James B. HAMPTON

                   940 acres per copy of Adrian, Michigan Newspaper article, no date, no name of paper

Age 40

Accession/Serial #: CACAAA 038680 BLM Serial #: CACAA 038680 160 acres

Age 60

Age 70

Block B Lot 4 Grave 30

Discrepancy on marriage dates
Film 1293782:
Julia Reyer to Elbert L. Hampton 19 Nov 1883 by E. H. Hackett in Tehama, Bk E.
Pg. 25 (Marriage Certificate, State of California, Tehama County)

«b»Film 1064667:«/b»
Elbert L. Hampton - 22 yrs. born Michigan to Julia Reyer - 19 yrs born
California - 21 Dec 1884.
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Film 1293784«/b» Vol. E. Tehama Marriage Records Pg. 25
Elbert L. Hampton, native of Michigan age 22 years, resident of Tehama, Tehama, California and Julia Reyer, native of California, age 19, resident of Tehama, Tehama, California married 19 November 1883 in Tehama, California - Witnesses W. J. Clark, resident of Tehama, Tehama, California & J. F. Barkley, resident of Tehama, Tehama, California. by E. H. Hackett, Minister of the Gospel

Will dated 8 March 1910 - Paynes Creek stockman 1908
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Obituary-Red Bluff Daily News, Thursday Evening, January 11, 1934   1:3«/b»
Bert Hampton dies Wednesday Evening From Long Illness - Tehama County lost one of its most widely known citizens last night in the passing of Elbert L. Hampton, 73, retired cattleman, who was known to hundreds of friends as "Bert" Hampton.  Death occurred at the family home on the Red Bluff-Susanville highway a few miles east of Paynes Creek.  The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ellen Hampton, and two sons, Elbert and Olen.  There was also five grandchildren.  Hampton was a native of Michigan.  He came to California 50 years ago, and for the past 48 years had resided in the Paynes Creek and Mineral districts.  He was the owner for many years of the property know as Mineral.  He disposed of these holdings several years ago.  Last summer, Hampton returned to his old home in Michigan for a visit.  He also attended the Century of Progress exposition at Chicago.  He made the trip by automobile truck in company with two of his nephews.  He was a member of the Red Bluff Lodge of Odd Fellows and that organization will have charge of the funeral services to be held at the Fickert Chapel at 3:00 o'clock, Friday afternoon.  Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Woodland Daily Democrat - 11 January 1934 Pg. 1«/b»
Tehama Cattleman Dies at Residence
Red Bluff - Elbert L. Hampton, 73, retired. Tehama county cattleman, resident of the Paynes Creek District for 48 years, passed away at his home last night following an extended illness.  He leaves his widow, Mrs. Ellen Hampton, and two sons Elbert and Olen.

«b»Taken from article in Red Bluff Genealogical Magazine 1984
«/b»In 1894, Bert Hampton homesteaded 480 acres, mostly on Martin Creek, a fourth mile east of present Mineral.  His son, Olen, was born in their first cabin there.  Hampton started selling hay to travelers, and since traffic increased steadily, in 1900 he erected two big barns, a store, several cabins and corrals.  These buildings were east of the present lodge. In 1902 he volunteered to run the Mineral Post Office from his small store.  The community took on the name of its new post office, and Bert Hampton became its first postmaster.  Hampton operated his resort until 1919, adding a kitchen, dining room, upstairs bedrooms, and a smokeroom.  In 1919 it was purchased by two Corning businessmen, Warren N. Woodson and Fred G. Beresford.

Around 1898 Elbert Hampton built a hotel near the present site of the Mineral Lodge. The structure cost him little to build but the labor.  The hotel was a very popular place for travelers to stay. It was a very friendly place, the meals were served family style. A huge bell was used to call the men in to dinner. This bell can be see at Mineral School where it used to call the children to school. There was a huge barn at the rear used to keep teams and hay during the winter months. This was a prominent place for early cattle drives through Mineral. This hotel is now owned by H.K. Beresford and is used as his home. The original building has been remodeled but still appears the same as in the early days. This is the oldest structure still remaining in Mineral. The barn is no longer standing.  It was burned this past winter (1961).

«b»Funeral Record received from Hoyt-Cole Funeral Home, Red Bluff, CA July 2002 by Diana Wilberg.  Hoyt-Cole bought out Fickert Funeral Home.
«/b»No 39 - date January 12, 1934
Name of deceased: Elbert L. Hampton - white - born Michigan
Husband of Ellen Hampton - Charge to Mrs. Ellen Hampton, Paynes Creek, California
Date of Funeral 12 January 1934 - residence Paynes Creek, CA
Died: Paynes Creek, CA
Funeral services at Chapel 3:30 PM - Clergyman: Dr. R.S. Eastman of Red Bluff
Certifying physician: H.H. Zimmerman of Red Bluff
Died of Carcinoma of stomach
Date of death: 10 January 1934 - cattleman
Retired - Married - born 14 December 1860 - age 73 yrs 0 months 27 days
Father James B. Hampton born Michigan
Mother ?Bacon born Michigan
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Inscription found on headstone viewed by Diana Wilberg in Person July 2002 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Tehama, California . Burial Location : B, 4, 30 - Fickert Funeral Home - died 1/12/1934
Bert Hampton - born December 14, 1860 - died January 10, 1934

Tehama birth register shows a male child being born
Hampton - born 7-18-90 in Tehama to Bert Hampton - wife (not given)

«b»CADI 1930«/b» - Hampton, Elbert L - Spouse E - 73 yrs - County 52 (Tehama) - died 10 January 1934
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Tehama County Pioneer Register by Keith Lingenfelter«/b»
Elbert L. (son of James B. and _______Bacon)
born - Michigan 24 December 1860
died - 10 January 1934
married - Julia M. Reyer 19 Nov 1883 (Julia born CA 17 September 1864 - died 17 March 1910 - daughter of ______and Nancy Wild)
Elbert was a Tehama laborer 1882. Paynes Creek farmer in 1910. Brand recorded in 1885.
c. 1880 Tehama
G.R. 1882, 1910
T.Co. Marriages 1883
M.T. Co. Book 8, Pg. 87
T.Co., Registry of Old Brands
U/P/M. Hitchcock: History of Branding Iron
L.T.Co. P.
F & L Oak Hill

No SSN

Elbert L. Hampton buried at B-4-30 - funeral home was Fickert - DOI/DOD- 1/12/1934
Block 42B

Elbert left Michigan for California in 1880

Pg. 354-356
"In about 1894 Elbert "Bert" Hampton homesteaded 160 acres, which included the present site of Mineral.  He later purchased another 320 acres, which made his property in the Mineral area, a total of 480 acres. Around 1898 Hampton built a combination home and stage stop hotel.  Hampton's hotel was a very popular place for travelers to stay, with meals served family style.  A huge bell was used to call the guests to dinner.  The bell was later moved to Mineral School where it was used to call the children to school.  Near the hotel were corrals and a huge barn used to store hay and shelter teams of horses during the winter months.  It was a prominent stopping place for early cattle drives through Mineral, too.

In about 1906 Hampton built a store.  He also constructed several cabins and another newer store building sometime before 1920.  A restaurant business was then conducted in the old store building.  Hobart Moulton remembered staying at Hampton's "resort" in 1918. "We had a log cabin with bunks filled with fresh straw. . . and a cook stove.  we got a bucket of water out of the ditch.  Each cabin had an outhouse out back.  We had a kerosene lantern for light."  (Some of the cabins have been remodeled and are still being used today in 2006.  The cabins are located on Amanda Way, east of the present Mineral Store.)

In June 1894, a post office was established at Morgan Springs (now known as the Hanna ranch near Childs Meadows) and was named Mineral post office after the mineral baths located there.  In 1902 the post office was moved into a building at Bert Hampton's place, but it maintained its previous name of Mineral.  Hampton's place began to be referred to as Mineral, and Mr. Hampton had no objection.  Subsequently Mineral became the name for the mountain community, surrounding Hampton's "Resort." When the post office was moved, Bert Hampton became the first postmaster at what was then known as Battle Creek Meadows.  He remained postmaster until his resignation in 1925, when Katherine Beresford then became postmaster.

Besides Bert Hampton's many enterprises, his sons, Elbert and Olen were well known for taking tourists up to climb Mount Lassen.  Hampton ran his business with great success until two Corning businessmen, Fred B. Beresford and Warren Woodson, Sr., bought the property in January 1920.  After Fred's death in February 1922, his son, Harold K. "Husky" Beresford inherited his share of the property.  Mr., Woodson and Husky Beresford, among other improvements, put in a gold course just west of the store, which had six holes north of the highway and three holes on the south side. Later lots were sold for development.

«b»1900 Federal Census - Sierra, Tehama, CA«/b»
Hampton, Bert, head, 39, born Dec 1860 in Michigan, Parents born Michigan
Hampton, Julia, wife, 35 yrs, born Sept 1864 in CA, father born Ger, mother born Eng
Hampton, Elbert, son, 15 yrs , born Jan 1885 in CA, at school
Hampton, Olen, son, 8 months, born Sept 1899 in CA
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1920 Federal Census - Paynes Creek, Tehama, CA«/b»
Hampton, Bert L., head, 59 yrs, widow, born Michigan, stock raiser
Hampton, Olen J., head, 21 yrs, born CA, farm laborer
Hampton, Millie H, wife, 19 yrs, born CA, father born Neb, mother born CA
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San Francisco Call 6 May 1900«/b»
«b»Discredits Mt. Lassen Eruption Story - Old resident of the Vicinity Says That Fog Banks Have Been Mistaken for Smoke
«/b»Perhaps the best informed man in this section of the State in regard to the reported eruption of Mount Lassen is Bert Hampton, who lives at Battle Creek Meadows, nine miles from the peak.  Mr. Hampton takes no stoke whatever in the volcano theory.  He says:  "I have lived almost at the foot of Mount Lassen for ten years and have never heard any of the rumblings that have been spoken of nor any evidences whatever of volcanic eruption.  There are numerous hot springs and geysers surrounding the foot of the mountain and this fact no doubt accounts for many of the exaggerated stories.  The so-called smoke is always seen when south winds traveling sixty miles an hour are blowing at a high altitude.  Fog or vapor is carried up Mill Creek Canyon, which ends at the south side of Mount Lassen.  High winds carry the vapor above the surface of the mountain and it can be plainly seen for a distance of fifty or sixty miles.  It frequently happens that a dense fog will hide my barn from the house, and it will travel along the mountain, and when it rises above the horizon it can only be distinguished from smoke by experienced eyes.  There is no danger of any volcanic eruption, and these stories are started by intervals by people who do not understand the surroundings.

«b»1870 US Census«/b» - Elbert Lincoln Hampton - age 10 living in Franklin, Lenawee, Michigan
«b»1880 US Census«/b» - Elbert Lincoln Hampton - age 20 living in Blaylock Umatilla, Oregon, USA
«b»1895 Property-«/b» Elbert L. Hampton - age 35 living in Paynes Creek, Tehama, California; Mineral, Tehama, California - 940 acres per copy of Adrian, Michigan newspaper article, no date, no name of paper
«b»1900 US Census«/b» - Elbert L. Hampton - age 40 living in Sierra Township, Tehama, California
23 Mar 1901 - Land Patent - Elbert L. Hampton - age 40 - Tehama County, California, USA - Accession/Serial#: CACAAA 038680 BLM Serial #; CACAAA 038680 160 acres
«b»1920 US Census«/b» - Elbert L. Hampton - 60 years living in Paynes Creek, Tehama, California
2 May 1926 - Elbert L. Hampton married to Ellen Reyer Ballow (Julia Reyer's sister) Elbert age 65
«b»1930 US Census«/b» - Elbert L. Hampton - age 70 living in Red Bluff, California
10 Jan 1934 - Elbert Hampton - Red Bluff, Tehama, CA - Red Bluff Daily News & Times Sentinal Pg. 6:5 - carcinoma of the stomach
Certified copy of death certificate, county of Tehamna, State of California 000098887
http://www.calarchives4u.com/cemeteries/tehama/oakhill-h.txt
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History from Ancestry.com - Bert Hampton - We Are Not Forgotten«/b»
*1894-1921, Mt. Lassen
*Bert Hampton was born in Michigan, 14 December 1860, was married Nov 1883 to Julia, who was born 17 September 1863.  They had two sons, Elbert and Olen.  In 1894,
Bert Hampton homesteaded 480 acres at Mineral Springs.  He built a hotel, restaurant and general store, also two large barns and three log cabins.  They moved the post office from Morgan Springs to Mineral Springs, and shortened the name to Mineral.  This was a stage stop.  He raised lots of meadow hay and sold hay to travelers.  When he first started his store and restaurant, Gorham King, his friend in Red Bluff, who managed Cone and Kimball, stocked him in groceries and supplies on credit until he had a good income coming in.

He prospered and brought 640 acres from John Morgan in Lanes Valley.  Olen, Elbert and Bert also homesteaded on South Battle Creek and Spring Creek.  Later on they bought 480 acres from Jill Fullbright of Manton.  They ran cattle and drove them to the mountains for summer pasture.  Bert was a hard working man, very friendly and had a lot of friends that would flock to his resort every summer.  He had saddle horses.

Elbert and Olen would take tourists up to climb Mt. Lassen.  I can remember his General Store and Post Office.  He would sell you 10 cents worth of candy.  He said, "It is not good for you lad".  He had striped candy bags.  I thought they were beautiful.  I can remember the stages that used to stop for lunch.  The passengers would get out and dust themselves off.  The stages were large touring cars, they put curtains on when it rained.

Bert operated the resort until 1919, when it was purchased by Fred Beresford and Warren Woodson of Corning.  Bert stayed on as Postmaster until 9 April 1925.  H.K. "Husky" Beresford took over the resort in 1821.  Katherine Beresford took over as Postmaster.

Pg. 65 "Memories of Hobart Moulton", We stayed all night at Bert Hampton's resort.  We had a log cabin with bunks filled with fresh straw.  We had a cookstove.  We got a bucket of water from the ditch.  Each cabin had an outhouse out back.  We had a kerosene lantern and lamp for light."
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San Francisco Call - 24 January 1903 - Volume 93, Number 55«/b»
Redding, January 23 - Stage Plunges Into Washout

Wells-Fargo Express Messenger D.N. Haskell had an extraordinary escape from being killed last night as the result of an accident that befell the Redding and Weaverville stage.

The stage left Redding on time.  Rain was falling and the roads were heavy.  At French Gulch horses were changed and Bert Hampton took the lines for the drive to Weaverville.  Messenger Haskell was the only other person on the stage.

At 11:15 o'clock last night the stage reached the usual fording place on East Weaverville Creek about a mile and a half below Weaverville.  The creek was a raging torrent and it was absolutely impossible to make the ford.  Hampton turned the team accordingly and started down the creek for a point about half a mile away where he was certain that he could succeed in crossing.  It was pitch dark, rain was falling in torrents, and the night was cold.  The leaders ran into an open cut that had been washed in the road and sank out of sight, the outfit piling on top.
Hampton started on foot for Weaverville.  Haskell stood guard over the outfit and while he was doing so the earth caved in carrying him in on top of the horses.  How he escaped he cannot tell.  The leaders are now lying along the road and the outfit is tied up.

«b»We Are Not Forgotten by Hobart Moulton«/b»
Pg. 47 - Bert Hampton was born in Michigan