Napa County CA Archives Obituaries.....Wooden, John November 14, 1887
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St. Helena Independent, November 16, 1887
“Death of John Wooden.

John Wooden, the man for whom Wooden valley on the Berryessa road was named, 
died at the residence of his son-in-law, B[enjamin] F. White, on Monday 
afternoon [November 14] and was buried in Wooden valley Wednesday [November 16] 
at 2 o’clock.

He was born in Virginia in 1801, hence was 86 years of age at the time of his 
death, which resulted from old age.  From his native State he emigrated to 
Ohio, thence to Michigan, and thence to California overland in 1846.  During 
the Fremont campaign he was a member of the California troops, and was station 
at Santa Clara.  It is not known to the writer when he came to Napa county, but 
it certainly was at an early day, settling in the valley which now bears his 
name.  He leaves a son John living in Wooden valley, and a daughter, Mrs. 
White, who resides in St. Helena.

In his youth he stood six feet and eight inches, and was as straight as an 
arrow, and whenever he appeared on the street he attracted attention by his 
extraordinary height.  Mr. Logan states of the thousands of coffins he has 
fitted up this was the longest, being 6 feet, 7 inches in the clear at the 
bottom, and 7 feet 3 inches on the top.  St. Helena Independent.” END


Additional Comments:
This obituary was printed in the “St. Helena Independent” on November 16.  It 
was copied by “The Napa Register” and the “San Francisco Call.”

The Napa Register (Napa, California).  November 25, 1887 (Friday). Page 1, 
Column 2, and San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California).  November 18, 
1887 (Friday).  Page 5, Column 3

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