Ada Ann Spooner

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Ada spent some years on the shore of Lake Ripley. After graduating from Albion Academy, she moved with her family to Clyde, Cloud Co., KA, where she taught school for several years. In 1876 she came from Kansas on one of the first immigrant trains to Sacramento, California, then by river steamer to San Francisco. They hung up on a snag and had to wait for high tide to float them off. Arriving in San Francisco she stayed at the Fish home, relatives of Henry Fish. Later she took the boat 'Orizaba' from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, where she stayed with a cousin, Carrie Colby Johnson, at the foot of State Street, Santa Barbara. Later she came to Carpinteria and stayed with another cousin Mate Colby Pearce, who lived behind the Rincon Schoolhouse. The Ogan home at 5191 Ogan Road was built by James S. Ogan for this couple. In it they raised five sons and a daughter. Because Ada had asthma a high ceiling was built in the kitchen. This room is now the living room (2001).

Ada married James Washington Ogan on 27 Jan 1878 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA. James (son of James Simeral Ogan and Elizabeth Berry Harris) was born on 13 Feb 1857 in Berryessa, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA; died on 4 Jan 1933 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; was buried on 6 Jan 1933 in Carpinteria Cem., Carpinteria, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ralph Milo Ogan was born on 28 May 1889 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; died on 24 Aug 1970 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA; was buried on 27 Aug 1970.
2. Elizabeth Cornelia Ogan was born on 20 Jul 1880 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; died on 7 Mar 1970 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA; was buried on 10 Mar 1970 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA.
3. Milton Ellsworth Ogan was born on 27 Oct 1884 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; died on 13 Jan 1898 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; was buried in Carpinteria Cem., Carpinteria, CA.
4. Perry Warren Ogan was born on 13 Feb 1883 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; died on 20 Oct 1949 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; was buried in Carpinteria Cem., Carpinteria, CA.
5. Rolland James Ogan was born on 14 Nov 1886 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; died on 3 Sep 1966 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; was buried on 7 Sep 1966 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA.
6. Charles Simeral Ogan was born in Oct 1879 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; died on 5 Oct 1956 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; was buried in Carpinteria Cem., Carpinteria, CA.