Mbhs #: 0927
Year: 1910
Location: Yale Creek
Location 2: Kenney Meadows
Source: Stacy J. Lundgren, Proving Up and Pulling Out (2006)
Notes: Deafy died at his home in Jacksonville before "proving up" under the Forest Homestead Act. Neighbors who brought food believed his brother Joseph withheld it and starved Deafy to death. Joseph took over the claim, which was rejected by the Forest Service.
