Lake County Obituaries

Edward Burnham Hinton

Submitted by Margaret Hinton

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Santa Rosa Press Democrat, July 15, 1952

EDWARD HINTON DEAD AT 80 
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, July 15, 1952 
Edward Burnham Hinton, a member of a Pioneer Lower Lake family died yesterday at 
his 2520 West College Avenue home. 
He was 80, the son of the late George Hinton, who was an early settler at Lower 
Lake and also a member of the Donner Party. He did not make the trip over the 
Sierra Nevada mountains but stayed in Salt Lake City and crossed the following 
spring. 
Mr. Hinton was an Elder and lifelong member in the Reorganized Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter Day Saints. He came to Santa Rosa in 1941 from San Francisco 
where he had been employed with Swift and Company. Mr. Hinton had lived in Chico 
and was born in Lower Lake. 
He is survived by his wife, Louise Hinton, 4 daughters, Gladys Slemmons, 
Oakland; Edith Rohenkohl, Winters; Gertrude Rester, Auburn; Marie Schall, Monte 
Vista, Colorado; 5 sons, Leland Hinton, Sonoma; Herbert Hinton, Bloomfield; 
George Hinton, National City; Carlton Hinton, Santa Rosa; Robert Hinton, San 
Leandro. He leaves 20 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. 
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Reorganized Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter Day Saints, 704 Tupper Street. Interment will take place at 
1:00 p.m. at Lower Lake Cemetery. Eggen and Lance Mortuary is in charge. 

(sic: The most glaring error in this obituary is the Donner Party story that my 
grandmother loved so well. Of course the Donner Party came ‘across the plains 
years before George W. did - so now we have George W. as an Argonaut who came to 
California in 1849 AND a member of the ill-fated Donner Party. Not a small 
accomplishment!)