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Note for: Venecia Mecchi, 13 OCT 1919 - Index

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Venecia - is of Italian extraction her grandfather MECCHI named her.

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Alias: /Bud/

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Note for: Ellener Ann McGinnis, 8 DEC 1930 - 23 JUN 2001 Index

Burial:
     Date:   27 JUN 2001
     Place:   River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon

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     This Information Obtained From: Alfred Parker Nelson, 7/20001

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Note for: Alfred Parker Nelson, 26 OCT 1927 - Index

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1. Alfred P. Nelson

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Note for: William Washington Thomas, BET 1832 AND 1833 - 1860 Index

Alias: William Washington "Wash" /Thomas/

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Farmer - in the Visalia, Tulare County, California, area.
This Information Obtained From: 1. Eleanor Louise Rush Thomas 2. James Eli Thomas (Updated 6/7/1997)

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Note for: Freeman Allen Thomas, 6 OCT 1859 - 1931 Index

Burial:
     Date:   1931
     Place:   Hamilton Cemetery, Tulare County, California

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     This Information Obtained From: 1. Eleanor Louise Rush Thomas 2. James Eli Thomas (Updated 6/7/1997)

F. A. THOMAS
A native son of Tulare county, one of the comparatively few elder ones who are leaders there now, F. A. Thomas was born. October 6, 1858. a son of William Washington Thomas and Mary Ann Jordan Wolford Thomas (m. 7/28/1857 Yokhol Valley, Tulare County, California). His father came across the plains from the east in 1852 and settled in San Bernardino county whence he moved to Tulare county. His third marriage was to Eda Hall, who bore him a daughter named Adilla. Mary A. Jordan Married Willam Courtner and they came across the plain from Texas with ox-teams in 1847, John Jordan, father of Mary A. and grandfather of F. A. Thomas, having been captain of the train. After an eventful and wearisome journey of six months, they arrived in San Joaquin county, and there Mr. Jordan and Mr. Courtner passed away on 3/3/1875. The following are the names of the children of William Coleman and Mary Ann Jordan Wolford Thomas Cortner: Eli b. 1/20/1862, Eliza Jane (Jenny) b. 9/13/1863, Robert E. Lee, Adula Melica b.11/10/1866, Mary Elizabeth b.1869, James Frederick b.12/23/1870, Elias Talbert b. 2/23/1872, Alice E., Preston Bullard b. 12/27/1874, Melca b. 12/23/1875 ( who died in infancy). James is also deceased.
All his life Mr. Thomas, has farmed and raised stock. That he has prospered may be inferred from the fact that he owns one hundred and ten city lots in Tulare, eighty acres of timber land, twenty-eight acres of orange grove, an interest in the Courtner sawmills in the mountains and he has recently sold twenty-two hundred acres of land in Drum Valley. He freights lumber from his mill to Tulare,
fifty-eight miles. His experiences it in this part of state compass the entire period of its modern development. He remembers well the killing by Digger Indians of Pioneer Woods and was well acquainted with Evans and Sontag and other celebrated characters whose names are identified with the earlier history of central California and has been on the spot where the two desperadoes mentioned were cap tured, and had often hunted on the plains and in the woods and was one time treed by wild hogs. Among others whom he knew in earlier days was Mr. Breckenridge, who was killed by Indians in Eshom Valley and it was since he came that the Dalton brothers had their short but eventful career in this part of the country. Politically he early affiliated with the Democratic party. He was a charter member of a local organization of the Woodmen of the World of Visalia. He has been very prominent in many movements for the benefit of the community, in which he is well known. Contributed by: Lois A. Clark 9/1/1998 (Edited by: Eleanor Louise Rush Thomas, James Eli Thomas and James Franklin Kirman 11/20/1998.
F. A. Thomas

A native son of Tulare, County, one of comparatively few elder ones who are leaders there now. F.A.Thomas, was born October 6, 1859. A son of William Washington Thomas and Mary Ann Wolford, Thomas (M) 28, July 1858 Yokhol Valley, Tulare, County, California).William Washington died in Visalia, California in l860.

All his life, F.A. Thomas farmed and raised live stock. That he has prospered may be inferred to the fact that he owned one hundred and ten city lots in Tulare, eighty acres of timberland, twenty -eight acres of orange grove, an interest in the Courtner sawmills in the mountains and he has recently sold twenty-two hundred acres of land in Drum Valley. He freights lumber from his mill, fifty-eight miles to Tulare. His experiences in this part of the state encompass the entire period of its modern development. He remembers well the killing by Digger Indians of Pioneer Woods and was well acquainted with as well as related to Evans of Evans and Sontag and other celebrated characters whose names are identified with the early history of central California and has been on the spot where the two desperadoes mentioned were captured. He often hunted the plains and in the woods and was one time treed by wild hogs. Among others he knew in the early days was Mr. Breckenridge who was killed by Indians in Eshom Valley and it was since he came that the Dalton brothers had their short but eventful career in this part of the country. Politically he was early affiliated with the Democratic Party. He was a charter member of a local organization, the Woodsman of the World of Visalia. He has been very prominent in many movements for the benefit of the community in which he was well known.

The following is a resignation written by F.A. Thomas for himself and donated by Grandson, James Eli Thomas

REPORT OF

Superintendent of County Hospital,
Tulare County, California

To the Hon. The Board of Supervisors, Tulare Co. Calif

Sirs:

My term of office extends over a period of four years and ten months, beginning January 1st 1893 and ending November 1st 1897. The members constituting the Board of Supervisors at the time of my appointment were, T.E. Henderson, Chairman, James Barton, J. H. Woody, J. H. Fox and S.L.H. Ellis.
     My salary was fixed at $75.00 per month and no nurse was furnished me. The Hospital was located on a tract of 42 acres, four and a half miles south of Visalia on the line of the Visalia and Tulare, Railroad. My duties required me to nurse the sick, do the cooking and laundering, purchase provisions and supplies and haul the same to the Hospital. In addition I was required to cultivate 25 acres of land to hay the first year and to level, ditch and cultivate the same to alfalfa the second year.

With few exceptions I supplied all the vegetables and potatoes for the Hospital from the farm. I hauled the entire wood supply for the Court House, Court House engine and County Jail; cared for 3 head of horses and 15 head of cattle; milked 5 cows from which I supplied the Hospital with milk; built half mile of lumber fence, and kept in repair 1 1/2 miles of ditch and half mile of sewer.

On assuming charge there were 19 inmates in the Hospital, many of them very unruly, violent, and disobedient and it required a great deal of patience, diligence, industry and hearty cooperation of the County Physician to bring about better discipline. The average daily attendance was from 12 to 22.

The Hospital building was in bad order. I repaired the entire building and painted the interior, including floors and doors, without any expense to the County save for paint and lumber.

The Hospital was supplied with water from the elevated tank, which must be filled by horsepower. Only on some occasions was I allowed to hire a lady to assist in repairing the Hospital bedding. At the time the Hospital was burned, Sept. lst 1894, the building was in very good repair and the farm in good condition.

For a period of 13 1/2 months, and until the completion of and removal to the new building about Oct. 15th 1895, the Hospital occupied a small dilapidated building in the Southern part of Visalia, where insufficient room and no drainage rendered its
management most trying and difficult. Insufficient funds made it impossible to thoroughly paint and equip the new building; the floors were left unpainted and smeared with paint spots and quantities of mortar which thorough scrubbing with hot water, sand and soap failed to remove. Without any expense to the County save for material, I painted all the interior floors, both upstairs and down, twice, and some of them three times; I also painted the back porch, both side entrances, the kitchen shelving and the base boards and banistering of the building.

The foundation of the Hospital is insecure and the uneven settling of the same has badly cracked the walls and knocked of f the plastering in many of the upper and lower rooms; most of these places I have repaired. I find that the Hospital Superintendent should be a "Jack of All Trades, -- Painter, cook, carpenter, nurse and physician. In the absence of the attending Physician, the responsibilities devolving upon the Superintendent of the Hospital are often severely trying and appalling. I have at all times
    exercised the utmost of my endeavors to promote the comfort of the aged, sick and maimed, whom misfortune placed in my care, and to restore them to health and vigor; and I have at all times given my personal attention to the inmates, realizing fully the danger of placing the health and lives of the unfortunate in the care of those unacquainted with drugs and inexperienced with disease.

I am proud to say that during my term in office five different Grand Juries visited the Hospital and highly commended its management, and on retiring from the Superintendency I invite the Board of Supervisors, and also the taxpayers of the County, to visit in institution and bear witness to the fact that it is in far better condition that when I received it.

Respectfully

Retiring Superintendent

Visalia, Cal. Nov. 1, 1897

F.A. Thomas was married three times as follows
1Sarah Cortner, Moore(M) Jan 2, 1883(D) Nov.15, 1957
1.Myrtle Thomas(B)1884 ?
2.William Amzi Thomas(B)July 1, 1885(D) Sept 7, 1932
3.Freeman Eli Thomas(B)April 26, 1887(D) May 14, 1965
    Sarah and F.A. Divorcedwhen Eli wasabout 4 or 5 years.

2. Sarah A. Spies, Boyd (Sally (M) Sept 24, 1891 (D) July 30, 1897

1.James Fredrick Thomas (B) April 15, 1895 (D) July 6, 1897 Sarah died 29 year of age. Baby was 2 years of age. Both died same year and same month.
3.Eda M. Hall(M) Feb 15, 1898(D) June 19, 1958
1.Adilla Thomas(B July 22, 1899(D) Oct 25, 1966

The marriages and families of Mary Ann Jordan, Wolford, Thomas, Cortner.

1. Daniel Wolford(M)1850(D)1856 Killed by a bear.
    1. Caroline Amanda Wolford(B)July 6, 1851(D) age 8
2. William Wilder Wolford(B)June 18, 1853(D) age6
3. John Wolford(B)Feb. 13, 1855Lived to a
young man
4. Rose Ann Wolford(B)Feb. 25, 1857(D) 1882
2.William Washington Thomas(M) July 13, 1858(D) 1860
      In Visalia
1.Freeman Allen Thomas(B) Oct 6, 1859 (D) 1931

3. William Coleman Cortner (M) Mar 28. 1861 (D) Mar 3, 1894

1.Thomas Ely Cortner (B) Jan 20, 1862
2.Eliza Jane (Jenny) Cortner (B) Sept 13, 1863
3.Robert H. Lee Cortner (B) Feb 7, 1865
4.Adula Melica Cortner (B) Nov 10, 1866
5.Mary Elizabeth Cortner (B) 1869
6.James Fredrick Cortner (B) Dec 23, 1870
7.Elias Talbert Cortner (B) Feb 23, 1872
8.Preston Bullard Cortner (B) Dec 18, 1874
9.Melica Cortner(B) Dec 23, 1875

"The forgoing resignation letter was written by F.A. Thomas to the Hospital Board of Directors ca. 1903. The Hospital was located on the North side of present day Moneys' Grove, Tulare County, California". "My Grand-dad was drawing a salary of $80.00 per month and when he as for $5.00 per raise he was refused". - James Eli Thomas. - Contributed by the grandsons of F.A. Thomas, George Edward Thomas and James Eli Thomas, April 13, 1999.

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Note for: Sarah E. Cortner, 31 OCT 1862 - 15 NOV 1957 Index

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This Information Obtained From: 1. Eleanor Louise Rush Thomas 2. James Eli Thomas (Updated 6/7/1997)