VINING; IN,USA>CA,USA; 1850-1863

[Susan Guhm]

Susan & Robert:

I could not find a connection with the VININGs I know of, but am including
the information below (what little there is genealogically...) in case you
can use it someday. If you should know of any descendants of this line,
please let me know - my signature line tells why...

Leroy "Lee" VINING (b. Indiana - d. 26 April 1863, Aurora, Nevada) -
Reportedly was born of Quaker parents in Indiana. Ex-Texas Ranger and
Mexican War veteran, along with his brother Thomas VINING. The VINING
brothers were members of the Mariposa Battalion, the first group of white
men to enter Yosemite Valley in May 1851. Leroy prospected for gold in the
region east of Yosemite, built and operated a sawmill. Mined at Mono
Diggings (north of Mono Lake) and Aurora, Nevada where he accidentally
discharged a pocket pistol which severed an artery in his groin. He bled
to death on the night of 26 April 1863.

The eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park passes through Leroy's
namesake - Leevining Canyon.

Susan Guhm
Writer/Photographer
bodie...@earthlink.net

Researching surnames related to mining districts near Yosemite National
Park active from 1878 to the 1890s. I am looking for the miners'
descendants to help tell their ancestor's story.

California Towns: Bennettville, Bridgeport, Bodie, Lee Vining, Lundy, Mammoth.
Mining Districts: Homer, Tioga and Prescott
A Few Names... Mrs. Mary A. (FULLER) AVERY, Harvey BOONE, BRUSKEY, Joshua
Elliott CLAYTON, Celia (CROCKER) THOMPSON, Orlando FULLER, Charles Albert
HOYT,
ISBELL, John Charles KEMP or KEMP VAN EE or KEMPVANEE, Horace Gideon KIBBE,
John Baptiste LEMBERT, John Lucas MURPHY, William Preston ONKST, Dorothea
(KIBBE) PEASE, William ROBSON, Bellamy Kossuth SAID, Frank STRUCKMANN.
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