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0 @I1@ INDI
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 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE A man of some local prominence.  He was a successful rancher and farme
2 CONC r. During the Great Depression, he took over his father's property whe
2 CONC n the bank was threatening to foreclose and take over the family farm
2 CONC . His father had obtained the property from Claude's grandfather, Jose
2 CONC ph Crawford Wemple. After taking it over, Claude built this farming bu
2 CONC siness up from about 500 acres of farm land to over 1000 acres of till
2 CONC ed farm land and another 3900 acres of grazing land.  At the height o
2 CONC f his operation, he ran about 400 head of cows and another 300 head o
2 CONC f heifers and steers he was readying for market.  His business practic
2 CONC es were beyond reproach his entire life.  Above all, Claude was a hors
2 CONC eman.  He loved his horses and  was an active rider throughout most o
2 CONC f his life.  When he was aged 77, he rode a ten hour day riding afte
2 CONC r cattle with the rest of the cowboys.  At this age, his legs bega
2 CONC n to fail him and riding became too painful for him, so he hung up hi
2 CONC s spurs.   But, he continued actively to run his ranch for the next s
2 CONC everal years. His love of horses continued for the rest of his life an
2 CONC d he would talk horses to any willing ear until the day he died.  H
2 CONC e had artistic skills and during the Depression, he made silver mounte
2 CONC d 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 famil
2 CONC y treasure.  It is presently in the possession of his grandson, Danie
2 CONC l C. Wemple.  After he retired, at about age 85, he wrote a book abou
2 CONC t his grandfather, Joseph Crawford Wemple, which he simple titled Jos
2 CONC eph Crawford Wemple: A Pioneer of Lassen County, California, 1830-1921
2 CONC .  Then when he entered his nineties, he wrote a second book, an auto
2 CONC biography titled Memories of a Rancher From the Land of the Never Swe
2 CONC ats.  Joseph Crawford Wemple, and other early Lassen County pioneer
2 CONC s called the area they lived in The Land of the Never Sweats becaus
2 CONC e it took little labor to live off the land that they had moved onto
2 CONC .  At various times in his lifetime he served on about twelve differen
2 CONC t advisory boards, the most prestigious being the Advisory Board of th
2 CONC e Bank of America from 1949-1975 in Susanville, California.  He wa
2 CONC s a school trustee on the Milford Elementary School, Lassen Union Hig
2 CONC h School and Lassen Junior College running from 1937-1949, and he wa
2 CONC s a charter member and had a thirty year membership in the Lassen Coun
2 CONC ty Sheriff's Posse.  He was given recognition by seven different commu
2 CONC nity and organizational awards, the most notable being recognized as t
2 CONC he Farmer of the Year by California Soil Conversation District in 19
2 CONC 82.  He died while living on his beloved ranch in 1993 at age 97 in hi
2 CONC s home not far from the house where he was born.  He had spent his ent
2 CONC ire life span in the community in which he was born, save a brief si
2 CONC x months which he spent living with his son, David, in Orland, CA. DR
2 CONC W  The following article was sent to the compiler by Lynn Hallowell Mc
2 CONC Donald, niece of Claude Wemple, shortly after its publication. DRW  Ar
2 CONC ticle from the NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, May 11, 1985:  PLAQUE NOTES HISTO
2 CONC RIC PAST OF TINY CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY  Milford, California - Motorist
2 CONC s along busy Highway 395 between Reno and Susanville may never have no
2 CONC ticed when they passed through the historic Lassen County community o
2 CONC f Milford.  But Milford, one of the oldest settlements in the Honey La
2 CONC ke Valley, will go unnoticed no longer.  The Neversweats Chapter o
2 CONC f E Clampus Vitus has dedicated a rock plaque that recognizes the comm
2 CONC unity at the site of the first important flour mill in northeastern Ca
2 CONC lifornia.  Milford, about 25 miles southeast of Susanville, was regist
2 CONC ered in 1979 as a state historical point in interest, the first in Las
2 CONC sen County.  Still, the town's historical significance was generally u
2 CONC nrecognized until E Clampus Vitus decided to erect the marker.  Milfor
2 CONC d got its start in 1856 when Robert T. Scott staked a claim there.  Jo
2 CONC seph Wemple named the town in 1861, taking note of a sawmill and flou
2 CONC r mill there.  Claude Wemple, 89-year-old patriarch of the Wemple fami
2 CONC ly, was on hand when the marker was dedicated last week.  The Honey La
2 CONC ke Valley has seen seven generations of Wemples.  Many still live here
2 CONC .  Claude Wemple has lived in a cluster of homes in the Wemple Ranch s
2 CONC ince 1903.  Records say Robert Scott's first developments - includin
2 CONC g a cabin, five fenced acres and water for farming - were sold to Pete
2 CONC r Lassen, the county's pioneer settler, in 1859.  Thomas Fairchild o
2 CONC f Massachusetts and Frederick Washburne of Pennsylvania acquired Milfo
2 CONC rd from Lassen's estate.  They built a sawmill along Mill Creek in 186
2 CONC 0.  A flour mill was constructed a year later by Joseph Wemple and hi
2 CONC s brother-in-law Judson Dakin.  The site of the flour mill is about 20
2 CONC 0 yards from the new historical plaque.  Milford's business district i
2 CONC s limited to a store and post office.  It once featured a saloon, hote
2 CONC l, blacksmith shop, store, butcher shop, school and several mills.  Ac
2 CONC cording to Claude Wemple, it was known for crops of apples that were s
2 CONC hipped along Honey Lake to the railroad.  McClatchy News Service   Obi
2 CONC tuary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 28 December 19
2 CONC 93, page 1c2-4 & 10c6:  MILFORD PIONEER DEAD AT 97  Lifelong Milford r
2 CONC esident Claude Clement Wemple, 97 died at his home on Tuesday, Decembe
2 CONC r 21.  The first born son of Jay and Libby Wemple, he was born in Milf
2 CONC ord on April 3, 1896. A third generation California native, Claude ope
2 CONC rated the Wemple Ranch in Milford for 51 years.  He married Henriett
2 CONC a Winchester shortly after graduating from Lassen High School in 1916
2 CONC . The couple raised a family of three sons and one daughter. Henriett
2 CONC a died in 1984.  Claude worked for his father at farming and ranchin
2 CONC g from 1915 to 1932. Then, in 1932, he started to realize his lifelon
2 CONC g goal of owning and operating a cattle ranch. It was in this year tha
2 CONC t he purchased his father's ranch, part of which was originally owne
2 CONC d by Peter Lassen. At the time he purchased it, the ranch consisted o
2 CONC f approximately 500 acres.  By the time Claude retired, he had increas
2 CONC ed the size of his ranch to more than 4,700 acres. During his active r
2 CONC anching years, Claude primarily raised beef cattle, but on various occ
2 CONC asions he also raised dairy cattle, hogs and Thoroughbred horses, as w
2 CONC ell as producing grain, hay and alfalfa seed as cash crops.  Claude al
2 CONC so developed artistic skills, producing over the years several paintin
2 CONC gs, engravings and pen in ink sketches many of them focusing on life a
2 CONC s it was lived on his ranch.  Another of Claude's passions was the pre
2 CONC servation of history. He was a founding member of the Lassen County Hi
2 CONC storical Society and, following his retirement from active ranching, h
2 CONC e devoted his life to recording his own experiences of growing up in L
2 CONC assen County.  The result is a book entitled MEMORIES OF A RANCHER FRO
2 CONC M THE LAND OF THE NEVER SWEATS. Published by Bornet Books in 1992, Cla
2 CONC ude's book added a whole new chapter to local history and has been pra
2 CONC ised as a dynamic and entertaining chronicle of the life as it wa
2 CONC s really lived in the vast American west.  Claude was a member of num
2 CONC erous local organizations, including: Lassen County Cattlemen's Associ
2 CONC ation (charter member and president from 1949-1955); Lassen County Far
2 CONC m Bureau (charter member and former Chairman of the Janesville/Milfor
2 CONC d Center); Lassen County Fair Board, 1952-1974; Lassen County Historic
2 CONC al Society (charter member and president form 1963-1967); Advisory Boa
2 CONC rd of the Bank of America; Susanville Branch, 1949-1975; School Boar
2 CONC d Trustee, Milford Elementary, Lassen Union High School and Junior Col
2 CONC lege, 1937-1954; the Farmers Home Administration Advisory Board, lat
2 CONC e 1940's; Lassen County Sheriff's Posse (charter member, 30-year membe
2 CONC r); and the United Methodist Church of Susanville.  Claude is survive
2 CONC d by his sons Glenn of Milford and David of Orland; his brother Neil W
2 CONC . Wemple of Tucson, Arizona; sisters Olga Burroughs of Sacramento, Mar
2 CONC jel Dozier of Anderson, Marguerite Rypkema of Paradise and Deesse Theo
2 CONC dore of Susanville.  Also surviving are eight grandchildren, seventee
2 CONC n great-grandchildren, fourteen great-great-grandchildren and one grea
2 CONC t-great-great-grandchild.  Funeral services are scheduled to be held a
2 CONC t 11 a.m., December 28, with interment to follow in the Milford Cemete
2 CONC ry.  Snippites from various newspapers sent to the compiler by Phylli
2 CONC s Metz on May 20, 2000:  From the LASSEN ADVOCATE September 12, 1912
2 CONC :  High School Athletics - Claude Wemple was hit in the eye with a bas
2 CONC eball while practicing at the grounds Wednesday. He was taken to his h
2 CONC ome in an automobile after the accident. Claude promises to develop in
2 CONC to a good player and it is hoped that his injury will not long keep hi
2 CONC m off the diamond.  From the LASSEN ADVOCATE April 25, 1913:  Doings a
2 CONC t the High School:  Tryouts for Reno meet - . . .high hurdles, Wemple
2 CONC .  . . .220 dash, Wemple.  . . .low hurdles, Wemple  From the LASSEN A
2 CONC DVOCATE April 3, 1914:  Lassen High School Notes:  16 Annual Academi
2 CONC c Field Meet at Reno.  . . .Two new records were established, one of t
2 CONC hem by Claude Wemple of Lassen in the broad jump covering a distance o
2 CONC f 20'4. Wemple's efforts brings to him a gold metal. In the 120 hurdl
2 CONC es 17 2/5 second.  . . .Wemple ran ran a tie for second place and wa
2 CONC s given the third place award. He also tied in the high jump for secon
2 CONC d place 5'7 1/2.  . . .320 hurdles Wemple 29 1/5 seconds. . . .  Fro
2 CONC m the LASSEN ADVOCATE February 19, 1915:  Alumni and High School Debat
2 CONC e - Resolved that the United States shall establish a Protectorate ov
2 CONC er Mexico until a stable government is established. For the negativ
2 CONC e . . . 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 FAMC @F7@
1 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE Obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 3 September 1984 page 7c3:  HENRIE
2 CONC TTA WEMPLE  Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Wemple, 87, who die
2 CONC d in a local hospital, will be held at the Susanville United Methodis
2 CONC t Church on Tuesday at 2 P.M. with interment to follow in the Milfor
2 CONC d Cemetery.  At her request there will be no visitation.  Arrangement
2 CONC s are under the direction of the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary.  T
2 CONC he 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.  Mrs. Wemple was a member of the United Method
2 CONC ist Church and a charter member of the Lassen County Cowbells and wa
2 CONC s selected as Mom of the Year by the Cowbells.  She was also a membe
2 CONC r of the Native Daughters.  She was married to her husband, Claude, fo
2 CONC r 68 years.  For many years they owned and operated the Wemple ranch n
2 CONC ear Milford.  Survivors include her husband, Claude, of Milford; thre
2 CONC e sons Donald and Glenn Wemple of Milford and David Wemple of Orland
2 CONC ; a daughter, Myra Hunt of Milford, nine grandchildren, 16 great-grand
2 CONC children and eight 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 @F8@
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. DR
2 CONC W  A story related to the compiler by Murray Wemple , second cousin o
2 CONC f Don, goes as follows: Don was in the first grade in the old Milfor
2 CONC d one room school. All grades from first through eight were taught i
2 CONC n this one room. Murray was in the eight grade. Contrary to school rul
2 CONC es, Don bought some candy into the classroom. The teacher caught Don e
2 CONC ating the candy and informed him that he would have to give her the ca
2 CONC ndy. The teacher started in Don's direction, but before she could reac
2 CONC h him, he announced as he chewed and swallowed the candy, You'll hav
2 CONC e to gut me if you want the it!  Obituary from the Susanville LASSE
2 CONC N COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 16 April 1991, page 1c4-6:  AREA RANCHER DIE
2 CONC D SUDDENLY  Lifelong Milford resident Donald J. Don Wemple died at h
2 CONC is home in Milford April 12. As of press time, no cause of death was i
2 CONC mmediately known.  The death of Wemple came unexpectedly and within we
2 CONC eks of Joe Roberts, another long time Milford resident and neighbor o
2 CONC f Wemple.  He was born in Susanville, September 16, 1917, and worked o
2 CONC n the family ranch for 44 years. The Wemple family settled in the Hone
2 CONC y Lake Valley in the late 1800's.  Among Wemple's many associations we
2 CONC re the Lassen County Cattlemen's Association, the Farm Bureau, the Las
2 CONC sen County Sheriff's Posse, and the Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Board
2 CONC .  Survivors include his wife, the former Gay Corder, son Ken of Milfo
2 CONC rd 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.  Services were scheduled for Ap
2 CONC ril 15 at Lucero Carlson Mortuary Chapel with burial at the Milford Ce
2 CONC metery.
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:  MYRA WEMPLE HUNT  Myra Wemple Hunt, 67 died March 11 a
2 CONC t the Lassen Community Hospital.  She was born July 20, 1919 in Susanv
2 CONC ille and had lived in this area until 1956 when she and her husband mo
2 CONC ved then returning in 1980 to the Milford area to retire. She was als
2 CONC o a member of the Episcopal Church of Susanville.  Myra Hunt was survi
2 CONC ved by her husband, Leroy Hunt of Milford; son, Scott Hunt of Cornwall
2 CONC -On-Hudson, NY; daughter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka,  CA, father, Clau
2 CONC de C. Wemple and brothers, Donald and Glenn Wemple of Milford and Davi
2 CONC d of Orland, eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.  Serv
2 CONC ices were held March 14 at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary with b
2 CONC urial in the Milford Cemetery. Family and friends gathered at the hom
2 CONC e 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 @F9@
1 NOTE Glenn spent his entire life as a farmer, working for his father. He se
2 CONC rved on the Lassen College board of trustees about 30 years, from abou
2 CONC t 1960 to about 1990. Upon his retirement from the Lassen College boar
2 CONC d of trustees, he was given the honor of having a the main enterence t
2 CONC o the college named Glenn H. Wemple Boulevard, an honor that was nev
2 CONC er given to anyone else.
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 @F3@
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.  David Raymond Wemple was born in Susanville, California on Jun
2 CONC e 13, 1931 to Claude and Henrietta Wemple.  He is the youngest of four
2 CONC , two brothers and one sister.  He has the distinction of being the fi
2 CONC rst one in his family born in a hospital and not at the family home, o
2 CONC r their maternal grandmother's home.  He married Donna L. Rogers on Ja
2 CONC nuary 2, 1951.  They lived with David's parents while a house was bein
2 CONC g built by David's father, Claude.  Claude watched David pace and stak
2 CONC e off the rooms for the future home, he  was heard to say, I knew b
2 CONC y the way he paced off those rooms it was going to be a big house.  H
2 CONC e 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.  Our father is
2 CONC , as other fathers, many things.  As a provider he held two jobs on nu
2 CONC merous occasions to provide us those extra things like braces for ou
2 CONC r teeth, a home and of course Christmas presents.  As a father he wa
2 CONC s strict but fair.  He said on many occasions that the two things he c
2 CONC ouldn't abide were a liar or a sneak thief.  Our father is direct an
2 CONC d honest and if you don't want to hear the truth, don't ask him the qu
2 CONC estion.  He said that cops either start drinking, chasing women or fin
2 CONC d a hobby.  Our dad had a lot of hobbies.  When our dad takes up a hob
2 CONC by he throws his whole being into it.  He started finding a few pennie
2 CONC s on the floor of our home that we had neglected to put in our piggy b
2 CONC anks.  Dad didn't look at the pennies as a problem but as a source o
2 CONC f entertainment.  He started a penny collection.  He bought a book abo
2 CONC ut coins and folders to put the pennies in.  He got so wrapped up coll
2 CONC ecting pennies that he would take five dollars to the bank and get fiv
2 CONC e dollars in pennies, return to the house and go through them.  He wou
2 CONC ld then wrap them and return to the bank for five more dollars in penn
2 CONC ies.  He planted roses and raised them to glorious blooms.  We believ
2 CONC e his favorite is the Peace rose.  There have been other hobbies but l
2 CONC earning our family ancestry holds a special place in his heart.  He lo
2 CONC ves to meet family and visit. The genealogy of the Wemple family has b
2 CONC een a passion of his for over 30 years.  We know one thing that our da
2 CONC d takes great comfort in is his Christian belief.  Through all life'
2 CONC s struggles our dad has felt like Abraham Lincoln who said, I've bee
2 CONC n driven to my knees many times with the overwhelming conviction tha
2 CONC t I had no place else to go.  During his visit to Albuquerque in 1996
2 CONC , Dad told Bob that, I only had to draw my gun once in a 26 year care
2 CONC er with the California Highway Patrol, and I thank the Lord I didn't h
2 CONC ave to shoot.  Dad also told Bob, When I started this genealogy proj
2 CONC ect, I sent out many letters to known family members but got very litt
2 CONC le response.  I was downhearted.  Donna and I prayed about this situat
2 CONC ion, and shortly new doors opened and leads started to come to me.  T
2 CONC his describes our dad.  A honest, caring, Christian man who loves hi
2 CONC s family and cherishes his wife Donna.  We hope this gives you, the re
2 CONC ader, a little insight into the compiler of this latest version of th
2 CONC e genealogy of our various lines.   If you happen to meet Dad, visit w
2 CONC ith him and tell him a little about your family.  He will thoroughly e
2 CONC njoy it.
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Paul Leroy /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1915
2 PLAC Salem, Marion County, IL
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 JUL 1990
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMS @F2@
1 NOTE Committed suicide by shooting himself due to ill health. He was a part
2 CONC icle board mill superintendent. DRW  Obituary from the Susanville LASS
2 CONC EN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 31 July 1990, page 7Cc3-4:  PAUL LEROY HUNT
2 CONC   Paul Leroy Hunt, 75, died July 15, 1990, in Milford. He was born M
2 CONC arch 18, 1915, in Salem, IL, and lived in Lassen County for 60 years c
2 CONC oming from southern California.  Survivors include his wife, Vivian Ma
2 CONC ry Hunt, of Milford; son, Scott Hunt, of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; daugh
2 CONC ter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka, sister, Bernice Grismore of San Jose
2 CONC ; and eight grandchildren.  Memorial services were held July 19, 1990
2 CONC , at Lucero-Carlson Colonial 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, CA
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F119@
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME Scott Edwin /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1946
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F120@
1 NOTE Scott's first 10 years of his kife were spent in Susanville before th
2 CONC e family moved to Eureka due to cutbacks in the lumber industry. In 19
2 CONC 63 he graduated from Arcata High School. He graduated from the Univers
2 CONC ity of California at Davis with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 19
2 CONC 68. He immediately went to work in Phoenix, Arizona as an engineer fo
2 CONC r General Electric. In January of 1970 he was transferred by GE to Sch
2 CONC enectady, New York. This is where he met his wife-to-be, Carole Clark
2 CONC .  In 1973 he changed employers and went to work for Saint Regis Pape
2 CONC r Company as a process control engineer.  He reentered school and rece
2 CONC ived his Master's degree in electrical engineering in 1977.  Saint Reg
2 CONC is was acquired by Champion International in 1984. About 2000 he retir
2 CONC ed and entered the teaching profession, teaching in a nearby private s
2 CONC chool.
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME Donna LaRue /Rogers/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUN 1932
2 PLAC Manassa, Conejos County, CO
1 FAMS @F3@
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  In November of 1938, when Donna was six, Donna, her sister Bett
2 CONC y and her mother and father moved from Colorado to Westwood, Californi
2 CONC a. Goldie, Donna's mother, started working at what was called The Clu
2 CONC b almost immediately. Heber (also called Ricky) apparently couldn't f
2 CONC ind employment and even tried finding work in Redding at Shasta Dam, w
2 CONC hich was in its early beginnings of construction. Unable to find emplo
2 CONC yment, and discouraged by summer's end, Ricky returned to Westwood an
2 CONC d announced to Goldie that he was going back to Colorado. Goldie and R
2 CONC icky agreed upon an amiable separation. Ricky went his way taking Donn
2 CONC a with him and they returned to Colorado with the understanding that w
2 CONC hen school took up in the fall, Donna would return to Westwood.  Rick
2 CONC y soon took up with a second lady and went to Telluride to work in th
2 CONC e silver mines. Donna was placed with her paternal grandmother and gra
2 CONC ndfather Rogers. She began the second grade in Manassa, while still li
2 CONC ving with her grandparents. Donna had little or no contact with her fa
2 CONC ther while she was in Colorado, except she did spend one weekend in Te
2 CONC lluride. It was not a pleasant experience and, since she was sent to b
2 CONC ed before the sun was down, she felt that she was more in the way tha
2 CONC n wanted.  When school started, Donna was not returned to Goldie as ag
2 CONC reed upon by everyone. Several times Goldie appealed to have Donna ret
2 CONC urned to her. She could see that her daughter was never going to be re
2 CONC turned to her, unless she took matters into her own hands. So Goldie b
2 CONC orrowed $50.00 from the local Westwood credit union, $50.00 from her m
2 CONC other, Josephine Hartley and as Goldie was getting ready to leave West
2 CONC wood for Colorado, a friend gave her another $20.00. So with $120.00 a
2 CONC t her disposal, she headed for Colorado to retrieve her daughter.  Bef
2 CONC ore leaving California, Goldie consulted with a Susanville attorney, n
2 CONC amed Finn Berry. Finn gave Goldie a signed letter explaining the circu
2 CONC mstances and explicit instructions on how to handle the situation an
2 CONC d charged her $10.00 for the legal advise.  A friend drove Goldie to R
2 CONC eno, where she bought train tickets for Alamosa, Colorado. When she ar
2 CONC rived at Alamosa, she stayed with her aunt, Nellie Winters. Early th
2 CONC e next morning, Goldie sought out a local attorney and pounded on th
2 CONC e door of his house until it was finally answered. After an explanatio
2 CONC n the attorney signed Finn Berry's letter and charged her another $5.0
2 CONC 0 for his signature.  It was early on Sunday morning when Goldie hire
2 CONC d a local taxi in Alamosa to drive her to Manassa, with plans to driv
2 CONC e on to Santa Fe, New Mexico. When Goldie arrived in Manassa, she wen
2 CONC t to the local Morman church with the certainty Donna would be there f
2 CONC or Sunday school. Disguised with a bandanna and dark glasses, Goldie h
2 CONC ad the driver pull up to the front of the church and tipped a child 25
2 CONC ˘ and asked her to tell Donna Rogers to come to the car that was waiti
2 CONC ng. Donna's grandparents, who she was with at church, were upstairs a
2 CONC t service, while Donna was downstairs attending Sunday school.  Not ha
2 CONC ving the slightest idea of who wanted her, Donna immediately went ou
2 CONC t and innocently got into the taxi with this strange lady in the banda
2 CONC nna and dark glasses.  When Donna got in the car, Goldie immediately g
2 CONC ave the order to drive away. When they got over the state line into Ne
2 CONC w Mexico, Goldie had the taxi driver stop by a phone and called back t
2 CONC o Manassa and told Ella Haynie, Donna's cousin, that she was taking Do
2 CONC nna home with her to Westwood. The three of them, Donna, Goldie and th
2 CONC e taxi driver arrived in Santa Fe, where Goldie paid the taxi driver $
2 CONC 25.00 for the ride. This was in a day when most men were working fo
2 CONC r a paltry dollar a day.  After arriving an Santa Fe, Goldie immediate
2 CONC ly got Donna out of her Morman clothes which consisted of silk stock
2 CONC ings, with the runs sown up, and a plain, print cotton dress and bough
2 CONC t her a pink slack suit for the trip home. Now Donna felt all dresse
2 CONC d up for the trip home.  Donna and Goldie did arrive in Susanville wit
2 CONC h no further difficulty. Finn Berry was waiting for them. He immediate
2 CONC ly took Goldie's purse from her and looked into it. He finally found w
2 CONC here the money was kept and all that was left was $2.00. Finn commente
2 CONC d, Just as I thought.   It's not every child who can say that they w
2 CONC ere kidnapped by their mother.
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel Calvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 AUG 1951
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F4@
1 NOTE About Daniel Calvin Wemple.  Daniel Calvin Wemple was born to David R
2 CONC . and Donna LaRue Rogers Wemple on August 2, 1951 in Susanville, Lasse
2 CONC n County, California.  He received his first nine years of education i
2 CONC n the public schools of Alturas, Modoc County, California. At this tim
2 CONC e in his life his parents moved to Ukiah, Mendocino County, California
2 CONC , so Daniel finished his public education in Ukiah, graduating from Uk
2 CONC iah high school in 1969.  Soon after graduation, he enlisted in the U.
2 CONC S. Navy. His Naval assignments were: 1969 to 1970 Boot training at Gre
2 CONC at Lakes, Ill. 1970 Machinist Mate A School at Great Lakes, Ill. 197
2 CONC 0 to 1972 the USS Buck DD 761. MMFA TO MM2 (E-2 to E5) 1972 to 1973 th
2 CONC e USS Southerland DD 743. MM2 (E5) 1973 to 1975 USS Berkeley DDG 15
2 CONC .  MM2 to MM1 (E5 to E6) 1975 to 1979 Recruit Training Command, San Di
2 CONC ego (MM1 (E6) 1979 to 1982 the USS Marvin Shields FF 1066. MM1 to MM
2 CONC C (E6 to E7) 1982 to 1987 COMNAVSURFPAC Mobile Training Team, San Dieg
2 CONC o. MMC to MMCS (E7 to E8) 1988 to 1991 Fleet Training Center, San Dieg
2 CONC o. MMCS to MMCM (E8 to E9)  On February 17, 1971, he married Constanc
2 CONC e Arlene Hass in Reno, Nevada. After their marriage, their naval assig
2 CONC nment was to San Diego, where they spent the balance of their career
2 CONC , with Dan's assignments as described above.  Dan returned to colleg
2 CONC e by attending Chapman University in San Diego in the early 1980's. H
2 CONC e graduated from Chapman with Magna Cum Laude honors in 1991.  Dan an
2 CONC d Connie have a daughter, Alison Lynne, who was born July 1, 1976 i
2 CONC n a suburb of San Diego. On May 23, 1998, Alison married Michael Josep
2 CONC h Kelley in Chula Vista. They also live in Chula Vista, right next doo
2 CONC r to Dan and Connie. Michael was in the Marines when he married Aliso
2 CONC n but is presently working for G. Scott Asphalt, Inc. Michael and Alis
2 CONC on have been blessed with a daughter, Mackenzie Ailis, who was born Ja
2 CONC nuary 13, 2002.  After retiring from the Navy on a Friday, Dan went t
2 CONC o work for Gerry Scott, owner/operator of an asphalt paving company o
2 CONC n the next Monday. Dan was hired as an estimator for this paving compa
2 CONC ny and worked in that capacity until March 2, 1998, at which time he a
2 CONC nd his partner, Lionel Kahn, bought Gerry Scott's company. Dan and Lio
2 CONC nel's company is known as G. Scott Asphalt, Inc., with Dan acting as C
2 CONC EO and Lionel as CFO. The company has flourished under the leadershi
2 CONC p of Dan and Lionel and now grosses more than $3,000,000.00 a year.
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Debra Susan /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JAN 1956
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMS @F6@
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.  Upon her hi
2 CONC gh school graduation, Debra traveled to England where she worked for a
2 CONC bout three months at a hotel in Brighton, which is a resort town on En
2 CONC gland's south Atlantic shore. After finishing her work contract, she a
2 CONC nd a high school friend traveled by rail throughout Europe, includin
2 CONC g Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland and Italy.  After about a six-
2 CONC month stay in England and Europe, Debra returned home and moved to Nap
2 CONC a, California where she attended Napa Community College training a
2 CONC s a psychiatric technician. After graduation from psychiatric technici
2 CONC an school and obtaining her California State license, Debra went to wo
2 CONC rk for the state mental hospital in Napa. It was here that Debra met D
2 CONC aniel James Cox, her first husband. They were married in Napa's Episco
2 CONC pal church on May 20, 1978. Their daughter, Ashley Christine, was bor
2 CONC n June 10, 1980 in Vallejo's Kaiser Hospital. Debra and Daniel Cox div
2 CONC orced in September of 1983.  Debra was a single mom for the next twelv
2 CONC e years. It was during this time that she moved from Napa State Hospit
2 CONC al to Sonoma Developmental Center. After working at Sonoma for few yea
2 CONC rs she promoted to shift lead. In a few more years she was promoted t
2 CONC o Unit Supervisor and was placed in charge of her own unit. A this tim
2 CONC e she was responsible for about 30 clients and 30 support personal. Sh
2 CONC e held this position for the next several years and received memos o
2 CONC f recognition for her outstanding service. She also received a Sustain
2 CONC ed Superior Accomplishment Award from the State for her outstanding wo
2 CONC rk for the years of 1994-1995.  The summer of 1994 Debra was asked b
2 CONC y her aunt, Betty Rogers Murphy, to take Kelly Murphy, her granddaught
2 CONC er in and to give her a home. In December of 1994 out of love Debra re
2 CONC ached out and provided Kelly a secure home. Kelly was fourteen years o
2 CONC ld at this time.  On October 7, 1995, Debra and Tom Blanchette were ma
2 CONC rried in Del Mar, California at Tom's mother's home. Debra quit her St
2 CONC ate job and moved along with Ashley and Kelly to Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii
2 CONC . Tom is employed by the US Department of Defense as a welder.  Sinc
2 CONC e living in Hawaii, Debra worked in a variety of sales jobs. This is s
2 CONC omething she has always been interested in. She has discovered she lov
2 CONC es sales and working with people.  Tom and Debra plan on moving back t
2 CONC o the contingent forty-eight when Tom retires from federal employmen
2 CONC t in 2006.  Shortly before Debra's divorce became final to Daniel Cox
2 CONC , she and Ashley, who was about two and a half at the time, were drivi
2 CONC ng from Napa, California to Orland, California to visit her parents. A
2 CONC shley was asleep on the front seat, next to Debra. As they were travel
2 CONC ing along the deserted I-505, an older car passed Debra and Ashley, pu
2 CONC lled right in front of them, and slowed down to about 35 mph. Debra pa
2 CONC ssed this car and the older car passed them again and slowed down agai
2 CONC n, but even slower to about 25, then 15 miles an hour. This man did th
2 CONC is same thing several more times, when finally anger weld up inside De
2 CONC bra. She got out paper and pen and wrote down everything she could abo
2 CONC ut this car traveling so slow in front of her. She then pulled up alon
2 CONC g side of this car and looked directly at the driver. Debra saw this m
2 CONC an clearly, with his right eye appearing to droop lower than the lef
2 CONC t eye and looking as though he had two different faces put together a
2 CONC s one; his hair was ugly and graying. By this time, Debra was not onl
2 CONC y very angry, but determined to get this man to stop harassing her an
2 CONC d her baby. She looked directly into his eyes and mouthed, Come on yo
2 CONC u son-of-a-bitch, I'll kill you! With this the guy in the older car b
2 CONC acked off and Debra drove onto her parents house and reported this inc
2 CONC ident to them.  Within days of this incident, Debra saw a picture of H
2 CONC enry Lee Lucas and positively identified him as the man she had an enc
2 CONC ounter with. He was convicted of ten murders in Texas and confessed o
2 CONC f murdering over 100 women across America. On June 27, 1998 Governor G
2 CONC eorge W. Bush spared Henry's life by commuting his sentence to life. H
2 CONC e is still serving his life sentence in Texas.  It was in 1959 that He
2 CONC nry Lee Lucas killed his mother and in interviews that followed, he ad
2 CONC mitted to killing many other women, including his former live-in gir
2 CONC l friend, Frieda Becky Powell, who was only fifteen at the time.  He h
2 CONC as a glass eye from an injury when he was a child. This caused his ey
2 CONC e to look as if it is drooping as it appeared to Debra on that day. La
2 CONC ter investigations have revealed Lucas may have exaggerated the numbe
2 CONC r of women he killed, but this doesn't change the fact that he tried t
2 CONC o assault Debra on this encounter she had with him.
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME Constance Arlene /Hass/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 FEB 1952
2 PLAC Healdsburg, Sonoma County, CA
1 FAMS @F4@
0 @I15@ 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 @F4@
1 FAMS @F69@
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel James /Cox/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 NOV 1950
2 PLAC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK
1 FAMS @F5@
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Ashley Christine /Wemple-Cox/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JUN 1980
2 PLAC Vallejo, Solano County, CA
1 FAMC @F5@
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Paul /Blanchette/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1949
2 PLAC Eagle Lake, Aroostook County, ME
1 FAMS @F6@
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME George Edward /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 NOV 1868
2 PLAC Wayne County, MI
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 AUG 1915
2 PLAC Lake Almanor, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville uptown cemetery, Easton plot
1 FAMC @F21@
1 FAMS @F7@
1 NOTE Came to Lassen County in 1871.  Ranched in the Valley and later operat
2 CONC ed blacksmith shops at Amadee and Susanville.  Served as a member of t
2 CONC he Susanville City Council.  The following articles were sent to the c
2 CONC ompiler by Susan Decious on 12 January 1998.  From the Plumas National
2 CONC -Bulletin, Quincy, California, dated 2 September 1915.  LAKE ALMANO
2 CONC R CLAIMS TWO MORE VICTOMS FOR SEASON GEORGE E. WINCHESTER AND J. BRAD
2 CONC LEY OF SUSANVILLE DROWNED WHEN  CANVAS BOAT OVERTURNS  Lake Almanor
2 CONC , the reservoir of the Great Western Power company in Big Meadows, las
2 CONC t Sunday added two more victims to its list of drownings for the seaso
2 CONC n, when George E. Winchester and Walter J. Bradley of Susanville met d
2 CONC eath in the waters of of the lake, and Dr. W.E. Dozier of the same pla
2 CONC ce narrowly escaped meeting the same fate.  It is reported that the tr
2 CONC ee men were out on the lake fishing in a canvas boat when Bradly attem
2 CONC pted to turn around in the frail boat and it upset.  The accident happ
2 CONC ended at Big Springs, where the water is very cold, and while all kne
2 CONC w how to swim, Winchester and Bradley were unable to cover the 150 yar
2 CONC ds to shore, and Dozier was completely exhausted when he ws rescued
2 CONC .  Coroner Chamberlin, of Quincy, was notified of the unfortunate acc
2 CONC ident, and he went over to Big Meadows Sunday evening and held an inqu
2 CONC est, the jury returning a verdict in accordance with the facts as stat
2 CONC ed above. Winchester was a blacksmith by occupation and he had reside
2 CONC d at Susanville many years.  He was 43 years of age.  Bradley was wel
2 CONC l known in eastern Plumas, he having at one time filled the position o
2 CONC f station agent of Western Pacific railway company at Portola.  He wa
2 CONC s 45 years of age, and leaves a wife and daughter.  The water was 2
2 CONC 5 or 30 feet deep at the point where the drowning occurred.  There wa
2 CONC s a large part of Susanville people at Big Springs at the time, and ef
2 CONC forts to recover the bodies of the two men were made immediately.  Th
2 CONC e bodies were located and taken from the floor of the reservoir an hou
2 CONC r and a half after the drowning occurred.  Six persons have met thei
2 CONC r death thus far this season by drowning in Lake Almanor.  Three of th
2 CONC e men, Charles Lupprecht, Daniel Meeder and Charles Prall, were drowne
2 CONC d there on May 16th, when the launch in which they were working took f
2 CONC ire and they were forced to jump into the water. On July 16th, a San F
2 CONC rancisco youth named Rupert Clark was drowned at Big Springs, when h
2 CONC e fell off a log boom from which he was fishing.  From the Lassen Adv
2 CONC ocate, dated 3 September 1915:  AWFUL ACCIDENT ON LAKE ALMANOR OVERT
2 CONC URNING OF BOAT LAST SUNDAY SPREADS GLOOM OVER SUSANVILLE AND HONEY LAK
2 CONC E VALLEY - GEORGE E. WINCHESTER AND WALTER J. BRADLEY VICTIMS OF ICY W
2 CONC ATERS  Last Sunday afternoon the people of Susanville were profoundl
2 CONC y shocked by a telephone call from the Big Springs, in Plumas county
2 CONC , announcing the drowning, in the waters of the dam of the Great Weste
2 CONC rn Power company of that place, of two of Susanville's best citizens
2 CONC , and the possibly loss of a third.  In the absence of definite knowle
2 CONC dge, and under stress of the appalling news, reports of various kind
2 CONC s were born as if by magic, all having an air of finality and seriou
2 CONC s protent.  Persons who, through the serious experiences of the past m
2 CONC ight well have been thought to be hardened to the effect of death, how
2 CONC ever shockingly it may have been brought about, were almost whisperin
2 CONC g of the event and its significance and import.  Later in the day, whe
2 CONC n the report reached here that T.A. Roseberry, former register of th
2 CONC e U.S. land office at Susanville, had succumber to an attack of hear
2 CONC t failure on the shopes of Mt. Lassen, there seemed to be a aire of be
2 CONC wilderment mingled with exepentancy as to what would possibly happen n
2 CONC ext in the line of public disaster.  The drowning of Geo. E. Winchest
2 CONC er and W.J. Bradley came about as follows: The deceased, in company wi
2 CONC th Dr. W.E. Dozier of Susanville, were fishing in the waters of what i
2 CONC s known an the 'Big Springs' now covered with the waters of Lake Alman
2 CONC or.  They were in a canvas boat, and perhaps between 150 and 200 yard
2 CONC s from the shore, when an unthoughted action tipped the boat precipita
2 CONC ting Bradley into the water.  As he went over he caught the side of th
2 CONC e boat to save himself, and all were immersed in the water.  Dr. Dozie
2 CONC r, recognizing the gravity of the situation, immediately cautioned hi
2 CONC s comparnions to keep cool and besought them to assist him in gettin
2 CONC g some are under the collapsed boat in order that they might find some
2 CONC thng to sustain them until assistance should reach them from the shore
2 CONC .  In the excitement and shock of the sudden immersion, his admonition
2 CONC s were either not heard or were disregarded and the boat sank quickly
2 CONC , leaving then no resort but to swim of the shore. Noting that Bradle
2 CONC y and Winchester were swimming, the former with exceeding vigar and st
2 CONC rength, Doctor Dozier again cautioned them to keep cool and take thing
2 CONC s easily, and stuck out for shore himself.  The accident occurred, a
2 CONC s nearly as it may be determined upon, at 1:30 p.m.  It was witnesse
2 CONC d by various parties on the shore, and as soon as possible a boat an
2 CONC d a raft were being rushed to the rescue. The boat was manned by a you
2 CONC ng man unfamiliar with the handling of water craft and Dr. Dozier se
2 CONC t out to meet it, heartening his companios as he did so with the knowl
2 CONC edge that help was coming, and cautioning them against unnecessary eff
2 CONC ort.  Very shortly he noted that Winchester had gone under.  This shoc
2 CONC k almost disheartened him, but he saw that Bradley was making great pr
2 CONC ogress through the water, and he again turned his attention to his ow
2 CONC n safety.  In the meantime, the raft, manned by E.E. Brown and W.L. Sp
2 CONC aulding of Susanville, was being driven toward Bradley as rapidly as p
2 CONC ossible.  They had propelled their rude craft to within a few yards o
2 CONC f him, and hopes was rising high in the hearts that they would be abl
2 CONC e to pull him from the water, when he too, threw up his hands and san
2 CONC k underneathe the surface.  He did not reappear.  The raft was so nea
2 CONC r him when he sank that had he come to the surface again, as is usua
2 CONC l in cased of drowning, he might have been rescued.  Dr. Dozier was s
2 CONC wimming easily toward the oncoming boat, but his fishing line had enta
2 CONC ngled is legs, and although he broke this, he could not disengage hims
2 CONC elf from its hampering effect.  His rod, too, had worked between his l
2 CONC egs and was a decided encumbrance to action.  Fortunately the boat com
2 CONC ing to his assistance was able to reach him before he was overcome b
2 CONC y exhaustion, and he was brought safely to the shore where he recovere
2 CONC d shortly from the effects of his immersion and the consequeent exerti
2 CONC on.  Lake Almanor is in Plumas County, and the bodies of Winchester a
2 CONC nd Bradley were held there until the coroner of that county could hol
2 CONC d an inquest.  As soon as the official inestigation was completed th
2 CONC e bodies of the deceased were brought to Susanville, arriving here a
2 CONC t about 4 o'clock the next morning.  Thus, with the harrowing detail
2 CONC s eliminated as far as possible, details that are better left to the i
2 CONC magination, is the story of a public calamity briefly told.  The los
2 CONC s of the two men who went to their deaths in Lake Almanor last Sunda
2 CONC y was in every respect a serious bereavement, not only to those who kn
2 CONC ew and loved them, but to the community in which they lived and wrough
2 CONC t. Genial and efficient in their relations to the public, men among me
2 CONC n were they both, representative and model citizens whose loss in thei
2 CONC r various fields of endeavor is one that will long be felt and regrett
2 CONC ed.  The funerals of both victims to the accident took place in Susan
2 CONC ville Wednesday afternoon, September 1, 1915.  They were both very lar
2 CONC gely attended and out of respect to their memories the business place
2 CONC s of the town were closed during the afternoon hours.  The mourners we
2 CONC re not by any means confined to those of the immediate families of th
2 CONC e departed, and regrets and condolences were heard on every hand.  I
2 CONC t was, in short, a day of public mourning, as well as it might be.  T
2 CONC he obituary from the same paper:  GEORGE EDWARD WINCHESTER  A nativ
2 CONC e of Michigan, George Edward Winchester came to Honey Lake with his fa
2 CONC ther, the late L.E. Winchester, in his early childhood, and has bee
2 CONC n a resident of Honey Lake Valley practically all his life.  In his ea
2 CONC rly manhood he was united in marriage with Miss Fannie Easton, daughte
2 CONC r of the late George B. Easton.  To this union two children, a son an
2 CONC d a daughter were born.  These survive to mourn, as they who are mos
2 CONC t deeply bereaved, the loss of a devoted and affectionate husband, a c
2 CONC onscientious and indulgent father.  Besides these there are numerous r
2 CONC elatives, including a sister, Mrs. Geo. H. Cornell, a step-mother, Mrs
2 CONC . L.E. Winchester, four half-brothers, Charles, Thomas, Richard and Fr
2 CONC ank Winchester, a half-sister, Mrs. Frank V. Wood, two brothers-in-law
2 CONC , G.A. Easton of Oakland, Cal., and George B. Long of Susanville.  Ge
2 CONC orge E. Winchester was a man of pronounced social and fraternal inclin
2 CONC ations.  He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows, a
2 CONC nd the Loyal Order of Moose.  He had been, since the death of D. Knock
2 CONC , the treasurer of Silver Star Lodge No. 125, I.O.O.F of Susanville an
2 CONC d was honored member of Janesville Encampment of Odd Fellows.  In obed
2 CONC ience to his expressed desire his funeral was conducted under the ausp
2 CONC ices of that branch of the order.  The funeral was held from the fami
2 CONC ly residence on the corner of Mill and Gay streets at 4 p.m. Wednesday
2 CONC .  After a short ceremony conducted by his brothers of Silver Star lod
2 CONC ge and Janesville encampment of Odd Fellows, the remains were accompan
2 CONC ied to their last resting place in the Susanville cemetary, where the
2 CONC y were consigned to the grave, the brief and simple ceremony ending wi
2 CONC th the deposit of the evergreen tokens of remembrance by his brother
2 CONC s of the order.  George E. Winchester was a member of Social Rebeka
2 CONC h lodge of Susanville, and he had a solicitous regard for the welfar
2 CONC e of all womenkind.  He disliked the spectacle of women marching in pr
2 CONC ocession through the dust and dirt of the streets, and for this reaso
2 CONC n his sisters of the degree of Rebekah refrained from participating a
2 CONC s a body in the final ceremonies.  To the family of the deceased, an
2 CONC d to the people of Susanville, who have suffered in the demise of thi
2 CONC s worthy citizen, the Advocate extends its sincere sympathy and condol
2 CONC ence.
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME Fanny Elizabeth /Easton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUN 1873
2 PLAC Marysville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 JAN 1959
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville uptown cemetery, Easton plot
1 FAMC @F1153@
1 FAMS @F7@
1 NOTE The following is an obituary printed in the Lassen Advocate, dated 4 F
2 CONC ebruary 1959 and sent to me by Susan Decious on 12 January 1998.  FIN
2 CONC AL RITES HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR F. WINCHESTER  Funeral services fo
2 CONC r one of Lassen County's pioneer residents, Mrs. Fannie Winchester, 85
2 CONC , were held in the Susanville Methodist Church on Monday afternoon a
2 CONC t two o'clock with Rev. Russell Van Aien officating. Internment was i
2 CONC n the family plot in the Susanville Cemetery under the direction of th
2 CONC e Knobel Funeral Home.  Glenn Long sang the 'Lord's Prayer,' accompan
2 CONC ied at the organ my Mrs. Alfreda Cunningham.  Pallbearers were Paul W
2 CONC emple, Al Breitweiser, Bill Bailey, John Theodore, Al Bantley and Bern
2 CONC ard McCelland.  Mrs. Winchester died at a local hospital last Frida
2 CONC y after a lingering illness.  She was born in Marysville, Calif., Jun
2 CONC e 11, 1873, and moved to Susanville in 1889.  She was married to Georg
2 CONC e E. Winchester in 1891; her husband proceeded her in death in 1915. S
2 CONC he was a charter member of the Monicola Club and had been a member o
2 CONC f the Social Rebekah Lodge 101 for 55 years and of Nataqua Parlor, NDG
2 CONC W No. 152, for 50 years.  Surviving are a son, George A. Winchester
2 CONC , Susanville, and a daughter, Henrietta Wemple, Milford.  Also survivi
2 CONC ng are six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and three great-great
2 CONC -grandchildren.
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME George Allen /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 APR 1899
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 03 JUN 1967
2 PLAC Novoto, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Diamond Crest Cemetery, Johnstonville, CA
1 FAMC @F7@
1 FAMS @F23@
1 NOTE Susanville 3 June 1967                GEORGE A. WINCHESTER  We have of
2 CONC ten heard the words, It is not how long one lives, but how well he li
2 CONC ves that determines the real meaning of life.  A poet has written, H
2 CONC e how liveth well did not consist of aboundance of years or a large ac
2 CONC cumulation of things.  He reminded us that life at its very best i
2 CONC s a matter of relationships - relationships first to God and and the
2 CONC n to people.  Our Lord assured us that in order to be a real person w
2 CONC e must establish lasting nd meaningful relationships with other person
2 CONC s and that these relationshops have enduring qualities when they are e
2 CONC xpressive of genuine brotherly love.  In the person of George Winchest
2 CONC er we came to know something about that kind of love.  His life was no
2 CONC t a house by the side of the road, rather his life was involved in t
2 CONC he whole stream of life finding indentification with all sorts and con
2 CONC ditions of mankind.  He was ever sensitive to the moods and dispositio
2 CONC ns of those around him.  If one was distressed, George could impar
2 CONC t a sense of reassurance, a reassurance that came not just by the cont
2 CONC ent of the words he might say, but because he knew that he was seekin
2 CONC g to understand our need.  Some one said to me just the other day, Ge
2 CONC orge was the most understanding person I ever knew.  The second thin
2 CONC g I would like to reflect back to you this afternoon is the somethin
2 CONC g we all saw in George, but I am not certain that we always were abl
2 CONC e to interpret it.  I am speaking of his joviality, his sense of humor
2 CONC , his ready quip, his ability to laugh and make othes laugh.  It is ea
2 CONC sy for us, sometimes, to think of this kind of person as being onl
2 CONC y a clown and as having little or no depth of personalily.  George's h
2 CONC umor was not merely on the surface of his life, but it was the externa
2 CONC l expression of the relaxed way any person can live once he has the de
2 CONC ep and vital assurance that life liself is not just a plaything.  Lif
2 CONC e was a very precious commodity for George, therefore he could engag
2 CONC e himself in all of its expressions.  We can appreciate his wonderfu
2 CONC l sense of humor because we know that with him the teardrop of sympath
2 CONC etic understanding was just as much a part of his life was was the pra
2 CONC nk or the well-told story.  And there is just a little more than this
2 CONC : Here was a man who was very conscious of his own emotional involveme
2 CONC nt, of his keen sensitivity, and he found that his ability to laugh co
2 CONC uld often shield him from the drive to weep.  The Bible teaches us i
2 CONC n the book of Proverbs that a merry heart doeth good like a medicine.
2 CONC   That ready laugh of George's did us all a lot of good, and more tha
2 CONC n once for, most of us, it was better than a physician's prescription
2 CONC .  Again, we shall never forget the enthusiasm that characterized thi
2 CONC s man. It is a mistake to say that George was a part of the Lodge, o
2 CONC r that he was a part of the Rotary or the Men's Club.  I question i
2 CONC f George was ever just a part of anything.  Those of us who shared mem
2 CONC bership with him in the church know that he was not a part of our ch
2 CONC urch.  Like everything else he participated in, he so identified himse
2 CONC lf with it and became so involved in it that he and the group became o
2 CONC ne.  This enthusiasm, the natural consequense of his ability to identi
2 CONC fy completely, provided a stimulus which imparted life to every othe
2 CONC r member of the group.  In each of these relationships he truly gave h
2 CONC imself.  We shall remember for a long time this giving of himself wa
2 CONC s for him the very source of vitality.  I asked George about this ver
2 CONC y thing as we talked a few weeks ago in the hospital.  I said to him
2 CONC , How did you have so much to give? His answer was simply this, Sta
2 CONC n, I always found that the more I gave the more I had left.  This i
2 CONC s ever true when we give ourselves, for from that eternal and divine s
2 CONC ource of life there flows into our lives more to replenish us than w
2 CONC e could ever give away.  This is what separates the truly big men fro
2 CONC m the very small men.  Finally, I find myself reflecting on this man'
2 CONC s religion.  For George's religion was not confined to doctrine and do
2 CONC gma.  There were no cobwebs on this man's faith. When he came to worsh
2 CONC ip on a Sunday morning we just knew that all during the week every per
2 CONC son he met, every soul he spoke to, was going to get some benefit fro
2 CONC m the experience of the worship he had received.  It was in the fellow
2 CONC ship of like minded Christian persons that he found the ultimate relat
2 CONC ionship every man must find if that men is to be a real person.  Tha
2 CONC t ultimate relationsip is the awareness that he is a child of God.  Ge
2 CONC orge took Jesus Christ seriously, and because he did - life for Georg
2 CONC e was given fullness and meaning and destiny.  His wife, Aura, summe
2 CONC d it up when she said to me last night, He was a faithful and lovin
2 CONC g husband, a responsible provider, a devoted father, and he loved Go
2 CONC d and people.  An so we knew, each one of us, that Wherever he wen
2 CONC t . . . Whatever he did . . .  Whenever he spoke . . . He left a littl
2 CONC e of himself . . . and that was a little of heaven.  Reverend Stanle
2 CONC y Read  The following article sent to me from Sue Decious on 19 Januar
2 CONC ary 1998 and is from the Lassen Advocate dated Friday, January 30. 192
2 CONC 5:  GEORGE WINCHESTER ACTS AS CHAIRMAN OF WEDNESDAY LUNCHEN  Georg
2 CONC e Winchester acted as chairman of the Wednesday lunchen this week.  T
2 CONC he lunches proved to be something out of the oridinary when Ben Lyle d
2 CONC emonstrated to the gathering his ablility as a jugler, usuing six egg
2 CONC s to show his skill.   Mr. Lyle will undoubtedly be called on at othe
2 CONC r functions, now that he ability isn known.  Harry Coleman, chairma
2 CONC n of the 1926 Legion convention committee read several letters that ha
2 CONC ve been received from various posts thruout the state.  Without except
2 CONC ion all of the letters that have been received to date have been ver
2 CONC y encouraging to the local post of the American Legion.  It is now con
2 CONC ceded that Susanville has more than a fighting chance to secure the co
2 CONC nvention.  A.J. Mathews spoke on Lassen Volantic Park and what it mea
2 CONC ns to Susanville.  Bert Bristol, scheduled to speak on colonization
2 CONC , as usual sidestepped the issure by telling one of his stories.  M.J
2 CONC . Tilley, city clerk, spoke regarding the needs of a public camp groun
2 CONC d.  All present agreed with Tilley's arguments and it is hoped that th
2 CONC is subject will be given further though and stipes taken at once to op
2 CONC en a public camp ground n the hill flat back of town.  An obituary se
2 CONC nt to me by Susan Decious on 12 January 1997 which first appeared in t
2 CONC he Independent Journal, San Rafael, CA dated 1 June 1967.  WINCHESTE
2 CONC R - In Novota, May 31, 1967, George A. Winchester, loving husband of M
2 CONC rs. Aura Winchester; beloved father of Mrs. Mary Beth Bornet of Ashlan
2 CONC d, Ore. and George A. Winchester Jr. of Calexico, Calif.; devoted brot
2 CONC her of Mrs. Henrietta Wemple of Milford, Calif.; devoted grandfather o
2 CONC f Barbara and Stephen Bornet and Shelley Winchester.  A native of Susa
2 CONC nville, age 68 years.  A member of the NOVATO Methodist Church and for
2 CONC mer member of the Susanville Methodist Church; a past president of th
2 CONC e Susanville Rotary Club and past Exhalted Ruler of the Susanville Elk
2 CONC s No. 1487 and Past Commander of the Thomas Tucker Post of the America
2 CONC n Legion.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Su
2 CONC sanville Methodist Church with the Colonial Mortuary in Susanville i
2 CONC n charge. Interment will be at the Diamond Crest Cemetary in Susanvill
2 CONC e. Friends may call at Keaton's Chapel of Marin at 1801 Novato Bouleva
2 CONC rd, Novato, until 8 p.m. today.
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME Gay Victoria /Corder/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 APR 1918
2 PLAC Snowville, Pulaski County, VA
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F8@
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F8@
1 FAMS @F10@
1 NOTE Kenneth Wemple is a rancher and cattleman. He enjoys visiting, ropin
2 CONC g cattle and branding calves. DRW
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME Donna Gay /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1942
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1991
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F8@
1 FAMS @F11@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement for the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 1 Sep
2 CONC tember 1961, page 6c4:  DONNA GAY WEMPLE IS RECENT BRIDE OF THOMAS McC
2 CONC LELLAND  Miss Donna Gay Wemple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wempl
2 CONC e of Milford, became the bride of Thomas Pierce McClelland, son of Mr
2 CONC . and Mrs. Pierce McClelland of Standish, in a ceremony performed by t
2 CONC he Reverand Ralph H. Carleton at the Park Wedding Chapel in Reno on Su
2 CONC nday, July 30.  The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a whi
2 CONC te chiffon gown and a short circular veil with a fluted head band. Sh
2 CONC e carried a bouquet of white carnations and pink roses.  Miss Kathry
2 CONC n French was the bridesmaid and wore an aqua chiffon gown with a whit
2 CONC e carnation corsage.  Charles Shere was the best man.  For her daughte
2 CONC r's wedding the bride's mother was dressed in pink and wore a white ca
2 CONC rnation corsage. The groom's mother wore blue and also wore a white ca
2 CONC rnation corsage.  A dinner hosted by the bride's father followed in th
2 CONC e Shore Room of the Holiday Hotel. The table was centered with a tiere
2 CONC d wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom and encircled w
2 CONC ith an arrangement of pink roses, stock, fern and corn flowers.  Dinne
2 CONC r guests included the bride and groom, Mrs. Ester McClelland, Mrs. Edn
2 CONC a Johnston, Messrs. and Mesdames Claude Wemple, Pierce McClelland, Don
2 CONC ald Wemple, Elliot Cann, Messrs. Charles Shere, Kenneth Wemple, Ronal
2 CONC d Farwell, Rodney Cann, Misses Nancy McClelland, Helen McClelland, Kat
2 CONC hyrn French and Corrine Cann.  For her going away outfit the bride wor
2 CONC e a navy blue ensemble with white accessories. Following a honeymoon t
2 CONC rip through Oregon, the newlyweds are now at home in Standish.
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME Verna Rae /Fraley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1932
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F9@
1 NOTE 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 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME William Neil /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 OCCU ,
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F66@
1 NOTE He owns and operates a beauty parlor, with about a dozen operators i
2 CONC n it, in Susanville, CA. DRW
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME Glenda Fern /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1954
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F67@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 1
2 CONC 4 February 1973, page4c1-3:  GLENDA WEMPLE RECENT BRIDE OF RANDY AZEV
2 CONC EDO  Miss Glenda Fern Wemple became the bride of Randall Robert Azeved
2 CONC o in a double ring ceremony performed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Chu
2 CONC rch in Susanville by Father John Hannan on Saturday, December 16. Gilb
2 CONC ert Azevedo, father of the groom, assisted as commentator.  The them
2 CONC e colors of the wedding were chosen to coordinate with the traditiona
2 CONC l purple of the Advent season. Bouquets of lavender star chrysanthemum
2 CONC s against a background of white flowers, decorated the sanctuary of th
2 CONC e church. The family pews were marked with lavender satin bows which m
2 CONC atched the delicate draperies the nuns had made to cover the tabernacl
2 CONC e doors on each altar.  The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wemp
2 CONC le of Milford, was given in marriage by her father. She was dressed i
2 CONC n modern bridal original designed with empire waistline, high collar
2 CONC , and long bouffant sleeves fastened tightly at the wrist. The traditi
2 CONC onal floor length gown of satin had scattered bouquets of embroidere
2 CONC d appliqued flowers centered with tiny seed pearls. The skirt ended i
2 CONC n a flounce which extended into a long train. The elbow length illusio
2 CONC n veil was held in place by a head piece of satin and lace with appliq
2 CONC ues matching those of her dress. The bride chose to carry the prayer b
2 CONC ook she received at the time of her confirmation. Her prayer book wa
2 CONC s covered with bridal lace and a cascade of stephanotis and white rose
2 CONC s centered with a catteleya orchid. For something old she carried a ha
2 CONC ndmade lace handkerchief made by her great-grandmother. For somethin
2 CONC g borrowed she wore a pair of opal earrings belonging to her aunt, Mrs
2 CONC . David Wemple. For something blue she wore the traditional blue garte
2 CONC r.  Miss Debra Wemple, cousin of the bride, served as maid of honor. S
2 CONC he wore a floor length dress of purple velvet and white nylon trimme
2 CONC d with tiny pastel flowers. Her head piece was of purple ribbon trimme
2 CONC d with flowers, matching those of her dress, secured in place with a w
2 CONC hite velvet ribbon. To complement her gown, the maid of honor carrie
2 CONC d a colonial bouquet of azalea and pink feathered carnations with gyps
2 CONC ophilia and daisy chrysanthemums accented with purple satin.  Also i
2 CONC n the bridal procession were the two demure little flower girls, Krist
2 CONC ine Wemple and Rebecca McClelland, cousins of the bride. Their gay nos
2 CONC egays of multicolored carnation petals and tiny white daisy chrysanthe
2 CONC mums with baby breath accented their tip-toe length dresses of purpl
2 CONC e and white styled exactly like that of the maid of honor's. The flowe
2 CONC r girls' head pieces were styled of lavender ribbon trimmed with the p
2 CONC astel flowers matching their dresses.  Fred Wemple served as ring bear
2 CONC er for his sister.  Serving as best man was Fred Mallery. Ushers wer
2 CONC e Terry Azevedo, brother of the groom with Bill Wemple, brother of th
2 CONC e bride.  The bride's mother wore a lime green floor length long sleev
2 CONC ed dress of polyester knit. The groom's mother was attired in a blue f
2 CONC loor length long sleeved dress also of polyester knit. Both mothers wo
2 CONC re cymbidium orchid corsages.  Each one of the four gracious grandmoth
2 CONC ers, Mrs. Rose Azevedo, Mrs. Fred White, Mrs. Ray Fraley and Mrs. Clau
2 CONC de Wemple, were complimented with a corsage of white jappette orchids
2 CONC .  Mr. and Mrs. Randy Azevedo were honored at a reception immediatel
2 CONC y following the ceremony in the Pyrenees Room at the St. Francis Hotel
2 CONC . The luscious wedding cake with each of its four tiers, edged with fr
2 CONC esh lavender chrysanthemums and fern, topped with bride and groom, sto
2 CONC od in all its glory on a crocheted table cloth handmade by the bride'
2 CONC s great-grandmother, Mae Waldorf of Soquel.  In charge of the guest bo
2 CONC ok were Mrs. Renelle English and Fred Wemple. Serving the wedding cak
2 CONC e were Ginger Pinneo, Debra Azevedo and Ronda Mallery. Those serving p
2 CONC unch and hors d'oeuvre were Melanie Brines, Rita Mallery and Cheri Flu
2 CONC x.  Following a short honeymoon in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area, the brid
2 CONC e and groom are now at home in Milford. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs
2 CONC . Gilbert Azevedo of Doyle, is engaged in ranching with his father.  O
2 CONC ut 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 @I28@ INDI
1 NAME Frederick Paul /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F68@
1 NOTE The following article came from the CHESTER PROGRESSIVE, WESTWOOD PIN
2 CONC E PRESS dated September 11, 1996.  THE WEMPLE RANCH by Joseph Kriss, S
2 CONC taff Writer  What's kept the Wemple family in business was their will
2 CONC ingness to change, explains Fred Wemple as he and his wife, Lena (act
2 CONC ually Dena DRW), bounce around in the cab of their old pickup truck wh
2 CONC ile crossing a field of alfalfa.  With a tank trailer of diesel fuel i
2 CONC n tow, the couple heads out to a far corner of their 1,000-acre Milfor
2 CONC d ranch to gas-up a large green and yellow tractor operated by Fred'
2 CONC s dad, Glenn.  The senior Wemple, now 70, is the last of the family ac
2 CONC tually born on the ranch.  He's supposed to be retired, says Lena
2 CONC .  It's hard to keep him off a tractor.  The Wemple Ranch, located i
2 CONC n Milford along Highway 395, is a household name in south Lassen Count
2 CONC y.  Most school-age children know about the ranch, having had the oppo
2 CONC rtunity to get pumpkins during October field trips to the well known p
2 CONC umpkin patch.  There have been many changes and many memories made o
2 CONC n this sandy, alkaline patch of dirt over the past 100 years.  Origina
2 CONC lly, the Wemples used the property as a dairy farm and horse ranch.  T
2 CONC hen they went into the cattle business.  The cattle operation lasted u
2 CONC ntil the property was split (abt. 1989 DRW).  The Wemples still run ca
2 CONC ttle but now lease about 3,000 acres for grazing in the desert near He
2 CONC rlong.  We had to diversify, Fred said, when asked how the ranch sta
2 CONC ys solvent during these hard economic times for agriculture.  We're a
2 CONC lways looking for new ideas, and we're willing to accept change.  We m
2 CONC ight not like it, but we have to be more business minded.  In 1998, t
2 CONC he ranch will celebrate its 100 year anniversary.  The property has c
2 CONC hanged hands many times, Fred said, but it's always been (sold) t
2 CONC o a Wemple.  J.C. Wemple (Sr. DRW), Glenn's great-grandfather, origin
2 CONC ally bought the property back in 1859.  He came to California from Mic
2 CONC higan where he had operated a grist mill.  (This is an error.  He oper
2 CONC ated the gristmill in Milford.  It was his first business venture afte
2 CONC r moving to California and highly successful.) He had to give up the g
2 CONC ristmill because of failing lungs and he went into farming, mostly  ra
2 CONC ising vegetables, and then branched off into other farming as time pas
2 CONC sed.  DRW).  When the pioneering Wemple ended up in northern Californi
2 CONC a, he bought a parcel of land from Peter Lassen.  On closer inspectio
2 CONC n of the deed, Wemple found the purchased property, supposed to be i
2 CONC n Susanville, ended up actually being in Milford where the ranch is to
2 CONC day.  The original ranch stretched from Highway 395 to the shores of H
2 CONC oney Lake.  The ranch is now split in two with Fred's cousin, Kyle Wem
2 CONC ple, an ex-pro rodeo saddle bronc rider, now working the land adjacen
2 CONC t to his. (Actually Kyle's father, Kenneth is the owner of this part o
2 CONC f the ranch.  DRW).  The elder Wemple's memories of the place he has c
2 CONC alled home for 70 years are many.  Most are good, some bring back time
2 CONC s that were not so pleasant, like the big fire that raced through Milf
2 CONC ord.  September 2, 1950, Glenn says, recalling the date like it wa
2 CONC s last week.  I remember we were gathering cattle off (the) summer ra
2 CONC nge when the fire started. It was real close to where we were.  The f
2 CONC ire started on the southwest side of the mountain and quickly burned o
2 CONC ver the ridge (and into the valley). Wemple motions across the valle
2 CONC y towards the mountains, still showing the scars of wildfire.  Once i
2 CONC t hit the top of the hill, it took only 20 minutes to burn all the wa
2 CONC y down to the lake.  All the barns and out buildings on the ranch wer
2 CONC e destroyed. Miraculously, the old farm house(s) was saved from the fl
2 CONC ames.  It just about wiped us out completely, added Fred.  Wemples w
2 CONC ere grazing cattle in the valley long before the Forest Service and gr
2 CONC azing allotments were in existence, according to Glenn.  They used t
2 CONC o run horses in the valley, too.  Old Tom Doyle ran hogs over the hil
2 CONC l at one time, Wemple recalls.  But he had a heck of a time gettin
2 CONC g them back home.  Cattle - they'll find their way back, but not hogs.
2 CONC   The most significant change he has seen over the years is the switc
2 CONC h from horse power to tractor power.  I saw it change from horse to a
2 CONC ll tractors, said Glenn.  It used to take seven men to put up the ha
2 CONC y, 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.  Making the slow transition to mechanized farming, Glen
2 CONC n's father, Claude Wemple, bought a Fordson tractor back in 1930.  H
2 CONC e had quite a time keeping the tractor running, he remembers.  My mo
2 CONC st vivid memory is seeing that tractor tipped over on its side in th
2 CONC e field with him getting a team of horses to pull it upright again, h
2 CONC e said with a chuckle.  Another big change in farming is the high cos
2 CONC t of the equipment.  The cost of machinery now - it'll take your brea
2 CONC th away, says Glenn.  We bought a John Deere tractor in 1936 wit
2 CONC h a plow and mower for $1,200. Now a small garden tractor can cost $6,
2 CONC 000 and a large farming tractor can cost up to $100,000 or more.  Th
2 CONC e Wemples buy used equipment and make repairs at the ranch.  Repairin
2 CONC g farm equipment is a constant, on-going project.  Even back in the da
2 CONC ys of horse-drawn plows and mowers, repairs were always cause of tear
2 CONC ing out one's hair.  Glenn remembers how a team of horses got spooke
2 CONC d in the field one day and ran off.  There was mowing machine parts s
2 CONC cattered from here to the barn, 'cause that's where the team always en
2 CONC ded up.  Fred now collects the old Poppin' Johnny style tractors
2 CONC .  One of the restored old timers is used to pull school children arou
2 CONC nd the farm when the pumpkin patch is open.  To help keep the earth pr
2 CONC oducing high quality alfalfa - there's a big difference in dollar valu
2 CONC e between the quality levels of hay - the Wemples use wheat and carro
2 CONC t seed as rotation crops.  It's pretty interesting to try different c
2 CONC rops, said Glenn.  Sometimes you make money, sometimes you don't.
2 CONC   Rotating crops in between a six-year cycle of alfalfa planting hel
2 CONC ps get the ground broken up and cleaned of weeds and unwanted pests,
2 CONC  says Fred.  The rotation is usually planted for two years.  Carrot s
2 CONC eeds are harvested from carrot plants that are left to flower and seed
2 CONC .  This crop accounts for 15 acres on the ranch right now.  The seed i
2 CONC s shipped to a seed company in Woodland, Calif.  The farming seems t
2 CONC o agree with the Wemples.  I'd have a hard time if I had to get up t
2 CONC o go to work everyday, Fred states.  Born in Susanville, he attende
2 CONC d Janesville School and Lassen High School.  My college education con
2 CONC sisted of horse shoeing and rodeo, he says.  Lena, also a Susanvill
2 CONC e native, now works on the ranch full-time with her husband.  Her mai
2 CONC n passion this time of year is readying the many varieties of pumpkin
2 CONC s for their annual pumpkin patch.  Fred, 35, says he never thought abo
2 CONC ut doing anything else but ranching and farming.  This is all I coul
2 CONC d think about since I was old enough to walk.  Fred and Lena have bee
2 CONC n married for 10 years and have a six-year-old son, Matt.  They enjo
2 CONC y the farming lifestyle.  We're always busy, but it's a relaxed pace,
2 CONC  Lena says.  Sometimes, we can take for granted the lifestyle we enj
2 CONC oy, she said.
0 @I29@ INDI
1 NAME Kathryn /French/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 MAR 1942
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMS @F10@
1 NOTE Refreshments topped of the evening.
0 @I30@ INDI
1 NAME Keith Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 APR 1962
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F10@
1 FAMS @F12@
1 NOTE Keith is a cattle rancher. For a few years he sold automobiles in Susa
2 CONC nville, CA. DRW/SLD
0 @I31@ 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 @F10@
1 NOTE 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 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME Kyle Theodore /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JUN 1967
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F10@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 FAMS @F14@
1 NOTE From the LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, December 1, 1987:  MILFORD COWBOY PICKE
2 CONC D AS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR  by Curt Asher, City Editor  Rank broncs are n
2 CONC othing new to Kyle Wemple.  He grew up on a cattle ranch and he's bee
2 CONC n a rodeo hand for as long as he can remember.  But the rank broncs h
2 CONC e faced this year were something a little special; they were the tough
2 CONC est in the nation.  Kyle Wemple turned pro this past year and not, a
2 CONC t 20, the Milford cowboy is professional rodeo's top rookie saddle bro
2 CONC nc rider and will be competing in the National Finals in Las Vegas, Ne
2 CONC vada this week.  The Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association's Rookie o
2 CONC f the Year, Wemple said he isn't particularly concerned about competin
2 CONC g in the finals and riding against some of the world's best cowboys
2 CONC .  It'll be the same guys I've been competing against all year long,
2 CONC  he said.  I think I'm probably the youngest one in the bronc ridin
2 CONC g in the finals.  Wemple, a Lassen High graduate, competed in the Nat
2 CONC ional High School Rodeo finals in his senior year.  Riding for the Las
2 CONC sen College rodeo team, he went to the national collegiate rodeo final
2 CONC s twice and in 1986 was second in the nation at the college finals i
2 CONC n Bozeman, Montana.  Wemple started his rodeo career competing in are
2 CONC a junior rodeos, as a roper as well as a rider of rough stock.  I pre
2 CONC tty much been doing it (rodeoing) all my life, he said.  Riding bron
2 CONC cs was something that I always really liked.  It came pretty natural f
2 CONC or me.  Wemple, who claims that growing up on a ranch helped his care
2 CONC er, trains when he can on a neighbor's broncs with his father riding t
2 CONC he pick-up horse.  He said the training helped him a lot.  That traini
2 CONC ng, combined with his natural ability and the experience he's receive
2 CONC d from regular competition, has made him the leading rookie money winn
2 CONC er in saddle bronc riding.  Wemple won $29,185 this year, putting hi
2 CONC m at 13th in the world standings in saddle bronc competition, said spo
2 CONC kesman for the PRCA in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The 1987 rodeo sea
2 CONC son ended November 1.  The fifteen top money winners in each event qua
2 CONC lify for the national finals which run December 4-12.  The national fi
2 CONC nals is by far the richest rodeo, offering over $2 million in total pr
2 CONC ize money.  This year's leading saddle bronc rider is Clint Johnson o
2 CONC f Spearfish, S.D.
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Pierce /McClelland/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 NOV 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F11@
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 @I34@ 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 @F11@
1 NOTE 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 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca Susan /McClelland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1965
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F17@
1 FAMS @F18@
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME Burna Gay /McClelland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 FEB 1968
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F19@
1 FAMS @F20@
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME Diana Elizabeth /Wood/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1959
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F15@
1 FAMS @F12@
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME Ryan Chase /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1987
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME Reg Winchester /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1990
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMC @F12@
1 NOTE Keith
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME Kattie Marie /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1994
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I41@ 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 @F13@
0 @I42@ INDI
1 NAME Cash Leo /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1993
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME Diana /Bailey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1977
2 PLAC probably Susanville, CA
1 FAMS @F14@
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME Leland Edward /Wood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 NOV 1935
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F39@
1 FAMS @F15@
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME Marlene May /Hoffman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1934
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F15@
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME Darrell Edward /Wood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 AUG 1950
1 FAMC @F15@
1 FAMS @F16@
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME Dennis William /Wood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1957
1 FAMC @F15@
1 FAMS @F315@
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME Callie Ann /Peek/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (APR)
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F16@
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME Ramsey Edward /Wood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1983
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME Dallas Marie /Wood/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1985
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME James /Reece/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1965
1 FAMS @F17@
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME Matthew /Verdun/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1964
1 FAMS @F18@
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME Brandon Lee /Bagshaw/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1970
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, CA
1 FAMS @F19@
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME Pierce Lee /McClelland/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1993
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, CA
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME John Thomas /Jones/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 NOV 1968
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA
1 FAMS @F20@
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME Lorenzo Elliot /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1844
2 PLAC Wayne County, MI    Royal Line of King David, Nathan, Absalom, Soloman
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 MAR 1912
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville uptown cemetery, Winchester plot
1 FAMC @F29@
1 FAMS @F21@
1 FAMS @F22@
1 NOTE A native of Michigan, son of Elliot and Marietta Winchester, resident
2 CONC s of Lassen County from 1864.  Served in Union Forces during Civil War
2 CONC .  Came to Honey Lake Valley in 1871.  In 1872 he bought a ranch lyn
2 CONC g on the Susan River a mile and one half south of Susanville.  An agri
2 CONC culturist, he engaged in hay raising, apple orchards, the cattle busin
2 CONC ess and also sold farm implements, wagons, and carriages.  His first w
2 CONC ife, Georgiana Carpenter, died in 1876.  Was married to Sarah Pickar
2 CONC d in 1884. DRW  A newspaper article from the Lassen Advocate dated 1 M
2 CONC arch 1912 sent to the compiler on January 12, 1998 by Susan Decious
2 CONC .  DEATH OF LORENZE ELLIOTT WINCHESTER AN OLD AND ESTEEMED RESIDEN
2 CONC T PASSES AWAY THIS MORNING  For several days past people of Susanvill
2 CONC e have anxiously awaited the outcome of a struggle between one who ha
2 CONC d frequently before faced death and feared him not, and the Dread Dest
2 CONC royer, sincerely hoping that victory might again come to their frien
2 CONC d and neighbor.  It proved to be the untimate struggle, however, and w
2 CONC hen this comes there is but one result.  Lorenzo Elliott Winchester d
2 CONC ied this morning at his residence just south of Susanville, after a we
2 CONC ek's illness with pneumonia and various complications.  He was born W
2 CONC ayne county, near Detriot, Michigan, July 24, 1844 and died March 1, 1
2 CONC 912 at the age of 67 years, 7 months and 5 days.  Mr. Winchester wa
2 CONC s married in 1862 to Miss Georgiana Carpenter, and came with his youn
2 CONC g family to Honey Lake Valley in 1871.  Several years later his wife p
2 CONC assed away leaving two children to care of her husband - George E. Win
2 CONC chester and Mrs. Ida Cornell.  Several years later he was again wedde
2 CONC d, his second marriage being to Sara A. Pickard who, with five sons an
2 CONC d one daughter still survive, the daughter being Mrs. F.A. Wood and th
2 CONC e sons Charles E., Richard, Robert, Thomas and Franklin.  Early in th
2 CONC e Civil War Mr. Winchester, then in his young manhood, enlisted in Com
2 CONC pany B, of the 47th Ohio Infantry, and served two years under Genera
2 CONC l Rosencrans, when he was honorably discharged because of physical dis
2 CONC ability.  The funeral will take place from the Methodist church Sunda
2 CONC y, March 3, at 2 o'clock p.m., Reverand William J. Carter officiatin
2 CONC g and assisted by the G.A.R. and kindred organizations.  These will me
2 CONC et at the U.S. Land Office at 1:30 and march to the residence of the d
2 CONC eceased, from whence they will escort the remains of their late comra
2 CONC d to the church, and later to their final resting place.  L.E. Winche
2 CONC ster was an earnest citizen, deeply interested in the welfare of the c
2 CONC ountry which he fought to perserve.  He was a man of pronounced convic
2 CONC tions with the courage thereof.  He was a successful farmer and stockm
2 CONC an, and at the time of his death was greatly interested in the develop
2 CONC ment of the fruit industry in this valley.  In all respects his wa
2 CONC s a man whose death will be a loss to the community, and in the hour w
2 CONC hen those who know and loved him best are mourning their loss the peop
2 CONC le of Susanville and vicinity among whom the deceased has resided fo
2 CONC r more than forty years, are mourning with them.
0 @I57@ INDI
1 NAME Georgianna /Carpenter/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1845
2 PLAC Wayne County, MI
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 JUN 1876
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville uptown cemetery, Winchester plot
1 FAMS @F21@
0 @I58@ INDI
1 NAME Ida /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1866
2 PLAC Wayne County, MI
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1943
1 FAMC @F21@
1 FAMS @F32@
0 @I59@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 JUN 1876
2 PLAC Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUL 1876
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I60@ INDI
1 NAME Sara Ann /Pickard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 FEB 1863
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 SEP 1953
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMS @F22@
0 @I61@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Edward /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1885
2 PLAC Susanville CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 JAN 1946
2 PLAC Tacoma, Pierce County, WA
1 FAMC @F22@
1 FAMS @F33@
0 @I62@ INDI
1 NAME Maude E. /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1887
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 SEP 1962
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F22@
1 FAMS @F34@
0 @I63@ INDI
1 NAME Richard Elloit /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 SEP 1889
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1944
2 PLAC Medford, OR
1 BURI
2 DATE 25 DEC 1944
2 PLAC Siskiyou Memorial Park, Medford, OR
1 FAMC @F22@
1 FAMS @F35@
1 NOTE Medford Lodge No. 103 A. F. & A. M. will officiate at the funeral ser
2 CONC vices at Perl funeral home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with buria
2 CONC l in the Siskiyou Memorial Park.
0 @I64@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Lester /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1892
2 PLAC Janesville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 JAN 1978
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F22@
1 FAMS @F36@
1 FAMS @F37@
0 @I65@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1894
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1972
2 PLAC Dexter, Lane County, OR
1 FAMC @F22@
1 FAMS @F38@
1 NOTE 'The Y.M.C.A. in Memphis is doing a good work as if has in other plac
2 CONC es I have been.  It seems the only place that fills in some degree th
2 CONC e place of a home. When we go to town we always have a pleasent plac
2 CONC e to go and there is nothing too good for the soldier, so long as he c
2 CONC onducts himself as a gentleman.  They wait on you like your were a pri
2 CONC nce.  Adios dear Mother for this time.  Remember me to all the folks
2 CONC .  Thomas.'
0 @I66@ INDI
1 NAME Franklin /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 MAR 1897
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1964
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I67@ INDI
1 NAME Aura Martha /Pool/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 FEB 1896
2 PLAC Lakeport, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 APR 1990
2 PLAC Ashland, OR
1 BURI
2 PLAC Diamond Crest Cemetery, Johnstonville, CA
1 FAMS @F23@
1 NOTE Memorial contributions may be made to the Ashland Community Hospital
2 CONT Foundation, P.O. Box 98, Ashland 97520-9917.]
0 @I68@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Elizabeth /Winchester/
1 NAME Beth Winchester
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 JAN 1924
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F23@
1 FAMS @F24@
1 SOUR David R. Wemple, Orland, CA
1 NOTE Article from the Medford Mail Tribune, Friday January 14, 2005: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Vaughn and Beth Bornet of  Ashland celebrated their 60th wedding anniv
2 CONC ersary on Dec. 28, 2004, with a gathering of friends at the hillside h
2 CONC ome they built in 1963 at the intersection of Ridge and Terrace Street
2 CONC s in Ashland. Their home was filled with friends for the event. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The anniversary party was hosted by their daughter Barbara Stumph of W
2 CONC alnut Creek, Calif, and son, Stephen of Stamford, Conn. (Ashland Hig
2 CONC h classes of 1963 and 1965 respectively). 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1943-45 Vaughn was barracks officer at Naval Air Station, Alameda
2 CONC , with 7,000 sailors in his buildings. In 1944, Beth was president o
2 CONC f the senior class at University of Nevada, Reno. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The wartime wedding was at the bride's home in Susanville, Calif:, aft
2 CONC er which she and Lieutenant Bornet traveled by train five days to hi
2 CONC s family's home in Miami Beach, Fla. There his parents met the bride f
2 CONC or the first time and she met the groom's hometown friends. They drov
2 CONC e back West in his 1940 Pontiac sedan, using saved and loaned gas rati
2 CONC on stamps. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Before coming to the Rogue Valley, the Bornet family of four lived i
2 CONC n Miami, Chicago, Santa Monica, and Menlo Park. (He I grew up in Bala-
2 CONC Cynwyd, Pa.) They have lived in 13 different dwellings, including a Qu
2 CONC onset hut, portions of converted private homes, and four houses. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Bornet's home of 41 years was designed by architect Vince Oredso
2 CONC n and built by contractor Len Osgood, (The Oredsons attended the anniv
2 CONC ersary party.) Several generations of small children have played in th
2 CONC e little park at Ridge and Terrace, where the swing says welcome. Th
2 CONC e hillside property is home to 88 trees and many deer, squirrels, an
2 CONC d birds. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Vaughn was chairman of the Social Sciences Division of Southern Orego
2 CONC n University from 1963 to 1974 and professor of history and social sci
2 CONC ence from 1963 to 1980. He is the author of 10 books, a Rotarian of fo
2 CONC ur decades, and as a retired commander, USNR, he is active with the lo
2 CONC cal chapter of the Military Officers Association. He has distinguishe
2 CONC d service medallions from the American and the Oregon Heart Associatio
2 CONC ns, is a past-president of the Rogue Valley Symphony, and has been o
2 CONC n the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Oregon Advisory Committee, since 1
2 CONC 985. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1998, Beth was awarded the first Certificate of Appreciation from A
2 CONC shland Community Hospital Foundation, having spent over 30 years a
2 CONC s a volunteer. She was employed as a leader-trainer in the Southern Or
2 CONC egon region by the Winema Girl Scout Council in the 1960s. She is past
2 CONC -president of the Oregon State Hospital Auxiliary and other organizati
2 CONC ons, 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Bornets have three grandchildren and five great-granddaughters.
0 @I69@ INDI
1 NAME Helen Carol /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAY 1926
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 JUN 1926
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F23@
0 @I70@ INDI
1 NAME George Allen /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 JUL 1927
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 OCT 1997
2 PLAC San Diego, CA
1 FAMC @F23@
1 FAMS @F25@
0 @I71@ INDI
1 NAME Vaughn Davis /Bornet/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1917
2 PLAC Philadelphia, PA
1 DEAT
1 OCCU ,
1 FAMS @F24@
0 @I72@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara Lee /Bornet/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1945
2 PLAC Oakland, CA
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F27@
1 FAMS @F28@
0 @I73@ INDI
1 NAME Steven Falwell /Bornet/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 NOV 1947
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F2015@
0 @I74@ INDI
1 NAME Bobby Jo /Miller/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1931
2 PLAC Miami, FL
1 FAMS @F25@
0 @I75@ INDI
1 NAME Shelly Roxanne /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1955
1 FAMC @F25@
1 FAMS @F26@
0 @I76@ INDI
1 NAME Unknown /Struve/
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F26@
0 @I77@ INDI
1 NAME Todd /Struve/
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F343@
0 @I78@ INDI
1 NAME Danielle /Struve/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1976
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F579@
0 @I79@ INDI
1 NAME Shantel /Struve/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1978
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F580@
0 @I80@ INDI
1 NAME Kimberley /Struve/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1980
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I81@ INDI
1 NAME Jordon /Struve/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1982
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I82@ INDI
1 NAME Shelly /Struve/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1985
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I83@ INDI
1 NAME Durward Sidney /Riggs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 FEB 1935
2 PLAC Hutchinson, KS
1 FAMS @F27@
0 @I84@ INDI
1 NAME Dana Lawrence /Riggs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1969
1 FAMC @F27@
1 FAMS @F2014@
1 SOUR Beth Winchester Bornet, Ashland, OR 4/1/05
0 @I85@ INDI
1 NAME Susan Elizabeth /Riggs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUN 1972
1 FAMC @F27@
1 FAMS @F2013@
1 SOUR Beth Winchester Bornet, Ashland, OR 4/1/05
0 @I86@ INDI
1 NAME Terry /Stumph/
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F28@
1 SOUR Beth Winchester Bornet, Ashland, OR 4/1/05
0 @I87@ INDI
1 NAME David /Stumph/
1 SEX M
1 ADOP Y
2 FAMC @F3225@
3 ADOP WIFE
1 DEAT Y
1 FAMC @F28@
1 SOUR Beth Winchester Bornet, Ashland, OR 4/1/05
0 @I88@ INDI
1 NAME Jennifer /Stumph/
1 SEX F
1 ADOP Y
2 FAMC @F3226@
3 ADOP WIFE
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F28@
1 SOUR Beth Winchester Bornet, Ashland, OR 4/1/05
0 @I89@ INDI
1 NAME Elliot /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 MAR 1821
2 PLAC Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 MAY 1911
2 PLAC Pacific Grove, Monterey Co., CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville uptown cemetery, Winchester plot
1 OCCU Entrepreneur and farmer
1 FAMC @F40@
1 FAMS @F29@
1 FAMS @F30@
1 FAMS @F31@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 50.
1 NOTE A native of Massachusetts.  Son of Anson and Harriet Carpenter.  At th
2 CONC e age of 13 he accompanied the family wagon train to Albany, NY, and l
2 CONC ater to Detroit, Michigan.  At the age of 20 he secured a tract of 12
2 CONC 0 acres in dense timber for the purpose of cultivation.  While there h
2 CONC e manufactured staves and tons of potash which were shipped to England
2 CONC .  In 1859 he came to Empire City, Oregon, via the Isthmus.  Until 186
2 CONC 4 he remained in Oregon, where he engaged in mining with his brother,T
2 CONC homas. In that year he crossed into California and bought a tract of r
2 CONC aw land on the Susan River four miles below Susanville, where he impro
2 CONC ved a valuable stock and grain farm of 200 acres.  On disposing of th
2 CONC e land in 1890 he moved to Susanville, where he  remained until his de
2 CONC ath in 1911.  He was married to Marietta Sperry, who died in 1846.  I
2 CONC n 1850 he married Charlotte McConnell, who died in 1856.  In 1895, h
2 CONC e traveled to Pennsylvania and married Ressie Harper in Franklin, PA o
2 CONC n 21 October, 1895.  He and his new bride returned to Susanville and t
2 CONC hen they both lived until they removed to Pacific Grove in 1906.  Ther
2 CONC e was no issue from these last two marriges. DRW
0 @I90@ INDI
1 NAME Marietta /Sperry/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1821
2 PLAC Cornwall, Addison Co., VT - Royal Line of King David, Nathan, Absalom, Soloman
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1846
2 PLAC Detroit, MI
1 FAMS @F29@
0 @I91@ INDI
1 NAME Ellen /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1842
1 DEAT
2 DATE APR 1870
2 PLAC Huron Wayne Co., MI
1 BURI
2 PLAC Huron Wayne Co., MI
1 FAMC @F29@
1 FAMS @F42@
1 NOTE From the work of Pat Osborn, Boise, ID: In 1860 Ellen was living wit
2 CONC h Nelson Sperry who must have been related to her mother, Marietta. Th
2 CONC e Emily (listed in Census) was actually a Sperry and not a Winchester
2 CONC . In 1870 Ellen was shown as an invalid. They had a baby that must hav
2 CONC e died young.
0 @I92@ INDI
1 NAME Charlotte /McConnell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1856
2 PLAC MI
1 FAMS @F30@
0 @I93@ INDI
1 NAME Theresa (Ressie) /Harper/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1853
2 PLAC Boston, MA
1 DEAT Y
1 FAMS @F31@
0 @I94@ INDI
1 NAME John Heiro /Cornell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1858
2 PLAC Knights Landing, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 MAY 1930
2 PLAC Napa, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Tolocay Cemetery, Napa, CA
1 OCCU Agriculturist
1 FAMC @F1149@
1 FAMS @F32@
1 SOUR Sue Smith Decious, Lincoln, CA
1 NOTE Obituary from the NAPA DAILY REGISTER, Friday, 19 May 1930, page 1c4-5
2 CONC : 
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN H. CORNELL, OWNER OF WINCHESTER APARTMENTS, SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATT
2 CONC ACK 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral rites were held at the Treadway Chapel here this afternoon fo
2 CONC r John Heiro Cornell, beloved husband of Mrs. Ida Cornell, who passe
2 CONC d away from a heart attack at his home, 492 Randolph street, late Satu
2 CONC rday night. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. W.E. Walling read the service of the Christain Science church an
2 CONC d burial was made in Tolocay cemetery. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Deceased was a native of this state and was 71 years of age. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by the following children: George H. Cornell of Fort Br
2 CONC agg; Mrs. Vera Donnelly of Stockton; J.W. Cornell of Stockton; Mrs. Ma
2 CONC ria Royse of Fort Bragg; Mrs. Ben Scott of San Francisco. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Cornell's sudden demise occurred at 11:30 o'clock Saturday night
2 CONC , a short time after he been prostrated by a severe heart attack. Acco
2 CONC rding to a member of the family, he had not enjoyed the best of healt
2 CONC h for some time. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. Cornell had been residents of Napa for nearly two years
2 CONC , coming here from Fort Bragg where they are widely acquainted. They c
2 CONC onducted the Winchester Apartments in this city. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the History of the State of California and Biographical Record o
2 CONC f The Sierras by Prof. James Miller Guinn, A.M., page 502: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN HEIRO CORNELL.  A substantial and prosperous agriculturist, an
2 CONC d a respected citizen of Susanville, John Heiro Cornell has been an im
2 CONC portant factor in developing and advancing the farming and stock-raisi
2 CONC ng interests of northern California, his abilities in this direction b
2 CONC eing recognized and appreciated.  He has the distinction of being a na
2 CONC tive of the state, his birth having occurred November 28, 1858, near K
2 CONC nights Landing, Yolo county, on the farm of his father, the late H. K
2 CONC . Cornell. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Born in Cleveland, Ohio, H. K. Cornell learned the trade of a ship car
2 CONC penter, and followed it when young.  In 1850 he joined the gold hunter
2 CONC s, coming with ox-teams across the plains to the Pacific coast.  Afte
2 CONC r mining for a short time, he settled in Yolo county, becoming a pione
2 CONC er, and for a number of years was there employed in stock-raising an
2 CONC d grain farming.  Coming to Susanville in 1862, he purchased the far
2 CONC m now owned and occupied by his son John Heiro, and continued his agri
2 CONC cultural labors.  He also owned what is now Halltown, and had title t
2 CONC o various other ranches, making a business of trading ranches.  Dispos
2 CONC ing of all his land in this locality in 1876, he removed with his stoc
2 CONC k to Modoc county, where he resided for some time.  Subsequently retur
2 CONC ning to Susanville, he spent his remaining days here, dying at the ag
2 CONC e of seventy-five years.  His wife whose maiden name was Harriet Maste
2 CONC n, was born in Indiana, and died in Susanville, aged sixty-five years
2 CONC . 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The oldest of a family of five children, John Heiro Cornell was brough
2 CONC t up in Susanville, acquiring his early knowledge of books in the publ
2 CONC ic schools.  From boyhood he assisted his father in the farm work, an
2 CONC d went with him to Modoc county, where he helped care for the stock
2 CONC .  On coming of age, he started in business on his own account, buyin
2 CONC g a ranch on Tule Lake, Modoc county, and embarking in stock-raising
2 CONC .  He had a good range, and made a specialty of raising draft horses
2 CONC .  In company with his father he drove his horses to the Sacramento va
2 CONC lley to sell, and built up a profitable business, his brand being H. C
2 CONC . (with a straight line above), while his father's was H. C. In 1902 M
2 CONC r. Cornell sold his ranch, horses and cattle, and returned to Susanvil
2 CONC le.  Buying the old home farm on which he was reared, he has thirty ac
2 CONC res of rich farming land adjoining town, and keeps a small dairy, whic
2 CONC h yields him a good income.  He is also proprietor of Cornell's ranch
2 CONC , in Modoc county, where he has a large corral and feed barns.  Whil
2 CONC e living in Modoc county, Mr. Cornell and his father established the C
2 CONC ornell postoffice, and he served as postmaster for fifteen years afte
2 CONC r it was opened. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In Lassen county, near Susanville, Mr. Cornell married Ida Winchester
2 CONC , who was born in this valley, a daughter of L.E. Winchester and a gra
2 CONC nddaughter of Elliot Winchester, a pioneer settler of this place. Of t
2 CONC he union of Mr. and Mrs. Cornell the following children have been born
2 CONC : George Heiro, Vera Isabelle, John Wesley and Ida Marie.
0 @I95@ INDI
1 NAME George Heiro /Cornell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 OCT 1890
2 PLAC Susanville CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 FEB 1969
2 PLAC Los Angeles, CA
1 OCCU Merchant and shopkeeper
1 FAMC @F32@
1 FAMS @F1150@
0 @I96@ INDI
1 NAME Vera Isabelle /Cornell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAR 1892
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 MAR 1974
2 PLAC Sacramento, CA
1 FAMC @F32@
1 FAMS @F63@
0 @I97@ INDI
1 NAME John Westley /Cornell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 AUG 1893
2 PLAC CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 SEP 1974
2 PLAC Stockton, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville uptown cemetery Section J, Susanville, CA
1 OCCU Civil engineer for the city of Stockton, CA
1 FAMC @F32@
1 FAMS @F64@
1 SOUR Sue Smith Decious, Lincoln, CA
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate dated 25 September 1974, page 3c4: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for John Wesley Cornell, 81, who died in Stockton o
2 CONC n Friday, were held at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary on Monda
2 CONC y at 10 a.m. with Rev. Carl Schwartzenberg officiating.  Burial was i
2 CONC n the Susanville Cemetery. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Donna Dandois was the organist. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in California Aug. 28, 1893, and was a retired e
2 CONC ngineer of the City of Stockton.  He had resided in Susanville for th
2 CONC e past 20 years. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving are three sons, George, Manteca, and Keith and Robert, of St
2 CONC ockton; a daughter, Barbara Deilsey, Phoenix, Ariz., two grandchildre
2 CONC n and one great grandchild. His wife, Helen, died last year.
0 @I98@ INDI
1 NAME Ida Marie /Cornell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 MAY 1898
1 DEAT
2 DATE DEC 1971
1 FAMC @F32@
1 FAMS @F65@
0 @I99@ INDI
1 NAME Unknown /Cornell/
1 SEX F
1 DEAT Y
1 FAMC @F32@
1 FAMS @F342@
1 SOUR Sue Smith Decious, Lincoln, CA
0 @I100@ INDI
1 NAME Fay Ruby /Tyler/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1883
2 PLAC Missouri
1 DEAT Y
1 FAMS @F33@
0 @I101@ INDI
1 NAME Zonita /Winchester/
2 GIVN Zonita M.
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 AUG 1907
2 PLAC Holden, Johnson County, MO
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 SEP 1963
2 PLAC OR
1 FAMC @F33@
1 FAMS @F329@
0 @I102@ INDI
1 NAME Eber Vreland /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1911
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 DEC 1990
2 PLAC Eureka, CA
1 FAMC @F33@
1 FAMS @F328@
0 @I103@ INDI
1 NAME Frank Vicent /Wood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 APR 1883
2 PLAC Johnstonville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1963
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMS @F34@
0 @I104@ INDI
1 NAME Harlen Eugene /Wood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 MAY 1908
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1910
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F34@
0 @I105@ INDI
1 NAME Thelma /Wood/
2 GIVN Thelma C.
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 APR 1910
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 NOV 1974
2 PLAC Placerville, CA
1 FAMC @F34@
1 FAMS @F320@
1 FAMS @F321@
1 NOTE 
0 @I106@ INDI
1 NAME Leland Edward /Wood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 MAR 1912
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 MAR 1994
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F34@
1 FAMS @F39@
0 @I107@ INDI
1 NAME Clarice Marie Peggy /Wood/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAY 1914
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1940
2 PLAC Glendale, CA
1 FAMC @F34@
1 FAMS @F324@
0 @I108@ INDI
1 NAME Agnes Mildred /Murray/
1 SEX F
1 DEAT Y
1 FAMS @F35@
0 @I109@ INDI
1 NAME Elliot LeRoy /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1918
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F35@
0 @I110@ INDI
1 NAME Jack Jessie /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 AUG 1922
2 PLAC Lakeview, Lake County, OR
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1993
2 PLAC Eugene, Lane County, OR
1 FAMC @F35@
1 FAMS @F344@
1 NOTE Buell Chapel in Springfield is in charge of arrangements.
0 @I111@ INDI
1 NAME Mildred /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1924
1 FAMC @F35@
0 @I112@ INDI
1 NAME Alta /Bussey/
2 GIVN Alta M.
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAY 1906
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 NOV 1994
2 PLAC Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F36@
0 @I113@ INDI
1 NAME Saddie Bell /Brown/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JAN 1898
2 PLAC Gardnerville, NV
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 JAN 1953
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMS @F37@
0 @I114@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Lester /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1920
2 PLAC Monterey, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 MAY 1941
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F37@
1 FAMS @F332@
0 @I115@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret Ann /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 FEB 1922
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 AUG 1988
2 PLAC Green Valley, Pima, AZ
1 FAMC @F37@
1 FAMS @F333@
0 @I116@ INDI
1 NAME David Hugh /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 NOV 1923
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1968
2 PLAC Red Bluff, CA
1 FAMC @F37@
1 FAMS @F336@
0 @I117@ INDI
1 NAME Maybelle /Fraser/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1902
2 PLAC Sutter Creek, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1959
1 FAMS @F38@
0 @I118@ INDI
1 NAME Beula /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 FEB 1921
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F38@
0 @I119@ INDI
1 NAME Grace /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 FEB 1923
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F38@
0 @I120@ INDI
1 NAME Ray Al /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 FEB 1928
1 FAMC @F38@
0 @I121@ INDI
1 NAME Verna Maude /Ramsey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1913
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F39@
0 @I122@ INDI
1 NAME Jane /Wood/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1940
1 FAMC @F39@
1 FAMS @F322@
0 @I123@ INDI
1 NAME Joan /Wood/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1940
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1980
1 FAMC @F39@
1 FAMS @F323@
0 @I124@ INDI
1 NAME Anson /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 DEC 1790
2 PLAC Hardwick, MA
1 DEAT
2 DATE SEP 1877
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville uptown cemetery, Winchester plot
1 OCCU Stone mason
1 FAMC @F44@
1 FAMS @F40@
1 FAMS @F41@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 50.
1 NOTE Excerpt from John Winchester of New England and Some of His Descendant
2 CONC s, Henry Winchester Cunningham, page 49: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was elected deacon of the Congregational Church at Hardwick , MA 1
2 CONC 0 Mar, 1824. In 1830 he removed to Mendon, NY and from there, in 1832
2 CONC , to Farmington, Oakland Co., MI. Some time after 1840, probably afte
2 CONC r his second marriage and perhaps as late as 1857, he removed to Coo
2 CONC s Bay, OR, where he lived many years. He died at Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC unty, in northern California, where his son Elliot was living, in Sept
2 CONC ember 1877, aged 87. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A native of Massachusetts.  At an early age he acquired the trade of m
2 CONC ason and builder, later following his trade in Detroit.  In 1856 he ca
2 CONC me by way of the Isthmus to Oregon, where he remained until joining hi
2 CONC s son, Elliot, in Honey Lake Valley in 1864. DRW
0 @I125@ INDI
1 NAME Harriet /Carpenter/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1791
2 PLAC Hardwick, Worchester County, MA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 MAR 1840
2 PLAC Farmington, Oakland Co., MI
1 FAMC @F1178@
1 FAMS @F40@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 50.
0 @I126@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Dennis /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JUL 1813
2 PLAC Hardwick, MA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1876
2 PLAC Empire City,Coos County, OR
1 OCCU Attorney at law
1 FAMC @F40@
1 FAMS @F45@
1 FAMS @F46@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  pages 50 & 95.
1 NOTE Obituary from The Coos Bay News, dated November 28, 1876: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (Died - at Empire City, Oregon, November 21, 1876, Thomas D. Wincheste
2 CONC r Esq., aged 64 years. New York and Michigan Papers please copy.) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Thos. D. Winchester, Esq. died at his residence in Empire City, on th
2 CONC e 21st, of Paralysis, after an illness of three days. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Winchester was born in Worcester County, Mass., July 22, 1813. H
2 CONC e moved to the State of New York where he resided for several years, f
2 CONC rom thence to the State of Michigan, where he resided until 1950 (thi
2 CONC s is probably an error, as most papers show him coming to Oregon in 18
2 CONC 57) when he came to this coast. He settled in Douglas County and resid
2 CONC ed there until 1855, when he came to Coos Bay where he lived ever sinc
2 CONC e. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Winchester saw this community grow up from its infancy and in hi
2 CONC s disappearance of one of the old land marks of society is taken away
2 CONC . No stronger proof of the great love and respect in which he was hel
2 CONC d could be given, than the vast concourse of people who assembled at E
2 CONC mpire last Saturday, coming from all points of the bay, to pay to th
2 CONC e honored dead. The strict integrity, sociability, and kindness of hea
2 CONC rt made a friend of every man with whom he came in contact, and his fr
2 CONC iendly grasp and genial smile will long be missed from our midst. Th
2 CONC e legal profession has lost an honorable and respected member, the poo
2 CONC r man a firm friend, his wife a kind husband, his children a loving fa
2 CONC ther who all have the sympathy of the community. He was a firm believe
2 CONC r in the existence of a supreme being, in the kindness of his heart, h
2 CONC e could not believe in the doctrine of hate and wrathful retribution
2 CONC , but only in that of love, hence he was always ready and willing to m
2 CONC eet the great change which to him was not a king of terrors but mere
2 CONC ly the falling asleep beneath the protecting care of the great and lov
2 CONC ing father, who doth all things well. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The members of the Coos County bar will have a meeting at the courthou
2 CONC se in Empire City next Monday evening in memoriam of T. D. Winchester
2 CONC , Esq. Every body is invited to attend. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (A letter to the editor, Coos Bay Times dated Thursday January 13, 195
2 CONC 5): 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Editor: I was interested in reading in a recent issue of your paper re
2 CONC ference being made by Mrs. Codding to the Indian Tarheel and to Tar
2 CONC heel Point, a sightly location, which he inhabited for many years. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT I remember Tarheel and of course, Tarheel Point,  replete with tri
2 CONC besmen lore, was and is, a familiar spot to old timers. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Codding's reference to the Winchester family has caused me to w
2 CONC onder whether she had in mind my grandfather, T. D. Winchester, who a
2 CONC s associated with her father, George Wasson, in an early day sawmill o
2 CONC n Winchester Creek or whether she meant an early photographer of tha
2 CONC t name. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT T. D.  Winchester, of Empire, was the first lawyer in Coos County, fol
2 CONC lowed by D.L. Watson who studied law in his office. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Old timers, especially the native Coos Bayites, perk up their ears w
2 CONC hen early history of the Bay region is discussed. It arouses feeling
2 CONC s of nostalgia and hence these ebullitions. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Signed, James H. Flanagan, San Mateo, California. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (The Coos Bay Times answered the letter in an article printed Friday
2 CONC , January 21, 1955): 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dear Mr. Flanagan: Here is Your Answer 
2 CONT 
2 CONT This is really a rather personal news story. It is written especiall
2 CONC y for one reader of the Times -- James H. Flanagan. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Flanagan now lives in San Mateo, Calif., but he was a long time re
2 CONC sident of Coos County. He and his family are important in local histor
2 CONC y. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On Jan. 13 a letter written by Mr. Flanagan was published in The Time
2 CONC s Public Forum. In it he expressed interest in a story which had recen
2 CONC tly appeared in this newspaper about the Indian named Tarheel. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Flanagan asked a question about a man named Winchester who was men
2 CONC tioned in the story. he wondered if the man was his grandfather, T. D
2 CONC . Winchester, or a North Bend photographer named Winchester. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Times checked this week and with Mrs. Daisy Codding, herself a lon
2 CONC g time resident of Empire and the Bay Area, who supplied the informati
2 CONC on for he story about Tarheel. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT THE ANSWER, MR. FLANAGAN, is that the man in question was your grandfa
2 CONC ther. And the coat which Tarheel was wearing belonged to your grandfat
2 CONC her. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Winchester was a partner with George Wasson, Mrs. Codding's father
2 CONC , in a sawmill operation. That was almost 100 years ago. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Indian, Tarheel, often worked for the two partners at their sawmil
2 CONC l. One day the three men took a canoe to North Bend. While there it wa
2 CONC s decided by the two partners that Tarheel should have his picture tak
2 CONC en. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Tarheel agreed to the idea. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Then someone decided that Tarheel was not suitably dressed. All he ha
2 CONC d on were a few rags. A man having his portrait taken, it was felt, sh
2 CONC ould be dressed with care and dignity. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The problem was solved when Mr. Winchester loaned Tarheel his great co
2 CONC at for the sitting. The picture shows Tarheel, his dignity not diminis
2 CONC hed by the suggestion of a smile at the corners of his mouth, properl
2 CONC y clad in the coat. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT This gesture of friendship on the part of Mr. Winchester was typical o
2 CONC f the man, according to Mrs. Codding. She said this week that she fel
2 CONC t a particular affection for Mr. and Mrs. Winchester because of the ki
2 CONC ndness which they showed her Indian mother. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Codding's mother, Adelsa, in 1859 had married a man from Boston n
2 CONC amed Charles Hotchkiss, reputed to be one of the early teachers in Coo
2 CONC s County area. Mr. Hotchkiss developed tuberculosis, however, and wa
2 CONC s sent to California for his health. He never reached there, dying e
2 CONC n route. He was buried at sea. Mrs. Codding's mother, Adelsa, was wido
2 CONC wed before she was out of the teens. She was also expecting a baby. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her mother was befriended during this crisis by the Winchester famil
2 CONC y who took her into their home to live with them. That was in 1862. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Winchester taught my mother knitting, sewing, and housekeeping,
2 CONC  said Mrs. Codding. My mother stayed with them and with another fami
2 CONC ly for five years. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (Mr. Hotchkiss' daughter still loves in Empire. Her name is Mrs. Laur
2 CONC a Metcalfe.) 
2 CONT <br. DURING THIS PERIOD MR. WASSON went into partnership with Mr. Winc
2 CONC hester. Visiting his partner's home once he met Adelsa. The Indian gir
2 CONC l was called by the Christian name of Nora by the Winchesters. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married her in 1867, after journeying to Portland and San Francisc
2 CONC o to establish proof of Mr. Hotchkiss' death. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT My parents were married in the Winchester home, said Mrs. Codding, 
2 CONC and Mrs. Winchester made a wedding dress for mother. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT After the Wassons were married, the Winchesters were frequent visitor
2 CONC s at their home on South Slough. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Some of the early white settlers looked down on the Indians, said Mr
2 CONC s. Codding. The Winchesters never did, though. They were a very nic
2 CONC e people. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following is from the files of Patricia Osborn, Boise, ID: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT There was a meeting of the Coos County bar, on last Monday night, wel
2 CONC l attended, in Memory of T. D. Winchester, deceased, who was the oldes
2 CONC t member of the Coos County bar. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Hon. F. G. Lockhart was called to the chair. Short Addresses were del
2 CONC ivered by D. L. Watson, Esq., J. M. Siglin Esq., and Hon F. G. Lockhar
2 CONC t. The following resolutions were offered, and unanimously adopted. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT  'IN MEMORIAM OF T. D. WINCHESTER, ESQ., LATE A MEMBER OF THE COOS CO
2 CONC UNTY BAR 
2 CONT 
2 CONT  'Whereas: It has pleased Almighty God in his wisdom to remove by th
2 CONC e hand of death, from our midst, our beloved and honored brother T. D
2 CONC . Winchester, to our great affliction and bereavement. Longer than an
2 CONC y member of our bar, our Court house has resounded to the eloquence o
2 CONC f his voice. In him every member of this bar loses a firm friend, an
2 CONC d a great example of integrity of character, firmness of purpose and u
2 CONC nswerving adherence to principle. Commanding the respect of the commun
2 CONC ity, and the affections of our entire populace by a blameless life, us
2 CONC eful on honorable, but in the zenith of his intellectual powers he ha
2 CONC s been taken from us, taken home by him who is the father of us all. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT  'In memory of our dear departed brother we submit the following reso
2 CONC lutions:  'Resolved. That our grief is not unmingled with pride and s
2 CONC atisfaction in the memory of his attainments, his unswerving reputatio
2 CONC n for honesty of purpose, doing all man could do to raise the honorabl
2 CONC e profession of which he was an honored member in their own estimatio
2 CONC n and that of the community at large, that to death of T. D. Wincheste
2 CONC r is a calamity to the profession, to the interests, social and public
2 CONC , of the community in which he lived, to the county and state at large
2 CONC . 
2 CONT 
2 CONT  'Resolved. That our regret is mingled with profoundest sympathy fo
2 CONC r the family of the deceased, in this great distress and affliction, a
2 CONC nd we offer our condolence and best wishes, conscious however that the
2 CONC ir highest consolation is in the remembrance of a life well spent, a r
2 CONC eputation without spot or blemish, and the bright hopes which spring f
2 CONC rom the grave of an upright man. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT  'Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the fa
2 CONC mily of the deceased. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT  'Resolved. That these proceedings be published in the newspapers pub
2 CONC lished in Coos County. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT  'A. A. Skinner,  'P. L. Watson,  'J. M. Siglin,  'T. G. Owen, 
2 CONT 
2 CONT   'S. H. Hazard, absent on official business.' 
0 @I127@ INDI
1 NAME Moses Dwight /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 OCT 1815
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF FEB 1877
1 FAMC @F40@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 50.
0 @I128@ INDI
1 NAME Elijah Carpenter /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 SEP 1817
2 PLAC Hardwick, Worcester County, MA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 SEP 1862
2 PLAC Buffalo, Erie County, NY
1 FAMC @F40@
1 FAMS @F47@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 50.
0 @I129@ INDI
1 NAME Lewis /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JUL 1823
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1849
2 PLAC Feather River, CA
1 FAMC @F40@
1 SOUR Winchester Notes, Fanny Winchester Hotchkiss, page 267.
1 NOTE Drowned in the Feather River while mining for gold. DRW
0 @I130@ INDI
1 NAME Lucius /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1828
2 PLAC Hardwick Worcester Co., MA
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1918
1 FAMC @F40@
1 FAMS @F48@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 50.
0 @I131@ INDI
1 NAME Unknown /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1831
2 PLAC Mendon, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1871
2 PLAC Santa Clara, CA
1 FAMC @F40@
1 FAMS @F487@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 50.
0 @I132@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /Dewey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 APR 1802
2 PLAC Franklin, Deleware Co., NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1867
2 PLAC CA
1 FAMS @F41@
0 @I133@ INDI
1 NAME Charles S. /Yost/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1838
2 PLAC NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1930
1 FAMS @F42@
0 @I134@ INDI
1 NAME Eber /Yost/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1863
2 PLAC Huron Wayne Co., MI
1 DEAT Y
1 FAMC @F42@
1 FAMS @F43@
0 @I135@ INDI
1 NAME Ida /Yost/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1865
1 DEAT Y
1 FAMC @F42@
0 @I136@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Yost/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1870
1 DEAT Y
1 FAMC @F42@
0 @I137@ INDI
1 NAME Jessie /LNUK/
2 GIVN Jessie V.
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1872
1 DEAT Y
1 FAMS @F43@
0 @I138@ INDI
1 NAME Mark B. /Yost/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1901
2 PLAC Trenton. Wayne County, MI
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 APR 1977
1 FAMC @F43@
0 @I139@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1763
2 PLAC Hardwick, MA
1 DEAT
2 DATE ABT 1812
1 FAMC @F49@
1 FAMS @F44@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  pages 27-28.
0 @I140@ INDI
1 NAME Patience /Dennis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1769
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 OCT 1809
1 FAMC @F1051@
1 FAMS @F44@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 27.
0 @I141@ INDI
1 NAME Anson /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE NOV 1788
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 APR 1790
1 FAMC @F44@
0 @I142@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Elliot /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1792
1 BAPM
2 DATE 02 APR 1820
2 PLAC As an adult
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 JUL 1841
2 PLAC Shutesbury, MA
1 OCCU Farmer and merchant
1 FAMC @F44@
1 FAMS @F1179@
1 FAMS @F1180@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 50.
1 NOTE Thomas Elliot Winchester lived at Monson, Leicester, Petersham and Shu
2 CONC tesbury. HWC
0 @I143@ INDI
1 NAME Lucius /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 APR 1793
2 PLAC Hardwick, MA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1849
2 PLAC St. Catharine's, near Niagra, Canada
1 OCCU Stone mason
1 FAMC @F44@
1 FAMS @F1186@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  pages 28 & 50-51.
1 NOTE He lived at Hardwick and at St. Catharine's and perhaps for a time a
2 CONC t Montreal. HWC
0 @I144@ INDI
1 NAME David /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1795
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1796
1 FAMC @F44@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 28.
0 @I145@ INDI
1 NAME David Dennis /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 MAY 1797
2 PLAC Hardwick, MA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 AUG 1868
2 PLAC New York City
1 OCCU Hotel keeper
1 FAMC @F44@
1 FAMS @F50@
1 SOUR John Winchester of New England and Some of His Decendants, by Henry Winchester Cunningham,  page 51.
1 NOTE Excerpt from Winchester Notes, Fanny Hotchkiss, page 268: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT . . .  David Dennis Winchester was a man of great probity of character
2 CONC , and both in business and social circles was held in high esteem. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Excerpt from John Winchester of New England and Some of His Descendant
2 CONC s, Henry Winchester Cunningham, page 51: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (David and his family) lived first at Hartford, Vt., where in 1824 h
2 CONC e had an interest in a mill on the Quechee. Shortly afterwards he move
2 CONC d to Woodstock, Vt., and on 28 Nov. 1825 he was one of those who forme
2 CONC d an Episcopal church there. In 1845 he removed to New York City, wher
2 CONC e he and his son, Thomas Dennis, kept the Great Western Hotel in Cortl
2 CONC andt Street for about twenty-five years.
0 @I146@ INDI
1 NAME Ellen Jane /Smith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 FEB 1820
2 PLAC NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 NOV 1854
2 PLAC Nankin, Wayne County, MI
1 FAMS @F45@
0 @I147@ INDI
1 NAME George Dwight /Winchester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 FEB 1842
2 PLAC Plymouth, Wayne County, MI
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1901
2 PLAC Silver City, Owyhee County, ID
1 BURI
2 PLAC Silver City, Owyhee County, ID
1 FAMC @F45@
1 FAMS @F490@
1 SOUR Pat Foster Osborn, Boise, ID
1 NOTE Obituary from the Owyhee Avalanche, dated March 22, 1901 
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH OF GEORGE WINCHESTER. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT DIED - At his home in this city, Monday, March 18, 1901, at 11 o'cloc
2 CONC k a. m., George Winchester, aged 59 years, of Bright's Disease. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT One by one the old pioneers of the Pacific Coast and of this county ar
2 CONC e crossing the Great Divide from which there is no return. Each year t
2 CONC heir ranks are invaded by the conqueror, Death, and as the funeral cor
2 CONC tege wends its way to the hill side cemetery, surviving comrades of th
2 CONC e revered dead ask each other the momentf