Lucy Irene Hobaugh, daughter of George Washington Hobaugh and Lydia (Malott) Hobaugh, married Elisha Harlan on September 14, 1871 in San Luis Obispo, California. Lucy was postmaster of the Liberty Post Office in the late 1800s before the post office was moved to nearby Riverdale, Fresno county.
Obituary: The Fresno Bee, Wednesday, 13 July 1932, page 6B
"Harlan - In Laton, California, July 12th, 1932. Lucy I[rene]. Harlan, aged 79 years, a native of Indiana. Loving mother of J[ohn] J[erome] Harlan and L[eroy] E[lisha] Harlan, both of Riverdale; Mrs. Irene Hancock of Laton and Mrs. Aleda Sherrill of Kerman. Sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Scronce of Oakland, Theodore Draper of Coalinga and Fran Draper of Kingsburg. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services to be held at the United Brethren Church in Riverdale, Thursday morning, July 14, 1932 at 10 o'clock."
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Hanford Morning Journal (Hanford, California)
July 17, 1932 (Sunday)
Page 3
“LATON LOSES THREE PIONEERS IN WEEK
Laton, July 16. Laton community mourns the loss of three of its highly respected citizens during the past week by death. Two were laid to rest in one day - D. R. McAllister, 62 years and a resident of Laton the past 27 years, and L. B. DeHart, 71 years, a retired rancher, also of Laton community for 27 years. These two were laid to rest last Monday, July 11, and Mrs. Lucy Harlan [nee Lucy Irene Hobaugh], 79, a resident of Laton and Riverdale communities for 60 years, was buried on Thursday morning, with funeral services in Riverdale. Mrs. Harlan, known as Aunt Lucy, came to California with her parents, the Drapers [step-father Elias Johnson Draper and mother, Lydia Malott], from Indiana by ox team, locating at Kingston, one mile south of Laton. In 1871 she married Elisha Harlan and they located on a homestead near Riverdale where she was later postmistress for 19 years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Irene Hancock of Laton, with whom she was living at the time of her death, and Mrs. Aleda Sherrill of Kerman; two sons, Jerome and Leroy Harlan of Riverdale; a brother, Frank Draper [Francisco Americus Draper] of Kingsburg, and a brother, Theodore Draper [Theodore Harvey Draper] of Coalinga, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Scone [nee Sarah Elizabeth Draper married Robert E. Sronce] of Oakland, besides many other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her death.”
Obituary: The Fresno Bee, Wednesday, 13 July 1932, page 6B
"Harlan - In Laton, California, July 12th, 1932. Lucy I[rene]. Harlan, aged 79 years, a native of Indiana. Loving mother of J[ohn] J[erome] Harlan and L[eroy] E[lisha] Harlan, both of Riverdale; Mrs. Irene Hancock of Laton and Mrs. Aleda Sherrill of Kerman. Sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Scronce of Oakland, Theodore Draper of Coalinga and Fran Draper of Kingsburg. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services to be held at the United Brethren Church in Riverdale, Thursday morning, July 14, 1932 at 10 o'clock."
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Hanford Morning Journal (Hanford, California)
July 17, 1932 (Sunday)
Page 3
“LATON LOSES THREE PIONEERS IN WEEK
Laton, July 16. Laton community mourns the loss of three of its highly respected citizens during the past week by death. Two were laid to rest in one day - D. R. McAllister, 62 years and a resident of Laton the past 27 years, and L. B. DeHart, 71 years, a retired rancher, also of Laton community for 27 years. These two were laid to rest last Monday, July 11, and Mrs. Lucy Harlan [nee Lucy Irene Hobaugh], 79, a resident of Laton and Riverdale communities for 60 years, was buried on Thursday morning, with funeral services in Riverdale. Mrs. Harlan, known as Aunt Lucy, came to California with her parents, the Drapers [step-father Elias Johnson Draper and mother, Lydia Malott], from Indiana by ox team, locating at Kingston, one mile south of Laton. In 1871 she married Elisha Harlan and they located on a homestead near Riverdale where she was later postmistress for 19 years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Irene Hancock of Laton, with whom she was living at the time of her death, and Mrs. Aleda Sherrill of Kerman; two sons, Jerome and Leroy Harlan of Riverdale; a brother, Frank Draper [Francisco Americus Draper] of Kingsburg, and a brother, Theodore Draper [Theodore Harvey Draper] of Coalinga, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Scone [nee Sarah Elizabeth Draper married Robert E. Sronce] of Oakland, besides many other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her death.”
Lucy Irene Hobaugh, daughter of George Washington Hobaugh and Lydia (Malott) Hobaugh, married Elisha Harlan on September 14, 1871 in San Luis Obispo, California. Lucy was postmaster of the Liberty Post Office in the late 1800s before the post office was moved to nearby Riverdale, Fresno county.
Obituary: The Fresno Bee, Wednesday, 13 July 1932, page 6B
"Harlan - In Laton, California, July 12th, 1932. Lucy I[rene]. Harlan, aged 79 years, a native of Indiana. Loving mother of J[ohn] J[erome] Harlan and L[eroy] E[lisha] Harlan, both of Riverdale; Mrs. Irene Hancock of Laton and Mrs. Aleda Sherrill of Kerman. Sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Scronce of Oakland, Theodore Draper of Coalinga and Fran Draper of Kingsburg. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services to be held at the United Brethren Church in Riverdale, Thursday morning, July 14, 1932 at 10 o'clock."
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Hanford Morning Journal (Hanford, California)
July 17, 1932 (Sunday)
Page 3
“LATON LOSES THREE PIONEERS IN WEEK
Laton, July 16. Laton community mourns the loss of three of its highly respected citizens during the past week by death. Two were laid to rest in one day - D. R. McAllister, 62 years and a resident of Laton the past 27 years, and L. B. DeHart, 71 years, a retired rancher, also of Laton community for 27 years. These two were laid to rest last Monday, July 11, and Mrs. Lucy Harlan [nee Lucy Irene Hobaugh], 79, a resident of Laton and Riverdale communities for 60 years, was buried on Thursday morning, with funeral services in Riverdale. Mrs. Harlan, known as Aunt Lucy, came to California with her parents, the Drapers [step-father Elias Johnson Draper and mother, Lydia Malott], from Indiana by ox team, locating at Kingston, one mile south of Laton. In 1871 she married Elisha Harlan and they located on a homestead near Riverdale where she was later postmistress for 19 years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Irene Hancock of Laton, with whom she was living at the time of her death, and Mrs. Aleda Sherrill of Kerman; two sons, Jerome and Leroy Harlan of Riverdale; a brother, Frank Draper [Francisco Americus Draper] of Kingsburg, and a brother, Theodore Draper [Theodore Harvey Draper] of Coalinga, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Scone [nee Sarah Elizabeth Draper married Robert E. Sronce] of Oakland, besides many other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her death.”
Obituary: The Fresno Bee, Wednesday, 13 July 1932, page 6B
"Harlan - In Laton, California, July 12th, 1932. Lucy I[rene]. Harlan, aged 79 years, a native of Indiana. Loving mother of J[ohn] J[erome] Harlan and L[eroy] E[lisha] Harlan, both of Riverdale; Mrs. Irene Hancock of Laton and Mrs. Aleda Sherrill of Kerman. Sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Scronce of Oakland, Theodore Draper of Coalinga and Fran Draper of Kingsburg. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services to be held at the United Brethren Church in Riverdale, Thursday morning, July 14, 1932 at 10 o'clock."
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Hanford Morning Journal (Hanford, California)
July 17, 1932 (Sunday)
Page 3
“LATON LOSES THREE PIONEERS IN WEEK
Laton, July 16. Laton community mourns the loss of three of its highly respected citizens during the past week by death. Two were laid to rest in one day - D. R. McAllister, 62 years and a resident of Laton the past 27 years, and L. B. DeHart, 71 years, a retired rancher, also of Laton community for 27 years. These two were laid to rest last Monday, July 11, and Mrs. Lucy Harlan [nee Lucy Irene Hobaugh], 79, a resident of Laton and Riverdale communities for 60 years, was buried on Thursday morning, with funeral services in Riverdale. Mrs. Harlan, known as Aunt Lucy, came to California with her parents, the Drapers [step-father Elias Johnson Draper and mother, Lydia Malott], from Indiana by ox team, locating at Kingston, one mile south of Laton. In 1871 she married Elisha Harlan and they located on a homestead near Riverdale where she was later postmistress for 19 years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Irene Hancock of Laton, with whom she was living at the time of her death, and Mrs. Aleda Sherrill of Kerman; two sons, Jerome and Leroy Harlan of Riverdale; a brother, Frank Draper [Francisco Americus Draper] of Kingsburg, and a brother, Theodore Draper [Theodore Harvey Draper] of Coalinga, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Scone [nee Sarah Elizabeth Draper married Robert E. Sronce] of Oakland, besides many other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her death.”
