“R.P.” Glass, whose given name was James Robert Pinkney Glass was the fourth child born to Hugh Berry and Amanda Malvina Filzellen Mitchel Glass, on March 9, 1834, in Carrsville, Kentucky, left home for California in 1854. Perhaps the lure of the gold fields, or just to see the other side of the mountains, was the reason he left his Kentucky home.
Upon reaching the place of departure of the wagon train, he was offered a job with a cattle drive by a Nathaniel Torbet, who was taking cattle to California. From R.P.’s obituary it states [excerpted]: The late Rev. James Barnes, a boyhood friend, came with him. The date of departure in Missouri was March 16, 1854, arriving at “the Willows” California September 10, 1854. He stayed on with Torbet for a year, then worked for J.M. Steele four years. Steele had R.P. and a W.H. Mooney build a stone corral west of Maxwell, Colusa County, still to be seen by the early 1990’s.
He found time to try his hand in the gold fields, mining in El Dorado County. He sent a gold nugget to a relative in Carrsville, which is still in the family there. After owning a livery stable in 1865 in Woodland, Yolo County, R.P. turned to farming, leasing land from various owners, then later buying land in Colusa County.
On October 23, 1865, he and Laura Frances Glascock (daughter of George and Elizabeth Glascock, of Blacks Station) eloped to Colusa, Colusa County, where they were married at five o’clock in the morning, by a T.S. Burnett, Minister of the Gospel.
1882 found them in Butte County, first leasing, then buying land near Nelson. On November 6, 1890, at age 43, Laura Frances died suddenly, leaving a saddened family. R.P. continued farming until 1911, and then leased out the ranch. He made his home with his remaining family, until his death, June 22, 1916, and buried in the family plot in the Chico Cemetery.
His children are all buried there as well, and they are:
Albert Gibson, b. January 6, 1876, Yolo County, d. October 29, 1952, Chico.
George Berry, b. October 1, 1867, Yolo County, d. May 18, 1947, Manteca, CA
Robert Brooke, b. August 23, 1871, Yolo County, d. May 18, 1913, Seattle, WA
Eugenia Argyle, b. June 14, 1874, Colusa County.
Written by granddaughter, Eleanore Glass Droz, Chico, provided for this FAG memorial by Eleanore’s daughter, Nancy Droz Jensen, July 2015.
Upon reaching the place of departure of the wagon train, he was offered a job with a cattle drive by a Nathaniel Torbet, who was taking cattle to California. From R.P.’s obituary it states [excerpted]: The late Rev. James Barnes, a boyhood friend, came with him. The date of departure in Missouri was March 16, 1854, arriving at “the Willows” California September 10, 1854. He stayed on with Torbet for a year, then worked for J.M. Steele four years. Steele had R.P. and a W.H. Mooney build a stone corral west of Maxwell, Colusa County, still to be seen by the early 1990’s.
He found time to try his hand in the gold fields, mining in El Dorado County. He sent a gold nugget to a relative in Carrsville, which is still in the family there. After owning a livery stable in 1865 in Woodland, Yolo County, R.P. turned to farming, leasing land from various owners, then later buying land in Colusa County.
On October 23, 1865, he and Laura Frances Glascock (daughter of George and Elizabeth Glascock, of Blacks Station) eloped to Colusa, Colusa County, where they were married at five o’clock in the morning, by a T.S. Burnett, Minister of the Gospel.
1882 found them in Butte County, first leasing, then buying land near Nelson. On November 6, 1890, at age 43, Laura Frances died suddenly, leaving a saddened family. R.P. continued farming until 1911, and then leased out the ranch. He made his home with his remaining family, until his death, June 22, 1916, and buried in the family plot in the Chico Cemetery.
His children are all buried there as well, and they are:
Albert Gibson, b. January 6, 1876, Yolo County, d. October 29, 1952, Chico.
George Berry, b. October 1, 1867, Yolo County, d. May 18, 1947, Manteca, CA
Robert Brooke, b. August 23, 1871, Yolo County, d. May 18, 1913, Seattle, WA
Eugenia Argyle, b. June 14, 1874, Colusa County.
Written by granddaughter, Eleanore Glass Droz, Chico, provided for this FAG memorial by Eleanore’s daughter, Nancy Droz Jensen, July 2015.
“R.P.” Glass, whose given name was James Robert Pinkney Glass was the fourth child born to Hugh Berry and Amanda Malvina Filzellen Mitchel Glass, on March 9, 1834, in Carrsville, Kentucky, left home for California in 1854. Perhaps the lure of the gold fields, or just to see the other side of the mountains, was the reason he left his Kentucky home.
Upon reaching the place of departure of the wagon train, he was offered a job with a cattle drive by a Nathaniel Torbet, who was taking cattle to California. From R.P.’s obituary it states [excerpted]: The late Rev. James Barnes, a boyhood friend, came with him. The date of departure in Missouri was March 16, 1854, arriving at “the Willows” California September 10, 1854. He stayed on with Torbet for a year, then worked for J.M. Steele four years. Steele had R.P. and a W.H. Mooney build a stone corral west of Maxwell, Colusa County, still to be seen by the early 1990’s.
He found time to try his hand in the gold fields, mining in El Dorado County. He sent a gold nugget to a relative in Carrsville, which is still in the family there. After owning a livery stable in 1865 in Woodland, Yolo County, R.P. turned to farming, leasing land from various owners, then later buying land in Colusa County.
On October 23, 1865, he and Laura Frances Glascock (daughter of George and Elizabeth Glascock, of Blacks Station) eloped to Colusa, Colusa County, where they were married at five o’clock in the morning, by a T.S. Burnett, Minister of the Gospel.
1882 found them in Butte County, first leasing, then buying land near Nelson. On November 6, 1890, at age 43, Laura Frances died suddenly, leaving a saddened family. R.P. continued farming until 1911, and then leased out the ranch. He made his home with his remaining family, until his death, June 22, 1916, and buried in the family plot in the Chico Cemetery.
His children are all buried there as well, and they are:
Albert Gibson, b. January 6, 1876, Yolo County, d. October 29, 1952, Chico.
George Berry, b. October 1, 1867, Yolo County, d. May 18, 1947, Manteca, CA
Robert Brooke, b. August 23, 1871, Yolo County, d. May 18, 1913, Seattle, WA
Eugenia Argyle, b. June 14, 1874, Colusa County.
Written by granddaughter, Eleanore Glass Droz, Chico, provided for this FAG memorial by Eleanore’s daughter, Nancy Droz Jensen, July 2015.
Upon reaching the place of departure of the wagon train, he was offered a job with a cattle drive by a Nathaniel Torbet, who was taking cattle to California. From R.P.’s obituary it states [excerpted]: The late Rev. James Barnes, a boyhood friend, came with him. The date of departure in Missouri was March 16, 1854, arriving at “the Willows” California September 10, 1854. He stayed on with Torbet for a year, then worked for J.M. Steele four years. Steele had R.P. and a W.H. Mooney build a stone corral west of Maxwell, Colusa County, still to be seen by the early 1990’s.
He found time to try his hand in the gold fields, mining in El Dorado County. He sent a gold nugget to a relative in Carrsville, which is still in the family there. After owning a livery stable in 1865 in Woodland, Yolo County, R.P. turned to farming, leasing land from various owners, then later buying land in Colusa County.
On October 23, 1865, he and Laura Frances Glascock (daughter of George and Elizabeth Glascock, of Blacks Station) eloped to Colusa, Colusa County, where they were married at five o’clock in the morning, by a T.S. Burnett, Minister of the Gospel.
1882 found them in Butte County, first leasing, then buying land near Nelson. On November 6, 1890, at age 43, Laura Frances died suddenly, leaving a saddened family. R.P. continued farming until 1911, and then leased out the ranch. He made his home with his remaining family, until his death, June 22, 1916, and buried in the family plot in the Chico Cemetery.
His children are all buried there as well, and they are:
Albert Gibson, b. January 6, 1876, Yolo County, d. October 29, 1952, Chico.
George Berry, b. October 1, 1867, Yolo County, d. May 18, 1947, Manteca, CA
Robert Brooke, b. August 23, 1871, Yolo County, d. May 18, 1913, Seattle, WA
Eugenia Argyle, b. June 14, 1874, Colusa County.
Written by granddaughter, Eleanore Glass Droz, Chico, provided for this FAG memorial by Eleanore’s daughter, Nancy Droz Jensen, July 2015.
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