EBY, Eleanor Vivian

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• Cause of Death: Cancer

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From Ft Worth Star Telegram, 6 Sep 1983

MRS ELEANOR EBY SWINDELL 3957 Wosley Drive on Sunday September 4 Survivors: Husband Larry Swindell; sons Tod Swindell Mark Swindell, Fort Worth; daughters Mrs Jay Bookman Vancouver Washington; Miss Susan Swindell New York, Miss Wendy Swindell, Fort Worth; mother Mrs Doris Eby Pasadena California; brother Richard Eby Altadena California Friends are invited to Memorial Services 3 pm Tuesday University ChristianChurch Private interment Should friends desire memorials may be given to American Cancer Society Arrangements H arveson Cs:4136-0345

Family/Spouse: SWINDELL, Larry Nolan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SWINDELL, Julia Renee
2. SWINDELL, Tod Evan
3. SWINDELL, Susan Brooke
4. SWINDELL, Wendy Carol Virginia
5. SWINDELL, Mark Lawrence Reece

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• Residence: 1910, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hanford, Kings, California
• Residence: 1930, 865 Wright, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
• Residence: 1941, Chicago, Cook, IL, USA
• Membership: 1972, President, Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters

Earl married CLEARWATERS, Doris before 1927. Doris (daughter of CLEARWATERS, William A and HOLLINGSWORTH, Emma) was born on 17 Sep 1901 in Indiana; died on 8 Jul 1985 in Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1910, Helt, Vermillion, Indiana
• Residence: 1920, Helt, Vermillion, Indiana
• Residence: 1930, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California

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• Also Known As: Arch
• Obituary: From Hanford Journal, 04 Feb 1941: Funeral services for James Archer Ebi, prominent Hanford plumber who died suddenly in his shop Friday, will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of the Peoples Undertaking Parlors. Rev Austin B Dickerson will officiate. Services will also be held at the Black and Cooper Mortuary in Hollister at 3 o'clock in the afternoon with interment to follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Hollister.
• Occupation: Plumber
• Cause of Death: Not clear, but died suddenly in his shop.
• Residence: 1880, Paicines, San Benito, California, United States
• Physical Description: 1898, Height 5' 5", Dark complexion, black hair, black eyes(!)
• Occupation: Between 1898 and 1917, Plumber
• Residence: 1898, Enterprise District, Hollister, San Benito, CA
• Residence: 1900, Hanford, Kings, California
• Residence: 1906, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1910, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1910, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1918, 431 Central Ave, Hanford, Kings, CA, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hanford, Kings, California
• Residence: 1930, Hanford, Kings, California

James married AUSTIN, Selma Emeline on 27 Mar 1901 in San Benito, CA. Selma (daughter of AUSTIN, George Washington and RUE, Anna Marie) was born on 1 Jan 1881 in Hollister, San Benito, California, USA; died on 13 Jan 1972 in SAN LUIS OBISPO, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Sadie
• Residence: 1900, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1910, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hanford, Kings, California
• Residence: 1930, Hanford, Kings, California

Notes:

When I was a child in the 1960s, we knew her as Aunt Sadie. She lived in a senior residence in San Luis Obispo in her final years. When the Byrne family took our annual summer trip to Los Angeles, we would visit Nana (Grace Austin Ebi/Haller) in Hollister on the first day of the journey, and her sister, Sadie, on the second day. - Hugh Byrne

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Witness: J. H. EBI

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• Residence: 1910, Helt, Vermillion, Indiana

William married HOLLINGSWORTH, Emma on 27 Feb 1889 in Vermillion, Indiana. Emma was born in 1869 in Indiana; died in Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1910, Helt, Vermillion, Indiana

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• Arrival: May 1869, California, On ship "Alaska" via Panama
• Occupation: 1870, Farm Laborer, Milpitas, CA
• Residence: 1870, Milpitas, Santa Clara, California
• Occupation: 1880, Farmer
• Residence: 1880, Paicines, San Benito, California, United States
• Juror: 1887, Grand Juror Member, District 4, San Benito County
• Physical Description: 1898, Height 5' 7-1/2", Dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair
• Residence: 1898, Enterprise District, Hollister, San Benito, CA
• Residence: 1900, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1906, Enterprise District, Hollister, San Benito, CA
• Occupation: 1910, Schoolhouse Janitor
• Residence: 1910, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1916, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Occupation: 1930, Bank Janitor
• Residence: 1930, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA

Usual married DRYDEN, Flora Helen on 15 Oct 1876 in Paicines, CA. Flora (daughter of DRYDEN, Jonathan Augustine and LIGGETT, Eliza) was born on 2 Jan 1859 in Missouri; died on 12 Nov 1945 in SANTA CLARA, California; was buried on 14 Nov 1945 in IOOF Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: Via Hollister Advance, November 16, 1945 Mrs. Flora Ebi Taken by Death After Short Illness Mrs. Flora H. Ebi, a pioneer resident of San Benito County died in San Jose Monday following a short illness. Born 86 years ago in Missouri, Mrs. Ebi came to California as an infant with her parents, living in Santa Cruz county until she was about ten years old. She had been a resident of San Benito county for approximately 70 years. Widow of the late U.A. Ebi, she was a devout member of the First Christian church of this community. She was also a former member of Fidelity Rebekah Lodge. She was the mother of the late Arch Ebi and Alvin Ebi, and is survived by the following grand children: Mrs. Vivian Byrne of Santa Cruz, Earl Ebi of Santa Monica, and Mrs. Bernice Coen of Eugene, Oregon. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday from the Black-Cooper Mortuary, with burial at the Odd Fellows’ cemetery.
• Religion: Protestant (First Christian)
• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Livingston, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Livingston, Missouri
• Arrival: 1863, California, Via Carson Pass
• Residence: Between 1863 and 1873, Santa Clara County, California
• Residence: 1873, San Benito, CA
• Residence: 1880, Paicines, San Benito, California
• Residence: 1900, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1916, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1930, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA

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Arrived in California in 1863 via Overland (Carson Pass) - Dryden Train; covered wagon.

A registered Democrat per the 1916 Great Register, unusual in a family comprised primarily of Republicans, including her husband, and perhaps owing to Flora’s Missouri roots.

Buried:
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday from the Black-Cooper Mortuary, with burial at the Odd Fellows’ cemetery.

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Witness: N.L. DRYDEN

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• Obituary: From Hollister Free Lance, 14 Mar 1925: GEORGE AUSTIN, OLD CIVIL WAR VETERAN, TOWN FIGURE, DIES The faint echo of Taps from the battlefields of Appomattox, Chickamauga and Gettysburg, floated over Hollister away, it caught up in its train the soul of an old Civil War veteran, George Austin, one of Hollister’s leading, but humblest, citizens for many years. Suffering for many months, but holding onto life at times only by the tenacity of the “61” spirit that made him “keep on”, George finally answered the last Roll Call a few minutes after ten o’clock this morning, and “fell in” the ranks of the Great Commander. Austin was for many years the town Constable of Hollister, a familiar and welcome figure with the law-abiding and a terror to the wrong doer but with that a just and cool law enforcer. His death further thins the ranks of all too few veterans of the Civil War of the community, and though his passing was expected at any moment, the actual news of his death came as a distinct shock to all of his old buddies and the rest of the community. Funeral arrangements in the hands of W.W. Black, have not been completed at this early hour of going to press; but burial will probably be on Monday in the I.O.O.F. cemetery, with the younger veterans of the Great War as an honorary escort. George volunteered in the 62nd Illinois infantry, a unit of the famous “Iron Brigade” at the opening of the Civil War, and saw much active service and experienced many hardships, as fell to the lot of them all in those heroic days. He was born in Illinois in 1848, so was a mere kid by the time the bugle sounded for him to volunteer and serve his country. Shortly after the end of the war, during the period of reconstruction, he moved West and settled in California. This afternoon announcement was made the funeral would be held on Monday at 2:30 p.m. from the Christian Church, with burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. A guard of honor from the young veterans of the Great War will attend. He survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie M. Austin, one son, C.J. Austin, and three daughters; Mrs. Ralph De Cries (of Oakland), Mrs. J.A. Ebi (of Hanford), and Mrs. Alvin Ebi, of Hollister.
• Cause of Death: Colon cancer & bronchiatasis
• Residence: 1850, Not Stated, Hancock, Illinois
• Census: 22 Oct 1850, Hancock County, IL, USA
• Residence: 1860, Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois
• Military: 11 May 1864, Civil War, Illinois 137 Infantry, Company I
• Residence: 1872, Thayer, Neosho, KS USA
• Occupation: Between 1875 and 1916, Carpenter
• Residence: 1880, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Occupation: 1886, Town Marshal
• Residence: 1892, Victoria, BC, Canada
• Physical Description: 1898, Height 5' 9", Light complexion, blue eyes, light hair
• Residence: 1898, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1900, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1906, Enterprise District, Hollister, San Benito, CA
• Residence: 1910, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1916, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Occupation: 5 Nov 1918, Constable, Hollister Township
• Residence: 1920, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA

Notes:

Summary on George Austin from Trapper Byrne:

George Washington Austin. born 4-9-1848 in Illinois, died March 14, 1925 in Hollister
of Colon Cancer. He was the 12th of 12 children. In May
1864, when he was 16, he enlisted in the Union Army and served in an
Illinois regiment that saw service with Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman during
his campaign in Georgia. George was in the Army for only 100 days, but that
was not uncommon. There's nothing I've found that says whether George s
actual combat, but I have my doubts.

By 1872, George had found his way to Neodesha, Kansas, where he was
married on the Fourth of July to Anna Marie Rue, commonly known as Anni
She was just shy of 17 years old -- born 7-19-1855 in Ohio. They stuck
around Kansas long enough for Conover to be born a year later. By April 1875
they had made their way to Hollister, where George was listed on the voter
rolls as a carpenter.

By 1886, the next set of surviving voter rolls, George is listed as the
town marshal. In a newspaper interview, Grace said he was the town constable
for 10 years and that she could remember him running for office every year.
Since she was born in 1885, that would have his tenure lasting into the
1890s sometime.

In that interview, Grace recalled living in ""a big house with a big lo
... Bad winters meant that wagon loads of mud had to be taken away. ... This
was grain country the. You could see grain and hay storage bins
everywhere.'' Sounds exciting, eh?

Grace described her mother, Annie, as ""a good and religious woman, but
she did like to watch the race horses every week.'' Grace, by the way, was a
schoolteacher, and said she taught at ""the old Fremont school for over 10
years.''

George died of colon cancer on March 14, 1925. Annie lived to
be 83 before succumbing of something called chronic myocarditis on
10-11-1938. She was living at 840 Washington St. in Hollister at the time.




Hollister News Items on George Austin:

The Hollister Democrat. February 23, 1883

Hard Blows -- Some people may entertain the idea that the position of a night watchman is one of ease and comfort. If any one hereabouts has such a notion, he should try the occupation a few nights. We know not how night officers act in other towns, but we dow know that officer Austin has experienced several rough times in the discharge of his duties as an officer. Last Saturday night he was compelled to use severe force in quelling a turbulent spirit, and in the fracas he recieved a painful injury to one of his hands, which has caused him much trouble since. Last Sunday night he again came in collision with a fighting character, and was forced to throw the man and threaten to use the club before the law-violator would act peacefully. In such cases as these, the officer would be justifiable in giving the resisting men a decoction of hickory and handcuffs. We do noth uphold any officer in abusing a criminal, but we believe that when a man attempts to injure an officer when making an arrest, that a genuine blow over the head should be administered. Mr. Austin is a most careful officer, but he always captures his man, and he fears none.

The Hollister FreeLance. Februrary 4, 1887

G.W. Austin to A.H. Fredson, house and lot on San Benito street.


The Hollister FreeLance. April 8, 1887

Fire Department -- The following-named persons are active members of the Hollister Fire Department

* Alert Hose Co. No 1: G.W. Austin


The Hollister FreeLance. May 27, 1887

Geo. Austin left last Tuesday morning on a business trip to Fresno, accompanied by G.M. Roberts.


The Hollister FreeLance. February 1, 1889

**Grand Army Officers**

The members of the Jesse I. Reno Post. No. 58 have elected the following officers: Wm Eastman, P.C.; Wm Cashman, S.V.; G.W. Austin, J.V.; F.W. Oliver, Adjt; H. Snibley, Quartermaster; J.W. Spader, O.D.; John Young, O.G.; D.K. Sanford, Chaplain; Q.V.R. Serles, Surgeon; H.M. Campbell, S.M.; D.F. Gray, Q.S.


The Hollister FreeLance. Feb 2, 1889

Tres Pinos. We see the Tres Pinos schoolhouse is radiant ina new coat of paint, and the new fence is quite an improvement. It was moved from the street in which it stood by Mr. Geo Austin.


The Hollister FreeLance. March 22, 1889

The Jesse L. Reno Post. of Hollister now numbers 33 members. Its officers are:
Wm. Eastman, Commander
W. Cashman, Senior Vice Commander
Geo. Austin, Junior Vice Commander
F.W. Oliver, Adjutant
H. Snibley, Quartermaster
D.K. Sanford, Chaplain
J.W. Spader, Officer of the Day
J. Young, Officer of the GUard
D. Gray, Quatermaster Sargeant
(Full story, p.2, col 5)

***

For two years past B.F. Ross has held the position of Marshal of the Town of Hollister. His term expires in May, at which time a new Marshal will be elected. Mr. G.W. Austin announces himself as a candidate for this important office. Mr. Austin is well known by all our people, and has obtained already a good reputation as an officer. In 1882 he was appointed night-watchman, the following year he was elected Marchal. For 3 succeeding years he was re-elected Marshal.


The Hollister FreeLance. May 10, 1889

***G.W. Austin Elected Marshal***

W.W. McDonald is a first class man, and no doubt would have made a good Marshal but Austin received 190 votes while McDonald could only scare up 101. Frank Ross was elected marshal last year because all the roughs and toughs in town from R.R. Brown down or rather up, through the whole category of dead beats, pimps and drunks supported him. They elected Ross last year, and Mac thought as long as they stood in with him, he could get enough of the respectable element to pull him through. Alas! he reckoned without the cost, and the result is he got soup.

Is Marshal Austin going to run the toughs, or will the toughs run the Marshal? Up to date the Marshal has run the toughs, and it is to be hoped will continue to do so.

***A Drunken Trio***

On Saturday three of Jon Cullen's men came into town and proceeded to get drunk. Marshal Austin arrested the worst one and told Joe Perez to put the team up. When Joe attempted to do this, the two who were left seized him by the legs and made him turn a somesault out of the wagon onto the ground. For this effort the remaining members of the trio were allowed to explore the mysteries of the calaboose.

On Sunday morning John Cullen came to town, paid the fines of his men, and then got drunk, was arrested and locked up in the calaboose along with one of the men whose fine he had just paid.





From The Adjutant General Report, Illinois:

One Hundred-Day Men.

Early in the spring of 1864 the government of the Northwestern States, namely: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, believing that the rebellion was nearing its close, and desiring to aid the Government in every way possible, tendered to the President a volunteer force of 85,000 one hundred-day men, to relieve the veteran soldiers from guard duty at our forts, arsenals and elesewhere. Of this number Illinois furnished thirteen regiments and two battalions.

Speaking of the the service performed by the hundred-day troops, Governor Yates, in his last annual message, paid them a high and deserved compliment in these words:

"Our regiments under this call performed indispensable and invaluable services in Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, relieving garrisons of veterean troops who were sent to the front, took part in the Atlanta campaign, several of them also composing a part of that glorious army that has penetrated the very vitals of the rebellion and plucked some of the brightest laurels that this heroic age has woven for a patriotiic soldier. Five out of the one hundred-day regiments, after their term of service had expired, voluntarily extended their engagements with the Government, and marched to the relief of the gallant and able Rosecrans, who, at the head of an inadequate and poorly appointed army, was contending against fearful odds for the preservation of St. Louis and the safety of Missouri. The officers and soldiers of these regiments evinced the highest soldierly qualities and fully sustained the proud record our vetrans have ever attained in the field, and the State and Country owe them lasting gratitude, and we have in a great degree to attribute our success in Virginia and Georgia to the timely organization and efficient services of the one hundred-day volunteers furnished by all of said States. The President has, by order, returned them the thanks of the Government and the Nation for the service thus rendered, and accords the full measure of praise to them as our supporters and defenders in the rear, to which the regular reserve force of large armies are always entitled."

The One Hundred and Thirty Seventh Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized at Camp Wood, Quincy, Ill, by Colonel John Wood, and was mustered in June 5, 1864, for one hundred days.

On June 9, 1864, the Regiment left Quincy, and proceeded to Memphis, Tenn., where it was assigned to the Fourth Brigade, District of Memphis, Colonel E. L. Baltwick, Thirty-ninth Wisconsin commanding. On July 9, assigned to Third Brigade, Colonel John Wood commanding, and was stationed on the Hernando road, on picket duty.

The Regiment was mustered out of the United States service at Springfield, Ill, September 4, 1864.

Census:
Name: George Austin / Age: 2 / Gender: M / Occupation: / Value of Real Estate: / Place of Birth: Ind / Attended School: /-

Buried:
JPG, Genealogy/Reunion/headstones/Headstone - George W Austin.jpg, George Washington Austin, HEADSTONE

George married RUE, Anna Marie on 4 Jul 1872 in Neodesha, Kansas. Anna (daughter of RUE, Garrett C. and STEWART, Sarah Ann) was born on 19 Jul 1855 in Butler, Ohio; died on 11 Oct 1938 in Hollister, San Benito, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1859, Gardner, Johnson, KS, USA
• Residence: 1860, Hanover, Butler, Ohio
• Census: 17 Jul 1865, Gardner, Johnson, KS, USA
• Census: 16 Jun 1870, Neodesha, Wilson, Kansas, United States
• Residence: 1880, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1900, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1910, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1916, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Residence: 1930, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA

Notes:

Grace described her mother, Annie, as ""a good and religious woman, but
she did like to watch the race horses every week."

Hollister Freelance, Oct 12, 1938:

AUSTIN -- In Hollister, California, October 11th, 1938, Anna M. Austin, beloved wife of the late George Austin; beloved mother of Mrs. Lottie Younger and Mrs. Grace A. Ebi of Hollister and Mrs. Sadie E. Ebi of Hanford; sister of Mrs. Frances Frost of Hollister, and Mrs. Sylvia Isaacs of San Francisco. A native of Ohio. Age 83 years.

Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Thursday afternoon, October 13th, at 2 o'clock from the Christian Church.

Friends may call at the Chapel of George L. Grunnagle, San Benito street near Third until noon Thursday.

Census:
Rue Garret C / Arrived April 1 1858 / 1 other adult in household / 3 children / 5 total

Census:
388 / 419 / A. M. Rue / 10 / F / / / / Ohio / S / 1-

Census:
A M Rue | Age 14 | White | Female | At School | | Born in Ohio

Notes:

Grace recalled Hollister life: “A big house with a big lot... Bad winters meant that wagon loads of mud had to be taken away. ... This was grain country then. You could see grain and hay storage bins everywhere.”

From Neodesha Citizen:

Married
Austin - Rue
On the 4th of July, 1872, at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev E.C. Cooper, Mr. Geo Austin of Thayer to miss Anna M Rue.

The happy couple will please accept the thanks of The Citizen office for nice cake received. May George never Rue the day that made him husband

Applied for license July 1st.