In March 1852, Parker Germain, his wife Ann Fassett
Germain, their three children Dwight, Guy, and Clara (aged six to
two), and Ann's younger brother Noah Chittenden Fassett left
their homes in Ohio and traveled overland to California. During
the next ten years they and another brother, Harris Hardinge
Fassett, who joined them in 1854, wrote back to their parents, Dr.
Harry and Clarissa Peck Fassett in Johnstown and later
Granville, Ohio. These letters
were preserved by Fassett descendants in Ohio and are cataloged
here. In the 1970s, William A. Castle, a great grandson of Dr.
Harry Fassett transcribed the letters, and the typewritten pages have been scanned, edited, and made available here.
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### | Date | From | Place | To |
001 | Feb 8 1852 | N. C. Fassett | Circleville, O | Father |
002 | Mar 19 1852 | Ann | St. Louis | Father, Mother, Brothers, Sisters |
003 | Apr 14/19/20 1852 | Ann F. Germain | St. Joseph | [Father] |
004 | May
11 1852 | N. C.
Fassett + Ann F. Germain | Fort
Kearney | Father
+ Mother |
005 | Jun 26 1852 | N. C. Fassett | Bear River | Father |
006 | Aug 8 1852 | N. C. Fassett | Placerville, Cal | Father |
007 | Aug 10 1852 | Ann | Hangtown | Mother & all |
008 photo | Aug 30 1852 | Chitt | Martinez, Cal | All of you |
009 | Dec 6 1852 | Ann | Placerville | Mother |
010 | Dec 23
1852 + Dec 27 | Ann F.
Germain + Chitt | Placerville
| Mother |
011 | Feb 23 1853 | AFG | Placerville | Mother |
012 | May 13 1853 | Ann | Placerville | Mother |
013 | Aug 8 1853 | Ann | Mother and all | |
014 | Nov 13 1853 | Ann | Placerville | Jane |
015 | Mar 27 1854 | Chittenden | Placerville, Cal | Mother |
016 | Jun 28 1854 | Ann F. Germain + Chittenden | Placerville | Mother |
017 | Oct 29 1854 | Ann | Placerville | Mother |
018 | Nov 6 1854 | H. H. Fassett | New York | Father |
019 | Jan 12
1855, Jan 17 1855 | H. H.
Fassett + Ann | Placerville
| “Pepils,”
and family individually & generally + For all the family, from Father to Willie |
020 | Mar 5 1855 | H. H. Fassett | Placerville | Mother |
021 | Mar
4, 12 1855 + Mar 14 | Ann F.
Germain + H. H. Fassett | Placerville
| Mother + Mother |
022 | Mar 13 1855 | Chittenden | Placerville | Father |
023 | May 14
1855 | Ann
+ H. H. Fassett | Placerville | Mother + Mother/Father |
024 | Jun 15 1855 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Father |
025 | Sep
18 1855 + Sep 18/19 | H. H.
Fassett + Ann | Placerville
| Father |
026 | Oct 11
1855 + Oct 17 | H. H.
Fassett + Ann | Placerville
| Mother/Jane + Mother |
027 | Jan 3 1856 | H. H. Fassett | Mother/Father | |
028 | May 2 1856? | Chittenden | Placerville | Father |
029 | Jul 2 1856 | H. H. Fassett | Placerville | Sis Sallie/Mother/Father/John/Sis Mary/Willie |
030 | Aug 1 1856 | N. C. Fassett | Sacramento City | Father |
031 | Sep 1 1856 | H. H. Fassett | Placerville | Family at Home |
032 | Sep 3 1856 | Ann | Placerville | Sister Sarah |
033 | Sep 18 1856 | Chittenden | Placerville | Father |
034 | Dec 10 1856 | Harris H. Fassett | Placerville | Miss Jane Fassett |
035 | Mar 2 1857 | H. H. Fassett | Placerville | Father/Miss Mary Fassett |
036 | Apr 2 1857 | Ann | Placerville | Mother |
037 | Apr 3 1857 | Chittenden | Placerville | Mother |
038 | Sep 16 | Ann | Placerville | Mother |
039 | Oct 11 1857 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
040 | Nov 19 1857 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
041 | Dec 21 1857 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
042 | Jan 17 1858 | Harris | Placerville | Mother/Father/John Fassett |
043 | Jan 31 1858 | Ann | On the Ranch | Friends at home |
044 | Feb 4 1858 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
045 | Apr 9 1858 | Ann | Pachiko [Pacheco] | Mother |
046 | Aug 4 1858 | N. C. Fassett | San Francisco | Mother |
047 | Aug 15 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
048 | Aug 17 1858 | Ann | Pacheco | Mother/Mary |
049 | Aug 17 1858 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco | Mother/Father/Jane |
050 | Sep 4 1858 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
051 | Nov 9 1858 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
052 | Dec 5 1858 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
053 | Dec 19 1858 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
054 | Jan 19 1859 | N. C. Fassett | San Francisco | Mother |
055 | Feb [1]/2 1859? | Ann | [Pacheco] | Mother |
056 | Apr 1 1859 | Ann | Pacheco | Mother |
057 | Apr 3 1859 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
058 | Jun 16 1859 | Ann | Pacheco | Mother |
059 | Jun 16 1859 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco | Mother |
060 | Jun 19 1859 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mrs. C.H. Fassett |
061 | Jul 3 1859 | Chittenden | San Fran | Doct H. Fassett |
062 | Jul 7 1859 | Chittenden | San Fran | Doct. H. Fassett |
063 | Jul 11 1859 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco | Harry Fassett, M. D. |
064 | Jul 19 1859 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
065 | Oct 4 1859 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
066 | Oct 19 1859 | Chittenden | San Francisco | Mother |
067 | Jan 19 1860 | N. C. Fassett | San Fran | Mother |
068 | Apr 15 1860 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco | John Fassett |
069 | Apr 19 1860 | Chittenden | New York | Father |
070 | May 20 & Jul 1 1860 | Ann & H. H. Fassett | Pacheco | Mother |
071 | May 27 1860 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
072 | Jul 8 1860 | Chitt | San Fran | Miss Jane Fassett |
073 | Aug 5 1860 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
074 | Sep 2 1860 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
075 | Sep 10 1860 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco, Cal | Mother/Father |
076 | Jan 26 1861 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco, Cal | Mother |
077 | Feb 1 1861 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
078 | Mar 31 1861 | Chittenden | San Fran | H. H. Fassett |
079 | Apr 30 1861 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
080 | May 19/21, 1861 | H. H. Fassett | New York City | Father |
081 | Jun 16 1861 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco, California | Father |
082 | Jul 10 1861 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
083 | Sep 29 1861 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
084 | Oct 16 1861 | Chittenden | San Fran | (Capt.) John Fassett |
085 | Oct 18 1861 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
086 | Nov 19 1861 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
087 | Nov 30 1861 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco, Cal | Mother |
088 | Feb 6 1862 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco, Cal | Mother/Miss Mary Fassett |
089 | Mar 2 1862 | Harris | Pacheco, Cal | Mother/Father/Sister |
090 | Mar 5 1862 | Chittenden | Gulf of California | Mother |
091 | Mar 9 1862 | Clara Germain + Ann | Pacheco | Grandma + Mother |
092 | Mar 10/12 1862 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco, Cal | John Fassett + Mary |
093 | Mar 18 1862 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
094 | Apr 30 1862 | N. C. Fassett | San Fran | Mother |
095 | May 13/18 1862 | H. H. Fassett | Pacheco, Cal | Mother |
096 | May 15 1862 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
097 | Jun 13 1862 | N. C. Fassett | San Fran | John Fassett |
098 | Jun 30 1862 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
099 | Aug 11 1862 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
100 | Sep 19 1862 | Chittenden | San Fran | John Fassett |
101 | Sep 21 1862 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
102 | Oct 3 1862 | N. C. Fassett | San Fran | Father |
103 | Nov 19 1862 | Chittenden | San Fran | Mother |
The originals of these letters are kept by Roger P. Kohin,
11
Berwick Street, Worcester, MA 01602, (+1-508)-756-7713
Revised 6/22/2008