NameJohn William GUEST II
Birth1854, Ohio
Death13 Feb 1922, Merced, Merced Co., California
BurialI.O.O.F. Cemetery, Hornitos, Mariposa Co., California
FatherJohn William GUEST I (1830-1889)
MotherElizabeth TRACY (~1833-<1880)
Spouses
BirthSep 1859, Sheridon, Missouri
Death9 Aug 1935, Tulare Co., California66
BurialI.O.O.F. Cemetery, Hornitos, Mariposa Co., California
FatherWilliam Wyatt SCOTT (-~1864)
MotherIrena BRANSON (1823-1908)
Marriage12 Oct 1878, Washington Mine, Mariposa Co., California117
ChildrenLulu Belle (1879-)
 John William (1881-1942)
 Clarence Scott (1883-1956)
 Minnie E. (1887-1975)
 Albert Henry (1893-1984)
 Elijah Walter (1898-1981)
 Blanche L. (1901-1982)
 Norman Edison (1904-1985)
Notes for John William GUEST II
1870 Mariposa Census: page 112b- Township No. two, Post Office Mariposa, enumerated July 12, 1870. Dwelling number 134, family number 134.

GUEST, John W.
age 16
male
white
labor
pob Ohio
father foreign born

1880 United States Census
Marital Birth B-place
Name Rel Status Sex Race Age place Occup Fa Mo
John W. GUEST Self M M W 26 OH Miner ENG ENG
Mary GUEST Wife M F W 20 MO Keeping House MO MO
Lulu GUEST Dau S F W 11M CA At Home OH MO

Source Information:
Census Place Township 2, Mariposa, California
Family History Library Film 1254068
NA Film Number T9-0068
Page Number 150A

Delinquent Tax List 1882 transcribed from the January 28, 1882 Mariposa Gazette (submitted by W. Disbro):
GUEST, John W.- Lot in Bear Valley situated on the west side of North Carolina Street opposite WILCOX's foundry, val $10, house and fence thereon $90, value of personal property $30, Total value of all property $130. Total tax $4.65, collector's costs $1.50.

Mariposa Gazette, 18 Feb 1922: Pioneer of Hornitos Passes at Merced
John W. GUEST, aged 68 years, a pioneer of Mariposa county, passed away at his home in Merced last Monday, February 13, after an illness which was long standing.
Mr. GUEST was born in Ohio in 1852 and came to Bear Valley with his parents when a small boy. He lived on a ranch at Quartzburg until two years ago when he moved to Merced with his family and took charge of the Tuolumne Hotel.
In 1873 he was married to Mary SCOTT and two them were born nine children, all of whom are living: they are: Mrs. W. A. McMEANAMY, Oakland;Clarence GUEST, Fresno; Minnie McMILLAN and Albert GUEST of Colusa; J. W. GUEST, Jr., Lottie BLACK, Elijah D. GUEST Blanche M. HILL, and Norman GUEST, of Merced. He also leaves four sisters: Mrs. Lucy McELLIGOTT, Mariposa; Mrs. May ENGLISH, Oregon; Mrs. Annie GOURGUET, Fresno; and Mrs. Lily BRANSON, Madera.
The body was taken to Hornitos on Wednesday morning and the funeral was held at 2 o’clock p.m. of that day under the auspices of the I. O. O. F. Lodge of which Mr. GUEST had been a member for thirty-eight years.
Notes for Mary Marilda (Spouse 1)
Mariposa Gazette, October 19, 1878; MARRIED:
Washington Mine Mariposa county, Oct. 12, John W. GUEST to Miss Mary SCOTT.

1900 US Census
1900 > California > MARIPOSA > HORNITOS PCT Series: T623 Roll: 93 Page: 247
Surname Given Name age DOB Sex Race B-place State County Location
GUEST MARY M 41 Sep 1859 F W MO CA MARIPOSA HORNITOS PCT

Mary M. Scott-Guest had a small house in Merced on the opposite side of 19th (900 blk) from John and Irene. She bought that house shortly after John William Guest II died in 1922. For a few years before that they had the Tuolumne Hotel on 17th Street and before that they lived on the family ranch at Quartzburg (near Mt. Gains Mine).
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