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Title: Historical Clippings Book (HC-11) Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Historical Clippings Catalog #: HC-11 # of Pages: 314 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Original Held At: Searls Historical Library Location: 161 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City, CA 95959

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The Gev. Davis and David Davis families in or near San Francisco ‘Ym. Menner and family to San Juan, later to Pas :.dena, while it was a boom town, The. Perrys to N, Bloomfield, the Winang most of them to their last hour, cone daughter married and live ing in Sebastopol then to Sacramento, The greater part of the Moore family in Nevada State, The rest in their last resting place the Cemeter. Also Steve Wood and wife laid to rest there, The Slacks removed to Oregon, In 18835 H, 0, Hiscox and family removed to Oakland whero his wife soon passed away. Her health had been poor for sanetime before leaving Sweetland, H. 0, Hiscox after hor death had been sent to what we believe is now called Colunbia, South America, He wag delayed on his journey as there was war on ths Isthmus at that time but finally arrived at his destination and three days later passed away and was buried there, eleven months after his wife's death, The Warners renoved to Oakland, In 1900 the last time we were in Sweetland, but fow of the Old Timo friends remained, James Wood, who still owmed the store and Post Office, Janes 0, Sweetland, who worked for hii Hama Barnum, (her mother had passed away), Peto Graham, whose wife was dead, and children married and fone to make their hore elsewhere, Fremont Wood (son of James Wood) and fantly and the Merriam family, were all that were left of the "Old Pine" friends in the town. In the homes north of town were the Isbestors, the Tabors and Ransomes, The Tabdors later removed to Grass Valley and the Ransmes to some place near tho San Francisco Bay Region, In 1903 the youngest sm of the Hiscox family with his family became a resident of Nevada City and years later was laid to rest in Pine Grove Cometory by his oldest son who had preceded hin, Later, his wife was also buricd there. ‘Three of their children are well lmown, at least by name to the residents of Nevada City, Earl idiscox, Game Yarden, Lloyd Hiscox, employee at the Post Office and Mrs. Irma Atkins one of Nevada City's valuod teachors, Fran what we hear, we underatand that two of the daughters of E. Be. Ransome and wife are also rosidents of Nevada City, firs, Helen Sawyer and lirs, Louise Fox, The Home of the Dead The Little Cometery bofore spoken of contains comparatively few graves. One reason for that we believe, is boecauso tho plot was never carod for, It wag too hich to be irrigated easily and a secmd reason, because the diteh which brourht irrigating water had been neglected and allowed to fill up and everyone too busy or otherwise occupied, to do the necessary repair work, Many too’ their dead to San Juan and interred them in tho Cenotery there as it was always well cared for, The Catholics always took thoir departed friends to the Catholic Cemetery at N, San Juan for according to their belief no good Catholic must lie in unconseerated ground,.