Shasta County Biographies WILLIAM HARVEY TUGGLE This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm William Harvey Tuggle, the son of James Mickleborough and Margaret Elizabeth Morgan Tuggle was born February 29, 1824 in Fayette County, Kentucky. He was the oldest child and thus learned to work early. His first "real" job was as a stagecoach driver. About 1849 he may have been hired from that to drive someone's second wagon. How far? He made it to Missouri and the next we know he was running a hotel in Keokuk, the southernmost town in Iowa. In Clark County, Missouri, April 6, 1848 he married Melinda Ferrel Johnson, a widow with two sons, Ferrel and Wesley Johnson. The couple had four children while they lived in Keokuk: Charles; b.; d. 1890; d. --- William; b. Mar.15, 1855; d. 1921; m. Mary Hammans, m. Julia Etta Barney Emerette; b. Apr 2, 1858; m. Gerald Keegan, m. Helmuth Wrage Cora; b. Nov 12, 1859; d. 1925; m. Sylvanus Leach, m. Edward Dietz When the Ferrel family wrote to tell Melinda of Henry Clay Ferrel's marriage to Angeline Dinsmore, their picture of California was so glowing that the Tuggles decided to move. They came by wagon train past Honey Lake, Badger Flat, Old Station and Mt. Lassen into Shasta County. Not only had family encouraged them to come west, but Dinsmore and Ferrel hired William to run the livery stable they had built in Red Bluff. (It was a good place for a stable because it was the last year round river port) William and Melinda had four more children in Tehama County: Eunice; b. Sept 5, 1863; d. Apr 15, 1890; m. Isaiah Garrison Addison; b. Aug 25, 1866; d. Noy 17, 1916; m. Carrie Barnes George; b. Feb 25, 1870; d. Jan 10, 1955; m. Maude Turner Gerald b. Oct 10, 1871; d. Oct 16, 1937; m. Leta Mae Moore Sometime after Gerald's birth the family moved to Shasta County and at various times lived at Shingletown, Parkville and Balls Ferry. The children enjoyed living in all three areas because they loved the open space. In later years, most of them enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping. William Harvey Tuggle died May 16, 1900. As so often happens with marriages that come close to a Golden Wedding, Mary died in less than a year on March 17, 1901. Both are buried in Parkville Cemetery. Source: Shasta Historical Society May 2003 William Harvey Tuggle was born in Fayette County, Kentucky on February 29, 1824. He was a child of James Mickleborough and Margaret Elizabeth Morgan Tuggle. His Family moved to Missouri in early childhood then to Iowa and he became a livery stable man. William Harvey Tuggle was married to Melinda Ferrel Johnson in Keokuk, Iowa. Melinda was a widow with two children. In the year 1862, the Tuggle family came by horse team and in an emigranttrain to California Other members of the train included the pioneer Collins family of Red Bluff, Tehama County. After a rest period at Sutter's Fort,the train came north. Melinda had two siblings who were engaged in the millwright business her siblings arrived in Shasta County in the early 1850s. Arriving at the town of Shasta the Tuggle family weren't able to touch base with Melinda's brothers. They headed back to Cottonwood and sat upcamp that night. Eventually they were able to meet and reminisce about oldtimes. William Harvey Tuggle pioneered in Red Bluff too. The family owned and operated a livery stable on Walnut street on the block west of the Pennystore, at that time a spot quite remote from the main drag, near the boatlanding. The Tuggle livery stable was built by John W. Dinsmore and Merriman Ferrel, a brother of Melinda Tuggle. William Harvey Tuggle, a bit later, also started operating the Four Mile House near Shasta, which was built by Dinsmore. William and Melinda Tuggle's children attended school at the Klotz Mill School house, located ona site near Klotz Mill, when Sam Witherow was the teacher. There was a teacher named Mr. Burr, who was paid for by M.B. Vilas and Rudolph Klotz. Tuggle was an experienced teamster and a good horseman, who began hauling lumber from Red Bluff to Sacramento and sometimes Marysville, via the Adam,Lean and Jelly ferries. Tuggle was becoming well established in the northstate, he sold his business and moved to Shingletown. William Harvey Tuggle bought the old Mitchell place and made it their home. Later, he sold the Mitchell/Tuggle place and bout the Thomas (SteveBrand) residence. This home was located two miles east of Shingletown. On this property the Tuggle family built a milk barn over spring from which flows the entire head waters of Baldwin Creek. The Tuggle family sold this property to E.H. Ward on December 12, 1883. From 1884 to 1898, the Tuggle family rented the Krook's place. From 1899 to 1901 William and Melinda Tuggle bought some property in Parkville, a small community that used to exist just south of Millville, and buit a home there. William Harvey Tuggle died in May of 1900 in Parkville. He is interred in the Parkville Pioneer Cemetery. His wife Melinda Ferrel Johnson Tuggle died in March of 1901. She was interred at the Parkville Pioneer Cemetery nextto her husband. William and Melinda Tuggle had eight children, some of their descendants still live in either Shasta or Tehama Counties. Contributed by Jeremy M. Tuggle Resource "Rooted In Shasta County" by Jeremy M. Tuggle published by Preserving Memories in 2003, 2nd Edition 2004.