Relationship Record 107
| Male/Husband} Samuels, Nathaniel (Nat) | Family History} Hancock | |||||||||||||||||
| Female/Wife} Black, Silva Jane (Sylvia) | Relationship Type} Marriage | |||||||||||||||||
| Marriage: Date} Exa 24 Dec 1882 | Place} First Presbyterian Church, Napa, Napa, California | |||||||||||||||||
| Ended: On Date} Exa 2 Jun 1911 By} Death of husband |
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| Photo} None | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Notes: While working as a teamster at the Oat Hill Mercury Mine in Pope Valley, California,
Nat met Silva Jane Black who was of Scottish origin and had crossed the plains in a
covered wagon as a child. They were married in the First Presbyterian Church in
Napa on Christmas Eve, 1882. For a time Nat continued working at the mine and there they made their home. The mine employed 150 Chinese and 115 whites. The little town numbered 350 people living in pleasant homes. There was one company store, a Wells Fargo office, a post office, but no saloons. (The mine workings eventually featured 20 miles of underground tunneling before it was closed. It was the subject of a 1949 investigation by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.) In 1883 Nat and Sylvia purchased a farm in Lake County, south of Middletown, California. Here three children were born: Ethel in February 1884, Ernest Steward in July 1886, and Earl Linley in March 1888. In Nov 1889 Nat and Sylvia bought 302.24 acres on the east slope of Howell Mountain, overlooking Pope Valley, in Napa County, California. Here three more children were born: Darrel Nathaniel (Tany) in March 1891, Violet in July 1893, and Silva Ione in November 1895. In Feb 1897, an additional 70.17 acres adjoining the existing property was purchased. Nat moved the house from the old place to the new place, dismantling and then reassembling it board by board. By 1900 vineyards and an orchard had been established and Nat's occupation was described as vinegrower in that year's U.S. Census. Besides grapes, a variety of crops were grown — including apples, walnut, and figs. All clothing was handmade. The family was self-reliant and very little in the way of foodstuffs was bought from the distant stores. A daughter, Joy Bernice, was born here in March 1903. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children: | Total # of Children} 7 | Seq. # of Primary} | ||||||||||||||||
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