The Searchlight
Redding, Shasta County, California
Sunday, April 24, 1932
T. P. PETERSON, 74 YEARS OLD MINING PIONEER, SUCCUMBS
T. P. Peterson, 77, miner and prospector of Heroult, died yesterday morning in a cabin on California street, owned by William Gardner. Funeral services are being arranged by the Home Undertaking Company.
Peterson was born in Wisconsin, June 27, 1855, but spent most of his life in California. His wife and an only daughter died two years ago, within six months of each other. He was the owner of 24 mining claims near Heroult and valued them highly for he thought they were paint mines. None of the claims is patented. He believed the property to be of great value, but died in poverty and for several months had received county aid.
About a month ago Peterson made a will leaving all his
property to Rev. P. T. Coleman, the Baptist minister. He
deeded the pastor his 24 mining claims and gave him a bill of
sale for his personal property. He likewise nominated
Coleman executor to serve without bonds.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Redding, California
Mon., September 21, 1964
John Lerza died of a heart attack in a Redding hospital Sunday morning. He was 58.
Lerza, who had owned a vineyard near Lodi, was born in Wisconsin April 16, 1906. He had been a resident of California for 44 years.
He was visiting a sister, Mrs. Ida Trowbridge of Redding, when he suffered the fatal heart attack.
McDonald's Redding Chapel has sent the body to the Geirhart
and Wells Funeral Home in Lodi, where funeral arrangements
will be made.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Redding, California
Monday, September 21, 1964
MOUNT SHASTA--William A. Cathcart, 79, a resident of Dunsmuir, died Friday in a Redding hospital.
Cathcart, who was born in Pennsylvania Oct. 22, 1884, was raised in the Fall River Valley. He was a resident of McCloud for 25 years and of Dunsmuir for 21 years. He was in the Army from 1905 to 1908.
Cathcart leaves a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Berger of North Highland; two sisters, Ollie Cathcart of Mount Shasta and Mrs. Arie Bruce of McCloud; and a half-brother, Howard Wendt of Redding.
Graveside funeral services will be conducted today at 2 p.m. at the Pine Grove Cemetery in McArthur. The Rev. Earnest F. Quaintance will officiate.
The funeral was under the direction of the Mt. Shasta
Memorial Chapel.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Redding, California
Thursday, March 9, 1978
Funeral services for Henry L. Brewen of Redding will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at McDonald's Redding Chapel. Brewen died Wednesday at Crestwood Convalescent Hospital.
Born March 13, 1888 in Knob Lick, Mo., he was 89. Brewen claimed a homestead in Wyoming in 1917 and moved to California in 1941. He worked in the lumber industry.
Following retirement, he came to Redding, where he lived for the past 22 years.
He leaves his wife, Grace of Redding; three sons, Robert and Jack, both of Redding, and Wade of Susanville; a daughter, Maude Lee Ashmead of Escondido; a brother, Bill of Fredricktown, Mo.; and nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Entombment will be at Redding Cemetery Mausoleum. The
Rev. Roy A. Nelson will officiate.
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Reading Independent
Reading, Shasta Co., California
Thursday, April 15, 1880
Judge Garter, an old and respected gentleman and pioneer, after a short illness departed this life for that bourne from whence no traveler ere returns on Friday, April the 9th, at a quarter past ten in the evening. Judge Garter came to California in 1849, bringing his family with him, and entered upon the duties of his profession. In 1850 he located in Shasta, where he has resided ever since. As a lawyer he stood in the front ranks of the profession, and for several years he occupied the position of District Judge of the Ninth Judicial District. He also occupied the position of County Judge of Shasta county. Mr. Garter was loved and respected by all who knew him, and has taken with him to his grave a reputation unsullied, and a character unassailed and unassailable. He had attained the ripe age of 72 years when he died.
[Since writing the above we are informed by John Ellis that
Mrs. Garter died this morning at 5 o'clock.]
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Following the obituary are resolutions passed by Judge Bell in
the Superior Court which mention Judge Garter's first name of
Ephraim.
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Friday, 7 Mar 1980
Services for Edith Larison Powell of Redding will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at McDonald's Redding Chapel. The Rev. Roy A. Nelson will officiate.
Burial will be at Lawncrest Memorial Park in Redding. Mrs. Powell died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital. She was 81.
Mrs. Powell was born July 16, 1898, in Weaverville, and was a graduate of Chico State University. She taught 35 years at a number of rural schools in Shasta County, and was the principal of Project City and Deer Creek schools.
She is survived by her husband, John C. of Redding; sons, Stanley Stevenson of Redding, and Vint Stevenson and Ralph Stevenson, both of Palo Cedro; daughters, Alice Gibson of Marysville, Rowena Goodner of Anderson and Carla Nelson of Culver City; 23 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Powell's family prefers contributions be sent to the
Heart Association, Box 993, Redding 96099
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The Searchlight
Redding, Shasta County, California
Tuesday, August 29, 1917
FALL RIVER EDITOR HAS PASSED OVER
Peter Thomsen Died Saturday After Long And Trying Illness
FALL RIVER MILLS, August 27--The funeral of Peter S. Thomsen, for twelve years editor and owner of the Fall River Tidings, was held Sunday from the Presbyterian church. His death occurred Saturday at the age of 35. He was in failing health for many months.
Thomsen was well known in Redding where he once was engaged in newspaper work, and also in Weaverville, where he spent his boyhood.
The deceased is survived by a widow, Mrs. Lillian H. Thomsen,
whom he married in Redding in 1906, two daughters and one son,
an aged father living in Trinity county, two sisters and two
brothers.
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The Searchlight
Redding, Shasta Co., Cal.
Sat., Aug. 31, 1935
PHILIP CUMISKEY, FALL RIVER MILLS PUBLISHER, PASSES
Newspaper Man Succumbs Suddenly At Home; Aged 56 years
(Special to the Searchlight)
FALL RIVER MILLS, Aug. 30
Philip Cumiskey, publisher of the Fall River Tidings, passed away suddenly at his home here this evening. He was 56 years of age.
Mr. Comiskey apparently was in his usual health until a few minutes before he succumbed. His passing was believed due to a heart attack. Because of the suddenness of his passing it was necessary to call Roy S. Duggins.
Decedent had lived in Shasta County more than 20 years. He published the Millville Tidings before coming to Fall River Mills to take over the local newspaper.
He is survived by his widow, a son, P. Allan Cumiskey; two daughters, Kathleen and Betty Cumiskey, students in the local schools; and three stepchildren, Mrs. Dean Lack, Mrs. R. A. Cockrell and Seldon Thompson, all of Redding.
The Redding residents came here immediately after being notified of the death.
The body was taken to the McDonald & Scott mortuary in
Redding, where funeral arrangements are pending.
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Shasta Courier
Sat., Nov. 30, 1883
ANOTHER FAREWELL
The sombre plumes which announce the presence of Death have again waved before our eyes, and we are called on to say Thomas Battams has bid eternal adieu to the scenes he loved best and closed his eyes forever on all the treasures he cherished most on earth. He died in Buckeye, Nov. 24th, surrounded by his devoted wife, children and a number of mourning friends, and was buried at Redding the following day.
"Tom" Battams, as we all familiarly called him, came to Shasta in 1852, and mined on Dog Bar alongside of H. H. Shuffleton and the late John Ellis for some time. Leaving there, he mined on the east side of the Sacramento for years past, of which time he was a partner of Supervisor Nichols.
He was married in 1868, by Judge Bush, to the then
acknowledged belle of Shasta county, Lavina Whiting, and
leaves her and two bright children to feel the protecting arm
of her husband and father. Deceased was a native of
England and aged 56 years. California's sun-light will
never fall upon and gild with its golden rays a mound raised
over a better heart than that under which Tom Battams lies
asleep, awaiting the day when all shall come forth to be
judged according to the deeds done in the body.
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Anderson Valley News
22 Jan 1910
DEATH OF HIRAM B. KOOSER
Hiram Boucher Kooser, a respected citizen of Shasta county, died at his home near Anderson, Wednesday, January 10th, 1910, at the advanced age of 83 years, one month and 4 days.
Hiram B. Kooser was born in Somerset county, Pa., December 15th, 1826. At the age of 26 years he was married to Miss Ruth Warden in Indiana county, Pa. To this union ten children were born, seven sons and three daughters. In 1857 he removed to Lena, Illinois, where he lived for ten years. While there he enlisted in the civil war as a volunteer and served to its close.
Following the tide of emmigration, he drifted west with his family, living for short periods in various States, finally settling at his present home in Latona district, near Anderson, in 1882, where he has continually resided. Had he lived to March 3rd next, he would have celebrated his 57th wedding anniversary.
There survives him a widow, three daughters and two sons, as follows: Mrs. C. F. Apfel, Ukiah; Mrs. R. Brain, Dunsmuir; Mrs. F. A. Alcorn, Sisson; Mr. C. E. Kooser, Anderson; Mr. H. G. Kooser, Castella; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; also two sisters who reside in Clearfield county, Pa.
The funeral took place from the Presbyterian church Friday at
2 p.m., Rev. J. B. Needham conducting the funeral
services. Interment was inside the Masonic cemetery.
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Anderson Valley News
22 Jan 1910
ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES
On Wednesday morning, January 10, 1910, Joseph Andrew Dillon, a pioneer of California, died in Anderson at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Pettygrove. He had been in failing health for some time and his death was not unexpected. He was aged 82 years, one month, and four days.
Joseph A. Dillon was born in Pettis county, Missouri. He came to California in 1850, and in 1851 went to Trinity county and engaged in mining with good success. In 1856 he went to Oregon and engaged in the lumber business, returning to California in 1861, locating in Santa Rosa, where his brother, Chas. Dillon, resides and is recorder of Sonoma county. In 1861 he married Mary Wilson of Petaluma, who died a few years ago. He farmed for several years in Butte county and came to Shasta county in 1881 and mined and farmed until his health failed.
The deceased is survived by two sons and three daughters. They are: Ed Dillon, of Yerington, Nevada; Claude Dillon, of Jerome, Arizona; Mrs. Frank Pettygrove, Anderson; Mrs. Ora McWilliams, Susanville, and Ollie Dillon, Sacramento.
The funeral was held Saturday afternoon, services being in
the Baptist church, Rev. J. B. Needham officiating. All
the children were present except Mrs. McWilliams.
Interment was made in the Masonic cemetery.
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Anderson Valley News
Saturday, Feb. 19, 1910
J. N. ISAACS EXPIRES SUDDENTLY
Joseph N. Isaacs, business manager of the Shasta County Democratic Register, was found dead after midnight Wednesday, in Redding, on the porch of Dr. Bryant.
We take, in part, from the Courier-Free Press, the following:
The decedent was born in the old town of Shasta, April 5, 1867, and has lived in this county all his life. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Fonnie Isaacs, and two little girls, Alice aged 3 years and Josephine aged 9 months. His brother is Attorney James E. Isaacs of Redding.
While the deceased was not of a robust physique, he was not known by friends to have been in such a delicate state as the autopsy has proven. According to his devoted wife, he had complained several times recently of heart weakness and late Wednesday night became so faint that he sought medical aid. Mrs. Isaacs suggested his remaining in the house and bringing in the doctor, but he insisted on going out, and this exertion probably hastened the death. The deceased had reached Dr. Bryant's porch and fell there from the attack, and in his struggles he aroused the medico, who thinking there was an intruder around, phoned for the police, and officers Pemberton and Henry Seng hurried to the house, there to find the dead body. It was not recognized until placed in the morgue.
The deceased newspaper man did not belong to any fraternal
order. The burial has been arranged to take place on
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the Methodist church and
the interment will be in the Redding cemetery, Rev. W. P.
Rankin officiating.
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