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     William J. Fletcher was born about 1889.³ He married Orpha B. Moore (license dated 13 October 1956 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada), daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham.³

     John Lewis Stone was born about 1886.¹ He married Della Lillian Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, on 22 July 1908 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California.^1,2
     After their marriage he and his wife Della lived in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California, for a time, then in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, before moving to Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, about October 1909.³ During this period Della worked as a waitress, and in Reno as a servant, while he remained "generally ... idle" with occasional odd jobs and a few days working at a gambling house.³
     In November 1908 he was arrested and charged with grand larceny for stealing a watch and jewelry valued at $75 from Ernest Mulliken's boarding room at the Dunnigan Hotel in Dunnigan, Yolo Co., California. He had traveled to Dunnigan from his home in Sacramento on 2 November to visit Della, who was working at the hotel as a waitress, and returned home two days later. A few days later Mulliken found that his trunk had been broken into, and that the watch and jewelry were missing. John became the prime suspect, since he was the only stranger staying on the same floor at the hotel, and he had asked the wife of C. W. Robinson, the hotel manager, to borrow a hammer.
     Mulliken and the police kept a watch on Della, hoping she would lead them to him. Before long Della showed Robinson a message saying her mother was ill in Sacramento, and asked for time off to see her. Mulliken followed her to Sacramento, where she took another train to Stockton and went to a boarding house. Mulliken kept watch for 2-3 days without seeing John, then returned to Dunnigan.
     Robinson, the hotel manager, was then formally deputized, went to the boarding house in Stockton, and knocked on the door where Della was staying. John answered and was arrested. He was brought back to Dunnigan where he was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Unable to pay his $1000 bond, he was sent to jail.^2,4,5
     In May 1910 Della filed a complaint with the police that John had beaten her. He was arrested and jailed, but she later recanted, and testified unwillingly. The case was dismissed on 1 June after the judge made him promise to treat her better in the future.^6,7
     On 20 August 1910 he was arrested in Auburn, Placer Co., California, for stealing three diamond rings valued at $700 from the wife of George A. Campbell, manager of the Reno Power, Water, and Light Co. Della, who had been working for the Campbells as a servant for three months, was also arrested, perhaps a few days later, and "held technically for investigation."
     Mrs. Campbell reportedly had left the rings on her dresser the afternoon of 14 August, and several hours later discovered that they were missing. Suspicion fell on John, who had visited Della there that afternoon and disappeared the next morning. Police learned that Della had recently been writing to a J. H. Hart in Grass Valley and in Colfax. When John went to the post office in Colfax asking for any mail sent to J. H. Hart, he was arrested. One of the diamonds, worth $350, was found in his possession, and had recently been remounted in a cheap setting. Della was questioned by the police but denied knowing John's whereabouts, said she was surprised by his arrest, and was convinced that he was innocent.^3,8,9
     About a month later however, on 20 September 1910, both John and Della pleaded guilty, much to the surprise of court officials and onlookers.¹⁰ John took the blame for the robbery, and on 22 September 1910 was sentenced to five years at the state prison in Carson City, Nevada, while Della was released, reportedly "in a delicate condition."¹¹
     The end of his marriage to Della did not mark the end of his criminal career. On 10 May 1915 he began serving a three-year term at Folsom State Prison in Folsom, Sacramento Co., California, for a second-degree burglary in San Francisco Co.¹² And on 1 September 1922 he was arrested in Sacramento for a robbery at a Japanese rooming house. A newspaper article about the arrest describes him as a "habitual criminal with a long police record in California," says he was suspected in several other robberies, and had served prison terms at San Quentin and Folsom Prisons in California, and in Carson City, Nevada.¹³

     Oscar Victor Carlson was born 3 May 1895 or 1896 in Olean, Cattaraugus Co., New York.^4,5,6,7,8 He married Della Lillian Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, between 1917 and 1920 (see below). He died on 16 November 1954 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California.^7,2 He was buried on 18 November 1954 at Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery (Row 37, Plot 10) in Greenwood, El Dorado Co., California.^2,9
     No online record has been found for Oscar's marriage to Della Moore, but both of her parents' obituaries name her as Mrs. Della Carlson, and they were listed as husband and wife in the 1920 and 1930 censuses, living with Della's parents in 1920 and Della's father in 1930. When Oscar registered for the World War I draft in November 1917 he stated he was single with no dependents, so they must have married between then and 19 January 1920 when they were enumerated together in the census.^10,11,1,12,5
     In 1920 he and Della were living with her parents in Georgetown Twp., El Dorado Co., California,¹ and probably moved with them to Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., California, about 1925 (her mother's 1929 obituary says "a few years ago").¹¹ He and Della are listed there in the 1930 census, in the same house as Della's father John and her brother Alymer and his wife Drucilla, but as a separate household.¹² In 1935 they were living in Roseville, Placer Co., California,¹³ and by 1940 were back in El Dorado Co., in Greenwood Twp.¹³
     He was listed as an electric shovel operator in the 1930 census, but worked as a boiler maker most of his life.^12,5,1,13,6

     Reginald Barbour was born on 13 June 1886 in Suisun City, Solano Co., California.^3,4,2 He married Willa Mae Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, on 25 December 1910 in El Dorado Co., California.¹ They were divorced, probably officially in 1920.⁵ He died on 10 May 1943 in Solano Co., California, at age 56.⁶ He was buried at Rockville Cemetery (OS Plot 285, Grave 4) in Suisun City, Solano Co., California.⁷
     He and his wife Willa met in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, in 1910, when his baseball team stayed at the hotel there where she was working. After their marriage they lived for a time in Los Angeles, then in Arizona, then in Sacramento.⁸
     He served as a sergeant in the Army during World War I, was wounded in 1919 ("degree undetermined"), and may have been reported as missing in action.^9,8
     After his divorce he lived with his widowed mother in Solano Co., California, where they are listed in Benicia in the 1920 census¹⁰, and in Fairfield in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^11,12 He apparently never remarried; he was listed as single in the 1920 census, and divorced in 1930 and 1940.^10,11,12
     He listed his occupation as a vulcanizer for the Old Eureka Mining Co. in Sutter Creek, Amador Co., California, when he registered for the World War I draft in 1917. After the war he worked as a laborer and plumber.^3,10,11,12

     Elmer Ray Martin was born on 29 February 1892 in Adams Twp., Wapello Co., Iowa.^1,3,4 He married Willa Mae Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, about 18 July 1921 (date of license) in Marin Co., California.^5,6,7 They probably divorced sometime between 1930, when they were listed together in the census, and 1935, when Willa was living in Petaluma, Sonoma Co., California.^8,9 He died on 24 August 1962 at Northridge Hospital in Northridge, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 70 from a heart attack.² His body was donated to the School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.²
     His death certificate says he had lived in Los Angeles Co., California, for 60 years.² However, when he registered for the World War I draft in 1917 he was living in Idaho Falls, Bonneville Co., Idaho,³ and at the time of his marriage he gave his residence as Kansas City, Independence Co., Missouri.⁵
     He and his wife Willa may have been together for as long as ten years. They were married in 1921, and are listed together in the 1930 census in Los Angeles^5,8, where he worked as an electrician in the movie industry.^8,4,2 He is not mentioned, however, in her reminiscences reported in a newspaper article on her 100th birthday.¹⁰

     Joseph Harvey Orcutt was born on 14 May 1892 in New York.^{4,1,5,6,2,3,7} He married Willa Mae Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, between 1932 and 1940.^8,5,9,2 He died on 17 December 1970 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, at age 78.^6,5 His obituary says he was interred on 21 December 1970 at the Lodi Mausoleum in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California, but there's a Find A Grave entry for him at Westwood Hills Memorial Park in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, that includes a photo of his marker shared with his wife Willa.^5,10
     In 1917 he was living in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, and working as a conductor for the United Railroad Co.⁴
     He and his wife Willa met while she was working in Petaluma, Sonoma Co., California. After their marriage they lived in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California,⁸ where he ran a tavern.² They are listed there in Elliot Twp. in the 1940 census, along with Joseph's son Joseph from a previous marriage.² They moved to Westwood, Lassen Co., California, about 1957, after he retired⁵, and ten years later to Placerville, El Dorado Co., California.^5,11

     Leroy Gettes Steward was born on 15 May 1890 in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California.^3,4,2 He married Laurel Emma Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, about 26 February 1912 (date of license) in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^1,5 He died on 13 September 1968 at Stockton State Hospital in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California, at age 78 from liver cancer.² He was buried on 17 September 1968 at Lodi Memorial Cemetery (Sunset Cor. WL-H 88-C) in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California.^2,6
     He was living in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California, when he registered for the World War I draft in 1917.³ He has not been found in the 1920 census, but Laurel is listed with their son Francis in Oakland, Alameda Co., California.⁷ He and Laurel are listed together in Lodi in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^8,9 He was working as a bartender in 1917, ran a cigar store in 1930, and was a life insurance agent in 1940. He later ran a catering business for 23 years.^3,8,9,2

     Roy Melvin Marks was born on 21 December 1891 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California.^2,3,4 He was married by Rev. E. E. Clark to Myrtle Claire Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, on 3 November 1915 at the groom's mother's home in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California. Their honeymoon was a two-week trip to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.^1,5 He died on 13 April 1963 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, at age 71.^6,4 He was buried on 16 April 1963 at Westwood Hills Memorial Park (Hill 24-AD-39) in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California.^4,7
     He was the assistant postmaster in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, around the time of his marriage^5,2, but in 1917 turned to ranching, both growing fruit and raising sheep.^4,8,9,10 In 1921 he and his wife Myrtle bought a 250-acre ranch in Mud Springs Twp., El Dorado Co., California, where they lived together the rest of their married lives.^11,8,9,10
     He started the sheep department of the local Farm Bureau and served as Farm Bureau secretary for 20 years, and twice as its president. In 1919 he was appointed to the California State Soil Conservation Commission, and served as its vice-president from 1960 to 1963. He also helped organize the El Dorado Irrigation District in 1925, serving as director from 1929 until one month before his death.⁴

     Clarence Stanley Bliss was born on 17 April 1879 in Fulton, Whiteside Co., Illinois.^1,4,3 He married Jessie Coral Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, before 1918.^5,6 Clarence filed for divorce on 30 December 1929 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, on grounds of desertion, and asked for custody of their three minor children, plus $4000 in community property.⁷ The divorce was granted in March 1930, but Jessie was awarded custody of the children.⁸ He died on 5 May 1948 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 69 from heart failure.³ He was buried on 10 May 1948 at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, Los Angeles Co., California.³
     When he registered for the World War I draft in 1918, he and his wife Jessie were living in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California.¹ Two years later, in 1920, they were living with Jessie's aunt Bernice (Burlingham) and her husband Daniel Lewis in Fresno, Fresno Co., California.² He worked as an insurance agent for the Western Union Life Insurance Co.^1,2

     Carl John Lindroth was born on 24 June 1885 in Manhattan, Riley Co., Kansas.^2,3 He married Jessie Coral Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, before 1940.⁴ He died on 5 January 1965 at Lake Almanor in Plumas Co., California, at age 79.^5,6 He was buried on 8 January 1965 at Sierra Hills Memorial Park in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.⁶
     He and his wife Jessie were living in Penryn, Placer Co., California, in 1940.⁷ He was a model maker for clay pottery, working for the Southern California Clay Products Co. in 1918, and for Gladding, McBean in Lincoln, Placer Co., California, in 1942.^3,7,2

     Ruth Muriel Erb was born on 2 July 1905 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.² She married John Charles Moore, son of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, on 8 August 1924 in El Dorado Co., California.¹ She died on 2 July 1989 in Placer Co., California, at age 84.³ She was buried at Sylvan Cemetery in Citrus Heights, Sacramento Co., California.⁴
     She and her husband John were living in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, in 1930. Her husband's sister Jessie, then divorced, was living with them.⁵ By 1935 they had moved to Roseville, Placer Co., California; John's divorced brother Alymer was living with them there in 1940.⁶