HomeMy Public PortalAboutWisdom, John L.Subject: wisdom, John L.
Address: Iron Side, Oregon
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Came from Texas to Iron Side by ox team in 1880
Came to Long Valley by pack train to prospect for gold
Sult family-reIatives
Visited Mr. Copeland -friend who had a ranch close to were garvesite is.
Prospection on the west side of Long Valley
Was digging a prospect hole, lifting
hole.
Mr. Wisdom injured himself and died.
later and buried by they at the .site
Died 1889 - 61"$ 70 tea_ 4.5
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Two years later his wife and son obtained a headstone
brouel it to Long Valley and had it placed.'
a large and heavy rock up and out of the
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in Baker, Oregon and
Granddaughter -Mrs. Elsie (Wisdom) Perry -Weiser, Idaho
Charles Winkler, Council, Idaho August 1966(-6-4,-zo-t,_ )
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