Ancestral File Number:
678J-CL
Ancestral File Number:
3M5J-R3
Ancestral File Number:
6KFP-SQ
Ancestral File Number:
6KFP-TW
1920 census: OR, Malheur, Fair, District 122, 10-Jan-1920
1930 census: WA, Yakima, Sunnyside, District 88, 8-Apr-1930, sheet 4A
Occupation: Thoroughbred race horse owner.
Registered for World War I, Clearwater CO., ID, relative living in Benge, WA., Per Civilian Draft Registration.
in 1920 they are living in Malhuer Co, OR.
by Malinda Smith German
Someone told me Charles Baze was a horse trainer. So I plugged "Charles Baze horse racing" into Google and hit the jackpot. Mabel was a jockey and got the fellows interested in horse racing. It is quite a family. Right now, Russell Baze, grandson of Mabel and Charles is about to overtake the record as the "winningest" jockey of all time. He surpassed Willie Shoemaker and is closing in on Lafitte Pincay.1920 census: OR, Malheur, Fair, District 122, 10-Jan-1920
Baze, Charles D. 32
, Mabel L. 30
, Mellin L. 3/12
Smith, Jesse 46
World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Melvin L Baze
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Oregon
State: Washington
County or City: YakimaEnlistment Date: 12 Jun 1942
Enlistment State: Washington
Enlistment City: Tacoma
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil LifeEducation: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 183
He was granted bounty land for his services in the War of 1812 and the Indian war.
Probably an organizing member of the Big Creek Baptist Church in Appling Co., GA and is shown in the minutes of the Piedmont Association as a delegate from that church in 1828.
Record of deed in Barnwell Dist. SC dated 29 Sep 1800 from Jabez Dowling joined by his wife Rebecca, to Stephen Lee, conveying 100 acres of land on Cypress Pond in that county, and being identified as the same land conveyed bt Thomas Ford to William Dowling of Collenton Co., NC 29 Feb 1776.
source: "History of Pierce County" pg.'s 75,76. "Jabez, as a small child standing in his father's doorway, saw the British Tory raiding party, under the orders of General Tarlton, murder his defensless father, William Dowling. William's name was one of the "zealot patriots listed."
source: Dowling Ancestry manuscript by Noel Peeler Dowling Chart # 311
source: Dowling Ancestry manuscript by Noel Peeler Dowling, Chart Master Chart# 101
source: "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia" by Judge Folks Huxford. Vol. 1, pg. 69; Vol.2, pg. 302; Vol.3, pg. 75,366.