They have noted that Susan was the wife of Alvan T. Currier. She was 87 years, 2 months and 2 days old, and was listed as at home as her occupation and living in Walnut at the time of her death. Todd & Reeves of Pomona, Calif. were the Undertakers.
Access to this Cemetery must be obtained from the Pomona Historical Society.
(I research for Savannah Memorial Park in Rosemead and came across the obituary for Susan R. (Glenn) Rubottom Currier while researching some of her family at Savannah. If you would like to post her obituary on her memorial page, it is below. Heather)
Obituary:
Los Angeles Times01 Jun 1928, pg. A10 MRS. CURRIER SUCCUMBSPioneer of Wagon-train Period and Widow of Late Solon Dies in Eighty-seventh Year POMONA, May 31. – Succumbing to a heart attack following a long period of failing health, Mrs. Susan R. Currier, wife of the late Senator A. T. Currier, died at her home in Spadra yesterday at the age of 87 years.Migrating to California sixty-eight years ago with her parents in a wagon train, Mrs. Currier has been identified with the growth and development of the Pomona Valley for more than half a century.Mrs. Currier was born on March 28, 1841, in Jackson county, Missouri, and came to California in 1860. They first settled at El Monte, later moving to Cucamonga where she lived during the Civil War. In 1867 she moved to Spadra, and has resided there ever since. She was married to Senator Currier on March 20, 1881. He died some four years ago after an active social, political and farm life.Funeral services for Mrs. Currier will be held from the home Saturday at 10 a.m. with Dr. Gordon Palmer, pastor of the First Baptist Church here, officiating. Burial will be made in Spadra Cemetery, beside the body of her husband. Eight grandnephews of the deceased will act as pallbearers.The only relatives are three nieces Mrs. Mary Goodell, Spadra; Mrs. J. O. Nichols, Orange; and Mrs. Ada M. Brashear, Los Angeles; and one nephew, J. M. Callan of Fullerton.
Additional information not in the obituary: Susan R. Currier’s maiden name was Glenn. Her first marriage was to James D. Rubottom on November 11, 1862 in Los Angeles, CA. Citing this record from “California, County Marriages, 1850-1952. Susan and James had two children, William W. Rubottom Jr. and Inez Rubottom. William died in 1874, James in 1875, and Inez in 1875. All three are buried in Spadra Cemetery. This is recorded on pages 84 to 87 of the book “History of Pomona Valley California with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the Valley Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present,” by the Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, Cal., 1920. Copyright Applied for by F. P. Brackett, 1920. The original document is in the Genealogy Collection of the Pomona Public Library catalogue: Gc, 979.401, L88h, 1204146.
They have noted that Susan was the wife of Alvan T. Currier. She was 87 years, 2 months and 2 days old, and was listed as at home as her occupation and living in Walnut at the time of her death. Todd & Reeves of Pomona, Calif. were the Undertakers.
Access to this Cemetery must be obtained from the Pomona Historical Society.
(I research for Savannah Memorial Park in Rosemead and came across the obituary for Susan R. (Glenn) Rubottom Currier while researching some of her family at Savannah. If you would like to post her obituary on her memorial page, it is below. Heather)
Obituary:
Los Angeles Times01 Jun 1928, pg. A10 MRS. CURRIER SUCCUMBSPioneer of Wagon-train Period and Widow of Late Solon Dies in Eighty-seventh Year POMONA, May 31. – Succumbing to a heart attack following a long period of failing health, Mrs. Susan R. Currier, wife of the late Senator A. T. Currier, died at her home in Spadra yesterday at the age of 87 years.Migrating to California sixty-eight years ago with her parents in a wagon train, Mrs. Currier has been identified with the growth and development of the Pomona Valley for more than half a century.Mrs. Currier was born on March 28, 1841, in Jackson county, Missouri, and came to California in 1860. They first settled at El Monte, later moving to Cucamonga where she lived during the Civil War. In 1867 she moved to Spadra, and has resided there ever since. She was married to Senator Currier on March 20, 1881. He died some four years ago after an active social, political and farm life.Funeral services for Mrs. Currier will be held from the home Saturday at 10 a.m. with Dr. Gordon Palmer, pastor of the First Baptist Church here, officiating. Burial will be made in Spadra Cemetery, beside the body of her husband. Eight grandnephews of the deceased will act as pallbearers.The only relatives are three nieces Mrs. Mary Goodell, Spadra; Mrs. J. O. Nichols, Orange; and Mrs. Ada M. Brashear, Los Angeles; and one nephew, J. M. Callan of Fullerton.
Additional information not in the obituary: Susan R. Currier’s maiden name was Glenn. Her first marriage was to James D. Rubottom on November 11, 1862 in Los Angeles, CA. Citing this record from “California, County Marriages, 1850-1952. Susan and James had two children, William W. Rubottom Jr. and Inez Rubottom. William died in 1874, James in 1875, and Inez in 1875. All three are buried in Spadra Cemetery. This is recorded on pages 84 to 87 of the book “History of Pomona Valley California with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the Valley Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present,” by the Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, Cal., 1920. Copyright Applied for by F. P. Brackett, 1920. The original document is in the Genealogy Collection of the Pomona Public Library catalogue: Gc, 979.401, L88h, 1204146.
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