The son of Thomas Washington Gribble(1830-1903) and Delilah Angeline Graham Simons Gribble(1836-1863), Henry was born and raised in Slick Rock Canyon to the southeast of Dunlap along with his younger brother and sister. Henry came to the Mill Creek area about 1878 and settled near the home of Sands Baker. He received his California land patent for 320 acres in July 1884.
Henry married the widow, Laura Jane Potter Holloway, on October 19, 1879 in Mill Creek, but the marriage probably didn't last the winter. Laura Jane soon was married to a widowed 71-year-old Scotsman, Norman McLeod.
Henry met Leonora Adelia Field after her family moved to Hopewell after the Mussel Slough Tragedy. They were married in Hopewell on October 3, 1886 with Sands Baker and Overton Foster as witnesses. Six children were born to the couple with four surviving.
Henry listed himself as a farmer, but raised stock as most other 'farmers' in the area did. There were chickens, hogs, cattle, a smokehouse, a garden, and a barn full of oat hay.
Life in Dunlap with Henry was difficult, and, shortly after 1905, Leonora left Dunlap with the four children and purchased a 10-acre farm in Fresno. The boys would attend to the ranch in Dunlap with their father during their summer months, but the family strain and lack of year around workers was apparently too much for Henry. He took his life in the Gribble ranchhouse with a single gunshot wound to his head while his oldest son was attending the ranch. J.N. Lisle, deputy county coroner, convened a Coroner's Inquest and handled the funeral arrangements out of Sanger burying Henry the next day.
Leonora held on to the property until December 1915 when she sold the property to Chauncey Baker for $10 in gold coin. Henry's only surviving daughter, Clara, returned to the Dunlap School in 1917 as her first teaching assignment after graduation from Fresno Normal School.
Henry married the widow, Laura Jane Potter Holloway, on October 19, 1879 in Mill Creek, but the marriage probably didn't last the winter. Laura Jane soon was married to a widowed 71-year-old Scotsman, Norman McLeod.
Henry met Leonora Adelia Field after her family moved to Hopewell after the Mussel Slough Tragedy. They were married in Hopewell on October 3, 1886 with Sands Baker and Overton Foster as witnesses. Six children were born to the couple with four surviving.
Henry listed himself as a farmer, but raised stock as most other 'farmers' in the area did. There were chickens, hogs, cattle, a smokehouse, a garden, and a barn full of oat hay.
Life in Dunlap with Henry was difficult, and, shortly after 1905, Leonora left Dunlap with the four children and purchased a 10-acre farm in Fresno. The boys would attend to the ranch in Dunlap with their father during their summer months, but the family strain and lack of year around workers was apparently too much for Henry. He took his life in the Gribble ranchhouse with a single gunshot wound to his head while his oldest son was attending the ranch. J.N. Lisle, deputy county coroner, convened a Coroner's Inquest and handled the funeral arrangements out of Sanger burying Henry the next day.
Leonora held on to the property until December 1915 when she sold the property to Chauncey Baker for $10 in gold coin. Henry's only surviving daughter, Clara, returned to the Dunlap School in 1917 as her first teaching assignment after graduation from Fresno Normal School.
The son of Thomas Washington Gribble(1830-1903) and Delilah Angeline Graham Simons Gribble(1836-1863), Henry was born and raised in Slick Rock Canyon to the southeast of Dunlap along with his younger brother and sister. Henry came to the Mill Creek area about 1878 and settled near the home of Sands Baker. He received his California land patent for 320 acres in July 1884.
Henry married the widow, Laura Jane Potter Holloway, on October 19, 1879 in Mill Creek, but the marriage probably didn't last the winter. Laura Jane soon was married to a widowed 71-year-old Scotsman, Norman McLeod.
Henry met Leonora Adelia Field after her family moved to Hopewell after the Mussel Slough Tragedy. They were married in Hopewell on October 3, 1886 with Sands Baker and Overton Foster as witnesses. Six children were born to the couple with four surviving.
Henry listed himself as a farmer, but raised stock as most other 'farmers' in the area did. There were chickens, hogs, cattle, a smokehouse, a garden, and a barn full of oat hay.
Life in Dunlap with Henry was difficult, and, shortly after 1905, Leonora left Dunlap with the four children and purchased a 10-acre farm in Fresno. The boys would attend to the ranch in Dunlap with their father during their summer months, but the family strain and lack of year around workers was apparently too much for Henry. He took his life in the Gribble ranchhouse with a single gunshot wound to his head while his oldest son was attending the ranch. J.N. Lisle, deputy county coroner, convened a Coroner's Inquest and handled the funeral arrangements out of Sanger burying Henry the next day.
Leonora held on to the property until December 1915 when she sold the property to Chauncey Baker for $10 in gold coin. Henry's only surviving daughter, Clara, returned to the Dunlap School in 1917 as her first teaching assignment after graduation from Fresno Normal School.
Henry married the widow, Laura Jane Potter Holloway, on October 19, 1879 in Mill Creek, but the marriage probably didn't last the winter. Laura Jane soon was married to a widowed 71-year-old Scotsman, Norman McLeod.
Henry met Leonora Adelia Field after her family moved to Hopewell after the Mussel Slough Tragedy. They were married in Hopewell on October 3, 1886 with Sands Baker and Overton Foster as witnesses. Six children were born to the couple with four surviving.
Henry listed himself as a farmer, but raised stock as most other 'farmers' in the area did. There were chickens, hogs, cattle, a smokehouse, a garden, and a barn full of oat hay.
Life in Dunlap with Henry was difficult, and, shortly after 1905, Leonora left Dunlap with the four children and purchased a 10-acre farm in Fresno. The boys would attend to the ranch in Dunlap with their father during their summer months, but the family strain and lack of year around workers was apparently too much for Henry. He took his life in the Gribble ranchhouse with a single gunshot wound to his head while his oldest son was attending the ranch. J.N. Lisle, deputy county coroner, convened a Coroner's Inquest and handled the funeral arrangements out of Sanger burying Henry the next day.
Leonora held on to the property until December 1915 when she sold the property to Chauncey Baker for $10 in gold coin. Henry's only surviving daughter, Clara, returned to the Dunlap School in 1917 as her first teaching assignment after graduation from Fresno Normal School.
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