Civil War Veterans of Mendocino County, California.
James B. Firebaugh

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Ronald Cannon, MA 
Submitted June 2010

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James B. Firebaugh, 18 January 1845 VA-26 October1930
Co.H, 14 VA Cav. CSA
Valley View Cemetery, Covelo

JAMES B. FIREBAUGH PASSES – With the passing of James B. Firebaugh at the home of his son, Charles E. 
Firebaugh, on Sunday, October 26, Covelo loses an honored and esteemed citizen who went down to his 
grave rich in years.
	Mr. Firebaugh was born near Cedar Grove Mills, Virginia, January 18, 1845. As a boy in his teens 
he served in the Confederate army through the entire Civil war, being a member of the Rockbridge Cavalry, 
14th Regiment, Company H, under General McCausland. For one year of this time he was a military prisoner 
confined at Camp Chase in Ohio. After the close of the war he came to California to make his home, where 
in 1871 he was married to Miss Sarah Carden. His beloved wife preceded him a few years to the grave. 
Three children survive them, James W. of Craig, Colorado; Mrs. Eleanor Mulvahill of Newbridge, Oregon, and 
Charles E. of Covelo. One sister also survives from a large family group, Mrs. Virginia Bear of Burbank, 
California. While still a young man in his native state Mr. Firebaugh became a member of the Presbyterian 
church.
	Services were held in his honor Monday afternoon at the Baptist church, Pastor Moore officiating. 
Kindly neighbors assisting in the last rites included the pall bearers, J. G. Short, B. L. Hurt, S. W. Walter, E. H. 
Long, E. M. Durnford, and G. H. Ells; and the choir, Mrs. E. H. Long, Mrs. W. H. Ham, S. F. Gray and W. A. gray, 
with Mrs. G. R. Redwine at the piano. Floral offerings adorned the church and the beautiful grey casket. The 
body was alid to rest in the Masonic cemetery on the slope of our western hills. Willits News, 14 November 
1920, p. 3, c. 1.

1860 U.S. census, Rockbridge County, Virginia, population schedule, 6th Dist., Lexington post office, p. 307, 
dwelling 791, family 791, Benjamin F Firebaugh; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1378.

1870 U.S. census, Tulare County, California, population schedule, Farmersville township, Visalia post office, 
p. 243, dwelling 50, family 50, James Firebaug; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 92.

1880 U.S. census, Kern County, California, population schedule, So. Fork of Kern River, ED 16, p. 539-A (stamped), 
dwelling 204, family 204, J B Firebaugh; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 66.

1900 U.S. census, Kern County, California, population schedule, 17th Judicial Dist., ED 33, p. 242-B (stamped), 
sheet 11, dwelling 178, family 194, James B. Firebaugh; NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 87.

1920 U.S. census, Mendocino County, California, population schedule, Round Valley township, ED 118, p. 126-A (stamped), 
sheet 3, dwelling 41, family 41, James B Firebaugh; NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 121.