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Title: The Camptonville Connection - An Interview with Leland Pauly (September 17, 1993) Collection Type: Directories and Documents Author: Hank Meals Published: September 17, 1993 Subjects: Camptonville # of Pages: 50 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Meals Pauly Meals Pauly Meals Pauly Meals Pauly An Interview with Leland Pauly By Hank Meals 9/17/93 My name is Hank Meals and today I'm with Leland Pauly in the Camptonville Cemetery. As we walk through the cemetery, Mr. ‘Pauly will tell us about: his family and his recollections . of many long time residents of Camptonville and the neighboring communities. Well, my family’ was really from the Feather River side and came over here in 1919 when my dad got a stage contract fram Marysville to Downieville. I started school here in 1930. Our house is right next door to the cemetery so alii have to do is hop over the fence. Inthe late nineteen fifties, when . was: working for myself, and part time in the sawmills, they asked me to work in the cemetery, so . worked in the cemetery for afew years. before . became Postmaster. . worked off and on taking care of it, but most of the time Iwas just a cemetery trustee until Bill Groves and Acton’ Cleveland took over. Bill took care of the maintenance and Acton took care of the beakwork. The big trouble was that in 1977, Bill died, and about: 1978 Acton moved away and left it in my lap. So we struggled along for about. 10 years and then . gave it up. Several others took it over, and last year . became atrustee again, along with Gene Plunkett, just long enough so they could make atransfer of the cemetery to the Camptonville Community, Services District. Then we resigned, so the cemetery is now under the control: of the -C.C.S.D.(it's easier to say). So we’re going to start here in the northwest corner of the cemetery? Yes, all these graves are fram before the turn of the century, except where there are family plots they put ‘em in at all times, but most of 'em are real old ones, descendants — of the original inhabitants. It starts with Jessie Cook down here; 1873 he died, age 60 years. Well he made it a lot longer than’ some. Many died as children and a lot died at middle age, especially in the early days, from the -rigors. of living:, you'd call it. This is John Purcel and he got buried outside of what later turned out to be the limits that the surveyors had, so: they had to put:a dogleg inthe fence. There are those who: would like to have that moved but: it's just too far back. He's a Civil War veteran. How can you tell he’s a Civil War veteran, do you just know that? Itwas passed on through the years because the county’ has. always paid to have flags put on the war veterans’. graves and his name was on the list. That's the best . can tell you. Oh, here are the Horweges,. they're an old time original early day family. They're scattered in various places around here; there: are two or three places of Horweges. The only Horwege around in my lifetime was Mrs. Kendall, Fred Kendall's wife. What kind of name is that? I don't know. A lot of 'em have it on the stone, but . never heard anybody say. A lot of these were Cornwall people. Inthe later years, after they started the underground mining, they spread . out a little from Grass Valley. Some were from Scotland and some were English, and afew Germans. Now see, here's G.W. Kendall, next to the Horweges. Peck, I don't know that one. Here's another Kendall. Jones, . don't know Jones. Leonard Bishop. The: Bishops were original inhabitants of Oak Valley, and Len Bishop lived out there for years until, later he moved into town.