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1826 - 1863 (37 years)| 1. | Rebecca EMMERT was born 1826, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; died 1863, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania - Tuberculosis; was buried Boalsburg Cemetery, Centre, Pennsylvania. Rebecca married Thomas Foster STRAHORN Abt 1848, Centre, Pennsylvania. Thomas (son of Samuel STRAYHORN and Elizabeth LNU) was born Abt 1824, West Buffalo, Union, Pennsylvania; died 18 May 1886, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, Section O, Lot 74, #1SW. [Group Sheet]
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| 2. | John Calvin STRAHORN  (1.Rebecca1) was born 14 Mar 1849, Haines Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 27 Nov 1933, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, Caliifornia, Great Mausoleum, Dahlia Terrace, Sanctuary of Faith #3407. Notes: 1868 began career as Fireman for C.N.W.R.R. at Escanaba, Delta, Michigan 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]
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| 3. | Samuel R STRAHORN (1.Rebecca1) was born 20 Aug 1850, Haines Twp Centre Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Jun 1851, Haines Twp Centre Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Reformed Cemetery, Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania. |
| 4. | Mary STRAHORN (1.Rebecca1) was born 1851, Haines, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 1860, Stephenson, Illinois. |
| 5. | Robert Edmund STRAHORN (1.Rebecca1) was born 15 May 1852, Haines, Centre, Pennsylvania; died 31 Mar 1944, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; was buried Riverview Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. Notes: Robert was the brother of our great-grandfather, John Calvin Strahorn. He was born east of Bellefonte in Haines Twp. Centre Co., Pennsylvania. He wrote later how as a boy, he was impressed by Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858. He was typesetter and then a newspaper correspondent for the Denver News and New York Times during the Sioux campaigns of 1876-77, and fought alongside General Crook as an embedded reporter while covering the Battle of Rosebud. He was hired by Jay Gould as the first head of the Publicity Department of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1877-1783, and wrote a number of books about the resources and attractions of the western states, which helped generate waves of migration into those territories, greatly benefiting the U.P. He was instrumental in building the Oregon Short Line Railroad from Granger, Wyoming to Huntington, Oregon and through his Idaho & Oregon Land Improvement Co. founded or substantially developed the towns of Shoshone, Hailey, Mountain Home, Caldwell, Ontario, Payette, and Weiser along the route of the O.S.L. He was a founder and trustee of the College of Idaho in Caldwell. He went broke in the panic of 1893, then spent six years trading municipal bonds in Boston. He went on to build the North Coast Railroad under a secret financial arrangement with E.H. Harriman, and built Union Station in Spokane (which was demolished in 1974 for the Spokane World's Fair) and almost 750 miles of track in Washington State. This clandestine arrangement earned Robert the moniker "The Sphinx" because he would never publicly acknowledge his funding source. The North Coast Railroad was consolidated into the Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. with Robert as Vice President and General Manager. He went on to develop several railroad expansion projects into eastern Oregon through his Oregon, California & Eastern Railroad. In the period leading up the 1929 stock market crash, Robert acquired a number of commercial properties in downtown San Francisco, but was forced to deed them back to his lenders to avoid to foreclosure and bankruptcy in the years that followed. He died in 1944 in San Francisco (not in Spokane as is claimed elsewhere) and his remains are interred in a granite and marble mausoleum in Spokane along with both of his wives. There were no children from either marriage. Upon his death in San Francisco in 1944, Robert's remains were taken by his friend Thurlow Bryant (who was mentioned on page 572 of Ninety Years of Boyhood, Strahorn's autobiography) to Spokane, and Robert's personal effects, including his steamer trunk, his personalized binoculars, numerous photos and papers, and the publishing rights to his autobiography, were taken by Thurlow to his home in Caldwell, Idaho. Thurlow's wife Nellie gave these items to us in 1995 because we were the only relatives who had ever inquired after him. Thurlow died in Caldwell in 1992, and Nellie in 2001. - Gary Zentmyer Robert married Carrie Adell GREEN 19 Sep 1877, Marengo, McHenry, Illinois. Carrie (daughter of John Wesley GREEN and Louise BABCOCK) was born 01 Jan 1854, Marengo, McHenry, Illinois; died 15 Mar 1925, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; was buried Riverside Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. [Group Sheet] Robert married Ruby Shannon GARLAND 05 Oct 1927, St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California. Ruby was born 25 Aug 1883, Waco, McLennan, Texas; died 01 May 1936; was buried Riverside Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. [Group Sheet] |
| 6. | Charlie STRAHORN (1.Rebecca1) was born Aft 1856, Stephenson, Illinois; died 1860, Stephenson, Illinois. |
| 7. | Sarah E. STRAHORN (2.John2, 1.Rebecca1) was born Abt 1876, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan; died Jul 1876, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan. |
| 8. | Arthur Thomas STRAHORN (2.John2, 1.Rebecca1) was born 14 Oct 1876, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan; died 04 Jan 1974, Los Alamitos, Orange, California; was buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange, California. Notes: Arthur was a soil scientist with the Bureau of Soils, U.S. Department of Agriculture. If you google "Soil Survey - Strahorn" you will find twenty or so books he wrote about local soil conditions in the West, especially with regard to their potential for irrigation. I knew him as a retiree living on his property in Porterville, California, which was full of orange trees. He would send us a case of oranges every year. He was a kind and thoughtful man, and I am his namesake. He attended our wedding in 1973 at the age of 97. - Gary Arthur Zentmyer Arthur married Beatrice Josephine KEANE 19 Jan 1904, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; divorced Bef 1920. Beatrice was born 1881. [Group Sheet] Arthur married Zoe LIMBOCKER 31 May 1924, Los Angeles, California. Zoe (daughter of Thomas Benton LIMBOCKER and Caroline Cornelia SIGAFOOS) was born 20 Oct 1886, Erie, Neosho, Kansas; died 30 Jul 1984, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; was buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange, California. [Group Sheet] |
| 9. | Amy STRAHORN (2.John2, 1.Rebecca1) was born 6 Sep 1877, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan; died 21 Sep 1877, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan. |
| 10. | Mary Elizabeth STRAHORN (2.John2, 1.Rebecca1) 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 . Notes: Graduated in 1908 from University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, according to the North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune, 12 Jun 1908. Mary married George Aubrey ZENTMYER 28 Apr 1910, North Platte, Nebraska. George (son of Miles ZENTMYER and Jane McNamara CREWITT) was born 2 May 1880, Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska; was christened Rev. J.A. Hood; died 17 Jan 1968, Riverside, Riverside, California; was buried Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, California, southwest corner of Section W-2. [Group Sheet]
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| 11. | John Miles ZENTMYER (10.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.Rebecca1) was born 22 Jan 1912, North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska; died 9 Feb 1997, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, California; was buried 13 Feb 1997, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, Sunrise Slope #6207. Notes: John Zentmyer was born in North Platte, Nebraska, and migrated to Los Angeles with his parents and brother in 1918. He met his wife May Hobart while attending UCLA, and after marrying her, secured work with the Southern California Gas Company and subsequently with the newly-formed Civil Aeronautics Administration, the precursor to the Federal Aviation Administration. After a long career as an Air Traffic Controller and Administrator with the FAA he retired, then went back to school and studied nursing, earning an LVN degree. He was hired by Torrance Memorial Hospital and spent a number of years working there. A life-long Presbyterian, he was known for his charitable activities, his love of big bands music, and of books, especially about Sherlock Holmes and the Donner Party. (two different genres) He took up distance running in his 60's and completed many marathons, including a first-place finish at the Valley of the Flowers marathon in Lompoc in 1990. John married May Elizabeth HOBART 16 Jul 1938, Los Angeles, California. May (daughter of Frank Grant HOBART and Jeanette BRUTSCHÉ) was born 22 Oct 1914, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; died 20 Nov 2008, Baldwin Park, Los Angeles, California; was buried 29 Nov 2008, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, Sunrise Slope #6207. [Group Sheet]
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| 12. |  Dr. George Aubrey ZENTMYER, Jr. (10.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.Rebecca1) was born 9 Aug 1913, North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska; died 8 Feb 2003, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California; was buried Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside Co., CA, SW cor. Section W-2. Notes: 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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