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MARY McCARTHY
Mary MeCarthy, whose picture appeared on Page 6 of Part I arrived
in Graniteville with her husband John
MeCarthy and three daughters: Nellie
horn 1555, Mollie born 1861 and Mary
Horn about 1863 enroute to California
from Ireland, The girls married as
follo Nellie became Mrs. Robs
in S77 at Graniteville; Mc
Mrs, Christofer Miller in 1884
it Grass Valley and Mary married
John Keller of Graniteville in’ that
town. John was born in 1842 and died
in 15 He ts buried in the Graniteville cemetery.
rihy Keller became the
mother of two sons, John Albert and
Geore A. Keller. The untimely death
of their mother when George was 4
vears old, forced their father to leave
the two boys with their maternal grandmother Mrs. John (Mary)MeCarthy who
raised the boys. Mrs. John (Mary)
Keller is buried in the Graniteville
cemetery, 5
The oldest son never married and
George the younger son married Miss
Gertrude Bennett of Nevada City and
became the parents of Carl and Harland Keller, Carl being born in Grass
Valley and Harland at Town Talk,
Carl remained a bachelor and resides
with his mother in San Francisco at
this time. Harland Keller married
Georgina Foote, she being a great
grand daughter of Henry Stewart Foote,
former Mississippi Governor and Senator.. The Harland Kellers have no
family, are residents of San Francisco where he is a financial consultant. The boys remember their
great grandmother Mary McCarthy and
spent time in Graniteville during the
summers, Harland worked on the
Three Mile Tunnel during vacation from
the University of California, the tunnel
transfers water from the Middle Yuba
River to Bowman Lake above Graniteville.
(Source: Patricia Nelson, Nevads
County Historical Society, who is a
neice of Mr. and Mrs. Harland Keller
of San Francisco.)
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JULY-1972 Voiume 26 NO.3
PART NO. 2 PEOPLE & EVENTS
GRANEEE VILLE
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GRANITEVILLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Class of 1898
The Graniteville School silent now is a shrine for the children of the children of
these students even a few of these still come back to the place of their learning nestled
in the forest in Eureka Township of Nevada County’s Yuba River Country.
Let us identify them for you. Seated in the front row is Ina Anderson, John Foley,
Margaret Cline, Morris Poage and a pretty brunette girl with her hand on her knees
just as the photographer had asked.
In the second row is Miss Frances Powers, their teacher, Virgie Anderson, Jess
Staples, Kate Foley, Warren Brown, Margarite Shand, Dan Foley, Clyde Shand and
Norma Anderson,
The back row, again left to right, is Frank Foley, Mae Staples, another girl we
could not identify, Carrie Anderson, Blanche Tyler, Alice Shand, Pete Allison and
Linda Tyler.
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The information, names, dates and events in this bulletin have been secured from
many people and are believed to be correct. The author asks that corrections, if any,
be reported to the Nevada County Historical Society for posteriority.
CLINTON H. LEE
Nevada County Historical Society