Received a death certificate transcript today for Clarence Marshall WOOSTER that famed writer of Amador County, CA history and one time manager for the San Jose Mercury News. It solved a couple of mysteries for me. The certificate gave his father's full name, John Marshall WOOSTER, and the fact that John was born in Albany, NY which I hadn't previously known. It also gave his mother's name as Jeanette CLUFF born in county unknown Michigan. Jeanette is the daughter of Abner P. CLOUGH of NY.I did not have her name and this is also the first time I've seen the CLUFF variation of the name spelling. California biographical material indicates Captain Abner P. CLOUGH crossed the plains from Milwaukee with his wife, daughter (Jeanette) and John WOOSTER carrying the fruit seed that came to be the CLOUGH orchards in Pine Grove, Amador, CA. John and Abner were in Pine Grove at least once previously before migrating with the CLOUGH family to stay permanently some time about 1850. John and Jeanette were married somewhere in CA a short time later. The information on the death certificate seems to validate the information from California Historical Biography information. Abner P. CLOUGH and John WOOSTER both died in Pine Grove, Amador County in the mid 1800's. Abner is buried next to my gggrandfather, Orson CLOUGH of Erie, NY in the Pine Grove Cemetery. It seems that the migration path for Abner CLOUGH is NY>MI>IL>CA, Orson CLOUGH NY>CA>IL>CA and John WOOSTER NY>MI>CA. Seeking information for: Parents of John Marshall WOOSTER b. abt. 1820. Marriage date for John Wooster and Jeanette CLUFF. Possibly in Amador or Calveras County. Relationship between Abner P. CLOUGH b. abt 1800 and Orson CLOUGH b. 1823. I do not think they are father and son.. Please let me know if any of this looks familiar to you. Diana Busby-Knight Oregon