--WebTV-Mail-27165-386 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-27165-386 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-101-6.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.40) by storefull-255.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 19:16:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpin-101-6.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id 7FAA6271; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 19:16:15 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: robert147@webtv.net Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by smtpin-101-6.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 420C8105; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 19:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f9428ZV22843; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 20:08:35 -0600 Resent-Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 20:08:35 -0600 X-Original-Sender: schoolbell@ulink.net Wed Oct 3 20:08:34 2001 Message-ID: <3BBBC493.AE9BC57F@ulink.net> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 19:08:19 -0700 From: Marilyn Demas <schoolbell@ulink.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en]C-{C-UDP; EBM-SONY1} (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: "OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com" <OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: BOONE COUSIN [Fwd: Monterey Co, CA - 14 Jun 1899] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Resent-Message-ID: <q8eFLD.A.qkF.jS8u7@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1946 X-Loop: OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: OREGON-TRAIL-L-request@rootsweb.com This message mentions that Daniel Boone was a cousin of Mr. Martin - thought that this list may enjoy!!! Marilyn cymcity@juno.com wrote: > Salinas Dailey Index > 14 Jun 1899 > ****************** > > W. G. MARTIN Dead: The Old Pioneer Passed Peacefully Away Yesterday > Morning > > After a painful illness of about three weeks, during a portion of which > period he was delirious and finally comatose, W. G. MARTIN, the old > pioneer, died at 3:15 o'clock yesterday morning. Born in Kentucky on May > 1, 1815, when Napoleon was revolutionizing Europe, MARTIN passed in his > early youth through many stirring scenes in the dark and bloody ground > as his native state was called. Coming from a revolutionary stock, Col. > GREENE, hero of Kentucky during the revolt of the colonies against Great > Britain, being one of his paternal grandparents and the pioneer > frontiersman, Daniel BOONE of Kentucky a cousin, he became inured to > hardships and grew up to manhood a fine vigorous specimen of > backwoodsman. > > During the early fifties, hearing of the wonders of California, Mr. > MARTIN with his wife and family of two daughters and a son, started > overland by wagon for the new El Dorado. The pioneers, after many narrow > escapes, from hard brushes with the Indians, finally arrived at > Sacramento in the spring of 1852. A few months later he moved with his > family to Oakland, settling there in the fall of 1852. After the great > flood in the Sacramento valley had subsided Mr. MARTIN returned to > Sacramento where he remained for some time. During his stay there, on May > 1, 1853, forty-six years ago, he celebrated the 28th anniversary of his > birthday by attending the first May-day picnic ever held in California at > Sutters Fort. > > In the early sixties deceased was a prosperous carpenter and in 1868 > moved to San Jose. He resided there but a short time, coming to Salinas > 30 years ago, during the fall of 1869 and has resided here ever since. He > was a fine mechanic and built numbers of the dwellings now standing in > our city. > > Becoming ill a few years ago, Mr. MARTIN went back to his old home in > Kentucky to (as he said) die in his birth place, but after an absence of > some six months, he returned to California, which he like better. On May > 1 of this year, only six weeks ago, the deceased spent the 84th > recurrence of his natal day at the Toro grounds with the Dewey Day > picnickers, and said he felt better than for many years. > He must have caught cold, as within a fortnight after the celebration > Brights disease which had been latent in his system for some time became > fully developed and it was soon seen that the end was near. Yesterday > morning, surrounded by loving and sorrowful relatives and friends, W. G. > MARTIN sank to his eternal sleep as peaceful as the slumber of an infant > and only by careful noting was the fact told. > > The deceased was a widower, ad leaves one son, G. A. MARTIN, of Gonzales, > and two daughters, Mrs. David LEESE of King City and Mrs. E. STAPLES of > Salinas, with numerous grand and great-grandchildren to mourn his loss. > He was highly respected in our midst, and few among the older residents > of Salinas and vicinity but will miss the greeting of old man MARTIN as > he was familiarly called. His commanding figure will be missed from its > usual place near the corner of Main and Alisal Streets and his name soon > be but a memory. > > The funeral will be held today at 2 o'clock pm from Mullers undertaking > parlors. After service at the U. P. Church on Pajaro street interment > will take place in the IOOF cemetery. > > Submitted by: CASanBenito0001 > http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/usa.html > > ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== > Visit the NORCAL Lookup Library NORCAL Library > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html --WebTV-Mail-27165-386--
Looking for info on: 6. son George Barnett Rogers b(07 Sep 1930 Beaver Dam KY) m(21 Nov 1953) Nancy Jane MARTIN b() 7. dau Virginia Karen Rogers b(Charlotte NC) 7. son George Pendleton Rogers b(Charlotte NC) 7. son William Kelly Rogers b(Charlotte NC) Thanks, Michael Nelson Fullerton CA researching John James b(1750) and his family tree