Waste family history

McIntosh family relatives

James Thomas McIntosh


Birth: Feb. 24, 1842, in Kentucky
Died: Jan. 29, 1895, in Chico, Butte County, Calif.
Buried: Chico I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Butte County, Calif.

James was the youngest son of Frederick and Rebecca McIntosh. He was 10 years old when the family traveled overland to California. He married twice, first to Margaret Julia, later he married Nettie Eliot. According to the 1880 census, James had almost 30 employees listed as part of his household.

 

Margaret Julia

Birth: 1849 in New York State
Died: Nov. 9, 1878, near Chico, Butte County, Calif.
Buried at Chico I.O.O.F. cemetery, Chico, Butte Co.

 

James and Margaret's children

Stanley McIntosh, born about 1878 near Chico, Butte Co., Calif.

 

Nettie Eliot

Birth: New York State
Died:

 

James and Nettie's children

Lewis Morey McIntosh: Lewis was a Telegrapher for Southern Pacific Railroad in 1895.
Infant McIntosh
Infant McIntosh, a daughter, born April 18, 1886, near Chico, Butte Co. Calif. She died one day later on April 19, 1886 and was buried at the Chico I.O.O.F. cemetery, Chico, Butte Co., Calif.
James Eliot McIntosh, born Feb. 1, 1895

 

 

News from 1879

 

"FAMILY REUNION EDITOR ENTERPRISE: (1879-???) Such a family reunion as took place on Thursday of last week, at the Bay ranch, the residence of Mr. J. T. McIntosh, is always productive of good feeling, and tends to strengthen the bonds of friendship and love, that bind friends dear to each other. The occasion being the birthday of Mr. McIntosh and also of the pet of the household, Baby Stanley, who celebrated his first anniversary in a most becoming manner. With but two or three exceptions, all the guests present were relatives of Mr. McIntosh and his wife, and we are of the opinion there are not many on our coast who can gather together so many related by consanguinity and matriculation, as were present on this enjoyable occasion. Two large tables were placed diagonally across the dining-room with seating capacity for twenty guests. These were refilled three times before all had partaken of the birthday feast, and we should feel that we were withholding merited praise if we failed to congratulate Mrs. McIntosh upon the exquisite taste she displayed in the arrangement of her tables, which were loaded with viands tempting alike to the eye and palate. One remarkable incident and one that we do not believe has its parallel was, that one gentleman sat at dinner with his - THREE MOTHERS-IN-LAW. Think of that! But you need WASTE no sympathy on him, as he thinks his weight in gold of each one of them. Father and son were the recipients of several handsome gifts from loving hearts, which, as the years roll on will always be a reminder of the birthday of 1879. Among those who were present were Mr. and Mrs. L.H. McIntosh, Mrs. Rebecca McIntosh, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McIntosh, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Eliot, Mr. and Mrs. Delos Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Barnard, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Waste, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. J. Helphinstine, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Eliot, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ormsby, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Robinson, Mr. Harmen Bay, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Eliot, Mr. G. F. Nourse, Mrs. Geo. F. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Barnard, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Entler, Mrs. J. Gilley, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Helphinstine, Miss Lutie Jellies, Miss S. A. Nichols, Miss Kate McIntosh, Miss Jennie Eliot, Mr. J. W. McIntosh, Jr."

 

The birthday party of 1879 took place at "the Bay ranch"

Country Residence and Farm of Harmen Bay

This may have been the "Bay Ranch" mentioned in the article.

 

Residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Eliot, guests at the birthday party of 1879

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Eliot were guests at the party.

 

James Thomas McIntosh was a farmer and rancher

 This is a mule-powered harvester in Colusa County in 1900.

 

 James had a large household which included almost 30 employees

 

J. S. Henderson (James Stafford Henderson)

J. S. Henderson was listed as an employee of James T. McIntosh in the 1880 census. This is a picture of him, circa 1885. He was also a farmer, first in Dayton and later in Durham, Butte County. His son was killed on a railroad track. James died on a rock by a mountain trail in early 1900.

 

This is J. S. Henderson with his pack train, circa 1880, probably in eastern Butte County. Mr. Henderson evidently was working at that time for James Thomas McIntosh.

 

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