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Almus Linneus Rountree

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Almus Linneus Rountree

Birth
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Death
25 Jan 1891 (aged 62)
Felton, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Burial
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA Add to Map
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Block E, Lot 59. Unmarked.
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Almus Linneus Rountree was born on October 28, 1828 in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Joseph Rountree and Nancy Nichols. With a desire to move West, he first settled in Springfield, Missouri. There he married his first wife, Delilah S. Mitchell, on November 3, 1846. Together they had two children: William Jones Rountree and Rose Rountree. After the tragic deaths of his wife and daughter in a Missouri flood, Almus and his son William journeyed to California in the early 1850's.

Settling in the Santa Cruz, California area, Almus married his second wife, Elizabeth Ellen Hildreth-Rubottom on February 6, 1857. Together they had the following children: Mary Elizabeth "Agnes" Rountree, John Almus Rountree, Susan Jane Rountree, Thomas Hildreth Rountree, Joseph Jay Rountree Sr., Richard Harrison Rountree, Daisy Seabright Rountree, Myrtle Elise Rountree, and Levitha "Vicey" Rountree.

Almus served as the Santa Cruz County Sheriff from Oct 4 1869 - Oct 2 1871, the first of several generations of lawmen in California. He later went to Davenport Landing to run a hotel. Then he returned to Santa Cruz to serve as a justice of the peace. Almus passed away on January 25, 1891.
Almus Linneus Rountree was born on October 28, 1828 in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Joseph Rountree and Nancy Nichols. With a desire to move West, he first settled in Springfield, Missouri. There he married his first wife, Delilah S. Mitchell, on November 3, 1846. Together they had two children: William Jones Rountree and Rose Rountree. After the tragic deaths of his wife and daughter in a Missouri flood, Almus and his son William journeyed to California in the early 1850's.

Settling in the Santa Cruz, California area, Almus married his second wife, Elizabeth Ellen Hildreth-Rubottom on February 6, 1857. Together they had the following children: Mary Elizabeth "Agnes" Rountree, John Almus Rountree, Susan Jane Rountree, Thomas Hildreth Rountree, Joseph Jay Rountree Sr., Richard Harrison Rountree, Daisy Seabright Rountree, Myrtle Elise Rountree, and Levitha "Vicey" Rountree.

Almus served as the Santa Cruz County Sheriff from Oct 4 1869 - Oct 2 1871, the first of several generations of lawmen in California. He later went to Davenport Landing to run a hotel. Then he returned to Santa Cruz to serve as a justice of the peace. Almus passed away on January 25, 1891.

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