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Martha Bennett Crossed Isthmus Piggyback at Age 15
At fifteen, Martha Bennett crossed the Isthmus of Panama on a porter's back — bound for a new life in California.
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True stories of the Plasketts and their neighbors — bears and gold, shipwrecks and weddings — drawn from letters, newspapers, and family memory.
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Sadie Jacks Plaskett Dies at 21
Sadie Plaskett was four days short of 21 when uremia took her on a rainy January night in 1911.
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Twin Dies at Birth - Murton and Winston Plaskett
Murton lasted one day. His twin Winston lasted a year. Lawson and Olive lost them both.
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The Piedmont Land and Cattle Company Sales
In 1921 the Plasketts signed away Township 23 land for ten dollars in gold coin — and 54 dollars in revenue stamps.
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The Death of the Patriarch — 112 Living Descendants
'A Venerable Patriarch of 112 Living Descendants' — the Salinas paper's farewell to William Lucas Plaskett, 1818–1909.
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Sarah Plaskett Honored as Pioneer Mother at 1915 Exposition
Sarah Plaskett, mother of twelve, was honored among the pioneer mothers at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.
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Theodore Plaskett - The Son WLP Never Saw
His son Theodore was born while William Lucas dug for gold — and died before he could get home.
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Sarah Plaskett Lived in Tent in San Francisco
Fresh off the Panama steamer, the Plasketts lived in a tent on the San Francisco sand while they built.
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R.A. Plaskett First White Child Born in Cherokee
The miners of Cherokee camp celebrated their first native son: Reason Alpha Plaskett, born December 1852.
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Sarah Plasketts 96th Birthday on Mothers Day
Sarah Plaskett's 95th birthday fell on Mother's Day, 1922 — fitting, for a mother of twelve who outlived the century she was born in.
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William Plasket the Quaker Mason of Trenton
It begins with William Plasket: Quaker, mason, married in Trenton in 1734.
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Patricia Abelard Andersen Genealogy Research
The paper trail from Pacific Valley back to colonial Trenton, assembled by genealogist Patricia Abelard Andersen.