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Uploaded 8 November 1997 by:
Ruth Ryan
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This file contains the following biography: 

         Garold's Great Grand Father and Great Grand Mother Findley

                   [Letter Written by Ethel Work Balmer,

      granddaughter of John Findley & Sarah J. Masters, About 1916]*

Great Grand mothers maiden name was Sarah Masters they were Both Born in
Texas He was married three times. His first wife was a cousin of his I
don't know if she was a first cousin or Second cousin - They had nine
children She passed away, And he married your Great Grand mother they had
Six children and He left her, they [John & Sarah] had six children John,
Julie, Nancy, Billie, Eddie, Mary. when Nancy was 6 years old, their
parents seperated And Great Grand Father married His first wife's sister
his cousin, Betty She was fifteen years old then. They [John and Elizabeth]
had six children Katherine, Elizabeth, Dave Sam And Harve and Martha.

Martha was the oldest And she passed away And was burried when they were
crossing the plains from Texas they came to Calif in 1858 taken them six
month to cross the plains by ox teams they first settled in Los Angeles
then came on to Kern Co. Great grand mother & her children stayed on in
Kern Co. Great Grand Father & his last wife settled in Drum Valley about
1860 or 62. Great Grand Mothers Son Eddie passed away when He was three
years old and burried in Texas, and buried in Texas. Your Grand Father
Billie or his Sisters never knew where their half Brothers and Sisters by
their Fathers first wife went As He never told them. As He lost all tract
of them, And we have no record of their first names. He had 21 children by
the three wives - Nancy married William Work in 1864 near Visalia and they
lived in Drum Valley for some time Then Great Grand Mother lived with her
so she could be near her and Billie Findly She was a very wonderful person
and very Religious - She wanted to go visit her other Daughters in
Bakersfield. - So Her son in Law William Work taken her to Bakersfield And
she was only there a few weeks and passed away there in 1885. was buried
near Bakersfield Great Grand Father was murdered at Drum Valley in 1871 -
He had lived in Drum Valley 12 years before his Death. Great Grand Father
never talked of any Brothers or Sisters. So we have no Record of any. His
mother lived to be Ninety years old And passed away in Texas. When your
Grand Father [Billie] was a small child - Aunt Julie & Mary married Mose &
Joe Hart. And John Findley [b. Ark. 1841] married a girl by the name of
Harrington [Carrington]. Uncle John passed away in Arizona, when he was 32
years old. They had two Daughters Verdie & Sadie they are in Los Angeles -
Julie Hart had twelve children, Nancy Work had thirteen children, Mary Hart
had Six children - Billie Findly married Ellen Wood and they had ten
children

[*Balmer was daughter of Nancy Caroline Findley Work; copy sent to me by
Michelle Yahnian, 2607 E. Houston, Visalia, CA 93291]

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