Sorry for the confusion but apparently the rootsweb limit is 10K per message on this list. It is 20K on others. (Both facts I did not know until just recently.) So at the request of several I am breaking it down into smaller bites and sending it in four parts. It is also available, in full, at http://www.compuology.com/cpl/bios1.htm#33 If anyone has similar accounts I would be happy to add them to the on-line collection of biographies and diaries, etc. Even though this is not part of my family I thought it was interesting enough to include for all. -- Steve Williams [email protected] California Pioneer Project http://www.compuology.com/cpl/ Tulare County GenWeb Page http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/tularcty.htm

"One of our party was taken sick with mountain fever; so I had to put him into a wagon and take him to San Jose. And when I got there I concluded to go to work in my sawmill, instead of going back to the mines. I commenced making lumber and sold it at $50 per thousand. I kept on raising the price; and in 1849 it went up to $300 per thousand at the mill; and everything else was high in proportion. Flour sold at $30 a barrel. In 1849 everything was booming at San Jose. "There were only five houses in San Francisco in 1847: the custom's house, post-office, Leigdoff's store, and a tavern kept by Mr. Bennett. There was not a wharf in the place until the fall of 1847. Mr. Clark, a man who crossed the Plains with me, put up the first wharf, running it out from Clark's Point which was named for him. The first town lots were laid off in 1847. They made the streets only eighty feet wide; but in 1850 they found the streets were too narrow; so they moved the buildings back twenty feet on the main streets. One can hardly believe that there could be such a change made in fifty-two years. San Jose was an old Spanish town. In the fall of 1847 the Alcalde issued a proclamation calling all the citizens together who were living on the town land to survey off the town into lots and to release the remainder of the land that belonged to the town under the Spanish law. So they found there were forty families entitled to land. They surveyed it off in five acre tracts and gave each one a lease for ninety-nine years. This is called the San Jose Forty Thieves; but being done under the Spanish law the title is good. I helped to survey the town in 1847 ... At this time there was not an American living in San Jose except a few who had been there for twenty years and had Spanish families. The Alcalde was a shrewd Englishman and was appointed by the governor.'' As to the first Protestant sermon in California, "in December 1846, there was a local Methodist preacher, who crossed the Plains with us, preached a funeral sermon aver the remains of the daughter of Capt. Arom who had died just before Christmas ... The minister's name was Heacock. The sermon was preached in old Santa Clara Mission." (Note: Because of the details of life among the first Americans and in crossing the Plains, it has seemed best to omit practically nothing from Mr. Campbell's articles. To understand the route across the Plains, the places named might be put into the present states of their location: Independence was not far from Kansas City of today on the Missouri River at the western boundary of Missouri; farther northwest is the Platte River crossing the state of Nebraska; Ft. Laramie is in the eastern edge of Wyoming, about a third of the way from the southeast corner; continuing fairly westward across Wyoming up the Sweetwater River leads through the pass of the Rockies known as South Pass. (Ft. Bridger is farther south in the very southwest corner of Wyoming; it would seem that the main body of the immigrant train did not bend south to Ft. Bridger, but that the Donner Party left the others and passing through Ft. Bridger went on southwestward through Utah and then westward through Nevada to the Truckee River where Reno now is.) The main part of the train continued westward across the Bear River in southeastern Idaho to Ft. Hall where they first touch the Snake River, followed the Snake halfway across the southern edge of Idaho (the route they were following to this point was the Oregon Trail) but at the Goose Creek which flowed from the south they turned south into Nevada and on the Humboldt and Truckee followed approximately the present Lincoln Highway.) William G. Campbell not only surveyed the streets of San Jose (Bancroft says the survey was in charge of William and Thomas Campbell) but also the streets of San Francisco in 1847 (his sons being of the party). There his wife Agnes Hancock Campbell died and was buried in an old burying ground over which Market Street was surveyed; her dust still rests under the street. David Campbell also surveyed Spanish grants in the San Joaquin Valley, according to Miss Owen's account. According to T. A. Cutting, author of the Historical Sketch of Campbell (the town in Santa Clara Valley) during the Mexican War trouble Benjamin Campbell was enlisted with the company guarding the Mission, and William and David were in the Salinas fight and the Santa Clara battle at which Sanchez was defeated (January 2, 1847); also "William Campbell, who early set up as a merchant in San Jose, manufactured a curious threshing machine for the ripened grain . . . .The idea of adobe houses did not appeal to the newcomers" - hence the sawmill. Benjamin Campbell piloted in 1852 to California (his third trip) the Lovells, the Ruckers, the Finleys, and the Robert Campbells. -- Steve Williams [email protected] California Pioneer Project http://www.compuology.com/cpl/ Tulare County GenWeb Page http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/tularcty.htm

Dorothy, There are more TEAGUEs that you think... But none that seem to match to your John. 1870 County page John TEAGUE Tulare 243 John TEAGUE Alameda 129 Henry TEAGUE Amador 325 Edwin TEAGUE Mariposa 147 Edward TEAGUE Nevada County 230 Grass Valley Andrew TEAGUE San Mateo 367 CADI John TEAGUE 40 Ventura 12-9-1912 1880 T400 El Dorado County William TEAGUE 47 England Winnifred 37 Ireland Wm 14 CA Charles 11 CA Frances (Son) 8 CA Agnes 6 CA ==== Alameda Wm TEAGUE 50 Ireland M.A. TEAGUE 45 Mass K only initials for the kids... M A W S S F P M A ========= Tulare John TEAGUE 40 MO Susan 36 KY Anna 15 KY Laura 13 CA Jessie (son) 11 CA Mary E. 9 CA Chas H 7 CA Nita Grace 5 CA Geo H 2 CA ==== SF Wm TEAGUE 52 Eng Mary R 50 Eng Fred Annie Chas Harriet Wm P TEAGUE 28 Eng ======== Tuolome Richard TEAGUE 43 Eng Ann 35 ENG Anne 1 CA Sandra ============================ From: Dorothy Mindenhall <[email protected] Subject: Re: [CA-GOLDRUSH-L] 1860-1890 census?? look ups Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:08:36 -0700 (PDT) Hi Sandra, If it is not too much trouble please could you look up the 1870 and 1880 censuses for Grass Valley and the 1880 for Mayfield. I'm looking for the name TEAGUE, T200 specifically John TEAGUE and Jane (Goldsworthy) TEAGUE; and, I hope, their children John born around 1876 in Grass Valley, Julia Alexandrienne born around 1880 in Mayfield and Elizabeth Henrietta born around 1879 (according to her death certificate in BC!). Of course, if you find any other TEAGUEs I'd like to know, fortunately it is not a very common name, so I hope I am not asking for too much. Thanks in advance, bye for now, Dorothy, Victoria, BC Canada If you need any lookups in BC I'd be happy to have a try.

Diane Berge

Howdy, While browsing my newly received 49erRobert ECCLESTON diaries of Mariposa Mines - Mariposa Indian War - Discovery of Yo Semite (thanx again CindyLadyBug), I ran across an excellent description of Major James D. SAVAGE, one of the most colorful & central figures of the CA gold rush era. I have previously posted a couple of shorties on Maj.SAVAGE. And one of his relatives, a gggdaughter- I think, gave us an excellent biography. As I recall, she said(and I agree) that if Savage had not been killed in 1852, he would unquestionably have later become Governor of California. Our 49erdiarist, Robert ECCLESTON was a private in Company C of the Mariposa Battalion, which was under the command of Major James D. SAVAGE. Captain William DILL was Company C commander and S. A. BISHOP was its First Sargeant. At the conclusion of the Mariposa Indian War of 1850/51 and after, as many claim, the discovery of Yo Semite(setting aside Joe WALKER's claim for the moment) in March, 1851, our recently mustered out[July1,1851] diarist Robert ECCLESTON writes: "Tues. July8th[1851] "Left the Agua Frio early this morning & reached SAVAGE's CAMP on the Friseno at evening. Major Savage is on his way to San Francisco. " A description of Major Jas. D. SAVAGE "Major Jas. D. SAVAGE Emmigrated to this country from [blank] with Col. Chas. C. FREEMONT on his expedition of survey to this country. He fought here during the revolution acting in the capacity of an officer. He ingratiated himself with the Indians and traded with them, took the contract for collecting the Freemont stock of cattle & afterwards took the contract for digging the Race for Capt. SUTTER in which Mr. MARSHALL discovered the gold. He however gave it up & continued trading with the Ind[ians] till the Gold was discovered when he worked his Indians, which business he has continued up to the time of breaking out of the war, & which business he has again Resumed on the Fresno. "He[Savage] is Man of about 28[???] yrs of age, Rather small but very muscular & extremely active. His features are regular, & his hair light brown which hangs in a neglige[:-)] manner over his shoulders. He, however, generally wears it tied up;. His skin is dark tanned by the exposure to the sun. He has, I believe, 33 wives[:-)] among the mountain females of California, 5 or 6 only, however, of which are now living with him. They are from the ages of 10 to 22 & are generally sprightly young squaws. They are dressed neatly, their white chemise with low neck & short sleeves, to which is appended either a red or blue skirt. They are mostly low in stature & not unhandsome. They always look clean & sew neatly. The Major has a little house built for their accomodation. Major SAVAGE is now connected with Col. FREEMONT & Capt. HALER in the contract for supplying the Indians with provisions." NOTE: For you folks who missed/forgot my prior posting of 49er Robert Brownlee's 1850 description of Maj. SAVAGE, I exerpt it BELOW. Take care, Bob Norris in Dallas <BNorris166aol.com> FROM MY PRIOR POSTING: "Howdy, <snip> " For our purposes Savage, reportedly a native New Yorker, was about 34 years old when he met(1850?) our diarist/49er Robert BROWNLEE. Soon after coming to CA in 1846, Savage joined Fremont's California Battalion in the War of 1846. After gold was discovered in 1848, he moved around alot in the diggins. And that's where Brownlee and Savage met. Later Major Savage lead the Mariposa Battalion in the Indian Wars {1850/51?), which group among others(Joe Walker in 1833?) claim discovery of Yosemite - but that's another story:-) So, let's join 49er Brownlee in 1850: "Before the war[1850/51 Indian?], Major Savage who commanded the[Mariposa] battalion, lived with the Indians just as much as any of the bucks, even though Indiana[NY birth?] was his native state. When I first saw him, he was traveling in a very unbecoming manner. All he had on was a coarse cotton sheet which came to his knees, was bare headed and bare footed, with three wives following him, one after another a little distance apart, and an equal distance in advance of the oldest of the three, who was about 16 years of age. The other two being about 12 or 14 near as I could judge. " When he came to the store first, I thought him crazy; but soon found out different as his address was good when he asked for something to eat as his squaws were hungry. He bought the best I had, and gave them plenty of it. It was mid-day and my place was empty, so they remained for several hours, he buying largely cloth for himself and squaws. I had on hand a great many bolts of print some good, others not so much so, also some red blankets which took their eyes. All they fancied he bought for them; his bill I think was $75. I could not see that he had any place to carry gold dust as all could see was his cotton shirt, but sure enough, when he put his hand in his bosom, out came a well filled purse, and he never disputed an item. When they started[out] ..I gave each [girl] a bolt of cheap but highly colored print, which pleased them very much.... "He invited me kindly to make him a visit to his camp, which I did so as at this place was reported good diggings could be found. He treated me kindly and I slept in his tent, the sleeping apartments of which I will describe. I was very "green" as [to how] a man could get along with three wives but he showed me:-) Two large logs formed two sides of his bed, two more the ends, and as he had those red blankets and sheet, this was cover enough for [FIVE] of us .Of course my modesty made me shut my eyes....." THE END:-)))))))))))" <snip>

More fun stuff from Coys _California County Boundaries_. Thanks Tim for you response on the conditions of the Nevada and Utah postions in regards to the Pautah County issue. I wonder if in 1859 the repeal of the Pautah "take over" had something to do with a better resolution-Washoe County? It seems that California gave up on gaining Pautah County in 1859 but enacted in 1860 another try for the land where so many Californians had gone to settle-the mining districts of the future state of Nevada. In 1860 a resolution asking Congress to cede to California this portion of land to become Washoe County: "Commencing at the point of intersection of the forty-second degree of north latitude with the one hundred and eighteenth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, and running south on the line of one hundred and eighteenth degree of west logitude until it intersects the easterly boundary of this state; thence northerly and along the boundary line of the State of California to its northeast corner; thence on the line of the forty-second degree of north latitude ot the place of begining! (Folks, I don't pretend to understand a bit of the above land description-does this closely describe the area now known as Washoe County NV, -Reno Area- and does it differ much from the proposed Pautah County boundaries?) This new territory was to be attached to El Dorado until organized. The argument put forth was the new mining interest so increased the population of the district that it already had 10,000 people, one half of whom were Californians (in a new months there would be 4 to 5 times that many, and MOST OF THEM FROM California!) The bill passed the assembly altering the El Dorado-Amador boundary but the measure lost in the senate. Note that California had twice now proposed taking land in the mining districts of the future Nevada because its population was comprised of a majority of folks from California. If you have lost your folks in California-it might be worth looking for them in the areas which were to become the state of Nevada! Just a thought. Carolyn

Yes, please. ---------- > From: TIM I PURDY <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CA-GOLDRUSH-L] Northern Trails > Date: Sunday, August 23, 1998 1:05 PM > > I have A.L. Tunison's diaries of the early 1860s that provides excellent > descriptions of the Noble's Trail from Unionville, Nevada to Chico, > California. Though by that time it was being referred to as Humboldt Road. > > > When time permits, I post it, if anyone is interested. > > Tim Purdy > Susanville, CA > [email protected] > > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > > >

I just received the newest issue of CALIFORNIA HISTORY (Spring 1998), published by the California Historical Society. The subtitle is NATIONAL GOLD RUSH SYMPOSIUM, and it features the speaches delivered by J.S. Holliday, Malcolm H. Rohrbough, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Richard White and Kevin Starr at the Oakland Museum of California on January 24 and 25, 1998, when the Gold Rush exhibits were opened there. I pasted over the following information from the California Historical Society web site (http://www.calhist.org/), in case you cannot get there and are interested in buying a copy. It really is a great issue and has some wonderful pictures, including six "mug shots" of: Clement Antonovich, S. G. Hall, Ellen Skinner, Mathew Gillan, Bernard O'Neill, and Ah Coon, as well as other (lots of them unidentified) pictures, including one of Hubert Howe Bancroft, and Ishi, as well as an "1849 daguerreotype, showing a hodge-podge of recently errected housing, including canvas tents, [which] looks east from today's downtown San Francisco toward a waterfront clogged with abandoned vessels," which is California Historical Society, file #FN-1311. Best wishes, Cindy Lo Buglio To order back issues of California History, contact Marian Ueki at 415-357-1848 ext. 17, or mail your order with check or money order to: Back Issues - California History California Historical Society 678 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Please make payment to: California Historical Society 1990-present, $11.00 per issue. Postage: $3.00 for one issue, plus .75 cents for each additional issue. Items shipped 4th Class mail. Prices include the 8.5% sales tax. Requests for 10 or more copies of a single issue are entitled to a 10% discount; 25 or more receive a 20% discount.

I have A.L. Tunison's diaries of the early 1860s that provides excellent descriptions of the Noble's Trail from Unionville, Nevada to Chico, California. Though by that time it was being referred to as Humboldt Road. When time permits, I post it, if anyone is interested. Tim Purdy Susanville, CA [email protected]

Carolyn, There were all kinds of territorial organizations for western Nevada in the 1850s. Everything changed quickly with discovery of Comstock and Virginia City. Thus in 1861, the Nevada Territory was formed by Congress, which due to its wealth financed the Union during the Civil War. Nevada's state motto is "Battle Born." As to Utah's delayed statehood, it was the issue of polygamy that hinder it. Once polygamy was banned, then Utah was finally accepted as a State. Tim ---------- > From: Carolyn Feroben <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CA-GOLDRUSH-L] Pautah County, 1852-1859 > Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 9:02 AM > > Hi folks, > I was surprised to see an entry in Coys_California County > Boundaries_,for a "Pautah County, 1852-1859"! > > It seems that the California legislators were hoping to form this county > from land that lay within the Utah Territory and completely beyond the > CA state boundaries. > > Many settlers _from_ California and others _bound for_ California were > settling in the valleys of the Truckee, Carson and Walker rivers on the > eastern boundary of California. Estimates are that 22,500 settlers > passed through the Truckee Meadows in 1849, then 45,000 in 1850 and up > to 52,000 in 1852. This land was near the mining region of California > (see the proposed boundaries below) and on the route of the overland > trails. > > In 1852 California enacted a law to gain this land as a California > County. > > The boundaries of Pautah County were defined as follows: > "Commencing at the northeast corner of Sierra County, thence in a > southeasterly direction to the northeast extremity of Pyramid Lake; > thence in a southeast line to the northwestern boudary of Carson Lake; > thence running south to the eastern border of Walker Lake, following > said border to the southern limit of said Lake;thence in a southwesterly > direction to the southeast corner of Calaveras County; thence following > the eastern boundary of Calaveras, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada and Sierra > counties to the place of begining". (Basically if you were looking at a > map of today you would see the area as the Carson, Reno, Sparks area and > the land from Pyramid Lake down to Walker Lake.) > > The act declared that "Carsonville" be the county seat and that the act > should take effect WHEN the Congress of the United States had ceded to > California the territory as described! > > Nice try California, but the law was repealled in 1859. I wonder why as > Nevada didn't became a state until 1864, and in Jan of 1896 (after 50 > years of trying) Utah finally became a state. > > There are always more questions than answers it seems and that makes it > fun! > > Carolyn > > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > > >

Howdy, I wrote that Agua Fria was northeast of Merry Posey; I meant that it was NORTHWEST. Sorry, Bob Norris in Dallas

Howdy, . At long last, thanks to my friend & listmember CINDY< [email protected]>, I now `have a copy of Robert ECCLESTON's CA diaries, which include his accounts of the Mariposa Mines, as a member of the Mariposa Battalion in the 1850/1851 Mariposa Indian War, and The Discovery[?] of Yo Semite. . Sadly:-), Eccleston fails to mention my ggf, ole J.R. NORRIS, even though they were in the same diggins at the same time. Only Benj. HAYES, out of my multitude of 49er diaries so far, mentions ggf - better than none, I guess:-). .Most goldrush historians seem to consider the Eccleston's diaries equal to or better than any of the other 49er diaries/journals.. I suspect this is because they are contemporaneous accounts of a bunch of different goldrush era stuff. Eccleston is certainly less articulate than many of the others diarists.. Though brief, he details the life and times of the gold miners, etc. Because I have previously posted a lot on the Southern Mines in 1849/1850, I am still undecided as to how much of these diaries to post - hope to find a fresh approach. While I contemplate, here is his description of early Agua Fria, a small town[s] a few miles northeast of the present city of Mariposa. You will note that he spells Fria as FRIO. We join Robert ECCLESTON as he writes in his journal during the winter of 1850: "The AGUA FRIO takes its name from two springs of (Frio) Cold (Agua) water. They are situated at the bend in the Creek below where the Court House & Town stands, the Creek is in places extremely wide, reaching perhaps over a space of 3 or 400 yds having different channels for the conveyance of it[s] waters, it is generally paralleled by high hills sloping gradually, [e]ither studded with the noble oak & towering pine or covered with Gimisal a large bush imposing unpleasant & difficult obstructions to travellers unblessed with trail. "In the various little tributaries or (as Miners call them) Gulchs, emptying into the Agua Frio, Gold has been found in greater or less quantities. the total of one, perhaps the richest, it has been estimated that 600 lbs of the pure metal was taken out, but the best of all these streams have been secured & only the crumbs are left for those who are unfortunate to call themselves Miners of the winter/50. "There are two towns on the Agua Frio besides scattering stores. The Lower of principal Town is situated about 1/4 mile above the springs on the large flat & contains about a dozen stores &c. The Amusements to be had are the Monte & Faro Banks, a Billiard Table & Bowling alley interspersed now & then with a foot & Jackass race.& a knock down. There is also a hotel near the Court House where for money persons are well fed for the Mines, Board $3.00 pr day. " There are not 3 miners to one Store on the Agua Frio. The upper town in about 1 1/4 miles above the Lower & contains a less number of Stores which in the way of business are doing nothing. A vein of Quartz has been discovered near the head of this Creek by a man named CHILDS. But it is not worked as yet."(from"The Mariposa Indian War, 1850-1851, Diaries of Robert Eccleston: The California Gold Rush, Yosemite, the High Sierra" -C. Gregory Crampton, ed., Salt Lake: Univ. of Utah Press, 1957). NOTE: Using "first" or "earliest" almost always invokes controversy. Having said that:-)), I believe the consensus is that Alexis GODEY, an employee of John C. FREMONT, first discovered gold in Mariposa COUNTRY in 1849 as he checked out Fremont's monster land grant known as "Las Mariposas." I used the word country rather than county because Mariposa only later, February 18,1850, become a county.. And where in Mariposa country was gold first found? Probably either on the Aqua Fria Creek, a major branch of Mariposa Creek, or possibly on one of Agua Fria's small tributaries: GODEY'S GULCH or CARSON CREEK. When found? - a little mirky:-)) - a good guess is the summer of 1849. Shortly thereafter gold was found along Mariposa Creek and in many other of its tributaries. Upon Mariposa's election as one of the orginal California counties in 1850, Agua Fria was chosen as the county seat, with its first slate of officers(I think I previously posted their names) elected in April, 1850. For various reasons, mainly the Agua Fria placers pooped:-), the town of Mariposa became the county seat in 1854. Hope you don't mind another slice of Mary Posey historee:-), Bob Norris in Dallas [email protected]>

+--SMALL PEDIGREE - FAMILY--------------------------------------------------- ¦ +- Jacob WESTFALL-2497 ¦ Joel WESTFALL-2499 ¦ 1755 ¦ 1792 ------¦ Augusta,Hampshire Co,Virginia ¦ Beverly,Randolph,Virginia ¦ MRIN: 1040 ¦ +- Mary KING-2498 ¦ MARRIAGE: (None Listed) 1756 ¦ Tygarts Valley, Randolph Co, Virginia ¦ ¦ = = = = = +- Jacob WESTFALL-2497 ¦ 1755 ------¦ Augusta, Hampshire Co, Virginia ¦ +- MARRIAGE:1777 MRIN: 1040 Mary KING-2498 1756 Tygarts Valley, Randolph Co, Virginia -CHILDREN--------------------------------------Born---Pa 1.Levi WESTFALL-2501 1782  2.Elizabeth WESTFALL-2494 1784 3.John WESTFALL-2500 1788 4.Anna WESTFALL-2502 1790 5.Joel WESTFALL-2499 1792 = = = = = Looks like I don't have much on this Joel Westfall, but at least I remembered there was one in my database! If this is the Joel you are looking for, I can give you more family info, but nothing else on him as an individual. Good luck! Patricia <[email protected]> William Disbro wrote: > > Dear Patricia, > > Here is the story that has gotten me started on this line of > research think you may enjot it. It is from Minnie Lowthers History of > Ritchie, County a book out of print now but may be re-released soon it > is located on the Ritchie County, WVA Genweb page at . > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvritchi/MKL_HRC2.htm#2Does any of this line up > with your Westfalls? > Sincerly > William Disbro > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > Aloha William: > > I have quite a collection of Westfall family members from > > Holland, the Netherlands, to NY, to WV, to Oregon. These > > are my inlaws not direct ancestral family. The "last" > > generation (with the Westfall name in that line) died > > in Oregon (abt 1984-85), Uncle Ted Westfall. > > > > I have a Joel Westfall but will need to dig into the > > recprds to see if he might be the same as your Joel. > > > > Our server has been having off-time lately to install new > > equipment (to replace some that blew up in the heat a few > > weeks ago) so my getting back to you depends on jps.net > > being online! > > > > I'll try tomorrow (Saturday). > > Patricia <[email protected]> > > > > ______________________________

-----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Feroben <[email protected]> >Andy, for your obit collection of the Christy Minstrels I found this in >the Mariposa County Gazette, 1864: > >E P Christy, the "colored minstrel" of Christy's Minstrels, New York, >jumped out of his house in that city on May 9th, fell on his head and >was killed. He had been a little crazy for some time. He died worth >$200,000. Ouch! I would be curious to see how that fit in with the draft riots than occured in NY right around then, esp. with the likliehood that Christy was a southern sympathizer. I would also be interested to see when he went back to New York. I know that after 5 years, the two major minstrel troupes in San Francisco merged; perhaps his departure was the beginning of this.

Sandra: According to my atlas, Mayfield is in Santa Clara Co. Patricia <[email protected]> Sandra Harris wrote: > > I will check for that name in the census records for you -T200 in the 1880 sndx. > Is Mayfield in the Grass Valley area? Not familiar with the town name. > > So I am looking for > John TEAGUE > Jane TEAGUE > children: > John (age 4 in 1880) > Julia (poss age 1/2 in 1880) > Elizbeth (also poss age 1/2 in 1880?) > Did the family leave CA by 1900? Where did John remain and die? In CA? Have you > checked the CADI for his death? > > Sandra > ====================your message================ > > You wrote: > > > >Hi Sandra, > > If it is not too much trouble please could you look up the 1870 > >and 1880 censuses for Grass Valley and the 1880 for Mayfield. I'm looking > >for the name TEAGUE, specifically John TEAGUE and Jane (Goldsworthy) > >TEAGUE; and, I hope, their children: John born around 1876 in Grass Valley, > >Julia Alexandrienne born around 1880 in Mayfield and Elizabeth Henrietta > >born around 1879 (according to her death certificate in BC!). Of course, > >if you find any other TEAGUEs I'd like to know, fortunately it is not a > >very common name, so I hope I am not asking for too much. > > Thanks in advance, bye for now, > > Dorothy, Victoria, BC Canada > >If you need any lookups in BC I'd be happy to have a try. > > > > > > > > > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > To retreive the most recent CA-GOLDRUSH digests from the > Archives: Send a message to [email protected] > Subject: archives Message: get volume98/latest/* > (*=number of digests wanted up to maximum of 18.) > Individual messages are not being archived at this time.

Anyone needing US census records should check out http://www.allcensus.com . You can get any census records from 1790 thru 1920 on CD-ROM and thus view them on your own computer and use a graphics program to enlarge or enhanse as needed

Whooops! The last two messages got away from me without the additions!! Kind of amazing what a big dog plopping around and nudging your arms and assorted books bouncing around on your keyboard can do, not once but Twice!!!! Sorry folks, Buck says he's sorry too! Let me try this again. Andy, for your obit collection of the Christy Minstrels I found this in the Mariposa County Gazette, 1864: E P Christy, the "colored minstrel" of Christy's Minstrels, New York, jumped out of his house in that city on May 9th, fell on his head and was killed. He had been a little crazy for some time. He died worth $200,000. =============== I hope the hometown newspaper gave him a better send off!! (G) Enjoy, Carolyn Andy Alexis wrote: > > I am getting in on this rather late, but one of my historical > interests in California is music, and specifically, the 5 string > banjo. One reprint of an 1858 banjo manual recently reprinted > mentions that the author, Thomas F Briggs, died in San Francisco > shortly after arriving with the Christy Minstrel troupe(the OLD > christy minstels). I looked up the following obituary in the Oct. > 25, 1854 Alta California in the CA Room of the state library: > > "On Monday evening, the 23d inst., of typhoid fever, Mr. Thomas F > Briggs of New York City, well known as a performer of extraordinary > merit in Ethiopian representations, aside from his worth as a man and > a gentleman. His sudden demise will be deeply regretted by his > numerous friends thoughout the States. He was a member of Christy's > Minstrels and arrived in San Francisco recently on the Golden Age." > > So that is the Golden Age link...Thanks for the info on the Golden > Age. > > There was a lengthy tribute to Briggs in a later issue of a > different newspaper(name I can not remember) that is quite hilarious; > it describes his death and his final words after he tries to play > the banjo: "Alas, I can not play the old Cremona anymore..." > > The interesting thing to me is that this minstrel troupe, by all > accounts a widely respected one, found it worth their while to > undergo a 3 month sea voyage to perform in San Francisco. My guess > is that there were two reasons: > 1) declining audiences for this type of entertainment or > 2) they could charge enough at inflated CA prices that it was worth > their while. > > Andy Alexis, THE WEB SITE: http://www.calweb.com/~ndlxs > [email protected] > Sacramento, CA. > "The Pearl of the Central Valley" > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Andy Alexis wrote: > > I am getting in on this rather late, but one of my historical > interests in California is music, and specifically, the 5 string > banjo. One reprint of an 1858 banjo manual recently reprinted > mentions that the author, Thomas F Briggs, died in San Francisco > shortly after arriving with the Christy Minstrel troupe(the OLD > christy minstels). I looked up the following obituary in the Oct. > 25, 1854 Alta California in the CA Room of the state library: > > "On Monday evening, the 23d inst., of typhoid fever, Mr. Thomas F > Briggs of New York City, well known as a performer of extraordinary > merit in Ethiopian representations, aside from his worth as a man and > a gentleman. His sudden demise will be deeply regretted by his > numerous friends thoughout the States. He was a member of Christy's > Minstrels and arrived in San Francisco recently on the Golden Age." > > So that is the Golden Age link...Thanks for the info on the Golden > Age. > > There was a lengthy tribute to Briggs in a later issue of a > different newspaper(name I can not remember) that is quite hilarious; > it describes his death and his final words after he tries to play > the banjo: "Alas, I can not play the old Cremona anymore..." > > The interesting thing to me is that this minstrel troupe, by all > accounts a widely respected one, found it worth their while to > undergo a 3 month sea voyage to perform in San Francisco. My guess > is that there were two reasons: > 1) declining audiences for this type of entertainment or > 2) they could charge enough at inflated CA prices that it was worth > their while. > > Andy Alexis, THE WEB SITE: http://www.calweb.com/~ndlxs > [email protected] > Sacramento, CA. > "The Pearl of the Central Valley" > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Andy Alexis wrote: > > I am getting in on this rather late, but one of my historical > interests in California is music, and specifically, the 5 string > banjo. > > The interesting thing to me is that this minstrel troupe, by all > accounts a widely respected one, found it worth their while to > undergo a 3 month sea voyage to perform in San Francisco. My guess > is that there were two reasons: > 1) declining audiences for this type of entertainment or > 2) they could charge enough at inflated CA prices that it was worth > their while.

Andy Alexis wrote: > my historical > interests in California is music, and specifically, the 5 string > banjo. Christy Minstrel troupe(the OLD > christy minstels). I looked up the following obituary in the Oct. > 25, 1854 Alta California in the CA Room of the state library: