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Joseph Franklin Entler

Birth	:	10 Nov 1846 Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA
Death	:	5 May 1929 Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Burial	:	Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.7066994, -71.1374969
Plot	:	Sec 8,B Lot 85 sp 9
Description	:	** Note: Rev War family connections - Entler Hotel and Entler Tavern in Shepherdstown, WV. Joseph Franklin Entler was born in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia. Jefferson County was in Virginia until 1863, when West Virginia became a state. Joseph Entler enlisted as a private in Company B, Virginia 2nd Infantry Regiment. Sources: U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. American Civil War Soldiers. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. The Virginia Regimental Histories Series. Chico Daily Enterprise, Thursday Evening, December 26, 1907: "Entler Deal Still In Air. Driving Association Has Problem. The Chico Driving association has not yet closed the deal with Joseph... Read More	** Note: Rev War family connections - Entler Hotel and Entler Tavern in Shepherdstown, WV. Joseph Franklin Entler was born in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia. Jefferson County was in Virginia until 1863, when West Virginia became a state. Joseph Entler enlisted as a private in Company B, Virginia 2nd Infantry Regiment. Sources: U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. American Civil War Soldiers. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. The Virginia Regimental Histories Series. Chico Daily Enterprise, Thursday Evening, December 26, 1907: "Entler Deal Still In Air. Driving Association Has Problem. The Chico Driving association has not yet closed the deal with Joseph Entler for the 60-acre tract to be used for race track purposes and now it is understood the proposition has been given up entirely and that negotiations are now under way by the association to secure the necessary land from John Deater, who owns about 200 acres of level land immediately south of the Diamond Match company's holdings at Barber. This land is in a very desirable spot, both for its proximity to the city and its level surface, and the association will make every effort to secure the land. "A short time ago the second attempt was made by the members of the association to secure the Entler tract but when the thing came to nearly a completion and the last meeting was to be held to pass upon it everything went into the air. The meeting was not held and Entler was in Berkeley where he went to dispose of a number of turkeys for the holiday trade." ~~~ "Joseph Franklin Entler – A successful man of Chico, long an eminent California citizen, whose confidence in the superior qualities of his ranch land was confirmed by the action of the United States Government in purchasing a part of his acreage and devoting it to the purposes of the United States Plant Introduction Gardens, is Joseph Franklin Entler, who was born at Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV, November 10, 1846. His ancestors came from Germany and settled in the Keystone State; and there his grandfather Daniel Entler was born. Later, the family removed to Virginia and settled near Shepherdstown. Daniel Entler, who fought on the American side in the War of 1812, was a general business man who had a typical country store with a butcher market, a hotel, and a small stock yard attached. "Joseph Entler's father was J.P. Entler, a native of Lancaster, PA, who was brought up in the state and in Virginia, in attendance at the public schools, and according to the Lutheran faith. He succeeded his father in business, and died in Washington, D.C. While in Virginia he had married Miss Nancy Jackson, a native of Jefferson County, WV, and the daughter of Stephen Jackson, a pioneer of Scotch descent. Mrs. Entler died in West Virginia, the mother of four boys, among whom Joseph Franklin was the third oldest. "Brought up and educated at Shepherdstown, Joseph F. Entler joined the Confederate army when only fifteen years old, in the fall of 1862, enlisting in Company B, Second Virginia Infantry, and afterwards serving in Company B, of the Twelfth Virginia Infantry. He saw hard, fatiguing service in the Shenandoah Valley and at the second Battle of the Wilderness; and once, while on a scouting expedition, he had his horse shot from under him. He managed to make his way home, but there he was cut off from communication with the Confederates and forced unwillingly to keep out of the conflict for the remainder of the war. "After the war was over Mr. Entler spent some time in West Virginia and then put in a year in Maryland, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He went back to Jefferson County, WV, and later visited Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania. On May 9, 1868, he left New York City on the steamer Henry Chauncey for Aspinwall, and crossing the Isthmus, proceeded north on the steamer Colorado for San Francisco, where he landed on June 3. From there he went on to Sacramento by boat, and on June 6, 1868, came by stage to Chico. He worked on a ranch until he could get a start, and in the fall of 1868 rented a farm on the Sacramento River, where he put in a grain crop on some two hundred fifty acres, running two teams to carry the work successfully through. He also used a header and a thresher. In the fall of 1869, however, he started for San Diego, but got no further than Ventura, where he farmed for a couple of years. He had a couple of claims of a hundred sixty acres each, and so took a partner, with whom he farmed the land in 1870-1871; but striking two successive dry years, he had a total failure in his crop and lost every dollar that he had. Thereupon he returned to Chico, and went to work on a farm, and the first eighty dollars that he made he sent back to Ventura County to straighten out his affairs. "With John Kennedy, Mr. Entler put up a store at Princeton, Colusa County, and opened the same with a small stock of goods; and this they ran until it was shown that such a venture could not be a success there, when they sold out and returned to Chico. Mr. Entler then entered the employ of General Bidwell on his famous ranch. "In the fall of 1871, Mr. Entler was married to Miss Susan Henshaw, a native of Missouri, and the daughter of Washington Henshaw, a pioneer of 1851, who crossed the plains to California, and in 1853 settled as a farmer near Chico. "Mr. Entler then bought a farm, and engaged in farming with Marian Hoyle, later buying him out. His wife continued with the grain-raising and the stock business, while he ran a stage line to Big Meadows and hauled lumber and freight. He had sixteen to eighteen horses besides his stage teams, and maintained an old-time stable that was worth inspecting. His ranch included nine hundred eighty-five acres, all of which but twenty acres was tillable. There Mr. Entler ran a garden, which was rather notable in its time. Mr. Henshaw had put in the ditch running from Middle Butte to the middle of Little Butte Creek, and he also set out one of the first orchards and rented land for the gardens. "In 1903, Mr. Entler leased out his farm; and in February, 1904, he moved to Chico, where he bought the home in which he now resides. He sold eighty-five and a half acres of the property to the United States Government for a plant introduction garden. "Mr. Entler was married, at Chico, in 1878, for the second time, his bride being Miss Mary E. Gilley, a native of Washington, Ind., and the daughter of William Gilley, who was born in North Carolina, of English descent, and died in Indiana. Her mother had been Sarah J. Helphinstine, a native of Virginia, of a Southern family, and the mother of nine children, only one of whom---the second youngest---Mrs. Entler, is now living. The latter came to Chico in 1871. Now Mr. Entler, retired from active labors, devotes a part of his time to a general supervision of his private interests. "By his first marriage, Mr. Entler had four children, two of whom grew to maturity. Frank died at thirty-one years of age, and Clarence resides in Oakland. Through his second marriage, five children were born, but only one grew up -- Mary Entler, now Mrs. Harry Roth, of Chico, and the mother of one child, Harry Entler. Both Mr. and Mrs. Entler belong to the Presbyterian Church, and are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. "Mr. Entler is a Democrat. He is interested in education, and was for some time school trustee in the York school district. Fraternally, he was made a Mason in Chico Lodge, No. 111, F.& A.M.; and he also belongs to Chico Chapter, No. 42, R.A.M.; Chico Commandery, No. 12, K.T.; and Islam Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., of San Francisco. He is a member of the Chico Lodge, No. 113, I.O.O.F., in which he is a Past Grand, and also of the Encampment and the Canton, where he has become a Past Lieutenant." Source: History of Butte County, CA 1918, by Geo C. Mansfield, pgs 456-58. ~~~ The Chico Enterprise, Monday Evening, May 6, 1929: "J. F. Entler Dies After Brief Illness. Joseph Franklin Entler, 83, a native of Shepherdstown, W. Va., where he was born November 10, 1846, and a resident of this district almost continuously for the last 61 years, died yesterday afternoon following an acute ailment by which he was stricken Friday afternoon. Death came at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Harry A. Roth, with whom he had in late years made his home. "Entler was educated in the schools of his native town until the age of 15 when he joined the Confederate army, taking part in the battle of Shenandoah and the second battle of The Wilderness. Later he was captured while on a scouting party and virtually made a prisoner of war during the remainder of the struggle. "In 1868 he came to San Francisco by way of the Isthmus of Panama, thence by boat to Sacramento, from which place he came to Chico by stage, landing here on June 6 of that year. "Sold Plant Gardens. For a time he was employed by General John Bidwell here and later acquired extensive ranch holdings on Butte creek, 85 1/2 acres of which was later sold to the government for use as the United States Plant Introductory Gardens. Entler also operated the stage and freight lines to Big Meadows and had a livery stable here. "In 1903 he moved to Chico where he has since made his home. He was a member of the local Blue Lodge, No. 111, F&AM, the Chico Commandery and the Islam Temple of San Francisco. Prior to his death he was one of the oldest members of the Lodge of Odd Fellows, having joined September 19, 1882, soon becoming identified with all three branches of that order. "Surviving besides the daughter, Mrs. H.A. Roth, are one son, Frank, and a brother, S.L. Entler, all of Chico; a half-brother, J.W. Rutherford of West Virginia; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Pratter of West Virginia; three grandchildren and one great grandchild. "Funeral services will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon in the chapel of the Bicknell and Moore funeral home, the Rev. R.S. Eastman of Red Bluff Presbyterian church, former pastor here, and Rev. R.C. LaPorte officiating at the grave."

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Joseph Franklin Entler's memorial is located at: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, USA.
When did Joseph Franklin Entler death?
Joseph Franklin Entler death on 5 May 1929 in Chico, Butte County, California, USA
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Latitude: 41.7066994
Longitude: -71.1374969

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Susan Cynthia Henshaw Entler

(1848 - 1876)

Mary Margaret Elizabeth Gilley Entler

(1848 - 1924)

Siblings

Samuel Luther “Lute” Entler

(1854 - 1939)

Children

Frank Lamond Entler

(1872 - 1903)

Clifford Entler

(1874 - 1875)

Clarence Seward Entler

(1874 - 1944)

Infant Entler

(1879 - 1879)

Willie Joseph Entler

(1881 - 1884)

Benjamin Harrison “Bennie” Entler

(1883 - 1884)

Joseph Franklin “Joie” Entler Jr.

(1885 - 1896)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Oak Grove Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7066994, -71.1374969

2. Borden-Bowen Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7036800, -71.1536100

3. Brightman Farm Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7098330, -71.1198660

4. Nathan Borden Burial Ground (Defunct)
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7021100, -71.1555200

5. Fall River Friends Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7181110, -71.1501380

6. North Burial Ground
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7193985, -71.1477966

7. Oak Tree Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7214012, -71.1481018

8. Saint Johns Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7214800, -71.1487800

9. Bishops Crypt
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6984100, -71.1576100

10. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7289100, -71.1310900

11. St. Anne Church & Shrine (Shrine Crypt)
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6938477, -71.1634477

12. St. Anne's Church & Shrine Crypt
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6938657, -71.1636928

13. Jonathan Slade Cemetery
Somerset, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7260120, -71.1572830

14. Friends Cemetery
Somerset, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7380981, -71.1577988

15. Nathan Slade Cemetery
Somerset, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7391100, -71.1558900

16. Rufus E Wordell Burial Ground
Westport, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6786000, -71.1086700

17. Alice & Elijah Blossom Cemetery
Westport, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6890130, -71.0938330

18. Hathaway Commons Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7378500, -71.1103500

19. Babcock-Gifford Burial Ground
Westport, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6866500, -71.0954500

20. Saint Marys Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6721300, -71.1639800

21. Gibbs Cemetery
Somerset, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7463989, -71.1421967

22. Notre Dame Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6669006, -71.1500015

23. Hebrew Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6706600, -71.1649000

24. Agudas Achim Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6655510, -71.1481960