Leonora Adelia Gribble

Birth: Dec. 28, 1859 Stanislaus County California, USA Death: Dec. 8, 1931 Fresno Fresno County California, USA

Leonora was the second child to Amanda Malvina McCommas Field(1840-1911) and William Henry "Billy" Field(1821-1892). Her father operated the Keystone House, a stage and freighting stop that was on the way to the Tuolumne County mines and The Big Oak Flat Road to reach Yosemite. Her mother moved on and remarried to George A. Estes having four more children before settling near Lemoore on homesteaded property in Southern Pacific's holdings. After the Mussel Slough Tragedy, the family, and soon, Leonora relocated to the Mill Creek area in Fresno County to what was called Hopewell. She met and married William Henry Harrison Gribble in Hopewell on October 3, 1886 with Sands Baker and Overton Foster as witnesses. The couple produced six children of which four survived. Leonora disliked the isolation on their 320 acres in Dunlap and took the children and left for Fresno after 1905. Even though her boys would attend the ranch with their father in the summers, the toll it took on "Henry" resulted in his suicide in 1908. He is buried in the Dunlap Cemetery along with three of their children. Leonora lived on 10 acres of figs and peaches at Shields and Thorne Avenues in Fresno. She sold the 320 acre ranch in Dunlap to Chauncey Baker for $10 in gold coin in December 1915. Leonora's only surviving daughter, Clara, returned to teach at the Dunlap School in 1917 as her first teaching assignment after graduation from Fresno Normal School. Amanda died in Leonora's home in 1911 from cancer of the face. She was buried at the Mountain View Cemetery. Leonora died in 1931 from pneumonia at home and was buried December 10 with services provided by J.N. Lisle & Co.

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Parents:

 William Henry Field (1821 - 1892)

 Amanda Malvina McCommas Estes (1840 - 1911)

Spouse:

 William Henry Harrison Gribble (1859 - 1908)

Children:

 Grace Gribble (1888 - 1888)*

 James Alfred Gribble (1890 - 1966)*

 Clara Addie Gribble Brooks (1892 - 1971)*

 William Monroe Gribble (1894 - 1912)*

 John Harrison Gribble (1896 - 1934)*

 baby boy Gribble (1898 - 1898)*

Siblings:

 George McCommas Field (1858 - 1923)*

 Leonora Adelia Field Gribble (1859 - 1931)

 Phoebe Jane Estes McCutchen (1864 - 1904)**

 Juliette E. Estes Anderson (1868 - 1941)**

 Franklin Albright Estes (1871 - 1920)**

 Alonzo Jefferson Estes (1874 - ____)**

 Mary M. Estes Hedrick (1880 - ____)**

Burial: Belmont Memorial Park Fresno Fresno County California, USA Plot: Block 17, Section 907, Grave 5

Maintained by: Brad Reinhardt Originally Created by: Pam Kantola Record added: Dec 13, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 32147480

Leonora was the second child to Amanda Malvina McCommas Field(1840-1911) and William Henry "Billy" Field(1821-1892). Her father operated the Keystone House, a stage and freighting stop that was on the way to the Tuolumne County mines and The Big Oak Flat Road to reach Yosemite. Her mother moved on and remarried to George A. Estes having four more children before settling near Lemoore on homesteaded property in Southern Pacific's holdings. After the Mussel Slough Tragedy, the family, and soon, Leonora relocated to the Mill Creek area in Fresno County to what was called Hopewell. She met and married William Henry Harrison Gribble in Hopewell on October 3, 1886 with Sands Baker and Overton Foster as witnesses. The couple produced six children of which four survived. Leonora disliked the isolation on their 320 acres in Dunlap and took the children and left for Fresno after 1905. Even though her boys would attend the ranch with their father in the summers, the toll it took on "Henry" resulted in his suicide in 1908. He is buried in the Dunlap Cemetery along with three of their children. Leonora lived on 10 acres of figs and peaches at Shields and Thorne Avenues in Fresno. She sold the 320 acre ranch in Dunlap to Chauncey Baker for $10 in gold coin in December 1915. Leonora's only surviving daughter, Clara, returned to teach at the Dunlap School in 1917 as her first teaching assignment after graduation from Fresno Normal School.

Amanda died in Leonora's home in 1911 from cancer of the face.  She was buried at the Mountain View Cemetery. Leonora died in 1931 from pneumonia at home and was buried December 10 with services provided by J.N. Lisle & Co.

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via father William Henry 'Billy' Field by SmartCopy: Mar 5 2015, 14:53:04 UTC