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Millie Bennewitz

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1. [S81] , 1900 Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.

Christian Bennewitz, Jr.

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1. [S81] , 1900 Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.

Frank S. Dearstyne

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Alice Styring

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1. [S98] Obituary, Port Chester Journal, Port Chester, Westchester Cty, New York, (in Grannie's clippings.), (in Grannie's clippings.)

James Styring

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Margaret Hornshaw

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Cynthia Holly

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Kim D. ("Marni") Holly

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Gibson

Fisher

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1. [S86] , 1850 Census Online, As viewed on ancestry.com.

Charles Brundage

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Purdy Fisher

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1. [S86] , 1850 Census Online, As viewed on ancestry.com.

Marietta Fisher

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1. [S86] , 1850 Census Online, As viewed on ancestry.com.

Elihu Marshall

George Armstrong Brown

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Birth	4 October 1822	George Armstrong Brown was born on 4 October 1822 in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.1,2,3
Marriage		He and Sarah Wood Anthony were married, date unknown4
Marriage	30 November 1849	He and Elizabeth Coggeshall Anthony were married on 30 November 1849 in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island,5,4
Church Affiliation	1867	As of 1867, George was affiliated with Methodist Episcopal Church of Middletown, in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Death	6 January 1899	He died on 6 January 1899 in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island,4
Biography	1908	In 1908: See attached.4

Citations

1. [S185] Richard M. Bayles, History of Newport County, Rhode Island: from the year 1638 to the year 1887 (New York: L.E. Preston & Co., 1888), p.578. Hereinafter cited as History of Newport County, Rhode Island.
2. [S781] James Newell Arnold, Compiler, Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1850: 21 vols (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Between 1891 and 1912), Vol 04, Newport County, Middletown, p. 26; online database, ancestry.com, ancestry.com ( : accessed
3. [S841] , Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Volume III (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), Vol 3, page 2146; digital images, (https://archive.org/stream/representativemebyu03jhbe#page/n6/mode/1up : accessed
4. [S841] , Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol 3, page 2145
5. [S753] William F. Reed, The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I. (Washington, DC: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1902), p. 102; digital images, Archive.org, Archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/descendantsoftho00lcreed#page/86/mode/2up : accessed

Mary A. Brown

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1. [S185] Richard M. Bayles, History of Newport County, Rhode Island: from the year 1638 to the year 1887 (New York: L.E. Preston & Co., 1888), p.578. Hereinafter cited as History of Newport County, Rhode Island.
2. [S191] Rootsweb WorldConnect 3169691 Database, Glenn Russell, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

George Cook Coggeshall

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1. [S185] Richard M. Bayles, History of Newport County, Rhode Island: from the year 1638 to the year 1887 (New York: L.E. Preston & Co., 1888), p.578. Hereinafter cited as History of Newport County, Rhode Island.

Nathaniel A. Brown

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1. [S185] Richard M. Bayles, History of Newport County, Rhode Island: from the year 1638 to the year 1887 (New York: L.E. Preston & Co., 1888), p.578. Hereinafter cited as History of Newport County, Rhode Island.
2. [S191] Rootsweb WorldConnect 3169691 Database, Glenn Russell, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

Sarah Sanford

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Birth	13 August 1810	Sarah Sanford was born on 13 August 1810 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. The Coggeshall Genealogy lists her father as Capt. Peleg Sanford. I am not sure that Sarah Peckham is her mother. In the 1850 census, Lydia Briggs, age 71, is living in their home, and Sarah named a daughter Lydia Briggs Brown. That would certainly raise the question whether or not Lydia Briggs is her mother, since she is too old to be a sister. Lydia Brown Briggs was the dau. of1
Marriage	9 June 1831	Pardon Brown and she were married on 9 June 1831 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island,2,3
Death	3 August 1891	She died on 3 August 1891 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island,1
Burial	5 August 1891	She was buried on 5 August 1891 at Pardon Brown Lot in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Obituary	8 August 1891	8 August 1891, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, Newport Mercury Obituary: Deaths. In this city, 3d inst., Mrs. Sarah Sanford Brown, in the 81st year of her age.4

Citations

1. [S754] Charles Pierce Coggeshall and Thellwell Rusell Coggeshall, The Coggeshalls in America: genealogy of the descendants of John Coggeshall of Newport, with a brief notice of their English antecedents (Boston, MA: C.E. Goodspeed and Co., 1930), p. 70; digital images, HathiTrust, HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066029471;view=1up : accessed
2. [S185] Richard M. Bayles, History of Newport County, Rhode Island: from the year 1638 to the year 1887 (New York: L.E. Preston & Co., 1888), p.578. Hereinafter cited as History of Newport County, Rhode Island.
3. [S190] Rootsweb WorldConnect kelnhofer6 Database, Karen Kelnhofer, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
4. [S791] Newport Mercury, Newport, Rhode Island, 8 Uag 1891 p. 4; ()

Captain Peleg Sanford

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1. [S808] Daughters of the American Revolution, Rhode Island Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 (Newport, RI: n.d.), Newport, p. 29; online database, ancestry.com, ancestry.com ( : accessed

Lucy Maria Brown

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1. [S190] Rootsweb WorldConnect kelnhofer6 Database, Karen Kelnhofer, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

Peleg Brown

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Biography		The attached paragraph about Peleg Brown's life is from vol. 2 of the History of Nevada, by Sam P. Davis.1
WebLink		RELATED WEBPAGE: The story of the Brown Ranch.2
Photo Link		, in Washoe County, Nevada. Photos of the Brown's Landing Ranch.
Birth	14 July 1836	Peleg Brown was born on 14 July 1836 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.3
History Note	1857	In 1857 in Washoe County, Nevada, the following event took place: "Although there was more or less stock in the county, belonging to emigrants, left here by them to recruit, or broken down stock purchased from the emigrants by the settlers, it was not until 1857 that stock-raising as a business was undertaken. Peleg Brown drove in some cattle that year, and Drexler & Sloan did also....It was, and is (written 1881) the practice of stock owners, to drive their herds to the mountains in the spring, bringing them back in the fall to winter in the comparatively mild climate of the valleys. The winter of 1959 was the most severe one that has been experienced by the cattle owners, and large numbers of stock perished."4
In household	10 September 1860	He appeared in the household of Joshua Coggeshall Brown in the census 10 September 1860 in Steam Boat Valley, Carson, Utah Territory. Joshua is listed as5
History Note	February 1861	In February 1861 in Panama Canal Zone the following event took place: Peleg "and his brother, Pardon, Jr., returned to the West in February 1861. They sailed from New York on the Steamship "Champion;" rode the railroad across the Isthmus of Panama; and sailed to San Francisco on the Steamship "Contest." They crossed the Sierra Nevadas via the Placerville route and arrived in the Truckee Meadows in late April. From the Historic American Building Survey of the Library of Congress, in their report on the Brown Damonte Ranch. 6
History Note	1863	In 1863 in Steamboat Valley, Washoe, Nevada, the following event took place: "Alfalfa was introduced about 1863, Mr. Peleg Brown being the first gentleman to experiment upon that kind of grass in the State. His success and that of others led to the general sowing of alfalfa fields by the ranchers, until now (written in 1881) thousands of tons are cut annually, some fields yielding two or three crops a year, amounting to from six to eight tons per acre."4
Marriage	18 January 1863	Peleg Brown and Elizabeth Gill were married on 18 January 1863 in Washoe County, Nevada,7,8
Census	1870	He appeared in the census 1870 in Truckee Meadows, Washoe County, Nevada. Peleg is listed as: age 33, Farmer, Real estate $7000, personal assets $2000, b. R.I., with Elizabeth, 34, Keeping house, b. Indiana, Albert, 5, Julia, 4, Laura, 2, children born Nevada. Ellen Brennen, 23, Domestic, Ireland. A. Field, 34, Farmer, NY. Chung, 36, Chinese, Cook, b. China. C. Peckham, 39, Farm Laborer, Ireland. Geo. Warren, 34, Farm Laborer, Ireland. Jno. Bigler, 34, Farm Laborer, Ireland. W. Williams, 38, Farm Laborer, Ireland. N. Farmington, 30, Farm Laborer, R.I. The next dwelling house is listed with a new dwelling house number, but the same family number, implying that it was another building on the same property. J. N. Gallend, 38, Hotel, N.Y. J. S. Thatcher, 30, Teamster, N.Y. N. S. Cole, 50, Cook, N.Y. E. Nacy, Farm Laborer, Ark.7
Newspaper Item	28 September 1872	According to the 28 September 1872 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, , A notice ran for several weeks publicizing the Washoe County UNION REPUBLICAN TICKET. It listed those running for State Senator, Assemblymen, Sheriff, County Clerk, etc, and Peleg was listed as running for County Commissioner, Long Term.9
Public Office	5 November 1872	As of on 5 November 1872, Washoe County, Nevada, , Peleg served as. County Commissioner.10
Census	1875	He appeared in the census 1875 in Washoe County, Nevada. Peleg is listed as: Head, 38, Farmer, with E. Brown, 39, b. Indiana, A.G. Brown, 10 and Laura Brown, 7, both born in Nevada. B.C. Clow, male, 53, Farmer, b. New York, with J.C. Clow, female, 44, b. Vermont, Westley Clow, m. 27, b. New York, Laborer; Amos Clow, 21, Laborer, b. Wisconsin; Joseph Clow, 44, Laborer, b. New York; Sam. Comfort, 18, Laborer, Wisconsin; Sarah Mencis, 25, Housekeeper, b. New York; L. Vaulam, 21, female, School Teacher, Wisconsin; John Wright, 40, Farmer, b. Ireland with Emma Wright, 36, b. Scotland; M. Wright, female, 10; S. Wright, female, 8; E. Wright, female, 6; F. Wright, female, 4, William, 3; James 1 mo. all Wright children born in Nevada.11
Newspaper Item	17 January 1878	According to the 17 January 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, , INCORPORATION: Articles of incorporation of the Truckee and Steamboat Irrigation Canal Company have been filed in the Clerk's office. Object: To construct and maintain a water ditch or canal to convey water frm the Truckee River, above Verdi, to Steamboat Springs. Trustees: Peleg Brown, Peter Dalton, B.B. Norton, A. M. Lamb, J.L. Downs, James Burke. This is a great undertaking, will require an immense sum of money, and when constructed will irrigate thousands of acres of land which can be reached by water in no other way. We hope the project will be carried out.
Newspaper Item	May 1878	According to the May 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, , Another Big Ditch: The Truckee and Steamboat Springs Canal Co. intend to commence work. Their scheme is to build a ditch from the State line to Steamboat Springs, carrying the waters of the Truckee along the base of the mountains, and be the means of irrigating thousands of acres of good land, now worthless for want of water. The ditch will be 10,500 rods in length, and the estimated cost of construction, $40,000. It will take just a year to do the work. Messrs. Peleg Brown, Pete Dalton, Jas. Burke, E. Crane, J.L. Downs, B.B. Norton, and others are the projectors.12
Newspaper Item	15 May 1878	According to the 15 May 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, , "Contract Let: The Truckee and Steamboat Springs Canal Company yesterday awarded the contract for their ditch to Quong Yee Wo & Co., of San Francisco, for $36,000, work to commence immediately. The other bids read as follows: L. Richardson and sons, $44,444; S.F. Hoole, $41,000; A.C. White, $44,000; Ah. JHack, $36,000; J.W. Johnson, $40,000; Ah Joe, $39,000; Ah Sam, $38,500; Chung Kee, $37,600; H.L. W. Knox, $37,000; J.K. Everett, $36,800; C. Pardins, $46,200." This award caused considerable consternation. The Workingmen Club of Reno members vowed to resist by force the working of Chinamen on the Canal. I have not researched this further but it would be very interesting to pursue.13
Newspaper Mention	21 May 1878	The 21 May 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, reported CHANCE FOR INVESTMENT: The Truckee and Steamboat Springs Irrigation Canal Company offer for sale a limited number of shares of the capital stock. For further particulars, inquire of Peleg Brown, Brown's Station.14
Newspaper Mention	31 May 1878	The 31 May 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, reported JURORS: Hoole and Peleg Brown are the only Renoites who got caught on the U.S. Jury at Carson yesterday. The case is the Cherry Creek mail robbers, and it will take about a week to try it.15
Death	9 September 1878	He died on 9 September 1878 in Truckee Meadows, Washoe County, Nevada,16
Obituary	9 September 1878	9 September 1878, Reno, Washoe, Nevada, Reno Evening Gazette Obituary:. Death of Peleg Brown: Reno was startled this morning by the news of the death of Peleg Brown. The said report was soon found to be only too true. Mr. Brown was in town yesterday and promised to attend to-day a meeting of the Steamboat Irrigation and Canal Ditch Company, in which he was largely interested. He had been in poor health for a long time, his disease bing [sic] consumption, and only last week returned from a visit to California, whither he had gone in search of health. On his return to his ranch- which is about ten miles from town on the Virginia road- he seemed to be as well as usual. At 11 o'clcok, however, he was seized with a difficulty in breathing, but neither he nor this family thought any thing serious was about to happen. Later, however, he grew worse and Mrs. Brown insisted on dispatching messengers for physicians. Mr. Brown soon realized his situation and calling his wife and children to his bedside bad them a love farewell. He breathed his last at 4 o'clock this morning. Dr. Bergman, who arrived about an hour after death had taken place, says that Mr. Brown probably died from a combination of Lung and heart disease. Deceased was one of the best citizens of Washoe county, and his taking off is the principal topic of conversation among the people to-day. He was a good friend to the interests of this region and was always active in public enterprises. For four years he served the county faithfully in the capacity of Commissioner, and since his term of office expired, a year ago last January, the county affairs have never been in so prosperous and satisfactory a condition. Mr. Brown was one of the first settlers of this valley, arriving her in 1859 and has since then resided principally upon the farm where he ended his life today. He was about forty-three years of age. He leaves behind a wife and four children. Mr. Brown died in good circumstances, leaving an estate valued at between $30,000 and $40,000. The time for the funeral has not yet been decided upon. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kathy Grace gendiva@charter.net June 16, 2004, 9:29 pm16
Burial	September 1878	He was buried in September 1878 at Old Hillside Cemetery, Lot 177, University Terrace and Nevada Street, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada. Age 42 yrs., 1 mo., 25 dys.17
Newspaper Mention	16 April 1891	The 16 April 1891 edition of the reported "ARBOR DAY AT BROWN'S STATION. Pleasant Exercises Successfully Carried Out. Arbor Day was observed by the good people of Brown's District by the setting out of 260 trees in the school yard. Ten of them were dedicated, with appropriate remarks, to persons who are or have been associated with the school. One of them, in memory of Peleg Brown -- deceased -- who donated the grounds for the schoolhouse in 1873 and who also was one of the first three trustees in the district...." Also mentioned in the article are John Wright, W.D. Harden, and G.B. Clow.

Citations

1. [S1077] Sam P. Davis, History of Nevada, Volume II (Reno, Nevada: The Elms Publishing Co., 1913), Vol 2, p. 1133; digital images, Family Search, familysearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/339915 : accessed
2. [S622] From the Historic American Building Survey of the Library of Congress, in their report on the Brown Damonte Ranch. http://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/nv/nv0100/nv0148/data/nv0148data.pdf
3. [S190] Rootsweb WorldConnect kelnhofer6 Database, Karen Kelnhofer, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
4. [S218] Thompson and West, History of the State of Nevada with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Oakland, California: Thompson and West, 1881), p. 632. Hereinafter cited as History of the State of Nevada.
5. [S85] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
6. [S954] National Park Service, Western Region, Dept of the Interior, "Historic American Buildings Survey", pdf, Peleg Brown Ranch (Louis Damonte Ranch) (http://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/nv/nv0100/nv0148/data/nv0148data.pdf), p. 15, from letters written by Peleg and Pardon Brown, Spring 1861, Pardon Brown Family Letters, uncataloged, Nevada Historical Society.; Library of Congress
7. [S84] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
8. [S202] Extracted by Arthur Porter Special Collections dept., online http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/index.cfm, (Published online by Brigham Young University, Idaho Family History Center, Rexburg, ID), Vol. A, Page 10, Marriage ID 262329, Washoe County, NV.
9. [S210] Obituary, Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada, 28 Sep 1872, 28 Sep 1872
10. [S218] Thompson and West, History of the State of Nevada, p. 629.
11. [S212] , Census--Microfilmed, Viewed on Ancestry.com.
12. [S210] Nevada State Journal, May 1878, May 1878.
13. [S210] Nevada State Journal, 15 May 1878, 15 May 1878.
14. [S210] Nevada State Journal, 21 May 1878, 21 May 1878.
15. [S210] Nevada State Journal, 31 May 1878, 31 May 1878.
16. [S201] Obituary, Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada
17. [S205] Old Hillside Cemetery, Reno, NV, compiled by Cal C. Pettengill, Tombstone Transcription Project, Nevada, 9/22/2000, http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Nevada/nevada.html. Hereinafter cited as Old Hillside Cemetery, Reno, NV Listing.

Lydia Briggs Brown

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1. [S190] Rootsweb WorldConnect kelnhofer6 Database, Karen Kelnhofer, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
2. [S681] Massachusetts, Town of Medway, 1874: p. 250; familysearch.org

Pardon Brown

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ChildParent1,1
Birth	25 April 1845	Pardon Brown was born on 25 April 1845 in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.1
Witness	February 1861	He was a witness with Peleg Brown in February 1861 in Panama Canal Zone.2
Marriage	about 1866	Pardon Brown and Sarah Elizabeth Stoddard were married about 18663,4
Census	1867	He appeared in the census 1867 in Surprise Valley, Siskiyou County, California. Pardon is listed as: living in Surprise Valley. His brother Joshua also listed. At this time, Surprise Valley was part of Siskiyou County.5
Census	22 June 1880	He appeared in the census 22 June 1880 in Lake City Township, Modoc County, California. Pardon is listed as: age 35, Farmer, born RI, father born CT, mother b. RI. Sarah, wife, age 34, b. Mass and parents also. Edith, Daughter, 13, b. Nevada. Hudson A., 12, b. Nevada. Pardon, 10, b Calif. E.S. Stoddard, age 60 (68?), mother-in-law, b. Mass and parents born Mass. Four boarders: John Wall, 32, b. Conn; Philip Hudson, 25, b. Cal; Peter Morse, 45, b. England; Joseph Burns, 50, Ireland. All Farm Laborers.3
Directory	1885	As of 1885 Pardon was listed in the Surprise Valley, Modoc County, California, directory. lFarmer6
Property Record	19 August 1890	Pardon was involved in a property transaction on 19 August 1890 in Range 16-E, Modoc, California. 160 acres. N1/2NW, NWNE, and SWNW. Cash Sale. This property bordered Joshua's property. It is west of Middle Lake about 10 miles, about 15 miles southwest of Cedarville and about the same southeast of Alturas.7
In household	25 June 1900	He appeared in the household of Christopher Columbus Loftus in the census 25 June 1900 in Cogswell Creek, Lake County, Oregon. Christopher is listed as8
Census	1910	Pardon Brown appeared in the census 1910 in Linkville, Klamath County, Oregon. Pardon is listed as: Roomer, age 65, Widowed, stock raiser, own account. Lives in household with Head Karl Boettcher and 4 other boarders.9
Death	19 October 1912	He died on 19 October 1912 in Lake County, Oregon,10
Burial	October 1912	He was buried in October 1912 at LakeView IOOF Cemetery, Block 47n Lot 5, in Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon.11

Citations

1. [S190] Rootsweb WorldConnect kelnhofer6 Database, Karen Kelnhofer, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
2. [S954] National Park Service, Western Region, Dept of the Interior, "Historic American Buildings Survey", pdf, Peleg Brown Ranch (Louis Damonte Ranch) (http://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/nv/nv0100/nv0148/data/nv0148data.pdf), p. 15, from letters written by Peleg and Pardon Brown, Spring 1861, Pardon Brown Family Letters, uncataloged, Nevada Historical Society.; Library of Congress
3. [S83] , 1880 Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
4. [S841] , Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Volume III (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), Vol 3, p. 2145; digital images, (https://archive.org/stream/representativemebyu03jhbe#page/n6/mode/1up : accessed
5. [S215] http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~shannara/Registers/index.htm, 1867 Census--Microfilmed, Siskiyou County, Viewed on USGenWeb Siskiyou County Resources website.
6. [S216] Modoc County, California Directory (: California USGenWeb Project, 1885). Hereinafter cited as Modoc County, California Directory.
7. [S207] Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office, Land Patent Database BLM Document Nr 1483, Accession# CACAAA069660, BLM Serial# CACAAA069660.; BLM GLO Land Patent Database, www.glorecords.blm.gov/.
8. [S81] , 1900 Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
9. [S80] , 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com.
10. [S213] Oregon State Archives and Records Center, online www.ancestry.com, State of Oregon (Published online by Ancestry.com, viewable by subscription.)
11. [S214] Lake County, Oregon, US Genweb Tombstone Transcription Project, http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ecemetery/registry.html. Hereinafter cited as Lake County, Oregon Cemeteries.

California Brown

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1. [S81] , 1900 Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.