Individual 13: George Washington Samuels

Individual Record 13

Name} Samuels, George Washington (Geo)

Family History} Hancock

Title}

Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Fam 23 May 1862

Place} Gordon Valley, Napa, California

Marr1: Date} Exa 14 Mar 1883

Place} Napa, Napa, California (Link)

Marr2: Date} Fam 2 Jan 1915

Place} Vacaville, Solano, California (Link)

Marr3: Date} Bef 1921

Place} (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 28 Oct 1957

Place} Vacaville, Solano, California

Burial: Date} Exa 31 Oct 1957

Place} Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa, California

Grave Marker} Yes (2 photos)

Source 1}	44 = 1870 USA cen
Source 2}	17 = 1880 USA cen
Source 3}	51 = Newspapers
Source 4}	211 = Marriage rec
Source 5}	467 = Land deeds
Source 6}	46 = Voter record
Source 7}	19 = 1900 USA cen
Source 8}	245 = Probate rec
Source 9}	24 = 1910 USA cen
Source 10}	330 = Marriage rec
Source 11}	1621 = Voter record
Source 12}	1636 = Marriage rec
Source 13}	1620 = 1920 USA cen
Source 14}	1622 = 1930 USA cen

Parents: } Edmond Samuels & Mary Myrtle Gregory
Relationship No.} 22

1st Household No.} 84 = Blue Mountain, Napa, California

Occupation 1} Farmer
Occupation 2} Rancher

Religion/Church}

Spouses: Prime} Coleman, Lucy Mildred
Second} Long, Minnie May
Third} Swain, Edith
Total Number of} 3

Source 15} 1623 = 1940 USA cen
Source 16} 1624 = 1950 USA cen
Source 17}   137 = Biography
Source 18}   733 = Photographs
Source 19}   738 = Photographs

Source 20}   751 = Photographs
Source 21}     42 = Death certif
Source 22}   861 = Death record
Source 23} 1625 = Obituary
Source 24}     30 = Cemetery rec

Source 25} 1588 = Cemetery rec
Source 26}   127 = Interview
Source 27}     13 = Family hstry
Source 28}     85 = Family hstry
Source 29}   589 = Family hstry

Notes: George Washington Samuels was born 23 May 1862 in Gordon Valley — which is 10 miles east of the city of Napa and at the southeastern corner of Napa County, California. He was the eighth of eleven children of Edmond Samuels and Mary Myrtle Gregory. In the 1870 US census, George W. was living with his parents in the Napa Township, Napa. His father was a farmer. The children were Elisha C., 24, a laborer, Mary, 18, Nathanel, 14, Jasper, 12, Henry, 10, George, 9, Martha B., 8, and Florence, 2.

George's father Edwin died in May 1872, and in the 1880 US census, Mary Samuels, 47, was the head of household. She was a stock raiser. The children at home were Henry, 19, George, 18, Belle, 16, Florence, 12, and Amanda, 9.

George married Lucy Coleman of Cherry Valley on 14 March 1883. He was 5' 11" and had brown eyes, light hair, and a fair complexion.

While living in the Gordon Valley in late 1888, George's dog found the skull of Pete Olsen, Mrs. Lyons' murderer. The skull was given to Sheriff McKenzie.

On 30 Sep 1891, George was granted a homestead on 162 acres in a quarter of a Section 30 Township 7 in the Napa County area near the town of Monticello – an area now known as Lake Berryessa. Five months later, George was granted another homestead on an additional 160 acres in Section 31 of Township 7.

In July 1892, the Napa Register reported that "G. W. Samuels of the Blue Mountain has many improvements and intends to build this Fall. The mountain is getting quite well settled."

On 25 Jul 1896, George registered to vote in Napa County Precinct 55. He gave his occupation as Rancher, his residence as Blue Mountain, but his P.O. as Vacaville.

In the 1900 U.S. census, George was living in Vacaville, Solana, and Lucy was living on Blue Mountain, Knox Twp., Napa. They were counted in both places, with the ages of the children differing. According to the Napa census, their children were Walter, 16, Edith M., 14, Alma C., 12, Bessie E., 10, Nora A., 8, Millie, 5, and Gerna B., 2. Their daughter, Gerna Belle, died on 13 Nov 1900 at age 1 year and 4½ months.

In the Fall of 1905 George moved his family down from Blue Mountain to a one-story house with basement on North Street (now Behrens Street) in the town of Napa. Lucy and their children stayed there while he worked in Vacaville. He periodically visited Lucy and his family. He was registered to vote in Solano County.

In the 1910 U.S. census, George W., 47, and Lucy M., 43, were listed at 113 North St., Napa. George was a foreman for a fruit farm, presumably in Vacaville. The children still at home were Walter R., 26, a laborer doing odd jobs, Bessie E., 20, an office stenographer, Norah A., 17, Mildred M. 13. and Osmond L., 8.

Lucy became ill with tuberculosis in 1912 and passed away on 8 Dec 1913. George married Minnie May Long on 2 Jan 1915 in Vacaville. She passed away on 24 Dec 1016 in Vacaville. He next married Edith Swain. The marriage license was taken out in San Francisco on 16 May 1919, which listed the marriage place as "Willows". It took place on 17 May 1919 in the home of Edith's sister on Clay Street, San Francisco.

In the 1920 US census, Geo. W., 56, and Edith, 39, were living in Vacaville. He was a fruit farmer working on his own account, and their home was mortgaged.

In the 1930 US census, George W., 67, and Edith, 54, were living at 154 Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville. Their farm was valued at $5000, and George was now an employer on the fruit farm.

In the 1940 US census, George W., 78, and Edith, 64, now lived on Pleasants Valley Road, Vacaville. they owned their house valued at $3,500. George was no longer working, and had completed 8th grade.

In the 1950 US census, George W., 88, and Edith, 68, were still living on North Lagoon or Pleasant Valley Road, Vacaville. George was no longer able to work, but had supplemental income of $1800. Edith was teaching piano.

The photo at the right shows George in Vacaville, California, on 25 Jun 1944. Dan remembers going with Nora to see George in his Vacaville home. George had a number of acres of fruit trees. Dan enjoyed walking around under the trees while searching for Indian arrowheads. In the course of several trips, Dan found many black flint arrowheads. George's land may have once been the site of an Indian campground. Dan remembers George as a large man who usually sat in a big chair.

George died 28 Oct 1957 at age 95, in Vacaville. He was buried 31 Oct 1957 in the Samuels plot, Tulocay Cemetery, Napa.