Tulare County CA Archives Obituaries.....Balaam, Edwin Swain March 27, 1921
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Unknown newspaper, 1921.
Unknown newspaper, 1921.
“TULARE COUNTY PIONEEER DIES
E. S. Balaam of Exeter Is Called
EXETER. March 27. - E[dwin] S[wain] Balaam, one of Tulare County’s earliest 
pioneers, died Saturday evening [March 26, 1921] about 11 o’clock at the home 
of his son, Chas. Frederick Balaam at Naranjo after having suffered a stroke of 
apoplexy which lasted less than three hours.
Mr. Balaam was 79 years old.  About 8 o’clock Saturday evening he took a bath 
and went up stairs to bed and when Mrs. Balaam followed about twenty minutes 
later she found him lying on the floor, face down, unconscious. He was quickly 
gotten in bed and the doctor summoned but he never regained consciousness and 
sank rapidly, the end coming about 11 o’clock.
Mr. Balaam has lived the greater part of his life in Tulare county. He was born 
in Arkansas in 1841 and crossed the plains to California by ox team when he was 
a boy of 12.  He first settled in El Monte, Los Angeles county, and later in 
1858 came up to to [sic] Tulare county and has always taken an active part in 
the affairs of the county and has been an influential and highly respected 
citizen.  He was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge for more than 50 years.
Mr. Balaam leaves a widow, Mrs. Medora Balaam, four children, and twelve 
grandchildren. The children are Mrs. W. G. Davis of Porterville, Albert Swain 
Balaam of Exeter, Walter Jerome Balaam of Redondo Beach and Charles Frederick 
Balaam of Naranjo.  One sister, Mrs. Emma Van Gordon [Van Gorden] of Mayfield, 
San Mateo county, also survives him.
The funeral was held on Monday afternoon [March 28] at 2 o’clock from the 
Baptist church in Exeter and the Odd Fellows will conduct the services [at the 
Exeter cemetery].” END


Additional Comments:
Unknown newspaper, 1921. Copy of obituary clipping obtained from the Sequoia 
Genealogical Society, Tulare, California.

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