Obed Bottoms was born in Marion County, Missouri, a son of James Alva Bottoms and Catherine Powell. His mother died when he and his two siblings were small children. The family lived for a while in Missouri, but later moved to California with extended family.
In 1899, Obed came back to Missouri to marry his "childhood sweetheart," Eva Crouch. The couple then returned to Siskiyou County, settled in Quartz Valley and started their family of four children: Irene, Ina Mae, Viola and Otis. Tragically, daughter Ina Mae died in 1915.
The children attended the one-room schoolhouse near their home in Quartz Valley until the eldest daughter had finished grammar school and was ready for high school. Then the Bottoms family moved to Etna where there was a high school for her to attend.
Obed died in 1940 and was buried in the Fort Jones Cemetery. His full name was Falconer Obediah Bottoms, named after his mother's brother Falconer Obediah Powell. He went by Obed or Obe. The grandchildren knew him as "Daddy Obe."
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In 1899, Obed came back to Missouri to marry his "childhood sweetheart," Eva Crouch. The couple then returned to Siskiyou County, settled in Quartz Valley and started their family of four children: Irene, Ina Mae, Viola and Otis. Tragically, daughter Ina Mae died in 1915.
The children attended the one-room schoolhouse near their home in Quartz Valley until the eldest daughter had finished grammar school and was ready for high school. Then the Bottoms family moved to Etna where there was a high school for her to attend.
Obed died in 1940 and was buried in the Fort Jones Cemetery. His full name was Falconer Obediah Bottoms, named after his mother's brother Falconer Obediah Powell. He went by Obed or Obe. The grandchildren knew him as "Daddy Obe."
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Obed Bottoms was born in Marion County, Missouri, a son of James Alva Bottoms and Catherine Powell. His mother died when he and his two siblings were small children. The family lived for a while in Missouri, but later moved to California with extended family.
In 1899, Obed came back to Missouri to marry his "childhood sweetheart," Eva Crouch. The couple then returned to Siskiyou County, settled in Quartz Valley and started their family of four children: Irene, Ina Mae, Viola and Otis. Tragically, daughter Ina Mae died in 1915.
The children attended the one-room schoolhouse near their home in Quartz Valley until the eldest daughter had finished grammar school and was ready for high school. Then the Bottoms family moved to Etna where there was a high school for her to attend.
Obed died in 1940 and was buried in the Fort Jones Cemetery. His full name was Falconer Obediah Bottoms, named after his mother's brother Falconer Obediah Powell. He went by Obed or Obe. The grandchildren knew him as "Daddy Obe."
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In 1899, Obed came back to Missouri to marry his "childhood sweetheart," Eva Crouch. The couple then returned to Siskiyou County, settled in Quartz Valley and started their family of four children: Irene, Ina Mae, Viola and Otis. Tragically, daughter Ina Mae died in 1915.
The children attended the one-room schoolhouse near their home in Quartz Valley until the eldest daughter had finished grammar school and was ready for high school. Then the Bottoms family moved to Etna where there was a high school for her to attend.
Obed died in 1940 and was buried in the Fort Jones Cemetery. His full name was Falconer Obediah Bottoms, named after his mother's brother Falconer Obediah Powell. He went by Obed or Obe. The grandchildren knew him as "Daddy Obe."
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