San Luis Obispo  County Obituaries

JOSEPH ZUMWALT

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler, Sept. 2004.

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Source:  History of San Luis Obispo County, California, Oakland, Calif., 
Thompson & West, 1883, pp 381-385

of the well-known Zumwalt ranch near the San Juan, was accidentally 
killed at Kern Island, Kern County, on the 14th of August, 1878, by 
his horse falling upon him.  Mr. Zumwalt was a native of Illinois, and 
was a resident of San Luis Obispo County for nine years preceding 
his death, during which time he was held in the highest respect by all 
who knew him.