James Harrison Farris
Genealogy Worksheet
Jane Mason, September 5, 2004
James Harrison Farris(1)
B 30Oct1846 IN (10)
D 7Feb1930 Woodland, Yolo county CA(2)
Parents: Young and Mary "Polly" Dunbar Farris(11)
Obituary
Death Calls 83-Year-Old Woodland Man
Following an illness of a week, James H. Farris, 83, a resident here for the last 26 years, died Friday evening.
He was a native of Indiana.
When a boy Farris moved from the state of birthplace with his parents and went to southern Oregon. Three
years after settling in Oregon the family turned south and moved to California, where Farris has resided ever
since.
For a number of years Farris engaged in ranching in Yolo, but ten years ago he retired from active pursuits.
When stricken Farris was making his home in Woodland with Mrs. Frank Mumma, a cousin.
Farris leaves a brother, J. L. Farris of Los Angeles, a sister, Mrs. Emily Clayton of Oakland, a niece, Mrs.
Edna Clayton Oree(sic-Orr) of Oakland, and two nephews, Fred Farris of SanJose and Charles Farris of
Oakland.
Arrangements for the funeral are being completed by the Krellenberg company. (2)
1863 arrived in CA(10)
1867 CA Yolo county …obtained land patent(3)
1870 CA Placer county registered to vote(4)
1880 (5)
1886 CA Lake county, Lower Lake…registered to vote (1)
1900 CA Trinity county Trinity Center…listed as single working as a quartz miner(6)
1902 CA Trinity county…land patent under the Mineral Patent-Lode authority of 1866 with five other men
including his brother, John (9)
1910 CA Yolo county, Woodland township living with brother John and farming(7)
1920 CA Yolo county Woodland…living with brother John working as a miner(8)
Notes:
(1) 1890 CA Voter Registration collected by the CA State Genealogical Alliance, published by Heritage
Quest 2001
James Harrison Farris Lower Lake precinct Lake county bpIN age 39 Oct 1886
(2) obituary in Woodland Democrat (CA) 8Feb1930 P6
(3) BLM #CACAAA031936
(4) State Library of California voters registers for California counties
"Farris, James Harrison, 21, Indiana, laborer, Rocklin"
(5) Not located.
(6) 1900 CA R115 Trinity county Trinity Center ED192S4L12
J. H. Farris single Oct1846 53y IN KY IN miner
(7) 1910 CA R110 Yolo county Woodland township ED185 P21A L10
John T. Farris Head 66 single IN KY IN farmer
James H. Farris brother 63 single IN KY IN farm
(8) 1920 R128 CA Yolo county Woodland ED231S6AL15
John T. Farris head 75 single farmer IN KY IN
James H. Farris brother 73 single IN KY IN
With brother John
(9) BLM serial #CACAAA015896
(10) Death Certificate County of Yolo District 5750 Local Register No. 31
Woodland at Woodland Clinic Hospital
Name: James H. Farris
Sex: male Race: white Marital: single
Birth: October 30, 1846 Indiana Age 83y 3m 17d
Occupation: retired farmer
Father: Young Farris Born Kentucky Mother: Mary Dunbar Born Indiana
Residence 10 years 26 years in Yolo county 67 years in California
Death: February 7 1930 at 5 P.M.
Cause: pulmonary tuberculosis old with cavitation right upper lobe Contributory Senility, age 83
Autopsy conducted
Informant: Mrs. S. Emily Clayton 7520 Nay Ave Oakland
Removal: East Lawn Crematorium, Undertaker Krellenburg, Woodland
(11) (11) Lake County CA Superior Court, #277 filed 25Feb1889, Probate for the estate of Young
Farris – J. H. Farris, aged 42 years
Who is the "cousin", Mrs. Frank Mumma , that James was living with?
Checking World Connect on rootsweb I found the Mumma family.
Zachary Mumma and wife jumped from MD directly to CA.
Son Frank married:
Name: Myra Estelle HOWARD Birth: 25 FEB 1887 Death: 28 AUG 1970
Marriage 1 Franklin Rohrbach MUMMA b: 9 OCT 1884 in Madison,CA
Married: 12 DEC 1909
Myra is the daughter of Mary Scarlett Howard
Mary Scarlett is the daughter of William Scarlett, half brother of Polly Dunbar Farris(Mrs. Young Farris)
In other words –
Mother Jamima Charles's first marriage to _____Dunbar >Polly Dunbar (Farris)>James
Mother Jamima Charles's second marriage to Samuel Scarlett>William Scarlett>Mary (Howard)>Myra
(Mumma)
James and Myra are first cousins once removed.
CA death index:
MUMMA FRANK R 10/09/1884 ROHRBACK M CALIFORNIA YOLO 10/16/1966 82 yrs
MUMMA MYRA H 02/25/1887 F (no parents names listed) CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO 08/28/1970
83 yrs
