Susan Dudley ZENTMYER

Susan married Phil HERBERT [Group Sheet]

Susan married Clyde EPPERT [Group Sheet]

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George migrated from Nebraska to Los Angeles with his parents and older brother John in 1918. He earned BA and MS degrees from UCLA, and later a PhD in Plant Pathology from UC Berkeley in 1838. After short stints at the Division of Forest Pathology at the USDA in San Francisco and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station at New Haven, Connecticut, where he also met and married his wife Dorothy, George settled into what would be a life-long tenure at the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Riverside in 1944. He is best known for his work researching and developing avocado root stocks which proved resistant to root rot caused by the water mold Phytophthora Cinnamomi, which threatened the avocado industry in California and around the world. He was a sportsman, active in community affairs, and was widely honored professionally.

George married Dorothy Anne DUDLEY 24 May 1941, New Haven, Connecticut. Dorothy (daughter of Dr. Gerald Brown DUDLEY and Esther Wilhoit SHOOT) was born 11 Jan 1912, Charleston, Coles, Illinois; died 5 Nov 2008, Belmont, San Mateo, California; was buried Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, California, SW cor. Section W-2. [Group Sheet]

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Dorothy Dudley Zentmyer died November 5, 2008, in Belmont, California at age 96. Born in Charleston, Illinois, she graduated from Simmons College in Boston, and became a social worker specializing in foster children in New Haven, Connecticut, where she met and married George Zentmyer, a plant pathologist. They moved to Riverside in 1944, and she gave wholehearted support to his work at the Citrus Experiment Station and later at the University of California at Riverside. A loving, energetic and wise mother of their three girls, she contributed time and leadership skills to the PTA, the League of Women Voters and the UCR Campus Club. She was a vital member of the First Congregational Church, serving as deacon, trustee and choir member. Always interested in learning, she enjoyed the UCR community and savored her worldwide travels with George. A woman of dignity, she was gracious, and hospitable to the end. She leaves Elizabeth Dossa (Al), Jane Fernald (Geoff) and Susan Zentmyer (Clyde), all in the San Francisco Bay Area, and grandchildren Julia Dossa, Eli Fernald, Sarah Fernald, Andrea Kish and Jennifer LaMonte with great grandchildren Mia Kish and Grace LaMonte.



1920 US Census in Charleston, Coles, Illinois
1930 US Census in Charleston, Coles, Illinois
1934, 11 Jun, graduated from Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts. From her Senior Yearbook: Dottie Anne Dudley, 895 Seventh Street, Charleston, Illinois, Teacher's College High School in Social Work, Y.W.C.A.; Scout Club; House Junior; Usher and Waitress, Commencement Week.

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1895 Summer job as messenger boy at U.P. Depot.
1896 Age 16, went to work full time with Union Pacific Railroad as a messenger at Schuyler. Education 1st year high school.
1897 Station helper at Humphrey, Nebraska under K.E. Bay.
1898 Telegraph operator North Platte, Nebraska
1900 Census in Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska, telegraph operator
1901 Dispatcher, Omaha, Nebraska (City Directory)
1902 Dispatcher, Omaha, Nebraska (City Directory)
1905 Dispatcher, Omaha, Nebraska (City Directory)
1906 Dispatcher, Omaha, Nebraska (City Directory)
1910 Chief Dispatcher, North Platte, Nebraska
1912 Chief Dispatcher, North Platte, 416 S. Vine St. (City Directory)
1918 January through April, lived in Los Angeles
1918 November, spotted in Los Angeles, on Los Angeles Times front page
1920 Census (January) lived on E. Ave. 42 Los Angeles with Walter and Alfaretta Strahorn Scott. (but working in North Platte??)
1920 November, moved to Las Vegas, Nevada
1921 Dispatcher, Las Vegas, Nevada
1922 Dispatcher, Las Vegas, Nevada
1923 Dispatcher, Las Vegas, Nevada
1923 June, moved back to Los Angeles
1923 Chief Dispatcher, Los Angeles
1924 Voter Registration at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles
1925 Built house at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles. (Strahorn's 50th Anniversary)
1930 Census at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles.
1932 Voter Registration at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles
1930 Census at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles
1940 Census at 5929 Mesa Ave. Los Angeles. (poss. census taker error?)
1945 Retired from Union Pacific Railroad
1946 Voter Registration at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles
1947 - 1952 worked part-time at Cal Tech.
1948 Voter Registration at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles
1950 Voter Registration at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles
1952 Voter Registration at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles
1954 Voter Registration at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles
Lived at 68664 H Street, Cathedral City, Riverside, California during late retirement.

George married Mary Elizabeth STRAHORN 28 Apr 1910, North Platte, Nebraska. Mary (daughter of John Calvin STRAHORN and Sarah Elizabeth WOOD) was born 22 Dec 1885, Sterling, Logan, Colorado; died 12 May 1973, Riverside, Riverside, California; was buried Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, California, southwest corner of Section W-2 . [Group Sheet]

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Graduated in 1908 from University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, according to the North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune, 12 Jun 1908.

Gerald married Esther Wilhoit SHOOT 1905, Coles, Illinois. Esther was born 12 Dec 1874, Clark, Illinois; died 1960, Charleston, Coles, Illinois; was buried Enon-Ashmore Cemetery, Ashmore, Coles, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

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"MILES ZENTMYER, attorney and counselor at law. He does a large collection business for Eastern parties, and deals in real estate. He is also one of the proprietors of the Schuyler Herald, owned by Zentmyer & Holcomb. Mr. Zentmyer first located in Schuyler in January, 1873, emigrating from Huntingdon, Pa., where he was born June 25, 1842. He enlisted, August, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry, in the nine months' service. He began the study of his profession in October, 1863, in the law office of Scott, Brown & Bailey, in his native town, where he remained; and also taught school several terms, etc., until February 25, 1865, when he again enlisted as a private; and March 1, 1865, he was appointed First Lieutenant of Company F., Seventy-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry. In his nine months' service he participated in battles of Antietam and Chancellorsville. He was discharged December 6, 1865, in Victoria, Texas, and was mustered out in Philadelphia, Pa., January 16, 1866. Eighteen months after being mustered out he entered the former law office and resumed his studies, and was admitted to the bar August, 1869, and began the practice of law in his native place, where he remained until he moved to Nebraska. Was married in Huntingdon, Pa., May 26, 1874, to Miss Jennie M. Crewitt, also a native of the latter place. They have one son, George Aubrey, born May 2, 1881. (three siblings who preceded George did not survive, but two sisters who were born after this was written did survive -Ed) Mr. Z. is a member of Acacia Masonic Lodge, No. 34; also I. O. O. F., Schuyler Lodge, No. 38. Was elected County Judge in fall 1881. He ran for Lieutenant-Governor of Nebraska on the State Democratic ticket in 1876. He and Mrs. Zentmyer are members of the Presbyterian Church of Schuyler." - Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska, 1882



"Served as Judge for the years 1882 - 1884." Judy Brezina, Curator, Schuyler Historical Society Museum



Schuyler Colfax, for whom the town Schuyler and the county of Colfax were named, served as the 17th Vice President of the United States under Ulysses S. Grant from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869.



The Miles Zentmyer family was listed on Vine St. in multiple US Census records, and a published account located the house at the southwest corner of Vine and Oregon Streets. But Schuyler renamed their streets, so Miles' house was located at the corner of present-day 11th and C Streets, and was demolished and replaced by a gas station operated by the Vondracek brothers.

Miles married Jane McNamara CREWITT 26 May 1874, Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, at the Huntington Presbyterian Church, Rev. Samuel Moon presiding.. Jane (daughter of Alfred Berryhill CREWITT and Jane DORLAND) was born 14 Nov 1849, Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 20 Jun 1935, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska; was buried Schuyler Cemetery, Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska. [Group Sheet]

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1868 began career as Fireman for C.N.W.R.R. at Escanaba, Delta, Michigan
1871 promoted to Engineer at Escanaba, Delta, Michigan
1880 September, moved to Union Pacific RR in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska
1885 Census in Weld County, Colorado
1886 foreman at Sterling, Logan, Colorado
1900 Census in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska
1910 Census in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska
1915 moved to Highland Park (Strahorn 50th newspaper)
1918 retired from Union Pacific (U.P.R.R. letter)
1920 Census at 521 W. 27th Street, Los Angeles, California
1921 City Directory at 109 W. 2nd., North Platte, Nebraska
1925 50th Wedding Anniversary at 211 N. Ave 51, Los Angeles, California
1933 Death at 211 N. Ave 51, Los Angeles, California

John married Sarah Elizabeth WOOD 10 Jun 1875, Milton, Buffalo, Wisconsin. Sarah (daughter of Abiel Saunders WOOD and Mercy CLOSSEN) was born 14 Mar 1849, Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire; died 24 Oct 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, Caliifornia, Great Mausoleum, Dahlia Terrace, Sanctuary of Faith #3407. [Group Sheet]