CONC o team, he went to the national collegiate rodeo finals twice and in 1
2 CONC 986 was second in the nation at the college finals in Bozeman, Montana
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Wemple started his rodeo career competing in area junior rodeos, a
2 CONC s a roper as well as a rider of rough stock.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "'I pretty much been doing it (rodeoing) all my life," he said.  'Ridi
2 CONC ng broncs was something that I always really liked.  It came pretty na
2 CONC tural for me.'
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Wemple, who claims that growing up on a ranch helped his career, trai
2 CONC ns when he can on a neighbor's broncs with his father riding the pick-
2 CONC up horse.  He said the training helped him a lot.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "That training, combined with his natural ability and the experience h
2 CONC e's received from regular competition, has made him the leading rooki
2 CONC e money winner in saddle bronc riding.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Wemple won $29,185 this year, putting him at 13th in the world standi
2 CONC ngs in saddle bronc competition, said spokesman for the PRCA in Colora
2 CONC do Springs, Colorado.  The 1987 rodeo season ended November 1.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The fifteen top money winners in each event qualify for the nationa
2 CONC l finals which run December 4-12.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The national finals is by far the richest rodeo, offering over $2 mil
2 CONC lion in total prize money.  This year's leading saddle bronc rider i
2 CONC s Clint Johnson of Spearfish, S.D."
0 @I237@ INDI
1 NAME "Thomas" Pierce /McClelland/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 NOV 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1287@
1 FAMS @F76@
1 NOTE Thomas is a cattle rancher and lives winters in Payne Creek and summer
2 CONC s in Eagle Lake, CA. SLD/DRW
0 @I238@ INDI
1 NAME "Janice" Marie /McClelland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1962
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 MAY 1980
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F76@
1 NOTE Died in a farm tractor accident.  It turned over on her and pinned he
2 CONC r under it in an irrigation cannel causing her to drown. DRW  "Rest i
2 CONC n peace, sweet Neice."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 9 May 1980, pag
2 CONC e 1c1-2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JANICE McCLELLAND KILLED IN ACCIDENT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Janice McClelland, a 17-year-old Lassen High School Senior, was kille
2 CONC d Wednesday evening when a tractor she was driving fell into an irriga
2 CONC tion ditch on a Standish ranch, pinning her under water.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The accident occurred at about 7 p.m., according to the Lassen Count
2 CONC y Coroner's Office. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses sa
2 CONC id the tractor rolled over into the water when the ground near the ban
2 CONC k collapsed. Bystanders were reportedly unable to push the machine of
2 CONC f the girl.
2 CONT 
2 CONT McClelland was active in 4-H projects and was a member of the Future F
2 CONC armers of America at the Lassen High School. She was also a member o
2 CONC f the Honey Lake Valley Riders group and served last year as queen o
2 CONC f the Lassen County Junior Rodeo. She was a lifelong resident of Stand
2 CONC ish.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She is survived by her parents, Tom and Donna McClelland and two siste
2 CONC rs, all of Standish and grandparents,  also of the area.
0 @I239@ INDI
1 NAME "Rebecca" Susan /McClelland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1965
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F76@
1 FAMS @F80@
1 FAMS @F81@
0 @I240@ INDI
1 NAME "Burna" Gay /McClelland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 FEB 1968
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F76@
1 FAMS @F82@
1 FAMS @F83@
0 @I241@ INDI
1 NAME "Diana" Elizabeth /Wood/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1959
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F77@
0 @I242@ INDI
1 NAME "Ryan" Chase /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1987
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMC @F77@
0 @I243@ INDI
1 NAME "Reg" Winchester /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1990
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMC @F77@
1 NOTE The following was received from Reg's father on July 27, 2000:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Hello everyone
2 CONT 
2 CONT We just finished up with the  Lassen County Fair and as usual it was l
2 CONC ong, hot and dry. Both Ryan and Reggie had market steers in 4-H this y
2 CONC ear - each showing 2 steers apiece. It was Ryan's 3rd year and Reggie'
2 CONC s 1rst year and both boys did real well. But this year Reggie was th
2 CONC e bread winner. He took top honors with his steer Slap-Jack (GRAND CHA
2 CONC MPION). I believe this is a first for the Wemple family here in Lasse
2 CONC n County. His steer weighed 1190 lbs and the Mallery family from the n
2 CONC ew ST Francis Champion Steak House bought his steer for $8.00/lb. We w
2 CONC ere all very excited about his beginners luck ( Reg worked real hard w
2 CONC ith his steer all winter long). So next time your in town give the ste
2 CONC ak house a try. Talk to you all later.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Keith
0 @I244@ INDI
1 NAME "Kattie" Marie /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1994
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMC @F77@
0 @I245@ INDI
1 NAME "Jonette" Michelle /Sneed/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 AUG 1970
2 PLAC Solvang, Santa Barbara County, CA
1 FAMS @F78@
0 @I246@ INDI
1 NAME "Cash" Leo /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1993
1 FAMC @F78@
0 @I247@ INDI
1 NAME "Diana" C /Bailey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1975
2 PLAC , Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F947@
1 FAMS @F79@
0 @I248@ INDI
1 NAME James /Reece/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1965
1 FAMS @F80@
0 @I249@ INDI
1 NAME Matthew /Verdun/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1964
1 FAMS @F81@
0 @I250@ INDI
1 NAME "Brandon" Lee /Bagshaw/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1970
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 FAMC @F938@
1 FAMS @F82@
0 @I251@ INDI
1 NAME "Pierce" McClelland /Bagshaw/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1993
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 FAMC @F82@
0 @I252@ INDI
1 NAME "John" Thomas /Jones/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 NOV 1968
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California
1 TITL IV
1 FAMC @F1246@
1 FAMS @F83@
0 @I253@ INDI
1 NAME "James" R. /Dougherty/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUL 1922
2 PLAC Hubtigton, Indiana
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F84@
0 @I254@ INDI
1 NAME Burne /Dougherty/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JAN 1953
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1993
2 PLAC Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
1 FAMC @F84@
1 FAMS @F90@
1 NOTE CA Birth Index 1905-1995;    Burne Dougherty;    b:   31 Jan 1953  Sac
2 CONC ramento Co, CA;    mother:   Burroughs;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.
2 CONC rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi; {CA Dept of Health, Vital Statistics
2 CONC , Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA}
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Marriage Index;    m:   21 Jul 1975  Sacramento Co, CA;    Burne Do
2 CONC ugherty  (age:  22)    +    Mary E Clement  (age:  23);   Internet; ww
2 CONC w.vitalsearch-ca.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Social Security Death Index;    B Dougherty;    b:   31 Jan 1953;    d
2 CONC :   Aug 1993;    SS#546-90-1583  CA;    issued   1968;    Internet; An
2 CONC cestry, Inc; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I255@ INDI
1 NAME Erin /Dougherty/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUL 1959
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F84@
1 FAMS @F91@
1 FAMS @F92@
1 FAMS @F93@
0 @I256@ INDI
1 NAME "Juan" Jose /Herrera/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1925
1 FAMS @F85@
0 @I257@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Van Zandt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 FEB 1924
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 MAY 2003
2 PLAC , , Arizona
1 FAMS @F86@
1 NOTE Social Security Death Index;    Robert C Van Zandt;    b:   03 Feb 192
2 CONC 4;    d:   26 May 2003;    lr  85255  Scottsdale, Maricopa Co, AZ
2 CONC ;    SS#  146-16-6490  NJ;    Internet; ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I258@ INDI
1 NAME "Elaine" E /Baker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAR 1923
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F939@
1 FAMS @F87@
0 @I259@ INDI
1 NAME "MariaLuisa" Sanabria /Ortega/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAY 1940
2 PLAC Chatala, Jalisco, Mexico
1 FAMS @F88@
0 @I260@ INDI
1 NAME "Francesca" Sanabria /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 AUG 1966
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calaifornia
1 FAMC @F88@
1 FAMS @F1641@
0 @I261@ INDI
1 NAME "Mollie" Edna /Arnold/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUL 1937
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F937@
1 FAMS @F89@
0 @I262@ INDI
1 NAME "Lisa" Catherine /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 MAR 1957
2 PLAC Augsburg, Germany
1 FAMC @F89@
1 FAMS @F94@
0 @I263@ INDI
1 NAME "Spencer" Eric /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 DEC 1961
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F89@
1 FAMS @F96@
0 @I264@ INDI
1 NAME "Megan" Christine /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JUN 1965
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F89@
1 FAMS @F95@
0 @I265@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Clement/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 APR 1951
2 PLAC Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
1 FAMS @F90@
0 @I266@ INDI
1 NAME "Patrick" Nion /Moore/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1973
2 PLAC New York City, New York County, New York
1 FAMC @F90@
1 FAMS @F928@
0 @I267@ INDI
1 NAME "Karen" Michele /Dougherty/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 AUG 1975
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F90@
0 @I268@ INDI
1 NAME "Daniel" Earl /Lackey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1957-1958)
1 FAMS @F91@
0 @I269@ INDI
1 NAME "David" Jon /Golz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1955
1 FAMS @F92@
0 @I270@ INDI
1 NAME "Michael" Joesph /O'Brien/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 OCT 1956
2 PLAC Baltimore, MD
1 FAMS @F93@
0 @I271@ INDI
1 NAME "Caitlin" Richael /O'Brien/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JUL 1990
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F93@
0 @I272@ INDI
1 NAME "Emerald" Taryn /O'Brien/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1993
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F93@
0 @I273@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /Wagner/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 NOV 1958
1 FAMS @F94@
0 @I274@ INDI
1 NAME "John" Keith /Rainey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JUL 1964
2 PLAC Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
1 FAMS @F95@
0 @I275@ INDI
1 NAME "Brienna" Faith /Rainey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 JAN 1994
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I276@ INDI
1 NAME "Keeley" Catherine /Rainey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I277@ INDI
1 NAME "Ann" Marie /Rainey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I278@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Jacquelyn /Smith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 APR 1958
2 PLAC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK
1 FAMS @F96@
0 @I279@ INDI
1 NAME "Sara" Jacquelyn /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAR 1990
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F96@
0 @I280@ INDI
1 NAME "Jesse" Clare /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1992
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F96@
0 @I281@ INDI
1 NAME "June" Hazel /McClellan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JUN 1926
2 PLAC Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 JUL 1997
2 PLAC Lakeport, Lake County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1389@
1 FAMS @F97@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Lakeport LAKE COUNTY RECORD-BEE, Saturday, 12 July 1
2 CONC 997, page A2c4,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA History Room, Sa
2 CONC cramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "JUNE WEMPLE
2 CONT "June H. Wemple, 71, of Lakeport, died July 9, 1997 at Sutter Lakesid
2 CONC e Hospital.
2 CONT "A native of Anniston, Alabama, she was born June 22, 1926. She wa
2 CONC s a homemaker for 45 years, who had lived in Santa Clara and in Lakepo
2 CONC rt for the past eight years. She was a member of St. John's Episcopa
2 CONC l Church.
2 CONT "Survivors include her husband, Joseph J. Wemple of Lakeport; her so
2 CONC n and daughter-in-law, Alan and Elaine Wemple of Phoenix, Oregon; he
2 CONC r daughter and son-in-law, Cristine and Paul Giannetto of San Jose; he
2 CONC r grandson, John Wemple of Phoenix, Oregon; her sister, Helen Leonar
2 CONC d of Los Angeles and several nephews.
2 CONT "Memorial services, officiated by Father Harry Allagree, will be 1 p.m
2 CONC . Saturday at St. John's Episcopal Church, 1190 N. Forbes Street, Lake
2 CONC port. Cremation will be preformed by the Lake County Memorial Cremator
2 CONC ium, Lakeport, followed by burial at the Milford Cemetery in Milford
2 CONC , at a later date.
2 CONT "Donations can be sent to the National Kidney Foundation of Northern C
2 CONC alifornia, 553 Pilgrim Drive, Suite C, Foster City, California 94404."
2 CONT 
0 @I282@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 AUG 1954
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 AUG 1954
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMC @F97@
0 @I283@ INDI
1 NAME "Alan" Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1955
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMC @F97@
1 FAMS @F101@
0 @I284@ INDI
1 NAME "Cristine" Ann /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1958
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMC @F97@
1 FAMS @F102@
0 @I285@ INDI
1 NAME "Susan" Mozelle McCamish /Reesor/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 APR 1929
2 PLAC Lafaette, IN
1 FAMS @F98@
0 @I286@ INDI
1 NAME "Carolyn" Louise /Brooks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1945
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F957@
1 FAMS @F99@
0 @I287@ INDI
1 NAME "Michael" Tremain /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 APR 1970
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F99@
0 @I288@ INDI
1 NAME "Shawn" Irvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 NOV 1971
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F99@
1 FAMS @F100@
0 @I289@ INDI
1 NAME "Gabrielle" Marie /Schilling/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JAN 1976
2 PLAC Lewiston, Nezperce County, ID
1 FAMS @F100@
0 @I290@ INDI
1 NAME "Louis" Wolfgang Schilling /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1994
2 PLAC Moscow, Latah County, ID
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I291@ INDI
1 NAME "Jasper" Killian Schilling /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 OCT 1995
2 PLAC Moscow, Latah County, ID
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I292@ INDI
1 NAME "Samwyse" Emrys Schilling /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 FEB 2002
2 PLAC Olympia, WA
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I293@ INDI
1 NAME "Elaine" Ann /Silva/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JUL 1951
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMS @F101@
0 @I294@ INDI
1 NAME "John" Josuha /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1989
2 PLAC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, CA
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I295@ INDI
1 NAME Paul /Giannetto/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 OCT 1956
2 PLAC Fulton, Oswego County, New York
1 FAMC @F1181@
1 FAMS @F102@
0 @I296@ INDI
1 NAME "William" Lowell /Kofford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 AUG 1939
2 PLAC Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 JUL 1973
2 PLAC Yreka, Siskiyou County, California
1 FAMC @F1251@
1 FAMS @F103@
0 @I297@ INDI
1 NAME "Jeffery" David /Kofford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1958
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F103@
1 FAMS @F106@
1 FAMS @F107@
0 @I298@ INDI
1 NAME "Kristen" Rene' /Kofford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 FEB 1961
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 FAMC @F103@
1 FAMS @F108@
0 @I299@ INDI
1 NAME "Jimmie" Ted /Murray/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1937
2 PLAC Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F104@
0 @I300@ INDI
1 NAME Ann /Grodberg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1963
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F1195@
1 FAMS @F105@
0 @I301@ INDI
1 NAME "Amanda" Rose /Edwards/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 SEP 1992
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I302@ INDI
1 NAME "Garrett" Jakob /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 AUG 1995
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I303@ INDI
1 NAME Cynthia /LNUK/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1960
1 FAMS @F106@
0 @I304@ INDI
1 NAME "Dixie" L. /Shaffer/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Yreka, Siskiyou County, California
1 FAMS @F107@
0 @I305@ INDI
1 NAME "Sara" Jane /Kofford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JAN 1983
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F107@
0 @I306@ INDI
1 NAME "Zackary" David /Kofford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1985
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F107@
0 @I307@ INDI
1 NAME "Grayson" Max /Wilder/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1959
2 PLAC KS
1 FAMS @F108@
0 @I308@ INDI
1 NAME "William" Lowell /Wilder/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 AUG 1980
1 FAMC @F108@
0 @I309@ INDI
1 NAME "Taylor" Nichole /Wilder/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1986
1 FAMC @F108@
0 @I310@ INDI
1 NAME "Edward" Thomas /McDonald/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 APR 1933
1 FAMC @F110@
1 FAMS @F109@
0 @I311@ INDI
1 NAME "Stephen" J /McDonald/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 NOV 1958
2 PLAC Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F109@
0 @I312@ INDI
1 NAME "Jon" Rowland /McDonald/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 NOV 1960
2 PLAC Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F109@
0 @I313@ INDI
1 NAME James /McDonald/
1 NAME James Robert
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 MAR 1909
2 PLAC , , Alabama
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 JAN 1949
2 PLAC Chester, Plumas County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Lassen Cemetery - Division K, Susanville, Lassen Co, California
1 FAMS @F110@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Portola Reporter Newspaper, Portola, Plumas Co, CA
2 CONC ; Thursday, 3 Feb 1949; page 5c3; obtained at the CA State Library, C
2 CONC A History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "MC DONALD DIES
2 CONT "J. R. McDonald of Chester, superintendent of the Collins Pine lumbe
2 CONC r company, recently elected member of the unified school board, died M
2 CONC onday, according to word received by Harold Doig, board member.
2 CONT "Mr. McDonald had been suffering for some time with a heart ailment."
2 CONT 
0 @I314@ INDI
1 NAME Wilma /Taylor/
1 NAME Wilma Ruth
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1909
2 PLAC Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1978
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Masonic Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMS @F110@
1 FAMS @F111@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Reno Gazette Journal Newspaper, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONC ; Friday, 29 Dec 1978; page 25c1;  obtained at the University of Nevad
2 CONC a, Getchell Library, microfilm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT "WILMA WEMPLE
2 CONT "A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Ross, Burk
2 CONC e & Knoble Mortuary for Wilma Ruth Wemple.
2 CONT "Mrs. Wemple, 69, of 2796 Plumas St., died in a Reno hospital Thursday
2 CONC .
2 CONT "A native of Marion County, Ala., was born May 14, 1909, and had live
2 CONC d in Reno for three years.
2 CONT "Surviving are sons, Robert T. McDonald of Reno and Edward T. McDonal
2 CONC d of Klamath Falls, Ore.; brothers, Murray Taylor of Lexington, Ky., a
2 CONC nd Choyce Taylor of Yucca Valley, Calif.; sister, Mona Carpenter of Wi
2 CONC nfield, Ala.; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
2 CONT "Inurnment will be at the Masonic Memorial Gardens Cemetery"
2 CONT 
2 CONT Article from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Thursday, 28 Aug 1952; page 10c3; obtained at the CA State Library
2 CONC , CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "PAUL WEMPLE-WILMA McDONALD MARRY
2 CONT "Married at Chester in the McDonald home Tuesday evening, August 26, w
2 CONC ere Paul T. Wemple and Wilma McDonald, Mr. Paul White of Chester perfo
2 CONC rmed the service.
2 CONT "Present were: Mr. J. T. McDonald, Mrs. Caroline Raymond and Charles H
2 CONC olcomb of Redding; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cathcart (Sally Wemple), Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. F. O. Wemple, Robert McDonald, Tom McDonald, Richard Libell an
2 CONC d Charles Wagner."
2 CONT 
0 @I315@ INDI
1 NAME "Robert" Taylor /McDonald/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 NOV 1934
2 PLAC Baker City, Baker County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F110@
1 FAMS @F112@
0 @I316@ INDI
1 NAME Paul /Wemple/
1 NAME Paul Theodore
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAR 1902
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 DEC 1972
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Lassen County - Division K, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMS @F111@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Wednesday, 20 Dec 1972; page 9c2-3;  obtained at the CA State Librar
2 CONC y, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "Obituaries
2 CONT "PAUL T. WEMPLE
2 CONT "Final services for Paul T. Wemple, 70, who died at a Reno hospital o
2 CONC n Saturday, were held at the United Methodist Church yesterday afterno
2 CONC on at two o'clock with past exalted rulers of the Susanville Elks Lodg
2 CONC e officiating.  The eulogy was given by Horace Wiseley of Salinas, a p
2 CONC ast grand exalted ruler of the Elks.  Interment was in Lassen Cemeter
2 CONC y under the direction of the Colonial Mortuary. "Mrs. Donna Dandois wa
2 CONC s the organist.
2 CONT "The pallbearers were Glenn Long, Don Cady, Stanley Arnold, Elton Mill
2 CONC ar, Ivor Lanigar and Carlos Lucero.
2 CONT "The deceased, a native of Lassen County, was engaged in the haberdash
2 CONC ery business in Susanville for about 25 years prior to his retirement
2 CONC .  He had been a member of the Susanville Elks Lodge since 1926 and th
2 CONC rough the years took an active part in local, state and national activ
2 CONC ites [sic] of the Elks Lodge.  In addition to serving an exalted rule
2 CONC r of the local lodge he served as District Deputy Grand Exalted Rule
2 CONC r of the Northern California District, as a chairman of the State Boar
2 CONC d of Trustees, as a president of the California-Hawaii Elks Associatio
2 CONC n, as president of the Elks State Major Project and as Grand Esteeme
2 CONC d Leading Knight in the national organization, the second highest rank
2 CONC ing post in Elkdom. "Wemple was also a past president of the Susanvill
2 CONC e Rotary Club, served as a member of the Susanville City Council and w
2 CONC as active in community and civic organizations.
2 CONT "The deceased is survived by his wife, Wilma, and mother, Mrs. Bessi
2 CONC e Wemple, both of Susanville, a daughter, Mrs. Sally Duval, of Orinda
2 CONC , and two stepsons, Robert McDonald, Reno, and Thomas McDonald, Klamat
2 CONC h Falls.  Also surviving are 10 grandchildren."
2 CONT 
0 @I317@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /McDonald/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1960
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F112@
1 FAMS @F113@
0 @I318@ INDI
1 NAME "Jill" Emerson /McDonald/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 APR 1963
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F112@
1 FAMS @F1257@
0 @I319@ INDI
1 NAME "Robert" James /Delia/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 SEP 1956
2 PLAC Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
1 FAMS @F113@
0 @I320@ INDI
1 NAME "Michael" Charles /Hill/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JUN 1952
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F1223@
1 FAMS @F114@
0 @I321@ INDI
1 NAME "Samatha" Ann /Hill/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JUL 1984
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F114@
0 @I322@ INDI
1 NAME "Jordan" Charles Theodore /Hill/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1989
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F114@
0 @I323@ INDI
1 NAME "Angela" Ann /Abarr/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAY 1964
2 PLAC , Trinity County, California
1 FAMC @F934@
1 FAMS @F115@
0 @I324@ INDI
1 NAME Michelle /Fletcher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAR 1981
2 PLAC Shasta County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 DEC 1988
2 PLAC Glenburn, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F115@
1 NOTE Death Notice in The Record Searchlight Newspaper, Redding, Shasta Co
2 CONC , CA; Monday, 26 Dec 1988; page A15c2
2 CONT "DEATHS
2 CONT "FLETCHER -- Michelle Fletcher, 7, of Burney died Sunday in Glenburn
2 CONC .  Arrangements are pending at McDonald's Burney Chapel."
0 @I325@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" G. /Meador/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1967
1 FAMS @F116@
0 @I326@ INDI
1 NAME "Jonathon" Keith /Fletcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 SEP 1987
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F116@
0 @I327@ INDI
1 NAME "Kendra" Joanne /Fletcher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 MAR 1989
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F116@
0 @I328@ INDI
1 NAME "Philip" James /Beaudet/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JUN 1948
2 PLAC , Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F942@
1 FAMS @F117@
0 @I329@ INDI
1 NAME "Thomas" Floyd /Levely/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUL 1941
2 PLAC Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan
1 FAMC @F1362@
1 FAMS @F118@
0 @I330@ INDI
1 NAME "Karah" Forrest /Levely/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 AUG 1973
2 PLAC Burke, VA
1 FAMC @F118@
1 FAMS @F233@
0 @I331@ INDI
1 NAME "Thomas" Scott /Levely/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1978
1 FAMC @F118@
0 @I332@ INDI
1 NAME Susan /Day/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1945
1 FAMS @F119@
0 @I333@ INDI
1 NAME Linda /Duffy/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1950
1 FAMS @F120@
0 @I334@ INDI
1 NAME "Martha" Ellen /Conlan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1873
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1970
1 FAMC @F1013@
1 FAMS @F121@
0 @I335@ INDI
1 NAME "Fredrick" George /Brunhouse/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 NOV 1868
2 PLAC near Coulterville, Mariposa County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 MAR 1918
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara Co, California
1 OCCU ,
1 FAMC @F958@
1 FAMS @F122@
1 FAMS @F123@
1 NOTE When Fred's baby and first wife died in 1902 of TB, he married her sis
2 CONC ter, Myrtle May Decious. Fred was a graduate of San Jose Normal School
2 CONC . He was a schoolteacher, bookkeeper, and later Superintendent of Scho
2 CONC ols in Susanville, CA for four years. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT The LASSEN ADVOCATE Newspaper; Susanville, Lassen Co, CA; Friday, 22 M
2 CONC arch 1918; page 1c2,    Fredrick George Brunhouse's obituary;    CA St
2 CONC ate Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT "BRUNHOUSE FUNERAL ATTENDED BY CROWDS
2 CONT "The funeral of School Superintendent Fred Brunhouse last Saturday a
2 CONC t 11a.m. was one of the largest that has been held in Susanville.  Th
2 CONC e services, which were conducted by Rev. R. N. Rowe of the Baptist chu
2 CONC rch were held in the Methodist church and the room was filled almost t
2 CONC o capacity.  Both the Odd Fellows and Native Sons' lodges were largel
2 CONC y represented.  A large attendance was present from various parts of t
2 CONC he valley and the county officials closed their offices at the court h
2 CONC ouse that morning.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The floral pieces were numerous and of great beauty, among them being
2 CONT elaborate offerings from the lodges of which the deceased had been a m
2 CONC ember
2 CONT and from the county officers."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I336@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Brunhouse/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE FEB 1902
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE FEB 1902
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I337@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" J. /Brunhouse/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1904
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, County
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1999
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F123@
1 NOTE Mary was a schoolteacher. She never married and lived in San Jose an
2 CONC d Menlo Park, California.
2 CONT <b>Social Security Death Index 1999 Edition</b>
0 @I338@ INDI
1 NAME "Pauline" R. /Brunhouse/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JAN 1908
2 PLAC Spoonville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 JAN 1989
2 PLAC Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F123@
1 NOTE Pauline was a schoolteacher.  She never married and lived in San Jos
2 CONC e and Menlo Park, California.
0 @I339@ INDI
1 NAME "Clarence" Edward /Brunhouse/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1917
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 MAY 2004
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 TITL D.D.S
1 FAMC @F123@
1 FAMS @F129@
1 NOTE Ed practiced orthodontics in San Francisco. DRW.  
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Mercury News; San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA; 15 May 2
2 CONC 004
2 CONT "Clarence Edward Brunhouse
2 CONT "Native California and long-time San Jose resident.  Dr. C. Edward Bru
2 CONC nhouse, many of whose ancestors were California pioneers, passed awa
2 CONC y Wednesday, May 12, 2004 after a brief battle with cancer.
2 CONT "Dr. Brunhouse was born December 9, 1917 in Susanville, Calif.  His fa
2 CONC ther, Frederick, was a school teacher and superintendent.  His mother
2 CONC , Myrtle Decious was from a cattle ranching family that had come to th
2 CONC e west via The Oregon Trail.  In order that his older sisters, Mary an
2 CONC d Pauline Brunhouse, could pursue a higher education, his family reloc
2 CONC ated to Santa Clara Valley when he was five years old.  His father ha
2 CONC d lived in and was educated in San Jose.
2 CONT "Dr. Brunhouse faithfully attend his favorite alumni reunions with Sa
2 CONC n Jose High School Class of 1935.  He was a graduate of San Jose Stat
2 CONC e College, Stanford University Graduate School of Eduation, and the Un
2 CONC iversity of California, San Francisco Dental School.  Dr. Brunhouse wa
2 CONC s both a World War II Verteran and a Korean War Army Veteran.
2 CONT "In 1947, he and his wife Margaret Simmons, settled in San Jose wher
2 CONC e he established a dental practice.  He later trained and specialize
2 CONC d in orthodontics.  In addition to his wife of 59 years, he is survive
2 CONC d by his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Robert and Judith Brunhouse of C
2 CONC arlsbad, California; his daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Thomas Him
2 CONC melright, and his grandchildren, Robert and Margaret Himmelright, al
2 CONC l of Ridgefield, Connectict; and his caregiver, Teleisia ("Sia").
2 CONT "At his request, there will be no services.  Memorial donations may b
2 CONC e made to your favorite charity."
2 CONT 
0 @I340@ INDI
1 NAME "Marguerite" J. /Delmas/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 FEB 1878
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1967
2 PLAC Cedarville, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell Cemetery, Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F1030@
1 FAMS @F124@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 21 September 1967, pag
2 CONC e 2c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "MARGUERITE DECIOUS PASSES AT AGE 89
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Services for Mrs. Marguerite Decious, 89, were held in the Fort Bidwe
2 CONC ll church and interment in the Fort Bidwell cemetery Tuesday morning
2 CONC . She passed away in the Cedarville hospital September 16.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Marguerite J. Delmas was born in San Francisco, February 21, 1878. He
2 CONC r parents moved to Surprise Valley when she was a young child. She att
2 CONC ended school in Cedarville. October 14, 1903, she was married to Charl
2 CONC es R. Decious and they made their home in Fort Bidwell. To them were b
2 CONC orn five children. The youngest son, Clarence, and her husband precede
2 CONC d her in death, both passing away in 1961. Surviving children are Stan
2 CONC ley Decious of Alturas, Charles Decious and Audrey McCandless both o
2 CONC f Chico, and Mary Peterson of Fort Bidwell. There are 8 grandchildre
2 CONC n and eight great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Decious took an active part in her community and served as postm
2 CONC istress in Fort Bidwell for 38 years.
0 @I341@ INDI
1 NAME "Audrey" Marie /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1905
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 NOV 1992
2 PLAC Carson City,  Ormsby County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F124@
1 FAMS @F379@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the ALTURAS PLAINDEALER, Wednesday, 17 Octob
2 CONC er 1934, page 1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "FORT BIDWELL GIRL IN MARRIED IN BAY CITY
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Miss Audrey Decious, was married Friday, October 12, 1934 to Mr. Howa
2 CONC rd F. McCandless of San Francisco. The bride is the daughter of Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Charles Decious of Bidwell and is a sister of Stanley Decious o
2 CONC f Alturas. She is a graduate of the University of California and late
2 CONC r taught in the Surprise Valley Union High school.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mr. and Mrs. McCandless will make their home in San Francisco where t
2 CONC he former is in business."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 10 December 1992, pag
2 CONC e 9c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "AUDREY McCANDLESS
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Audrey D. McCandless, 87, past resident of Alturas, died November 2
2 CONC 4 at her resident in Carson City. There were no services held. Inurnme
2 CONC nt will be held at a later date in Modoc County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She was born in Fort Bidwell, California, January 16, 1905 to Charle
2 CONC s Decious and Marguerite Delmas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "McCandless retired from Chico State University in 1971 after 12 year
2 CONC s of service as a librarian.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She was past member of the Episcopal Church in Alturas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Surviving McCandless are her son, Howard McCandless of Zephyr Cove, N
2 CONC evada and her brother Stanley Decious of Alturas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Preceding her in death are her husband, three brothers and one sister
2 CONC ."
0 @I342@ INDI
1 NAME "Delmas" Stanley /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 AUG 1907
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JUN 1994
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Alturas Cemetery, Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F124@
1 FAMS @F127@
1 NOTE Stan worked in garages as a parts man, car salesman, and shop foreman
2 CONC . For a short time he owned his own business. He was a fine man and ho
2 CONC nest to a fault. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 9 June 1994, page 23c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "STAN DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Graveside services were held Tuesday, June 7, for Stan Decious, 87, w
2 CONC ho died June 4, 1994 at the Modoc Medical Center in Alturas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "A long-time and well known resident of Modoc, Decious was born in For
2 CONC t Bidwell, August 8, 1907. He graduated from Cedarville High School i
2 CONC n 1924 and in 1928 received his degree in economics from the Universit
2 CONC y of California, Berkeley. He married Doris Gibbons in 1932 and the co
2 CONC uple had two children, Gay and Danny.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Decious made his home in Alturas and was a well-known car salesman fo
2 CONC r over 50 years. He was a contributing member of Modoc for over 80 yea
2 CONC rs, as an Alturas Tigers baseball player, sports coach, businessman, o
2 CONC r simply the man who always had something kind to say about everyone.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "According to those who knew him, he was considered a gentleman, who w
2 CONC as the first to be called on when help was needed.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Decious held a lifelong passion for sports. He remained a loyal fan o
2 CONC f the Cal Bears, San Francisco Giants and Seals throughout his life. D
2 CONC ecious was also an avid bridge player and attended a weekly bridge clu
2 CONC b right up until the time of his death.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Decious enjoyed playing cards while listening to a ball game. Accordi
2 CONC ngly, at his son's request, Decious' cremains were buried beside his d
2 CONC eck of cards and transistor radio, tuned to the Giants station.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Surviving Decious are his daughter and son-in-law, Gay and Fred Boehm
2 CONC e of San Francisco, son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Mary Decious of S
2 CONC acramento; grandchildren Cindy Davis of La Jolla and Chuck Davis of Mo
2 CONC raga. Also surviving is his son-at-heart, Jerry Gloster of Salem, Oreg
2 CONC on.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Preceding him in death were his wife, Doris, who died in 1975; sister
2 CONC s, Mary Peterson and Audrey McCandless; and brothers, Tyke and Clarenc
2 CONC e Decious, all of Modoc."
0 @I343@ INDI
1 NAME "Charles" Richard /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1909
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 AUG 1978
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F124@
1 FAMS @F126@
1 NOTE Obituary from the CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD, 9 August 1978, page 2Ac4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "TIKE DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Memorial services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Bidwell Memo
2 CONC rial Presbyterian Church for Charles Richard 'Tike' Decious, prominen
2 CONC t Chico businessman who died Monday at a local hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He was 68, and had been in ill health for only a few weeks.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Decious had owned and operated Tike Decious Ford, 1108 Park Avenue, f
2 CONC or 27 years. The firm will be closed Friday.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Born November 12, 1909 in Fort Bidwell to Charles and Marguerite Deci
2 CONC ous, he attended elementary school there. He received his high schoo
2 CONC l education in Cedarville and attended Armstrong College in Berkeley a
2 CONC nd Oregon State University.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Decious worked in Lakeview and Roseburg, Oregon prior to joining th
2 CONC e U.S. Army, where he served for five years. He was discharged as a ca
2 CONC ptain in 1946 after duty in England, France and Germany.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "During his years as owner of the auto firm, Decious received industr
2 CONC y awards, including the Ford Division Gold Car Leadership Award and th
2 CONC e Distinguished Achievement Award. He also served as president of th
2 CONC e Chico Auto Dealers Association and on the board of directors of th
2 CONC e San Jose District Ford Dealers Association and Northern California A
2 CONC dvertising Association.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "In addition to his community involvement, Decious was an ardent golfe
2 CONC r and a member of Butte Creek Country Club.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include his wife, Bea of Chico; three daughters, Diane Bal
2 CONC l of Evanston, Illinois, Karen Lowe and Sandra Semas, both of Auburn
2 CONC ; a son, Gary Younie of Chico; a brother, Stanley of Alturas; two sist
2 CONC ers, Audrey McCandless of Alturas and Mary Peterson of Fort Bidwell; a
2 CONC nd ten grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Dr. Robert Scot of Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church will officiat
2 CONC e at the service.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society in Care of Brusi
2 CONC e Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements."
0 @I344@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" F. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1911
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 NOV 1989
2 PLAC Cedarville, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F124@
1 FAMS @F128@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 30 November 1989, pag
2 CONC e 9c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "MARY D. PETERSON
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Lifetime Modoc resident Mary D. Peterson, 77, died November 22 at Sur
2 CONC prise Valley Community Hospital, Cedarville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The Fort Bidwell native was born December 6, 1911 to Charles and Marg
2 CONC uerite (Delmas) Decious.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Peterson was a homemaker and housewife for 60 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She is survived by her husband, Granville Peterson, of Fort Bidwell
2 CONC ; a daughter, Nancy Ann Bicondoa, of Chico; a sister, Audrey McCandles
2 CONC s of Alturas; a brother, Stan Decious also of Alturas; three grandchil
2 CONC dren and four great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "No services are to be held."
0 @I345@ INDI
1 NAME "Clarence" Edward /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JAN 1914
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 APR 1961
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Glen Oaks Memorial Park, Chico, Butte Co, California
1 FAMC @F124@
1 FAMS @F382@
1 NOTE Committed suicide with a .22 pistol to the head due to depression. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD, 4 April 1961, page 3Ac1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "CLARENCE E. DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral services will be held in the Brusie Funeral Home chapel a
2 CONC t 2 p.m. Wednesdy for Clarence Edward Decious, a resident of Chico fo
2 CONC r the past three years who died at his home on Highway 32 yesterday mo
2 CONC rning.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Burial will follow in the Glen Oaks Memorial Park with the Chico Lodg
2 CONC e No. 111 F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons) and the Reverand Harol
2 CONC d Caton, minister of the Aldergate Methodist Church, officiating.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Decious was born on January 5, 1914 in Fort Bidwell and for the pas
2 CONC t 22 years, prior to his move to Chico, had resided in Tulelake wher
2 CONC e he was employed by the Floyd A. Boyd Company.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "A veteran of World War II, Decious was a member of the Canby Cross Lo
2 CONC dge No. 679 F. & A.M. and also the Elks Lodge of Klamath Falls, Oregon
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Darlene Decious of Chico, a daughte
2 CONC r, Darla Lusk also of Chico; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Decious o
2 CONC f Fort Bidwell; and three brothers and sisters, Tike Decious, Mrs. How
2 CONC ard McCandless, both of Chico; Stanley Decious of Alturas and Mrs. Gra
2 CONC nville Peterson of Fort Bidwell."
0 @I346@ INDI
1 NAME Wayne /Younie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 APR 1909
2 PLAC Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 APR 1944
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Lassen Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMS @F125@
0 @I347@ INDI
1 NAME Bernice /Hartley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 FEB 1912
2 PLAC Etna, Siskiyou County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1996
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F1205@
1 FAMS @F125@
1 FAMS @F126@
0 @I348@ INDI
1 NAME Diane /Younie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1933
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F125@
1 FAMS @F1126@
1 FAMS @F1127@
0 @I349@ INDI
1 NAME "Gary" Wayne /Younie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 NOV 1937
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F125@
1 FAMS @F625@
1 FAMS @F626@
0 @I350@ INDI
1 NAME Sandra /Younie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1943
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F125@
1 FAMS @F1128@
0 @I351@ INDI
1 NAME Karen /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JAN 1949
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F126@
1 FAMS @F380@
1 NOTE Birth announcement in the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Tuesday, 8 Febru
2 CONC ary 1949, page 8c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "DAUGHTER FOR THE FORMER BEA YOUNIE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Announcement of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Decio
2 CONC us in Chico January 25, 1949, were received by Susanville friends. Mrs
2 CONC . Decious is the former Bea Younie of Susanville. Little Karen tips th
2 CONC e scales at 8 pounds 10 ozs."
0 @I352@ INDI
1 NAME "Doris" H /Gibbons/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 APR 1911
2 PLAC San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 AUG 1975
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Alturas Cemetery, Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F1125@
1 FAMS @F127@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 28 August 1975, page 11
2 CONC c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "LAST RITES FOR DORIS DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Services were conducted from Kerr Chapel Tuesday for Doris Gibbons De
2 CONC cious, who expired in Alturas Saturday at the age of 64. Death was att
2 CONC ributed to a self-inflected gunshot wound.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceases had been a resident of Alturas since 1916, She was bor
2 CONC n April 5, 1911, in San Luis Obispo, the youngest of two children of t
2 CONC he late Oscar and Flora Gibbons. Her father moved here to establis
2 CONC h a law practice of many years including a term as Modoc District Atto
2 CONC rney.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She was a graduate of local schools and an honor student at graduatio
2 CONC n from Modoc High School with the class of 1929.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "After high school she attended the University of California at  Berke
2 CONC ley and was enrolled in the Oakland School of Law when she met Stanle
2 CONC y Decious. They were married September 18, 1932 in Reno, Nevada.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Two children were born to this union: Gay Herbert of San Francisco an
2 CONC d Danny, an Associate Professor at California State University, Sacram
2 CONC ento. Two grandchildren survive.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "A brother, Jack, preceded her in death in 1960.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "In earlier years she had been very active in community and school act
2 CONC ivities.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The Reverand Robert Ropp officiated at services at Kerr Chapel and a
2 CONC t graveside in the Alturas cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Pallbearers included Dr. Ed Conwell, Herman Weber, Davis Wellman, Lor
2 CONC ing White, R.M. Sloss and Delbert Fitzpatrick."
0 @I353@ INDI
1 NAME "Gay" Beverly /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1933
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAY 2003
2 PLAC Antioch, Contra Costa County, California
1 FAMC @F127@
1 FAMS @F288@
1 FAMS @F289@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Modoc Record via the internet, dated May 29, 2003:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituaries: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay Decious Boehme
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay Boehme passed away May 23, 2003, in Antioch, California after a le
2 CONC ngthy illness. Born in Alturas, CA., to Doris and Stan Decious, Gay gr
2 CONC aduated from Modoc Union High School in 1951 and Oregon State Universi
2 CONC ty in 1955, with a Bachelor of Arts in Education. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT She taught elementary school students in the California communities o
2 CONC f Bieber, Roseville, and Oakland and volunteered with the Quaker Proje
2 CONC ct in Berkeley, and in schools in San Francisco.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay was an accomplished pianist and together with her husband of twent
2 CONC y-one years, Fred, appreciated a broad range of music styles and artis
2 CONC ts. She enjoyed her continuing friendship with Modoc Union High Schoo
2 CONC l classmates and Oregon State University Alpha Gamma Delta sorority si
2 CONC sters.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay will be fondly remembered by her step children in the Boehme famil
2 CONC y, especially Theresa Alley with whom she maintained a close relations
2 CONC hip. She will be missed by many caring neighbors at Somerset Fellowshi
2 CONC p Church, and the David Kazakevich family, all of Antioch. Gay was a d
2 CONC evoted wife, mother, sister and friend who was cherished for her gentl
2 CONC e loving nature and kind-heartedness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was preceded in death by her parents and by her loving husbands, C
2 CONC harles Herbert and Fred Boehme. Gay is survived by daughter Cindy Exli
2 CONC ne, son-in-law Alex Exline, and granddaughter Chloe Exline of San Brun
2 CONC o, son Chuck Davis and close companion Carrie Kiskila of Oakland, brot
2 CONC her Dan and sister-in-law Mary Decious of Sacramento.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay's family welcomes her friends to gather at Traditional Care Funera
2 CONC l Services, 1205 A Street, Antioch, at 12 noon, May 30. In lieu of flo
2 CONC wers, the family suggests donations to the Modoc High School Scholarsh
2 CONC ip Fund, c/o Modoc High School, 900 North Main Street, Alturas, CA., 9
2 CONC 6101 or to a charity of your choice. 
2 CONT 
0 @I354@ INDI
1 NAME "Daniel" Russell /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1938
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F127@
1 FAMS @F285@
1 FAMS @F286@
1 FAMS @F287@
1 NOTE Notes from the work of Clarence W. Decious - from the book WHO'S WHO I
2 CONC N CHEMISTRY.*
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Decious, Daniel, born Alturas, Califorina July 12, 1938.  Married 196
2 CONC 3. Physical Chemistry, B.S. California Berkeley, 1960.  Ph.D (physica
2 CONC l chemistry), University of Washington 1965.  Resident Associate, Chem
2 CONC istry, Hopkins, 1965-67. Assistant Professor in Chemistry, Sacrament
2 CONC o State College, 1967.  Theoretical determination of electronic proper
2 CONC ties of small molecules."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Published three papers Journal of Chemical Physics, 1966-68.  Outstand
2 CONC ing teacher awards from Sacramento State, 1976, 1982, 1994.
2 CONT 
2 CONT *Year of publication was not included in Clarence's work. DRW
0 @I355@ INDI
1 NAME "Granville" Thomas /Peterson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1906
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1994
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 FAMS @F128@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 15 September 1994, pag
2 CONC e 15c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "GRANVILLE THOMAS PETERSON
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Longtime Fort Bidwell resident Granville Thomas Peterson died in Ft
2 CONC . Bidwell, California on September 12, 1994, at age 87.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mr. Peterson was born in Ft. Bidwell on December 20, 1906, and had at
2 CONC tended Modoc schools through his high school years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He made Modoc his home for 87 years and his occupation was ranching
2 CONC , which he loved. He also enjoyed people and loved animals. Mr. Peters
2 CONC on was married to Mary Decious, who preceded him in death in 1989.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He is survived by a daughter Nancy Bicondoa of Cedarville; a brother
2 CONC , Elbert Peterson of Klamath  Falls, Oregon; sisters, Bernice Winshop
2 CONC , Yuba City, Ester Johnson, Marysville, and Betty Bernes, Livermore. M
2 CONC r. Peterson was very close to his grandchildren, Joe, Jeffy and Greg B
2 CONC icondoa and five great-grandchildren..
2 CONT 
2 CONT "No services are scheduled at this time."
0 @I356@ INDI
1 NAME "Nancy" Ann /Peterson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 OCT 1944
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F128@
1 FAMS @F313@
1 NOTE Thanks are extended to Nancy Peterson Bicondoa for providing help to t
2 CONC he compilers. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wedding announcement from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 9 Februar
2 CONC y 1961, page 4c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "PETERSON-BICONDOA WEDDING JANUARY 28TH
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Two prominent families of Surprise Valley were united January 28th wh
2 CONC en Nancy Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Peterson of For
2 CONC t Bidwell became the bride of Joe Bicondoa, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jo
2 CONC e Bicondoa of Eagleville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The 2 o'clock ceremony was performed in the Sacred Heart church of Al
2 CONC turas by Father Ignatius Estes in the presence of immediate relative
2 CONC s and personal friends of the young couple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The bride was accompanied to the altar by her father who gave her han
2 CONC d in marriage. Attending her as maid of honor was Carmen Bicondoa, sis
2 CONC ter of the groom and Marcel Maria attended the groom as best man.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Nancy was a lovely bride in her waltz length gown of white alencon ty
2 CONC pe lace over net with wrist length sleeves and round neck line. Her sh
2 CONC ouder length veil was attached to a coronet of seed pearls and she car
2 CONC ried a bouquet of white orchids in ivory rose buds.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "At the end of the marriage ritual Father Estes handed the couple on h
2 CONC eirloom coin which he had blessed for the occasion. The quaint custo
2 CONC m originated in France and this coin was given to Nancy's great-grandm
2 CONC other Delmas at her marriage in France in 1872. In turn it was given t
2 CONC o Nancy's grandmother Mrs. Charles Decious by her husband in 1903 an
2 CONC d to Nancy's mother Mrs. Granville Peterson at her wedding in 1929. Th
2 CONC e coin is blessed by the attending priest who hands it to the groom th
2 CONC en he hands it in turn to his bride, as a token of prosperous and goo
2 CONC d life together.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Following the service the bridal party accepted congratulations a
2 CONC t a reception in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Decious of Alturas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "For her going away costume the bride wore a strawberry pink suit wit
2 CONC h matching feather hat and black patent accessories. The honeymoon wa
2 CONC s spent at Lake Tahoe, Squaw Valley and Reno. They will make their hom
2 CONC e in Eagleville where Joe is employed on his father's ranch."
0 @I357@ INDI
1 NAME Susan /Peterson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1946
2 PLAC Fresno, Fresno County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE ABT 1946
2 PLAC Fresno, Fresno County, California
1 FAMC @F128@
0 @I358@ INDI
1 NAME "Margaret" A. /Simmons/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 APR 1925
2 PLAC Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F960@
1 FAMS @F129@
0 @I359@ INDI
1 NAME "Robert" Frederick /Brunhouse/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 MAY 1949
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F129@
1 FAMS @F552@
0 @I360@ INDI
1 NAME "Janet" Barbara /Brunhouse/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 AUG 1953
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F129@
1 FAMS @F553@
0 @I361@ INDI
1 NAME "Lulu" Blanche /Davis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUL 1887
2 PLAC Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1983
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1129@
1 FAMS @F130@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1900 June 20  -  Lassen Co, CA  -  (John H Davis)  -  Blanche L Dav
2 CONC is  -  daughter, W, F, July 1887, 12, S, CA, IA, IA, at school;    LDS
2 CONC -Microfilm #: 1240088, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacramento C
2 CONC o, CA
2 CONT ...1910 May 6  -  No 2 Twp, Lassen Co, CA  -  (Frank A Decious)  -  Bl
2 CONC anche L Decious  -  wife, F, W, 22, M/1-4, 2-2, NM, IA, IA, none;    L
2 CONC DS-Microfilm #: 1374091, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacrament
2 CONC o Co, CA
2 CONT ...1920 Mar 6  -  14 Twp, Placer Co, CA  -  (Frank A Decious)  -  Blan
2 CONC che L Decious  -  wife, F, W, 32, M, NM, IA, IA, none;    LDS-Microfil
2 CONC m #: 1820124, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 7  -  San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA  -  (Frank A Decious
2 CONC )  -  Blanche L Decious  -  wife, F, W, 42, M-18, NM, IA, MO, none
2 CONC ;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Announcement of wedding from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville
2 CONC , Lassen Co, CA; 28 Dec 1905; page 3c4;  obtained at the CA State Libr
2 CONC ary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "MARRIED
2 CONT "DECIOUS -- DAVIS -- At the residence of Mrs. E. L. West, in Susanvill
2 CONC e, Cal., December 26, 1905, by Rev. J. M. Wilson, Mr. Frank Decious an
2 CONC d Miss Blanche Davis, both of Janesville. "[The young people are wel
2 CONC l and favorably known in this valley, and their many friends extend he
2 CONC arty congratulations.]"
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index;    Blanche Lola Decious;    age:   96y;    d:   25 Oc
2 CONC t 1983  Santa Clara Co, CA;    SS#554-03-6773;    b:   14 Jul 1887  NM
2 CONC ;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index 1980-1989;    Blanche L Decious;    d:   25 Oct 1983  S
2 CONC anta Clara Co, CA;    sp:   none listed;    Registrar #  6714;    Stat
2 CONC e File #  164468;    CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sa
2 CONC cramento Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT Social Security Death Index;    Blanche Decious;    b:  14 Jul 1887
2 CONC ;    d:   Oct 1983;  lr  94087 Sunnyvale, Santa Clara Co, CA;    SS
2 CONC #  554-03-6773  CA;    Internet; Ancestry, Inc; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the San Jose Mercury News Newspaper, San Jose, Santa Cla
2 CONC ra Co, CA; 27 Oct 1983; page 9Bc3;  obtained at the CA State Library
2 CONC , CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "DECIOUS, BLANCHE L., 96, of Sunnyvale, homemaker.  Private services
2 CONC .  Lima Family Sunnyvale Mortuary."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I362@ INDI
1 NAME "Effie" Irene /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1907
2 PLAC Sage Brush Ranch, Doyle, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 MAR 1985
2 PLAC Visalia, Tulare County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC ashes scattered Morro Bay, off San Luis Obispo County coast line, California
1 FAMC @F130@
1 FAMS @F383@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1910 May 6  -  No 2 Twp, Lassen Co, CA  -  (Frank A Decious)  -  Ef
2 CONC fie I Decious  -  daughter, F, W, 3, S, CA, CA, NM, none;    LDS-Micro
2 CONC film #: 1374091, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT ...1920 Mar 6  -  14 Twp, Placer Co, CA  -  (Frank A Decious)  -  Effi
2 CONC e I Decious  -  daughter, F, W, 13, S, CA, CA, NM, none;    LDS-Microf
2 CONC ilm #: 1820124, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 9  -  Visalia, Tulare Co, CA  -  (Frank C Knoble)  -  Effi
2 CONC e Decious  -  lodger, F, W, 24, S, CA, CT, MO, teacher-city schools
2 CONC ;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Birth Index 1905-1995;    Effie I Decious;    b:   14 Jan 1907  Las
2 CONC sen Co, CA;    mother:   Davis;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.rootsweb
2 CONC .com/ca/birth/search.cgi; {CA Dept of Health, Vital Statistics, Sacram
2 CONC ento, Sacramento Co, CA}
2 CONT 
2 CONT Announcement of wedding from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville
2 CONC , Lassen Co, CA; Friday 19 Sep 1930; page 5c3;  obtained at the CA Sta
2 CONC te Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "Miss Effie Decious of San Jose and J. Davis of Visalia were married i
2 CONC n Reno Saturday, September 13th.  Mrs. Davis is the daughter of Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Frank Decious of San Jose and a grand-daughter of Mrs. Irven [s
2 CONC ic] Decious and Mrs. Matilda Davis of Janesville."
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index;    Effie Decious Davis;    age:   78y;    d:   1 Mar 1
2 CONC 985  Tulare Co, CA;    SS#567-42-4650;    b:   4 Jan 1907  CA;    moth
2 CONC er maiden:   Davis;    father last:   Decious;    Internet; RootsWeb
2 CONC ; userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
2 CONT 
2 CONT Social Security Death Index;    Effie Davis;    b:   14 Jan 1907;    d
2 CONC :   Mar 1985;  lr 93277  Farmersville, Tulare Co, CA;    SS#  570-72-3
2 CONC 422  CA;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Visalia Times-Delta Newspaper, Visalia, Tulare Co, C
2 CONC A; Saturday, 2 Mar 1985; page 2Bc3; obtained at the CA State Library
2 CONC , CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "EFFIE DAVIS
2 CONT "Effie Davis, 78, of Visalia died Friday at her home
2 CONT "She was a native of Susanville. The former Effie Decious married Jose
2 CONC ph Davis in 1922 in Nevada. she was a member of Saint Paul's Episcopa
2 CONC l Church and the Las Medranes of Valley Children's Hospital Guild.
2 CONT "Survivors include her husband, Joseph of Visalia; one son, Jeff Davi
2 CONC s of Visalia; one brother Warren Decious of Fairfield; and two grandch
2 CONC ildren.
2 CONT "A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday in Saint Paul's Epi
2 CONC scopal Church with the Reverands David Cole and George Turney officiat
2 CONC ing. Cremation was held at Miller Memorial Chapel."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I363@ INDI
1 NAME "Warren" Davis /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JUL 1908
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 OCT 2005
2 PLAC Eskaton Care Center, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F130@
1 FAMS @F131@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1910 May 6  -  No 2 Twp, Lassen Co, CA  -  (Frank A Decious)  -  Wa
2 CONC rren D Decious  -  son, M, W, 1, S, CA, CA, NM, none;    LDS-Microfil
2 CONC m #: 1374091, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT ...1920 Mar 6  -  14 Twp, Placer Co, CA  -  (Frank A Decious)  -  Warr
2 CONC en Decious  -  son, M, W, 11, S, CA, CA, NM, none;    LDS-Microfilm #
2 CONC : 1820124, Family History Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT ...1930  -  cannot locate on census;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Birth Index 1905-1995;    Decious;    male;    b:   24 Jul 1908  La
2 CONC ssen Co, CA;    mother:   Davis;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.rootswe
2 CONC b.com/ca/birth/search.cgi; {CA Dept of Health, Vital Statistics, Sacra
2 CONC mento, Sacramento Co, CA}
2 CONT 
2 CONT Social Security Death Index;    Warren D Decious;    b:   24 Jul 1908
2 CONC ;    d:   22 Oct 2005;    lr  95648  Lincoln, Placer Co, CA;    SS#  5
2 CONC 61-54-3906  CA;    Internet; ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT No obituary published for Warren Davis Decious;   per Susan Lorraine S
2 CONC mith Decious, daughter-in-law, Lincoln, Placer Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I364@ INDI
1 NAME "Florence" Martha /Pickerill/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 AUG 1908
2 PLAC Hanford, Kings County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 AUG 1973
2 PLAC Vallejo, Solano County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Hanford Cemetery-Old  Plot 225 Space 5, Hanford, Kings Co, California
1 FAMC @F1142@
1 FAMS @F131@
1 NOTE US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1910 May 12  -  Anmona Twp, Kings Co, CA  -  (Earnest F Pickerill
2 CONC )  -  Florence M Pickerill  -  daughter, F, W, 0-20/12, S, CA, Il, CA
2 CONC ;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT ...1920 Jan 14  -  Armona Twp-Grangeville, Kings Co, CA  -  (Ernes
2 CONC t F Pickerell)  -  Florence Martha Pickerell  -  daughter, F, W, 11, S
2 CONC , attending school, CA, IL, CA, none;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT ...1930 Apr 3  -  San Francisco, San Francisco Co, CA  -  Florence M P
2 CONC ickerill-indexed Florence W Pickerill  -  head, F, W, 21, S, CA, IL, C
2 CONC A, student-hospital;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Birth Index 1905-1995;    Florence M Pickeral;    b:   9 Aug 190
2 CONC 8  Kings Co, CA;    mother:   Sanborn;    Internet; RootsWeb; userdb.r
2 CONC ootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi; {CA Dept of Health, Vital Statistics
2 CONC , Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA}
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index;    Florence M Decious;    age:   65y;    d:   20 Aug 1
2 CONC 973  Solano Co, CA;    SS#572-56-8275;    b:   9 Aug 1908;    Internet
2 CONC ; RootsWeb; userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Death Index 1970-1979;    Florence M. Decious;    d:   20 Aug 197
2 CONC 3  Solano Co, CA;    sp:   WD;    Registrar #  789;    State File #  1
2 CONC 14289;     CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento C
2 CONC o, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT Social Security Death Index;    Florence Decious;    b:   9 Aug 1908
2 CONC ;    d:   Aug 1973;  lr  94590 Vallejo, Solano Co, CA;    SS#  572-56-
2 CONC 8275  CA;    Internet; Ancestry, Inc; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Vallejo Times-Herald Newspaper, Vallejo, Solano Co
2 CONC , CA; Wednesday, 22 Aug 1973; page 4c5;  obtained at the CA State Libr
2 CONC ary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA.
2 CONT "FLORENCE DECIOUS
2 CONT "Mrs. Florence M. Decious, 65, of 615 Russell St., died Monday in a lo
2 CONC cal hospital after a long illness.
2 CONT "A native of Hanford, she had lived here 22 years.  She was a register
2 CONC ed nurse with 42 years' experience.  She was a member of the Californi
2 CONC a State Nurses Association.
2 CONT "She is survived by her widower, Warren of Vallejo; two sons, Donald
2 CONC , Huntington Beach, and James, Palo Alto; sister, Mrs. Marjorie Neal
2 CONC , Hanford; brother, Ernest Pickerill, Santa Cruz, and three grandchild
2 CONC ren.
2 CONT "A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Church o
2 CONC f the Ascension, with interment at Hanford.  There will be no visitati
2 CONC on at the funeral home.
2 CONT "The family request donations to favorite charities.
2 CONT "Wiggins Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements."
0 @I365@ INDI
1 NAME "Donald" Davis /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 DEC 1938
2 PLAC Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1 FAMC @F131@
1 FAMS @F386@
0 @I366@ INDI
1 NAME "James" Albert /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 AUG 1941
2 PLAC Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 FEB 2003
2 PLAC at home, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Oak Hill Memorial Park-Christus Wall Col-Niche B-145, 300 Curtner Ave, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F131@
1 FAMS @F388@
1 FAMS @F390@
1 FAMS @F391@
1 NOTE CA  Marriage Index-Groom  1960-1969;     m:   16 Jul 1966  Vallejo, So
2 CONC lano Co, CA;    James A. Decious (age: 24) + Barbara E. Chaffey (age
2 CONC : 20);    Registrar Co: 41  1326;  State File: 77375;    CA State Libr
2 CONC ary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT CA Divorce Index  1984;  Dissolution: 3 Dec 1984  Santa Clara Co, CA
2 CONC ;    Barbara E Decious + Jamesa [sic] Decious;    Case #491622;  Stat
2 CONC e File #141498;  LDSs Microfilm 8100164, Family History Center, Sacram
2 CONC ento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT Social Security Death Index;    James A Decious;    b:   16 Aug 1941
2 CONC ;    d:   17 Feb 2003;    SS#  312-46-6974  IN;    Internet; ssdi.gene
2 CONC alogy.rootsweb.com
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA
2 CONC ; Saturday, 22 Feb 2003;    obtained at the CA State Library, CA Histo
2 CONC ry Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "DECIOUS, James Albert -- age 61 years, died February 17, 2003 at hom
2 CONC e in San Jose, CA. after a battle with cancer. Mr. Decious is survive
2 CONC d by his wife, Randi; father, Warren; brother and sister-in-law Donal
2 CONC d and Sue; son and daughter-in-law, Christopher and Jeannine; son, Don
2 CONC ovan; step-children, Dawn, Glenn, and Kevin Schiavo; grandchildren, Vi
2 CONC rginia, Austin, Cria, Fallon, and Quincy; and niece, Kendra. Born Augu
2 CONC st 16, 1941 in Norfolk, VA, James served in the United States Army an
2 CONC d as a Police Officer in Palo Alto. Most recently he worked in a Silic
2 CONC on Valley corporation. He will be remembered for his humor and love fo
2 CONC r family and friends. He will be dearly missed. Friends are invited t
2 CONC o attend a memorial service Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 11:00 A.M. i
2 CONC n OAK HILL FUNERAL HOME'S CHAPEL OF ROSES, 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jos
2 CONC e. In lieu of flowers the family prefers that donations be made to th
2 CONC e charity of your choice. Arrangements under the direction of OAK HIL
2 CONC L FUNERAL HOME, San Jose."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I367@ INDI
1 NAME "Hazel" Eliza /Drobney/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 JUN 1899
2 PLAC Oregon
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 FEB 1972
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMS @F132@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Oakland Tribune Newspaper, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
2 CONC ; Thursday, 17 Feb 1972; page 22c2
2 CONT "EASTBAY FUNERAL NOTICES
2 CONT "DECIOUS, Hazel E., In Oakland, February 15, 1972, loving mother of Ra
2 CONC ymond Decious, Mrs. Ruth Callow, Mrs. Thelma Greenwood, Mrs. Sue Sherm
2 CONC an and the late Donald Decious; loving grandmother of 12 grandchildre
2 CONC n and eight great grandchildren; loving sister of Ernest Drobny [sic]
2 CONC , Mrs. Mamie Bennett and Mrs. Bessie Cannon.  A native of Oregon; age
2 CONC d 72 years.
2 CONT "Friends are invited to attend services Friday, February 18 at 2 p.m
2 CONC . at the CHAPEL OF THE OAKS, Oakland Mortuary, 3007 Telegraph Ave., Dr
2 CONC . Joyce Farr officiating."
0 @I368@ INDI
1 NAME "Ruth" Evelyn /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1917
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 AUG 1991
2 PLAC possibly in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F394@
0 @I369@ INDI
1 NAME "Thelma" Deesse /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 DEC 1919
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 AUG 2000
2 PLAC Contra Costa County, California
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F395@
0 @I370@ INDI
1 NAME "Raymond" Glenn /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 DEC 1920
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 OCT 1988
2 PLAC Contra Costa County, California
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F310@
0 @I371@ INDI
1 NAME "Donald" Orvis /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JUN 1922
2 PLAC Oregon
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 JAN 1967
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo Co, California
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F396@
0 @I372@ INDI
1 NAME "Hazel" Irene /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1924
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1985
2 PLAC Mendocino County, California
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F397@
0 @I373@ INDI
1 NAME "Nora" A. /Renli/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 SEP 1900
2 PLAC South Dakota
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 APR 1990
2 PLAC El Dorado County, California
1 FAMC @F1102@
1 FAMS @F133@
1 FAMS @F134@
0 @I374@ INDI
1 NAME Lyle /Gibson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1895
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1995
1 FAMS @F134@
0 @I375@ INDI
1 NAME Wayne /Gibson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1925
1 FAMC @F134@
0 @I376@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Gibson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1930
1 FAMC @F134@
0 @I377@ INDI
1 NAME Frederick /Tisius/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (ABT. 1763)
2 PLAC , Hannover, Germany
1 DEAT
2 DATE (ABT. Sept. 1826)
2 PLAC Luray, Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 FAMS @F135@
1 FAMS @F136@
1 NOTE [Third Census of United States:   1810 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Shenandoa
2 CONC h Co;    Census date:   6 Aug 1810-June 1811;    page:   180;   FREDER
2 CONC ICK DETIOUS-indexed Frederick Detives;    Obtained from the Internet
2 CONC ; www.ancestry.com; Roll: 71; Page: 11; Image: 22.00
2 CONT MALES-free white:
2 CONT .....1 - under 10  [1801-1810]:  John Decious  [b:  Oct 1810];
2 CONT .....1 - 10y thru 15  [1795-1800]:  Abraham Decious  [b:  1789   d
2 CONC :   bef 1850]; 
2 CONT .....1 - 45y and over  [bef 1765]:  Frederick Decious  [b:  ca 176
2 CONC 3    d:   Sep 1826    m-1:   30 May 1788];
2 CONT FEMALES-free white: 
2 CONT .....3 - under 10  [1801-1810]: Barbara Decious  [b:  1805-1806
2 CONC ]   +   Suzannah Decious  [b:  1807-1808]   +   Magdalene (Molly) Deci
2 CONC ous  [b:  1809-1810];
2 CONT .....2 - 10y thru 15  [1795-1800]:  Anna Decious  [b:  6 Feb 1796
2 CONC ]    +    Mary Margaret Decious [b:  1799-1800];
2 CONT .....1 - 16y thru 25  [1785-1794]:  Elizabeth Decious  [b:  1971-1792]
2 CONC ;
2 CONT .....1 - 45y and over  [bef 1765]:  Magdalena (Hiestand) Decious  [b
2 CONC :  9 June 1768    d:   1817    m:   30 May 1788]"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Fourth Census of United States:   1820 - Population, Department of Co
2 CONC mmerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Shenandoa
2 CONC h Co;    Town/Township:   Isabella Furnace;    Census date:   7 Aug 18
2 CONC 20-Feb 1821;    page:   159;    FREDERICK DECIOUS;    Obtained from th
2 CONC e Internet; www.ancestry.com; Roll: M33_138; Page: 159; Image: 168
2 CONT MALES-free white:
2 CONT .....1 - under 10  [1811-1820]:  Cornelius Decious  [b:  3 Jul 1813];
2 CONT .....1 - 10y thru 15  [1805-1810]:  John Decious  [b:  Oct 1810];
2 CONT .....1 - 45y and over including head of families  [bef 1775]: Frederic
2 CONC k Decious  [b:  ca 1763    d:   Sep 1826    m-2:   20 Jan 1818];
2 CONT FEMALES-white: 
2 CONT .....1 - under 10  [1811-1820]: Magdalene (Molly) Decious  [b:  1809-1
2 CONC 810]   
2 CONT .....2 - 10y thru 15  [1805-1810]: Barbara Decious  [b:  1805-1806
2 CONC ]    +    Suzannah Decious  [b:  1807-1808];
2 CONT .....1 - 16y thru 25 including head of families  [1795-1804]: Mary Mar
2 CONC garet Decious  [b:  1799-1800]   OR   Sarah (Hunt) Decious  [b:  ?   m
2 CONC :  20 Jan 1818]
2 CONT Persons engaged in Agriculture:   1"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee Sifford) Raker,   ...M
2 CONC ary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious,  ...Fred
2 CONC erick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT "Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Clarence W. Decius gathered material about the Decius/Decious famil
2 CONC y and sent the compilers copies about 1983. DRW]
2 CONT 
2 CONT From HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA IN THE REVOLUTION From 177
2 CONC 4 to 1783 by Morton L. Montgomery:
2 CONT "Captain (later Major) Bartholomew Von Heer's Troop (Dragoons) was org
2 CONC anized under a resolution of Congress of May 27, 1778, establishin
2 CONC g a Provost to consist of a captain, four lieutenants, one clerk, quar
2 CONC termaster sergeant, two trumpeters, two sergeants, five corporals, for
2 CONC ty-three provosts or privates, and four ex-carboniers.  They were moun
2 CONC ted and accoutred as light dragoons, and were to apprehend deserters
2 CONC , rioters, and stragglers.  Their duties were those of a provost guard
2 CONC .  . . .  The men were all recruited in Pennsylvania, and the followin
2 CONC g were from Reading:   .  .  . " (Frederick Tecius [Tissus] was liste
2 CONC d among this group.)
2 CONT 
2 CONT In letters from Mark A. Schwalm, of the Johannes Schwalm Historical As
2 CONC sociation, Inc. of Lyndhurst, OH (now located in Pennsauken, NJ), to C
2 CONC larence W. Decious, it is stated that this group of Continental soldie
2 CONC rs still under the leadership of, then Major, Von Heer, later became G
2 CONC eneral George Washington's personal body guards, much like the Secre
2 CONC t Service provides security for the president today.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In a letter dated August 17,1983, Mark A. Schwalm states, "It is possi
2 CONC ble though that he (Tissus) may have deserted (from the British Army
2 CONC ) around York-Lancaster on the march south to Charlottesville in Decem
2 CONC ber of 1779 and found his way to Reading."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also, it was thought by Mark Schwalm that Frederick Decious was conscr
2 CONC ipted by King George III out of Hannover, Germany for duty in his arm
2 CONC y to fight the colonists in America.  King George III was the Protecto
2 CONC rate of Hannover at this time. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT After the war he took up a section of land in the Shenandoah Valley o
2 CONC f Virginia where he died. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT In a letter from the work of Clarence W. Decius from Anne L. Gwynn, As
2 CONC sistant Researcher for the City of Charlottesville, VA, she states i
2 CONC n part:  " . . . I contacted the Luray Chamber of Commerce, and was to
2 CONC ld that Decius in not a very common name in the Luray area, however th
2 CONC e Clerk of the Court did find a Dr. Frederick Decius in his records
2 CONC .  Dr. Decius apparently had two daughters and a son: Ann married Henr
2 CONC y Prince, June 19, 1820; Barbara married David Prince in 1829; Abraha
2 CONC m married Kathryn in 1811.  . . ."
2 CONT 
2 CONT This is the first use of doctor as a title by Frederick.  Possibly h
2 CONC e took up medicine after the Revolutionary War. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT A letter to Marguerite Wemple Rypkema, from Clarence W. Decius dated D
2 CONC ecember 17, 1985 is in part as follows: " . . . Now as to our Frederic
2 CONC k Tisius' military history, it starts in Hannover, Germany in the yea
2 CONC r of 1776.  (On) August 25 (of that year), he was recruited into the B
2 CONC ritish Army, not the Hessian as the family story goes.  He was taken i
2 CONC nto England, trained and sent to the States with the Forth Regiment.
2 CONC * His army serial number was WO 12/2194; he was under the command of C
2 CONC aptain John Webster and later under Captain John Bawden.  Frederick Ti
2 CONC sius fought for the British in these battles: April 21, 1777,(then) th
2 CONC e Regiment embarked with five others for an attack on Danbury, CT.  O
2 CONC n July 18, 1777 they embarked for the Head of Elk, CT; on September 11
2 CONC , 1777 they took part in the battle of Germantown.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Frederick Tisius deserted the British in June 18, 1778 as the Britis
2 CONC h were withdrawing from Philadelphia.  Frederick Tisius joined the (Ca
2 CONC ptain) Bartholmew Von Heer's Mounted Dragoons in the town of Reading
2 CONC , Pennsylvania March 15,1780.  Frederick Tisius' enlistment was up i
2 CONC n January 13, 1783, when he left Von Heer's Dragoons.  He went with th
2 CONC ree Army friends, Sergeant I. Effinger, and two brothers named Fouch (
2 CONC Fox). All of them went into the area of Woodstock, Virginia.  They al
2 CONC l married and settled down.  Frederick bought land in a place called D
2 CONC ry Run, 21 miles southeast of Woodstock.  I believe that a part of hi
2 CONC s land was given to him as a bounty for his service with the America
2 CONC n Army.  . . ."
2 CONT DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT *From the years 1751 to 1867, this regiment was called, The 4th or th
2 CONC e King's Own Regiment. This regiment fought in four battles before Fre
2 CONC derick Tisius deserted. These battles are: 1. Lexington 1775, 2. Bunke
2 CONC rs Hill 1775, 3. Brooklyn 1776 and 4. Germantown 1777. It was abou
2 CONC t a year after this Battle of Germantown that Frederick Tissus deserte
2 CONC d. He resurfaced over two years later when he joined Van Heer's Dragoo
2 CONC ns.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I378@ INDI
1 NAME Magdalene /Hiestand/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUN 1768
2 PLAC Orange Co (to Shenandoah County, now  Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BEF. 1818)
2 PLAC Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 FAMC @F1213@
1 FAMS @F135@
1 NOTE [Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds 1772-1850; Compiled by Be
2 CONC rnice M. Ashby; Virginia Book Company, Berryville, VA; © 1967;     obt
2 CONC ained at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family Histo
2 CONC ry Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA  975.595  S823a
2 CONT page 19,          "Tissus, Fredrick -- Hestant, Madaline.   May 30, 17
2 CONC 88.   Bondsman:   Martin Tinter."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I379@ INDI
1 NAME Abraham /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1789
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BEF. 1850)
2 PLAC Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois
1 BURI
2 PLAC Greenup Cemetery, Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois
1 FAMC @F135@
1 FAMS @F196@
1 NOTE [Fourth Census of United States:   1820 - Population, Department of Co
2 CONC mmerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   OH;    County:   Fairfiel
2 CONC d Co;    Town/Township:   Pleasant;    Census date:   7 Aug 1820-Feb 1
2 CONC 821;    page:   91;    ABRAHAM DECIOUS-indexed ABRAHAM DRUM;  Obtaine
2 CONC d from the Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M33_87; Page: 176; Image
2 CONC : 128
2 CONT MALES-free white:
2 CONT .....3 - under 10  [1811-1820]:    Daniel Decious  [b:  1812-1813
2 CONC ]    +    ?Thomas? Decious  [b:  1814-1817]    +    Ammon Prangle Deci
2 CONC ous  [b:  1818];
2 CONT .....1 - 26y thru 44 including head of families  [1776-1794]:    Abrah
2 CONC am Decious  [b:  1789   d:   bef 1850    m:  03 Jun 1811];
2 CONT FEMALES-white: 
2 CONT .....1 - under 10  [1811-1820]:  Lydia S Decious  [b:  1819-1820];
2 CONT .....1 - 26y thru 44 including head of families  [1776-1794]:    Cathe
2 CONC rine (Aleshire) Decious  [b:  05 Aug 1786    d:   20 Nov 1846    m:  0
2 CONC 3 Jun 1811];
2 CONT Persons engaged in Agriculture:   1"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Fifth Census of United States:   1830 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   OH;    County:   Fairfield C
2 CONC o;    Town/Township:   Pleasant Twp;    Census date:   1 June 1830-Jun
2 CONC e 1831;    page:   241;    ABRAHAM DECIOUS indexed ABRAHAM DCIOUT;   O
2 CONC btained from the Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: 130; Page: 241
2 CONT FREE WHITE PERSONS INCLUDING HEADS OF FAMILIES:
2 CONT MALES: 
2 CONT .....2 - under 5y  [1826-1830]:  Simon N Decious  [b:  1826-1827
2 CONC ]    +    Hirman B Decious  [b:  20 Jan 1829];
2 CONT .....1 - 5y and under 10  [1821-1825]:      Ammon Prangle Decious  [b
2 CONC :  1818]
2 CONT .....1 - 10y and under 15  [1816-1820]:    ?Thomas? Decious  [b:  1814
2 CONC -1817]   unsure of first name 
2 CONT .....1 - 15y and under 20  [1811-1815]:    Daniel Decious  [b:  1812-1
2 CONC 813] 
2 CONT .....1 - 40y and under 50  [1781-1790]:    Abraham Decious  [b:  178
2 CONC 9   d:   bef 1850    m:  03 Jun 1811];
2 CONT FEMALES:
2 CONT .....2 - 5y and under 10  [1821-1825]:      Rhoda Decious  [b:  1821-1
2 CONC 825]    +    Gerta/Emma Decious  [b:  1826-1830];
2 CONT .....1 - 10y and under 15  [1816-1820]:    Lydia S Decious  [b:  1819-
2 CONC 1820];
2 CONT .....1 - 40y and under 50  [1781-1790]:    Catherine (Aleshire) Deciou
2 CONC s  [b:  05 Aug 1786    d:   20 Nov 1846    m:  03 Jun 1811];
2 CONT TOTAL IN HOUSEHOLD:   10"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Sixth Census of United States:   1840 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   IL;    County:   Coles Co
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   not listed;    Census date:   1 June 1840-Dec 18
2 CONC 41;    page:    162;    ABRAM DECIUS-indexed ABRAM DEINES; Obtained fr
2 CONC om the Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: 57; Page: 162
2 CONT FREE WHITE PERSONS INCLUDING HEADS OF FAMILIES:
2 CONT MALES:
2 CONT .....2 - 10y and under 15  [1826-1830]:    Simon N Decious  [b:  1826-
2 CONC 1827]    +    Hirman B Decious  [b:  20 Jan 1829]
2 CONT .....2 - 20y and under 30  [1811-1820]:    Daniel Decious  [b:  1812-1
2 CONC 813]    +    ?Thomas? Decious  [b:  1814-1817]
2 CONT .....1 - 50y and under 60  [1781-1790]:    Abraham Decious  [b:  178
2 CONC 9   d:   bef 1850    m:  03 Jun 1811];
2 CONT FEMALES:
2 CONT .....1 - 10y and under 15  [1826-1830]:    Gerta/Emma Decious  [b:  18
2 CONC 26-1830]
2 CONT .....1 - 15y and under 20  [1821-1825]:    Rhoda Decious  [b:  1821-18
2 CONC 25]
2 CONT .....1 - 20y and under 30  [1811-1820]:    Lydia S Decious  [b:  1819-
2 CONC 1820]
2 CONT .....1 - 50y and under 60  [1781-1790]:    Catherine (Aleshire) Deciou
2 CONC s  [b:  05 Aug 1786    d:   20 Nov 1846    m:  03 Jun 1811]
2 CONT TOTAL IN HOUSEHOLD:   7;
2 CONT # OF PERSONS IN EACH FAMILY EMPLOYED IN:   agriculture:   1"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds 1772-1850; Compiled by Be
2 CONC rnice M. Ashby; Virginia Book Company, Berryville, VA; © 1967; obtaine
2 CONC d at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History C
2 CONC enter, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA  975.595  S823a
2 CONT page 138,        "Decious, Abm. --- Ailihite, Cathrine.   June 3, 1811
2 CONC .   Bondsman:   John Ailihite"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I380@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1791-1792)
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BEF. 28 July 1886)
2 PLAC , Page County, Virginia
1 FAMC @F135@
1 FAMS @F197@
1 FAMS @F198@
1 NOTE [Fourth Census of United States:   1820 - Population, Department of Co
2 CONC mmerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Shenandoa
2 CONC h Co;    Town/Township:   Isabella Furnace;    Census date:   7 Aug 18
2 CONC 20-Feb 1821;    page:   159;    ELIZABETH MUSSLEMAN (not indexed but l
2 CONC iving next door to Frederick Decious, her father);   Obtained from th
2 CONC e Internet; www.ancestry.com; Roll: M33_138; Page: 159; Image: 168
2 CONT MALES-free white: 
2 CONT .....2 - <10  [1811-1820]:    Joseph Mussleman (b: 1814)   +      (mal
2 CONC e) Mussleman  (b:  1811-1820)
2 CONT FEMALES-white:   
2 CONT .....1 - <10  [1811-1820]:    Margaret Mussleman (b:  1811-1820)
2 CONT .....1 - 26y-44 [1776-1794]:   Elizabeth Decious Mussleman (b: 1792) ]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Seventh Census of United States:   1850 - Population, Department of C
2 CONC ommerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Page Co
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   District 49th;    Enumeration date:   23 Sept 18
2 CONC 50;    page:   331;    family #:   871;    line #:   19-21;    ELIZABE
2 CONC TH NUNN;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M432_967; Page: 331; Ima
2 CONC ge: 229
2 CONT "line #   19;    Elizabeth Nunn;    age:   50y;    female;    born
2 CONC :   VA
2 CONT "line #   20;    Sopharina Nunn;    age:   18y;    female;    born
2 CONC :   VA
2 CONT "line #   21;    Mary Nunn;    age:   19y;    female;    born:  VA"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Eighth Census of United States:   1860 - Population, Department of Co
2 CONC mmerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Page Co
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   District 4;    P.O.:   Luray;    Enumeration dat
2 CONC e:   11 Sep 1860;    sheet #:   ;    page:   148;    family #:   954
2 CONC ;    line #:   2;    ELIZABETH NUNN;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Ro
2 CONC ll: M653_1369; Page: 834; Image: 268
2 CONT "line #   2;    Elizabeth Nunn;    age:   69y;    female;    born:   V
2 CONC A
2 CONT "line #   3;    Mary Nunn;    age:   24y;    female;    born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   4;    Sophorina Nunn;    age:   22y;    female;    born:   V
2 CONC A
2 CONT "line #   5;    William S Nunn;    age:   1y;    male;    born:   VA"
2 CONC ] 
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Ninth Census of United States:   1870 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Page Co
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Luray;    Enumeration date:   11 July 1870;    p
2 CONC age:   16;    family #:   106;    ELIZABETH NUNN;  Obtained from the I
2 CONC nternet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M593_1670; Page: 348; Image: 17
2 CONT "line # 38;  Elizabeth Nunn; age:  78y; female; white; occupation: kee
2 CONC ping house; real estate value:   $100;    born:   VA
2 CONT "line # 39:  Mary Nunn;  age:  34y; female; white; occupation: at home
2 CONC ; born:   VA
2 CONT "line # 40:  William S Nunn;  age:  11y; male; white; occupation: at h
2 CONC ome; born:   VA;    attended school:   yes"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Tenth Census of United States:   1880 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Page Co
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Lurary;    Enumeration date:   23 June 1880
2 CONC ;    page:   422;    family #:   386;    ELIZABETH NUNN-indexed ELISAB
2 CONC ETH NUNN;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: T9_1383; Family Histor
2 CONC y Film: 1255383; Page: 422.3000; Enumeration District: 63
2 CONT "line #   14;    Elisabeth Nunn;    white;    female;    age prior t
2 CONC o June 1st:   88y;    head of household;    widow;    born:   VA;    f
2 CONC ather born:   VA;    mother born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   15;    Mary A Nunn;    white;    female;    age prior to Jun
2 CONC e 1st:   43y;    daughter;    single;    occupation:   keeping home
2 CONC ;    born:   VA;    father born:   VA;    mother born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   16;    William Nunn;    white;    male;    age prior to Jun
2 CONC e 1st:   20y;    grandson;    single;    occupation:   laborer;    bor
2 CONC n:   VA;    father born:   VA;    mother born:   VA"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds 1772-1850; Compiled by Be
2 CONC rnice M. Ashby; Virginia Book Company, Berryville, VA; © 1967; obtaine
2 CONC d at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History C
2 CONC enter, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA  975.595  S823a
2 CONT page 158,        "Musselman, Jos. --- Decious; (or Devious), Eliz.  Sr
2 CONC . of Abm.   Son of John.   Apr. 8, 1814"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I381@ INDI
1 NAME Anna /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 FEB 1796
2 PLAC Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 MAR 1882
2 PLAC Champaign County, Ohio
1 FAMC @F135@
1 FAMS @F203@
1 FAMS @F204@
0 @I382@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Margaret /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1799-1800)
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BET. 1870-1880)
2 PLAC , , Virginia
1 FAMC @F135@
1 FAMS @F199@
1 NOTE [US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1850 Sep 7  -  Dist 49th, Page Co, VA  -  (Howard Jenkins)  - Mar
2 CONC y Jenkins  -  50 F, VA;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M432_967
2 CONC ; Page: 319; Image: 205
2 CONT ...1860 Aug 7  -  Luray, Page Co, VA  -  (Howard Jenkins)  - Mary Jenk
2 CONC ins  -  60, F, VA;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M653_1369; Pag
2 CONC e: 803; Image: 237
2 CONT ...1870 Aug 3  -  Marksville Twp, Page Co, VA  -  (Howard Jenkins
2 CONC )  -  Mary Jenkins  -  70, F, W, VA;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Ro
2 CONC ll: M593_1670; Page: 381; Image: 83]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds 1772-1850; Compiled by Be
2 CONC rnice M. Ashby; Virginia Book Company, Berryville, VA; © 1967; obtaine
2 CONC d at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History C
2 CONC enter, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA  975.595  S823a
2 CONT page 219,        "Jenkins, Howard --- Tecious, Mary.(Margaret)   Aug
2 CONC . 24, 1825.   Bondsman:   Jacob Coffman."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I383@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1805 - 1806)
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BEF. 1860)
2 PLAC , , Indiana
1 FAMC @F135@
1 FAMS @F201@
1 NOTE [US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1850 July 26  -  Butler, DeKalb Co, IN  -  (David Prince)  -  Barba
2 CONC ra Prince  -  44, F, VA;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M432_142
2 CONC ; Page: 193; Image: 389]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds 1772-1850; Compiled by Be
2 CONC rnice M. Ashby; Virginia Book Company, Berryville, VA; © 1967; obtaine
2 CONC d at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History C
2 CONC enter, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA  975.595  S823a
2 CONT page 270;  "Prince, David --- Decions, Barbara.   June 13, 1829.   Bon
2 CONC dsman:   John Smith."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I384@ INDI
1 NAME Susannah /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1807 - 1808)
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE (AFT. 1860)
1 FAMC @F135@
1 FAMS @F205@
1 NOTE [US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1850 Nov 7  -  Helt, Vermillion Co, IN  -  (Daniel Neff)  -  Susana
2 CONC h Neff  -  42, F, VA;    FHL Microfilm#: 442955;    Internet; www.ance
2 CONC stry.com, Roll: M432_177; Page: 39; Image: 83
2 CONT ...1860 July 20  -  Manlius, Bureau Co, IL  -  (Elizabeth Wills)  -  S
2 CONC usan Neff  -  62, F, W, VA;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M653_
2 CONC 158; Page: 0; Image: 415]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds 1772-1850; Compiled by Be
2 CONC rnice M. Ashby; Virginia Book Company, Berryville, VA; © 1967; obtaine
2 CONC d at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History C
2 CONC enter, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA  975.595  S823a
2 CONT page 252,        "Neff, Danl. --- Decious, Susannah.   Oct. 7, 1830
2 CONC .   Reg."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I385@ INDI
1 NAME Magdaline /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1809-1810)
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 SEP 1876
2 PLAC Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois
1 BURI
2 PLAC Mt. Bloom Cemetery, Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois
1 FAMC @F135@
1 FAMS @F357@
1 NOTE [US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1850 Sep 19  -  Noble, Wabash Co, IN  -  (George W Neff)  -  Magdal
2 CONC ine Neff  -  40, F, VA;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M432_178
2 CONC ; Page: 428; Image: 265
2 CONT ...1860 July 20  -  Manlius, Bureau Co, IL  -  (George W Neff)  -  Mac
2 CONC Lain Neff  -  50, F, W, housework, VA;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONC , Roll: M653_158; Page: 0; Image: 417
2 CONT ...1870 June 14  -  Arispie, Bureau Co, IL  -  (George Neff)  -  Magda
2 CONC lene Neff  -  60, F, W, keeps house, VA;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONC , Roll: M593_190; Page: 169; Image: 22]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds 1772-1850; Compiled by Be
2 CONC rnice M. Ashby; Virginia Book Company, Berryville, VA; © 1967;     obt
2 CONC ained at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family Histo
2 CONC ry Center, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA  975.595  S823a
2 CONT page 251; "Neff, Geo. W. --- Decious, Molly.   Aug. 19, 1830.   Reg."]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I386@ INDI
1 NAME Cornelius /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUL 1813
2 PLAC Luray, Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 JAN 1889
2 PLAC family farm, Mc Cool Junction, York County, Nebraska
1 BURI
2 PLAC Holoch (Bussard-Holoch) Cemetery, Road P & Road M550, York County, Nebraska
1 FAMC @F135@
1 FAMS @F207@
1 NOTE [Obituary from the McCool Junction Record Newspaper, McCool Junction
2 CONC , York Co, NE; 3 Jan 1889; page 5c3;  obtained from the NE State Histo
2 CONC rical Society, 1500 R St, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE
2 CONT   C. Decious, father of Charles Decious, who resides near Blue Valley
2 CONC , met with a painful accident, Monday, while returning home from McCoo
2 CONC l.  He, in company with Peter Flynn were in a lumber wagon and as the
2 CONC y neared the bridge at Red Lion, the team became frightened, turning t
2 CONC he wagon over and throwing them out.  Mr. Decious was quite seriousl
2 CONC y injured, throwing one hip and one shoulder out of place.  Peter Flyn
2 CONC n was slightly injured.
2 CONT  LATER Mr. Decious died, Tuesday night, from the effects of injuries s
2 CONC ustained.  The funeral services will be conducted at his residence a
2 CONC t 10 a. m., tomorrow.  The relatives of the deceased have the sympath
2 CONC y of the entire community in their bereavement. ]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Obituary from the McCool Junction Record Newspaper, McCool Junction
2 CONC , York Co, NE; 10 Jan 1889; page 5c3&c4;  obtained from the NE State H
2 CONC istorical Society, 1500 R St, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE
2 CONT page 5c3
2 CONT  DIED,--at his residence, about six miles east of McCool Junction, Tue
2 CONC sday evening, January 1st, 1889, from iujuries [sic] sustained from be
2 CONC ing thrown from a wagon, Cornelius Decious, age 75 years, 5 months an
2 CONC d 29 days.
2 CONT  Mr. Decius [sic] was born July 3rd, 1813, at Laura [sic], Page county
2 CONC , Virginia, where he grew to manhood.  He has been a resident of thi
2 CONC s county for a number of years.  He was a highly respected citizen an
2 CONC d leaves many friends and relatives to mourn his sudden demise.  The f
2 CONC amily and relatives have the heartfelt sympathy in their sad bereaveme
2 CONC nt, of a host of friends.
2 CONT page 5c4 ]
2 CONT  A CARD OF THANKS.
2 CONT We wish to extend thanks to the friends and neighbors who kindly and w
2 CONC illingly helped all in their power during the sickness and death of ou
2 CONC r father and husband.
2 CONT Mrs. C. Decious and family. ]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [US FEDERAL CENSUS:
2 CONT ...1830  -  Cornelius Decious was an apprentice under Joseph Work & Ro
2 CONC bert Reed, Shoemakers & PROBABLY listed under their records;    Intern
2 CONC et; www.ancestry.com]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Sixth Census of United States:   1840 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   OH;    County:   Greene
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Xenia Township;    Census date:   1 June 1840-De
2 CONC c 1841;    page:   266;    CORNELIUS DECIOUS-indexed C Dishes;    Inte
2 CONC rnet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: 396; Page: 266
2 CONT "line #   6;    C Dishes;
2 CONT FREE WHITE PERSONS INCLUDING HEADS OF FAMILIES:
2 CONT MALES:
2 CONT .....1 - 20y and under 30  [1811-1820]:    Cornelius Decious  [b:  3 J
2 CONC uly 1813    m:   13 May 1838];
2 CONT FEMALES:
2 CONT .....1 - 20y and under 30  [1811-1820]:    Catherine (Davis) Deciou
2 CONC s  [b:  20 Mar 1820    m:   13 May 1838]; 
2 CONT TOTAL IN HOUSEHOLD:   2; 
2 CONT # OF PERSONS IN EACH FAMILY EMPLOYED IN:   commerce:   2; 
2 CONT   manufacture & trade:   1"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Seventh Census of United States:   1850 - Population, Department of C
2 CONC ommerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   OH;    County:   Coshocton
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Jackson Township;    Enumeration date:   7 Aug 1
2 CONC 850;    sheet #:   B;    page:   151;    family #:   193;    CORNELIU
2 CONC S DECIOUS;    FHL Microfilm roll #:   0020218;    Internet; www.ancest
2 CONC ry.com, Roll: M432_670; Page: 151; Image: 305
2 CONT "line #   26;    Decious, Cornelius;    age:   37y;    male;    occupa
2 CONC tion:   shoemaker;    born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   27;    Decious, Catharine;    age:   31y;    female;    born
2 CONC :   VA
2 CONT "line #   28;    Decious, Charles;    age:   2y;    male;    born:   O
2 CONC H
2 CONT "line #   29;    Decious, John;    age:   0-3/12y;    male;    born
2 CONC :   OH"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Eighth Census of United States:   1860 - Population, Department of Co
2 CONC mmerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   OH;    County:   Coshocton
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Jackson Township - Roscoe - P.O. Roscoe;    Enum
2 CONC eration date:   4 June 1860;    sheet #:   9 and 10;    page:   150 an
2 CONC d 151;    family #:   57;    CORNELIUS DECIOUS;    FHL Microfilm #
2 CONC :   830950;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M653_950; Page: 149
2 CONC ; Image: 301
2 CONT "line #   38;    Decion, Cornelius-indexed Cornelius Decious;    age
2 CONC :   46y;    male;    occupation:   boot and shoes;    real estate valu
2 CONC e:   $1000;    personal property value:   $600;    born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   39;    Decion, Catharine-indexed Catharine Decious;;    age
2 CONC :   40y;    female;    born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   40;    Decion, Charles-indexed Charles Decious;;    age:   1
2 CONC 2y;    male;    born:   OH;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #  1 ;    Decious, John;    age:   10y;    male;    born:   OH
2 CONC ;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #  2 ;    Decious, Francis;    age:   6y;    male;    born:   OH
2 CONC ;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #  3 ;    Decious, Louis;    age:   4y;    male;    born:   OH
2 CONT "line #  4 ;    Decious, Howard;    age:   2y;    male;    born:   OH
2 CONT "line #  5 ;    Bollen, Julia;    age:   22y;    female;    born:   OH
2 CONC "]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Ninth Census of United States:   1870 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   OH;    County:   Coshocton
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Jackson Township - P.O. Rosco;    Enumeration da
2 CONC te:   1 June 1870;    sheet #:   2 and 3;    page:   78 and 79;    fam
2 CONC ily #:   13;    CORNELIUS DECIOUS-indexed Deewan;    FHL Microfilm rol
2 CONC l #:   552684;    Internet; www.ancestry.com, Roll: M593_1185; Page: 7
2 CONC 8; Image: 157
2 CONT "line #   35;    Decious, Cornelius-indexed Corad Deewan;    age:   56
2 CONC y;    male;    white;    occupation:   shoe maker;    real estate valu
2 CONC e:   $3500;    personal property value:   $500;    born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   36;    Decious, Catharine-indexed Catharine Deewan;    age
2 CONC :   50y;    female;    white;    occupation:   housekeeper;    born
2 CONC :   VA
2 CONT "line #   37;    Decious, Charles-indexed Charles Deewan;    age:   22
2 CONC y;    male;    white;    occupation:   shoe maker;    born:   OH
2 CONT "line #   38;    Decious, John-indexed John Deewan;    age:   20y
2 CONC ;    male;    white;    occupation:   shoe maker;    born:   OH
2 CONT "line #   39;    Decious, Francis-indexed Francis Deewan;    age:   16
2 CONC y;    male;    white;    occupation:   attend school;    born:   OH
2 CONC ;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   40;    Decious, Lewis-indexed Lewis Deewan;    age:   14y
2 CONC ;    male;    white;    occupation:   attend school;    born:   OH
2 CONC ;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   1;    Decious, Howard-indexed Howard Deewan;    age:   12y
2 CONC ;    male;    white;    occupation:   attend school;    born:   OH
2 CONC ;    attended school:   yes
2 CONT "line #   2;    Decious, William-indexed William Deewan;    age:   2y
2 CONC ;    male;    white;    born:   OH
2 CONT "line #   3;    Decious, Bolan Juliana-indexed Bolan Julian Deewan
2 CONC ;    age:   32y;    female;    white;    occupation:   servant;    bor
2 CONC n:   OH"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Tenth Census of United States:   1880 - Population, Department of Com
2 CONC merce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   OH;    County:   Coshocton
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   Jackson Township;    Enumeration date:   21 Jun
2 CONC e 1880;    Supervisor's District #:   7;    Enumeration District #
2 CONC :   46;    sheet #:   41;    page:   95;    family #:   350;    CORNEL
2 CONC IUS DECIOUS;    FHL Microfilm roll #:   1255003;    Internet; www.ance
2 CONC stry.com, Roll: T9_1003; FHL: 1255003; Page: 95.1000; Enumeration Dist
2 CONC rict: 46; Image: 0193
2 CONT "line #   16;    Decious, Cornelius;    white;    male;    age prior t
2 CONC o June 1st:   66y;    head of household;    married;    occupation
2 CONC :   farmer;    born:   VA;    father born:   Germany;    mother born
2 CONC :   Germany
2 CONT "line #   17;    Decious, Catherine;    white;    female;    age prio
2 CONC r to June 1st:   60y;    wife;    married;    occupation:   keeps hous
2 CONC e;    unemployed:   m;    born:   VA;    father born:   Germany;    mo
2 CONC ther born:   Germany
2 CONT "line #   18;    Decious, Julia;    white;    female;    age prior t
2 CONC o June 1st:   43y;    SE servant;    single;    occupation:   servant
2 CONC ;    born:   OH;    father born:   VA;    mother born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   19;    Decious, John;    white;    male;    age prior to Jun
2 CONC e 1st:   30y;    son;    married;    occupation:   works on farm;    b
2 CONC orn:   OH;    father born:   VA;    mother born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   20;    Decious, Frank;    white;    male;    age prior to Ju
2 CONC ne 1st:   26y;    son;    married;    occupation:   works on farm
2 CONC ;    born:   OH;    father born:   VA;    mother born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   21;    Decious, Lewis;    white;    male;    age prior to Ju
2 CONC ne 1st:   24y;    son;    single;    occupation:   teacher;    born
2 CONC :   OH;    father born:   VA;    mother born:   VA
2 CONT "line #   22;    Decious, Willie;    white;    male;    age prior to J
2 CONC une 1st:   12y;    son;    single;    occupation:   at school;    atte
2 CONC nded school:   yes;    born:   OH;    father born:   VA;    mother bor
2 CONC n:   VA
2 CONT "line #   23;    Decious, Anna;    white;    female;    age prior to J
2 CONC une 1st:   25y;    daughter-in-law;    married;    occupation:   witho
2 CONC ut occupation;    born:   IL;    father born:   IL;    mother born
2 CONC :   IL
2 CONT "line #   24;    Decious, Jennie;    white;    female;    age prior t
2 CONC o June 1st:   22y;    daughter-in-law;    married;    occupation:   wi
2 CONC thout occupation;    can read and write:   no;    born:   OH;    fathe
2 CONC r born:   OH;    mother born:   OH
2 CONT "line #   25;    Decious, Nora;    white;    female;    age prior to J
2 CONC une 1st:   8y;    granddaughter;    single;    occupation:   at school
2 CONC ;    attended school:   yes;    born:   OH;    father born:   OH;    m
2 CONC other born:   OH
2 CONT "line #   26;    Decious, Jennie;    white;    female;    age prior t
2 CONC o June 1st:   4y;    granddaughter;    single;    born:   OH;    fathe
2 CONC r born:   OH;    mother born:   OH
2 CONT "line #   27;    Decious, Gertie;    white;    female;    age prior t
2 CONC o June 1st:   1y;    granddaughter;    single;    born:   OH;    fathe
2 CONC r born:   OH;    mother born:   OH
2 CONT "line #   28;    Decious, Howard C;    white;    male;    age prior t
2 CONC o June 1st:   1y;    grandson;    single;    born:   OH;    father bor
2 CONC n:   OH;    mother born:   OH"]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Holoch (Bussard-Holoch) Cemetery, Road P & Road M550, York Co, NE
2 CONC ;    Cornelius Decious    b:   1813  Luray, Page Co, VA    d:   01 Ja
2 CONC n 1889  McCool Junction, NE    m:   Catherine Davis  b:   1819  Luray
2 CONC , VA;    Internet; www.findagrave.com]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Chronik der Familie Decius; Jürgen Decius; Germany; 1980;
2 CONT From the following article as printed in History of the Counties of Cu
2 CONC mberland, Jasper and Rickland, Illinois Biographical Sketches-Cumberla
2 CONC nd County: City of Toledo and Sumpter Township; J. A. Batty & Co.; Chi
2 CONC cago, Cook Co, IL; © 1884; pages 228 and 229,
2 CONT "LEWIS DECIUS, attorney-at-law, and cousin of the Hon. H. B. Decius, w
2 CONC as born February 17, 1856 in Coshocton County, Ohio and is the son o
2 CONC f Cornelius and Catherine (Davis) Decius.  His grandfather, Frederic D
2 CONC ecius, was born in Hannover, Germany.  He served as a physician and su
2 CONC rgeon in the Hessian army.  The father of the subject of this mentio
2 CONC n was born in the Luray Valley, Virginia, and his mother is a native o
2 CONC f Morgan County, Ohio.  The parents of Mr. Decius left Ohio in 1881, a
2 CONC nd emigrated to Nebraska, where they still reside..."
2 CONT From the following article as printed in History of Coshocton County
2 CONC , Ohio  1740-1881; N. N. Hill Jr; A. A. Graham & Co; Newark, Licking C
2 CONC o, OH; © 1881; page 667,
2 CONT "DECIOUS  CORNELIUS.   Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born in Pa
2 CONC ge county, Virginia, in 1813, settled in this county in 1843;  son o
2 CONC f Frederick and Magdaline Decious; married, in 1830, to Katharine Davi
2 CONC s, daughter of William B. and Jane Davis.  They have six children, viz
2 CONC :  Charles,  John,  Frank,  Lewis,  Howard, deceased,  and William.  A
2 CONC ll are married but two.  Those married are all living in this county."
2 CONC ]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Cornelius was made a ward to his oldest brother, Abraham, upon the de
2 CONC ath of his father in 1827. Their mother died in 1817. He was a shoemak
2 CONC er by trade./DRW]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I387@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /Hunt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1780
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1876
1 FAMS @F136@
0 @I388@ INDI
1 NAME "Marcus" William /Sisk/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 MAR 1915
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 MAR 1968
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory - Garden 4, Section A, Lot 36, Space 11, 881 Mangrove Ave, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMS @F137@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Chico Enterprise-Record Newspaper, Chico, Butte Co
2 CONC , CA; 26 Mar 1968; page 2Ac3,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA Hi
2 CONC story Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA "MARCUS W. SISK
2 CONT "Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Brusie Funera
2 CONC l Home at 2 p.m. Thursday for Marcus William Sisk, 53, lifelong reside
2 CONC nt of Chico who died unexpectedly last night apparently as a result o
2 CONC f a heart attack.
2 CONT "Sisk of Burnap Avenue was born in Chico on March 12, 1915 to Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. George Sisk, who were natives of Stonyford and Chico respective
2 CONC ly.
2 CONT "He attended the local schools, and after graduating from high schoo
2 CONC l went to work for the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.  During World Wa
2 CONC r II he enlisted in the U. S. Army Engineers Corps and served in Franc
2 CONC e, the Philippines and Japan.
2 CONT "In 1944 he returned to Chico and again went to work for PG&E [Pacifi
2 CONC c Gas and Electric Company] where he advanced to the post of senior en
2 CONC gineering estimator for the DeSabla Division.
2 CONT "Survivors include his widow, Marja; a daughter, Mrs. Jack Miller of C
2 CONC oncord; three sons, Marcus Jr. of American Samoa and David and George
2 CONC , both of Chico; two grandsons; his mother, Mrs. Eunice Sisk of Chico
2 CONC ; and three sisters, Mrs. Robert Norlie of Chico, Mrs. John Milne of M
2 CONC arysville and Mrs. Ray Sims of San Diego.
2 CONT "Burial rites are pending."
2 CONT 
0 @I389@ INDI
1 NAME "Marcus" William /Sisk/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 AUG 1940
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F137@
1 FAMS @F215@
0 @I390@ INDI
1 NAME "Claudia" Ann /Sisk/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1942
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F137@
1 FAMS @F216@
1 FAMS @F217@
1 NOTE The compilers wish to thank Claudia Ann Sisk Miller Jenkins for the ge
2 CONC nerous assistance she gave in providing information for this genealogi
2 CONC cal report. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Amer
2 CONC ican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  The following is from Claudia An
2 CONC n (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins' application for membership to the Nationa
2 CONC l Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1776 D Street
2 CONC , NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392.
2 CONT 
2 CONT LINEAGE:
2 CONT 1. Claudia Ann Sisk Jenkins
2 CONT ........[joined the Daughters of the American Revolution on 17 April 1
2 CONC 999, DAR # is 790801 - SLD]
2 CONT ....b:  30 Oct 1942  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT .......m-1: 6 Dec 1962  Reno, Washoe Co, Nevada
2 CONT .......Jackie Doyle Miller
2 CONT ..........b: 7 Sep 1935  Columbia, , Missouri
2 CONT ..........Div: 17 Nov 1976  Boise, Ada Co, Idaho
2 CONT .......m-2 1 Feb 1992  Reno, Washoe Co, Nevada
2 CONT .......Harry George Jenkins
2 CONT ..........b: 25 May 1925  Willows, Glenn Co, California
2 CONT 
2 CONT 2. Marcus William Sisk
2 CONT ....b: 2 Mar 1915  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT ....d: 25 Mar 1968  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT .......m 10 Jul 1936  Medford, Jackson Co, Oregon
2 CONT .......Marja Marilynn Raker 
2 CONT ..............[joined the Daughters of the American Revolution on 17 A
2 CONC pril 1999, DAR # is 790800 - SLD]
2 CONT ..........b: 29 Dec 1917  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT 
2 CONT 3. David Drew Raker
2 CONT ....b: 18 Dec 1897  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT ....d: 23 Jul 1974  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT .......m 11 June 1916  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT .......Grace Alberta Sifford
2 CONT ..........b: 18 Oct 1895  Milford, Lassen Co, California 
2 CONT ..........d: 11 Feb 1989  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT 
2 CONT 4. William Hezekiah Sifford
2 CONT ....b: 1857  Bloomfield, Stoddard Co, Missouri
2 CONT ....d: 4 May 1951  Lodi, San Joaquin Co, California
2 CONT .......m-1 31 Oct 1880  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT .......Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson
2 CONT ..........b: 9 Jan 1854  , Jones Co, Iowa
2 CONT ..........d: 2 Sep 1897  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT 
2 CONT 5. John Tischler** Decious (Tisius)
2 CONT ....b: Oct 1910  Luray, Page Co, Virginia
2 CONT ....d: 15 Mar 1867  Susanville, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT .......m 8 May 1833  Urbana, Champaign Co, Ohio
2 CONT .......Mary A Stevens
2 CONT ..........b: 26 Feb 1814  Mad River, Champaign Co, Ohio
2 CONT ..........d: 4 Apr 1887  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT [** Tischler is the German word for John Decious'  occupation - John w
2 CONC as a carpenter - SLD]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 6. Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT ....b: ca 1760  Hannover, Germany
2 CONT ....d: Sep 1826 or Feb 1827  Luray, Shenandoah Co (now  Page Co), Virg
2 CONC inia
2 CONT .......m-1: 30 May 1788  , Shenandoah Co (now  Page Co), Virginia
2 CONT .......Magadelene Hiestand
2 CONT ..........b: 1768  , Shenandoah Co (now  Page Co), Virginia
2 CONT ..........d: 1817/1818  , Shenandoah Co (now  Page Co), Virginia
2 CONT .......m-2 20 Jan 1818  Madison Co, Virginia
2 CONT .......Sarah Hunt
2 CONT ..........b:   Abt. 1780
2 CONT 
2 CONT REFERENCES FOR LINEAGE:
2 CONT 1st GENERATION: ...Birth certificate   CAS; ...marriage certificat
2 CONC e   CAS & DJM; ...divorce papers   CAS & DJM; ...marriage certificat
2 CONC e   CASM & HGJ
2 CONT 2nd GENERATION: ...Birth certificate   MMR; ...birth certificate & dea
2 CONC th certificate   MWS; ...marriage certificate   MMR & MWS
2 CONT 3rd GENERATION: ...Birth & death certificates   DDR; ...death certific
2 CONC ate   GAS; ...marriage certificate   DDR & GAS;
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 1870 c. Lassen Co, CA p3]
2 CONT 4th GENERATION: ...Death certificate   WHS; ...marriage certificat
2 CONC e   WHS & MFDB; ...1st Marriage Certificate   MFD & HAB; ...obituar
2 CONC y   The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA   MFDBS
2 CONC ; ...Picture of tombstone   MFDBS; ...1870 census of Milford Twp., Las
2 CONC sen Co, CA   MFD
2 CONT 5th GENERATION: ...Journal of Johannes Schwalm Historical Assoc., Inc,
2 CONC -Vol. 3, No. 2, 1986   birth   JD and marriage   JD & MAS; ...pictur
2 CONC e of tombstone   JD; ...Urbana, OH Marriage Records, 1829-1840   J
2 CONC D & MAS; ...Urbana, Champaign Co, OH newspaper public notice   JD & MA
2 CONC S; ...Chancery Record of Christian Stevens showing MASD & JD;   Champa
2 CONC ign County, OH 1991, Champaign County Genealogical Society   MAS & JD
2 CONC ; ...History of the State of California and Biographical Record of th
2 CONC e Sierras by Prof. James Miller Gunn   JD & MAS; ...2nd Marriage Certi
2 CONC ficate   MASD & WR; ...picture of Tomstone   MASDR; ...1870 census (w/
2 CONC 4th Gen.)   MASDR
2 CONT 6th GENERATION: ...Journal of Johannes Schwalm Historical Assoc   birt
2 CONC h, marriage and death   FT/D & MH (w/5th Gen.); ...Marriage Record   F
2 CONC T/D & MH; ...Madison County, VA Marriages, 1792-1850 by John Vogt & T
2 CONC . William Kethely, Jr. p. 23   2nd marriage FT/D & SH; ...DAR #071525
2 CONC 0   Virginia Jean Brenner Dake verifying Jacob Hiestand s daughter Mag
2 CONC dalene Hiestand as wife of Frederick Dissius (Tisius/Decious).
2 CONT ...[handwritten: ??? of Hawkabell chuven, Wust page 21 DAR Let]
2 CONT 
2 CONT ...[handwritten: Analysis of Data:]
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 1) Only one man of surname in VA 1810]
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 2) Migration to Ohio & California followed known chil
2 CONC dren * siblings]
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 3) Schwalm Hist. Assn letter believe relationship i
2 CONC s correct]
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 4) Family & County Histories support evidence]
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHILDREN OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTOR:
2 CONT Journal of Johannes Schwalm Historical Assoc., Inc.   Vol. 3, Nov. 2
2 CONC , 1986
2 CONT Shenandoah County, VA Marriages Bonds 1772-1850 by John Vogt & T. Wm
2 CONC . Kethley, Jr  pages 80, 271
2 CONT ......Abraham b:  1789  VA m:  Catharine Ailhite
2 CONT ......Elizabeth b:  ca 1794  VA m:  Joseph Musselman
2 CONT ......Anne b:  ca  1800  VA m:  Henry Printz
2 CONT ......Margaret b:  ca  1805  VA m:  Howard Jenkins
2 CONT ......Polly b:  ca  1806  VA m:  Christian Huffman
2 CONT ......Barbara b:  ca  1807  VA m:  W. M. Christe, David Printz
2 CONT ......Molly b:  ca  1809  VA m:  George W. Neff
2 CONT ......Susannah b:  ca  1810  VA m:  Daniel Neff
2 CONT ......John* Tichler** b:  ca  1810  VA m:  Mary A Stevens
2 CONT ......Daniel* b:  ca  1812  VA m:  Rachel
2 CONT ......Cornelius* b:  ca  1813  VA m:  Catherine Davis
2 CONT [*not listed in Shenandoah County, VA Marriages Bonds 1772-1850 as no
2 CONC t married in Virginia - SLD]
2 CONT [** Tischler is the German word for John Decious'  occupation   he wa
2 CONC s a carpenter - SLD]
2 CONT 
2 CONT ANCESTOR'S SERVICES:
2 CONT Frederick Tisius/Decious who resided during the American Revolution a
2 CONC t Pennsylvania assisted in established American Independence, while ac
2 CONC ting in the capacity of Private in Von Heer s Indpt. Troop Light Drago
2 CONC ons, Continental Troops, PA  
2 CONT ...[handwritten:  Reading, Berks Co, PA   Capt. Bartholomew]
2 CONT Frederick Tisius/Decious deserted the British Army on 18 June 1778 dur
2 CONC ing the evaculation of Philadelphia, PA.  He enlisted in the Von Hee
2 CONC r s Corps of Light Dragoons at Reading, PA on 15 March 1779 for a ter
2 CONC m of 3 years.  The Von Heer s Corps participated in the Battles of Spr
2 CONC ingfield and Yorktown.  He continued to service until June 1783.
2 CONT ...[handwritten:  Residenc:  ??? Reading, Berks Co, PA]
2 CONT ...[handwritten:  Penn Archives  5th Ser V 3 p 925] 
2 CONT ...[handwritten:  Penn Archives  3rd Ser V 18 p 697 (1785)]
2 CONT Von Heer s Indpt. Troop Light Dragoons, Continental Troops   Muster Ro
2 CONC lls 
2 CONT Journal of Johnnes Schwalm Historical Assoc. Inc., Vol 3, No. 2, 198
2 CONC 6   pgs 22, 23
2 CONT ...[hand written:  Compiled military service    Penn Archives 5th se
2 CONC r V3 p 925]
2 CONT 
2 CONT EXHIBITS:
2 CONT #1   Land deeds showing Frederick Decious owned land in Shenandoah Cou
2 CONC nty, VA dated Mary 10, 1810; December 30, 1815; and July 1, 1815.  The
2 CONC se establish Frederick in Shenandoah County at the time of John Deciou
2 CONC s  birth in 1810
2 CONT #2   Letter from City of Charlottesville, VA, noting the uncommon nam
2 CONC e of Decius.  In Fact there was no other Decious then Frederick unti
2 CONC l his children.  The letter gives Frederick the title of Doctor. Thi
2 CONC s is addressed in:
2 CONT #3   Letter from Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Inc. notin
2 CONC g that there is not record of Frederick have been a doctor.  The possi
2 CONC ble confusion with the family named Doctor is noted.  (The children an
2 CONC d court suit mentioned in the letter ere associated with Magdalene Hie
2 CONC stand s family)
2 CONT #4   Pages from the Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-185
2 CONC 0 complied by Bernice M. Ashby 1967.  These pages record the marriage
2 CONC s of Frederick and six of his oldest children, beginning with Abraha
2 CONC m s marriage in 1811.
2 CONT #5   Page 667 of History of Coshocton County, Ohio, A. A. Graham & Co
2 CONC . Publishers, 1881, listing Cornelius Decious as a son of Frederick an
2 CONC d Magdaline Decious, born in Page (now Shenandoah) Co, VA.
2 CONT #6   Pages 228-229 of Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Ill
2 CONC inois, F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, listing Lewis Decius, son of Cornelius
2 CONC , as grandson of Frederic Decius who was from Hanover, Germany.
2 CONT #7   Letter from Charles P. Cella, Jr to Clarence Decius reporting o
2 CONC n Results of searchs of records in Virginia courts for information o
2 CONC n Frederick and his family.  Establishes the unavailability of court r
2 CONC ecords, the second marriage of Frederick to Sarah Hunt, and the absenc
2 CONC e of records of Sarah s parents in Madison Co, VA.
2 CONT #8   Ohio 1820 Census Index with Abraham Decious in Fairfield County
2 CONC , OH in 1820.
2 CONT #9   Fairfield Co, Ohio, Record of Indentures 1824-1830 show Corneliu
2 CONC s as a ward of his oldest brother Abraham.  Establishes that Frederic
2 CONC k died before February 1827 when Abraham claimed expense of moving Cor
2 CONC nelius from Shenandoah Co, VA to Fairfield Co, OH.
2 CONT #10   Compilation of Champaign County, Ohio 1840 Census records from m
2 CONC icrofilm #020160 at the LDS Family History Center in Sacramento, CA sh
2 CONC owing John Decious a few doors away from his sister Susanna Neff (Dani
2 CONC el), his sister Molly Neff (George W.) and his sister Anna Prince (Hen
2 CONC ry).  In 1840 their brother Cornelius Decious was in Fairfield County
2 CONC , Ohio.
2 CONT #11   Page 657 of History of the State of California and Biographica
2 CONC l Record of the Sierras by Prof. James Miller Guinn, 1902, records tha
2 CONC t John Was born in Virginia and at an early age moved to Urbana, Ohio
2 CONC .  From there he moved to Iowa, where his daughter Mary was born, an
2 CONC d then to California, settling in Susanville, Lassen County.  He die
2 CONC d there in 1867 and was buried in Section D of the Susanville Cemetery
2 CONC .
2 CONT #12   is a timeline of the Decious siblings who moved to Ohio and the
2 CONC n to Iowa, Illinois and California.  The spouses are highlighted wit
2 CONC h corresponding colors.
2 CONT #13   A family group sheet of the Frederick Tissius/Decious family a
2 CONC s we have found it to be.
2 CONT 
2 CONT This ends Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins' application for membe
2 CONC rship in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolut
2 CONC ion]
2 CONT 
0 @I391@ INDI
1 NAME "David" Michael /Sisk/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 OCT 1945
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F137@
1 FAMS @F218@
1 FAMS @F219@
0 @I392@ INDI
1 NAME "George" Grafton /Sisk/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 OCT 1951
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F137@
1 FAMS @F220@
0 @I393@ INDI
1 NAME "Donald" Leland /Miller/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUL 1916
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 JUL 1991
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory - Garden 4, Section A, Lot 36, Space 12, 881 Mangrove Ave, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMS @F138@
0 @I394@ INDI
1 NAME "James" Milton /Steinberger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 SEP 1829
2 PLAC Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 JAN 1902
2 PLAC Truckee Meadows, Washoe County,  Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Masonic Memorial Gardens, Plot: 357-10, 437 Stoker Ave, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F1086@
1 FAMS @F139@
1 NOTE 1875-1878 - Owned grist mill with Joseph Crawford Wemple, Milford, C
2 CONC A SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the HISTORY OF PLUMAS, LASSEN AND SIERRA COUNTIES, 1882 by Faris
2 CONC s and Smith:
2 CONT "This gentleman was born in Champaign county, Ohio, September 15, 1829
2 CONC . In the spring of 1852, he moved to Jones county, Iowa and engaged i
2 CONC n farming and milling for eleven years. In 1863 he came overland to Ca
2 CONC lifornia, arriving in Honey Lake valley in August. For two years he en
2 CONC gaged in farming, and then for fourteen years he owned and operated th
2 CONC e Milford Flour Mills. In the spring of 1879 he bought the Willow Ranc
2 CONC h property of 400 acres, eighteen miles south of Milford, which is no
2 CONC w his home. He is engaged in raising stock, hay, grain, and fruit. H
2 CONC e belongs to the Janesville Masonic lodge. In politics he is a Democra
2 CONC t. March 25, 1852, he married Miss Martha M. Decious of Westville, Ohi
2 CONC o. Their children are Alice I., born February 26, 1855, L.E., Januar
2 CONC y 13, 1856, Charles A., July 7, 1860, died February 25, 1861, Mary E.
2 CONC , June 4, 1862, Effie M., December 14, 1867, died October 14, 1870, Ja
2 CONC mes M. August 27, 1871, Martha A., May 8, 1876. The first four were bo
2 CONC rn in Iowa and the others in this county."
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN LEDGER:
2 CONT "Willow Ranch was a popular stage stop of the 19th century. The ranc
2 CONC h is located at the present day town of Doyle and the following articl
2 CONC e is a reprint from the Lassen Advocate of 17 October 1889. The Steinb
2 CONC ergers mentioned as owners operated the Willow Ranch from 1879 when th
2 CONC ey traded the Milford Flour Mill for this property, until they sold ou
2 CONC t in 1898 and moved to Reno. For the many years that the traveling pub
2 CONC lic were wont to go between Susanville and Reno by stage, the foregoin
2 CONC g title was a talisman to them for they knew, by experience or repor
2 CONC t - that a good meal and entertaining host and hostess, would make the
2 CONC ir stay there one to be remembered with pleasure. Mr. and Mrs. Steinbe
2 CONC rger did not, originally, perhaps expect to combine a wayside inn wit
2 CONC h their farming enterprise, but as people who know of the pleasure o
2 CONC f stopping with them insisted on being entertained whether or not, the
2 CONC y finally decided to do their best to entertain all who came, and wel
2 CONC l have they succeeded. Of course, since the N.C.O.R.R. [Nevada-Califor
2 CONC nia-Oregon Railroad] has been completed northward from their place whe
2 CONC re has not been so much travel by teams but still there is some. It'
2 CONC s not many years since their house stood by the roadside without folia
2 CONC ge or green shrub to cheer and enliven the weary traveler, but now th
2 CONC e dwelling lot is graced by a front line of cork elm, maple and a vari
2 CONC ety of shade trees that lend an air of neatness and comfort the whol
2 CONC e place. This season, they have with the  profits from their house an
2 CONC d farm, built and added to their former house on such an extensive an
2 CONC d substantial scale that they may enjoy a comfortable and convenien
2 CONC t a home as anyone in the county.  . . . This is  valuable ranch, a pl
2 CONC easant and accessible home with postal, school and railroad facilities
2 CONC , all within a mile and when we consider that at the time when the pre
2 CONC sent owners first took possession it was nothing more that a sage brus
2 CONC h waste.  . . ."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The LASSEN ADVOCATE January 30, 1902, page 3c4-5:
2 CONT "STEINBERGER - at his home on the Truckee Meadows, near Reno, Nevada
2 CONC , January 24th 1902, J.M. Steinberger, a native of Ohio, aged 74 year
2 CONC s and four months. In memory. Again the Lord has seen fit to call fro
2 CONC m a love end-kindled fireside, the kind husband and loving father, Jam
2 CONC es Milton Steinberger. Friday morning at 8 o'clock his restless soul t
2 CONC ook its flight and 'heaven opened wide her ever-enduring gates.' Sinc
2 CONC e last June, he has been a patient sufferer, first being taken with ty
2 CONC phoid fever and this was followed by a sever attack of la grippe. No o
2 CONC ne can tell what he has suffered in those eight months of sickness, ea
2 CONC ch day he lost strength, each day brought him nearer to his Father's h
2 CONC ome. He was willing to go an prayed for the hour to come when he woul
2 CONC d leave all suffering for the Eternal City. Some time ago he asked, '
2 CONC O when shall I see Jesus?' At last the longed for time came, he close
2 CONC d his eyes and without a struggle his soul sought rescue on a fairer s
2 CONC hore.  . . ."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Friday 24 January 1902, page 4
2 CONC c1:
2 CONT "J.M. STEINBERGER DEAD
2 CONT "A Pioneer of California and Nevada Solves the Dark Problem.
2 CONT "J.M. Steinberger, who for years conducted a ranch and dairy in Long V
2 CONC alley, and who later removed to Reno, died a 7:10 this morning at hi
2 CONC s farm about two and a half miles below town.
2 CONT "Mr. Steinberger has been sick for sometime and his demise has been ex
2 CONC pected at any time for the past three weeks.
2 CONT "For nearly thirty years Mr. Steinberger has been identified with th
2 CONC e farming industry on Long Valley and was perhaps one of the best know
2 CONC n men in that section of the country. He purchased the property of Tho
2 CONC mas Dougherty, just this side of the Steele ranch some years ago, an
2 CONC d has ever since made that place his home. He was about seventy-thre
2 CONC e years of age, and a native of Ohio.
2 CONT "Mr. Steinberger was a suffer from Bright's disease of the kidneys.
2 CONT "Mr. Steinberger came to California in 1864, settling on Honey Lake Va
2 CONC lley from which he removed to Long Valley a few years later.
2 CONT "He leaves a wife, two daughters, Mrs. Walts of Reno, Annie, and a so
2 CONC n Eugene who lives in Arizona, also several grand and great-grandchild
2 CONC ren.
2 CONT "Mr. Steinberger was a member of Reno Lodge, No. 13 F. and A.M. [Fre
2 CONC e and Accepted Masons], under whose auspices the funeral will take pla
2 CONC ce Sunday at 2 o'clock from the Masonic Hall.
2 CONT "Mr. Steinberger was a very lovable character and those who knew him b
2 CONC est will greatly miss his kindly presence."
0 @I395@ INDI
1 NAME "Alice" Imilda /Steinberger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1855
2 PLAC Jackson, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 JAN 1906
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Mountain View Cemetery, Spruce Lawn, Plot: A-219-2, 435 Stoker Ave, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F139@
1 FAMS @F173@
1 NOTE Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, which was run along with the o
2 CONC bituary of Nettie Pheifer. Only the obituary of Alice Steinberger Walt
2 CONC s is recorded here. The date of the article was 24 January 1906, pag
2 CONC e 5c2; obtained at the University of Nevada, Getchell Library, microfi
2 CONC lm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT "DEATH CALLS MRS. WALTS
2 CONT "TYPHOID CLAIMS LIFE OF WELL KNOWN WOMAN
2 CONT "Mrs. Alice Amilda [sic] Walts, a well known woman of this county, die
2 CONC d at her home south of this city yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock afte
2 CONC r an illness of over three weeks. She had just recovered from a sever
2 CONC e attack of pneumonia, when she was stricken with typhoid, which cause
2 CONC d her death.
2 CONT "Mrs. Walts was the loving wife of William Walts, the well known ranch
2 CONC er of this county and came to this city with her husband about twent
2 CONC y years ago. She was born in Jones County, Iowa, on February 26, 1855
2 CONC , and when only a child of seven years accompanied her parents acros
2 CONC s the plains to Milford, in Honey Lake Valley.
2 CONT It was there that she married William Walts. They lived in Honey Lak
2 CONC e Valley for a number of years and later came to Reno and settled on t
2 CONC he ranch which, since that time until death claimed her, was her home.
2 CONT "Besides a husband, she leaves four sons, Frederick, Guy, Herbert an
2 CONC d Claud, and one daughter, Bonnie. She also leaves her mother, Mrs. Ma
2 CONC rtha Steinberger, a brother, Eugene and a sister, Mrs. John Matley."
0 @I396@ INDI
1 NAME "Laurel" Eugene /Steinberger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JAN 1858
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 OCT 1940
2 PLAC Sierra Madre, Los Angeles County, CA
1 FAMC @F139@
1 FAMS @F172@
1 NOTE Announcement from the SIERRA MADRE NEWS, September 22, 1933;    obtain
2 CONC ed at the Sierra Madre Library, 440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madr
2 CONC e, Los Angeles Co, CA
2 CONT "Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Steinberger celebrated their golden anniversary Sat
2 CONC urday. Mr. Steinberger came to California from Iowa in a covered wago
2 CONC n settling first in Lassen County where he met his bride. They were ma
2 CONC rried in San Francisco in 1883 and two years later moved to Sierra Mad
2 CONC re. They lived on the same property 48 years and in their present hom
2 CONC e 45 years - 529 Mariposa Ave. Mr. Steinberger started one of the earl
2 CONC y citrus groves. He built his own home and business at the same time a
2 CONC nd helped build Sierra Madre. He served several terms as City truste
2 CONC e and all the while Mrs. Steinberger was busy raising the family o
2 CONC f 7 children: Edith, Robert, Guy, J. Milton, Elizabeth, Harvey and L.E
2 CONC . Mrs. Steinberger was one of the city's most prominent in civic and e
2 CONC ducational work."
2 CONT 
2 CONT HISTORY OF LOS AANGELES COUNTY; John Steven McGrotarty; The American H
2 CONC istorical Society, Inc. Chicago, Cook County, IL and New York,NY copyr
2 CONC ight 1923, pages 41-43:
2 CONT "LAUREL EUGENE STEINBERGER, a prominent, popular and successful pionee
2 CONC r horticulturist of the Sierra Madre District of Los Angeles County, w
2 CONC as born in Jones County, Iowa, in the year 1858. His parents were form
2 CONC erly residents of Ohio, and they later became pioneers in California
2 CONC . He is a son of James Milton and Martha Ann (Decious) Steinberger, wh
2 CONC o were born and reared in Ohio and who became early settlers in Jone
2 CONC s County, Iowa, where their son, Laurel E., of this review, and also o
2 CONC ne daughter were born. James M. Steinberger, a miller by trade, was en
2 CONC gaged in farm enterprise in Iowa until 1863, when, well equipped wit
2 CONC h a staunch wagon and heavy eastern horses, he and his family joined a
2 CONC n overland emigrant train setting forth for California. The journey wa
2 CONC s marked by many adventures and also by the almost constant menace o
2 CONC f attack on the part of hostile Indians. The trip was made along the o
2 CONC ld Midland trail, by way of Salt Lake City, and the destination of th
2 CONC e Steinberger family was Lassen County, California. In that locality J
2 CONC ames M. Steinberger was engaged in farming for three years, and he the
2 CONC n traded his farm for a grist mill with the old-time buhr equipment an
2 CONC d operated by water power - with a fifty-four head-on water wheel. (si
2 CONC c - it was actually an over-shot water wheel). He successfully operate
2 CONC d this pioneer mill for many years, and eventually traded the propert
2 CONC y for a ranch near Reno, Nevada, where he and his wife passed the rema
2 CONC inder of their lives. He died in 1901 (sic - actually 1902) and Mrs. S
2 CONC teinberger passed away in 1913.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Laurel Eugene Steinberger was a lad of five years at the time of th
2 CONC e eventful journey across the plains to California, and in Lassen Coun
2 CONC ty, this state, he was reared to manhood, he early education having be
2 CONC en acquired principally in the public schools at Milford, that county
2 CONC . Under the direction of his father he learned the miller's trade, an
2 CONC d he continued to be associated with the operation of his father's mil
2 CONC l until 1883, when in the City of San Francisco, his marriage was sole
2 CONC mnized to Miss Maggie G. Ross, who was born in Downeyville [sic], Sier
2 CONC ra County, California, June 29, 1860, and who was adopted by and reare
2 CONC d in the home Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Ross, of whom more specific recor
2 CONC d is given in the following sketch, a memorial tribute to the loved fo
2 CONC ster-mother, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ross.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Steinberger removed forthwith to Wa
2 CONC shington Territory, and remained during the winter of 1883-1884 in th
2 CONC e City of Walla Walla. In January of 1885, they came to the Sierra Mad
2 CONC re District of Los Angeles County, where Mr. Steinberger took active c
2 CONC harge of the ten acre tract that had been a gift to Mrs. Steinberger b
2 CONC y Mrs. Robert E. Ross. Mr. Steinberger developed a fine citrus orchard
2 CONC ,and he and his wife still own and reside upon a portion of this tract
2 CONC , now wholly within the corporate limits of the City of Sierra Madre
2 CONC . On the property Mr. Steinberger made excellent improvements, includi
2 CONC ng the erection of buildings, and he had contributed much to the civi
2 CONC c and industrial advancement of this beautiful section of Los Angele
2 CONC s County as a loyal and progressive citizen and a careful and enterpri
2 CONC sing businessman.. In conclusion is given brief record concerning th
2 CONC e children of Mr. and Mrs. Steinberger, and they have special reason f
2 CONC or pride in the patriotic service given by their sons in connection wi
2 CONC th the great World War. Elizabeth, eldest of the children, was born i
2 CONC n Reno, Nevada in 1884, is a graduate of the California State Norman S
2 CONC chool in the City of Los Angeles, and is now a successful and popula
2 CONC r teacher in the public schools of Sierra Madre. J. Milton, eldest o
2 CONC f the sons, was born at Sierra Madre in December, 1886, all of the chi
2 CONC ldren likewise being natives of this place. He owns and conducts a lar
2 CONC ge automobile garage at Sierra Madre, he being a graduate of the Throo
2 CONC p Polytechnic School of Pasadena. He married Miss Virginia Timberlake
2 CONC , of Virginia. Harvey H. Steinberger, who was born in 1887, is success
2 CONC ful cement contractor at Sierra Madre. Edith, born in 1889, graduate
2 CONC d from the California State Normal School of Los Angeles, where she ta
2 CONC ught school for five years. Both she and her husband, Dr. Albert Westo
2 CONC n, are successfully engaged in the practice of osteopathy at Los Angel
2 CONC es. Laurel E. Steinberger, Jr., who was born in 1891, married Mrs. Ma
2 CONC y White, of Los Angeles. Robert E. Steinberger, born in April 1894, ma
2 CONC rried Miss Ruth Doss, who is now deceased. Guy D. born in 1898 is an e
2 CONC lectrician by vocation. He married Miss Bae Farman, of Sierra Madre, a
2 CONC nd here they still maintain their home. Harvey, Laurel and Robert Stei
2 CONC nberger honored the family name and the State of California by their g
2 CONC allant service in the World War. Harvey became a member of the One Hun
2 CONC dred and Seventeenth Engineer Corps, Forty-second (Rainbow) Division a
2 CONC nd with his command lived up to the full tension of the great conflict
2 CONC , he having taken part in the great engagements of he Marne and othe
2 CONC r important sectors in France.  At Chateau Thierry his life was save
2 CONC d by a record book which he carried in his breast pocket and that defl
2 CONC ected the missile that otherwise must have terminated his life. He mad
2 CONC e a great sergeant of the first class, and after the battle of Chatea
2 CONC u Thierry, he was adjudged competent for training service, was sent ba
2 CONC ck to the United States and assigned to duty as a drill master at Cam
2 CONC p Humphrey, Virginia. Laurel E. Steinberger, Jr., enlisted in the Unit
2 CONC ed States Navy soon after the nation became involved in the war, and i
2 CONC n the aircraft department of the navy he gained rank as machinist's ma
2 CONC te and was in active service in the aviation camp near Borduaus, Franc
2 CONC e, he having remained overseas until the war closed. Robert E. Steinbe
2 CONC rger became a member of the Three Hundred and Nineteenth Engineer Corp
2 CONC s, Eight Division and was given preliminary training at Camp Fremont
2 CONC . He entered service March 7, 1918, and on the 10th of the following S
2 CONC eptember sailed for the stage of active conflict overseas. He was loca
2 CONC ted with his command at Camp Pontaczen, Brest, France, the greatest o
2 CONC f the allied embarkation camps, and was there in service as a master e
2 CONC ngineer. This camp was constructed by the engineering corps of which h
2 CONC e was a member, and the corps built also the receiving hospital at Bea
2 CONC unc, France, as well as Base Hospital No. 47, the largest in France. R
2 CONC obert E. Steinberger received his honorable discharge September 20, 19
2 CONC 20. It is but consistent to record in this connection that the Three H
2 CONC undred and Nineteenth Engineer Corps, of which Mr. Steinberger was a m
2 CONC ember, won highest honors in a competitive drill held at Camp Fremont
2 CONC , Palo Alto, California, on Easter day of the year 1918, prior to it
2 CONC s overseas service. The trophy cup thus won by the command was present
2 CONC ed by the great contralto vocalist, Madame Schumann-Heinck."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Article and obituary from the SIERRA MADRE NEWS, Friday, 11 October 19
2 CONC 40, page 1c1 and 7c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "PIONEER IS STRUCK DOWN BY AUTOIST
2 CONT 
2 CONT "City Mourns as Laurel Steinberger is Laid to Rest by His Sons
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Laurel Eugene Steinberger, aged 82, who saw Sierra Madre grow fro
2 CONC m a eight family community to a city of 5000, and father of the firs
2 CONC t male child born here, was struck an instantly killed by an automobil
2 CONC e at Lima street and Sierra Madre blvd. at 6:18 Friday Evening. Wednes
2 CONC day afternoon, while all business in the city was suspended and the ci
2 CONC ty hall flag was lowered to half mast during the funeral services, h
2 CONC e was carried to his last resting place in San Gabriel cemetery by hi
2 CONC s five sturdy sons and a son-in-law.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mr. Steinberger, one of Sierra Madre's best known citizens, was cross
2 CONC ing Sierra Madre blvd. when a car driven by 19-year old Margaret Hoeve
2 CONC l of this city struck him. At a coroner's inquest held here Wednesda
2 CONC y morning it was testified that Mr. Steinberger's body was thrown int
2 CONC o the air by the impact, striking back against and shattering the lef
2 CONC t wind wing and denting the fender and left door of the oncoming car
2 CONC , and that his body was thrown several feet.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Miss Hoevel was not held. Verdict of the coroner's jury read that Mr
2 CONC . Steinberger's death was caused by a fracture of a vault of the skul
2 CONC l as the result of being struck by a sedan driven by Margaret Hoevel a
2 CONC t the intersection of Lima street and Sierra Madre blvd., deceased bei
2 CONC ng a pedestrian crossing the street . . . some to have been accidenta
2 CONC l and due to lack of due diligence on the part of the driver of the au
2 CONC tomobile.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Witnesses testified the accident happened at dusk. The street lightin
2 CONC g was bad. Mr. Steinberger was crossing the street when Miss Hoevel sa
2 CONC w him. Robert Babbit who lives at the intersection testified he saw Mr
2 CONC . Steinberger trying to make the sidewalk when he was struck. Testimon
2 CONC y was that Miss Hoevel saw Mr. Steinberger she bore down on her brake
2 CONC s and skidded into the south curb of Sierra Madre blvd.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Police officers who investigated the accident testified that though M
2 CONC iss Hoevel reported she was traveling at 28 miles per hour near the sc
2 CONC ene of the accident, skid marks on the pavement indicated she was goin
2 CONC g about 39 miles per hour when Mr. Steinberger was struck.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "A young attorney representing Miss Hoevel would not permit her to tes
2 CONC tify. The coroner's jury consisted of Lloyd B. Welch, Richard Hawks, C
2 CONC ouncilman John Froehlich, R.E. Gabriel and Grift Hughes.
2 CONT 
2 CONT page 7c3
2 CONT 
2 CONT "PIONEER CITIZEN IS KILLED BY AUTO
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mr. Steinberger was born in Mechanicsville, Iowa and crossed the plai
2 CONC ns in a covered wagon train with his parents and 150 other pioneers wh
2 CONC en he was six years old. He came to Sierra Madre in 1885 from Lassen C
2 CONC ounty, California, and saw Sierra Madre grow from a community of eigh
2 CONC t or ten families, with one business building in the town to the prese
2 CONC nt 5000 population. He was for 14 years, a member of the city council
2 CONC . He was a member of the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) L
2 CONC odge.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Surviving members of the family are Elizabeth Steinberger and Dr. Edi
2 CONC th Weston, daughters, five sons, J. Milton, Harvey H., Robert, Guy, an
2 CONC d Laurel Steinberger, a sister, Mrs. John B. Matley of Reno, Nevada, f
2 CONC ive grandchildren; Margaret Ann, Nancy Elizabeth,, and Lorene La Vern
2 CONC a Steinberger, Ernest Eugene and Albert Marine Weston. Mr. Steinberger
2 CONC 's wife passed away in May 1939.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "One of the largest funerals services ever held in Sierra Madre was co
2 CONC nducted at Grant Chapel Wednesday afternoon. Townspeople crowded the c
2 CONC hapel and stood on the steps and the lawn in respect to Mr. Steinberge
2 CONC r's memory and to express their sympathy to surviving members of the f
2 CONC amily. Stores were closed during the services as a mark of respect an
2 CONC d the city hall flag was lowered to half mast.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "A blanket of red roses hung behind the casket, and flowers were pile
2 CONC d on either side as high as the ceiling. The alcove in which the caske
2 CONC t lay was filled with wreathes and bouquets and others were placed out
2 CONC side of the floor of lack of more space.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Members of the city council was well of uniformed members of the Volu
2 CONC nteer fire department attended in a body. A delegation from the city'
2 CONC s Japanese colony and the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion wer
2 CONC e also present at the services.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Dean Arnold Bode, a long time friend of the Steinberger family, recit
2 CONC ed a brief but impressive Episcopal service. Mr. Steinberger's five so
2 CONC ns and a son-in-law, Dr. Albert Weston, were his pallbearers. Intermen
2 CONC t was at San Gabiel cemetery."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Selected portions of an article from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 11 October 1
2 CONC 940, pages 1c4 and 4c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT ". . . FREIGHTED OUT OF LASSEN COUNTY
2 CONT 
2 CONT ". . . When about 16 years old, Mr. Steinberger freighted flour from h
2 CONC is father's mill to Virginia City, receiving as much as $5 per 50 poun
2 CONC ds. Later, the family moved to Long Valley and remained there till 189
2 CONC 8.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "After his marriage in 1883 to Margaret Geary Ross, Mr. Steinberger to
2 CONC ok up his residence at Sierra Madre. Two years ago, the couple celebra
2 CONC ted the fifty-fifth wedding anniversary. His wife died shortly after
2 CONC .  . . ."
0 @I397@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Steinberger/
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JAN 1858
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT JAN 1858
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I398@ INDI
1 NAME "Charles" Amos /Steinberger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 JUL 1860
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 FEB 1861
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I399@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Ellen /Steinberger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 JUN 1862
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1888
2 PLAC Napa, Napa County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Tulocay Cemetery - Block 95-Lot 5, 411 Coombsville Road, Napa, Napa Co, California
1 FAMC @F139@
1 FAMS @F181@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Napa County Reporter Newspaper, Napa, Napa Co, CA; F
2 CONC riday, 31 Aug 1888; page 3c1,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA Hi
2 CONC story Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT "Mrs. W. P. [sic] Madden died at her residence in North Napa Friday o
2 CONC f heart disease."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Thursday, 30 Aug 1888; page 3c4,  obtained at the California State U
2 CONC niversity, Chico, Chico, Butte Co, CA
2 CONT "THE TOMB.
2 CONT "MADDEN--In Napa City, August 24, 1888, Mrs. W. B. Madden, aged 26 yea
2 CONC rs.
2 CONT "[She leaves a husband and one little girl four years old to mourn he
2 CONC r loss.]"
2 CONT 
0 @I400@ INDI
1 NAME "Effie" Maud /Steinberger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1867
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1870
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F139@
1 NOTE From the book JOSEPH CRAWFORD WEMPLE by Claude C. Wemple, page 12:
2 CONT "Effie was Cora (Wemple)'s playmate. After Cora's death (from scarle
2 CONC t fever), Effie became very listless and her health failed, Aunt Pear
2 CONC l (Cora's aunt) and (Pearl's sister) Ida Johnson said. Both of the sis
2 CONC ters, Pearl and Ida, were born six and seven years later than Effie, b
2 CONC ut they were first cousins to Effie. This story was handed down by the
2 CONC ir parents, who said Effie pined away until death took her." [Index t
2 CONC o the Birth and Death Notices, The Lassen Advocate Newspaper of Susanv
2 CONC ille, CA  1868-1899; Tim I. Purdy; Lahontan Images, Susanville, CA 961
2 CONC 30; © 1986; page 85,    Effie Stienberger [sic]    age:   2y 10m 1
2 CONC d    d:   15 Oct 1870  Milford, CA    from newspaper dated 22 Oct 1870
2 CONC ;    CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONC ; Calif F 868 L33 P85 1986]
2 CONT 
0 @I401@ INDI
1 NAME "James" Milton /Steinberger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 AUG 1871
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 JUL 1883
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I402@ INDI
1 NAME "Martha" Annie /Steinberger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 MAY 1876
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 FEB 1958
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Masonic Memorial Gardens, Plot: 357, 437 Stoker Ave, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F139@
1 FAMS @F182@
1 NOTE Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe Co, NV; Wednesday
2 CONC , 26 Feb 1958; page 13c6-7; obtained at the University of Nevada, Getc
2 CONC hell Library, microfilm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT "PIONEER FAMILY MEMBER, OPERATOR OF RANCH LAND MRS. MARTHA MATLEY DIES
2 CONT "Member of a pioneer family of the Lassen area and resident of the Tru
2 CONC ckee Meadows nearly 60 years Mrs. Martha A. Matley died Tuesday aftern
2 CONC oon at her home at 1865 Wren Ave. at the age of 81.
2 CONT "Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the home chape
2 CONC l of the Ross-Burke Co. with burial to follow in the family plot in th
2 CONC e Masonicsection of Mountain View cemetery.
2 CONT "BORN IN MILFORD
2 CONT "Born Martha Steinberger in Milford, Calif., May 8, 1876, Mrs. Matle
2 CONC y spent her early life on the Willow ranch, now the town of Doyle.  Sh
2 CONC e attended Lassen county schools and was graduated from Reno high scho
2 CONC ol, making her home at the Walts ranch during her school days.  For tw
2 CONC o years she took a pre-medical course at the University of Nevada, int
2 CONC ending to become a doctor, but her father eventually persuaded her t
2 CONC o give up a medical career.
2 CONT "Her father, James Milton Steinberger who with Mrs. Steinberger had cr
2 CONC ossed the plains to California in 1863, first operated a flour mill a
2 CONC t Milford, marketing the flour on the Comstock, then operated the Will
2 CONC ow ranch for many years.  The Steinbergers moved to the Truckee Meadow
2 CONC s in 1899 and acquired property on the south bank of the Truckee Rive
2 CONC r in the Glendale district, including the remnants of a lumber mill bu
2 CONC ilt 50 years before by William Steele on land sold to C. H. Eastman i
2 CONC n the late '50s [1850s] or
2 CONT early '60s [1860s].
2 CONT "DEVELOPED RANCH
2 CONT "Martha Steinberger was married to John Matley Sept. 17, 1902 in a cer
2 CONC emony performed by the Rev. Samuel Unsworth on the home ranch.  Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Matley rented the ranch from Mrs. Steinberger following the dea
2 CONC th of her husband, later building up the property, developing a herd o
2 CONC f beef cattle
2 CONT and eventually purchasing the ranch.  For some time they specialized i
2 CONC n raising prize winning registered Percherons, and the land produced p
2 CONC otatoes, onions, garden vegetables plus an apple orchard.
2 CONT "Mr. and Mrs. Matley purchased 800 acres in Sierra Valley in 1919 an
2 CONC d used the property for pasturage and feed, and in 1926 acquired the 9
2 CONC 600 acre Winnemucca ranch 35 miles north of Reno.  Mr. Matley died i
2 CONC n 1945, at the age of 72, from the effects of a fall from a haystack.
2 CONT "IN AIR AGE
2 CONT "The Matley family continued to operate the ranching property, althoug
2 CONC h the ranch area in the Truckee Meadows has decreased with the adven
2 CONC t of the air age.  First, United Air Lines bought 16 acres of the prop
2 CONC erty to increase the length of its runways, and after the Nevada Air N
2 CONC ational Guard moved to
2 CONT the Reno airport another 238 acres was taken over for its use on wha
2 CONC t is now the Reno Municipal Airport. 
2 CONT "Mrs. Matley was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a chart
2 CONC er member of the Order of Amarinth, both of Susanville.  She attende
2 CONC d the 50th anniversary of the founding of the latter order a few year
2 CONC s ago.
2 CONT "Surviving are five sons, Thoedore [sic] R. Matley of Sunol, Calif., J
2 CONC ohn M., Marshall R., Clifford L., and Wayne C. Matley and Mrs. Isabell
2 CONC e A. Murphy all of Reno.  Seventeen grandchildren, nine great grandchi
2 CONC ldren and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins also survive."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe Co, NV; Wednesday
2 CONC , 26 Feb 1958; page 14c3; obtained at the University of Nevada, Getche
2 CONC ll Library, microfilm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT "MATLEY--In Reno, Feb 25, 1958, Mrs. Martha Annie Matley, a native o
2 CONC f Milford, Calif. and the widow of John B. Matley; mother of Theodor
2 CONC e R. Matley of Sunol, Calif., John N., Marshall R. Matley, Mrs. Isabel
2 CONC le A. Murphy, Clifford L., and Wayne C. Matley, all of Reno; grandmoth
2 CONC er of Wayne O. Matley of Richmond, Calif., Russel Matley of Reno, Laur
2 CONC en Matley of San Lorenzo, Calif., Gordon Matley of Sunol, Calif., Joh
2 CONC n Frederick, Gail Wilson and Katherine Isabelle Matley, all of Reno; V
2 CONC irginia Carrol Matley, Ellen Ann Murphy, Robert Milton Murph [sic], Ma
2 CONC rvin Wayne Murphy, David Leroy Matley, Judith Matley, Bruce Andrew Mat
2 CONC ley, Kenneth Wayne Matley, Douglas Alexander Matley, Randall Curtiss M
2 CONC atley, all of Reno; great-grandmother of Gregory, Kathleen, Maureen Ma
2 CONC tley, all of Richmond, Calif.; Allyson Matley of Reno, Christine Louis
2 CONC e, Nancy Gene, Martha Annie and Shirley Jo Matley, all of San Lorenzo
2 CONC , Calif. and Jonnie Marie Lambert of Reno.
2 CONT "Friends are invited to attend funeral services on Friday at 1:30 p.m
2 CONC . at the home chapel of Ross-Burke Co.  Burial in the Masonic sectio
2 CONC n ofMountain View cemetery."
2 CONT 
0 @I403@ INDI
1 NAME "James" M /Worrell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1834 - 1835)
2 PLAC Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BET June.1860 - June.1864)
1 FAMS @F140@
0 @I404@ INDI
1 NAME "William" N. /Crawford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE APR 1829
2 PLAC Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1907
2 PLAC Grand Dalles, Klinkitat County, Washington
1 FAMS @F141@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Dallas WEEKLY CHRONICLE, 27 September 1907:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "PIONEER PASSES AWAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT "W.N. Crawford Dies at His Home in Grand Dalles at The Age of Seventy-
2 CONC Eight.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "W.N. Crawford, an honored and highly esteemed resident, died at his h
2 CONC ome in Grand Dalles Saturday evening at the age of 78 years. He was bo
2 CONC rn in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1829 and came to California in 1852. In 186
2 CONC 4 he was married to Miss Julia Worrell at Susanville, California, an
2 CONC d in 1877 the Crawfords emigrated to Klickitat county, Washington, an
2 CONC d settled on the farm where Mr. Crawford lived up to the time of his d
2 CONC eath.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mr. Crawford leaves a wife, a daughter, Mrs. Frank Saxton, of Sprin
2 CONC g Creek, Klickitat county, and two sons, J.N. (sic) Crawford and W.N
2 CONC . Crawford who reside near Grand Dalles."
0 @I405@ INDI
1 NAME "Minnie" Jane /Crawford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 APR 1865
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 MAR 1934
2 PLAC Blockhouse, Klickitat County, Washington
1 BURI
2 PLAC Centerville Grange Cemetery, Centerville, Klickitat County, Washington
1 FAMC @F141@
1 FAMS @F490@
1 NOTE An obituary from Goldendale SENTINEL, Goldendale, Washington, Thursda
2 CONC y 22 March 1934, page 4c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT OBITUARY
2 CONT 
2 CONT MINNIE J. SAXTON
2 CONT 
2 CONT Minnie J. Crawford was born in Susanville, California, April 23rd, 186
2 CONC 5. When but a small child she twice crossed the plains with her parent
2 CONC s. At the age of twelve she came to Klickitat county, with her parents
2 CONC , and settled near Grand Dalles, where she made her home until 1888, w
2 CONC hen she was united in marriage to Frank Saxton. To this union four chi
2 CONC ldren were born. After her marriage her residence was made on a farm n
2 CONC ear Centerville, until 1906 when the farm was sold and the final mov
2 CONC e was made to the Spring Creek section where she resided until her dea
2 CONC th March 15th, 1934, at the age of 68 years, 11 months and 20 days. Sh
2 CONC e was the last member of the Wn. N. Crawford family, her two brother
2 CONC s and one sister having preceded her to the better country.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She leaves to mourn her demise her husband, Frank Saxton, of near Gold
2 CONC endale, two sons, Carl, of Yacolt, Wash., Virgil, of Goldendale, and o
2 CONC ne daughter, Mrs. Edith Bledsoe, of Goldendale. One daughter, Mrs. Eth
2 CONC el Yeackel, preceded her several years ago. Three grandchildren also s
2 CONC urvive, Mrs. M. V. Miller and Marjorie Yeackel of Goldendale, and Car
2 CONC l Wayne Saxton, of Yacolt, and a large number of friends and relatives
2 CONC . She was a member of the Christian church at Centerville. She was a k
2 CONC ind and loving wife and mother, never complaining during her illness
2 CONC , always considerate of others.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were held from the Chapman chapel Saturday afternoon, at 2:0
2 CONC 0 o'clock, Elder S. C. Eshelman delivering the funeral sermon. Interme
2 CONC nt was in the Centerville Grange cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BEYOND
2 CONT 
2 CONT It seemeth such a little way to me Across to that Strange Country, th
2 CONC e Beyond;
2 CONT 
2 CONT And yet not strange--for it has grown to be
2 CONT 
2 CONT The home of those of whom I am so fond;
2 CONT 
2 CONT They make it seem familiar and most dear,
2 CONT 
2 CONT As journeying friends bring distant countries near.
2 CONT 
2 CONT So close it lies, that, when my sight is clear,
2 CONT 
2 CONT I think I see the brightly gleaming strand:
2 CONT 
2 CONT I know I feel that those who've gone from here
2 CONT 
2 CONT Come near enough to touch my groping hand.
2 CONT 
2 CONT I often think but for our veiled eyes
2 CONT 
2 CONT We should find Heaven right 'round us lies.
2 CONT 
2 CONT I cannot make it seem a day to dread
2 CONT 
2 CONT When from this earth I shall journey out.
2 CONT 
2 CONT To that still DEARER country of the dead,
2 CONT 
2 CONT And join the lost ones so long dreamed about.
2 CONT 
2 CONT I love this world; yet shall I love to go
2 CONT 
2 CONT And meet friends who wait for me I know.
2 CONT 
2 CONT I never stand about a bier and see
2 CONT 
2 CONT The seal of death set on some well-loved face,
2 CONT 
2 CONT But that I think, "One more to welcome me
2 CONT 
2 CONT "When I shall cross the intervening space
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Between this land and that one over there;
2 CONT 
2 CONT "One more to make the strange Beyond seem fair."
2 CONT 
2 CONT And so to me there is no sting to death,
2 CONT 
2 CONT And so the grave has lost its victory;
2 CONT 
2 CONT It is but crossing, with abated breath,
2 CONT 
2 CONT And white, set face, a little strip of sea
2 CONT 
2 CONT To find my loved ones waiting on the shore,
2 CONT 
2 CONT More beautiful, more precious than before.
0 @I406@ INDI
1 NAME "John" C. /Crawford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1867
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1933
2 PLAC The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
1 BURI
2 PLAC I O O F [Independent Order of Odd Fellows] Cemetery, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F141@
1 FAMS @F491@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, 12 October 1933, page 6c2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "JOHN C. CRAWFORD DIES IN THE DALLES
2 CONT 
2 CONT "PROMINENT RESIDENT OF NORTH SHORE ILL BUT SHORT TIME
2 CONT 
2 CONT "John C. Crawford, prominent resident of Northdalles and long active i
2 CONC n political affairs of the district, died in a local hospital early th
2 CONC is morning after a short illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Crawford, 66 years old, was well known for his civic activities bot
2 CONC h in The Dalles and the neighboring area across the river. He was acti
2 CONC vely identified with efforts to develop his home district throughout h
2 CONC is residence there, and had been a representative in the Washington le
2 CONC gislature.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He was born March 17, 1867, at Susanville, California. Surviving hi
2 CONC m are his wife, Mary, two sons, M.M. Crawford of Northdalles and M.H
2 CONC . Crawford of Goldendale. One sister, Mrs. Frank Saxton, Blockhouse, W
2 CONC ashington also survives.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral services will be held from the C.R. Callaway & Son chapel Thu
2 CONC rsday at 2 p.m. Interment will be at the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order o
2 CONC f Odd Fellows) cemetery. Additional arrangements will be announced lat
2 CONC er."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A notice published in THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, 13 October 1933, pa
2 CONC ge 1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "JOHN C. CRAWFORD FUNERAL YESTERDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT "FINAL HONORS PAID PROMINENT RESIDENT OF NORTHDALLES
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Friends gathered at the Callaway (The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon) c
2 CONC hapel yesterday afternoon to pay final honors to John C. Crawford, pro
2 CONC minent resident of Northdalles who passed away at a local hospital thi
2 CONC s week.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Services were conducted by the Masonic Lodge, of which Mr. Crawford h
2 CONC ad been a longtime member. Honorary pallbearers included George Christ
2 CONC iansen and A.C. Sly of Stevenson (Skamania County, Washington), Ira He
2 CONC ndeson of Vancouver (Clark County, Washington), Arthur Hall of Goldend
2 CONC ale (Klickitat County, Washington), L.A. McNary of Portland (Multnoma
2 CONC h County, Oregon), and Dr. A.S. Esson of The Dalles (Wasco County, Ore
2 CONC gon). Active pallbearers were Leo Brune and Roy Clark of Northdalles (
2 CONC Klickitat County, Washington), Jay Rorick, W.S. Nelson, F.V. Gallowa
2 CONC y and A.S. Milne.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mr. Crawford, 66 years old, was well known for his civic activities b
2 CONC oth in The Dalles and the neighboring area across the river. He was ac
2 CONC tively identified with efforts to develop his home throughout his resi
2 CONC dence there, and had been a representative in the Washington legislatu
2 CONC re.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He was born March 17, 1867, at Susanville, California. Surviving hi
2 CONC m are his wife, Mary, and two sons, M.M. Crawford of Northdalles and M
2 CONC .H. Crawford of Goldendale. One sister, Mrs. Frank Saxton, Blockhouse
2 CONC , Washington, also survives.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From The Fourteenth Session, by Alfred T Renfro © 1915: JOHN C CRAWFOR
2 CONC D; The Washington State Library-Joel M Pritchard Library, Capitol Camp
2 CONC us, Olympia, Thurston Co, WA
2 CONT 
2 CONT A Brief History of the Men who represented the Million and a Half Peop
2 CONC le of the State of Washington in the Legislature of 1915 . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN C. CRAWFORD
2 CONT 
2 CONT GRANDDALLES
2 CONT 
2 CONT District 21 * Klickitat County * Republican
2 CONT 
2 CONT Representative Crawford's father was one of the old Forty-Niners, cros
2 CONC sing the plains from Indiana, reaching California in 1850. John was bo
2 CONC rn in Susanville in 1867, but came to Washington at the age of ten an
2 CONC d settled at Granddalles. Forty-eight years of outdoor life--farming a
2 CONC nd stock-raising--developed this native son into a fine type of wester
2 CONC n manhood, big and quiet, suggesting the open range and the rugged hil
2 CONC ls. The last 38 years has been spent near Granddalles where he operate
2 CONC s his 1700-acre ranch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Seventeen years ago he married Miss Mary Lucas; they have two sons, Ma
2 CONC lcomb [sic], 16, and Mark 14. These husky youngsters spent a few week
2 CONC s at Olympia "looking after Dad," and they were truly chips off the ol
2 CONC d block. Mr. Crawford has served as School Director for the last 10 ye
2 CONC ars and has been a strong advocate of keeping Klickitat intact. He i
2 CONC s a Mason and an Elk.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Fifteenth Session by Herman W Ross & Richard Seelye Johnes, Ros
2 CONC s & Jones Publishers, Seattle, Kings Co, WA; © 1917: JOHN C CRAWFORD
2 CONC ; The Washington State Library-Joel M Pritchard Library, Capitol Campu
2 CONC s, Olympia, Thurston Co, WA
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN C. CRAWFORD
2 CONT 
2 CONT GRAND DALLES
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dist. 21--Klickitat County
2 CONT 
2 CONT Republican
2 CONT 
2 CONT To the people of Klickitat County, State Road No. 8, starting at Vanco
2 CONC uver up the Columbia River into Eastern Washington is very important a
2 CONC nd necessary. To secure the necessary appropriation for the building a
2 CONC nd completion of this road they selected two years ago one of their mo
2 CONC st influential citizens, John C. Crawford of Grand Dalles. He did so w
2 CONC ell in his first term that he was re-elected and at the fifteenth sess
2 CONC ion of the Legislature again represented the Twenty-first District.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Crawford is a big, broad shouldered, clear cut man, who commands t
2 CONC he represent of his fellowmen, the type which makes a good substantia
2 CONC l member of a law making body.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The representative from Klickitat County is a Republican. Born on Marc
2 CONC h 17. 1867, in California, the son of William and Julia A. Crawford, h
2 CONC e came to the state in 1877, settling in the county, which he now repr
2 CONC esents. He is a farmer and stock raiser on a large scale, his ranch co
2 CONC mprising more than 1700 acres of land.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1898 he married Miss Mary H. Lucas. They have two sons, Malcom an
2 CONC d Mark.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Especially interested in good roads Mr. Crawford applied himself close
2 CONC ly to the study of all legislation introduced and took an active par
2 CONC t in committee work. He was chairman of the committee on counties an
2 CONC d county boundaries and was strongly opposed to the division of Klicki
2 CONC tat County. He was also a member of the committees on fisheries, gam
2 CONC e and game fish, irrigation and arid lands, roads and bridges, and sta
2 CONC te capitol and granted lands.
0 @I407@ INDI
1 NAME "William" Harvey /Crawford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1870
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1930
2 PLAC The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F141@
1 FAMS @F492@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Dalles Weekly Chronicle, 11 September 1930:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "W.H. CRAWFORD DIES
2 CONT 
2 CONT "William H. Crawford, 60, a wheat farmer residing in Wasco county sinc
2 CONC e 1917, died last night at his farm home of Fifteen Mile creek followi
2 CONC ng an extended illness. No funeral arrangements have been made. He lea
2 CONC ves his wife, Lillian, and six children, William R., Vernon H., Eldon
2 CONC , Loreane, Melvin and Willard, one brother, J.C. Crawford of Klickita
2 CONC t county (Washington), and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Sexton (sic) of Block
2 CONC house (Washington)."
0 @I408@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" P. /Crawford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1878
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1907
1 FAMC @F141@
0 @I409@ INDI
1 NAME James /Crawford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1880
2 PLAC Klickitat County, WA
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1907
1 FAMC @F141@
0 @I410@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Crawford/
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 1885
2 PLAC Died in infancy.
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1907
1 FAMC @F141@
0 @I411@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Crawford/
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 1888
2 PLAC Died in infancy.
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1907
1 FAMC @F141@
0 @I412@ INDI
1 NAME "Eli" F. /Taylor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1836 - 1837)
2 PLAC IL
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1930
1 FAMS @F142@
1 NOTE According to Rick Albright of Merced in a letter he wrote to Tim Purd
2 CONC y of Susanville, Eli Taylor ran off with another woman when Eli and El
2 CONC izabeth were coming west. This happened in Reese River, NV in 1863.  S
2 CONC he divorced him when she reached Susanville, CA and then married Chris
2 CONC tie.  I remember even after about 90 years, the family would talk abou
2 CONC t her stigma of being a divorced woman, even though there were other d
2 CONC ivorcees in the family. SLD/DRW
0 @I413@ INDI
1 NAME "Iowa" J. /Taylor/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE DEC 1859
2 PLAC Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1864
1 FAMC @F142@
0 @I414@ INDI
1 NAME Ed /Taylor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1862
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1864
2 PLAC Austin, Lander County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F142@
0 @I415@ INDI
1 NAME "James" Burnet /Christie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1836
2 PLAC New York
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1885
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMS @F143@
1 NOTE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE SIER
2 CONC RAS, Professor J.M. Guinn, copyright 1902, page 578:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Came to California in 1863 and he, along with Joseph Crawford Wemple a
2 CONC s a partner, took up land in Surprise Valley, California in what is no
2 CONC w the Bare Ranch. He became sickly and moved back to Michigan with hi
2 CONC s family 1876.  Moved back to California, to Milford, in 1878.
0 @I416@ INDI
1 NAME "John" Burton /Christie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1868
2 PLAC Eagleville,Siskiyou [now Modoc] County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUL 1943
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F143@
1 FAMS @F159@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS, 21 July 1943, page 16c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "CHRISTIE
2 CONT 
2 CONT "In this city, July 19, 1943, John Burton Christie, beloved husband o
2 CONC f Alma Alberta Christie, loving father of Mrs. C. Leland Bronson, brot
2 CONC her of Mrs, Mary A. Doyle, grandfather of Mrs. J. Forrest Doyle, and g
2 CONC reat-grandfather of Sharon Rae Doyle, a native of California, aged 7
2 CONC 5 years. A member of the Golden Wedding Club, past master of Janesvill
2 CONC e Lodge No. 232, F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons).
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral services Thursday, July 22, at 10:30 a.m., under the auspice
2 CONC s of Seal Rock Lodge No. 536, F. & A.M., at The Litle Chapel of the Su
2 CONC nset, 2532 Irving Street, near 27th Avenue. Internment, Woodlawn Memor
2 CONC ial Park."
2 CONT 
2 CONT HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE SIER
2 CONC RAS, professor James Miller Guinn, A.M., copyright 1902, page 578:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "CHRISTIE BROTHERS.  Two young native sons of the state of Californi
2 CONC a who have made a success of merchandising are the Christie brothers
2 CONC , John Burton and James I., who are proprietors of a general merchandi
2 CONC se store in Janesville and own seven hundred acres of land adjoining t
2 CONC he town. The pioneer family of the family was James Christie, their fa
2 CONC ther, who was born in New York state, whence he was taken by his paren
2 CONC ts to Jackson county, Michigan, where his father followed farming unti
2 CONC l his death. James Christie attained manhood in his adapted state, whe
2 CONC re he remained in 1863, when he came to California by means of ox-team
2 CONC s. Upon his arrival he located in Surprise valley, Modoc county, and e
2 CONC ngaged in farming and stock-raising, having taken up and improved a ra
2 CONC nch near Eagleville. He remained in that location until 1876. when h
2 CONC e returned to Michigan and farmed in Jackson county for the ensuing tw
2 CONC o years. Deciding to locate permanently in the west, he disposed of hi
2 CONC s interests in Michigan and returned to California in 1878, and in Mil
2 CONC ford, Honey Lake valley, bought a small orchard and here spent the rem
2 CONC ainder of his days, his death occurring in 1885, at the age of forty-n
2 CONC ine years. He had lived a Christian life and was a consistent member o
2 CONC f the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was survived by his wife, formall
2 CONC y Elizabeth Jane Decious, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of John Dec
2 CONC ious. Her father brought the family as far west as Anamosa, Iowa, wher
2 CONC e they remained until 1862, when they crossed the plains to California
2 CONC , settling in Honey Lake valley, where her father died. Mrs. Christi
2 CONC e survives her husband and makes her home with her eldest son, John Bu
2 CONC rton Christie; two other children surviving, Mary, the wife of J.E. Do
2 CONC yle, of Janesville, and James I.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "John Burton Christie was born in Eagleville, Modoc county, March 31
2 CONC , 1868, and after receiving a preliminary education in the public scho
2 CONC ols attended Heald's Business College of San Francisco, from which ins
2 CONC titution he was graduated in 1889. Following this he secured a positio
2 CONC n in a store in Milford as clerk and in the spring of 1890 was appoint
2 CONC ed postmaster. Resigning the office to attend the Midwinter Fair in Sa
2 CONC n Francisco, he was reappointed upon his return, and purchased the Phi
2 CONC llips store in Milford, operated in the same connection. July 16, 1903
2 CONC , he suffered a loss of his interests by fire. Following this disaste
2 CONC r he clerked for Emerson (Charles Edward Emerson) for a time and the f
2 CONC ollowing year purchased the Meylert interest in a store and ranch in J
2 CONC anesville, where he has since resided. He was married in San Francisc
2 CONC o to Alberta Gainsworth, a native of the state of Iowa, and they hav
2 CONC e one daughter, Erma. Mr. Christie is identified fraternally with Hone
2 CONC y Love Parlor No. 198, Native Sons of the Golden West, of which he i
2 CONC s secretary, and politically is a blue Republican.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The younger of the brothers, James I. Christie, was born in Modoc cou
2 CONC nty, October 26, 1872. He married Grace Dill in Honey Lake valley, an
2 CONC d they have two children, Fay and Merle. For some time prior to 1904
2 CONC , when he went into partnership with his brother in the ranch and stoc
2 CONC k business, Mr. Christie was engaged in the merchandise business wit
2 CONC h the Spoon Brothers, the style of the firm being Spoon Brothers and C
2 CONC hristie, of Spoonville, where Mr. Christie was also postmaster. He dis
2 CONC posed of his interests in 1904 in order to join his brother at Janesvi
2 CONC lle, and they now have large landed interests, consisting of seven hun
2 CONC dred acres (half of which is in meadow), upon which they conduct in ex
2 CONC tensive stock and dairy business. Fraternally Mr. Christie is a membe
2 CONC r of Janesville Lodge No. 232, F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons), o
2 CONC f which he was master, and is also past-president of the Janesville Pa
2 CONC rlor, Native Sons of the Golden West. Both brothers are energetic ye
2 CONC t quiet in their manner, warm in their friendships, considerate of th
2 CONC e comfort of others, and furnishing by their lives an instance of th
2 CONC e elevating power of honorable citizenship."
0 @I417@ INDI
1 NAME "Mary" Alice /Christie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JUN 1870
2 PLAC Eagleville,Siskiyou [now Modoc] County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 JAN 1944
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F143@
1 FAMS @F161@
1 NOTE Newspaper article from a Lodi paper: 
2 CONT "FORMER LODI RESIDENT DIED. Mrs. Mamie Doyle, grandmother of Mrs. Floy
2 CONC d Burson, passed away Tuesday, January 18, at the home of her daughte
2 CONC r in Susanville, it was reported here yesterday. Friends in Lodi wil
2 CONC l remember her as she made her home with Captain and Mrs. Burson whil
2 CONC e they lived here. Mrs. Doyle was born in Lassen County where she ha
2 CONC s a great circle of friends. She was a member of the Methodist Church
2 CONC , of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, and the Order of Easter
2 CONC n Star. She is survived by a son, Jess Doyle of Redding, two daughters
2 CONC , Ruby Elledge of Sacramento and Illoma [sic] McNamee of Susanville, s
2 CONC even grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services and i
2 CONC nterment were conducted at Susanville."
0 @I418@ INDI
1 NAME "James" I. /Christie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1872
2 PLAC Eagleville, Siskiyou [now Modoc] County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 FEB 1936
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F143@
1 FAMS @F160@
1 NOTE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE SIER
2 CONC RAS, professor James Miller Guinn, A.M., copyright 1902, page 578:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "CHRISTIE BROTHERS.  Two young native sons of the state of Californi
2 CONC a who have made a success of merchandising are the Christie brothers
2 CONC , John Burton and James I., who are proprietors of a general merchandi
2 CONC se store in Janesville and own seven hundred acres of land adjoining t
2 CONC he town. The pioneer family of the family was James Christie, their fa
2 CONC ther, who was born in New York state, whence he was taken by his paren
2 CONC ts to Jackson county, Michigan, where his father followed farming unti
2 CONC l his death. James Christie attained manhood in his adapted state, whe
2 CONC re he remained in 1863, when he came to California by means of ox-team
2 CONC s. Upon his arrival he located in Surprise valley, Modoc county, and e
2 CONC ngaged in farming and stock-raising, having taken up and improved a ra
2 CONC nch near Eagleville. He remained in that location until 1876. when h
2 CONC e returned to Michigan and farmed in Jackson county for the ensuing tw
2 CONC o years. Deciding to locate permanently in the west, he disposed of hi
2 CONC s interests in Michigan and returned to California in 1878, and in Mil
2 CONC ford, Honey Lake valley, bought a small orchard and here spent the rem
2 CONC ainder of his days, his death occurring in 1885, at the age of forty-n
2 CONC ine years. He had lived a Christian life and was a consistent member o
2 CONC f the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was survived by his wife, formall
2 CONC y Elizabeth Jane Decious, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of John Dec
2 CONC ious. Her father brought the family as far west as Anamosa, Iowa, wher
2 CONC e they remained until 1862, when they crossed the plains to California
2 CONC , settling in Honey Lake valley, where her father died. Mrs. Christi
2 CONC e survives her husband and makes her home with her eldest son, John Bu
2 CONC rton Christie; two other children surviving, Mary, the wife of J.E. Do
2 CONC yle, of Janesville, and James I.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "John Burton Christie was born in Eagleville, Modoc county, March 31
2 CONC , 1868, and after receiving a preliminary education in the public scho
2 CONC ols attended Heald's Business College of San Francisco, from which ins
2 CONC titution he was graduated in 1889. Following this he secured a positio
2 CONC n in a store in Milford as clerk and in the spring of 1890 was appoint
2 CONC ed postmaster. Resigning the office to attend the Midwinter Fair in Sa
2 CONC n Francisco, he was reappointed upon his return, and purchased the Phi
2 CONC llips store in Milford, operated in the same connection. July 16, 1903
2 CONC , he suffered a loss of his interests by fire. Following this disaste
2 CONC r he clerked for Emerson (Charles Edward Emerson) for a time and the f
2 CONC ollowing year purchased the Meylert interest in a store and ranch in J
2 CONC anesville, where he has since resided. He was married in San Francisc
2 CONC o to Alberta Gainsworth, a native of the state of Iowa, and they hav
2 CONC e one daughter, Erma. Mr. Christie is identified fraternally with Hone
2 CONC y Love Parlor No. 198, Native Sons of the Golden West, of which he i
2 CONC s secretary, and politically is a blue Republican.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The younger of the brothers, James I. Christie, was born in Modoc cou
2 CONC nty, October 26, 1872. He married Grace Dill in Honey Lake valley, an
2 CONC d they have two children, Fay and Merle. For some time prior to 1904
2 CONC , when he went into partnership with his brother in the ranch and stoc
2 CONC k business, Mr. Christie was engaged in the merchandise business wit
2 CONC h the Spoon Brothers, the style of the firm being Spoon Brothers and C
2 CONC hristie, of Spoonville, where Mr. Christie was also postmaster. He dis
2 CONC posed of his interests in 1904 in order to join his brother at Janesvi
2 CONC lle, and they now have large landed interests, consisting of seven hun
2 CONC dred acres (half of which is in meadow), upon which they conduct in ex
2 CONC tensive stock and dairy business. Fraternally Mr. Christie is a membe
2 CONC r of Janesville Lodge No. 232, F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons), o
2 CONC f which he was master, and is also past-president of the Janesville Pa
2 CONC rlor, Native Sons of the Golden West. Both brothers are energetic ye
2 CONC t quiet in their manner, warm in their friendships, considerate of th
2 CONC e comfort of others, and furnishing by their lives an instance of th
2 CONC e elevating power of honorable citizenship."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 19 February 1936, page 1
2 CONC c7:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "DEATH TAKES J.I. CHRISTIE, PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Heart Attack Fatal To Well-Known Merchant
2 CONT 
2 CONT " . . . James I. Christie, a prominent figure in business, civic and f
2 CONC raternal activities of Susanville for many years, died at his home a
2 CONC t one o'clock this afternoon following a heart attack suffered three h
2 CONC ours earlier at his furniture store on Weatherlow street.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mr. Christie operated the Christie Furniture store for about 15 years
2 CONC , during which time his life furnished an instance of elevating powe
2 CONC r of honorable citizenship.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "He is survived by his wife Grace Dill Christie, one son, Fay Christie
2 CONC , Walnut Grove; one daughter, Mrs. Merle Downing, Los Angeles, one sis
2 CONC ter, Mrs. Mayme Doyle, Susanville, and one brother John Burton Christi
2 CONC e, San Francisco. Also surviving are four grandchildren. . . ."
0 @I419@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Wales/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 OCT 1855
2 PLAC Illinois
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1937
2 PLAC Oroville, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory , Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F1107@
1 FAMS @F144@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO RECORD, 27 June 1937, page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "DEATH CLAIMS CHICO PIONEER
2 CONT 
2 CONT "One of the last surviving pioneers of this region, Mrs. Elizabeth Dec
2 CONC ious, 82, a former resident of Chico, died at 9 o'clock last night a
2 CONC t the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cora Stubbs, 2136 Hewitt Avenue, Orov
2 CONC ille.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "When she was six years old, Mrs. Decious came across the plains wit
2 CONC h her parents and settled in the Honey Lake Valley in Lassen County. T
2 CONC here she met and married Joseph Decious. In later years she came to Ch
2 CONC ico with her husband and family. Seven years ago, however, the decease
2 CONC d went to Oroville to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Stubbs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Decious was the first of a five generation family. A great, grea
2 CONC t granddaughter was born recently.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Maude Ridenour, of Oakland
2 CONC ; Mrs. Stubbs, Oroville; Mrs. Elizabeth Faniani, Chico; Joseph Decious
2 CONC , Eureka. Six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one great
2 CONC , great grandchild survive.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "The deceased was a member of the Christian Church of Chico. The bod
2 CONC y was returned to the Westfall Funeral Home last night. Funeral arrang
2 CONC ements will be announced later."
0 @I420@ INDI
1 NAME "Alice" M. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1870
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 DEC 1891
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F144@
1 FAMS @F145@
1 NOTE An article from THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA, Thursd
2 CONC ay, 10 Dec 1891, page 3c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH OF MRS. M. PHILLIPS.
2 CONT 
2 CONT It is with feelings of sadness that we announce the death of the lad
2 CONC y named above, which occurred on the 4th inst.  Mrs. Phillips, nee Ali
2 CONC ce Decious, was born in Honey Lake Valley and grew to womanhood in ou
2 CONC r midst.  On the 21st of April, 1888, she was united in marriage wit
2 CONC h M. Phillips, of the firm of Winchell & Phillips, Buntingville, and a
2 CONC t the time of her death of the mother of two children, a boy of two ye
2 CONC ars and nine months, and a little girl baby of five months old.  Deat
2 CONC h resulted from an attack of measles complicated with other disorders
2 CONC , against which medical skill could not prevail.  The funeral took pla
2 CONC ce from the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Decious, of M
2 CONC ilford, and her remains were interred in the cemetery at that place
2 CONC .  With the bereaved husband, parents and relatives the ADVOCATE condo
2 CONC les, and especially is its sympathy enlisted for the little ones afloa
2 CONC t on life's journey without maternal guide or compass.  The mother hea
2 CONC rt lies stilled in death, and as the dying years add their dirges to t
2 CONC he Past, only a reflected knowledge of their loss can come to them.  S
2 CONC hould their future days be bright, and unnumbered blessing bloom and b
2 CONC lossom about them, still the one grand consolation of all shall be den
2 CONC ied.  Sad, it is, indeed.
2 CONT 
2 CONT [The LASSEN ADVOCATE, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA; Thursday, 10 Dec 1891
2 CONC ; page 3c5: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT DIED.
2 CONT 
2 CONT PHILLIPS.--Near Buntingville, Lassen County, California, December 4, 1
2 CONC 891, Alice, beloved wife of M. Phillips, aged 21 years and 7 months.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The funeral took place from the residence of the parents of deceased o
2 CONC f Milford, last Sunday at 2:30 P. M., and was largely attended.
2 CONT .
0 @I421@ INDI
1 NAME "Maud" Martha /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE APR 1873
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JAN 1938
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F144@
1 FAMS @F148@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE,  17 January 1938, page 4Cc6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "RIDENOUR - In Oakland, January 17, 1938, Maude M. Wife of the late El
2 CONC don Ridenour, mother of Mrs. Bill Smith and Ivan L. Ridenour; a nativ
2 CONC e of California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Friends are invited to attend services Wednesday afternoon, January 1
2 CONC 9, at 2 o'clock at the chapel of Albert Brown Co., 2376 Piedmont Avenu
2 CONC e, Oakland."
0 @I422@ INDI
1 NAME "George" Irving /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JUL 1876
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1900
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F144@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, Susanville, Thursday, 20 December 1
2 CONC 900, page 3c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "DEATH OF GEORGE I. DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT "George Irving Decious, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Decious, die
2 CONC d at his home in Milford, last Friday, December 14th. He had been affl
2 CONC icted for two years or more past with diabetes, and had sought in vai
2 CONC n the help of physicians of this city. George Decious was born in Milf
2 CONC ord,where he was known to all as an upright and industrious young man
2 CONC , as one in every way qualified to play an acceptable part in the affa
2 CONC irs of life, as an affectionate and loyal son. Although the final resu
2 CONC lt of his disease was probably fully anticipated, his death was nevert
2 CONC heless a sudden one; until within a day or two of the end his willin
2 CONC g hands finding employment in their accustomed works and the unawed sp
2 CONC irit within him finding its accustomed cheerful expression. With him l
2 CONC ife's battle was quickly fought - yet who shall say the victory was no
2 CONC t won? Deceased was a member of the Order of Native Sons of the Golde
2 CONC n West, and his remains were interred in the Milford cemetery last Sat
2 CONC urday, under the auspices of Honey Lake Lodge of Janesville, to whic
2 CONC h he had belonged. Despite the stormy weather, the funeral was a larg
2 CONC e one. The sympathies of all their friends are with the bereaved paren
2 CONC ts and relatives."
0 @I423@ INDI
1 NAME "Cora" Olive /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1879
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 MAR 1968
2 PLAC Paradise, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F144@
1 FAMS @F150@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD, 21 March 1968, page 2Ac4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "CORA O. STUBBS
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Cora Olive Stubbs, 88, died early this morning in a Paradise nursin
2 CONC g home alter a long illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Stubbs was born August 24, 1879 on a ranch near Honey Lake, Lass
2 CONC en County, and went to school in the Susanville area. She was marrie
2 CONC d to Richard N. Stubbs, July 4, 1900, on the ranch where she was born
2 CONC . They came to Chico in 1905 and moved to Oroville in 1921. Stubbs pre
2 CONC ceded Mrs. Stubbs in death in December 1945 and in 1960 she moved bac
2 CONC k to Chico to live with her daughter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Stubbs was a member of the Amapola Chapter to the Order of the E
2 CONC astern Star No. 119 of Oroville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Survivors include: A daughter, Mrs. Paul Shepard of Chico; four grand
2 CONC children and six great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral services will be held in the Hall-Van Hook Funeral Chapel a
2 CONC t 2 p.m. Saturday with Mrs. Thelma Gillick reading from the King Jame
2 CONC s version of the Bible and from Science and Health with Key to the Scr
2 CONC iptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Norman Sandberg will be the organist.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Interment will be in the family plot in the Masonic Section of the Ch
2 CONC ico Cemetery."
0 @I424@ INDI
1 NAME "Joseph" Vernon /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 APR 1885
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 NOV 1967
2 PLAC Eureka, Humboldt County, California
1 FAMC @F144@
1 FAMS @F152@
1 NOTE Joseph was a lineman for the Northern Electric Railroad Company and li
2 CONC ved in Oroville, CA. SLD/DRW
0 @I425@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 MAR 1889
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 OCT 1943
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F144@
1 FAMS @F155@
1 FAMS @F157@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO RECORD, 19 October 1943, page 8c2:
2 CONT "ELIZABETH D. FANIANI
2 CONT "Mrs. Elizabeth D. Faniani, wife of Frank E. Faniani, widely known res
2 CONC ident of Chico district, died Sunday afternoon at the Enloe hospital.
2 CONT "Funeral services are pending word from Lt. L.I. Fish, a son, concerni
2 CONC ng his arrival here. He is en route from Maryland. Arrangements are un
2 CONC der the direction of Nugent funeral service.
2 CONT "Mrs. Faniani was born at Honey Lake Valley, Lassen county, March 22
2 CONC , 1889, where her parents were pioneer ranchers. She came with her par
2 CONC ents the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Decious to Chico in 1902 and attende
2 CONC d the Chico Business college. She completed her secretarial course i
2 CONC n Oakland and was associated with the Bank of America in Chico for a n
2 CONC umber of years.
2 CONT "She was active member of the Christian church and a member of the boa
2 CONC rd of deaconesses. She was also a member of the board of directors o
2 CONC f the Chico Red Cross. She had lived on the Pentz road with her husban
2 CONC d for the past 14 years.
2 CONT "She is survived by her husband, Frank E. Faniani. two sons, Vernon E
2 CONC . Fish and Lt. L. (Pete) Fish of Baltimore, Maryland, two stepchildren
2 CONC , Mrs. Patricia DeClaw of Chico and Mrs. Felicia Tyler of San Diego
2 CONC ; a sister, Mrs. R.N. Stubbs of Oroville, and a brother, Joe Decious o
2 CONC f Eureka and the following grandchildren; Geraldine Fish, Suzanne Fish
2 CONC , Eddy, Penny and Jon Tyler of San Diego and Sherry and Trudy DeClaw o
2 CONC f Chico."
0 @I426@ INDI
1 NAME Michael /Phillips/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE SEP 1852
2 PLAC Germany
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BET. 1920-1940)
1 FAMS @F145@
1 NOTE The compiler's father, Claude C. Wemple, used to tell about the time w
2 CONC hen Mike Phillips was the owner of the general merchandise store at Bu
2 CONC ntingville, which was about 5 miles south of Janesville.  One of Mike'
2 CONC s regular customers came in and bought a saddle and charged it.  Whe
2 CONC n it came to send out the bills, Mike remembered he sold the saddle, b
2 CONC ut couldn't remember to whom.  It didn't take Mike long to solve his d
2 CONC ilemma.  He just sent a bill for the saddle to all his customers.  T
2 CONC o anyone who came in and complained, Mike apologized profusely and th
2 CONC e man who bought the saddle came in and paid the bill, none the wiser
2 CONC . DRW
0 @I427@ INDI
1 NAME "Charles" V. /Phillips/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAR 1889
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 JUN 1909
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F145@
1 FAMS @F146@
1 NOTE This bit of information is from the HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNI
2 CONC A & BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD OR THE  SIERRAS, page 658.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After his mother's death he lived with Joseph and Elizabeth Decious.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from THE CHICO RECORD, 27 June 1937, page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "CHARLES PHILLIPS DEAD
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Death yesterday morning called Charles Phillips, formally a clerk i
2 CONC n a local grocery store, at his home on Fifth Avenue, Chico. Stomach t
2 CONC rouble was the cause of death. His father who resides in Angles Camp
2 CONC , has been notified."
0 @I428@ INDI
1 NAME Ilda /Phillips/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1891
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT DEC 1891
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F145@
0 @I429@ INDI
1 NAME "Georgia" Mae /James/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JAN 1887
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 AUG 1966
2 PLAC Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Santa Rosa Memorial Park, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
1 FAMC @F1238@
1 FAMS @F146@
1 FAMS @F147@
1 NOTE Obituary from the SANTA ROSA PRESS DEMOCRAT, Friday, 26 August 1966, p
2 CONC age 8c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT "GEORGIA BENNETT
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow for Georgia Mae Bennett
2 CONC , 79, of 1210 Fourth Street, who died yesterday in a Santa Rosa hospit
2 CONC al after a brief illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Mrs. Bennett was born in Chico and had lived in Sonoma County for 1
2 CONC 6 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She was a member of the Christian Chruch of Santa Rosa and the Neighb
2 CONC ors of Woodcraft.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "She leaves her daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, Santa Rosa; and Mrs
2 CONC . Edith V. Keene, Red Bluff; sister Mrs. Jessie Smith, Auburn; one gra
2 CONC ndchild and two great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Kenneth Pew of the Christian Church will officiate at tomorrow's 1 p.
2 CONC m. service from the Eggen & Lance Mortuary. Private interment will fol
2 CONC low at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Memorial contributions may be mad to Arthritis, Heart, or Cancer fund
2 CONC s."
0 @I430@ INDI
1 NAME "Edith" Veronica