This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carter, Brown, Heffner, Carey, Wisdom, Pebley Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1049.1 Message Board Post: Here's what I found...If you'd like the obit copies email me your address to Sto4us@aol.com I'll drop them in the mail for ya... I checked all the Cemeteries..I can't find James/Jacob Carter anywhere, or his death date..If I remember it right I wasn't able to find it the last time I searched..anyway I hope this helps...Alma Death Certificate transcription, Merced County. Book 10, page 459 Anna Louise Heffner Death date: Jan 30, 1936 Time: 4:30 a.m. Age: 87 yrs, 4 months, 25 days Sex: Female Color/Race: White Marital status: Widowed Occupation: At home Length of stay in County of death: 50 yrs, in CA: 79 yrs Birthdate: Sept 4, 1848 Birthplace: St. Joseph, MO Usual residence: 255. 17th St., Merced, CA Name and birthplace of Mother: Anna Sheckles, MO Name and birthplace of Father: James Brown, MO Place of death: Home Burial date: Feb 1, 1936 Burial place: Entombment, Merced, Ca..(Confirmed by phone; Evergreen Mausoleum) Funeral director: Welch & Griffin, Merced, CA Informant: Mrs. Claracy Trindade, 1504 - 9th Ave., San Francisco, CA Cause of death: hand written, unable to read. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` Merced Express, Merced, CA. Friday, Feb. 7, 1936 LAST RITES FOR PIONEER WOMAN Funeral services were held in the Welch & Griffin chapel last Saturday for Mrs. Anna Louise Heffner, a well-known pioneer resident of this city who passed away at the home at Seventeenth and J streets on Thursday of last week. Following the services, at which the Rev. J. Douglas Ewan officiated, the remains were laid to rest in Evergreen mausoleum. Mrs. Heffner was born in Rolls county, Missouri, September 5, 1848. In 1857 her father James Brown, who had come to California several years before, returned to Missouri to bring his wife and four children west. A short time after leaving St. Joseph on the trip west he was shot and killed while, with other men, he was guarding the wagon train against Indians. The widow and children accompanied the remainder of the party to California, locating first in Markleville and then near Stockton. Anna Brown became the wife of James E. Carter, and for several years the couple resided in the Merced river section near Snelling. After Mr. Carter's death about 50 years ago she came to Merced with her children and in 1891 was married to David L. Heffner, who passed away in 1932. During the greater portion of her residence in Merced the family home was at 255 Seventeenth street, and she was widely known, especially among old-time residents of the community. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Sarah Carey of Stockton, Mrs. Frank Pebley and Mrs. John Wisdom of Atwater and Mrs. Claracy Trindade of San Francisco, and one son, James E. Carter of Los Angeles. There are twenty-three grandchildren, thirty-five great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marriage Record transcription, Merced County. Book D, page 313 Marriage date: Sept 1, 1898 Groom: John H. Wisdom Native of: CA Aged: 22 years Resident of: Merced, Merced County Bride: May Carter Native of: CA Aged: 17 years Resident of : Merced, Merced County (The written consent of the mother of May Carter, being given) Witnesses: D.L. Heffner, resident of Merced, Merced Co., CA A.F. Copeland, resident of Yosemite Precinct J.K. Law Judge of the Superior Court of Merced Co. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Certificate transcription, Merced County. Book 9, page 274 Dave L. Heffner Death date: Aug 26, 1932 Time: 10 p.m. Age: 77 yrs, 4 months, 15 days Sex: Male Color/Race: White Marital status: Married Last occupation: Paper Hanger x 10 yrs, Last worked 6-1929 Birthdate: Aug 11, 1855 Birthplace: Ohio Length of stay in CA: 17 yrs, at place of death: 2 days Place of death: Merced County Hospital, Merced, CA Residence: Merced Place of burial: Winton Cemetery, Winton, CA Funeral director: Welch & Griffin, Merced Informant: Hospital records Cause of death: Perforated Gastric ulcer. D.W. Zirker M.D., Merced ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merced Express, Merced, CA. Fri. Sept 2, 1932 DOUBLE FUNERAL WAS HELD MONDAY George H. Carter, who had been an invalid for many years, passed away at the County Hospital late last Friday afternoon, and several hours later his step-father, David L. Heffner, passed away in the same institution, his death resulting from hemorrhages after a brief illness. Double funeral services were held in the Welch & griffin chapel Monday, with the Rev. Dennis B. Rickard officiating, and interment was in the Winton cemetery. Mr. Carter was born in Genoa, Nevada, sixty-seven years ago, but had resided in California since boyhood. During his long residence in Merced he was engaged in teaming anf for several years held a contract for transporting the mail to and from the trains and the local Postoffice. Surviving relatives are his widow, Susie Carter, of this city, his mother, Mrs. Annie L. Heffner; a brother, J.E. Carter of Tipton; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Carey of Stockton and Mrs. Ora Pebley and Mrs. May Wisdom of Atwater, and a step-sister, Mrs. Clarice Trindade of San Francisco. Mr. Heffner, who was aged seventy-four years, was a native of Dayton, Ohio. He came to Merced about forty-five years ago to work at his trade as painter and paper-hanger and had resided here continuously since. His surviving relatives are those mentioned above. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi CARTER JAMES E 10/09/1874 BROWN CARTER M CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES(19) 09/29/1942 68 yrs PEBLEY ORA L 12/18/1871 BROWN CARTER F CALIFORNIA MERCED 08/15/1955 83 yrs