James Samuel Plaskett
James Samuel Plaskett was born February 9, 1870 — among the first Plasketts born in Pacific Valley itself, arriving five months after the ox teams did. He ranched the coast his father claimed and lived to ninety-one, dying October 1, 1961, the last of his generation.
Parents: William Lucas Plaskett · William E. Plaskett · Sarah May Barnes Plaskett
Brothers & sisters: Byron Gianavil Plaskett · Leonidas Hamlin Plaskett · Persey Plaskett · Reason Alpha Plaskett · Francis Marion Plaskett · Mendocina May Plaskett Mansfield · Laura F. Plaskett · Olive Flavilla Plaskett McLean · Mary Josephine Plaskett Patterson · Robert Lucas Cleveland Plaskett · William E. Plaskett
Parents: William Lucas Plaskett · Sarah May Barnes Plaskett · William E. Plaskett
Grandparents: Samuel Plaskett (1784-1858) · Maria Rush Plaskett · Elizabeth Barnett · William Lucas Plaskett · Sarah May Barnes Plaskett · James A. Barnes
Great-grandparents: Elizabeth [--] Plaskett · William Plaskett Jr. · Thomas Barnett · Nancy Price · Ann (Nancy) Price Barnes · Sarah Barrett · Samuel Plaskett (1784-1858) · Maria Rush Plaskett · Elizabeth Barnett · Leonard Barnes · James A. Barnes
2× great-grandparents: Elizabeth [--] Plaskett · William Plaskett (d. 1748) · Margaret Lucas Plaskett · Thomas E. Barnett · Mordecai Price · William Plaskett Jr. · Arthur Barrett · Thomas Barnett · Nancy Price · Ann (Nancy) Price Barnes · Sarah Barrett · Leonard Barnes
3× great-grandparents: Bridget Stott Lucas · Edward Lucas · John Plascatt of Whitehaven · John Price · William Plaskett (d. 1748) · Rebecca MERRYMAN · Margaret Lucas Plaskett · Thomas E. Barnett · Thomas Barrett, Quaker · Hannah Oldham · Mordecai Price · Arthur Barrett
4× great-grandparents: Bridget Stott Lucas · Samuel Lucas · Mary · Robert Lucas · Elizabeth Cowgill · Edward Lucas · John Plascatt of Whitehaven · Bridget Scott · John Price · Rebecca MERRYMAN · Thomas Barrett, Quaker · Hannah Oldham
place history
Before Big Sur: The Mendocino Years
Fifteen years before Pacific Valley, William Lucas Plaskett rehearsed his dream in Anderson Valley — where the family named a daughter Mendocina, left their name on a mountain meadow that still carries it, and stopped twelve feet short of a different life.
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