opps ---- Post from Bob to Mary Ashworth Phelan Hi Mary - Good to meet you. Hope you, and your cuzins, don't mind; but I just have to post for our new list a great story about your greatgrandfather, D. C. ASHWORTH, from Benjamin B. Harris' book "The Texas Argonauts and the California Gold Rush"(ed. Sutro Librarian Richard Dillon,Norman: U of OK Press 1960). I think there's little doubt that your D.C. and my ggf J.R. NORRIS were Mariposa acquaintances. Anyway, lawyer Harris, reminiscencing about early Mariposa residents, includes this super 1850[?] story - of which I am sure you are aware:-); towit: "D.C. ASHWORTH possessed much shrewdness and horse sense, was a dead rifle shot, never borrowed but always formed his own opinions, and, withall, was utterly without book knowledge and barely able to write his name. In reply to a query, he averred that the origin of gold in California was due to its being 'thrown up by volcanic corruptions and clandestinely hid all over the country.' Hearing the County Clerk [probably Samuel A. Merrrit[t] - my ggf's good friend] and myself avow that the sun was stationary and that the world revolved, pronouncing us fools first, he then screwed his rifle in a vise aimed at the sun, which,some hours later, showed to be out of gun line "He nasally reported the fact that the sun had MOVED, that the rifle never lied, savagely daring anybody to challenge its veracity. He argumentatively added that if the world turned over when it got upside down it would spill all the water from the wells and there would be the 'da__est scatterment of people you ever seed in all your born days.' 'Besides,' he added, 'I drove an ox-team all the way from Missoury and never saw it rounded off,'"[:-))))] CAMARIPO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > CAMARIPO-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 43 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [CAMARIPO] OLE JR= SEBASTOPOL SCHO ["Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sier] > #2 [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY ["Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sier] > #3 Re: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETE ["Don Rose" <darose@yosemite.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from CAMARIPO-D, send a message to > > CAMARIPO-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CAMARIPO] OLE JR= SEBASTOPOL SCHOOL > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:50:04 -0800 > From: "Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> > To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com > > Have been looking for years on any connection to Bob Norris's Great > Grandfather to* any* school here in Mariposa County= the family story was > that Ole Jr may have "built" the first school. > > When we finally learned that the old NORRIS homestead was in the Sebastopol > vicinity- I had to wonder if he had something to do with that school- > > Well, what I have found is that Ole JR was a trustee for the Sebastopol > School in Sept 1862-1863 based on an old record I found at the History > Center. Also note that D C ASHWORTH was a trustee along with Ole JR!!! Hey > , fun to think about them knowing each other as we now know each other-! > > Wonder if there is more? Will be on the lookout! > > Best, Carolyn > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:51:02 -0800 > From: "Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> > To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com > > This site is done by our local kids- > > Surnames mentioned buried at the church- McCANN and KERNINS > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page9.html > > The main site has more interesting articles: > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page2.html > Carolyn > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:09:10 -0800 > From: "Don Rose" <darose@yosemite.net> > To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com > > Correction: The surname mentioned was KERRINS. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carolyn Feroben <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> > To: <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 5:51 PM > Subject: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > > > This site is done by our local kids- > > > > Surnames mentioned buried at the church- McCANN and KERNINS > > > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page9.html > > > > > > The main site has more interesting articles: > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page2.html > > Carolyn > > > > > > ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== > > Mariposa County, California GenWeb Project Page: > > http://www.cagenweb.com/mariposa/ > > > >