| Sources:
1. Family Group Sheet by Betty Ann (Matthiesen) Cogliati
and her grandmother, Maude Irene (Thompson) Rose.
2. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #18
of 41): Modena P.O., Madison Twp., Mercer Co., MO, p. 310, PN 210,
1479/1479, enumerated 23 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860
(extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| J.N. Wyatt |
30 |
M |
|
Farmer |
1000 |
500 |
Missouri |
| S.A.M. " |
22 |
F |
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Virginia |
| M.V. " |
5 |
F |
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Missouri |
| T.E. " |
4 |
F |
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" |
| M.A. " |
3 |
F |
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| M.E. " |
1 |
F |
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3. Family Quest Archives: California Federal Census 1870:
Solano County. Heritage Quest CD M593-90: Maine Prairie
Township, Solano Co., CA, p. 47A, 61/61, enumerated 16 Aug 1870 (extracted
by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| Wyatt James N B |
39 |
M |
W |
Farmer |
1200 |
600 |
Missouri |
| " Sarah A |
28 |
F |
W |
Keeping House |
|
|
Virginia |
| " Mary V |
15 |
F |
W |
At Home |
|
|
Missouri |
| " Flora E |
14 |
F |
W |
" " |
|
|
" |
| " Marcus |
12 |
M |
W |
" " |
|
|
" |
| " Martha |
10 |
F |
W |
" " |
|
|
" |
| " Franklin |
7 |
M |
W |
" " |
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" |
| " Emma |
5 |
F |
W |
" " |
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California |
Sarah appears to be fibbing about her age.
4. 1880
5. 1890 Census: the 1890 census population schedules
were destroyed.
6. 1900
7. 1910
8. 1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#32 of 34): Winters City, Yolo Co., CA, p. 224B, SN 16B, SD 3, ED
230, enumerated 22/24 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted
by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| 1920: for an explanation of the column
headings, please see What
the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained
no data). |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
20 |
22 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
| 4 |
4 |
Connor Emma L |
Head |
O |
F |
F |
W |
55 |
Wd |
Y |
Y |
CA |
MO |
WV |
Y |
None |
|
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| |
|
Wyatt Lula B |
Sister |
|
|
F |
W |
44 |
S |
Y |
Y |
CA |
MO |
WV |
Y |
Cashier |
Bank |
W |
Living next door to their sister, May D. (WYATT) MARSHALL.
9. Thomas Jefferson Gregory. 1913. History of Yolo
County, California. Historic Record Co., Los Angeles (boldface added):
| - |
| p. 766 |
JAMES N.B. WYATT
The era immediately following the discovery of gold witnessed the
arrival in California of thousands of eager young Argonauts and none among
them was more hopeful than James N.B. Wyatt. While the result
of that trip was not an immmediate settlement in the west as a permanent
home, the fascinations of the country were so great that later, after he
had married and was earning a comfortable livelihood in Missouri, he gave
up everything there in order that he might identify himself with the upbuilding
of the west. Born in Boone county, Mo., February 5, 1831, he had
started with an expedition May 2, 1850, and had furnished his quota of
supplies necessary for the long journey across the plains. After
crossing the Missouri river at St. Joseph the emigrant train followed the
trail along the south side of the Platte river.
The worst disaster in connection with the expedition was the outbreak
of cholera. Five wagons abandoned the train and the ranks of the
remainder were reduced by frequent deaths. In the hope of out-traveling
the disease the worn-out teams were pushed forward long after darkness
had veiled the earth. Finally they reached the mountains and were
able to secure pure fresh water, which immediately stopped the trouble
and from that time no trace of cholera appeared to give new alarm to the
emigrants. Unfortunately, after the cholera disappeared there was
a scarcity of provisions.
Thousands of miles from any habitation they found themselves reduced
to a small supply of dried apples and jerked meat. The emigrants
became emaciated and one man was unable to leave the wagon. The cattle
had been worked so hard and fed so little that they were unfit for food,
the hide and bones presenting no at- |
| p. 767 |
traction even for starving men. For fourteen
days they subsisted on apples and meat. Other wagons were so reduced
in supplies that they could not help the sufferers. On one occasion
Mr. Wyatt saw a man throw away a bacon rind. With the eagerness
of a hawk for a young chicken he picked up the discarded rind and eagerly
swallowed it. In the search for food he came to a camp and begged
for something for the sick man in the wagon, but was told that a pound
of flour would cost him $2, and this sum he was obliged to pay, both for
flour and for bacon, at a station three hundred miles from Salt Lake.
At another trading post he was able to buy the same supplies for $1 per
pound.
During the entire journey the fear of Indian attacks never left
them. At one place some Indians climbed into the wagons to search
for food, but of course found nothing. At one of the fords on the
Humboldt river they showed considerable hostility, and there in 1852 they
massacred a whole train of men and women carrying off two boys and four
girls.
Sometimes the emigrants quarreled among themselves, but the only
outbreak with serious consequences occurred when Frank Shepherd
was killed by another emigrant, who like himself came from Ohio. The last
three days of the journey were extremely trying, for the course of the
worn-out oxen and emaciated men took them through sage brush where water
was poor, where alkali was on every side, and where dead horses and cattle
could be seen at frequent intervals on the road. The journey ended
in the Sacramento valley September 15, 1850, and soon afterward at Coloma,
Eldorado (sic) county, Mr. Wyatt met an uncle, Rev.
Thomas
Thompson, who was the first Christian preacher in that region.
The first sojourn of the young Missourian in California was marked
by an experience with mining around Coloma and with ranch pursuits at Napa
as an employee of John Stickter. On leaving Coloma he went
to San Francisco and there took passage for Panama on the Golden Gate,
a ship that on its next voyage burned at sea, causing a total loss of passengers.
Mr. Wyatt reached Missouri in safety and at once took up farming
pursuits. Soon afterward he married Ann Williams, by whom
he had the following-named children: M. Oscar, Frank M.,
Clarence
E., Virginia (Mrs. Reuben B. Nissen), Flora E.,
Ella
M., Emma L., May D. and Lulu B.
In 1864 the family crossed the plains and settled in Sonoma county.
During 1875 they moved to Maine Prairie in Solano county. In 1893 Mr. Wyatt
was engaged to take charge of the interests of his son-in-law, R.B.
Nissen, who owned a ranch near Capay, Yolo county. Eventually
he established a home at Winters and there, May 12, 1911, his life of usefulness
came to an end.
Fraternally he held membership with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen. In religion he was connected with the Christian Church. |
| p. 768 |
olitically he believed in Republican principles,
but went further in his beliefs than did his party, for he included prohibition
in his proposed ideal platform.
The eldest son of J.N.B. Wyatt is Dr. M.O. Wyatt,
now president of the First National Bank of Winters. By his marriage
to Lulu Shelford, of Cloverdale, he has four children, Roy,
Fred,
Erna,
and Velma. The second son, Frank M. Wyatt, who married
Miss Nelia Shelford, of Cloverdale, formerly conducted a mercantile
business at Winters, but is now secretary and a director of the First National
Bank of Winters. The third son, Clarence E., who married Priscilla
Hall, is engaged in the jewelry business at Winters. All of the
daughters are married except the youngest, Miss
Lulu, who is assistant
postmaster at Winters. Virginia is the widow of R.B. Nissen,
who was a well-known and highly respected citizen of Yolo county; she had
four children, Clarence, Claude,
Babe (deceased),
and Frank. Flora married T.E. McFall, an undertaker
at Winters; their family includes the following-named children:
Charles
(deceased), Carl, Walter, Alfred,
Edgar (deceased),
Claudia,
Stella and Edith. Ella M. Wyatt married L.E. Sturgill,
of Oakland, Cal., and they had two children,
Frank (deceased) and
Jessie. Emma L. is the widow of the late Dr.
G.S. Conner
of St. Helena, and May D. married
A.L. Marshall and resides
at Winters. The widow of J.N.B. Wyatt resides at her old home in
Winters and now at the age of seventy-two years she finds enjoyment in
her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. |
10. Anon. 1986. Winters Cemetery Survey.
Yolo County Archives, Yolo County, CA.
11. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:
AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org). |
