"Mary A. Miller" wrote:
I seek information on Smith Valley Pioneers, including:
S. Baldwin and family
J.B. Lobdell
Mank Mather family
Mrs. W.R. Johnson who wed Hank Mather
W.L. Hall who homesteaded in Dersert Creek area with
D.C. Simpson
Jack Wright and Len Hamilton (he's from Ohio) who build the hotel in
Wellington that later sold to Daniel Wellington around l864.
Zadoc Pierce who built the Heyday Inn in Wellington, l870s
Frank Rivers
H.M. Schooley
C.C. Tidd
Jay Irwin who helped dig the Irwin Ditch
L.C. Hobart who owned a two-story frame white house near Wellington
S.M. Burbakn or brother, S.E. Burbank
M.L. Hovey, a homesteadeA.W. Hawley, a rancher
Thonmas, Frank, and sis Mary Kingsley
Mary Hoye, originally from Ireland, who with husband, John Hoye from
England, built the Wellington Mercantile in Wellington
W.E. Reading who came from Bridgeport to buy Zadoc Pierce's Heyday Inn
and operated the inn, store, and blacksmithing.
H.M. Schooley who was avid school board member and farmer, and his wife
who reared a motherless girl, Margaret Palmtag.
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