Listers,
I have finally completed my adaptation of my
grandmother's true (unpublished at the time of
her death) manuscript "No Wealth for Levinia." My
grandmother was the granddaughter of Levinia.
The back cover reads:
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"Levinia Perry arrived in Mountain City, Colorado
Territory, from Cornwall, England, on September
21, 1863. The day she stepped off the stagecoach,
she married her sweetheart, Hugh Champion, who
had waited two long years for that day.
This book, authored by her granddaughter, Amy
Hoskin Hill, and adapted by the authors
grandson, Dennis Mayfield, tells the true story
of Levinias struggles in the mining town that became Central City, Colorado.
Life was not easy for this couple. Four of their
ten children had died by the time Hugh passed
away at an early age. Two more had died by the time Levinia passed away.
In addition to cultural differences, they endured
cycles of births, deaths, floods, fires, feast
and famine as the town grew with the discovery of
gold and cycled back to poverty for her and her family.
Dennis Mayfield provides a Foreword, telling how
it came about that this story is finally
published 27 years after the death of the author.
It includes a brief description of the difficult life of this pioneer family.
He then follows his grandmothers Epilogue with
an Afterword that includes the disposition of
many of Levinias belongings and genealogy
information. He also reveals if a very important
promise made to Levinia was fulfilled."
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The book includes all the known descendants of Hugh and Levinia.
HUGH CHAMPION was born at Pen Pal, Hayle,
Cornwall, England on September 7, 1838. He
immigrated to Gregory Gulch, Colorado Territory
in 1861 to do hard rock-mining. He died of
silicosis in Central City on January 1, 1886, at
the age of 48. He was buried in the family lot
in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Central
City. His burial site is in front of the large
Champion stone and is marked Father.
LEVINIA PERRY CHAMPION was born at Pen Pal, Hayle
Cornwall, England June 26, 1837. She immigrated
to America in 1863, to join Hugh Champion. They
were married at Central City, Colorado on
September 26, 1863. She died at the age of 75 at
Central City on April 7, 1912. Her body was
placed in the family lot in the Knights of
Pythias Cemetery in Central City, beside that of
her husband, Hugh, and six of their ten
children. Her burial site is in front of the
large Champion stone and is marked Mother.
WILLIAM JOHN CHAMPION (I) was born on September
23, 1864. He died August 11, 1865, at less than
one year old. He was first buried in a
churchyard, but when his sister Lillie (I), died
and was buried in the family lot in the Knights
of Pythias Cemetery, he was moved to be next to
his sister. The gravesite is no longer marked.
LILLIE CHAMPION (I) was born January 31, 1866.
She died September 7, 1866, less than eight
months old. She was buried in the family lot in
the Knights of Pythias Cemetery. The gravesite is no longer marked.
EDITH CHAMPION (I) was born November 24,
1867. She died July 17, 1877, less than ten
years old. She was buried in the family lot next
to her brother William John (I) and sister Lillie
(I) in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery. The gravesite is no longer marked.
WILLIAM JOHN CHAMPION II (known as Will and
Willie) was born July 27, 1869. He died of
silicosis January 20, 1906, at 38 years of
age. He was buried in the family lot in the City
Cemetery. The gravesite is no longer marked.
LILLIE CHAMPION II was born July 10, 1871. She
died July 14, 1960, at the age of 89 at
Sacramento, California. She was buried next to
her husband, Samuel John (Jackie) Hoskin. Jackie
was buried in the Masonic Cemetery, plot 105-182, in Sacramento, California.
ALBERT CHAMPION was born at Caribou, Colorado
March 5, 1874. He died July 8, 1926, of asthma
at the age of 52 at Sacramento, California. He
was buried in Sacramento, California.
EMILY CHAMPION was born June 2, 1876. She died
April 5, 1894 at age 18. She was buried in the
family lot in the Knights of Pythias
Cemetery. Her burial site is in front of the
large Champion stone and is marked Emily.
EDITH CHAMPION II was born November 25,
1877. She died at the age of 85 in Mill Valley,
California. She was buried next to her husband,
Albert, in Sacramento, California.
JOHN SHERMAN CHAMPION, born February 11,
1880. He died April 23, 1880, at less than three
months old. He was buried next to his brother,
William John, and his sisters, Edith (I) and
Lillie (I), in the Knights of Pythias
Cemetery. The gravesite is no longer marked.
MABEL CHAMPION was born January 5, 1882. She
died November 28, 1973, at the age of 91. She
was buried near her husband, William, and
granddaughter, Joannie, in Sacramento, California.
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To review selected pages of the book and see
other information about the book go to:
www.blurb.com and enter the title of the book No
Wealth for Levinia in the search field.
Click on the BOOK COVER. There you can:
Review selected book pages
Click on the PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR to read more about the Author
Order the book...
The book can also be ordered by calling BookCrafters at 720.851.0397.
Of course I will be happy to provide any detail
of this family to the list. The family line is
also documented on my web site
www.casamayfield.com under Champion Photos and
Champion Family Tree Maker reports.
Dennis Mayfield