Wallace Chenoweth was stone mason in Reno. We believe he may have come here from Sonora, CA. In 1902 a W. Chenoweth of Sonora purchased a lot in the Newtown or East Reno tract. He was one of the original shareholders in the Gold Mountain Goldfields Mining and Milling company incorporated in 1906.
He married Mrs. Cynthia Ficke on June 23, 1907 in the home of Mrs. T. B. Skinner on Virgina St. The Reverend Leslie H. Burwell presided over the ceremony. There is a reference that Cynthia recorded a deed for the lot next of our house on August 31, 1905. Cynthia also had two children, August and Freda, from her first husband. He died on December 1, 1904 of typhoid.
The Chenoweths moved to San Jose, CA in 1924. There was a farewell party for them, but no reason for their move was given. However, Cynthia had family in the area, so maybe they moved to be near them.
Some interesting tidbits came up during our research.
There is a special notice in the Nevada State Journal on September 9, 1915 stating “I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by any one outside myself. W. M. Chenoweth.” We are not sure why this was posted.
Cynthia's son August died in San Jose California during October 1930. He would have been in his mid-thirties.
Her mother, Caroline Clark lived in Verdi with one of her daughters, Ethel Willams, until her death in January 1935 at age 76.
Her brother, John Clark, died after a protracted illness in May 1938. He lived in Berkely, CA and the article lists his siblings. Cynthia was in San Jose, CA, Elizabeth Ross in Red Rock, NV, Ethel Williams and Josephine Wagner in Reno, NV, Alice Vandecar of Berkely, CA and Alivia Mund of Santa Rosa, CA.
Cynthia was born in Utah. We have been unable to find where Wallace was born nor do we have any information when they died.
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