FYI Albany Democrat-Herald Saturday, April 13, 2002 Albany, Linn Co. OR People page A9 RELATIVES OF MISSIONARIES SOUGHT FOR SALEM REUNION Mission Mill Museum in Salem is seeking descendants of the Oregon Methodist Mission to the Willamette Valley for a reunion scheduled for Sept. 6-8. Mission Mill Museum, the Marion County Historical Society, Willamette University and other Salem community members are working together to plan the reunion. Currently the organizers are seeking descendants of the Methodist Mission to the Willamette Valley from the 1834-1849 time period to invite to the weekend reunion and to help locate other descendants. Activities being planned for the reunion weekend thus far include a Friday evening dinner with speaker. Saturday will feature an excursion to Mission Bottom State Park and cemetery tours, among other events. Sunday will close the weekend with a service. These events will be open to the public. Some missionaries returned to the East Coast, but many stayed in the West and were influential in building of industry and government in Oregon. If you are a descendant of any of the following missionaries or know of anyone who is, please contact Kuri Gill at (503) 585-7012 or kurig@missionmill.org: Jason Lee (no direct descendants), Cyrus Shepard, Susan Downing, Rev. David Leslie, Dr. and Mrs. White, Alanson Beers and wife, William Wilson, Elvira Johnson, Anna Maria Pittman (no direct descendants), Lucy Thompson Lee (no direct descendants), George Abernathy and wife, Dr. Ira Babcock and wife, Henry Brewer and wife, Hamilton Campbell and wife, Chole Clark, Rev. Joseph Henry Frost and wife, Rev. Gustavus Hines and wife, Lewis Judson; Margaret Matheny, James Olley, Adelia Judson Olley, Rev. W.W. Lone and wife, Orpha Lankton, Josiah Parrish an wife, Almir Phelps, Elmira Phelps, W.W. Raymond & wife, John P. Richmond and wife, Alvan F. Waller and wife, Maria T. Ware married Daniel Lee, Rev. George Gary and Rev. William Roberts. For more information, Call (503) 585-7012 or send an e-mail to info@missionmill.org.