Frances (Yount) Vines (1821 - 1870)

Born 1821 in Missouri, United States

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Died 1870 at about age 49 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States

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Biography

Frances Yount Vines was born in 1821 in Missouri, United States. Her parents were George Calvert Yount (1794 - 1865) and Eliza Cambridge Wilds Yount (1803 - 1850).

Her father George Yount had left his family in Missouri in 1826. Years later in 1843, his two daughters, Elizabeth Ann and Frances (Yount) Vines, along with her husband William Bartlett Vines, went west with the Walker-Chiles Party.

Marriage

Married to William Bartlett Vines.

Children

Ellen Vines, born 1845-Unknown

Mary Eliza Vines, 1845-1929

Elizabeth Ann Vines, 1847-1922

John Calvert Vines, 1849-1887

George Russell Vines, 1851-Unknown

The Walker-Chiles Party 1843

Information Sources: Everyman’s Eden (R.J. Roske), Pioneers of California (Donovan Lewis) The Walker-Chiles Party was organized in 1843 by Joseph Chiles, who had traveled to California with the Bidwell-Bartleson Party in 1841. In California he met an old friend, George Yount, who had a land grant in Napa County. He and Charles Hopper (of the Bidwell-Bartleson Party) decided to also settle in California and set up a water-run gristmill, to grind wheat and corn into flour. Joe Chiles returned to Missouri to persuade his family and friends to join them in the venture.

In Missouri, he realized his children were too young for the trip, but he was able to recruit a friend, Billy Baldrige (who was a millwright) to come along, as well as two of Yount's daughters and a son-in-law.

By the time they left Missouri in May 1843, the party consisted of 30 mounted men, six women and three wagons. For part of the way, the mountain man, Thomas Fitzpatrick traveled with them. At Fort Hall those bound for Oregon headed northwest. The California party divided to conserve the remaining provisions. Joseph Chiles led a group of nine or ten men along a route that led from the Boise River to the Sacramento River by way of the Malheur and Pit Rivers. The date they arrived at Sutter's Fort is not recorded.

Meanwhile, the seasoned mountain man and scout Joseph Wallker took charge of the rest of the group, which included the families and wagons of the men who'd gone with Chiles. He decided to travel south along the route he'd traveled east from California in 1834. This took them south from Mary's River (the Humboldt River), into present-day Owen's Valley. However, they found the route rougher than he remembered. By the time they reached the Owen's Valley, the livestock gave out and they had to abandon their wagons. They buried their heavy tools and milling equipment in the sand (hoping to come back later for them), then packed the rest of their supplies on their horses. They rode toward the Salinas Valley near Mission Soledad, reaching John Gilroy's ranch in January of 1844. From there they split into small groups and headed north, some to Sutter's Fort.

Notable Members

• Joseph Rutherford Walker • William Baldridge • William Bradley • Joseph Chiles • Samuel Hensley • Charles McIntosh • Julius Martin • Elizabeth McPherson Martin • Pierson B. Reading • Frances Yount Vines • William Bartlett Vines • Elizabeth Ann Yount Emigrant Parties 1841 - 1846 Page 5 of 15 Rev 8/08

1850 US Census for California

The record shows daughter Ellen was born in California in 1845, two years after their arrival to Napa Valley. ^[1]

Once they arrived, they lived in George Yount's blockhouse on Rancho Caymus. ^[2]

Burial

Frances died in 1870, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA. She was removed from Samaritan Cemetary and re-interred at Hermosa Gardens Colton Cemetery in 1892, according to their records. Legal papers filed by her spouse in 1888 list her death date as 1870. Contributor: danclan (Fag member 48196192). Find A Grave: Memorial #175677122

Sources

1. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4SM-Z77 Record FamilySearch Record
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Yount

• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK6-VMC