Sarah Turley Franklin (standing left)
Priscilla Turley Lyman(standing right)
Mary Ann Turley Cook (sitting)
MARY ANN TURLEY was born in Toronto, Ontario on July 13, 1827 to Theodore and Francis Amelia Turley. She married JOHN J. COOK September 8, 1851.
MARY ANN's parents emigrated to Canada in 1825 with two children. They settled near Lake Ontario, having been given a plot of land and a blooded herd of cattle by the King of England for services rendered him. He continued preaching Methodism. In 1837 her father and mother were baptized and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, sold their farm and moved to Far West, Missouri, arriving in July, 1838. They later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1839 and in 1846 traveled by ox team to Winter Quarters, Nebraska where they stayed until 1849. During that time six members of the family died, including her mother. In 1849 they traveled by ox team to Salt Lake City, Utah and in 1850 went with about five hundred others to build a settlement in San Bernardino County, California, where a large tract of land was purchased. It was here that MARY ANN met and married JOHN JAMES COOK.
The following is taken from History of Ventura County California, Volume 2. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1926.
"Among the early settlers of Ventura County was the John J. Cook family. Their identification with this county dates back to 1869, which dates back ninety-nine years ago, which period practically embraces its development from a stretch of wild plain and barren wilderness to its present prosperous condition, and during these years the members of this family bore their full part in the upbuilding of the community.
John J. Cook, who was orphaned early in life, was of German descent, born in Mohawk County, New York, May 22, 1827, while Mary Ann (Turley) Cook was of English antecedents, her father coming to this country and serving in the Civil War with the rank of Captain. Mary Ann was born in Toronto, Canada, July 13, 1827 and died December 24, 1904, at the age of seventy-seven years.
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In 1869 the family left San Bernardino County, locating near what is now Bardsdale, Ventura County, but which then was in Santa Barbara County. In 1872 the family moved to Santa Barbara and in 1873 to Ukiah, Mendocino County, where they lived until the spring of 1875, when they returned to Ventura County, for permanent residence, Santa Paula, California."
The following article was taken from the Santa Paula Daily Chronicle dated 12/26/1904,
written by Etta L. Ricker upon the death of MARY ANN COOK:
On December 24, 1904, the gates of heaven rolled wide for this good woman and she passed away to eternal rest. Her passing calls for more than a casual notice. Mrs. Cook was one of the pioneers of this state, born in Toronto, Canada, July 13, 1827, she journied from there with her parents to California, making the entire trip across the continent with ox teams. Arriving in California in 1851 she soon after married John Cook, an honored pioneer of this state. It can never be said of Mrs. Cook that she lived in vain. In those early days of California her whole life was given to help those in need of help. She was mother, sister, doctor and nurse to all. None were too poor, too dirty, or too wicked to be comforted, nursed and cared for by her. Many a sad heart was comforted by her loving care, and she would share all she had with those in need, trusting with the faith that never faltered for her own poor needs.
In the early days of San Bernardino as well as of Ventura County she came at last to be a veritable Peter among the poor and needy. "If only her shadow might fall on them they felt comforted."
. . .Mrs. Cook has left a more beautiful monument than any chiseled from marble. It is her good works for others, her kindness to the poor and needy, and the help she gave to those that needed help.
JOHN JAMES COOK, while travelling by train through Arizona, was murdered and no one seems to know where he was buried or any more of the details.
{John James Cook }
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HENRY THEODORE COOK 1853- JOHN EDWARD COOK 1855-1855 MARY EFFIE COOK HECTOR 1857-1942 ISABEL PRISCILLA COOK 1860-1862 SARAH ANN COOK HARRIS 1863-1934 CAROLINE OWENA COOK SMITH SILVEY 1865-1945 CHARLOTTE THANKFUL COOK 1867-1867 MARINDA MARIA COOK HALL 1869-1946 JONATHAN COOK 1868-1868
HENRY THEODORE COOK
HENRY was born February 9, 1853 in San Bernardino, Cal. He was married on December 7, 1877 to SARAH ELLA WILKERSON, daughter of Jackery and Nancy Reeder Wilkerson. SARAH was born about July 19, 1861 in Springfield, Illinois. She died October 27, 1920 in Santa Anna, California.Children of HENRY THEODORE and SARAH ELLA COOK:
Emma Laura Cook, 1879 - 1880
William Henry Cook, born in 1881 and married Winifred Huff December 20, 1905.
Walter Abram Cook, 1883 - 1965, married Irene Stockton on January , 1905.
HENRY COOK married (2) Olive Hunt; (3) Marian ____ (4) Jennie Pifer. Each marriage ended in divorce.
MARY EFFIE COOK HECTOR
MARY EFFIE COOK was born December 2, 1857, in San Bernardino, California. On September 8, 1871 she married ZACHARY HECTOR, who was born September 22, 1849 in Des Moines, Iowa, son of John Hector and Lavina Hammon. He died October 10, 1915, and was buried October 13, 1915 in Visalia, California. MARY died September 19, 1942 and was buried September 21, 1942 in Santa Paula, California.[61]
Children of MARY EFFIE COOK and ZACHARY HECTOR:
Zachary Theodore Hector, 1871 - 1919.
George Washington Hector, 1874 - 1945.
Mabel Corintha Hector Crosby, 1878 - 1946, married Charles William Crosby on November 18, 1929.
Eva Maude Hector Holloway, 1882 - 1915, married Edward Clyde Holloway on May 6, 1902.
George Washington Hector
George was born August 24, 1874 in Santa Barbara. California and married Mary Agnes Anlauff on May 24, 1904. Mary was born June 24, 1878 in Oregon, daughter of Herman and Theresa Anlauff.
Children of George and Mary Agnes Hector:
Chester Hector, born 1905.
Ethel Mildred Hector West, born 1907 and married William Norman West on October 3, 1929.
Walter Hector Edwin Hector, born 1915.
Mabel Hector, born 1918.
SARAH ANN COOK HARRIS
SARAH ANN COOK, daughter of JOHN JAMES and MARY ANN TURLEY COOK, was born September 26, in Los Angeles, California. She married CHARLES JOHN HARRIS, son of John Harris and Catherine Clark Harris, on September 26, 1877 at Fillmore, California.
Children of SARAH ANN and CHARLES JOHN HARRIS:
Mary Catherine Harris Swanson, 1879 - 1919.
Anna Bell Harris, 1880 - 1960
Grace Dell Harris Hewston, born 1882.
Phoebe Agnes Harris Goode, 1884 - 1955.
Charles Henry Harris, 1887 - 1888.
Bertha Alice Harris Hewston White, 1891 - 1953 (error).
John Edward Harris, 1894 - 1899
Minnie May Harris Hunt, born 1896.
Sarah Emma Harris Billinger, 1899 - 1960.
Mary Catherine Harris Swanson
Mary Catherine was born on February 3, 1879 in Fillmore, California and married Irving Augustus Swanson on February 3, 1897. Irving was born February 26, 1870 in Ventura California to Julius Augustus, and Lucinda Horton Swanson. He died Febr. 26, 1951 and was buried in Santa Paula, California.
Children of Mary and Irving Swanson:
Iva Della Swanson Ware, born 1898, married Edward Ware on November 18,
1916.
Clarence Augustus Swanson, born 1900, married Bertha Mae Sanders April 9,
1932.
baby Swanson, 1902.
Earl Raymond Swanson, born 1904, married Thelma in 1932.
Vernon Edward Swanson, born 1906, married Frances Giller on January, 17,
1928.
Phoebe Catherine Swanson Davis, born 1910, married Willard Davis in 1927.
Agnes Belle Swanson, born 1916.
Elma Mae Swanson Ganzer, born 1919, married Howard Ganzer in 1936.
Elsie Mabel, 1919 - 1919.
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Six Harris sisters, daughters of Sarah Ann Cook Harris, granddaughters of May Ann Turley Cook
Grace was born September 26, 1882 in Santa Paula, Cal. She married George Hewston on June 24, 1907, He was born April 18, 1887 in San Francisco, California, son of George Hewston and Sarah Simpson, and died January 18, 1934.
Children of Grace and George Hewston:
Alfred George Hewston, 1908-1931.
Edward Rolle Hewston, born 1910, married Nora Lee Knox on November 16, 1934.
Leslie Robert Hewston, born,1912.
Phoebe was born December 23, 1884 in Santa Paula, Cal. and married Oliver Perry Goode on November 23, 1908. Oliver was born July in Marysville, California, son James Goode and Susan McPhitridge Goode. Phoebe died April 22, 1955 in Taft, Calif., and her husband died 1961 in Bakersfield, California.[63]
Children of Phoebe Agnes Harris and Oliver Perry Goode:
Marvin William Goode (twin), born 1910, married Dorothy Winslow on April 30, 1933.
Malcolm Henry Goode (twin), born 1910, married Marjorie Maxine Moore October 27, 1930. Margaret Goode (twin), married Ralph Lee Duvall Dec.24, 1934.
Baby Goode (twin) Lasen Onas Goode, born 1916, married Mary Schoner June 8, 1940.
Bertha, born February 21, 1891 in Santa Paula, California, married Alfred Kellog Hewston on October 21, 1909 in Ventura, California. Alfred was the son of George Hewston and Sarah Belle Simpson Hewston. He died September 11, 1946 in Ventura. On November 23, 1953 Bertha married John Allen White.
Children of Bertha Harris and Alfred Hewston:
Irene Genevieve Hewston, born 1910, married Peter John Oliver December 4, 1932.
Bertha Evelyn Hewston Reed, born 1912, married Glen Howard Reed on July 15, 1932.
George Alfred Hewston, born 1914, married (1) Blanche Turner, (2) Cuba Harrison, (3) Mary Alley on Dec. 8, 1959.Minnie Mae Harris Hunt Minnie was born October 23, 1896 in Santa Paula, California and married Henry Wilton Hunt, Jr. on December 31, 1915. He was born June 5, 1893 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Henry Wilton and Rose Amelia Cooley Hunt.
Children of Minnie and Henry Hunt:
Winifred Mae Hunt Grimm, born 1919, married Merle Joseph Grimm on October 7, 1939.
Edwin Wilton Hunt, born 1924, married Cora Ruth Ricker on December 23, 1947.[64]
Sarah Emma Harris Billinger LeBard
Sarah Emma "Winifred" Harris, born February 4, 1899 in Santa Paula, California, married Joseph Nicholas Billinger, Jr., son of Joseph Nicholas and Freda Hammer Billinger, on August 31, 1895. They were divorced and Sarah married Pharos Lawrence LeBard on June 19, 1954.
Children of Sarah and Joseph Billinger:
Leslie Raymond Billinger, born 1921, married Dallas Patterson Orman on January 31, 1949.
Donald Joseph Billinger, born 1924, married Fern Huer Buck February 25, 1949.CAROLINE COOK, daughter of MARY ANN TURLEY and JOHN COOK, met and married GEORGE SILVEY in Ventura County, California February 22, 1890, this being the second marriage for CAROLINE. She was first married to BERNADO A. SMITH, July or August 1883 in Ventura, California. They were married only two years when BERNADO was kicked in the head by a horse and died. There were no children from this union.
GEORGE SILVEY was born October 10, 1852 in Sweetwater, Tennessee, but later moved to Kansas where he was raised. CAROLINE was born December 19, 1862 in Independence, California. She was the first white child born in Inyo County. In 1875 CAROLINE's family moved to Santa Paula, Calif. where she remained until she and GEORGE moved to Bishop, approximately 1898 or 1899. GEORGE SILVEY was a stone mason by trade. He cut all the stones for the present Union Oil Museum Building located in Santa Paula. GEORGE died in Bishop in 1914. The rest of the family returned to Santa Paula in 1918.
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Two of GEORGE and Caroline's sons, George Alonzo and Henry Raymond served in the Army of World War I. There was much talent shown in this family, Raymond being a very good artist and Lonnie being a very good writer of poetry, although neither talent was ever furthered into a career.
CAROLINE died at her daughter's home, Mrs. Leola Silvey Galbraith, on August 15, 1945.
Children of CAROLINE COOK and GEORGE W. SILVEY:
George Alonzo Silvey, 1891-1967, married Edith Robinson on July 28, 1921.
James Owen Silvey, 1894, married Margaret Eder in March, 3926.
Henry Raymond Silvey, born 1897, married Ivy Delano on May 29, 1921.
Nettie Leola Silvey Galbraith, 1900-1970, married Walter Lyman Galbraith December 29, 1921.
Caroline Owena Silvey Bunting (Carrie), born 1903, and married Charles Russell Bunting May 7, 1926.
Effie Ellen Silvey Kempster, 1906-1967, married Bertram Kempster on January 2, 1925.Owen Silvey was born 15 January 1894 in Santa Paula, California. His family moved to Bishop, California in 1899 where Owen attended school, graduating from Bishop High School. After graduation, he and his brother Raymond opened a bicycle shop in Bishop. During World War I, Owen was exempted from the service to help support his family. They moved to Santa Paula in 1919. Owen met and married Margaret Eder. They had one son, James Silvey born May, 1929.
Owen died October 6, 1960 in Santa Paula, California. He had worked for the Texas Company most of his life.
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Leola was born August 8, 1900 in Bishop, California. She attended both grammar school and high school in Bishop. In 1919 the family moved to Santa Paula, California. Here she met Walter Lyman Galbraith, son of Hiram Abiff and Mary Eliza Berry Galbraith, and on December 29, 1921 they were married in Ventura, California.
Walter was born in Altamont, Kansas on July 18, 1887. His family moved to Kentucky and remained there till he was 19 years old, then moved to Winton, California. About 1917 Walter moved to Santa Paula, California. He served in World War I in the Army from 1918 through most of 1919. He served most of that time in France.
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During their married life Walter worked in the oil fields and later in Civil Service. Leola started working for General Telephone Company in 1945 as an operator and retired in 1958.
Walter passed away July 7, 1964 and Leola followed January 29 , 1970. They were both buried in the Santa Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula, California.
Children of Walter and Leola Galbraith:
Melvin Ray Galbraith
Clifford Wendell Galbraith
Walter Lyman Galbraith Nettie Leola Silvey Galbraith
Melvin Ray Galbraith was born November 11, 1923 in Santa Paula, California. Melvin attended Santa Paula grammar schools and graduated from Santa Paula Union High School in 1941. He enlisted in the United States Army Ground Crew of Aviation January 19, 1943 and served in California, Colorado before going overseas to Puerto Rico. He stayed on in Puerto Rico the entire time before his discharge in March of 1946. After returning from the service, he started working as a tile setter's helper, later becoming a tile setter. In 1958 he got his contractor's license and started his own Ceramic Tile Company and is still in the same business.
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Melvin was first married to Johnie Marie Satterfield Withers on July 23, 1960. They had one child of this marriage: Rae Ann, born March 29, 1961. She is attending Santa Paula schools. Melvin and Marie were divorced in Ventura County in 1967.
His present wife, Evelyn Lahti Davenport was born September 2, 1923 in Mountain Iron, Minn. to Emil and Ellen Hakala Lahti. Evelyn has a son and daughter by a previous marriage. She moved to California in 1954. Melvin and Evelyn were married April 25, 1969 in the Methodist Church, Camarillo, California.
* * *Clifford Galbraith was born October 14, 1925. He attended Santa Paula Grammar Schools and graduated from Santa Paula Union High School in 1943.
Clifford enlisted in the United States Navy in October of 1942 and served till December 1945. He was stationed aboard the destroyer "USS MULLANEY" as a Sonarman, Second Class. He served in the Asiatic-Pacific area and the Philippine Liberation. Upon his discharge from the Navy, he entered Ventura Junior College for two years and then started working for Safeway Stores as a meat cutter apprentice.
In the summer of 1949 he met Darlene Morris and they were married April 14, 1950 in the First Baptist Church, Santa Paula, California. Darlene was born in Hebbronville, Jim Hogg County, Texas on February 24, 1931 and is the daughter of William Alfred and Floy Hazel Phillips Morris. She lived most of her life in Genoa, Texas and graduated from Webster High School in 1949. Upon graduation, her family moved to Santa Paula, California due to the transfer of her father by the Humble Oil and Refining Co. Darlene attended Ventura Junior College for a short time before her marriage to Cliff.
They had four children from this marriage: Daniel Morris, Stacey Leigh, Shelley Denise and Steven Dana. Dan is a senior at Cal Poly University, Pomona, California, majoring in Agriculture (Citrus and Avocado) and expecting to be married soon after graduation to Linda Peters. Stacey is now married to Edward Daniel Gutierrez and living in Ventura. They were married April 15, 1972. Shelley is married to Odis Wal-
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ter Socia. They were married February 24, 1973. Steve is a senior in Santa Paula Union High School.
Cliff is presently employed as a meat cutter in Ventura, and lives in Santa Paula, California. Cliff and Darlene were divorced in October 1968. (See page 563 for additional picture.)
* * *Caroline was born April 4, 1903 and lived in Bishop during her grammar school days, moving to Santa Paula, California in 1919 and graduating from Santa Paula Union High School. It was in Santa Paula that Carrie met Charles Russell Bunting and they were married May 7, 1926.
Russ was born February 5, 1901 in Bruceville, Indiana to Samuel Percy and Melissa Melinda Hooten Bunting. He came to Santa Paula when he was about 16 years old, finishing high school here.
Carrie and Russ spent their entire married life in Santa Paula, as buss was self-employed there. He died December 17, 1962 and Carrie still makes her home in Santa Paula.
Children of Carrie and Russ Bunting:
Eddie Russell Bunting
Gary Charles BuntingEddie Russell Bunting
Eddie was born April 2, 1927 in Oxnard California. He attended schools in Santa Paula and later served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I.
Eddie married Juanita Christensen January 23, 1946 in the First Baptist Church, Santa Paula, California. Juanita was born March 24, 1928 in Santa Barbara to Chris and Katherine Stuefloten Christensen. She was raised in Ojai, Cal., attending local schools and graduating from high school there. Eddie and Juanita had three daughters: Toni Karen, born June 19, 1947, now married to Kenneth Brown and has one child; Cathy Ann Bunting, born January 10, 1950, now married to Dan- iel Seaman and has one child also; and Anita Susan, born Oct. 27, 1955, now attending Davis University as a sophomore. Eddie and Juanita were divorced April 1968 in Ventura County and Eddie married Susan Teal of Oklahoma City in 1973.
Gary Charles Bunting
Gary was born June 30, 1935 in Oxnard, California. Gary has spent his entire
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life in Santa Paula, California, attending the local school and graduating from the local high school. Since graduating from high school, Gary has spent most of his life driving trucks. Gary enlisted in the United States Army during the Korean War.
Gary married Annell Zachery June 19, 1953. Annell was born July 7, 1935 in Texas to Ralph and Owida Crabtree Zachary. They later moved to Santa Paula where Annell graduated from high school. They had one son, Daniel Jeffery, born January 9, 1954. Dan is presently attending Ventura Junior College and will receive his AA degree this June (1974). Gary f and Annell were divorced in 1964 in Ventura County.
Gary remarried Jane Sestich of San Pedro July 6, 1971 in Las Vegas. They have no children and live in Santa Paula.California,
* * *Effie was born March 25, 1906 in Bishop, the youngest of six children: three boys and three girls. She attended both grammar school and part of her high school in Bishop, graduating from Santa Paula Union High School, Santa Paula, California. It was in Santa Paula that Effie met and married Bert Kempster. They met at a dance where he played a saxophone in the band. They were married January 2, 1925 in Los Angeles, California.
Bert was born on May 14, 1902 in Toronto, Canada. He and his family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was about eight years old. His father owned a Western Electric branch and manufactured light fixtures. He attended school in Los Angeles. He moved to Oxnard about 1922. He worked for the Levy family for many years and then started working for the Navy in 1941 until his retirement.
Effie died July 15, 1967 in Oxnard, California and was buried in the family plot of the Santa Paula Cemetery Santa Paula, California. Bert died about 1969 and is also buried in Santa Paula Cemetery.
Children of Effie and Bert Kempster:
Jack Eugene Kempster
Patricia Owena KempsterJack Eugene Kempster
Jack was born on May 11, 1926 in Oxnard, California. He attended local schools, graduating from Oxnard Union High School. He served the U. S. Navy World War II 1944 to 1946. He was a Torpedoman aboard U.S.S. Haynsworth DD 700 and saw action in the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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After his discharge from the Navy in January 1946, he went to work for Catlin's Automotive Supply in Oxnard for several years. He owned Kempster's Brake and Alignment for a while. He is presently working at Pacific Missile Range as an Engineering Technician.
His wife, the former Helen Cuilty, was born on July 28, 1925 to Robert Charles and Mary Santo Cuilty, in Calipatria, California. She formerly lived in Ventura, California where she attended school. Her family moved to Oxnard, California in her senior year of high school and she graduated from Oxnard High. She also attended Woodbury College in Los Angeles after high school graduation. She met Jack at a high school dance. They were married on May 29, 1945 at the Santa Clara Roman Catholic Church in Oxnard, California and have three children: Susan, Steven and Laurie.
Patricia Owens Kempster Deaver
Patricia was born May 19, 1928 and attended Oxnard local schools and graduated from Oxnard Union High School. Pat was first married to Alfred David Loudermilk in April, 1952, but was divorced in Ventura County July 1953. On August 28, 1954 she married Guy Neal Deaver in Ventura, California. She met Guy while working at the U.S. Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu. He was born August 19, 1925 in Robinson, Illinois. He served 20 years in the United States Navy and received the Purple Heart. Guy is the son of Clyde and Minnie Jeffries Deaver. Guy and Pat have two children: Craig Devon, born August 25, 1959; and Penny Ann, born January 7, 1963. They live in Oxnard, California and have all been baptized in the Roman Catholic Church.
Nettie Leola Caroline Owena Effie Ellen
Daughters of George W. and Caroline Owena Cook Silvey
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MARINDA MARIA COOK HALL MARINDA was born September 12, 1869 in Colton, California, the eighth child of JOHN and MARY ANN TURLEY COOK. On December 21, 1887 she married HERBERT HALL, born January 9, 1862 in Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, son of Ruben R. Hall and Sarah Frances Stratton Hall. HERBERT died July 30, 1934 and was buried in Santa Paula California. MARINDA died in May, 1946. They had no children.
Mary Ann Turley and her five children
Standing, from left --Mary Effie Hector, Henry Theodore Cook, and Caroline Owena Silvey. Sitting, from left--Minnie Miranda Hall, Mary Cook and Sara Ann Harris.
