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Graduated as the valedictorian of the Alameda Institute in California circa 1857.
Subject of a 1997 fictionalized "True Love" romance trilogy: The Vienna Brooks Saga
Book 1 - Wilderness Journey A True Love Story: "tender lover. A ruthless wilderness. Will Vienna ever see John again?
It's 1852. A weathered covered wagon crawls across the searing wilderness. Vienna Brooks, her mother, and five younger brothers desperately try to reach California before winter. Starvation, fever, devestating storms, and the fear of hostile Indians sabotage her strength and test her faith in God. But a dream drives her on. The dream of being reunited with John, the handsome scout of another caravan whom she fell in love with on the way. Will they survive the treacherous journey west? Will their love endure? "
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A true story of love and faith Wilderness Journey chronicles the harrowing experiences faced by young Vienna Brooks as she journeyed west in 1852. Her schooling and quest to be reunited with the man she loves is traced in Golden Journey, while California journey reveals her brother's struggle to become a teacher despite great odds. By Erna M. Holyer.
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St Joseph, MI, United States
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July 30, 1860
Age 21
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Sloughhouse, Sacramento , CA, United States
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Sloughhouse or Pioneer Cemetery, Sloughhouse, Sacramento County CA One must stop at the Sloughhouse Inn restaurant, just off Highway 16 at
Thomas Rhoades (Rhoads) and others left Iowa as an exploring group with
Zumwalt John Henry SHC Will Co. IL
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July 1860
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Sloughhouse, CA, United States
1870 Census: Name: Eugene Zumalt
Household Gender Age
Eugene Zumalt M 10y b. CA
---------------------------------- 1880 Census Name: Eugine B. Zumwalt
Household Gender Age
Eugine B. Zumwalt M 19
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Zumwalt, E. WM 19, store clerk, CA-OH-unk. Cousin/A.T.Cotton. Tu7-98-98 Ref: Eugene Brooks, H/7367-Y-
GREAT REGISTER OF 1898 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/registers/tulare/tulare-reg... ZUMWALT DERIAS BUTTLER 91 LIBERTY 68 ILLINOIS
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ED71W14 23 Zumwalt Eugene B. bartender 39 CA OH unk DIV. Lodger/George A. Moore. -- 1900 Census Name: Eugene B Zumwalt
Household Gender Age
Eugene B Zumwalt M
1920 Census Name: Ugene Zumwalt
Household Gender Age
Ugene Zumwalt M 60y |
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1860
Age 21
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Sloughhouse, CA, United States
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sacramento/cemeteries/sloughhouse.txt SLOUGHHOUSE or PIONEER CEMETERY (SH)
Thomas Rhoades (Rhoads) and others left Iowa as an exploring group with
Zumwalt John Henry SHC Will Co. IL
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Vienna A. Brooks Zumwalt Birth: 1839
Wife of John H. Zumwalt and daughter of Elisha & Elizabeth Ann Scholfield Brooks. Father came to Calif. in 1850 and sent for his family in 1852. They arrived in California in October 1852, after a six-months' journey, 2800 miles. Father mined at Bidwell's Bar. Vienna attended Alameda Academy Institute during 1854-1857 and was graduated as valedictorian.
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