Samuel Farlow DEARDORFF
Birth:
14 Jul 1825
Union, Indiana
Death:
30 Jun 1901
Hanford, Kings, California
Burial:
2 Jul 1901
Hanford, Kings, California
Marriage:
1848
Amador, California
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
1890 Great Register of Voters - Samuel Farlow Deardorff - age 65 yrs - born Indiana - Resident of Lakeside, Tular - Reg date 12 Sept 1890 Pg. 22
They Shall Not Be Forgotten - Pioneers of Kings County, CA
Deardorff, Samuel F. - died 30 June 1901 - Hanford Cemetery - buried 2 July 1901 - born 14 July 1825 - UN-JCR - Section Old - Lot 368 - Record #15029
KCDR-853. Died 4 1/2 miles southeast of Hanford.- male - age 77 yrs - farmer - cause of death: broken leg. Rpt by: R.W. Musgrave. Census 1880 Tulare County Twp (Mussel Slough Twp) Pg. 60 No. 117. Deardorff, Samuel, Wm 53, farmer IN-PA-PS Mary Wf 47, New York: Jennis s., Dt 15; and You Ah, CM Cook 17. Re: J.C. Rice Undertaker DR Book Pg. 168. Born in Indiana. Died at 4 1/2 miles southeast of Hanford. Widower. White - Interment 2 July 1901. Acct: Est. Re: Tulare County 1891 Atlas. Twwp21SRa22E. Sec 19. Stock Raising. Born in Indiana - came to California - 1853 to Kings County area 1871. Acres 880.
Fresno Republican - 22 September 1883
S.F. Deardorff reports the largest watermelon of the season. It was the Cuban Queen variety and by weighing it carefully Mr. Deardorff found it weighed 75 pounts. He informs us that six years ago he raised a watermelon on the same ground that weighted eighty pounds, and his neighbor, William Kerr, had one that weighed 84 pounds, the largest watermelons ever know to be raised in the Mussel Slough country - Delta.
Susan MCVEY
Birth:
1827
Indiana
Death:
12 Jun 1873
Merced, Merced, California
Burial:
Jun 1873
Merced, Merced, California
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
Information on mother and father of William Petty Deardorff taken from World Connect Project - Zidlicky/Tesar/Huston/Deardorff/Tullis Family file.
Susaannah Deardorff - born 1827 in Indiana - died 12 June 1873 in Merced, California - wife of SF Deardorff, 45 yrs 5 months 21 days. Mother of William, John, Mary and Florence - children: Clara L. Deardorff (1870-1872) burial in Merced Cemetery District, Merced, Merced, California
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
May 1851
Calaveras, California
Death:
15 Feb 1930
Los Angeles, California
Notes:
The county of Amador was not created until 1854. In 1851 when William Perry Deardorff was born the county was Calaveras.
William's last name is also spelled Deerdolph.
He was 30 years old on the 1880 Census.
His father and mother were both born in New York.
Taken from World Connect Project - Zidlicky/Tesar/Huston/Deardorff/Tullis Family File
William farmed near Hanford, CA. He was a railroad man and was a locomotive engineer. He became interested in the Utopian colony called "Topolobamp Project" on the west coast of Mexico and joined them in the ill-fated project. After its abandonment, he returned to California and was an engineer on the Southern Pacific line through the San Joaquin Valley until his retirement. Father: Samuel F. Deardorff - born 14 July 1825 in Union County, Indiana. Mother: Susan McVey - born Merced, Merced County, California. Married Eugenia Ballou in 1871
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California Death Index 1930-39 - Deardorff, William P. age 79 years - died Los Angeles 15 February 1930 Reg #8137
«b»Sources of family information:«/b»
1880 Census, Tulare Co., CA (Lemore Township) Sister Addie living with them at
this time.
1900 Soundex, CA - Nil - any spelling
San Joaquin Co.CA, Marriages
«b»Oakland Tribune - 23 February 1930 - Pg. 25 - Oakland, CA«/b»
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wyatt were called to Los Angeles this week by the death of her father, W.P. Deardorff.
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Fresno Republican - 26 October 1881 - Land Notice from U.S. Land Office at Visalia, CA«/b»
Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed noitce of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and secure final entry thereof, and that said proof will be made at the US Land Office, Visalia, on Monday 12 December 1881. viz: William P. Deardorff, Homestead No. 2503 for the SW 1/4 of section 26, Tp 16 S, R 21 E, and he names the following as his witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said tract, viz: Samuel Deardorff, of Hanford and John Wesley Esry and E. Ballou, of Wild Flower, Fresno County. J. D. Hyde, Register
The county of Amador was not created until 1854. In 1851 when William Perry Deardorff was born the county was Calaveras.«b»
The Santa Fe Magazine by Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Volume 9«/b»
William P. Deardorff, Engine watchman at Lanare, CA was born on May 29, 1850 in Des Moines County, Iowa. He became a Santa fe employee in 1898 as an engineer. Sixteen years is his period of continuous service.
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Samuel Farlow Deardorff - Susan McVey
Samuel Farlow Deardorff
was born at Union, Indiana 14 Jul 1825.
He married Susan McVey 1848 at Amador, California . Susan McVey was born at Indiana 1827 .
They were the parents of 1
child:
William Perry Deardorff
born May 1851.
Samuel Farlow Deardorff died 30 Jun 1901 at Hanford, Kings, California .
Susan McVey died 12 Jun 1873 at Merced, Merced, California .