House timeline
On the home page is an architect’s rendering of the house, done prior to it being built. It was produced by the
Nahl bros. and printed by Louis Nagel. This lithograph is referred to in the newspaper ad for the Charles L.
Parish Gift and Musical entertainment raffle. The ad for the raffle was placed in the Amador Ledger between
December, 1860 and March, 1861. In 1978 two copies of the Ledger-Dispatch were found in a time capsule
in the cornerstone of the Capital building, then being reconstructed (refer to "Logan’s Alley" by Larry Cenotto
to see how it was found).
Following is the time-line of events for the house and its occupants. A separate entry has been made for each
change of title. The date of title change is first, then the reference to the book and page of the deed in the Amador
County office of Records.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1860
Charles L. Parish, Architect, artist and Master joiner completes the house. Although built
to impress a lady, he later
decides to raffle it off. Making the house first prize, he sells 8,650 tickets at $1.00 apiece. Refer to Logan’s Alley,
Vol II for details of the raffle.
About Parish
raffle ad
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1861 -
Lincoln begins term - Civil War begins
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1861, April 4th - Bk. D, p. 770
Dr.
William J. Paugh, recently Sheriff of Amador county, wins the raffle. Title goes from Parish to W.J. Paugh and wife
Ruth Paugh.
______________________________________________________________________________________
1861-1862 huge flood, big buildings in Jackson float off their foundations into the middle fork of Jackson
Creek
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1862 - Great fire burns much of Jackson
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1865 - Civil War ends - Lincoln assassinated
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1869 - Transcontinental railroad completed
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1870 - Bk. O, p. 17
Paugh and wife sell house to George Snowden Andrews, Jackson Wells Fargo Agent from 1857 to 1875.
______________________________________________________________________________________
1872, Mar. 23rd - Bk 1, Town Lot deeds, pg 346
In 1872 county judge Pawling issues original deed to G. S. Andrews and wife. Prior to this all land in the county
belonged to the Federal Government. At that time the U.S. government granted local judges the authority to issue
deeds.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1874 May 18th - Bk O, pg 31
G. S. Andrews and wife sell to James B. Stevens, county clerk 1873-1874.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1876, Mar. 20th - Bk O, p. 663
J. B. Stevens & wife sell to A.W. Kerr. A.W. Kerr and wife were the first teachers at Jackson’s first brick school.
Their daughter Ida Bell Kerr married D. B. Spagnoli, after his wife died from childbirth complications.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1876 - Indian Wars, Battle of the Little Big Horn
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1878 - Second huge flood in Jackson, Main Street under water
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1879, Sep. 12 - Bk R, p 471
A. W. Kerr sells to Superior Court Judge George Moore. Here’s a picture of the house in 1880, from the
Thompson and West history of Amador county, published in 1881, that also included a portrait and a short
biography of Judge Moore.
about Superior Court Judge Moore
___________________________________________________________________________________
Sept 8, 1884
Judge Moore is murdered or commits suicide in parlor
Was it murder or suicide? You decide
_____________________________________________________________________________________
1885, Sep. 7 - Bk. Z, p. 73
Viola Moore, Judge Moore’s wife, sells the property to W.A. Nevills. Nevills owned the Nevills mine, also called
the Mammoth mine. See 1927 Amador County History, below
____________________________________________________________________________________
1885, May 9 -
W. A. Nevills sells to S. W. Griffith, Amador County Superior Court judge.
About Superior Court Judge Griffith
____________________________________________________________________________________
July 31, 1886
Judge Griffith dies
____________________________________________________________________________________
1887, Oct. 29 -
W. A. Nevills, administrator for the estate of S.W.Griffith, sells to Fannie Griffith.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1889 - Spanish War
____________________________________________________________________________________
1892, Apr. 20th -
Fannie J. Griffith sells to G.R. Breese, county clerk and auditor, 1891-1893.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1894, Feb 19th
George Raymond Breese (deceased) to Mary G. Breese, member of pioneer Jamison (Jameson) family.
He died during his second term as County Clerk and auditor. He was only 40 years old And leaves his wife and
six children.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1898, June 13th - Bk 16, p. 104
Mary Breese splits lot, sells what will be the Burrow house property to Edward Turner.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1900
Final decree of Judge George Moore requested by Viola Moore of Baltimore (his wife). House was not in this
decree.
___________________________________________________________________________________
1901 - Queen Victoria dies
____________________________________________________________________________________
ca. 1900-1910
A remodeling was done, altering the front by replacing the porch, the second story front window and the
Center French door. Front door and steps were relocated to the center of the front.
This remodeled configuration remained on the house until restoration began in 2003.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1901, Oct 19th - Bk 22, p. 2
Mary Breese sells portion of lot to Amador County, probably for a section of Center St (see map).
____________________________________________________________________________________
1901 - Feb. 7 - Dr Paugh dies in City of Alameda, Alameda County Ca.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1907, July 15th - Bk 30, p. 600
Mary Breese sells to Robert Ousby, et x. (Anne Ousby, his wife). According to his grandson, Robert was
superintendent of the Kennedy Mine, 1907 to 1912.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1910, Dec. - Bk 32, p. 604
Robert Ousby and Anne Ousby sell to T. T. Hocking
About Hocking
____________________________________________________________________________________
1913 - Federal income tax
____________________________________________________________________________________
1917-1918 - World War I
____________________________________________________________________________________
1920 - Women get the vote
____________________________________________________________________________________
1922 - Argonaut Mine disaster, worst in California history. Forty seven miners die
____________________________________________________________________________________
1924, June 25th - Bk 45, p55
Tobias Hocking et al sells to W.K. McFarland. His wife is Catherine W. McFarland of Calaveras County.
Stuart
Hocking and his wife Leoda of Stockton also sell.
About McFarland
____________________________________________________________________________________
1929 - Stock market crash and beginning of the great depression
____________________________________________________________________________________
1933, Mar. 31 - 51/D 242
W.K. McFarland and Daisy K. McFarland, his wife, to Floyd McFarland.
.____________________________________________________________________________________
1933, Mar 31 - 51/D 242
On the same day as above it is transferred from Floyd McFarland & Helen McFarland, his wife, to W.K. and
Daisy L. McFarland. Don’t know why.
__________________________________________________
1935, Apr. 3rd 4/DEC DIST 49
Final settlement for Daisy McFarland, deceased. Property split into thirds: 1/3 each to brothers
Floyd E. McFarland and G.C. McFarland, 1/3 to Sybil Cetko, sister.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1940, June 25th - 19/DR/45
Three-apartment house (Parish-Voss House) goes to Final account o f George C.
McFarland, deceased.
Administratrix
Ottilia McFarland.
____________________________________________________________________________________
1940, Sep. 23 - 19/DR/45
Recorded in 1944. Floyd E. McFarland, Sybil W. Cetko and Ottilia McFarland sell to J.W. Voss and
Margaret T. Voss
___________________________________________________________________________________
1941 - 1945 World War II
___________________________________________________________________________________
1956 - Prostitution shut down in Jackson by Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown
___________________________________________________________________________________
1957
J. Walter Voss dies, Margaret Voss inherits
___________________________________________________________________________________
1969 - U.S. lands a man on the moon
___________________________________________________________________________________
2001
Margaret Voss dies at the age of 102. She lived in three centuries, 2-28-1899 - 2001, and lived in
The house 61 years. She was a graduate of Northwestern Universit and a
teacher.
___________________________________________________________________________________
2002
Inheritors Jean Allured (Voss) and her two nieces, Christine Petersen-Chance and Sharon Petersen-Fine sell to
Jerry and Jeanette Chaix
__________________________________________________________________________________
2003 - restoration begins