This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MUSICK Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GW.2ADE/1029.1 Message Board Post: I believe you'll find some interesting tidbits in the Jasper Newton Musick biography from Vandor's 1919 History of Fresno County: http://www.hellofresno.com/history/Vandor/Vandor136.shtml Vandor has an obituary listed: Musick, Thomas L., February 8, 1893 But there is no biography for him. Whether the dates on the obituaries list are print dates or death dates I've never been able to figure out. I also suggest you look in Gene Rose's book, "Reflections of Shaver Lake" because of the influence of the Musick family. The Fresno County Historical Society might be a good resource as well. There is a fairly large website for the MUSICK family, but I didn't look it over well enough to find out how much was about the Musick's of Fresno County. Check at the Academy Cemetary. And Shaver Lake has a historical society, although I don't know the extent of its holdings or publications. Tollhouse and Shaver were inextricably connected. Keep me posted how it goes! -deb