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Source:  Photo of original at Yuba County Library by Kathy Sedler

MARYSVILLE PIONEER SOCIETY

("History of Yuba County" by Thompson & West)

Thirty-three gentlemen assembled at the City Hall, February 20, 1869, and organized this society by adopting a constitution and by-laws, and electing the following officers: - G.N. Swezey, President; James T. Dickey and James G. Dow, Vice-Presidents; J.B. Leaman, Recording Secretary; Wm. G. Murphy, Corresponding Secretary; Wm. H. Hartwell, Treasurer; Dr. S.M. Miles, Dr. E. Teegarden, James Williamson, J.C. Smith, John Keller, A.W. Cutts, and J.A. Murray, Directors.  Sections one and two of the Constitution are as follows: -

"This Association shall be called the Marysville Pioneer Society.  Its object will be to cultivate the social virtues of its members, to collect and preserve information connected with the early settlement of the country, and to perpetuate the memory of those whose sagacity, enterprise, and love of independence induced them to settle in the wilderness and become the germ of a new State."

"This Society shall be composed of native Californians, foreigners and citizens of the United States resident in California prior to the ninth of September, 1850, and their male descendants who have attained the age of eighteen years, who shall be entitled to all the privileges and benefits of the Society.  Honorary and life members may be admitted in accordance with the provisions contained in the by-laws."

The society had a membership of one hundred and twenty-five, and had at one time one hundred and thirty-five.  The property amounts to $250.  Regular meetings are held the last Monday in each month at the City Hall.  The present officers are: - L. H. Babb, President; A.J. Batchelder, Vice President; A.J. Cumberson, Secretary; Wm. M. Bell, Treasurer; B. Bigelow, Marshal.

LIST OF MEMBERS

Those marked * were charter members.  Those marked + are dead.  [Further information added by Kathy Sedler.]

Burials in Brownsville Cemetery, 3 - Browns Valley Cemetery, 1 - Marysville City Cemetery, 45 - Marysville Jewish Cemetery, 2 - Peoria Cemetery, 3 - St. Joseph's, 4 - Sutter Cemetery, 1 - Wheatland Cemetery, 2 - Yuba City Cemetery, 7 - and others

Name Year of arrival in California Nativity [Route] [Place of burial]   Name Year of arrival in California Nativity [Route] [Place of burial]
Lyman Ackley 1849 New Jersey       Henry Eilerman 1850 Germany Overland Marysville City
Thomas Alpaugh 1849 New York       G. S. Ely 1849 Connecticut   Sutter
Jackson Arnot [Arndt] 1849 Pennsylvania       *+G. W. Fairlee [Farley] 1849 Ohio Overland Marysville City
L. H. Babb 1849 New Hampshire Isthmus Brownsville   *H. M. Gazley 1849 New York    
Charles Baird 1849 Ohio       +John Geltzhauser 1849 Germany Overland Marysville City
Herndon Barrett 1850 Virginia Santa Fe     Milton B. Gordon 1850 Pennsylvania    
A. J. Batchelder 1850 Massachusetts Cape Horn Marysville City   *H. S. Graves 1849 Connecticut Overland  
William M. Bell 1849 Pennsylvania Cape Horn Marysville City   T. H. Hains 1850 Ohio    
Benjamin Bigelow 1850 Nova Scotia Cape Horn Marysville City   Francis Hamblin 1849 Maine Overland  
E. M. Binninger 1849 Illinois   Peoria   +E. Hamilton 1849 Massachusetts Isthmus Marysville City
S.A. Blake 1849         James H. Hanson 1850 Maryland   Hanson Cemetery
J. M. Blanchard 1849 Kentucky       C.C. Harrington 1850 Rhode Island Isthmus Marysville City
S. Blodgett 1850 New York       +William H. Hartwell 1850 Maine Isthmus Marysville City
J. M. Braden 1849 Pennsylvania       Henry Heitman 1849 Germany Overland Marysville City
*S.T. Brewster 1849 New York Isthmus Marysville City   A. J. Hewitt 1850 Virginia    
*John G. Briggs 1849 New York Overland St. Joseph   Francis Heyland 1850 Illinois    
I.E. Brown 1849 Maine   Brownsville   H. M. Hollister 1850 Massachusetts    
Thomas Brown 1849 England   Marysville City   Edward Hooper 1849 Maryland Overland Marysville City
S.R. Chandler 1849 Ohio   Yuba City   +Charles R. Howe 1850 Massachusetts Overland Marysville City
*F. C. Chase 1849 Massachusetts   Marysville City   *+William K. Hudson 1849 Maine Cape Horn Marysville City
E. G. Clark 1849 [Maine]   Marysville City   G. P. Hunt 1850 England Isthmus Marysville City
Jacob Brown Clark 1849 Tennessee   Yuba City   James Hunter 1850 Ohio Overland  
Joseph Clark 1850 Pennsylvania   Yuba City   H.F. Hyde 1849 Massachusetts Overland San Jose
E. H. Clements 1849 Alabama       Charles Justis 1850 Pennsylvania    
M.S. Cleveland 1849 New York       +Gabriel Katzenstein 1850 France Isthmus Marysville Jewish
Thomas S. Clyma 1850 Wisconsin Overland     *John Keller 1849 France Isthmus Marysville City
C. Cockrill 1849 Kentucky Overland     +T. W. Kent 1850 Maine Cape Horn Marysville City
J. G. Cornell 1849 New York Overland Marysville City   *Henry Kerns 1849 Ireland Overland St. Joseph
Charles Covillaud son of pioneer California       Joseph H. Kerns son of pioneer California    
L. F. Crafts 1850 Pennsylvania       Philip W. Keyser 1849 Maryland Cape Horn Yuba City
L. P. Crane 1849 Pennsylvania       John Kupser 1849 Switzerland Overland Yuba City
L. T. Crane 1849 Maine [Penn.] Overland Brownsville   Joseph Lask 1849 Prussia Isthmus  
*+Antoine Cretian 1849 France       *James B. Leaman 1849 Pennsylvania Isthmus  
Lucien Cretian 1849 New York   St. Joseph   B. R. Lippincott 1849 Pennsylvania    
Domingo Cuadro 1849 Chili <sic> By sea Marysville City   A. J. Lucas 1850 New York Overland Marysville City
*A. J. Cumberson 1849 New York Cape Horn Marysville City   +E. Mattoon 1849 Massachusetts Cape Horn Marysville City
A. W. Cutts 1849 Maine Cape Horn Marysville City   V.C. Mau 1849 Pennsylvania    
A. D. Cutts son of pioneer Maine Isthmus Marysville City   *W. K. McClintock 1849 Massachusetts    
D.C. Day 1850 Ohio       W. A. McLaughlin 1850 Maine Cape Horn Peoria
Thomas Deane 1850 Virginia       John V. McMurty 1849 Kentucky Overland Yuba City
William Delvine 1849 Belgium       William McMurty 1849 Kentucky   N. Butte
*James Devalt 1849 [Ohio]   Marysville City   George Merritt 1849 New York Isthmus Marysville City
*James T. Dickey 1849 Alabama Mexico Marysville City   *+S. M. Miles 1849 Connecticut Mexico Marysville City
*James G. Dow 1849 Ireland       E.W. Mull 1850 Pennsylvania Overland San Francisco
William Downie 1849 New York       *William G. Murphy 1846 Tennessee Overland Yuba City
Stephen Eaton 1849 New York Overland              
                     
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*+J.A. Murray 1850 New York       +John Smith 1849 New York Overland  
D. P. Newbert 1849 Maine Isthmus     *John C. Smith 1849 Ohio Overland Marysville City
G. W. Nicholsen 1849 Virginia Overland     N.D. Smith 1849 Massachusetts    
*G. R. Nightingill 1849 Ohio Overland Marysville City   *Tartan Smith 1849 Virginia Overland  
A. L. Noyes 1850 New Hampshire Cape Horn     John C. Spangler 1850 Germany   St. Joseph
A. W. Oakley 1850 New York   Wheatland   James B. Stafford 1849 Ohio   Aurora, Illinois
W. H. Perdue 1850 Maryland Cape Horn     R. K. Stevenson 1850 North Carolina    
Milton Pierson 1849 Ohio Overland     O. P. Stidger 1849 Ohio Overland N. San Juan
E. H. Pratt 1849 Massachusetts       Charles E. Stone 1849 Massachusetts Cape Horn Peoria
Daniel Prescott 1850 Maine       L.S. Sullinger 1849 Kentucky    
Aaron Pugh 1850 Ohio       *+G. N. Swezy 1849 New York Cape Horn Marysville City
W. M. Rackerby 1849 Missouri Overland Upham   Charles E. Swezy son of pioneer California    
J. M. Reese 1850 New York       +H. S. Taylor 1849 England Isthmus Browns Valley
S. J. S. Rogers 1850 Massachusetts Isthmus Marysville City   *Eli Teegarden 1850 Ohio Isthmus Marysville City
E. C. Ross 1850 New York [Mass.] Mexico Marysville City   *Charles H. Thurston 1847 New Jersey Cape Horn  
George P. Russell 1849 New Hampshire Overland Marysville City   Jacob Tomb 1850 Pennsylvania    
C.F. Scholl 1850 Wurtemberg       *J. R. Totman 1850 New York    
*H. H. Schussler 1849 Alabama       H. R. D. Townsend 1849 New York   Marysville City
*John Seaward 1849 Maine Cape Horn Marysville City   James Traynor 1849 Pennsylvania Mexico Marysville City
*+L. R. Sellon 1849 New Jersey Overland Marysville City   Albert G. Turner 1849 Maine    
*Newton Sewell 1849 Ohio       Peter Van Clief 1849 Ohio    
H.J. Shulee   Germany       +Henry Weil 1850 Germany Overland Marysville Jewish
H.F. Shultz 1849         *C. Westenhaver 1849 Ohio Overland Marysville City
+Theodore Sicard 1833 France   Wheatland   *A.P. Willey 1849 Maine   Marysville City
Andrew J. Sluman 1849 Massachusetts   Marysville City   *James Williamson 1849 Scotland    

 

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