Edmond Edward Wysinger

[1] Edmond Edward Wysinger was born in about 1816, the son of a Cherokee woman and a man of African descent.

This region was first inhabited by a tribe of Miwok Native Americans who were called "Mokelumne", which means people of Mokel.

Around 1862, the family moved to Visalia, California, where eight children were born: six boys Jesse, Arthur, James, Reuben, Hervey, Marion, and two girls Martha and Bertha.

[4] If the people of the state desired separate but equal schools for citizens of African descent, and Indians, their wish may be accomplished by laws enacted by the law-making department of the government in accordance with existing constitutional provisions.

The laws segregating Chinese children, (see United States v. Wong Kim Ark), remained on the books probably because it was the general impression that only discriminatory laws aimed at African Americans and Indians were forbidden by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.