Tulare County CA Archives Obituaries.....Balaam, Marium (Bequette) October 19, 1930
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Unknown newspaper, October 20, 1930
“PIONEER WOMAN CALLED BEYOND

Mrs. Marium Balaam Dies At Her Home Near Farmersville

Mrs. Marium Balaam, 77, a member of one of Tulare county’s most widely known 
pioneer families, passed away at her home in the Farmersville district at 11:40 
p.m. last night [October 19, 1930] after a lengthy illness.

Born in Marysville [Yuba county, California] on April 22, 1853, she came to 
what is now the Farmersville district with her parents when she was a child of 
four years.  There her father Cypron Bequette, acquired extensive holdings on a 
grant signed by President Abraham Lincoln, which have remained in the 
possession of his descendants since his death.

She was married to Alfred Balaam, also a member of a pioneer family which came 
to this section with the first white men to enter the valley.  Mr. Balaam 
became prominent as a rancher of that section, and later moved to Visalia when 
he was appointed deputy sheriff.  Following a term under Sheriff Wells, Mr. 
Balaam became sheriff himself, occupying that office for one term, after which 
he returned to the Farmersville district to resume his ranching activities.
Mrs. Balaam leaves a wide circle of friends throughout the valley to mourn her 
death.  She is particularly well known in Tulare county by reason of her long 
residence here and the part the family has taken in county affairs.

Surviving her are one daughter, Mrs. Ida B. Higdon of Buttonwillow; three sons, 
Carl Balaam and Edward Balaam of Farmersville and Charles Balaam of Exeter, and 
several grandchildren, including Alfred Higdon, Marium Aldyne Higdon and Veda 
May Balaam.

Funeral services will be conducted from the Hadley Funeral Parlors at 2 o’clock 
tomorrow [October 21] afternoon.  Rev. W. M. McClearen of Exeter will 
officiate.  Mrs. Balaam will be buried in the Exeter cemetery at the side of 
her husband, who died in 1919.” END


Additional Comments:
Unknown newspaper, October 20, 1930 (Monday)Copy of obituary clipping obtained 
from the Sequoia Genealogical Society, Tulare, California.

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