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• Name: William Faris BLAYNEY
• Sex: M
• Birth: 24 Jun 1851 in West Alexander, Pennsylvania ^b
• Death: 30 May 1899 in Fowler, California ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• William Orrin BLAYNEY Birth: 30 Apr 1813 Death: 20 Apr 1859
Mother:

• Nancy Ross McDONALD Birth: 19 Aug 1816 Death: 22 Jan 1902

Family:
Marriage:

• Nellie COMTON on 10 Aug 1881 .^m1
  
• Nellie COMTON Birth: Abt 1863 Death: 22 Feb 1943 in Fowler, California

Children:

1. Nita BLAYNEY Birth: 15 Apr 1883 Death: 11 Nov 1951
2. Nancy Ross BLAYNEY Birth: 12 Feb 1884
3. Bess Nadine BLAYNEY Birth: 30 Jan 1888 Death: 16 Apr 1957

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p271],

place:

[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p271],

parents:

[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p252]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p271],

place:

[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p271]

Sources with Information about marriage to Nellie COMTON

date:

[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p272],

child:

[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p272]

Research Notes:
when a small boy moved to Locomton, about 9 miles from Lawrence, Kansas [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p271]

Apr 28 1863: started for California. Went to Lawrence and bought a pistol of C.G.Willett; Left for Kansas City at 2:50pm and arrived at 4:50pm; bought emigrant tickets for $60.50 arriving in Ogden 2:00am May 7 1873. Left Ogden at 7:00am and passed Salt Lake City before dark. Friday May 9 the train crossed the Sierra Mountains arriving in Sacremento at 4:00pm. Saturday May 10 arrived in San Francisco [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p271]

Nov 3 1873: took 2200 sheep to keep on shares, and started for Stockton, CA; established his first sheep camp not far from Stockton [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p271]

moved to Millerton, the old county seat of Fresno Co, and was the first white man to enter Blayney Meadows. This beautiful meadow was called to his attention by an old Indian who was engaged by Mr Blayney to guide his herds into the high mountains. At that time it was very difficult to get into the meadows, and a bridge had to be built by felling trees in order to take their sheep across. [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p271]

1885: moved to Fowler, CA, where he engaged in extensive farming [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p272]

Dec 5 1886: one of charter members of First Presbyterian Church of Fowler, and one of first Elders [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p272]



Pedigree of William Faris BLAYNEY
                            /-----(Unk) BLAYNEY
                   /-----John BLAYNEY
          /-----Charles BLAYNEY
 /-----William Orrin BLAYNEY
|        |         /-----(Unk) POTTER
|         \-----Annie POTTER
William Faris BLAYNEY
|         /-----William McDONALD
 \-----Nancy Ross McDONALD
          \-----Elizabeth FRAZIER



Descendants of William Faris BLAYNEY

2nd generation