Life Stories And Family Clues
Biographies can connect names to places, occupations, family relationships, military service, migration, and community life. This section separates contributed family biographies from the 1885 portrait album transcriptions so researchers can understand the source.
If you have a biography you would like to submit, please email the county coordinator.
Submitted Biographies
Bryarly, Harold Dale, Jr.
Submitted by Paula Wilson-Case.
Buck, George
Submitted by Roger V. Buck.
Hale, David Stephen
Submitted by William D. Walters, Jr.
Hale, Mary Freelove
Submitted by William D. Walters, Jr.
Howe, Amos
Transcribed from an article published by the Orange County California Genealogical Society.
McGaffey, Otis Sr.
Autobiography written in 1905.
McMurtrie, John
Submitted by William D. Walters, Jr.
McMurtrie, Mary Ann
Submitted by William D. Walters, Jr.
Schellhous, Lorancie
Written by himself in March 1873.
Ward, Artemus
Submitted by Marj Rohrsen.
Wheeler, William
Submitted by Jeni Huffstedtler.
1885 Portrait & Biographical Album
The original four alphabetic 1885 portrait biography pages have been combined into one indexed transcription page.