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Family/Spouse: Claude Scott SIMPSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Larry Scott SIMPSON

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Odd Fellows Cem

Byron married Lela Adele CHINN on 25 Dec 1909. Lela (daughter of Richard CHINN and Jennifer Kate PARKER) was born on 10 Jan 1887 in Capay, Yolo, California, United States; died on 28 Nov 1969 in , Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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birth and death dates from fam bible of marleen_mcknight @hotmail.com

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!Note: Richard and wife Jennie died of pneumonia, and one child died of cerebral/spinal menengitis, all in 1898. The other 3 children were raised by Jennie's brother, Freeman Major Parker.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Chinn
Home in 1880: West Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to head-of-household: Son
Father's name: Charles, Engineer
Father's birthplace: IN
Mother's name: Manerva J.
Mother's birthplace: IL
Occupation: Laborer
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Chinn 49
Manerva J. Chinn 47
Richard Chinn 19
Hugh Chinn 17

Richard married Jennifer Kate PARKER on 31 Jul 1884 in , Yolo, California, United States. Jennifer (daughter of John Robert PARKER and Sarah Ann DILLON) was born on 15 Sep 1867 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; died on 22 Jan 1898 in Guinda, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Esparto, Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Capay Cemetary

!NOTE: In 1898 Jennie and husband, Richard Chinn, died of pneumonia, and baby daughter died of cerebral/spinal menengitis. They are buried in Capay Cemetary in Esparto, California. Freeman Parker, Jennies brother, raised their other 3 small children

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Yolo County Marriage Index book E page 397.

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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Chars Chinn
Age in 1860: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1860: Grand River, Carroll, Missouri
Gender: Male
Post Office: De Witt
Household members:
Chars Chinn 30
Jane Chinn 27
Sarah A Chinn 6
Amanda Chinn 4
Mary Chinn 2
Dolly Chinn 11/12

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Chas Chinn
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Age in 1870: 40
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1870: Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate:
Post Office: Santa Rosa
Household Members: Name Age
Chas Chinn 40
Jane Chinn 38
Sarah A Chinn 16
Amanda Chinn 15
Mary Chinn 13
Dolly Chinn 12
Richd Chinn 9
Hugh Chinn 8
Olive Chinn 6



1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Charles Chinn
Home in 1880: West Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Indiana
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Manerva J.
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Engineer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Chinn 49
Manerva J. 47
Richard Chinn 19
Hugh Chinn 17

Charles married Minerva Jane MATHENY on 1 May 1852 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, United States. Minerva (daughter of MICHAEL MATHENY and MAHALA PENNINGTON) was born on 11 Aug 1832 in Illinois, United States; died on 5 Dec 1923 in , Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: sheep rancher and almond farmer
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• _UID: B159E505872C394A80245DF51B10FD0E56B1

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Things to do:
1. Check out if Jennifer and Luella were born in Des Moines?

Timeline for John Robert Parker:

1838 Nov 9, John born in Licking County Ohio
1861 Jul 4, John married Sarah Ann Dillon in Poweshiek County, Iowa
1862 Sep 1, first child, daughter, Flora H born in Poweshiek County,
1863 Jan 29, son, Durward Colley, born in Poweshiek County,
1863 Apr 17, daughter Flora died in Dresden, Poweshiek County,
1865 son, Everett, born in Poweshiek County, Iowa
1867 Sep 6, son Everett, died in Dresden,
1867 Sep 15, daughter, Jennifer Kate, born in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
1869 Aug 11, daughter, Louella, born in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
1870 Census, living in Jackson, Poweshiek, Iowa dwelling 129, with wife and 3 children
1873 Registered in California Register of voters
1874 Dec 14, son, Freeman Major, born in Hungry Hollow, Yolo, CA
1876 Jul 28, son, Eugene Dillon, born in Capay, Yolo, California
1880 Census, farming in East Cottonwood/ Fairview, Yolo, CA, with wife and 5 children, +1 cousin
1880 Sep 6, daughter, Eva Sarah, born in Capay, Yolo, California
1883 Sep 13, daughter, Mary Edna, born in Capay, Yolo, California
1886 Dec 15, son, Elbert Valentine, born in Capay, Yolo, California
1887 Jan, daughter, Lena, born in Yolo County, CA
1900 Census, living in Fairview, Yolo, CA with wife and 5 children
1901 Lena died in Yolo County, CA
1902 Feb 24, John Robert died in Esparto, Yolo, CA at age 63 from severe gripp and Pneumonia
1904 Jan 30, son Elbert died in Hungry Hollow, Yolo, CA


Parker Ranch was at Hungry Hollow

NOTE! A John Parker age 26, laborer was listed in 1860 census, Yolo County, Putah township on pg 43, # 339 (Probably not our John, Our John may have been at Pike's Peak, Colorado?)

DAR Records Vol 20 pg 163

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: John Parker
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Age in 1870: 32
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Jackson, Poweshiek, Iowa dwelling 129
Race: White
Gender: Male farrier
Value of real estate:
Post Office: Montezuma
Household Members: Name Age
John Parker 32 born Ohio
Sarah Parker 30 born Ohio
George Parker 6 born Iowa (In 1900 census records in CA, Durward was listed as
George D)
Kate Parker 3 born Iowa
Louellen Parker 1 born Iowa
John Parker 12 born Iowa (could this John be a cousin?)


1873, Aug 25: registered in the California Great Register of Voters as a farmer in Fairview, Yolo County, application # 5274, age 34, born Ohio.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: John Parker
Home in 1880: East Cottonwood and Fairview, Yolo, California
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Sarah
Father's birthplace: NY
Mother's birthplace: OH
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
John Parker 41
Sarah Parker 39
Durward Parker 16 son BP Iowa
Jennie Parker 12 dau "
Luella Parker 10 dau "
Freeman Parker 6 son BP CA
Eugene Parker 3 son "
William Parker 23 cousin BP OH

1890 California Great Register - living in Fairview, Yolo county- farmer

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: John Parker
Home in 1900: Fairview, Yolo, California
Age: 61
Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Ohio
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah
Race: White
Occupation:
Household Members: Name Age
John Parker 61
Sarah Parker 59 wife
Mary Parker 27 daughter
Freeman Parker 26 son
Albert Parker 14 son
Leta Parker 13 daughter
John Parker 8 son
Joshua Hays 39 servant

1902 buried in Capay Cemetary, Esparto, Yolo, California.
!NOTE: Birthdate may be 24 Nov 1838 or 39. !NOTE: He came from Iowa in early l870's and homesteaded in Hungry Hollow, (5-6 miles north of Capay). Where he was a sheep herder, cattle rancher and farmer. That is where he died. He was buried in th Odd Fellow's cemetery at Capay as he was a member of the Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)

The following is from, "Histoy of Yolo Co, California, Biographical Sketches, "John R. Parker" pg 768.:
"John was born at Newark, Licking County, Ohio and at the age of thirteen in 1851 he accompanied his parents from Ohio to Iowa settling in Poweshiek county, where he aided his father in the clearing of a government claim. In 1858-59 he made a trip to Pike's Peak at the time of the discovery of gold in Colorado. The trip peaked his interest in the west but was unsatisfactory from a moneyed standpoint and he returned to agriculture efforts on the home farm. He took up land for a homestead and spent many years in making improvements, bringing the soil under cultivation and securing ...whose broad fields of grain stretch from his barns in every direction,...While he gave his attention almost wholly to agriculture, there was a time in young manhood when he taught school and he continued in that profession for a very short period after his marriage, thus earning the money he needed for defraying indebtedness on his land.
Shortly after his arrival in Yolo county California in 1876, and his taking up of land, Mr. Parker went back into the hills near snow mountain, where he bought about three thousand acres of land. On this vast tract he herded a flock of three thousand head of sheep. The business proved profitable. He also owned an almond orchard of thirty acres in Hungry Hollow, but this he sold. He was active in general welfare and especially in the work of the Christian Church. He was a school trustee. He took no interest in public affairs. He was a citizen of sterling, rugged characteristics, of pronounced strength of character and unquestioned integrity in every relation of life."

He died from a brief illness of severe grippe followed by pneumonia.

note! The above article said that "eleven children were born of their marriage, but three of these died young, namely: Everett, John and Lena: and Elbert died in 1904." The 1900 Census shows John, Lena and Albert (Elbert) still alive.
Grave Markers in Iowa, Poweshiek County, List Flora H and Everett, children of John and Sarah Parker. Was perhaps Flora stillborn?

Yolo County Biographies Page 1 of 2
yolo County Biographies
John Robert PARKER
The laborious existence of a progressive Iowa farmer, whose broad fields of grain stretch from his barns in every direction, was exchanged for the radically different yet no less busy life of a California sheep-raiser when in 1876 Mr. Parker removed to the western coast as a permanent settler. Prior to the removal his life had been marked by few changes, the first of any importance having been the migration of the family from Ohio to Iowa when he was a lad of thirteen years, and the second event of prominence occurring when he made a trip to Pike's Peak at the time of discovery of gold in Colorado. The latter journey interested him in the west, but the results from a moneyed standpoint were unsatisfactory and he cheerfully returned to agricultural efforts on the home farm.
John Robert Parker was born at Newark, Licking county, Ohio, November 9,1838, and at the age of thirteen in 1851 he accompanied his parents, Timothy and Catharine (Trout) Parker, from Ohio to Iowa, settling in Poweshiek county, where he aided his father in the clearing of a government claim. Later he took up land for a homestead and spent many years in making improvements, bringing the soil under cultivation and securing those returns to which the efforts of capable farmers entitle them. While he gave his attention almost wholly to agriculture, there was a time in young manhood when he taught school and he continued in that profession for a very short period after his marriage, thus earning the money he needed for defraying indebtedness on his land.
The establishment of a home on an Iowa farm'followed the union of Mr. Parker with Miss Sarah Dillon, a native of Ohio and a woman of forceful personality and attractive qualities. Eleven children were born of the marriage, but three of these died young, namely: Everett, John and Lena; and Elbert died in 1904. Those now living are as follows: Durward C., Eugene D., Freeman, Jennie K., Luella, Eva and Mary E. The first-named son, a resident of Esparto, married Minnie Gates and is the father of two daughters. Eugene D., of Capay, Yolo county, married Daisy Goodnow and has two children, Milo and Fern. Freeman, who lives at Esparto, is married and has two sons, Ervin and Everett. The first-named daughter, Jennie K., is the wife of Richard Chinn and the mother of four children, John, Lela, Erma and Blanche. Luella, Mrs. Hugh Chinn, has four children, Lowell, Amy, Nella and Stella. Eva married Jack Simpson, a dairyman living at Meridian, Sutler county; they are the parents of three children, Elmo, Elmer and Vernon R. Mary E., the last-named member of the Parker family, married Paschal Moore and they are living on a dairy ranch near Woodland; their family comprises three children, Marvyn, Leoma and Ola.
Shortly after his arrival in Yolo county and his taking up of land, Mr. Parker went back into the hills, where he bought about three thousand acres of range land. On this vast tract he herded a flock of three thousand head of sheep. The business proved profitable, although the net returns were largely reduces through the depredations of wildcats, wolves and coyotes. In those days wild animals were plentiful and hunting excursions were frequent in the vicinity of the Snow mountain, where frequently Mr. Parker aided in the killing of bears. On his large ranch near Esparto he planted eight acres in an orchard which forms a valuable adjunct to the place. At one time he owned an almond orchard of thirty acres in Hungry Hollow, but this he sold. Throughout the long period of his residence in Yolo county he gave
consistent aid to all movements for the general welfare and especially helped in the work of the Christian Church, whose doctrines he upheld by precept and theory. His interest in educational progress led him to consent to serve as a school trustee, but as a rule he declined all offices and took no part whatever in public affairs and politics aside from voting the Republican ticket. When death came to him, February 24, 1902, it removed from the county one of its pioneer sheep-raisers and worthy ranchers, a citizen of sterling, rugged characteristics, of pronounced strength of character and unquestioned integrity in every relation of life.
Transcribed by Bea Barton
Source: "History of Yolo County, California" by Tom Gregory. Published by the Historic Record Company, Los Angeles,
California, 1913, pages 768 - 770
http://www.calarchives4u.com/Biographieshttp://www.calarchives4u.com/Biographies/yolo/yolo-park.htm 2/6/2007

John married Sarah Ann DILLON on 4 Jul 1861 in , Poweshiek, Iowa, United States. Sarah (daughter of John DILLON and Jane BABB) was born on 5 May 1841 in , Belmont, Ohio, United States; died on 30 Nov 1932 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Capay Cemetery, Esparto, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925
about Sarah Ann Dillon
Name: Sarah Ann Dillon
Birth Year: abt 1841
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Female
Census Date: 1856
Residence State: Iowa
Residence County: Cedar
Locality: Iowa
Roll: IA_49
Line: 6
Family Number: 25
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Dillon 53
Jane Dillon 45
Catherin J Dillon 22
Elizabeth E Dillon 20
Peter C Dillon 18
Sarah Ann Dillon 15
Amy H Dillon 12
Peter K Walters 2

1920 Census CA, Yolo, Esparto-Sarah was living with her daughter Luella Chinn and son in law Hugh Lee Chinn
1930 Census : CA, Yolo, Esparto living with son, Durward

Yolo County Death records pg 74, cause of death Senility, arterial scleriosis. She died at the home of her daughter, Eva Simpson, residence on east Main St. Woodland. informant D. C. Parker. She is buried in the Capay Cemetary, Esparto, Yolo, California.

According to daughter in law, Ora Mae, Sarah was a cranky old lady. (probably due to the senility) One day she told Ora Mae, "You stole my slip." and proceeded to look through all of Ora's drawers. Sarah had it on the whole time. (this was told to me by Elinor Parker)

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah F Parker (I read Sarah A. Parker)
Home in 1930: Esparto, Yolo, California
Age: 88
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Household Members: Name Age
Durward Parker 67
Helen H Parker 49
Cotesby Hubbard 25 step son
Sarah F Parker 88 Mother
Jennie D Holt 59 sister in law
Dean E Hubbard 22 step daughter