From the 1919 book The Negro Trail Blazers of California, by Delilah L. Beasley. A Compilation of Records from the California Archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley
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Few people are blessed with a long life which passes the century mark, as has been the subject of this sketch, Mrs. Susan Wilson, who came to California in 1853 from Wayne County, Missouri, going first to Texas and from there to California by the way of the ox-team. She had three children of her own with her. It was most interesting to hear her tell of the long, tedious journey across the plains, and how the Indians would frighten them, and how, at one time, they came near being massacred by the Indians. There were one hundred wagons in the ox-team. They started on their trip to the coast in March, and reached Miles Creek, Mariposa County, California, three weeks before Christmas. This lady is now more than one hundred years of age. One daughter Pernesa married Mr. Edmond Edward Wysinger.
Mrs. Wilson makes her home in Oakland with granddaughter, a Mrs. Martha Wysinger Quinn, while a second, Mrs. Bertha Wysinger Allen, and Mr. Reuben Wysinger, a grandson, live in Fowler, California.
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Update: Susan lived to be 102 years old. She was buried with her granddaughter Martha Wysinger Quinn.
Page 122:
Few people are blessed with a long life which passes the century mark, as has been the subject of this sketch, Mrs. Susan Wilson, who came to California in 1853 from Wayne County, Missouri, going first to Texas and from there to California by the way of the ox-team. She had three children of her own with her. It was most interesting to hear her tell of the long, tedious journey across the plains, and how the Indians would frighten them, and how, at one time, they came near being massacred by the Indians. There were one hundred wagons in the ox-team. They started on their trip to the coast in March, and reached Miles Creek, Mariposa County, California, three weeks before Christmas. This lady is now more than one hundred years of age. One daughter Pernesa married Mr. Edmond Edward Wysinger.
Mrs. Wilson makes her home in Oakland with granddaughter, a Mrs. Martha Wysinger Quinn, while a second, Mrs. Bertha Wysinger Allen, and Mr. Reuben Wysinger, a grandson, live in Fowler, California.
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Update: Susan lived to be 102 years old. She was buried with her granddaughter Martha Wysinger Quinn.
From the 1919 book The Negro Trail Blazers of California, by Delilah L. Beasley. A Compilation of Records from the California Archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley
Page 122:
Few people are blessed with a long life which passes the century mark, as has been the subject of this sketch, Mrs. Susan Wilson, who came to California in 1853 from Wayne County, Missouri, going first to Texas and from there to California by the way of the ox-team. She had three children of her own with her. It was most interesting to hear her tell of the long, tedious journey across the plains, and how the Indians would frighten them, and how, at one time, they came near being massacred by the Indians. There were one hundred wagons in the ox-team. They started on their trip to the coast in March, and reached Miles Creek, Mariposa County, California, three weeks before Christmas. This lady is now more than one hundred years of age. One daughter Pernesa married Mr. Edmond Edward Wysinger.
Mrs. Wilson makes her home in Oakland with granddaughter, a Mrs. Martha Wysinger Quinn, while a second, Mrs. Bertha Wysinger Allen, and Mr. Reuben Wysinger, a grandson, live in Fowler, California.
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Update: Susan lived to be 102 years old. She was buried with her granddaughter Martha Wysinger Quinn.
Page 122:
Few people are blessed with a long life which passes the century mark, as has been the subject of this sketch, Mrs. Susan Wilson, who came to California in 1853 from Wayne County, Missouri, going first to Texas and from there to California by the way of the ox-team. She had three children of her own with her. It was most interesting to hear her tell of the long, tedious journey across the plains, and how the Indians would frighten them, and how, at one time, they came near being massacred by the Indians. There were one hundred wagons in the ox-team. They started on their trip to the coast in March, and reached Miles Creek, Mariposa County, California, three weeks before Christmas. This lady is now more than one hundred years of age. One daughter Pernesa married Mr. Edmond Edward Wysinger.
Mrs. Wilson makes her home in Oakland with granddaughter, a Mrs. Martha Wysinger Quinn, while a second, Mrs. Bertha Wysinger Allen, and Mr. Reuben Wysinger, a grandson, live in Fowler, California.
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Update: Susan lived to be 102 years old. She was buried with her granddaughter Martha Wysinger Quinn.
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