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• Reference Number: ^
• _MARNM: Loranger
• _UID: D057E7AB92028644827B8554D3709D7D4A7A

Notes:

!NOTE: Her mother was half hispanic.
Married at age 16 by consent of her father Yolo County marriage record Book E, pg 348

Obituary from "Woodland Daily Democrat", Fri, 10 Jul 1925, front page.
" Loranger Rites Here Tomorrow"
Funeral Services for Mrs. Margaret Loranger, wife of Beaumont Loranger, who passed away in the city yesterday afternoon, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 oclock in Wilson's funeral parlor. Reverend D.E Millard, of the Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Woodland cemetary.
Mrs. Loranger had been ill for several months, and during the last few weeks her decline had been rapid. She was a native of Yolo County, daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Tutt, and was born June 2, 1965.
On February 11, 1882, she was married in Yolo Co. to B. Loranger, well known Yolo County farmer who resides five miles south west of Madison. Besides her husband, she is survived by a family of seven children as follows: Jack, Ray, and Monte Loranger of Madison district, Mrs. FM Parker and Mrs. CJ Pedroia of Esparto, Mrs. JW Travis of Scotia, Humboldt Co. and Mrs. TH Barr of Woodland.
Phil A. Tutt of San Fransisco and Ed Tutt of Fresno Co. are brothers of the deceased, and Mrs. William N. Lewis of Madison and Mrs. W Buhrmeister of Gordon Valley are sisters."

!DEATH: CA state file 35893 (died in the Woodland Sanitorium)

Margaret married Beaumont Pete LORANGER on 11 Feb 1883 in Madison, Yolo, California, United States. Beaumont (son of Isador Regis LORANGER and Harriett Sophia (REYNOLD) ABBEY) was born on 28 Aug 1862 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States; died on 5 Oct 1926 in Esparto, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Yolo County Marriage Index book E page 348.

1. Beaumont M LORANGER was born on 25 Jun 1883 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 15 Aug 1933 in , Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.
2. Ora May LORANGER was born on 22 Dec 1884 in Cottonwood, Yolo, California, United States; died on 7 Oct 1962 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Capay Cemetery, Esparto, California, United States.
3. Anna Belle LORANGER was born on 25 Jul 1886 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 9 Jan 1936 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.
4. Isodore Caldwell "Jack" LORANGER was born on 8 Aug 1888 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 10 Jan 1951 in , Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Woodland, Yolo, California, USA.
5. Jessie Clyde LORANGER was born on 22 Apr 1890 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 21 Oct 1977 in , Humboldt, California, United States.
6. Phillip Raymond LORANGER was born on 13 Jul 1896 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 17 Oct 1945 in , Yolo, California, United States.
7. Beatrice Rosella LORANGER was born on 23 Oct 1903 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 5 Jun 1961 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.

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• Also Known As: Ed
• Occupation: farmer
• Reference Number: ^
• _UID: 8DA93C44139AEA4B8E7FCED7507833BD0277

Notes:

Things to do:
1. Margaret's death cert, cause of death?
2. Ada Merehoff's book for his history
3. Robert's death cert.
4. children on census, marriage, death


Timeline for Robert Edward Tutt:
1833 Nov 17, Robert was born in Virginia
1858 Jan 14, Robert married Margaret Gordon at Gordon Ranch on Cache Creek, Yolo Co, California
1858 daughter, Maria born in Yolo County, CA
1859 Feb, son, Henry James born in Yolo County, CA
1860 US Census, living in Cottonwood, Yolo, CA with wife Margaret and 2 children
1863 daughter, Ellen Mae, born in Yolo County, CA
1865 Jun 2, daughter, Margaret, born in Yolo County, CA
1867 Great California Register of Voters of Yolo County, Farmer, W. Cottonwood, Yolo, CA
1869 daughter, Lillie, born in Yolo County, CA
1870 US Census, farmer, living in Cottonwood, with wife, Margaret and 5 children
1870 son, Jessie, born in Yolo County, CA
1876 daughter, Maria, died in Yolo County, CA
1876 son, Phillip Ashby, born in Yolo County, CA
1879 son, William Edward, born in Yolo County, CA
1880 US Census, farmer, living in Cottonwood, with wife, Margaret and 5 children
1880 about this time a son, Aaron, born in Yolo County, CA
1881 about this time a son, Jack, born in Yolo County, CA
1882 wife, Margaret died in Yolo County, CA
1889 Jul 28, married Harriet Lowrey Devoe in Yolo County, CA
1890 California Great Register, living in Madison, Yolo county, farmer
1900 US Census, farmer, living in Guinda, Yolo, CA, with wife, Harriett
1910 US Census, farm labor living in rented home in Guinda. No Harriett listed
1913 Robert died in Madison, Yolo, CA at the age of 79 years from degenerative heart disease

His Biography in the "Capay Valley" by Ada Meirhoff,Pg 368

Great California Register of Voters of Yolo County-Farmer - W. Cottonwood, 1867
California Great Register 1890 - living in Madison, Yolo county- farmer

He came to California from Missouri in 1854 and settled in Yolo county the same year. His occupation before coming to the State had been farming. He owned 320 acres of tillable land in Madison, Yolo, California.
He lived in Madison 60 years before his death of degeneration of heart (old age) at 79 years and 10 months. Book 2 pg 191

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margarett Tutt
Age in 1860: 19
Birth Year: abt 1841
Birthplace: California
Home in 1860: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Gender: Female
Post Office: Cache Creek
Value of real estate:
Household Members: Name Age
N E Tutt 26 (I read R E)
Margarett Tutt 19
Mariah Tutt 2 (could be Maria L)
Nancy Tutt 8.12 (I read Henry)

1870 United States Federal Census t
Name: Margaret Tutt
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Age in 1870: 29
Birthplace: California
Home in 1870: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: $1400, $5000
Post Office: Woodland
Household Members: Name Age
Edward R Tutt 35 farmer
Margaret Tutt 29
Maria Tutt 12
Henry Tutt 11
Ellen Tutt 8
Martha Tutt 6
Lillie Tutt 1
Thomas Bloxham 31 farmer


1880 United States Federal Census
Name: R. E. Tutt
Home in 1880: East Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Margaret
Father's birthplace: VA
Mother's birthplace: VA
Neighbors:
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
R. E. Tutt 46
Margaret Tutt 35
Henry Tutt 20
Ellen Tutt 16
Mattie Tutt 15
Jessie Tutt 7
Philip A Tutt 3
Edward Tutt 1
Robert Belsha 28
Frank Cox 24

1900 United States Federal Census (could this be our Robert with wrong BD and Bplace
Name: Robert Tutt
Home in 1900: Guinda, Yolo, California
Age: 59
Estimated birth year: abt 1841 (Could this be wrong date?)
Birthplace: Missouri
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Hariatte
Race: White
Occupation:
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Tutt 59
Hariatte Tutt 58
Lester P Wood 63
Andrew E Mc Niell 47

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert E Tutt [Robert E Lutt]
Age in 1910: 76 farm labor
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1910: Guinda, Yolo, California (Guinda Road) rented home
Marital Status: Married (2)
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Robert E Tutt 76

Robert married Margaret GORDON on 14 Jan 1858 in Gordon Ranch on Cache Creek, Yolo, California, United States. Margaret (daughter of William Julian GORDON and Juana Maria LUCERO) was born on 17 Dec 1841 in Los Angeles, Mexican Territory; died in 1882 in , Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: ^
• _MARNM: Tutt
• _UID: 6E24B4E2DFF4AF40A2F0EE7D51998263B66F

Notes:

1880 Census Cottonwood, CA lists birthplace as CA

Margaret is said to have been the first white child born in California in 1840.

Notes:

Yolo County Marriage Index-Book C page 46.

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• Occupation: teacher in Virginia, surveyor in Missouri
• Reference Number: ^
• _UID: 0110B836CEA2334CADF65AFFD417DBBE6E58

Notes:

things to do:
1. verify daughter Elizabeth Ann
2. Cooper County MO history
3. Culpepper County, VA history

Timeline for Pillip Augustine Tutt:
1796 Philip Tutt born in Culpepper County, Virginia,
1812 Military Service; Served in the War of 1812
1824 Dec 21, Philip married Catherine Ashby in
1826 Jun 22, son John Samuel born in Fauquier County Virginia
1830 Jan 21, son James Henry born in Fauquier County Virginia
1833 Nov 17, son Robert Edward born in Fauquier County Virginia
1835 ? daughter, Elizabeth Ann born in Fauquier County Virginia?
1835 Emigrated to Missouri from Virginia- PhillipA., Dr. Gabriel, Col, Richard J. Tutt, brothers, came
down Kanawha River to Ohio by boat, the younger men, slaves, livestock came across country to
St. Louis with a wagon train; women and older men came by steamboat down the Ohio, up the
Mississippi to St. Louis. Brought a mare with them which was descendant of famous running
horse, "Imperial Whip:, settled in Kelly Township, Cooper County, Missouri.
1840 US census Cooper County, Missouri, p132 - Phillip A. Tutt
1848 August 3 to 1859,November 8 - Cooper County, Missouri Surveyor
1850 US census, Cooper County, Missouri, Dist. #23 - p Phillip age 56 VA; Catherine age
43 VA; John S. age 22 VA; James H. age 19 VA; Robert . age 17 VA.
1855 Sep 21, wife Catherine died in Cooper County, MO at age 49
1860 US census, Cooper County, Missouri, Phillip living in household of son, J. H. Tutt
1870 US census, Cooper County, Missouri,living in household of son, James H. Tutt
1871 Sep 27, Philip died in Cooper County, MO at age 75

Occupation, Cooper County, Missouri - Surveyor/Teacher/Judge of the County Court.


from "History of Cooper County, Missouri", by W. F. Johnson, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka 6 Cleveland, 1919, Vol 1 VKM Publishing Co. 1978: pp 669-671.
James H. Tutt was a native of Virginia; he was born in Fauquier County, Jan. 21, 1830 and died in March 1898. He came to Missouri with his parents, Phillip A. and Catherine (Ashby) Tutt, in 1835. The family first settled in Calloway County and in 1836 came to Cooper County, and settled in Kelly township on the farm that is now owned by Charles P. Tutt. Phillit Tutt bought this place from Thomas Best for $5 per acre. At that time there was a log cabin on the place and a few acres of land were cleared. Here Phillip Tutt and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Phillip Tutt was a surveyor, and for a number of years served as surveyor of Cooper County. He also held the office of judge of the County Court. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and his father, John Tutt, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving with the Virginian troops.Phillip Tutt was one of four brothers who came to Missouri together, the others being Dr. Gabriel, Col. John, and Col. Richard J. They came down the Kanawha River to the Ohio in a boat, and from there the younger men of the families and the negro slaves drove across the country to St. Louis with a wagon train, while the women and the older men came by steamboat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis. When the Tutt family came to Missouri they brought with them a mare which was a descendant of the famous running horse, "imported Whip," and Charles P. Tutt still has on his place descendants of that animal.

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Philip A Tatt
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1794
Birth Place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 23, Cooper, Missouri
Household Members: Name Age
Catharine Tatt 43
James H Tatt 19
John S Tatt 24
Philip A Tatt 56
Robert E Tatt 17

Philip married Catherine "Kitty" ASHBY on 21 Dec 1824 in , Fauquier, Virginia, United States. Catherine (daughter of Major Samuel ASHBY and Martha Ann CLARKSON) was born in Sep 1806 in ,Fauquier, Virginia, United States; died on 21 Sep 1855 in , Cooper, Missouri, United States; was buried in , Cooper, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: ^
• _MARNM: Tutt
• _UID: 7D0AFCE395621549A8428AE9D6CFAA58BF92

Notes:

data from "Buckner", pp 267-268
Catherine Tutt, late Catherine Ashby of Fauquier Co, Virginia, daughter of Samuel Ashby of Fauquier Co. who was one of the heirs of Captain John Ashby appointed her "uncle Thomson Ashby as her attorney, 5 Dec 1834. She was a ward of John M. Ashby.

Notes:

John Henry Ashby security

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• Occupation: Missouri Fur Co. New Mexico, farmer Yolo County
• Reference Number: ^
• _UID: 16629542A2F0A24EABA4C7E6B3E20FDC4D00

Notes:

Timeline: William Gordon
1801 Sep - William Gordon born in Adams County Ohio to John and Mary (Art) Gordon.
Jackson County, Missouri
1823 Fur trapper for Missouri Fur Compandy ( was in Wyoming)
1820's established headquarters in Taos, Mexican Territory
1826 Jun - married Juana Maria Lucero in Taos Mexican Territory
1827 April - son, Jose Tomas "Thomas", born in Taos
1829 Sep - son, Juan de Jesus born in Taos
1831 Aug - daughter, Maria Isabella, born Taos
1833 Sep - son, Julian "William", born Taos
1835 Nov - son, Jose Manuel, born Taos
1838 Jan - daughter, Sarah Gordon, born Taos
1840 Nov - son, Jose Ricardo, born Taos
1841 Sep - came to California by way of the Santa Fe Trail, granted with several others Mexican Land, 48,000 acre
Rancho La Puente. They Established town of El Monte, the first agricultural town in California..
1841 Dec - daughter, Margaret, born Los Angeles, Mexican territory
1843 January 27, Granted 2 square leagues of land, Rancho Quesesosi, in Yolo County by Governor Micheltorena on
Cache Creek West of Woodland. He settled his family there in July. His ranch became a rendezvous for members
of Bear Flag revolt, settlers and hunters. Mentioned more as stopover than any place except John Sutters.
1845 wife, Juana Maria died and is probably buried in the family cemetary on Cache Creek. John Clyman's, "Journal of
a Mountain Man," states that Gordon was the only permanant settler on Cache Creek. (now Yolo County).
1845 Daughter Maria Isabella, not yet 15 years of age, married Nathan Coombs at Sutter's Fort by John Sutter. By 1850
she had her brother Joseph and sister Sarah living with her and Nathan in Napa.
1850 Census - Cache Creek, Yolo, California (Interestingly he had 3 miners living with him. For how long?)
1851 bought land in Napa County in Gordon Valley (named after him)
1852 California Census - Yolo, California
1855 married Elizabeth Corum
1860 Census - lived at Cottonwood, Yolo, California
1866 Sold his Ranch on Cache Creek and moved to Cobb Valley in Lake County.
1870 Census - Lower Lake, Lake County, California
1876 Oct - died Cobb Valley, Lake County, California

History Timeline
1802 - Ohio outlaws slavery
1803 - Louisiana Purchase January 18. President Jefferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the
Mississippi River and beyond in search of a route to the Pacific. Meriwether Lewis , Jefferson's private secretary,
begins planning the expedition.
1804 - May. The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departs, moving up the Missouri River.
1807 - Steamboat - Robert Fulton, former miniaturist and landscape painter, opens American rivers to two-way travel.
1821 - Mexico declares independence from Spain.
1829 - Mexico outlawed slavery in an effort to discourage additional American settlement in Texas.
1835 - Texas declares independence from Mexico
1836 - "Remember the Alamo!" slogan for the Texas army after Mexico crushed the Texans who attempted to protect the
Alamo in San Antonio. The war started in 1836, because the Texans wanted their independence from Mexico.
182 men, led by Colonel Travis, were greatly outnumbered by Santa Anna's forces. They were all killed,
including Davy Crockett, a famous frontiers man from Tennessee. The Texans that survived the war, kept
attacking the Mexicans until they finally won their independence.
1837 - Depression begins with "Panic of 1837"
1838 - The Indian Removal Act, A treaty signed by about one hundred Cherokees. They gave up all lands East of the
Mississippi River. Under the orders of President Jackson the U.S Army began the Removal Act. 3,000 Cherokees
were loaded into boats and taken down the Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, and Arkansas Rivers. In the winters of 1838 -39 the Cherokees walked 1,200 miles through Tennesse, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. The trail they
walked became known as "The Trail Where They Cried" to the Indians but is now known as "The Trail of Tears".
1845 - Westward Expansion - When Texas declared independence from Mexico in the year 1836, Southerners were
hoping to obtain Texas as a new slave state. The Northerners did not want Texas to come into the Union and
increase the power of the south in Congress, with a resulting war with Mexico. In 1845 politicians were caught up
in westward expansion, thinking it was their nation's manifest destiny to go from shore to shore. Texas became
the twenty-eighth state. Mexico was furious about that decision, and the U.S. declared war on Mexico in May of 1846 - The years of fighting ended with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848.
1845 - Santa Anna presidency is overthrown in Mexico.
1846 - War declared with Mexico.
1848 - Gold Discovered in California.
1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
1849 - State constitution adopted in Monterey, (California).
1850 - California became the 31st State and free of slavery.
1852 - California turned from Gold seeking to agriculture.

"History of Solano and Napa Counties, California with Biographical Sketches of The leading men and women of the Counties, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time., History by Tom Gregory and other well known writers., Illustrated ~ Complete in one volume, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1912, p 291:
WILLIAM GORDON.
As a representative of a pioneer family, there is no name better known in Napa County than William Gordon, a resident in Gordon valley, named after the family. Mr. Gordon was born in Toas, N. Mex., September 27, 1833, and when seven years of age was brought to California by his father, William Gordon. The latter was a native of Ohio, of Scotch descent, who came from New Mexico by way of Arizona on horseback to California. He remained in Los Angeles until the spring of 1841, then with others went to the northern part of the state, crossing Carquinez straits in a rowboat and swimming their horses behind them. On reaching the northern side they engaged some Indians to pilot them up the bay and Napa river. Arriving in what is now Napa County, they camped under some large sycamore trees on the present site of George Yount's home and for about a year the elder Gordon engaged in farming on a small scale, raising some cattle and feed and produce for his own needs. From this location he removed to what was afterwards named Washington, the first County seat of Yolo County, situated on the banks of the Sacramento river. Here Mr. Gordon met Captain Sutter and was engaged by the latter to construct a mill at that place, he having told Sutter that he was a mill­wright. During the construction of this mill, which was operated by horse­power, Mr. Gordon made his home in Sacramento County, on the opposite side of the river, and crossed to and from his work daily in a canoe. For this labor Mr. Gordon was given forty-two head of cattle (cows and heifers) in lieu of money.
The next move of Mr. Gordon was made two months later, when he went to a location northwest of what is now the city of Woodland and here he secured a grant of three leagues of land and settled down to farming, which continued his occupation until his death. As one of the early pioneers of California, he had to undergo many privations and hardships in establishing a home and, like the majority of those men of that period, aided in all movements that had for their object the development of that section of California. William Gordon, of this review, accompanied his parents on their migrations in California and received such educational advantages as they were able to give him and, when old enough, assisted with the work about the ranch. After he was old enough to conduct independent farming operations. he settled on Cache creek, where he remained two years. In 1862, he settled in Gordon valley. where he has twelve hundred acres of land. which he secured from his father and which was originally part of a Spanish grant. Here Mr. Gordon has a valuable property, which yields him a substantial income annually. This has been developed to its present condition by its owner, and it is conceded to be one of the most valuable properties in the entire valley. There are two hundred acres improved in orchard, consisting of apricots, peaches, prunes, oranges and almonds, one of the largest orchards in Napa County. His orange grove consists of one acre and beautifies his yard and its fruit, raised without irrigation, is of superior quality. Thirty acres arc in hay and the balance is used for pasture land for his cattle and horses, about ten head of the latter being kept for use on the ranch. All of the improvements on the place have been placed there by Mr. Gordon. He has erected several sets of buildings, commodious houses for his sons and daughters, who are all living on the ranch, and to whom he leases the property on shares, he having retired from active farm work. Ample facilities have been provided for caring for the fruit, including a dryer and an almond huller for their own use, besides which they take care of their neighbors’ almonds. This ranch is watered from the Gordon creek, which flows through the center of it, and withal it might he considered one of the show places of Southern California. Two lofty oak trees, supposed to be about two hundred years old, mark Mr. Gordon’s place of residence and stand like sentinels over his home. Besides these trees, the yard is decorated with ornamental shrubbery and flowers, giving it the appearance of a typical California city home.
In Napa, June 18, 1861, Mr. Gordon married Juliette Chapman, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of Levi Chapman, who came to California in the early ‘50s, and was engaged in mining until his death. Of the children horn of this marriage we mention the following: George E., who is farming a part of the old home place, married Clara Leonard; Frank L., also interested in farming on the old homestead, was road-overseer for several years; he married Nettie Gosling and has two children ; William H. married Rosa Chapman; Sophronia became the wife of W. A. Clark; and Loleta married Thomas H. Loney. The sons were educated in the public schools and in Napa College, and have been able assistants to their father in the development of the ranch. Each of the children has inherited from their parents those dualities that have given them a place with the representative people of their County.
Ever since locating in Gordon valley, William Gordon has aided in its development, assisting to construct roads, organized the Gordon school district and served as trustee for many years. In politics he is a Republican. although has never been an aspirant for office. His public spirit and regard for the welfare of the people have been frequently demonstrated and now in review­ing his life work, as he looks over his broad possessions he recalls the time when he was engaged in mining during the exciting period of 1848-9, when they were washing out their gold and often would get as much as $50 or more in one pan. He compares his present condition, when he is assured of an annual income, to the precarious occupation that he followed as a young man. Vr. Gordon is a quiet, conservative man, and while he has always worked to advance his own interests, has never neglected the duties of a citizen."

"Capay Valley, the Land & the People"Ada Merhof, pg 50-51., also p 354

The following excerpts were taken from "History of Yolo County, California, It's Resources and It's People", William O. Russell, editor, Woodland, California, 1940.

William Gordon was born on the frontier in Ohio territory of Scotch forbears. While still a boy, he moved to Jackson County, Missouri, which had only recently become part of the United States, and which was the home of the frontiersman, Daniel Boone. Boone urged all young men to go to California. "It is the paradise of this continent!" The old man urged to the time of his death. In the middle 1820's Gordon established headquarters along with several partners at Taos, New Mexico, and engaged in the Rocky Mountain fur trade until the horrors of Indian warfare ended his career as a trapper. He remained on the frontier in New Mexico and was associated with Kit Carson, Jedediah Smith and other mountain men. By 1841 he had married a native girl and acquired a family. He had difficulties with the Mexican government's supposition that he and his Americano friends were supporters of the Texas filibuster and planned to make New Mexico part of the United States. In 1841 they came to California by way of the Santa Fe Trail The California authorities ignored the warnings of the New Mexican government and granted Gordon and his partners a 48,000 acre Rancho La Puente where they established the town of El Monte, the first agricultural town in California, now a rich suburb of Los Angeles. There were twenty-five men in the party, four of whom were heads of families: Gordon, William Knight, Workman and Rowland. The following year they returned to New Mexico for their families. Gordon and Knight married sisters and Knight's oldest daughter, Mrs. J. W. Snowball recounted the trip. "The children of the train were carried over deserts and high hills, through deep canyons, and dense forests, in baskets swinging on the sides of gentle ponies. A basket hung from each side of the horse with a child, awake or sleeping safely tucked away. Occasionally the children climbed on the pony's back, or jumped to the ground to walk.

William Gordon ,William Knight, and J. R. Wolfskill, who married Knight's eldest daughter, Carmelita, came north together. It seems that Americans who married Mexicans were especially favored in grants. Gordon set himself up as overlord of Rancho Guesesosi on Cache Creek and Knight claimed title to Rancho Carmel on the Sacramento River. Wolfskill was overseer on his brother's Rancho on Putah Creek across from the present town of Winters.The Spanish "rancho" was a community of its own, with any number of adobe houses, a certain number of overseers and a vast number of Indian retainers, engaged in the raising of stock.

On 27 January of 1843 Governo Micheltorena granted William Gordon a rancho of two leagues of land in Capay Valley, assessed value of $11,000 with taxes of $107.49 in 1850. Here his first wife died in 1845 and he lived the life of a bachelor for ten years before marrying Elizabeth Corum. His eldest daughter, Isabele, and Nathan Coombs rode two mounted horses to Sutter's Fort and were married by Captain Sutter. She was just 14 years old. They returned to the ranch arriving about midnight and partook of a bridal feast of cold beef. Shortly after, Coombs purchased a Napa Valley ranch from Salvador Vallejo and they went there to live. Nathan Coombs took part in the Bear Flag Filibuster in 1846 under Knight's leadership. Gordon never took part in the Usurping of California nor the events that led up to it.

In 1851 William Gordon bought land in Napa County. It was named Gordon Valley after him.
In Yolo County he gave aid and comfort to many settlers suffering hardships on the trail from Oregon and Missouri. His place of frontier hospitality was a place of refuge for many old friends and new who traveled through the area and it is mentioned as a stopping place, sometimes for months, sometimes for years, in the many Yolo County Histories. The Grigsby-Ide imigrant train of 1845 stayed at Gordon's for part of that winter. The land was mostly used for grazing stock, but in the year 1844, William Gordon and William Knight were first to plant grain in the county of Yolo. Gordon also introduced hogs to the county that same year. In 1845 he harvested seven acres of wheat and
five acres of corn by using the water from Cache Creek which flowed from Clear Lake. William Gordon was Justice of the Peace of his precinct, the Capay Valley in1851.

Some of the younger members of Gordon's family emigrated to Yolo County from Jackson County, Missouri in 1855 and temporarily occupied a log house on Gordon's property. A Mrs. Grayson was with them.

Gordon came to California with nothing and built an estate out of perserverance and a willingness to undergo untold hardships. He retired about the time of the Civil War and moved into Lake County to spend the remainder of his life in his favorite sport-hunting. He died 3 October 1876.

The following excerpt was taken from the book, "Historic Spots in California", by Mildred Brooke Hoover, Douglas E. Kyle, Ethel G. Rensch:
Within what is now Yolo County, nine grants of land for permanent settlement were made by Mexican authorities between 1842 and the American conquest in 1846. Only five of these titles, however, were later confirmed by the United States government.
William Gordon, a native of Ohio who brought his family to California with the Workman-Rowland party in 1841, settled on Rancho Quesesosi in July 1842. This pioneering venture was located on a grant of two square leagues bisected by Cache Creek west of what is now Woodland. (The boundaries can be followed on County Roads 94B, 19 and 87 and SR16.) "Uncle Billy" Gordon had been a trapper and hunter in New Mexico, "rough, honest, and hospitable." His place on Cache Creek became a "general rendezvous for settlers and hunters" from 1843 to 1846. James Clyman, in his diary for July 12, 1845, noted that at the time of his visit, Gordon was the only permanent settler on Cache Creek. On this rancho the first wheat in Yolo County was grown. In a primitive building one mile from Gordon's home, the county's first school was started in 1847 with an enrollment of eight pupils. Gordon sold land and water right to James Moore, who began construction in 1856 of the first irrigation dam and ditch system to utilize the natural water supply of Cache Creek, which flows out of Clear Lake in the mountains of Lake County.
Rancho Quesesosi, more commonly known as Gordon's Ranch was sold in 1866, when William Gordon moved to Cobb Valley in Lake County, where he lived until his death in 1876. All that remains today is a family cemetery situated north of Cache Creek, near the former homesite on County Road 19 and marked with a plaque in 1948 by the Native Daughters of the Golden West.

CALIFORNIA PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX 1542 - 1848page 165 Gordon (Wm), 1841, nat. of Ohio, who became a Mex. citizen in N. Mex., where he married Maria Lucero, and came to Cal. in the Rowland-Workman party. iv. 277-9. In '42 came north to Sonoma, original passport. in my collection; and in '43 was grantee of Quesesosi rancho on Cache Cr., becoming the pio¤er settler of Yolo Co. Here he lived till about '66, then moved to Cobb Valley, Lake Co., where he died in '76, at the age of 75. His wife died in '44, her sister being the wife of Cyrus Alexander; and in '55 G. married Elizabeth Corum. One of his daughters, Mrs Sarah Ingraham, died in Gordon Val. '68; another, Isabel, was the wife of Nathan Coombs. 'Uncle Billy' had been a trapper in his early years, and continued to be fond of the hunt in Cal.; a rough, uneducated, honest, and hospitable man. In '43-6 his place on Cache Cr. was a general rendezvous for settlers and hunters, and is oftener mentioned than any other place except Sutter's Fort and Sonoma. It was in the vicinity of the modern town of Fremont. (my note: not Fremont, but Woodland) Portrait Yolo Co. Hist., 26; ment. iv. 573, 672; v. iii. 672.

An exerpt from "California Inter Pocula" by Hubert Howe Bancroft, p 629
John C Murphy one day innocently borrowed without permission a horse belonging to William Gordon, a strong-minded magistrate of Yolo County. Hearing of it, the justice sent the constable after Murphy, who was brought before Gordon, tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged that afternoon. The magistrate was in earnest; and it was with the utmost difficulty, and only by appealing to his sense of fairness, and to his reputation as a magistrate in criminating a man where the judge was prosecuter, that delay was gained. Finally the case was referred to another court, and the prisoner discharged, greatly to the disgust of Gordon who immediately resigned office, affirming he would no longer be judge where he could not administer justice.

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Gordon Age: 15 Estimated birth year: abt 1835 Birth Place: New Mexico Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Cache Creek, Yolo, California
Family:
Wm Gordon 50 Ranchero born, Ohio
Thomas 22 Ranchero born, N Mexico
John 20 Ranchero born, N Mexico
William 15 Ranchero born, N Mexico
note: Sarah and Joseph were living with their sister and her husband, Isabele and Nathan Coombs in Napa, California. Margaret and Jose Ricardo are not listed either place. (There is a Margaret Alexander age 4 living with Rufina and Cyrus Alexander in Sonoma in 1850. Could this be William's daughter, Margaret? Rufina is the sister to William Gordon's wife Maria, who died in 1845.)

1852 California State Censusabout Wm Gordon
Name: Wm Gordon
Race: White
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ohio
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Age: 52
Residence County: Yolo Last residence; Mexico
others with him: J Gordon age 23, born Mexico, rancher; Wm Gordon Jr, age 18, rancher, born Mexico; Jos Gordon, rancher, age 14, born Mexico

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: William Gordon
Age in 1860: 68 (looks like 60 to me)
Birth Year: abt 1792
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: Cache Creek
Value of real estate: $35,000, $38,000
Household Members: Name Age
William Gordon 68 (looks like 60 to me), stalk dealer
Elizabeth Gordon 38 born Virginia
William Gordon 22 New Mexico, Stalk dealer
Joseph Gordon 20 New Mexico, Stalk dealer
Robert Gordon 1 California (whose child is this? as he isn't on 1870 census)
William Walter 22 labor
John Gorden 25 New Mexico, Stalk dealer
M Seaburn 40 labor
Rosa Comore 28 ?
Olin Pattee 58 Shepherd

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Gordon
Estimated birth year: abt 1801
Age in 1870: 69
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Lower Lake, Lake, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: 6000, 300
Post Office: Lower Lake
Family and neighbors:
Elizabeth age 40 keeping house, born Kentucky
(no Robert Gordon)

William married Juana Maria LUCERO on 27 Jun 1826 in Taos, Taos, New Mexico, United States. Juana (daughter of Pedro Antonio LUSERO and Maria de la Luz FERNANDEZ) was born on 11 Oct 1805 in Taos, Mexican Territory; died in 1845 in Capay, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in , Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: ^
• _MARNM: Gordon
• _UID: C5AB2D939B838447AE7FD3D298FF2BE6935C

Notes:

at home

family cemetary on north bank of Cache Creek

Notes:

San Francisco del Rancho Toas, Mexican Territory

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• _UID: 5F06DA7289AD514488E8D2205415C6BFCC67

John married Mary TUTT in 1770 in Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of James TUTT and Ann HANSFORD) was born on 25 May 1752 in , Culpepper, Virginia, United States; died on 21 Jan 1807 in , Culpepper, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 94060BA0C9DAA0448382B66BC90C6F8DC376

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• _UID: 298A3FB8F9B9E0419F8A2AD37D1424A0F809

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Major War of 1812
Samuel Ashby inherited land in Kentucky from his father, John Ashby

Samuel married Martha Ann CLARKSON on 5 Dec 1793 in , Fauquier, Virginia, United States. Martha (daughter of Col. Henry CLARKSON and Dorcas TURNER) was born on 20 Jan 1778; died on 27 Mar 1829 in , Fauquier, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6114B1CB75076745A1D679855D9DB5AEEB29

Notes:

birthdate may be 20 Dec

Inventory 22 Jun 1829

Notes:

Virginia Marriages to 1800
Spouse 1: Ashby, Samuel
Spouse 2: Clarkson, Patsy
Marriage Date: 05 Dec 1795
Marriage Location: Virginia Fauquier County

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• _UID: EE577509D375EA40974B82F494FE3B419BB9

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Revolutionary War veteran, of Scottish descent, received bounty land in Adams Co. Ohio. He was a Pvt. in the 1st and 10th Va. Regiments. Farmer in the 1810 census of Adams Co. (info from "The Men of the California Bear Flag Revolt")
John Gordon is listed in Adams County Ohio tax records in AIS #1
1806 - pg 014 - no twp
1807 - pg 016 - "
1809 - pg 017 - "
1810 - pg 026 - "

AIS #2 John Gordon is listed in Adams County Ohio 1820 Census pg 014 Sprigg twp.

AIS #2 1820 Census, Ross County Ohio pg 232 lists Lancy Art in Chilicothe twp
1820 Census, Highland County Ohio pg 026 lists William Arte in Concord twp

Kit 26395 Pvgp44@aol.com Gordon Family GG52 (Common Ancestor: James Harvey Gordon b. 1794 SC Kit 36388 olveradr@aol.com John Gordon and Mary Elizabeth Art were from Westmoreland Co. PA (1790 census) The couple moved to Adams Co. Ohio by 1801 and in 1828 to Delaware Co. In. where they died, he in October 1832 and she about 1843. Their youngest son, William Henry Gordon was b. Adams Co OH in 1801. He left home at an early age, settling in Taos, NM where he m. Juana Maria Lucero in 1826. The family came to CA in 1841 with the Rowland-Workman Party. They settled in Yolo, Co. CA in 1842. One of Williams sons, Juan de Jesus (John) Gordon b. in Taos, NM had a son named William Pleasant Gordon, born in 1875 in CA. William Pleasant also had son, Joseph Kenneth Gordon, who was b. in CA in 1909.

John married Mary Isabel ART. Mary was born in in Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C878CF9D9CEAB44F80BAA47719229A4BAA8A

Pedro married Maria de la Luz FERNANDEZ on 5 Sep 1804 in Taos, Taos, New Mexico. Maria was born about 1788; was christened on 17 Feb 1788 in Taos, Taos, New Mexico; died after 1841 in Taos, Taos, New Mexico, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 0E8D3CDEBFC8D447A07737E6E2E716FE6874

Notes:

1841 census lists her as widow, age 40

Taos County, New Mexico
Taos Baptisms
Fernandes, Maria Luz 17 Feb 1788 Maria Luz de los Dolores, born in the Rancho of San Francisco on 15 Feb 1788, daughter of Antonio Fernandes and Margarita Romero, residents of this pueblo. Sponsors Juan Antonio Bargas? and his wife, Maria Natividad Lujan, residents of los Trampas?.