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John Franklin Shoup came to Shasta
County in 1881 to stay, born May 28, 1868, in Green Valley, Tazewell County,
Illinois. His father, Franklin Shoup was in the fruit and berry business
in Happy Valley. John Franklin and his brother Austin Lee (aka Robert
Lee) worked as teamsters hauling timber and supplies to the mines. They
also helped raise their half-sister Nancy Maria Shoup, who became Mrs.
George Webb.
Laura Belle Webb was born in
the Bald Hills near Ono on July 19, 1875. She was the fifth child of James
Allen Webb and Elizabeth (McCormick) Webb. After the death of James Webb
her mother married Thomas Larkin in Shasta County in 1881. Laura Belle
grew up and went to school in the Bald Hills.
John Franklin Shoup and Laura
Belle Webb were married by Rev. W. S. Kidder, January 29, 1893. They lived
on the Larkin ranch and in several other places in the Bald Hills while
farming and raising turkeys. John Franklin continued to team and work on
the ranch trying to build up a cattle herd and add land to the ranch. They
eventually quit raising turkeys and went to cattle ranching.
John Franklin Shoup passed away
December 4, 1944 and Laura Belle Shoup on August 16, 1950. They are buried
at the Ono Cemetary.
John Franklin and Luara Belle had eight children:
| Clarence Edward | b. in Bald Hills, Shasta Co. | Jan. 15, 1894 | |
| Leslie Edgar | b. in Old Diggins, Shasta Co. | Feb. 17, 1896 | |
| Bertie Alvin | b. in Bald Hills, Shasta Co. | Mar. 21,1898 | d.1960 |
| Maude E1iazbeth | b. in Bald Hills, Shasta Co. | July 22, 1900 | |
| John Austin | b. in Bald Hills, Shasta Co. | Dec. 8, 1902 | d.1974 |
| Chester Har1ed | b. in Bald Hills, Shasta Co. | June 18, 1912 | d.1913 |
| Clara Belle | b. in Ono, Shasta Co. | Feb. 14, 1914 | |
| Erle Franklin | b. in Happy Valley, Shasta Co. | Dec. 14, 1919 |
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