James Arthur Millsaps

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"Orland Daily Unit-Register" (Orland, California), Monday, 18 June 1973

James Millsaps Is Dead at 85

James Arthur Millsaps, 85, died Thursday in the Crestwood Convalescent Hospital in Sacramento. He was born in Ono, California, February 25, 1888.
He is survived by his sisters Mrs. Loyd Powell of Willows, Mrs. Florence Robinson, Paradise, Mrs. Alta Bake [Baker], Red Bluff.
Graveside services will be held at Millsaps Cemetery Tuesday at 10 a.m. with Reverend Fox of the Nazarene Church, Willows, officiating. - Transcribed by M.

J.A. Millsaps
Orland
Graveside services will be held at 10 am Tuesday at the Millsap Cemetery in Glenn County for James Arthur Millsaps, 85, of Willows. Millsaps died Thursday in a Sacramento hospital.
Born Feb. 25, 1888, in Ono, Tehama County, he had lived in the area all his life. He was an agricultural worker.
He is survived by three sisters, Vivian Powell of Willos, Florence Robinson of Paradise and Alta Bake of Red Bluff.
The F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

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"Orland Unit" (Orland, California), Thursday, 25 January 1951

James W. Millsaps, First Treasurer of Glenn County, Dies

James W. Millsaps, 94, last surviving member of the corps of officers who served Glenn county when it was organized in 1891, died last night at a hospital in Red Bluff. A native of the Newville district, he had lived in what is now Glenn county all his life until the past four years, when he had lived at Red Bluff. He had been in declining health for several years, and had been a hospital patient for two months.
Funeral services will be held at the F. D. Sweet & Son chapel here at 1:30 Saturday afternoon, and interment will follow in the family plot of the Millsaps cemetery, near Chrome.
Millsaps was Glenn county's first treasurer, when this county was formed from the north part of Colusa county in 1891. At the time of the celebration in 1940 when electric power was delivered for the first time in Elk Creek, Millsaps and the late Ben F. Geis, the county's first district attorney, were the honored guests. Again in 1941 when Glenn county had it golden anniversary and dedicated the new county fair grounds here, Millsaps and Geis were jointly honored.
Millsaps was born in the Newville area November 10, 1856. He lived there and operated his ranch until four years ago, when he moved to Red Bluff to make his home with a daughter, Mrs. Alta Nunes. Three other daughters also survive: Mrs. Edith Spangle, of Dixon; Mrs. Florence Robinson and Mrs. Vivian Powell of Maxwell. There are also seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. - Transcribed by E.

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James married Alice Luce. Alice (daughter of Alonzo Luce, Sr. and Myra Elizabeth "Elizabeth" McKay) was born on 14 Feb 1864 in Sonoma County, California, United States; died on 25 Dec 1922 in California, United States; was buried in Chrome Cemetery, Chrome, Glenn County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Orland Unit" (Orland, California), Friday, 29 December 1922

MRS. JAMES MILLSAPS LAID TO REST AT MILLSAPS ON WEDNESDAY

Mrs. James Millsaps, who had been in ill health for a long term of years, passed away on December 25th, and the remains were brought to Orland on Wednesday to be interred in the cemetery at the old home at Millsaps. The remains were taken from the train at this place, and were escorted by a number of old neighbors and friends to Millsaps, where services were held at the grave, Rev. J. W. Winkley officiating.
Mrs. Millsaps, whose maiden name was Alice Luce was born near Santa Rosa on February 14, 1864. While still a small child she came with her parents to Newville, and there, on April 23, 1884, she was married to James Millsaps. Seven children came to bless the union, six of whom are still living: Mrs. Howard Spangler, Arthur Millsaps, Mrs. Frank Gerber, Mrs. Hayden Cushman, and Florence and Alta Millsaps. The husband and four brothers and one sister also are left to mourn her loss. - Transcribed by E.

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George married Elizabeth Dunn. Elizabeth was born in 1826; died in 1884. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Orland Register" (Orland, California), Saturday, 23 February 1907

Newville

Mr. Alonzo Luce, Sr., died at four o'clock p.m. Wednesday aged 79 years and 9 months. He was a well to do farmer, living near Newville. He came to California in 1853 and settled in Sonoma county. He afterwards farmed near Princeton two years, and came from there to Newville forty-two years ago. He leaves a wife, five sons and three daughters, all grown. They are John, Isaac, Alonzo, Guy M. and Zachariah Luce, Mrs. James Millsaps, Mrs. H. Milligan and Mrs. Robt. Gibbons. - Transcribed by E.

A page 1107 bio of Alonzo Sr. appears in Professor Guinn's 1906 History of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley.

McComish and Lambert's History of Colusa and Glenn Counties, California also contains a page 564 biographical sketch.

Alonzo married Myra Elizabeth "Elizabeth" McKay on 24 Mar 1859 in Sonoma County, California, United States. Myra (daughter of Nancy O'Neal, daughter of David Daniel McKay and Nancy O'Neal) was born on 10 Oct 1836 in Mersea Twp, Essex County, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Jun 1907 in Newville, Glenn County, California, United States; was buried in Newville Cemetery, Newville, Glenn County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Orland Register" (Orland, California), Saturday, 22 June 1907

DEATH CALLS PIONEER LADY
Mrs. Elizabeth Luce Passes Away at Newville Home Last Sunday

Mrs. Elizabeth McKay Luce, relict of the late Alonzo Luce, passed away at her home near Newville at 7:30 o'clock last Sunday evening. Death was due to a general decline, which began since the death of her husband who preceded her over the river of death only a few months ago. She was 71 years of age and her death was not unexpected.
Mrs. Elizabeth McKay Luce was born in Canada, October 15, 1836. With her parents she moved to Illinois in 1840, and resided in that State to 1854, when she crossed the plains with her father, Daniel McKay, who settled near Roseberg, Oregon. Three years later they came to California and located at Santa Rosa, the father opening a blacksmith shop at that place. On March 24, 1859, Miss McKay married Alonzo Luce. In 1864 Mr. and Mrs. Luce moved to the farm two miles south-west of Newville where they spent the remainder of their lives. Here Mr. Luce engaged in stock-raising and farming with a marked degree of success up to the time of his death a few months ago.
Deceased is survived by eight children ? Mrs. Clara Milligan, Mrs. Alice Millisaps, Mrs. Estella Gibbins, Isaac, John, Alonzo, Jr., Guy M. and Zachariah Luce. - Transcribed by E.

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Daniel married Patience Miller. Patience was born in 1801 in Rensselaer County, New York, United States; died on 19 Oct 1866 in Harmony, Chautauqua County, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: William McKay
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• Census: 1851, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Census: 1871, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Location: 1871, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Scotch Line east of Otty Lake Road

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David McKay was born in Gorbal Scotland. A parish in Lanarkshire until 1846. It was a parish for both civil and religious purposes from the eighteenth century until 1846, when it became part of the city of Glasgow.

He was the third child (second son) of Hugh McKay and Elizabeth Ross. He emigrated to Canada with his father, mother, two brothers and two sisters in 1815 on the Atlas.

David McKay married Amelia Wrathall (dtr of Lupton Wrathall and Rebecca Walamond) on the 24th of Jun 1819 at James Church, Perth, Ontario, Canada,.

He acquired Lot 30 con 8 in N Elmsley Twp from his father-in-law and farmed the land an raised 11 children. In later years he would take off to explore the country and leave his wife and children to farm the land. In 1871 he signed the land over to two of his sons, Daniel and Thomas McKay, to farm and to provide for their mother and himself.

In 1876 they sold the land to Isaac Moss Kenyon (a cousin). David continued to travel visiting his children in Minden and in Plympton. He died on the 28th of April 1892 in Plympton while visiting his children David and John McKay and Rebecca Borrowman. he was in his 85th year.

He is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Warwich Village, Ontario (no stone). His wife Amelia stayed in the Perth area and died on 31 Jan 1898. She is buried in Rideau Ferry Cemetery (no stone).

David married Nancy O'Neal on 5 Jan 1936 in Ontario, Canada. Nancy was born in 1814 in Ireland; died on 8 Jun 1849 in Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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