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Death of J. C. TEACH in CA in 1860

Death of J. C. TEACH in CA in 1860

Posted: 9 Nov 2006 6:20PM GMT
Classification: Death
Surnames: TEACH
Am not related but may be of interest to someone who is. I have no further info.

Vern D
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoch <deesar@frontiernet.net>
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The San Andreas Independent
San Andreas, Calaveras County, CA
Saturday, 26 May 1860
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DIED in the WOODS -- Dr. J.C. TEACH, a man aged about 55 years, was found dead near McNair's ranch, above Cave City, on the 17th inst. He had been employed in the woods cutting down a tree and was found about half-way between where he had been at work and the Table Mountain ditch, by Mr. McNAIR, at whose house deceased was stopping.
It is presumed he had gone for a drink and on his return toward the tree dropped down dead. Everything indicated that he died without a struggle, as his hat was still on his head and the soft ground was undisturbed save by his footsteps. This is one account. Another gentleman writes us that "the probable cause of his death was the drinking of poisonous and adulterated liquor, a bottle of which (partly consumed) he had at the time." What was left in the bottle has been sent to San Francisco to be analyzed. Deceased was a native of Pennsylvania, removed thence to Wheeling, Va., resided both in Ohio and Indiana, and came to this State in 1850.

Re: Death of J. C. TEACH in CA in 1860

Posted: 6 Jan 2007 3:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Teach
I have an ancestor John C. Teach who was born around 1803, in Pennsylvania. He was married to Ann Mustard around 1830. Sometime after the 1850 Census was taken he left his family to go to California, presumably to search for gold. After several years his letters to home stopped and he was presumed dead. It's possible this could be him.
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Mike Sparks
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