- John Borriegard Corbett, Sr. (67 KB)
Front Row L-R: Sarah Adeline Carter (Corbett), John B., Sr., Mary Elizabeth Corbett (Zipperer) Back Row L-R: Sarah Prine (Corbett) & John Borriegard Corbett, II.....John B., Sr. was born Apr 1, 1841 in Lowndes Co, Georgia and died Jan 8, 1919 in Echols Co, Georgia. He married Sarah Adeline Carter in 1860 and they raised a family of ten children.
- John Howell Darby (79 KB)
John Howell Darby, the son of James Drayton Darby and Jane Francis Roberts, was born in Keatchie, DeSoto Par, Louisiana in 1854. He married Melissa Adeline Williams on Dec 7, 1876 in DeSoto Par, Louisiana and she gave birth to one son, Arthur Llewellyn, prior to her death, Jun 22, 1879. John then married Francis Jane Nolan, Jul 13, 1881, and Francis gave birth to eight children prior to John's death in Long Beach, California on Dec 3, 1893.
- Fannie Neighbours (83 KB)
Fannie was the wife of Andrew Ferguson Dobbie and the daughter of Burrell Allen Neighbours and Susan Green Roberts. She was born Sep 14, 1856 in Lampasus Co., Texas prior to the families departure by covered wagon for California in 1868. She died Jul 10, 1923 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California.
- Isabella Logan Dobbie (146 KB)
Isabella was the daughter of Donald Dobbie and Agnes Armour. She was born Jan 18, 1847 in Scotland and died Jun 27, 1923 in Fresno, California. She was prominently identified with the early history of California, having gone to the Yosemite Valley in 1866 where she and her husband, George Leidig, operated the first hotel in the valley before a wagon road was built, when all supplies had to be taken in by pack animals and tourists traveled by horseback. The best years of her life were spent making family, friends and tourists happy. Photo from the files of the Yosemite National Park Research Library.
- Francis Jane Nolan circa 1889 (62 KB)
Francis was born Mar 1, 1859, the daughter of Green B. Nolan and Almeda Hammock. She first married Samuel P. Golson and after his death married John Howell Darby, Jul 13, 1881, in Sabine Par, Louisiana. She died in Hollywood, California, June 18, 1937......... Photo courtesy of Melary Darby Wolf
- Darby House (40 KB)
John Howell Darby settled in Long Beach in 1891. In the fall of the same year he built the Darby House at the northeast corner of First St. and American Ave., a first class hotel, which in time became his special pride, and all around credit to the town.The property was sold in 1913 to a syndicate for $125,000 and was torn down in 1919. The building was of the old-time "California" construction of cloth and paper.
- George Frederick Leidig (141 KB)
George, born Apr 27, 1839, was a short, stout German. While working as a mine hoist operator at Princeton in Mariposa county, he had met and wooed Isabella Logan Dobbie. They eloped to San Francisco in 1863 and later moved to Yosemite Valley where they established the Leidig Hotel and raised a family of eleven children. He died Jun 13, 1902 in Raymond, Madera Co, California. Photo from the files of Yosemite National Park Research Library.
- John J. Darby (31 KB)
The son of John Howell and Francis Darby, John J. was born Aug 27, 1893, in the "Darby House" in Long Beach, California. A veteran of World War I, he later became a film actor working as an extra at Warner Bros. studios in Hollywood, California. He died in his apartment in Hollywood, Dec 13, 1946.
- John Samuel Williams (14 KB)
John Samuel was the son of John H. Williams and Mahala Singletary and lived the best part of his adult life in and around the area of Mansfield, DeSoto Par, Louisiana. He was born Dec 31, 1825, died Dec 10, 1909 and is buried at the Grove Hill Cemetery, Dollette Hills, Louisiana. Photo is taken from the collection of Richard Lee, Lake Charles, Louisiana.
- Perry Polk Keith (278 KB)
Founder of Keithville, Caddo Par, Louisiana. Perry married Narcissa Miller on Feb 23, 1871, and to this union were born five children; William Henry, Daniel Wesley, Perry Polk Jr., Mary Slaughter and Beulah. Beulah was born Sept 1, 1885 and married Jeb Stewart Darby, son of John Howell and Francis Darby.
Obituary from the Shreveport Times, Feb 7, 1935, pg 1.
- Robert Randolph Darby (23 KB)
Robert was born in Alabama on Oct 5, 1827 to Basil Darby & Marth E. Lester. He married Susan Emmaline Townsend on Dec 2, 1852 in Winona, Carroll Co, Mississippi. Jul 1860, Robert is a miner in Plumas Co, CA with his family. They later move to Yolo Co. where he farms and serves as Superintendent of Schools until 1876 when he relocates the family to Orange Co., CA where Susan dies in Mar 1877. He later moves to Glendale, CA where he dies Jul 14, 1894. (Photo from the CA State Library Collection)
- David Patrick Smart (56 KB)
David Patrick Smart, the son of John Thomas Smart and Virginia L. Smart, was born Nov 27, 1838 in Missouri. He married Georginia Dobbie in Downey, Los Nietos Twp, California in 1875. Early records indicate that David was a teacher in the local school district and later became involved in local administrative matters of the area and in 1896 became a partner in one of the local saloons. He died in Downey, Sep 16, 1905.
- Andrew Ferguson Dobbie (95 KB)
The son of Donald Dobbie and Agnes Armour, Andrew was born Jan 15, 1843 in Barony, Lanark, Scotland. He died Nov 26, 1928 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, Arizona. His life was spent both as a miner and a farmer. While living in Arizona, he worked at the Silver King Mine near Superior, Pinal Co. and as a farmer in the Phoenix area.
- Agnes Armour Leidig 1867-1868 (60 KB)
Second of eleven children of George Frederick & Isabella Dobbie Leidig. Agnes died from eating some spoiled frozen peaches. She was originally buried near Lamons cabin & her remains were removed to Yosemite Pioneer Cemetery possibly in the early 1900's
- Georginia Dobbie (38 KB)
Georginia, the daughter of Donald Dobbie and Agnes Armour, was born Nov 20, 1858 in Bellville, Illinois. She was only three years old when she came to California with her parents settling in Mariposa County. Georginia arrived in Downey, California around 1874 where she met her husband and resided until her death, Jan 11, 1931.
- Agnes Armour Gravesite (97 KB)
Agnes Armour, the wife of Donald Dobbie, died "At Princeton, Maripose county, Dec 6th, Mrs. Agnes Dobbie in the 45th year of her age." (The Daily Bee, Sacramento, Fri, Dec 12, 1862) The cause of her death has not been determined but is probably related to the trip with her children across the Isthums of Panama on her way to join her husband in Mariposa county.
- George Andreas Leidig & wife, Josephine - 1876 (92 KB)
A Second Chance.....George Andreas Leidig (13 July 1810-9 Oct 1877) left Rot am See, Wuerttemberg (Germany) during 1855, another year of great famine. He left behind a wife and two nearly grown-up children, Magdalena Catharina Leidig and Johann Georg Jacob Christian Leidig (who emigrated to London, England during the same year). Josephine Meyers Floto (about 1831, Wuerttemberg, Germany-15 Sep 1899) was widowed when her first husband, Henry Floto was killed in a mining accident on 9 May 1863, Josephine married George A. Leidig on 16 June 1864 and set up home with him and her two children, Eliza Floto and Frank H Floto. The family grew by two more children, namely Lousia A. Leidig (6 Nov 1867) and George Henry Leidig (14 Mar 1874). Photo Source: Harold "Jack" Garber
- George Andreas Leidig - IOOF Cem, Mariposa, CA (64 KB)
"Uncle George as he was called, was an industrious and provident husband and father. His circuit about our town morning and evening, supplying the demands of our people with meat and milk, which business he pursued for several years, by his sudden death is made vacant, and his smiling face will be missed by many that have been so promptly furnished at his hands." Source: Mariposa Gazette; October 13, 1877
- Charlie Dobbie - Shot by a Renegade Indian (146 KB)
Arizona Republican, June 2, 1892
- Josephine Meyers (33 KB)
Josephine Meyers was born circa 1831 in Wuerttemberg, Germany and found her way to the Mariposa area in California where she first married Henry Floto sometime before 1859. On May 9, 1863, Mr. Floto was involved in a mine accident in Princeton, California, which resulted in his untimely death at age 30. He was assisting in propping up under the tunnel, when some of the timbers gave way, causing a mass of earth and rock to bury Mr. Floto. Timely efforts to extricate him were unsuccessful. He left behind, wife, Josephine and two children, Eliza Floto and Frank H. Floto. Photo Source: Harold "Jack" Garber
- John D. Loper (50 KB)
Born in Belmont Co, Ohio, April 2, 1870. Son of Benjamin M. and Eleanore (Davies) Loper. Married Agnes Dobbie, daughter of Andrew F. and Fannie (Neighbours) Dobbie, on June 22, 1898 in Phoenix, Arizona. Three children were born from this marriage before Agnes died Jul 14, 1928. John remarried and continued his career in the Phoenix public school system before his death, Sep 25, 1955.
- Flora Lizette Darby & Philip Mulky Savage (72 KB)
Flora and Philip were married on June 4, 1873, at the Darby family home in Gordon Valley, Yolo Co, California. Their family life together was documented by Flora in her writing "Philip Savage-A California Sage." Photo Source: Geraldine Nathan Collection
- Louisa Tennessee Williams (33 KB)
The daughter of John H. Williams and Mahala Singletary. Louisa was born Dec 14, 1841 in Mansfield, DeSoto Par, Louisiana. She married Thomas Allen Pope on Sep 13, 1857 in Titus Co, Texas and between 1858 and 1881 had eleven children by the marriage. Thomas died Nov 22, 1911 in Bellville, Austin Co, Texas and Louisa died Dec 18, 1925 in Rocksprings, Edwards Co, Texas.
- Leidig Family in Yosemite Valley, California (86 KB)
Top row: Hulda, Emma, Mrs. Leidig w/baby Catherine, Mr. Leidig and Alice....Bottom row: June, Donald M., Isabella, & John "Jack"...Charles and George F., Jr. are not in this group. Photo from Yosemite National Park Research Library.
- Mariposa Front Page Cover (76 KB)
The book describes the lives of eleven pioneer families who resided and raised their families in Mariposa Co., California. Contains over 100 memorial sketches and photographs taken from library microfilm files and offered by members of the Barnett, Garber and Leidig families.
- Sammie Golson (34 KB)
Born Aug 31, 1877, in Pleasant Hill, Sabine Par, Louisiana to Samuel P. Golson and Francis Jane Nolan. Sammie married Clyde Harrell Sep 30, 1896, at the "Darby House" in Long Beach, California. She raised a family of six children before her death, Jun 16, 1944, in Los Angeles, California.
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