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Edgar Percival Mapes

Birth	:	31 Oct 1892 Glenn County, California, USA
Death	:	25 Oct 1986 Willows, Glenn County, California, USA
Burial	:	Willows Cemetery, Willows, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.5240900, -122.1848800
Description	:	"Wagon Wheels", A Colusi County Historical Society Publication, Volume XXXVII, 1987: EDGAR P. MAPES, 93, b. Cherokee District of western Glenn County, Oct. 31, 1892, d. Willows, Oct. 25, 1986: He was the third of nine children of Alice and Sylvester Mapes. He graduated from the Cherokee school in 1905, then attended Orland High School where he was active in sports, particularly baseball. After graduating he worked for two years on a local farm "skinning mules". Later he passed a test for a school teaching job and during the next seven... Read More	"Wagon Wheels", A Colusi County Historical Society Publication, Volume XXXVII, 1987: EDGAR P. MAPES, 93, b. Cherokee District of western Glenn County, Oct. 31, 1892, d. Willows, Oct. 25, 1986: He was the third of nine children of Alice and Sylvester Mapes. He graduated from the Cherokee school in 1905, then attended Orland High School where he was active in sports, particularly baseball. After graduating he worked for two years on a local farm "skinning mules". Later he passed a test for a school teaching job and during the next seven years he taught at the Calumet school, the Elder Creek school [sic] in Tehama County and the Green Valley school in El Dorado County. On Nov. 28, 1915 [sic] he married Minnie Myrtle Wise. In 1918 the pair moved to Glenn County where Mapes became the county's first rural mail carrier, delivering the mail by motorcycle. In 1921 Mr. Mapes was employed as a teacher in the Orland Grammar school and later became principal. In 1927 he was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Glenn County, a position he held until his retirement in 1955. He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Willows where he served as Sunday school superintendent for many years. He was a past president of the Colusi County Historical Society, of the Willows Chapter of the American Red Cross, and past district president of Kiwanis. He was a long time member of Willows Independent Order of Odd Fellows and supporter of the Salvation Army. He was Lamb Derby Grand Marshall in 1976. He was preceded in death by his wife Minnie. Surviving him are a son Lawrence of Red Bluff; a daughter, Mary Pence of Willows; a sister, Eunice Wilson of Willows; a brother, Neil of Oroville; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary; interment in the Willows Cemetery. – Transcribed by M.

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Edgar Percival Mapes death on 25 Oct 1986 in Willows, Glenn County, California, USA
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Latitude: 39.5240900
Longitude: -122.1848800

Family Members:

Parent

Sylvester Mapes

(1862 - 1942)

Alice Mudd Mapes

(1866 - 1937)

Spouse

Minnie Myrtle Wise Mapes

(1891 - 1971)

Siblings

Arthur Mills Mapes

(1889 - 1976)

Chester William Mapes

(1890 - 1956)

Eugene Selah Mapes

(1898 - 1971)

Children

Mary Alice Mapes Pence

(1927 - 2000)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Willows Cemetery
Willows, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5240900, -122.1848800

2. Artois Cemetery
Artois, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6380997, -122.1594009

3. Nye Cemetery
Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5826470, -122.3905290

4. Princeton Cemetery
Princeton, Colusa County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4066170, -122.0170350

5. Orland IOOF Cemetery
Orland, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7026000, -122.1401000

6. Butte City Cemetery
Butte City, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4575005, -121.9653015

7. Orland Catholic Cemetery
Orland, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7030983, -122.1393967

8. Martin Family Cemetery
Artois, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6087220, -121.9547550

9. Marvin Chapel Cemetery
Afton, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4199982, -121.9666977

10. Monroeville Cemetery
Butte City, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6747760, -122.0002560

11. Orland Masonic Cemetery
Orland, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7684760, -122.1943310

12. Maxwell Cemetery
Maxwell, Colusa County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2769012, -122.2080994

13. Sites Cemetery
Sites, Colusa County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3094890, -122.3472260

14. Mound Cemetery
Butte County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5026460, -121.8605080

15. Pryor Grave
Colusa County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3335991, -122.4141998

16. Graves Cemetery
Orland, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7827988, -122.2930984

17. Dayton Cemetery
Dayton, Butte County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6520004, -121.8679962

18. Mathis Ranch Cemetery
Maxwell, Colusa County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2474800, -122.2588500

19. Elk Creek Cemetery
Elk Creek, Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5916370, -122.5410110

20. Bragg Cemetery
Nord, Butte County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7750980, -121.9568170

21. Grindstone Cemetery
Glenn County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6808014, -122.5330963

22. Nelson Cemetery
Nelson, Butte County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5571410, -121.7694570

23. Cypress Hill Cemetery
Lodoga, Colusa County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3046740, -122.4934330

24. Mechoopda Indian Cemetery
Chico, Butte County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7328930, -121.8558910