"Orland Unit" (Orland, California), unknown date:
Hall of Fame
"Grandma Piper"
By Mrs. S. Iglick
You will all know Grandma Piper when I tell you who some of her descendants are. She was mother of Mesdames Stephen Downen, Louise Durham of the Cherokee neighborhood, and Elizabeth Goodman of Orland. The grandmother of Mesdames Geo. Reager, Frances Norris, Lou Reager, Mattie Mapes of Colusa, Harry Moore and Wm. Simpson, Bertha and John Downen, Judge Bell of Willows, Misses Gertrude and Jesse Bell of Oakland and Oro Goodman. The great grandmother of Mesdames Hazel Reager King, Myra Norris Cleek, Xavie Reager Graham, Eloise Moore Pius and Ruby Simpson Bush, Messrs. Orrin Reager and Howard Moore. The great-great grandmother of Marvin and Louise King, Myra Cleek's children, Katherine Prius, Orrin Reager's two sons and Howard Moore's two daughters.
Harry Mapes, who with a friend, while on a hunting trip on Mt. Shasta in the fall of 1911, became separated from the party and died from starvation and exposure before rescuers found them was a student in our local high school, a great grandson of this venerable lady. Mrs. Louise Durham was in her home at the present time four generations herself, a daughter, Mrs. Wm. Simpson, a grand daughter, Mrs. Ruby Simpson Bush, a great granddaughter, and Donald Mapes, a great, great grandson.
Cynthia Anne Tate was born in Davis county, Indiana on December 25th, 1823. When but a child she accompanied her parents to Missouri and there blossomed into maidenhood.
February 22nd, 1843 she was married to Wm. Pieper and became the mother of eight children, two dying in infancy. She lived and raised her family in the locality where she was raised and married till the close of the Civil War, when, owing to the unsettled condition of the country, they decided to seek their fortune in the West. During this great conflict to free the negroes, they were many times raided and all household supplies confiscated. After each raid the women would hastily replenish their cupboards and bedding to combat hunger and cold only again to be robbed. During these raids, Grandma Pieper's home was the rendezvous for the ladies of the entire neighborhood, thinking themselves safe from bodily harm if gathered together. Having disposed of most of their worldly possessions in company with ten other wagon loads of immigrants, relatives and friends, they started bright and early May 13, 1865 from St. Joseph Missouri for the Pacific coast. It was while on the ferry crossing the Missouri river this early spring morning that they first learned sad news of President Lincoln's assassination. Other immigrant parties joined them along the way till there were about 125 wagons in the final train. Spending six months as one large, hopeful family on their trip to the golden west, landing in Oregon the last of September of the same year. After tilling the soil of the state for about three years, in company with others, they turned their faces toward California, the land of sunshine and roses.
They first located west of Willows in Colusa county, residing in that locality about fourteen years, during which time she made a number of trips to her children and friends left in the east. It was while on one of these trips that she had made her home among her children for a few years, locating in Glenn County with her daughter, Mrs. Durham. A short time before her death she came to Orland that she might be near her physician and passed away March 14, 1902 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stephen Downen.
Grandma Pieper's later years were filled with affliction, yet she cast sunshine and happiness upon those who were fortunate enough to have been thrown in her presence. She moved about for years before her death on crutches, thus not being able to go out among the needy, but was a solace to those who came in contact with her and many homes were established in our county, community and village by her immediate descendants. Two of her granddaughters, Mesdames Lou and Geo Reager, became the daughters-in-law of Mrs. Amanda Reager. Thus I might go on enumerating the results of this pioneer woman's part in helping to build up our then sparsely inhabited country.
Her life could be likened best unto a delicate flower having been planted into a wilderness which blossomed into beauty filling the air with its fragrance, whose seeds produced and reproduced till the present beautiful and prosperous country. – Gussie Iglick
Hall of Fame
"Grandma Piper"
By Mrs. S. Iglick
You will all know Grandma Piper when I tell you who some of her descendants are. She was mother of Mesdames Stephen Downen, Louise Durham of the Cherokee neighborhood, and Elizabeth Goodman of Orland. The grandmother of Mesdames Geo. Reager, Frances Norris, Lou Reager, Mattie Mapes of Colusa, Harry Moore and Wm. Simpson, Bertha and John Downen, Judge Bell of Willows, Misses Gertrude and Jesse Bell of Oakland and Oro Goodman. The great grandmother of Mesdames Hazel Reager King, Myra Norris Cleek, Xavie Reager Graham, Eloise Moore Pius and Ruby Simpson Bush, Messrs. Orrin Reager and Howard Moore. The great-great grandmother of Marvin and Louise King, Myra Cleek's children, Katherine Prius, Orrin Reager's two sons and Howard Moore's two daughters.
Harry Mapes, who with a friend, while on a hunting trip on Mt. Shasta in the fall of 1911, became separated from the party and died from starvation and exposure before rescuers found them was a student in our local high school, a great grandson of this venerable lady. Mrs. Louise Durham was in her home at the present time four generations herself, a daughter, Mrs. Wm. Simpson, a grand daughter, Mrs. Ruby Simpson Bush, a great granddaughter, and Donald Mapes, a great, great grandson.
Cynthia Anne Tate was born in Davis county, Indiana on December 25th, 1823. When but a child she accompanied her parents to Missouri and there blossomed into maidenhood.
February 22nd, 1843 she was married to Wm. Pieper and became the mother of eight children, two dying in infancy. She lived and raised her family in the locality where she was raised and married till the close of the Civil War, when, owing to the unsettled condition of the country, they decided to seek their fortune in the West. During this great conflict to free the negroes, they were many times raided and all household supplies confiscated. After each raid the women would hastily replenish their cupboards and bedding to combat hunger and cold only again to be robbed. During these raids, Grandma Pieper's home was the rendezvous for the ladies of the entire neighborhood, thinking themselves safe from bodily harm if gathered together. Having disposed of most of their worldly possessions in company with ten other wagon loads of immigrants, relatives and friends, they started bright and early May 13, 1865 from St. Joseph Missouri for the Pacific coast. It was while on the ferry crossing the Missouri river this early spring morning that they first learned sad news of President Lincoln's assassination. Other immigrant parties joined them along the way till there were about 125 wagons in the final train. Spending six months as one large, hopeful family on their trip to the golden west, landing in Oregon the last of September of the same year. After tilling the soil of the state for about three years, in company with others, they turned their faces toward California, the land of sunshine and roses.
They first located west of Willows in Colusa county, residing in that locality about fourteen years, during which time she made a number of trips to her children and friends left in the east. It was while on one of these trips that she had made her home among her children for a few years, locating in Glenn County with her daughter, Mrs. Durham. A short time before her death she came to Orland that she might be near her physician and passed away March 14, 1902 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stephen Downen.
Grandma Pieper's later years were filled with affliction, yet she cast sunshine and happiness upon those who were fortunate enough to have been thrown in her presence. She moved about for years before her death on crutches, thus not being able to go out among the needy, but was a solace to those who came in contact with her and many homes were established in our county, community and village by her immediate descendants. Two of her granddaughters, Mesdames Lou and Geo Reager, became the daughters-in-law of Mrs. Amanda Reager. Thus I might go on enumerating the results of this pioneer woman's part in helping to build up our then sparsely inhabited country.
Her life could be likened best unto a delicate flower having been planted into a wilderness which blossomed into beauty filling the air with its fragrance, whose seeds produced and reproduced till the present beautiful and prosperous country. – Gussie Iglick
"Orland Unit" (Orland, California), unknown date:
Hall of Fame
"Grandma Piper"
By Mrs. S. Iglick
You will all know Grandma Piper when I tell you who some of her descendants are. She was mother of Mesdames Stephen Downen, Louise Durham of the Cherokee neighborhood, and Elizabeth Goodman of Orland. The grandmother of Mesdames Geo. Reager, Frances Norris, Lou Reager, Mattie Mapes of Colusa, Harry Moore and Wm. Simpson, Bertha and John Downen, Judge Bell of Willows, Misses Gertrude and Jesse Bell of Oakland and Oro Goodman. The great grandmother of Mesdames Hazel Reager King, Myra Norris Cleek, Xavie Reager Graham, Eloise Moore Pius and Ruby Simpson Bush, Messrs. Orrin Reager and Howard Moore. The great-great grandmother of Marvin and Louise King, Myra Cleek's children, Katherine Prius, Orrin Reager's two sons and Howard Moore's two daughters.
Harry Mapes, who with a friend, while on a hunting trip on Mt. Shasta in the fall of 1911, became separated from the party and died from starvation and exposure before rescuers found them was a student in our local high school, a great grandson of this venerable lady. Mrs. Louise Durham was in her home at the present time four generations herself, a daughter, Mrs. Wm. Simpson, a grand daughter, Mrs. Ruby Simpson Bush, a great granddaughter, and Donald Mapes, a great, great grandson.
Cynthia Anne Tate was born in Davis county, Indiana on December 25th, 1823. When but a child she accompanied her parents to Missouri and there blossomed into maidenhood.
February 22nd, 1843 she was married to Wm. Pieper and became the mother of eight children, two dying in infancy. She lived and raised her family in the locality where she was raised and married till the close of the Civil War, when, owing to the unsettled condition of the country, they decided to seek their fortune in the West. During this great conflict to free the negroes, they were many times raided and all household supplies confiscated. After each raid the women would hastily replenish their cupboards and bedding to combat hunger and cold only again to be robbed. During these raids, Grandma Pieper's home was the rendezvous for the ladies of the entire neighborhood, thinking themselves safe from bodily harm if gathered together. Having disposed of most of their worldly possessions in company with ten other wagon loads of immigrants, relatives and friends, they started bright and early May 13, 1865 from St. Joseph Missouri for the Pacific coast. It was while on the ferry crossing the Missouri river this early spring morning that they first learned sad news of President Lincoln's assassination. Other immigrant parties joined them along the way till there were about 125 wagons in the final train. Spending six months as one large, hopeful family on their trip to the golden west, landing in Oregon the last of September of the same year. After tilling the soil of the state for about three years, in company with others, they turned their faces toward California, the land of sunshine and roses.
They first located west of Willows in Colusa county, residing in that locality about fourteen years, during which time she made a number of trips to her children and friends left in the east. It was while on one of these trips that she had made her home among her children for a few years, locating in Glenn County with her daughter, Mrs. Durham. A short time before her death she came to Orland that she might be near her physician and passed away March 14, 1902 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stephen Downen.
Grandma Pieper's later years were filled with affliction, yet she cast sunshine and happiness upon those who were fortunate enough to have been thrown in her presence. She moved about for years before her death on crutches, thus not being able to go out among the needy, but was a solace to those who came in contact with her and many homes were established in our county, community and village by her immediate descendants. Two of her granddaughters, Mesdames Lou and Geo Reager, became the daughters-in-law of Mrs. Amanda Reager. Thus I might go on enumerating the results of this pioneer woman's part in helping to build up our then sparsely inhabited country.
Her life could be likened best unto a delicate flower having been planted into a wilderness which blossomed into beauty filling the air with its fragrance, whose seeds produced and reproduced till the present beautiful and prosperous country. – Gussie Iglick
Hall of Fame
"Grandma Piper"
By Mrs. S. Iglick
You will all know Grandma Piper when I tell you who some of her descendants are. She was mother of Mesdames Stephen Downen, Louise Durham of the Cherokee neighborhood, and Elizabeth Goodman of Orland. The grandmother of Mesdames Geo. Reager, Frances Norris, Lou Reager, Mattie Mapes of Colusa, Harry Moore and Wm. Simpson, Bertha and John Downen, Judge Bell of Willows, Misses Gertrude and Jesse Bell of Oakland and Oro Goodman. The great grandmother of Mesdames Hazel Reager King, Myra Norris Cleek, Xavie Reager Graham, Eloise Moore Pius and Ruby Simpson Bush, Messrs. Orrin Reager and Howard Moore. The great-great grandmother of Marvin and Louise King, Myra Cleek's children, Katherine Prius, Orrin Reager's two sons and Howard Moore's two daughters.
Harry Mapes, who with a friend, while on a hunting trip on Mt. Shasta in the fall of 1911, became separated from the party and died from starvation and exposure before rescuers found them was a student in our local high school, a great grandson of this venerable lady. Mrs. Louise Durham was in her home at the present time four generations herself, a daughter, Mrs. Wm. Simpson, a grand daughter, Mrs. Ruby Simpson Bush, a great granddaughter, and Donald Mapes, a great, great grandson.
Cynthia Anne Tate was born in Davis county, Indiana on December 25th, 1823. When but a child she accompanied her parents to Missouri and there blossomed into maidenhood.
February 22nd, 1843 she was married to Wm. Pieper and became the mother of eight children, two dying in infancy. She lived and raised her family in the locality where she was raised and married till the close of the Civil War, when, owing to the unsettled condition of the country, they decided to seek their fortune in the West. During this great conflict to free the negroes, they were many times raided and all household supplies confiscated. After each raid the women would hastily replenish their cupboards and bedding to combat hunger and cold only again to be robbed. During these raids, Grandma Pieper's home was the rendezvous for the ladies of the entire neighborhood, thinking themselves safe from bodily harm if gathered together. Having disposed of most of their worldly possessions in company with ten other wagon loads of immigrants, relatives and friends, they started bright and early May 13, 1865 from St. Joseph Missouri for the Pacific coast. It was while on the ferry crossing the Missouri river this early spring morning that they first learned sad news of President Lincoln's assassination. Other immigrant parties joined them along the way till there were about 125 wagons in the final train. Spending six months as one large, hopeful family on their trip to the golden west, landing in Oregon the last of September of the same year. After tilling the soil of the state for about three years, in company with others, they turned their faces toward California, the land of sunshine and roses.
They first located west of Willows in Colusa county, residing in that locality about fourteen years, during which time she made a number of trips to her children and friends left in the east. It was while on one of these trips that she had made her home among her children for a few years, locating in Glenn County with her daughter, Mrs. Durham. A short time before her death she came to Orland that she might be near her physician and passed away March 14, 1902 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stephen Downen.
Grandma Pieper's later years were filled with affliction, yet she cast sunshine and happiness upon those who were fortunate enough to have been thrown in her presence. She moved about for years before her death on crutches, thus not being able to go out among the needy, but was a solace to those who came in contact with her and many homes were established in our county, community and village by her immediate descendants. Two of her granddaughters, Mesdames Lou and Geo Reager, became the daughters-in-law of Mrs. Amanda Reager. Thus I might go on enumerating the results of this pioneer woman's part in helping to build up our then sparsely inhabited country.
Her life could be likened best unto a delicate flower having been planted into a wilderness which blossomed into beauty filling the air with its fragrance, whose seeds produced and reproduced till the present beautiful and prosperous country. – Gussie Iglick
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