Epitaph reads: "Brother we lay thee now to rest."

(The above was posted by Lonnie DeCloedt.)


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Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 16 (Book 21), pp. 168-171 (Bodie, CA, 1957), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as W. H. Wereley, born Dec. 20, 1840, died Feb. 9, 1890, nat. Ontario, Canada, F. & A.M., AOUW

Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 18 (Book 23), pp.82-83 (Bodie Cemetery, 9/3/1966), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as W. H. Wereley, Dec. 20, 1848 – Feb. 9, 1890, Native Ontario Canada

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1880 Census, Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada: William H. Wereley, 30 yrs, Single, Clerk, b. Canada, Father b. Canada, Mother b. Canada

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1880 Census, Bodie, Mono County, California: Alonzo Wereley, 27 yrs, Single, Miner, b. Canada, Father b. Canada, Mother b. Canada; George Wereley, cousin, 32 yrs, Widowed, Wheelwright, b. Canada, Father b. Canada, Mother b. Canada

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Note: A “George Warley” was enumerated in Washoe County on the 1875 Nevada State Census. A 25 year old native of Canada, he was employed as a laborer.

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Esmeralda News, 12/31/1887: Hotel Arrivals. (Lake View Hotel, Hawthorne) W. Wereley, Bodie

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1888 Mono County Great Register of Voters: William H. Wereley, 38 yrs, b. Canada, Miner, Residence-Bodie, Naturalized-6/8/1882, Mono Co., Cal., Superior, Registered-6/8/1888

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1900 Census, Main St., Bodie, Mono County, California: George Wereley, b. Jun 1846, 53 yrs, Widowed, b. Canada, Father b. Canada, Mother b. Canada, to US 1872, Alien resident, Carpenter, Owns home free of mortgage

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California Death Index: George Wereley, 61 yrs, d. 9/2/1907, Sonoma County (County Code 49)

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Bridgeport Chronicle-Union, about Sept. 1907: Doings In Bodie. Geo. Werley (sic), a former resident of Bodie recently died in Pasadena of pneumonia.