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Chester Benjamin Mecartea

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Chester Benjamin Mecartea

Birth
Chinese Camp, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Death
10 May 1916 (aged 47)
Groveland, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Burial
Groveland, Tuolumne County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 4 Grave 138
Memorial ID
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Son of JamesWyatt Mecartea & Elvira Delvis (Smith) Mecartea
never married
According to Great Register of Tuolumne, Big Oak Flat 1898
Miner, 27, 5 ft 7 1/2 in tall, Light skin, blue eyes, light hair, born CA Date of Registration 27 Jun 1893

MACARTEA, Chester May 20, 1916 Mariposa Gazette
Charles MACARTEA of Groveland, and well known in this county, was shot and killed by Dan SULLIVAN, at the Sulivan ranch, near Groveland, on Wednesday evening of last week. Numerous quarrels during the day, caused by excessive drinking, led to the killing.

From the Tuolumne Independent one dated May 12, 1916 CHESTER B. MECARTEA KILLED BY DAN SULLIVAN - Mecartea Dies Instantly with a Riffle Ball Through His Chest at the Sullivan Ranch After the Two Had Quarreled. Second one dated July 7, 1916 SULLIVAN GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
Son of JamesWyatt Mecartea & Elvira Delvis (Smith) Mecartea
never married
According to Great Register of Tuolumne, Big Oak Flat 1898
Miner, 27, 5 ft 7 1/2 in tall, Light skin, blue eyes, light hair, born CA Date of Registration 27 Jun 1893

MACARTEA, Chester May 20, 1916 Mariposa Gazette
Charles MACARTEA of Groveland, and well known in this county, was shot and killed by Dan SULLIVAN, at the Sulivan ranch, near Groveland, on Wednesday evening of last week. Numerous quarrels during the day, caused by excessive drinking, led to the killing.

From the Tuolumne Independent one dated May 12, 1916 CHESTER B. MECARTEA KILLED BY DAN SULLIVAN - Mecartea Dies Instantly with a Riffle Ball Through His Chest at the Sullivan Ranch After the Two Had Quarreled. Second one dated July 7, 1916 SULLIVAN GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER


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