THE NEW ERA
Alturas, California
Death/Obituary Index from 1907 through 1914

This is a listing of death notices and/or obituaries that appeared in The New Era newspaper of Alturas , California . The numbers after the date, refer to page and column. Brackets [ ] after the date indicates the place of death that occurred outside of Modoc County , whether a former or current resident, or a relative of a Modoc County resident. A special thanks belongs to Billie Reynolds who supplied the microfilm.

For more information contact Tim I. Purdy, P.O. Box 1592 , Susanville , CA 96130 or at lahontan@citlink.net

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Abbott, Mrs. H.B. – 19 April 1911 1 ;4 [died at Prattville , CA ]
Allen, J.C. – 14 April 1909 3 ;5
Allen, Mrs. Felix – 27 October 1909 1 ;3
Anderson , C.W. – 2 October 1912 1 ;5 [died at Roseville , CA ]
Anderson, Kate – 3 August 1910 1 ;1 [died at Sisson Soda Springs , CA ]
Armstrong, Jamie – 7 August 1907 3 ;3
Arnot , Percy – 12 March 1913 1 ;1 [died in South Africa ]
Auble , C.C. – 27 April 1910 1 ;4
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Bair, Carrie A. – 22 September 1909 1 ;1 [died at Oakland , CA ]
Ball, Mrs. Lou – 14 October 1914 1 ;3
Ballard, T.H. – 3 November 1909 1 ;1
Barnes, Mrs. Chas. – 20 March 1912 1 ;3
Barrett, Mrs. M.E. – 22 May 1907 3 ;5
Bath , Johnny – 5 February 1913 1 ;5 [died at Ash Valley, Lassen Co., CA]
Baxter, John – 2 September 1908 3 ;3
Benner, Mrs. Almon L. – 24 August 1910 1 ;4 [died at Redding , CA ]
Bernhardt, Charles D. – 15 June 1910 1 ;4 [died at Napa , CA ]
Bethel , Frank – 13 August 1913 1 ;3
Bettendorf , N. – 27 May 1908 3 ;1
Billick , Edward – 23 November 1910 1 ;1
Blondin , Florence – 6 November 1912 1 ;5
Booth, Claude William – 3 March 1909 3 ;4 [died at San Jose , CA ]
Boyd, Robert Andrew – 11 November 1914 4 ;5
Brewer, Margaret Simpson – 1 July 1908 3 ;4
Brisles , Willie – 15 June 1910 1 ;3 & 29 June 1910 1;4
Brown, Elizabeth A. – 1 March 1911 1 ;2
Brown, Ernest – 3 January 1912 1 ;1 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Brown, Jim – 16 February 1910 1 ;1
Bucher, John – 14 September 1910 1 ;4
Burner, Henry – 22 May 1907 3 ;4
Bush, infant son of Fred – 24 February 1909 3 ;5
Bussey , Fred – 11 August 1909 6 ;2
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Caldwell, Frank W. – 2 February 1910 1 ;1
Cambron , Henry – 15 February 1911 1 ;1
Cannon, Mahlon – 15 October 1913 4 ;5 [died at St. Helena , CA ]
Carey, E.R. – 8 December 1909 1 ;1 [died at Los Angeles , CA ]
Carpenter, L.C. – 12 August 1914 4 ;4
Carter, Mrs. M.E. – 26 October 1910 1 ;3
Chaddock , James L. – 2 October 1912 1 ;5 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Church, A.W. – 20 October 1909 1 ;2
Clark, Christie A. – 13 October 1909 1 ;2 [died at Reno , NV ]
Clark, Elizabeth – 24 February 1909 3 ;3
Clark, George E. – 3 December 1913 1 ;3
Clark, Luther A. – 17 May 1911 1 ;1
Coffan , Mr. – 15 May 1907 3 ;6 [died at Plumas Junction , CA ]
Coffee, Matilda Jane – 17 December 1913 1 ;5 [died at Oakdale , CA ]
Coffer, E.V. – 2 June 1909 3 ;5
Cohen, Louis – 10 September 1913 2 ;3
Cole, Billy – 18 August 1909 6 ;2 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Conner, Herbert – 8 April 1914 1 ;1 [died at Colusa , CA ]
Cooke, Weldon B. – 23 September 1914 1 ;3 [died at Pueblo , CO ]
Cooley, Charley – 10 June 1908 3 ;3
Craig, Mary – 22 January 1913 1 ;3
Crawford, Mrs. Thomas – 11 June 1913 1 ;3
Crowley , J.W. – 15 January 1913 1 ;1 – Mrs. L.H. Sisson received the sad news this week of the death of her father, J.W. Crowley, which took place at Stockton . Mr. Crowley was 71 years of age at the time of his death. We are not in possession of any of the facts regarding the death of Mr. Crowley, but extend our sympathy to the bereaved relatives. Mrs. L.H. Sisson left here yesterday morning to be present at the burial.
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Davis, Mr. father of John – 21 April 1909 3 ;5 [died at Grass Valley , CA ]
Denson , Eleanor Jennings – 24 May 1911 1;2 [died at Copperopolis , CA ]
Denson, Orvil C. – 20 May 1908 3 ;4 [died at Chico , CA ]
Dewey, Dr. J.S. – 15 January 1908 3 ;2 [died at Portland , OR ]
Dick, Emma – 1 December 1909 1 ;4
Disabel , H.A. – 27 August 1913 7 ;5
Ditmar , Ella Pepperdine – 5 February 1913 1 ;1 [died at Myrtle Point , OR ]
Doc Joe ( Pitt River ) – 6 January 1909 3 ;4
Dodge, H.C. – 17 April 1912 1 ;1 [died at Reno , NV ]
Dollarhide , Samuel – 22 September 1909 1 ;4 [died at Redding , CA ]
Dopson , Bryon E. – 15 October 1913 4 ;4 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Dorris , Carlos J. – 11 December 1907 3 ;3
Dorris , Elizabeth – 23 November 1910 1 ;3
Dowell, Elijah Hamilton – 10 September 1913 2 ;3
Driscoll, Ed – 15 July 1908 3 ;3 [died at Hayden Hill , CA ]
Durkee , Mrs. H.W. – 10 January 1912 1;3
Dyke, George – 6 January 1909 3 ;2 [died at Hepburn , IA ]
Dyke, Henry – 6 January 1909 3 ;2 [died at Hepburn , IA ]
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Edwards, Clarence Henry – 9 December 1914 1 ;1
Elliott, William – 15 September 1909 1 ;4
Erramouspe , Peter – 15 February 1911 1 ;1
Essex, James – 31 May 1911 1 ;3
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Ferguson , A.H. – 3 February 1909 3 ;3
Ferguson , Julia D. – 30 December 1908 3 ;6
Finch, Richard Wendell – 16 December 1908 3 ;6
Fitzhugh, Charles – 4 August 1909 1 ;2
Ford, Charles – 26 May 1909 3 ;5 & 2 June 1909 3;4 [died near Oroville , CA ]
Franklin, Mrs. John – 6 April 1910 1 ;3
Frawley , Thomas – 22 July 1914 1 ;1
Fleming, Winnifred – 23 September 1908 3 ;5
French, Nell Kelsey – 11 March 1914 1 ;3
Freiman , Dr. F.N. – 17 April 1912 1 ;3
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Gagnon, Al – 15 April 1908 3 ;4
Gallagher, May Franklin – 19 October 1910 1 ;4
Garrett, T.H. – 24 July 1907 3 ;4
Gerig , Antone – 15 July 1914 1 ;1 [died at Sacramento , CA ]
Gilcher , Jacob – 18 December 1912 1 ;5
Gill, Mrs. Louis – 25 September 1912 1 ;2
Gleason, Geo. M. – 21 August 1907 3 ;3
Gooch, C.G – 15 October 1913 4 ;5 [died at Red Bluff, CA]
Gordon, Mrs. D.S. – 29 March 1911 2 ;2 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Grant, Mary Blair – 9 August 1911 1 ;2 [died at Berkeley , CA ]
Green, Clarence – 11 June 1913 1 ;2 [died at Sacramento , CA ]
Grove, Freddie – 24 February 1909 3 ;5
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Hapgood , Mrs. George – 18 November 1914 4 ;2 [died at Napa , CA ]
Harbert , Gigadore – 28 January 1914 1 ;1
Harbert , Jimmy – 28 January 1914 1 ;1
Harbert , Velma – 28 January 1914 1 ;1
Harris, John – 13 April 1910 1 ;6
Harrow , Martha Ann – 31 July 1912 1 ;2
Harrow , Willis M. – 10 June 1908 3 ;3
Hartlerode , Arthur – 30 September 1908 3 ;3
Hartlerode , Mark – 21 October 1908 3 ;4
Hartin , Eudora Foster – 11 January 1911 1 ;3 [died at Roseburg , OR ]
Hayes, Willie – 1 April 1914 2 ;1 [died at Big Valley, Lassen Co., CA]
Heard, Mrs. Pete – 5 February 1908 3 ;3
Henderson, Miss – 17 February 1909 3 ;3
Hess, Laura Sherman – 16 August 1911 1 ;1
Hilderbrand , Mrs. – 24 March 1909 3 ;4
Hill, Charles Edmund – 30 January 1907 3 ;5 [died at Elma, ??]
Hill, William – 22 April 1908 3 ;5
Hilton, Henry H. – 28 July 1909 1 ;5
Hogle , Ed – 1 March 1911 1 ;1 [died in Humboldt Co., NV]
Hotchkiss, Sarah – 8 December 1909 1 ;1
Howell, Mrs. G.C. – 5 February 1908 3 ;3 [died at Ukiah , CA ]
Hudspeth, Mrs. Wm. – 10 February 1909 3 ;4
Huffman, Mrs. Fred – 29 May 1912 1 ;1
Hughes, Charles Marcus – 1 March 1911 1 ;2
Hughes, Lynn – 20 May 1908 3 ;4
Hull , C.T. – 25 May 1910 1 ;1 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Hulse , Henry – 13 March 1907 3 ;3 [died in Siskiyou Co., CA]
Hykes , J.L. – 17 June 1908 3 ;3
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Imrie , Robert – 13 November 1912 1 ;3
Indian Aggie – 20 July 1910 1 ;4
Indiano , Bertrand – 15 February 1911 1 ;1
Ivory, James – 2 December 1908 3 ;4
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Jacobs, Fannie Nellie – 16 August 1911 1 ;1
Jenison , Mary J. – 11 December 1907 3 ;3
John, Jean Elizabeth – 7 February 1912 1 ;3
Johnson, Belle – 15 December 1909 1 ;4 [died at Sacramento , CA ]
Johnstone , T.H. – 15 January 1913 1 ;4
Jopp , H.O. – 27 March 1912 1 ;1
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Kane, Katherine – 2 June 1909 3 ;4
Keeler, C.J. – 13 March 1912 1 ;3
Kelley, Archie T. – 20 August 1913 1 ;4
Kemble , Katherine Margaret – February 1909 3 ;3
Kerr, Mabel – 19 November 1913 1 ;2
Kingsbury, Will – 1 Oct. 1 ;5 & 15 October 1913 4;4 [died at Susanville , CA ]
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Laird, James T. – 15 May 1907 3 ;4 [died at St. Helena , CA ]
Lane, Joe – 6 November 1912 1 ;4 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
LaPoint , G. – 17 March 1909 3 ;3 [died at Chehalis , WA ]
Lauer, Emanuel – 2 December 1908 3 ;3
Laxague , John – 15 February 1911 1 ;1
Layton , Elmer – 2 October 1912 1 ;6
Lee, LeRoy – 24 January 1912 1 ;4
Lee, Mrs. LeRoy – 11 December 1912 1 ;5
Leonard, Mrs. John J. – 3 Jun3 1914 4 ;1
Lighty , Caroline – 15 April 1908 3 ;4
Lighty , David Hershey – 25 November 1914 1 ;5
Linville, Guy – 4 December 1907 3 ;3
Linville, Martha – 2 October 1912 1 ;6
Lloyd, Robert – 17 June 1914 1 ;2
Loan, daughter of Albert – 12 August 1914 4 ;4
Long, Judge A.K. – 2 January 1907 3 ;2
Long, Nora York – 17 February 1909 3 ;3 [died at Susanville , CA ]
Losy , Sidney – 18 March 1908 3 ;4
Lowell, Walter – 24 August 1910 1 ;1 [died at Berkeley , CA ]
Lunsford, John Ephraim “Doc” – 12 February 1908 3 ;3
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Madden, John – 29 May 1912 1 ;5 [died at Oxaca , Mexico ]
Maloy , Mrs. Dan – 8 September 1909 1 ;5 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Mann, Henry – 26 March 1913 1 ;5
Marsh, Elizabeth – 8 October 1913 4 ;4
Martin, Christopher John – 3 August 1910 1 ;1
McClure, James – 9 April 1913 1 ;1 [died at Amedee , CA ]
McCormick, William, Jr. – 4 March 1908 3 ;4
McKay, Geo. O. – 31 August 1910 1 ;3 [died at Seattle , WA ]
Merrick, Charles B. – 28 August 1912 1 ;2 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Metzker , Eliza – 24 August 1910 1 ;1
Miller, H.A. – 23 September 1914 4 ;3 [died at the Opal Mines, Humboldt Co. NV]
Minto , Robert Wield – 21 October 1914 4 ;3
Morgan, Lizzie – 1 April 1908 3 ;4
Moss, Frank – 4 August 1909 1 ;5
Mulkey , Josie O. – 16 November 1910 1 ;2 & 23 November 1910 1;3
Mulkey , Luke, Sr., - 22 July 1908 3 ;3
Mulkey , Maggie – 27 April 1910 1 ;1
Murdock, Hance – 23 December 1914 1 ;3 [died at College City , CA ]
Murdock, Walter Lovene – 26 February 1908 2 ;3
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Newell, Herbert – 15 June 1910 1 ;2 [died at Plush, OR]
Newell, Walter – 15 June 1910 1 ;2 [died at Plush, OR]
Newport , Mrs. Jesse – 2 April 1913 1 ;1
Niles , Mr. – 28 December 1910 1 ;4 [died at Hornbrook , CA ]
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O'Conner, Frankie Kingsbury – 13 May 1908 3 ;6
Odbert , Mary Sparrow – 5 February 1912 1 ;6
Odbert , Mrs. W.A. – 18 December 1912 1 ;5
O'Kelley , Mary Estes – 28 January 1914 1 ;5 [died at Pasadena , CA ]
Olson, W.M. – 18 November 1914 1 ;3
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Page, Mrs. John – 21 May 1913 1 ;5
Parman , Irwin – 23 December 1914 1 ;3 [died at Marysville , CA ]
Partin , John – 12 April 1911 1 ;5 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Patterson, Johnny – 2 February 1910 5 ;3
Pepperdine , S.H. – 20 July 1910 1 ;1
Pepperdine , Shadrack – 19 March 1913 1 ;6
Philliber , C. – 4 September 1912 1 ;4 [died at Bieber , CA ]
Powers, Phineas Franklin – 23 March 1910 1 ;5
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Quigley, Ida Clark – 24 December 1913 4 ;2 [died at Greenville , CA ]
Quirk, Mr. – 31 January 1912 1 ;2
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Rachford , Agusta – 25 December 1912 1 ;3
Rachford , C.C. – 22 July 1908 3 ;4
Ralston, John – 20 August 1913 1 ;3
Ramer, George – 7 April 1909 3 ;4
Ramer, Lloyd – 1 May 1912 1 ;1
Reeves, Mrs. – 26 April 1911 1 ;3
Renner, Belle Margaret – 15 April 1914 1 ;3
Roberts, James – 29 March 1911 1 ;4
Roberts, Maude – 11 November 1908 3 ;3
Roseborough , Alex – 11 November 1908 3 ;2
Rossi, Louis – 13 August 1913 1 ;5 [died at St. Helena , CA ]
Rucker, Walter – 8 January 1913 1 ;2 [died at Merrill , OR ]
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Sanborn, William S. – 23 July 1913 1 ;1 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Saunders, Lillian – 15 April 1908 3 ;8
Sawtelle , Frederick A. – 31 July 1912 1 ;5 – Frederick A. Sawtelle , an old resident of Eagleville died last Thursday morning from an illness lasting through the past two years. He was well known throughout this valley as a genial man to meet, and while its ending shocked his many friends. Frederick A. Sawtelle was born at Sydney , Maine , August, 1850 and in 1870 came to California and was married to Mrs. Hattie Nolan in 1879 and in 1884 came to Surprise Valley where he has lived ever since. His remains were laid to rest on Friday afternoon in the Eagleville Cemetery , the funeral being under the auspices of the Masonic order, and a large number were present to pay their last tribute of respect to their old time friend. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife and family of eight children to whom is extended sympathy of the entire community. – Record
Scammon , B.F. – 189 June 1913 1 ;5 [died at Santa Rosa , CA ]
Schaffen , Alfred – 2 March 1910 1 ;6
Sebastian, Myretta J. - 29 January 1908 3 ;3
Shedd , four year old daughter of Sheldon – 21 September 1910 1 ;4
Shepard, Ray – 24 March 1909 3 ;4
Shields, Mary – 5 May 1909 3 ;6
Shirk, Mrs. Jos. – 30 September 1908 3 ;3
Skillman, Virgie – 20 November 1910 1 ;2
Smith, Albert A. – 1 June 1910 5 ;4 & 8 June 1910 1;1 (died at Sacramento , CA )
Smith, James – 23 July 1913 1 ;5
Smith, Jas. Monroe – 16 February 1910 5 ;1
Smith, Montie – 10 June 4 ;4 & 29 June 4;1 1914
Smith, Mrs. W.A. – 2 September 1908 3 ;5
Snelling , Mrs. Roy – 25 December 1907 3 ;4
Snider, C.G. – 6 November 1912 1 ;4 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Spargur , Henry Lycurgus – 26 August 1908 3 ;3
Spaudling , Chas. A – 15 July 1908 3 ;4
Stahl, Edw. – 30 June 1909 3 ;4
Standlee , Isaac – 24 February 1909 3 ;4
Stanley, John – 15 January 1907 3 ;3
Stanley, Mrs. Newt – 2 November 1910 1 ;3 [died at New Pine Creek , OR ]
Stephens, Isabelle – 13 March 1912 1 ;4 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Street, Thomas – 22 July 1908 3 ;5
Street, William – 4 June 1913 2 ;2
Strieg , Albert – 7 October 1914 4 ;2
Stowell , Mrs. George – 7 October 1908 3 ;4
Stuber , Gladys – 6 May 1914 1 ;5
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Taylor, Mr. – 3 January 1912 1 ;1 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Thompson, J.M. – 24 January 1912 1 ;4 & 7 Feb. 1;1 1912 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Thompson, Nelson – 14 April 1909 3 ;4
Tisserand , Mary – 30 September 1908 3 ;3
Todd, Ephraim Robert – 24 August 1907 3 ;3
Todd, Sam – 2 November 1910 1 ;3
Toler, John Youngman – 10 June 1;2 & 17 June 1914 1;3
Toney, Mrs. Wm. – 22 February 1911 1 ;2
Traugh , L.G. – 1 December 1909 1 ;1
Trendt , Anna Rebecca Goodman – 17 June 1914 1 ;2
Trumbo , George H. – 13 December 1911 2 ;2 – Last Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Parker arrived here from Idaho , bringing with them the body of Mrs. Parker's brother, George F. Trumbo , who had been killed by being thrown from a horses, as we stated last week. The funeral was held from the Baptist Church last Friday afternoon and the remains were laid to rest in the Masonic Cemetery , the services being conducted by Rev. G.N. Gardner. A large assemblage of friends were present to pay their respects to the departed. The deceased formerly resided here and leaves many sincere friends to mourn his loss.
Tyreyar , Bruno – 13 May 1908 3 ;6
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Van Bibber, Henry – 16 June 1909 3 ;6
VanCoughnet , Charley – 6 March 1907 3 ;3
Van Eden Johan aka Vocklandt , John – 9 August 1911 1 ;4
Vernon , M. – 10 September 1913 6 ;5 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Vocklandt , John – 23 August 1911 1 ;3
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Wakefield , Marvin – 29 July 1908 3 ;4
Walls, Major Thomas – 24 January 1912 1 ;3 [died at Stockton , CA ]
Walsh, Linnie – 20 November 1907 3 ;3 [died at Tonopah , NV ]
Wayman , Mrs. Ben F. – 21 February 1912 1 ;3 [died at Brokenshire , TX ]
West, Ward – 17 December 1913 1 ;4
Wickliffe, Ben – 22 October 1913 1 ;2 [died at Oakland , CA ]
Willis, Fred – 21 May 1913 1 ;6
Wilson, Mrs. E.R. – 9 August 1911 1 ;1
Wilson , S.A. – 18 March 1914 1 ;2 [died at Somes Bar, Siskiyou Co., CA]
Wimer , Isabelle F. King – 20 March 1907 3 ;3
Wood, John – 14 September 1910 3 ;2 [died at Minneapolis , MN ]
Woodruff, Mrs. E.E. – 18 November 1908 3 ;2
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Yates, Mary A. – 18 March 1914 1 ;2 [died at Colusa , CA ]

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