This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson, Miller, Howell, Dagley, Crowley, Bates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wl.2ADIB/8851 Message Board Post: Looking for data on this couple who were in Oregon in the MID-1800s. In 1837 a John Howell went to survey the Louisiana Purchase, and entered Oregon in 1841. By 1843 he had returned to Oregon with his family, and settled in the area of Linn County ( or perhaps Lane County, or Jackson County). His wife was a Lucinda Anderson (Father possibly a John Anderson). They had a daughter named Mary Ella Howell, who was my great-great grandmother. She married Phillip Christian Miller, son of Reverend Abraham Miller, Jr. and Elizabeth Crowley [Dagley] Turnidge, widow of Reverend Joseph Warren Turnage (Turnidge). Phillip Christian Miller died at 26 years of age, when his only son, Leonard Earl Miller was a year old. Mary Ella Howell, his widow, out lived him by 69 years, and remarried twice in that time frame. I have very little information on both the Howell and Anderson lines. I have a LOT on the Miller side. Does this ring any bells? Jeff Scism Descendants of John Howell 1 John Howell .. +Lucinda Anderson ........ 2 Mary Ella Howell b: January 30, 1865 in Tallant, Jackson, Oregon, Usa d: September 01, 1955 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, Usa ........... +Phillip Christian Miller b: November 25, 1862 in Willemette Valley, Oregon, Usa d: July 07, 1886 in Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, Usa .................. 3 Leonard Earl Miller b: May 21, 1884 in Bear Creek, Jackson, Oregon, Usa d: July 19, 1976 in Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, California, Usa ...................... +Sabina Eve "Doll" Bates b: August 31, 1880 in Wiest, Lancashire, Or Eccles, England. d: January 08, 1956 in Compton, Los Angeles, California, Usa