~Merced Express, December 6, 1919~
PASSING OF A MERCED COUNTY PIONEER
Frank Halstead, for many years a resident of Merced county, but later of Mariposa county, died Tuesday of last week in Merced of heart trouble, and was buried Thursday at Oakdale.
Mr. Halstead was married twice. His first wife was Miss Aggie Snyder of Coulterville, by whom he had one daughter, Mrs. Mollie Stubbing of Oakdale.
The second wife was Miss Frankie Shimer, also of Coulterville, by whom he had six children, the eldest of whom Lloyd Halstead has just returned from Siberia with the American forces.
Mr. Halstead was the second eldest son of G. W. Halstead, Sr., who was Merced county’s first county surveyor. He was the last of the family, his brother, G. W. and Jas. Halstead having died several years ago, and a sister, who was the wife of Robt. Givens, died in the early ‘60's.
Mr. Halstead was a trouper in the Civil war and served under captain Smith in a company organized in Coulterville. The Halsteads were from Michigan.
~Merced Express, December 6, 1919~
PASSING OF A MERCED COUNTY PIONEER
Frank Halstead, for many years a resident of Merced county, but later of Mariposa county, died Tuesday of last week in Merced of heart trouble, and was buried Thursday at Oakdale.
Mr. Halstead was married twice. His first wife was Miss Aggie Snyder of Coulterville, by whom he had one daughter, Mrs. Mollie Stubbing of Oakdale.
The second wife was Miss Frankie Shimer, also of Coulterville, by whom he had six children, the eldest of whom Lloyd Halstead has just returned from Siberia with the American forces.
Mr. Halstead was the second eldest son of G. W. Halstead, Sr., who was Merced county’s first county surveyor. He was the last of the family, his brother, G. W. and Jas. Halstead having died several years ago, and a sister, who was the wife of Robt. Givens, died in the early ‘60's.
Mr. Halstead was a trouper in the Civil war and served under captain Smith in a company organized in Coulterville. The Halsteads were from Michigan.
Gravesite Details
owner Halstead/Stribling, 72 y; Cemetery says December 25; pension file also indicates a DOD of Nov. 25, 1919, at Varaina (Stanislaus County), CA.
Family Members
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Mary Lavinia Halstead Stribling
1872–1952
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George Halstead
1874–1898
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Belle Halstead
1876 – unknown
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Walter Halstead
1877–1892
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Baby Boy Halstead
1881–1882
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Baby Girl Halstead
1882–1882
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Lloyd Wesley Halstead
1888–1949
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James Albert Halstead
1894–1937
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Clyde P. Halstead
1896–1930
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Elsie Viola Halstead Odle
1898–1960
