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Sarah Summerfield Totten

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Sarah Summerfield Totten

Birth
Scott Bar, Siskiyou County, California, USA
Death
26 Apr 1951 (aged 87)
Nevada City, Nevada County, California, USA
Burial
Nevada City, Nevada County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section I, Row I, Grave 27
Memorial ID
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Parents: Matthew Totten and Jane McGoffey (Magoffey), both born in Ireland.
Sarah ran the Dan Caldwell Store in Hamburg, California, a goldrush town on the Klamath River, was also postmistress. The building was still standing in the 1990's. She never married. Sarah donated a piece of land in Hamburg to the Forest Service, with the stipulation that it always be in public use. The Sarah Totten Campground, 1 mile East of Hamburg on the Klamath River is that parcel.
Sarah was declared legally incompetent in the 1940's and was moved to her sister's house (529 Broad St., Nevada City,) where she remained until her death. She was cared for by Carra L. Totten, relationship unknown, & Kate Shearer Smith, her niece.
Brother: John W. unknown b/d dates, San Francisco
Sister: Jennie Totten Shearer 1871-1958
Sister Kate Totten Caldwell b: unknown d: 1913?Brother in law: Dan Caldwell 1838-1898
Brother in law: Hi Shearer 1856-1930

Parents: Matthew Totten and Jane McGoffey (Magoffey), both born in Ireland.
Sarah ran the Dan Caldwell Store in Hamburg, California, a goldrush town on the Klamath River, was also postmistress. The building was still standing in the 1990's. She never married. Sarah donated a piece of land in Hamburg to the Forest Service, with the stipulation that it always be in public use. The Sarah Totten Campground, 1 mile East of Hamburg on the Klamath River is that parcel.
Sarah was declared legally incompetent in the 1940's and was moved to her sister's house (529 Broad St., Nevada City,) where she remained until her death. She was cared for by Carra L. Totten, relationship unknown, & Kate Shearer Smith, her niece.
Brother: John W. unknown b/d dates, San Francisco
Sister: Jennie Totten Shearer 1871-1958
Sister Kate Totten Caldwell b: unknown d: 1913?Brother in law: Dan Caldwell 1838-1898
Brother in law: Hi Shearer 1856-1930


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