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Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Friday, January 04 th, 1879

MARRIED

  • At Hidden Treasure Hotel, Sunnysouth, Dec. 25, by Rev. A. Holbrook, John Abram and Miss Annie Campbell, both of Sunnysouth.
  • In Auburn, Dec. 17, by Rev. A. Holbrook, Albert Markham and Miss Elizabeth Crow, both of Rocklin.
  • At Dry Creek near Roseville, Dec. 25, by S. J. Pullen, JP, Charles A. Himes and Miss Mattie L. Gould.
  • In Auburn, Dec. 29, by Rev. A. Holbrook, Charles H. Graham and Miss Mary L. Smith, both of Rocklin.

DIED

  • At Rocklin, Dec. 25, Frank, only son of Mrs. R. Van Trees, a native of California, aged 14 years, 2 months and 7 days.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Friday, January 11 th, 1879

BORN

  • At Michigan Bluff, Jan. 4, to the wife of P. McHale, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Michigan Bluff, Jan. 8, at the residence of the groom, by P. McHale, JP, Sam Nuey and Miss Gan Cuey, both of Michigan Bluff. No cards.

DIED

  • At Iowa Hill, Jan. 2, Mary Jane Morris, aged 44 years, 5 months and 16 days.
  • At the County Hospital, Jan. 3, Samuel Harris, a native of New York, aged 46 years.
  • At Rocklin, Jan. 7, Samuel Bemis, a native of Massachusetts, aged 66 years, 11 months and 24 days. Massachusetts papers please copy.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Friday, January 18th, 1879

BORN

  • In Auburn, Jan. 10, to the wife of John Green, a son.
  • Near Ophir, Jan. 11, to the wife of Frederick Kaiser, a daughter.
  • At Alta, Jan. 8, to the wife of W. H. Nevels, a son.
  • At Dutch Flat, Jan. 10, to the wife of J. L. Brinkmann, a son.

MARRIED

  • At the Auburn Hotel, Auburn Station, Jan. 12, by Rev. A. Holbrook, John Page and Miss Mary I. Loveless, both of El Dorado County.
  • At Sacramento, Jan. 9, by Rev. I. E. Dwinell, James Chamberlin and Miss Mary A. Walsh, both of Dutch Flat.
  • Near Santa Ana, Los Angeles County, Jan. 8, by Rev. R. Boag, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Thomas McBride of Roseville in this county and Emma Finley of Los Angeles.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Jan. 16, Owen Ardell, a native of Ireland, aged 78 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Friday, January 25 th, 1879

MARRIED

  • At the residence of the bride’s mother, Sunday evening, Jan. 29, by the Rev. Father Leahy, Thomas Cahill and Miss Barbara Connolly.
  • At the M. E. Parsonage, Dutch Flat, Sunday evening, Jan. 19, by the Rev. E. H. King, Andrew J. Hackett and Miss Anna E. Chaney, both of Gold Run.

DIED

  • Near Applegate Station, Jan. 15, Mrs. Emeline M. Wilson, wife of C. W. Wilson, a native of New Hampshire, aged 60 years, 11 months and 26 days.
  • Near Virginiatown, Jan. 12, of pneumonia, Mrs. H. S. Walker, aged 52 years.
  • Near Greenwood, Jan. 22, of pneumonia, Frank Pollard, a native of Maine, aged 39 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Friday, February 1st, 1879

MARRIED

  • At the residence of the bride, Auburn Station, Wednesday evening, Jan. 29, by Rev. A. Holbrook, James W. Dunn of Eureka, Nevada, and Mrs. Henrietta Fox of Auburn.

DIED

  • At the residence of John Haenny, Lincoln, Jan. 12, Mrs. Louisa Walker, wife of H. S. Walker, a native of Genesee County, New York, aged 51 years, 9 months and 2 days.
  • At the County Hospital, Jan. 26, William Dodge, a native of Cornwall, England, aged 40 years.
  • Near Rocklin, Jan. 20, Hannah, wife of S. R. Bradley, aged 68 years, 3 months and 12 days. New York, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts papers please copy.
  • Near Iowa Hill, Jan. 24, Thomas C. Hopkins, aged about 51 years.
  • At Roseville, Jan. 30, Nellie, daughter of B. B. and Minnie Whitney, aged 1 year and 24 days.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Friday, February 15th, 1879

BORN

  • At Auburn, Feb. 5, to the wife of Friedrick Grohs, a daughter.
  • At Iowa Hill, Jan. 28, to the wife of John Watts, a daughter.
  • At Iowa Hill, Jan. 29, to the wife of John Sloane, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Newcastle, Feb. 12, by Rev. N. R. Peck, J. H. Wallace of Folsom to Miss Minnie S. Clark of Newcastle.
  • At the residence of G. Griffith, Penryn, on Sunday, Feb. 2, by F. H. Wales of Rocklin, Fred B. Grant to Miss Vallera Logan, both of Penryn.
  • At the National Hotel, Nevada City, Jan. 18, by Rev. John Coyle, J. E. Knott to Miss Louisa Schmidt, both of Dutch Flat.

DIED

  • At San Francisco, Feb. 11, Tabb Mitchell, a native of Virginia, aged 55 years, 3 months and 18 days.
  • At the County Hospital, Feb. 7, Patrick Healey, a native of Ireland, aged 44 years.
  • At Iowa Hill, Jan. 24, Thomas C. Hopkins, a native of Kentucky, aged about 49 years.
  • At Roseville, Feb. 4, of membranous croup, Willie, eldest child of William J. and Louisa Branstetter, aged about 3 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Friday, February 22 nd, 1879

BORN

  • At Colfax, Jan. 6, to the wife of O. A. Patch, a daughter
  • At Colfax, Feb. 3, to the wife of B. Taylor, a daughter
  • At Colfax, Feb. 9, to the wife of C. Clark, a daughter

DIED

  • In San Francisco, Feb. 15, Michael McBride, a native of County Kilkenny, Ireland, aged 58 years.
  • In Baltimore, Maryland, Jan. 14, James E. Miller, a former resident of Placer County.
  • At Colfax, Feb. 16, of diphtheria, Lucian Leeds, aged about 4 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Friday, March 1st, 1879

BORN

  • At Auburn Station, Feb. 15, to the wife of E. T. Fish, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Doton’s Bar, Feb. 25, by Rev. N. B. Peck, George L. Threlkill and Miss Mattie Nixon, both of Placer County.

DIED

  • At Auburn, Feb. 26, Henry Jones, a native of Kentucky, aged 50 years.
  • Near Rattlesnake Bar, Feb. 28, Mrs. Matilda Kuhn, a native of Germany, aged 29 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 3-1-1879]

BORN

  • Near Auburn, March 3, to the wife of F. Babler, a son—9 pounds.
  • At Forest Hill, Feb. 24, to the wife of A. H. Cowden, a son.

DIED

  • At Roseville, March 5, Walter A., infant son of B. B. and Minnie Whitney, aged 3 weeks.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 3-8-1879]

BORN

  • At Sunnysouth, March 8, to the wife of A. F. Boardman, a daughter.

DIED

  • At Forest Hill, March 10, Nellie May, infant daughter of Dr. J. C. Hawver, a dentist, aged 4 weeks and 1 day.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 3-15-1879]

MARRIED

  • At Auburn, March 18, by F. A. Edler, JP, John Thomas and Miss Mattie Maxwell, both of Howard’s Ranch near Lincoln.
  • At Rocklin, Sunday evening, March 16, by Rev. F. H. Wales, John N. Taylor to Miss Addie L. Crosby, both of Rocklin.

DIED

  • Near Auburn, March 19, of consumption, C. T. Dozler.
  • At the residence of her brother-in-law, Dr. D. C. Scott, Eureka, Humboldt County, of consumption, Miss Mary Lillie McDaniel, a native of Auburn, aged 23 years and 3 months.
  • At Colfax, March 21, of diphtheria, Willie Mischler, aged 9 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 3-22-1879]

BORN

  • At Michigan Bluff, March 14, to the wife of G. A. Mainlian, a son.

MARRIED

  • In Auburn, March 27, by F. A. Edler, JP, Frederick C. C. Forster and Mrs. Eliza Poefer, both of Ophir.

DIED

  • At Colfax, March 25, of diphtheria, George B. McCullough, Jr., youngest son of Mr. George B. McCullough, aged 4 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 3-29-1879]

DIED

  • At Colusa, March 22, T. A. Joninon, aged 21 years, a member of Star of the Hill Lodge, No. 127, IOGT, Forest Hill.
  • At Colfax, April 1, of diphtheria, Robert, eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. McCullough, aged 8 years.
  • At Truckee, March 29, Willie Dryer, aged 11 years and 11 months.
  • At Truckee, March 29, Frank Page, aged 12 years and 11 days.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 4-5-1879]

BORN

  • At Auburn Station, April 11, to the wife of W. J. Reeves, a son.
  • At Michigan Bluff, March 21, to the wife of P. W. McCarthy, a daughter.
  • At Rocklin, April 8, to the wife of J. A. Muir, agent Central Pacific RR, a son.

DIED

  • At Auburn, April 11, of pneumonia, Maria Lioba, wife of Jacob Green, native of Rasdorf Cur, Hessen, Germany, aged 37 years, 10 months and 26 days.
  • At the County Hospital, April 6, Frank Lina, a native of Portugal, aged 70 years.
  • At the County Hospital, April 4, Isaac Barron, a native of Canada, aged 50 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 4-12-1879]

DIED

  • At Virginia City, April 14, Alfred Curtiss Russell, youngest son of the late John Russell of Auburn, aged 19 years and 6 months.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 4-19-1879]

MARRIED

  • In Auburn, April 21, by Rev. A. Holbrook, H. H. Richmond of Michigan Bluff and Miss Carrie Slade of Auburn.
  • At the parsonage, West Oakland, April 23, by Rev. C. S. Haswell, Nat Heaton of Auburn and Miss Eva D. Barton of West Oakland

DIED

  • In Auburn, April 25, George Franklin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Green, aged 3 months and 15 days.
  • At the County Hospital, April 25, George Lamont, a native of Scotland, aged 74 years.
  • At Alta, April 22, James W. Pickens, a native of Scotland, aged about 57 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 4-26-1879]

BORN

  • At Auburn, May 1, to the wife of Byron Lanyon, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At the parsonage, West Oakland, April 23, by Rev. C. S. Haswell, Nathaniel Heaton of Auburn and Miss Eva D. Barton of West Oakland.
  • At Auburn, April 20, by Rev. Father Leahy, J. Moran and Miss Mary Sheehan, both of Auburn.
  • At Sacramento, April 29, William Finson and Miss Mary O’Rath.
  • At Roseville, April 24, by S. J. Pullen, JP, Mark J. Neher and Lena Warswick.
  • At Folsom, April 29, Richard H. Moore, conductor Central Pacific RR, and Miss Mattie M. Clarke. Good bye, Dick; may peace and prosperity be with you.

DIED

  • In Auburn, April 28, Thomas Jamison, a native of Pennsylvania, aged 65 years, 8 months and 13 days. Philadelphia, Penn., and Baltimore, Maryland, papers please copy.
  • In Auburn, April 25, H. C. Ring, native of Indiana, aged 45 years.
  • At Aurora, Illinois, April 22, John Andrews, aged 52 years and 1 month. Deceased was a brother of M. Andrews and Mrs. Lubeck of this place.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 5-3-1879]

BORN

  • In Auburn, May 10, to the wife of J. M. Jacobs, a son.

DIED

  • In Auburn, May 14, George Crisman, a native of Germany, aged 47 years, 7 months and 14 days.
  • At Dutch Flat, May 10, Benjamin H. Bartlett, aged 47 years.
  • Near Colfax, May 4, Sarah, wife of the late W. T. Walder, aged 66 years, 11 months and 17 days.
  • At the County Hospital, May 11, Charles Wilson, a native of Maine, aged 58 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 5-17-1879]

BORN

  • At Forest Hill, May 15, to the wife of Erskine Allan, a daughter.
  • At Auburn, May 17, to the wife of Jacob Hoehl, a daughter.
  • At Penryn, May 13, to the wife of R. A. Logan, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Ophir, May 14, by Rev. N. R. Peck, J. W. McKune and Mrs. Knight.
  • At the Auburn Hotel, Auburn Station, May 17, by F. A. Edler, JP, William E. Anderson and Miss Kate Murphy, both of Kelsey, El Dorado County.

DIED

  • At Rocklin, May 20, Mrs. Charles H. Graham, a native of California, aged 19 years and 5 months.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 5-24-1879]

MARRIED

  • At the residence of the bride’s father near Iowa Hill, May 25, by Rev. G. R. Stanley, Louis Joninon and and Miss Clara Bisbee, both of Iowa Hill.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 5-31-1879]

BORN

  • At Auburn, June 5, to the wife of Ernst Eifendahl, a son.
  • At Roseville, June 5, to the wife of William W. Hendrick, a son.
  • At Roseville, June 9, to the wife of J. J. Harvey, a son.

DIED

  • At Rocklin, June 7, Jones Knight, aged 53 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 6-21-1879]

BORN

  • Near Auburn, June 15, to the wife of John Miller, a daughter.
  • Near Clipper Gap, June 24, to the wife of B. B. Halsey, a son—stillborn.
  • Near Lincoln, June 5, to the wife of A. S. Niles, a son.
  • At Gold Run, June 19, to the wife of C. A. Bartlett, a son.
  • At Gold Run, June 19, to the wife of T. E. P. Shade, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Ophir, May 29, by the Rev. N. R. Peck, John Gill and Mary Penman.
  • At Ophir, June 21, by the Rev. N. R. Peck, Charles L. Mead and Miss Ellen L. Staples.
  • At the parsonage, Auburn Station, June 18, Malcolm J. Ruth and Miss Mary A. Brown, both of Ophir.
  • At Auburn, June 15, by Rev. Father Leahy, Eusebio Galt and Miss Maria C. Noye, both of Newcastle.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, June 26, Mathias Schoren, a native of Germany, aged 43 years.
  • At the County Hospital, June 25, Charles Enright, a native of Birmingham, England, aged 20 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 6-28-1879]

BORN

  • At Auburn Station, June 30, to the wife of A. Hanney, a daughter.
  • At Gold Run, July 2, to the wife of A. J. Hackett, a son.

DIED

  • At Roseville, June 26, of congestion of the brain, N. T. Brewster, aged 43 years.
  • At Newcastle, June 26, Katie, infant daughter of W. E. and Kate J. Lugg, aged 3 months and 3 days.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 7-5-1879]

BORN

  • At Lincoln, July 1, to the wife of Chris. Hoppert, a daughter.
  • At Auburn, July 7, to the wife of Solomon Clapp, a son.
  • Near Alta, July 9, to the wife of J. Q. Baxter, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Rocklin, June 26, by Rev. F. H. Wales, George W. Mills and Mrs. R. A. Sweet.

DIED

  • At Los Angeles, June 29, Mrs. Salsig, a native of Ohio, aged 60 years.
  • At the County Hospital, July 7, James Mace, aged 56 years, a native of Ohio.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 7-12-1879]

BORN

  • At Dutch Flat, July 16, to the wife of William Nichols, Jr., a son.

MARRIED

  • At San Francisco, July 7, George W. McCreedy of Rocklin and Miss E. F. Harvey of Oregon.
  • At Dutch Flat, July 10, F. C. Hoos and Mrs. Caroline Tuckis.

DIED

  • In Auburn, July 15, Magdalene Eva Faber, a native of Lincoln, aged 1 year and __ months.
  • At Auburn, July 13, John Delumba, a native of Portugal, aged 21 years.
  • At Dutch Flat, July 4, John Swensson, aged 82 years, 2 months, and 18 days.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 7-19-1879]

BORN

  • At Dutch Flat, July 22, to the wife of Herman Bock, a daughter
  • At Gold Run, July 22, to the wife of Joseph Dixon, a son—10 pounder

MARRIED

  • At Auburn, July 20, by the Rev. Father Leahy, A. Sanford and Miss Nellie McGuire.
  • In San Francisco, July 21, by Rev. C. V. Anthony, W. S. Bender and Jennie E. Gault, both of Virginia City.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, July 23, George H. Allen, a native of Maine, aged 47 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 7-26-1879]

BORN

  • At Forest Hill, July 24, to the wife of R. Pecht, a son.
  • At Michigan Bluff, July 29, to the wife of John Blankenship, a daughter—10 pounds.
  • At Rocklin, July 25, to the wife of Ben H. F. Mason, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Sacramento, July 21, Henry Laycock and Eliza Allen, both of Forest Hill.

DIED

  • At Ophir, July 30, Edith Mabel, infant daughter of Rev. J. W. and M. P. Kuykendall, aged 2 months and 26 days.
  • Near Newcastle, July 27, son of F. J. Lewis, aged 8 years.
  • At the County Hospital, July 30, Jeremiah Sullivan, a native of Ireland, aged 54 years.
  • In Auburn, July 31, Augustina, daughter of Pedro Salgado of Forest Hill, aged 18 years and 10 months.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-2-1879]

BORN

  • At Emigrant Gap, July 23, to the wife of Paul Laveau, a son.
  • At Dutch Flat, July 27, to the wife of J. E. Prewett, a daughter.

DIED

  • At Newcastle, July 27, Frank Joslin, youngest son of F. Jay and C. E. Lewis, aged 6 years and 1 month.
  • At Forest Hill, Aug. 1, infant daughter of Martin Collor, aged 10 days.
  • At Auburn Station, Aug. 1, Selinda Arvilla, wife of Elbert T. Fish, a native of Massachusetts, aged 24 years, 5 months and 23 days. Malone (New York) Palladium please copy.
  • At the County Hospital, Aug. 1, Friedrich Pohl, a native of Germany, aged 51 years.
  • At Iowa Hill, Aug. 2, Mary A. Mill, aged 23 years, 1 month and 19 days.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-9-1879]

BORN

  • At Auburn, Aug. 14, to the wife of P. Dempsey, a daughter.
  • At Roseville, Aug. 11, to the wife of James Scott, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Nevada City, Aug. 14, by John Anderson, JP, Samuel M. Page and Miss Alice Bullard, both of Placer County.
  • At the residence of the bride’s father, Aug. 10, by Rev. A. Holbrook, Edward B. Howatt and Miss Eureka M. Myers, both of Forest Hill.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Aug. 9, George G. Blain, a native of Tennessee, aged 54 years.
  • At Michigan Bluff, Aug. 10, Leonard, eldest son of Gustaff A. and Mary Mannelin, aged 5 years and 8 months. San Francisco Morning Call please copy.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-16-1879]

BORN

  • At Blue Canon, Aug. 15, to the wife of John Foster, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Paradise, Placer County, Aug. 14, by Thomas Dodd, JP, Ben Claynor and Mrs. Wilds.

DIED

  • At Rock Creek in Auburn, Aug. 18, Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, a native of Ireland, aged 47 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-23-1879]

BORN

  • At Ophir, Aug. 22, to the wife of Charles I. Mead, a son.
  • At Auburn, Aug. 25, to the wife of George O. Ford, a daughter.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Aug. 28, Thomas Franklin, a native of Ireland, aged 48 years.
  • At the County Hospital, Aug. 26, Feliz Basque, a native of Chile, aged 70 years.
  • At Pilot Hill, El Dorado County, Aug. 27, James Jones, a native of England, aged 47 years. Deceased, who was a brother-in-law to A. J. Bayley of the Grand Central Hotel at Tahoe City in this county, came to his death quite suddenly by paralysis of the heart.
  • Near Forest Hill, Aug. 24, J. S. Sholl, a native of Pennsylvania, aged 67 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-30-1879]

DIED

  • In Lincoln, August 29, Fannie Sickles, a native of New York, aged 74 years and 8 months. Washington and Nevada papers please copy.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 9-6-1879]

BORN

  • In Auburn, Sept. 6, to the wife of Frank D. Adams, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Rocklin, Sept. __, Louis Hyman of Ione, Amador County, and Johanna Lubeck of Rocklin.

DIED

  • At Sacramento, Sept. 7, Emma Wissing, a native of California, aged 15 years and 3 months.
  • At Nevada City, Calif., Sept. 11, William L. Symington, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and recently of Ophir, aged 17 years. Much regret. Ophir friends will please accept this intimation.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 9-13-1879]

BORN

  • At Auburn, Sept. 13, to the wife of J. T. Ashley, a son.
  • Near Ophir, Sept. 15, to the wife of J. S. Davis, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Colfax, Sept. 10, by Rev. W. R. Gober of Grass Valley, J. F. Worley of San Leandro and Miss Elmora Douglass of Colfax.
  • At Auburn, Sept. 14, by Rev. A. Holbrook, William H. Dickerson and Miss Mary Hill, both of Auburn.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Sept. 14, James Morrow, a native of Pennsylvania, aged 69 years.
  • At Oakland, Sept. 11, Mrs. W. R. Smith, a late resident of Newcastle, aged 72 years.
  • At Auburn, Sept. 19, Alleta May Lanyon, aged 4 months and 19 days.
  • At Colfax, Sept. 15, Eliza Jane, beloved wife of R. J. Lemmon, aged 21 years and 9 months.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 9-20-1879]

BORN

  • Near Penryn, Sept. 14, to S. M. Sprague and wife, a son.
  • In Auburn, Sept. 23, to the wife of C. C. Stevens, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Chico, Sept. 21, Henry W. Fenton, Editor and Proprietor of the Placer Argus, to Zilpha A. Eames of Chico.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Sept. 25, James McLean, aged 58 years, a native of Ireland.
  • Near Penryn, Sept. 18, James E., infant son of S. M. and Carrie Sprague, aged 4 days.
  • At the County Hospital, Sept. 16, Elijah H. Morrell, a native of Maine, aged 75 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 9-27-1879]

BORN

  • At Alta, Sept. 18, to the wife of E. D. Clark, a son.
  • Near Dutch Flat, Sept. 19, to the wife of H. O. Kinney, a daughter.
  • At Dutch Flat, Sept. 20, to the wife of Adam Barrett, a daughter.
  • At Roseville, Sept. 18, to the wife of D. McBride, a son.
  • Near Dutch Flat, Sept. 23, to the wife of James Holmes, a daughter.
  • At Dutch Flat, Sept. 26, to the wife of J. C. Chamberlain, a son.
  • At Gold Run, Sept. 30, to the wife of Merrell Whitten, a son.

DIED

  • Near Roseville, Sept. 2_, Thomas Dudley, a native of Massachusetts, aged 59 years.
  • At Auburn, Sept. 27, John C. Manners, a native of Illinois, aged 24 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 10-4-1879]

BORN

  • At Michigan Bluff, Oct. 4, to the wife of E. I. Dooley, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Michigan Bluff, Oct. 2, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by P. McHale, JP, John H. Summers and Lillian R. Williams. Owing to sickness in the family, the wedding was private, much to the regret of the bride’s parents as they desired having their friends and neighbors with them on that occasion.
  • At Stone Coal Valley, Modoc County, Sept. 24, Alfred N. Hulbert and Amelia Miller.
  • At  Colfax, Sept. 24, Miss Alice Hitchens and John O’Connor.

DIED

  • At Bath, Oct. 6, Mrs. Sarah A. Green, aged about 53 years.
  • At Rocklin, Oct. 2, Matt. Orr, a native of Ireland, aged 45 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 10-11-1879]

BORN

  • Near Auburn, Oct. 14, to the wife of G. F. Seavey, a son.
  • At Colfax, Oct. 7, to the wife of George H. Fawcett, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Lincoln, Oct. 14, by Rev. N. R. Peck of Ophir, George Hotchkiss and Miss Cora L. Matthews, both of Lincoln.
  • At Colfax, Oct. 15, by Rev. G. R. Stanley, John O. Williams and Miss Sarah Phiffer.
  • At the residence of Thomas Burke, Damascus, Oct. 15, by Rev. Father Pettit, James Kelly and Mrs. Catherine Mahoney.

DIED

  • At Forest Hill, Oct. 10, Mrs. Janet Nelson, wife of E. P. Nelson, a native of Pennsylvania, aged 24 years, 7 months and 23 days.
  • At Virginiatown, Oct. 10, Henry Felix Robinson, a native of North Carolina, aged 70 years.
  • At the County Hospital, Oct. 11, Jean Martin, a native of Curacaos, West India Islands, aged 71 years.
  • At the County Hospital, Oct. 11, Louis Videl, a native of France, aged 67 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 10-18-1879]

BORN

  • In Placerville, El Dorado County, Oct. 17, to the wife of A. J. Kennedy, a daughter.
  • At Sacramento, Oct. 21, to the wife of W. L. Moore of Auburn, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Shady Run, Oct. 16, by Rev. E. H. King, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Edward L. Talbot of Sunnysouth and Katie J. Thomas of Shady Run.
  • At Grass Valley, by Rev. T. J. Dalton, T. R. King of Dutch Flat and Miss Alicia A. Kelly of Grass Valley.

DIED

  • At Colfax, Oct. 17, Simon Manuel, a native of Cornwall, England.
  • At Colfax, Oct. 15, Mrs. George Larache.
  • In Auburn, Oct. 23, John P. Gaines, a native of Virginia, aged 56 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 10-25-1879]

MARRIED

  • At Reno, Nevada, Oct. 21, Andrew Watson and Miss Mary Rice, both of Michigan Bluff.
  • Near Ophir, Oct. 28, by Rev. George Larkin, John H. Kneff and Mrs. Rosa Peterson, both of Ophir.

DIED

  • In the County Hospital, Oct. 28, William R. Tennant, aged 59 years, a native of Maine.
  • At Roseville, Oct. 26, William M. Franks, a native of Tennessee, aged 76 years.
  • At the Baker Ranch near Michigan Bluff, Oct. 27, Mrs. Burrows, a native of England, aged 66 years.
  • At Forest Hill, Oct. 28, the infant son of William Rea.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-1-1879]

BORN

  • At Rocklin, Oct. 15, to the wife of Charles A. Loring, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Roseville, Oct. 30, by S. J. Pullen, JP, James M. Fitzgerald and Miss Kate Campbell, all of Roseville.

DIED

  • At Ophir, Nov. 2, infant son of Charles I. Mead.
  • At Sunnysouth, Nov. 3, David Roberts, a native of Wales, aged 32 years.
  • At Newcastle, Nov. 4, Wolcott Ford, a native of Connecticut, aged 60 years.
  • At Ophir, Nov. 4, Moses Choate, a native of Maine, aged 51 years.
  • At the County Hospital, Nov. 3, Dora Friger, a native of Switzerland, aged about 53 years.
  • At Montreal, Canada, Oct. 22, Mrs. Eleanor Fenton, aged 58 years. Deceased was the mother of H. W. Fenton of the Argus. She was a loving wife, an affectionate mother, and an exemplary Christian.
  • Near Ophir, Nov. 6, James Munsell, Sr., a native of New York, aged 79 years.
  • At the Spring Garden Mine, Placer County, Nov. 4, Mansfield M. Williams, a native of Maine, aged 24 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-8-1879]

BORN

  • Near Auburn, Nov. 6, to the wife of Edgar E. Hulbert, a daughter.
  • At Roseville, Nov. 1, to the wife of J. L. Franks, a daughter.
  • Near Ophir, Nov. 13, to the wife of Jacob Kaiser, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Gold Run, Nov. 9, by Rev. Father Maloney, Charles Easton and Miss Mary Barrett.
  • At the residence of Dr. E. L. Shackelton in Auburn, Nov. 13, by Rev. S. H. Todd, William Smith and Miss Lizzie Spring. A generous donation of very excellent wedding cake left at the Argus office by the direction of the happy groom is duly appreciated by the boys, who in return wish the happy couple unlimited joy and prosperity.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Nov. 12, Christian Guier, a native of Switzerland, aged 36 or 56 years.
  • At Forest Hill, Nov. 11, James N. Burke, a native of Maine, aged about 45 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-15-1879]

MARRIED

  • At Truckee, Nov. 17, by A. M. Walker, JP, George H. Grant and Miss Hattie Robb.

DIED

  • At Ewing Station near Lincoln, Nov. 17, Jacob Welty, a native of Pennsylvania, aged 55 years.
  • At the County Hospital, Nov. 20, Peter Russman, a native of Belgium, aged 55 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-22-1879]

BORN

  • Near Ophir, Nov. 13, to the wife of C. Meanney, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Dutch Flat, Nov. 22, by Rev. E. H. King, Henry C. Keyes and Miss Lillian A. Frost.
  • At Auburn, Nov. 27, by Rev. S. H. Todd, Charles Nichols and Miss Louisa Grafmuller, both of Newcastle.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Nov. 23, John B. Mathews, aged 48 years, a native of Illinois.
  • Near Pino, Nov. 27, Theodore Wilson, a native of Wisconsin, aged 32 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-29-1879]

BORN

  • At Colfax, Dec. 2, to the wife of George B. McCullough, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At the residence of C. T. Adame near Newcastle, by C. B. Connelly, JP, B. F. Olinger and Miss F. E. Taylor.

DIED

  • At Colfax, Dec. 4, Kate Harrington, aged 10 years.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 12-6-1879]

BORN

  • Near Ophir, Dec. 9, to the wife of W. F. Eicke, a son.
  • At Gold Run, Dec. 7, to the wife of Fred Harriman, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At the residence of the bride’s mother near Lincoln, Dec. 3, Marvin A. Ketcham of Rocklin and Miss Annie M. Fuller of Lincoln.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 12-13-1879]

MARRIED

  • Near Roseville, Dec. 15, by Rev. Leroy Hinman, W. F. Abeel to Rose Freeland.
  • At Oakland, Dec. 4, by Rev. Dr. Guard, Eugene Miner of Dutch Flat and Miss Carrie Mansfield of Oakland.

DIED

  • At Alta, Dec. 13, Andrew Sampson Shaw, a native of Massachusetts.
  • At Damascus, Dec. 5, Henry Lombard.
  • At the Keystone Ranch near Auburn, Dec. 12, of pneumonia, Maria Dorothea Oest, aged 42 years and 6 months.
  • [Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 12-20-1879]