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     Francis Chapple St Clair was born between July 1837 and December 1837 at Arkansas; 1870 census visit 5 Jul, age reported 32 years. Therefore, born after census date in 1837.¹ He was the son of Alexander St Clair and Lucinda Blagg.¹ Francis Chapple St Clair married Nancy E (David) St Clair in December 1869 at California.² Francis Chapple St Clair died on 10 December 1883.³
     Francis Chapple St Clair was also known as Frank C St Clair. He and Nancy E (David) St Clair appeared on the census of 1870 at Paradise City, Empire, Stanislaus Co., California.²

     Nancy E (David) St Clair was born in 1849 at Indiana.¹ She married Francis Chapple St Clair, son of Alexander St Clair and Lucinda Blagg, in December 1869 at California.² Nancy E (David) St Clair died on 30 May 1890.³
     She and Francis Chapple St Clair appeared on the census of 1870 at Paradise City, Empire, Stanislaus Co., California.²

     Adda G St Clair was born circa 1869 at California.¹
     She appeared on the census of 1870 as a 1 year old female in the household of Francis Chapple St Clair and Nancy E (David) St Clair at Paradise City, Empire, Stanislaus Co., California.¹

     William Lewis was born circa 1831 at Mississippi.¹
     He appeared on the census of 1870 as aa 39 year old farm laborer in the household of Francis Chapple St Clair and Nancy E (David) St Clair at Paradise City, Empire, Stanislaus Co., California.¹

     Miranda St Clair was born circa 1840 at Arkansas.¹ She was the daughter of Alexander St Clair and Lucinda Blagg.¹

     Lurena St Clair was born before 1843 at Arkansas.¹ She was the daughter of Alexander St Clair and Lucinda Blagg.¹ Lurena St Clair married Daniel Bell circa 1863.¹ Lurena St Clair died in 1869 at California.¹
     As of circa 1863,her married name was Lurena (St Clair) Bell.¹

     Daniel Bell married Lurena St Clair, daughter of Alexander St Clair and Lucinda Blagg, circa 1863.¹
     Daniel Bell witnessed the death of his wife Lurena St Clair in 1869 at California.¹

     Alexander E St Clair was born in 1870.¹ He was the son of Francis Chapple St Clair and Nancy E (David) St Clair.¹ Alexander E St Clair died in 1875.¹

     Mary Ellen St Clair was born on 20 February 1875 at Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., California.¹ She was the daughter of Francis Chapple St Clair and Nancy E (David) St Clair.¹ Mary Ellen St Clair died on 25 March 1942 at Sonoma Co., California, at age 67.¹

     Clara St Clair was born on 28 November 1877 at Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., California.¹ She was the daughter of Francis Chapple St Clair and Nancy E (David) St Clair.¹ Clara St Clair died on 17 December 1878 at Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., California, at age 1.¹

     Richard Stephen St Clair was born on 2 February 1882 at Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., California.¹ He was the son of Francis Chapple St Clair and Nancy E (David) St Clair.¹ Richard Stephen St Clair died on 31 March 1947 at Coquille, Coos Co., Oregon, at age 65.¹

     Samuel Blagg married Emmaline Jennings.¹ Samuel Blagg was born circa 1812 at South Carolina.¹ He was the son of Mr. Placeholder Blagg.¹ Samuel Blagg died before 1857; died in either Texas or Arkansas.¹
     He administered the probate of the estate of his brother James Blagg on 16 October 1843 at Fannin Co., Texas, Texas; died at age 32; distribution of estate May 1847 Fannin Co.²

     Emmaline Jennings married Samuel Blagg, son of Mr. Placeholder Blagg.¹ Emmaline Jennings was born in 1827 at Missouri.¹ She died between 1857 and 1860.¹
     Her married name was Emmaline (Jennings) Blagg.¹

     Lurena Blagg married Samuel Sloan.¹ Lurena Blagg was born circa 1815 at Alabama; per 1850 census, when she and family were living in Boon, Scott Co., Arkansas.¹ She was the daughter of Mr. Placeholder Blagg.¹
     Her married name was Lurena (Blagg) Sloan.¹ Lurena Blagg was also known as Lucina Blagg.¹

     Samuel Sloan married Lurena Blagg, daughter of Mr. Placeholder Blagg.¹ Samuel Sloan was born in 1812 at Georgia.¹

     Margaret Lyda George was born on 16 December 1871 at California.¹ She died on 2 October 1954 at San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, at age 82.¹
     She appeared on the census of 1910 at Oneal, San Joaquin Co., California; LYDA DUDLEY, wife of William L Dudley and mother of Rees Dudley. Lyda was reported as age 38 (b c 1872), father born Virginia and mother born Germany.

     Bessie (Pokorny) Beck was born in November 1894 at Czechoslavakia.¹ She married Ernest Edward "Ernie" Beck, son of Mr. George Beck and Eva Caroline (Grund) Beck, on 16 November 1916 at Los Angeles Co., CA.¹ Bessie (Pokorny) Beck died on 11 February 1968 at Stanislaus Co., CA, at age 73; @ 73 years of age
BECK, BESSIE P      
b. 1894 11      11 CZ     
d. 1968 02      11 STANISLAUS
73.¹
     Bessie (Pokorny) Beck was also known as Bojinka "Bessie" Pokorny.¹

     Lily Annie Beck was born on 18 July 1880 at London, England.^1,2 She was the daughter of Mr. George Beck and Eva Caroline (Grund) Beck.¹ Lily Annie Beck married Enos Thomas Hill on 6 April 1921 at Sonora, Tuolumne Co., CA.¹ Lily Annie Beck died on 18 June 1971 at Stanislaus Co., CA, at age 90.¹
     As of 6 April 1921,her married name was Lily Annie (Beck) Hill.¹

     Enos Thomas Hill was born in 1871 at OH.¹ He married Lily Annie Beck, daughter of Mr. George Beck and Eva Caroline (Grund) Beck, on 6 April 1921 at Sonora, Tuolumne Co., CA.¹ Enos Thomas Hill died on 30 June 1957 at Stanislaus Co., CA.¹

     Louisa (Ramerez) Murrow married Fredrick Murrow J.P. on 13 November 1867 at Tuolumne Co., CA.² Louisa (Ramerez) Murrow died in April 1879 at 4th twp, Tuolumne Co., CA; in childbirth.³
     She Possibly Louisa Tapia?

Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 4 (Big Oak Flat) Tuolumne, California;
Roll: M653_71; Page: 131; Image: 131;
Family History Library Film: 803071

Gertrude Tapia     47 washerwoman b. MEX
Louisa Tapia     21 washerwoman b. MEX
Manuel Flores     36 tailor b. MEX
Frances Flores     28 b. MEX
Anselme Flores     8 b. CA
Manuel Flores     5 b. CA
Laura Flores     1 b. CA
Jesus Huy     22
Antonis Borgens     36. Louisa (Ramerez) Murrow was also known as Louisa Ramerez.¹ She was New Tag before 13 November 1867.⁴

     Zelma (Murrow) Volponi Hansen was born on 1 August 1911 at CA.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Louis Murrow and Pearl Reba (Hoskins) Murrow. Zelma (Murrow) Volponi Hansen and an unknown person obtained a marriage license in November 1931 at Reno, NV; Both "of" Sonora.² She married Martin Volponi after 22 November 1931; of Brown's Flat. Zelma (Murrow) Volponi Hansen and an unknown person were divorced before 1940.³ She married an unknown person before 1982; Mr. Hansen. She died on 8 May 1982 at Tuolumne Co., CA, at age 70.¹
     Zelma (Murrow) Volponi Hansen was also known as Zelma Murrow. Zelma (Murrow) Volponi Hansen appeared on the census of 1920 at Sonora, Tuolumne Co., CA, as a daughter in the household of Pearl Reba (Hoskins) Murrow; school teacher.⁴ Zelma (Murrow) Volponi Hansen was educated circa 1927 at Sonora High School, Tuolumne Co., CA. Zelma (Murrow) Volponi Hansen appeared on the census of 1930 at Sonora, Tuolumne Co., CA, as a daughter in the household of Pearl Reba (Hoskins) Murrow; school teacher.⁵ As of after 22 November 1931,her married name was Zelma (Murrow) Volponi.

     Eleanor Louise Murrow was born on 20 December 1909 at Tuolumne Co., CA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Henry Louis Murrow and Pearl Reba (Hoskins) Murrow. Eleanor Louise Murrow died on 26 August 1980 at Stanislaus Co., CA, at age 70.¹
     Eleanor Louise Murrow appeared on the census of 1910 at Twp 3, Tuolumne Co., CA, as a daughter in the household of Henry Louis Murrow.³ Eleanor Louise Murrow appeared on the census of 1920 at Sonora, Tuolumne Co., CA, as a daughter in the household of Pearl Reba (Hoskins) Murrow; school teacher.⁴ Eleanor Louise Murrow was educated circa 1927 at Sonora High School, Tuolumne Co., CA.

     Martin Volponi was born in 1907 at CA.¹ He married Zelma (Murrow) Volponi Hansen, daughter of Henry Louis Murrow and Pearl Reba (Hoskins) Murrow, after 22 November 1931; of Brown's Flat. Martin Volponi died in 1966 at Tuolumne Co., CA.¹

     Nelson Cody was born on 22 March 1848 at Waukegan, Lake Co., ILL. He was the son of Susan C. (Adams) Cody. Nelson Cody married an unknown person circa 1899 at Merced?; Guesstimate/ wife Ann Nelson. He died on 13 November 1927 at Stanislaus Co., CA, at age 79; CA Death Idx.

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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

NELSON LOWELL ADAMS CODY

The Cody family is an ancient and honorable one, harking back to France,
where the ancestral name was spelled "Codex." As soldiers under William the
Conqueror, they helped to conquer England, and were duly rewarded for their
fealty and became prominently identified with leading events in English history.
During the centuries, this family has maintained its position and intermarried
with the best strains in England, Wales, and Scotland, with the English-Scotch
blood predominating. A recently published geneaology of the Cody family gives
much interesting information along this line.

Nelson Lowell Adams Cody was born in Waukegan, Ill., March 22, 1848, the son
of Nelson T. and Susan C. (Adams) Cody. His life history is one of unusual
interest, for in a career which is now drawing close to four score years, he has
been a witness to many wonderful changes in this land and throughout the world;
and as a second cousin of the famous "Buffalo Bill," he has come in close
contact with many notable characters. His father, a druggist and dentist, was
born on a farm in Cicero, N. Y. His mother was a daughter of Dr. L. Adams, of
Providence, R. I., and died when he was only two years old. His father married
again, and then crossed the plains to California in 1851, his family coming to
the State via the Horn by steamer one year later, which makes our subject a
resident of the Golden State since 1852.

The senior Cody went first to Hangtown, and engaged in mining. After his
family joined him in California, they lived in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, for a
short time, and later went to Horseshoe Bend and opened a general store.
Wherever he settled in those early days, the miners had such confidence in him
that they deposited their gold dust in his safe, for his was a character which
inspired confidence and trust; and he never betrayed the confidence reposed in
him. His second wife died in 1855, and he removed to Stent, then called Poverty
Hill, and thence to Chinese Camp, where he practiced dentistry and also bought a
stock of drugs. In April, 1856, he went to Big Oak Flat, where he was burned out
on November 12, 1862. He then went to Coulterville, Mariposa County, and was in
the drug business there until 1880, when he sold out and went to Seattle Wash.,
and was in the drug business there for a year., He had married again, and
engaged in the drug business in Ventura, Cal., and also had the Wells Fargo
Express agency, which he served in different places for thirty years. The death
of this honest and active pioneer occurred at Ventura on December 1, 1906, at
the age of seventy-six.

On the maternal side Mr. Cody is descended from Duke Leslie of Scotland, at
one time Provost of Edinburgh. A silver cup engraved with the Leslie coat of
arms (a dragon encircled by a wreath) is still in Mr. Cody's possession. On the
Cody side there is a consanguinity with Lady Godiva, extending through William
the Conqueror as common ancestor. His mother's full maiden name was Susan
Chamberlain Adams. Mr. Cody's paternal grandmother, whose maiden name was
Leslie, received the first pianoforte ever brought into Onondaga County, N. Y;
it was imported from England, and was manufactured by one Aster.

Young Nelson Cody went to school in Chinese Camp in 1854-1855, and also
pursued his studies at Big Oak Flat and Coulterville. His youth, spent in these
early mining camps, gave him a good idea of Californian life during the fifties.
In 1867, he came to San Francisco and was in the wholesale stationery store of
George B. Hitchcock for a short time, and later did some stenographic work for
George O. Dougherty, and also for Andrew J. Marsh. He then got a position as
clerk in a drug store in San Francisco, and later went to Virginia City, Nev.
Coming back to San Francisco, he went from there to Suisun, where he was with M.
D. Stockman for a year. Returning to San Francisco, he was with Bancroft, the
historian, in a subscription agency, and canvassed Mariposa, Tuolomne and Merced
Counties. He there met Mark Twain's partner, William Gillis, and helped sell the
books of the famous writer and humorist.

The marriage of Mr. Cody, occurring in 1870, united him with Miss Collins,
daughter of John Collins, a pioneer of Mariposa County. In 1871 he engaged in
the drug business in Snelling, Merced County, his father having divided stock
with him, and he was appointed postmaster there in November of that year. His
wife passed away in that town, and he married Miss Olive St. John, daughter of
Charles St. John, an attorney formerly of Big Oak Flat, but who had gone back to
Connecticut. Mr. Cody then went to Oakland, and there also engaged in the drug
business, and from there to Vallejo, in the same pursuit. Returning to San
Francisco, he again engaged in the drug business until the fall of 1888. It was
in that city, in 1879, that he met General Grant. In 1884 he went East on an
extended visit, and four years later he made a trip to Europe, sailing from New
York on July 17, 1889, and spending a year in the principal cities, particularly
enjoying his travels in Germany and France.

On his return he visited his father in Ventura, Cal., then went to San
Francisco for a short time, and then came to Merced and visited his friend, W.
H. Turner, who urged him to locate here. This he decided to do, and in March,
1891, purchased the one of George Knox's two drug stores which was located at
the corner of Seventeenth and Canal Streets, and there he carried on the drug
business for twenty-eight years. He also built the Cody block in Le Grand in
1914, and also conducted a drug store there until he sold out in February, 1920,
trading this store for a ranch of 394 acres, six miles from Crow's Landing.
There, in partnership with his brothers-in-law, Charles Newton, Christian and
Matthew Nelson, he maintains a herd of Holstein cattle and also raises hogs,
having built adequate farm buildings at a cost of $4500. Fire destroyed the
dwelling house in 1924, which has since been rebuilt.

On May 18, 1899, in San Francisco, Mr. Cody was united in marriage with Miss
Anna Marie Nelson, daughter of pioneer parents of Virginia City, Mont., the
ceremony being performed by Reverend Bours, formerly of Merced. Mrs. Cody's
father, Christian Nelson, born in England of Norwegian parents, was educated in
England. Her mother, Mary (Satre) Nelson, as an infant was miraculously rescued
from a wreck off the coast of Norway. From the coat of arms on all of her richly
embroidered apparel it appeared that the child came from some distinguished
family. As a child, Mrs. Cody showed a great fondness for music; she became a
pianist and studied the violin, no doubt having inherited her musical gifts from
her mother, who was likewise a musician. While in her teens she became organist
in the Episcopal Church in Virginia City, in which church she was reared.
Devoted to her art, Mrs. Cody is one of the founders of the Merced Musical Club,
and has never relinquished her interest in it, often rendering selections on the
piano and violin. Her address, "Women Composers," recently delivered before the
club, showed careful research and thorough preparation, and was much appreciated.

Mr. and Mrs. Cody reside at Coda Villa, modern apartments built by them at
857 Eighteenth Street, Merced, where their many friends are always welcome. They
are active in both the social and business life of the city, and were among the
first to start the public library. Three Merced ladies, Mrs. Lillian Brouse,
Mrs. O. A. Baker, and Mrs. Cody, collected $1.50 from each member who wished to
enjoy the privileges of a circulating library, and with the money bought books,
which were given shelving room donated by Mr. Cody in the balcony of "Cody's
Corner Drug Store," for three years, until the available room in the store could
not accommodate the growing needs of the library, with its 600 books. The ladies
thereupon gave the books as a nucleus to the Merced County Free Library, which
is now in a flourishing condition. Through years of business and social contact,
Mr. and Mrs. Cody have endeared themselves to the growing population of their
home city, and their friends are innumerable. She is a Democrat in politics,
while he is a stanch Republican.

Among the many interesting reminiscences related by Mr. Cody, one is of the
driving of the famous golden spike in connecting the two ends of the great
transcontinental railway, on May 10, 1869. His mind is stored with
recollections, and he tells interesting stories of the pioneer days of gambling,
shooting, wild horses, etc., reminiscent of California in early days; for from
perusing his life history it will be seen that his travels and experiences were
many from very earliest childhood. These all have gone into the making of a
broad-minded and public-spirited man, who has always stood willing. to do his
full share in building up the commonwealth.


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HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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File size: 9.8 Kb. He Nelson Cody has had several things written about him in various history books. He wore many hats . One being a druggist. For which he had no experience. He had several wives. A couple of which died after Nelson tried to help them get better. The descendants of one of his wives contacted me about the suspicious death of their great great aunt. The lady was from Australia ( her family is still there). She died shortly after marrying Nelson. It’s also hinted that Nelson “ helped” medicate his son’s first wife Olive St. John. The son had very little contact with his father after that. Nelson Cody was a Wells Fargo agent in Ventura at the time of his death. He appeared on the census of 1850 at Waukegan, Lake Co., ILL.¹ He lived in 1852 at CA; Via the Horn. He appeared on the census of 1860 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., CA.² He appeared on the census of 1870 at Maxwells Creek, Mariposa Co., CA.³ He appeared on the census of 1900 at Twp. 2, Merced Co., CA.⁴ He appeared on the census of 1910 at Merced, Merced Co., CA.⁵ He appeared on the census of 1920 at Turlock, Stanislalus Co., CA.⁶