Martin Dickinson BAYS, 1841 VA-1869 CA, Death
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Martin Dickinson BAYS, 1841 VA-1869 CA, Death
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Posted: 1 Feb 2009 4:48AM GMT |
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
12-17 APRIL 1869
[heading illeg] -- The Auburn 'Stars and Stripes' gives the following sketch of M.D. BAYS, who was mysteriously shot at Newcastle a short time ago, while standing in the doorway of his home and bidding farewell to his wife:
Martin Dickinson BAYS was born in Harrison county, Virginia, in A.D. 1841. His parents soon after removed to Missouri, taking the boy with them, and in 1846 joined the DONNER party and crossed the then trackless plains, to meet the frost of Winter and the deep snows of the Sierra at the foot of DONNER Lake, where many of the party perished of cold and hunger. The father of BAYS was one of the men who forced their way over the mountains and through the wilderness to Fort Sutter (now the site of Sacramento) for supplies, and returned with provisions in time to save a remnant of the ill-fated party from perishing. The family reached California and located in Coloma. The father of young BAYS was with Marshall in the celebrated Sutter mill-race when the 1st gold was discovered in that locality. Martin Dickinson BAYS, then but 6 or 7 years of age, was the boy that picked up the 1st piece of gold and took it to his mother to see what it was. He lived in the family of W. Dana PERKINS, in Placer county, from 1860 to 1865, when he was married. For 5 years past and at the time of his death he was deputy tax collector in District No. 1 of this county [Placer]. His father and mother now reside in Monterey county and several brothers and sisters in other parts of this State. He left a young and loving wife to mourn over his cruel and untimely taking off, but no children.
Transcribed by Dee Sardoch
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Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
12-17 APRIL 1869
[heading illeg] -- The Auburn 'Stars and Stripes' gives the following sketch of M.D. BAYS, who was mysteriously shot at Newcastle a short time ago, while standing in the doorway of his home and bidding farewell to his wife:
Martin Dickinson BAYS was born in Harrison county, Virginia, in A.D. 1841. His parents soon after removed to Missouri, taking the boy with them, and in 1846 joined the DONNER party and crossed the then trackless plains, to meet the frost of Winter and the deep snows of the Sierra at the foot of DONNER Lake, where many of the party perished of cold and hunger. The father of BAYS was one of the men who forced their way over the mountains and through the wilderness to Fort Sutter (now the site of Sacramento) for supplies, and returned with provisions in time to save a remnant of the ill-fated party from perishing. The family reached California and located in Coloma. The father of young BAYS was with Marshall in the celebrated Sutter mill-race when the 1st gold was discovered in that locality. Martin Dickinson BAYS, then but 6 or 7 years of age, was the boy that picked up the 1st piece of gold and took it to his mother to see what it was. He lived in the family of W. Dana PERKINS, in Placer county, from 1860 to 1865, when he was married. For 5 years past and at the time of his death he was deputy tax collector in District No. 1 of this county [Placer]. His father and mother now reside in Monterey county and several brothers and sisters in other parts of this State. He left a young and loving wife to mourn over his cruel and untimely taking off, but no children.
Transcribed by Dee Sardoch
To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/
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