On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 04:46:31 -0700 (PDT) GLASS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >------------------------------ > >Content-Type: text/plain >Hi Bruce and everyone In regard to your letter from Mr. Churchill in Calaveras County, Ca, I am very enthused. and I am writing to him right away. His family came to California during the Gold Rush, so did my Elias/Elisha/EW and to the same area. Is it possible these people are related???!!! I'd like to know what the other letter you mentioned says. Doris >Hi List Members, I hope all of you are researching hard and having some success. I am >still in the process of refiling all of my research notes and have just come across a letter >that has a lot of information that may help someone. It comes from a letter written to me >November 24th 1995 and is from Mr Guerdon L Churchill Jnr, P O Box 326, 4564 Hwy 12, >Valley Springs (Calaveras County), California, 95252. > >"My Great Great Grandparents were David Glass and Eliza Jane (Hall) >Glass who arrived in California in August of 1850 with three covered >wagons and eventually made their way to the San Remo area in Contra >Costa County where they purchased over 700 acres of the Jose Maria >Amador Spanish Land Grant called the Amador Grant. They had the >following children. >Mary Priscilla Glass born December 13 1845, died June 19 1845 at >Millersport, Ohio. >Francis Marion Glass born July 6 1847, died October 15 1850 in >Hangtown >(Placerville) California after their arrival in the covered wagon >train. >Albert William Glass born February 25 1852. He was a farmer and noted >horse breeder in Sycamore Valley, Contra Costa, California. >Clara Isadora Glass born February 9 1854 married Edgar Durkee Ivory a >clerk in the railway mail service between California and Oregon. >Annette Idel Glass born May 11 1856. She and her sister Loretta ran >the >Glass Ranch all their lives. She was a noted artist also. Never >married. >Loretta Irene Glass born July 26 1858. Never married. >Franklin Lafayette Glass born april 11 1861. County Clerk at Contra >Costa County, Post Master and later Judge. >Frederick Elmer Glass born June 16 1864. Involved in operating huge >ranches in Nevada and California. A tax appraiser and very much >involved >with banking in Nevada. Lived in Reno, Nevada, and Oakland, California >and developed water rights throughout the San Joaquin Valley in >California. He was my Great Grandfather. >Clement Rolla Glass born June 6 1867. A fascinating man who graduated >from Unervisty of Pacific. Spent some time in the 1896 Klondike gold >rush and later very involved in tin mining in Bolivia primarily. He >was >killed in 1909 and his son Vincent was sent there to be raised by his >brother Frank. Vincent graduated from St.Mary's College. However >nothing >is known of this family." > >I hope the above is of some use to someone out there. If it is please >let me know as I have a letter here from another lady who is connected >to this family. _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]