>Found in the census > >Hope someone has a link, put Deer Creek in the USGS mapping site and see >what you get! > >1880 HEDGEPATH J. H. Douglas County OR 495 Deer Creek > >1880 HEDGEPATH JOHN Douglas County OR 493 Deer Creek > >Laura in Seattle Deer Creek flows into the Umpqua River at Roseburg. jim

>Love any news on filmed newspapers and obits. > >Laura > Try Sharon Osborn-Ryan at [email protected] Heritage Trail Press http://www.HeritageTrailPress.com She has the Univ of Oregon Newspapers Microfilm collection on CD-ROM, as well as several other indices. jim

Just ran through the Census of Oregon for FRAZER. I am NOT a Frazer, just thought someone would like to see, this is a few out of (34) available in Oregon Census 1890 Note the early 1854 Henry 1860 FRAZER JOHN Benton County OR 038 District 4 Federal Population 1860 FRAZER JAMES F. Clackamas County OR 077 Origon City Precinct Federal 1880 FRAZER HERNDON Clackmas County OR 218 Oregon City Federal 1870 FRAZER JAMES Clackmas County OR 146 Oregon City Precinct Federal 1880 FRAZER THOMAS F. Clatsop County OR 255 Upper Astoria Federal 1870 FRAZER DAVID Columbia County OR 216 Oak Point Federal Population 1880 FRAZER GEOGE E. Douglas County OR 486 Roseburg Federal Population 1880 FRAZER ED H. Grant County OR 045 Harney Pct Federal Population 1854 FRAZER HENRY Jackson County OR Working Copy OR 1851-1859 1853 FRAZER A. R. Marion County OR No Township Listed OR 1851-1859 Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: Leta D Christiansen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 12:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Oregon Journal-1935 I have two volumes of Fred Lockley's Impressions. because my GGP are in them. If your looking for a certain name let me know and I will see what I can find. My GGGP were James Givens Campbell and Elizabeth Amanda Black Campbell, and My two sets of GGP were Lucien B. Frazer and Elizabeth Amanda Campbell, and Aaron H. Denny and Almyra Amanda King. Leta Denny Christiansen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 9:39 AM Subject: Oregon Journal-1935 > Below is a copy of a 1935 newspaper article from The Oregon Journal. Thought > this may be of some interest to the list. > Katy > ----------------------------------> > > IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN > by Fred Lockley > Oregon Journal-Sunday Morning May 5. 1935 > > > “I was born at Sublimity on April 1, 1856”, said Mrs. J. M. Rankin when > I interviewed her recently in her home on East Belmont Street. “My father’ s > name was James D. Brown. There were three James D. Brown’s at Sublimity. One > was called ‘Black Jim’, another, ‘Bach Jim’, and the third, who was my > father, “Sandy Jim”. My father was born in Kentucky. He was the son of > Gabriel Brown. They crossed the plains to Oregon in 1842. Dr. Elijah White > was captain of their wagon train. There were over 100 persons in the train. > My mother’s maiden name was Sarah Jane Evans. She was born in Missouri.” > “My grandfather’s grandfather was given what they call a ‘soldiers > script’ for his > services in the Revolutionary War. He was supposed to take up land in > Tennessee with it. I remember my father showing it to me, but I guess the > thing ran out, for nothing was ever done with it.” > “All the old-timers in the Waldo hills will remember my father, James D. > Brown, and my grandfather, Gabriel Brown, for they were early settlers there. > My father took a donation land claim not far from his father’s claim. > Father’s claim was half a mile from that of my Aunt Cynthia Brown Davie. > Aunt Cynthia was my father’s sister. She was born near Little Rock, > Arkansas, on January 5th, 1829. Her husband, Allen J. Davie, died in the > fall of 1875 and Aunt Cynthia lived until the Spring of 1903. > My Aunt Hulda’s place was not far away. All of us children called her > ‘Granny’. We all loved her dearly for she was a good soul. They moved to > Southern Oregon in 1865 and settled on Rogue River and we never saw them > anymore. > My father’s sister, Cynthia married Allen J. Davie at Champoeg on March > 18, 1844. Uncle Henry Foster was also one of the early settlers in the Waldo > Hills.” > “Allen J. Davie who married Aunt Cynthia took a claim near Sublimity in > the fall > of 1849. He was born in Alabama in 1816. My uncle, Allen J. Davie was > elected secretary of Sublimity College in 1857. I went to school there > during the last two years of the Civil War. Thomas H. Crawford was my > teacher.” > *** > Right here it might be well to give a brief note about Sublimity college. > On December 12, 1857, a bill was introduced in the territorial legislature to > establish a college at Sublimity. The bill became a law on January 8, 1858. > J. Denny, Thomas J. Conner, Eli Hubbard, Drury S. Stayton, Jessie Harritt, > William Bishop, Jeremiah Kenoyer, David R. McMillan, James Campbell, Hadley > Hobson, Solomon Albrison, > George W. Hunt, J. M. Chandler, Morgan Rudolph and Allen J. Davie were > appointed > trustees. The college was to be operated by the United Brethern Church. > Many years ago I interviewed W. H. Hobson, a pioneer merchant of Stayton, > whose father, Hadly Hobson, was one of the trustees. Hadley Hobson took a > donation land claim a mile north of Slayton. He was born in North Carolina > in 1811 and crossed the plains with his brothers George and Alfred in 1847. > They went > to California and in 1848 came by sailing vessel to Oregon. > Allen J. Davie was made the secretary and Milton Wright president of the > college. Milton Wright later moved to Dayton, Ohio. He became a bishop of the > United Brethern church. His sons, Orville and Wilbur, were the first > persons in the world to fly a heavier-than-air machine. Orville was born in > 1871 and he and > Wilbur made their first flight on December 17, 1903. > The tuition fee at Sublimity college was $5 a term of three months, but > for any study about the primary grade students had to pay 50 cents per term > for each additional study. >

Laura, Oops! Now I see it says Oregon. Sorry. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Schwartz" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 11:00 PM Subject: Re: Hedgepath census > Laura: > > What state is the census you are showing? Is it Washington? Or Oregon? > > Marilyn > Chelan, WA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Laura C" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 9:26 PM > Subject: Hedgepath census > > > > Found in the census > > > > Hope someone has a link, put Deer Creek in the USGS mapping site and see > > what you get! > > > > 1880 HEDGEPATH J. H. Douglas County OR 495 Deer Creek > > > > 1880 HEDGEPATH JOHN Douglas County OR 493 Deer Creek > > > > Laura in Seattle > > >

Laura: What state is the census you are showing? Is it Washington? Or Oregon? Marilyn Chelan, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura C" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 9:26 PM Subject: Hedgepath census > Found in the census > > Hope someone has a link, put Deer Creek in the USGS mapping site and see > what you get! > > 1880 HEDGEPATH J. H. Douglas County OR 495 Deer Creek > > 1880 HEDGEPATH JOHN Douglas County OR 493 Deer Creek > > Laura in Seattle >

There are several free things on ANCESTRY.com you might check out. Use this link http://www.ancestry.com/search/main.htm (this is not an ad, just use as a reference to do some searching for FREE) Your friend and lister, Laura from Seattle Just one of is a migration to WI, etc. Description: This database is the first part of a travelogue written primarily for a British readership. It discusses the United States' geological resources and offers critical observations about the manners and customs of its different peoples. It was written more than a decade after the author explored St. Peter's River (the Minnay Sotor) in 1835, and it draws upon the journals he kept along the way. This data deals with the first part of Featherstonhaugh's trip. He set forth from Georgetown in Washington, D.C., along the canal paralleling the Potomac River. He then continued along the Allegheny ridges through western Maryland, over to Pittsburgh, and after stopping at the Rappite community of Economy in Ohio and at Ravenna, made his way to Cleveland, where he journeyed by steam and sail to Detroit, Ft. Gratiot, Mackinac, and Green Bay. At Green Bay, he obtained supplies and voyageurs for an expedition into areas less familiar to Americans of European ancestry. He paddled by canoe up to Fox River to Fort Winnebago, portaged over to the Wisconsin River, changed to a north by northwest course on the Mississippi to Prairie du Chien, and paused at both Lake Pepin and Fort Snelling. At Fort Snelling, Featherstonhaugh proceeded up the Minnesota River, his major objective, via the Makotah River and Lac Qui Parle, until he reached the Minnesota's source on Coteau du Prairie. He then returned to Fort Snelling by way of Big Stone Lake. Much of his account is filled with the author's opinions about the voyageurs and various Native American groups such as the Winnebago, the Ojibway (Chippewa), the Menominee, and the Sioux (Dakota). Extended Description: Source Information: Library of Congress. Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910. [database online] Washington: Library of Congress, 2000. Featherstonhaugh, George William. A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; &c. &c. &c. Volume 1. London: R. Bentley, 1847.

Showing only a few of the (100) NEAL names that comes up on the online census! I am not a NEAL, just hope this helps someone. Post your other links. Also, check out NEAL on the BLM land records website Maps at USGS mapping site 1880 NEAL HARRISON Baker County OR 010 Pct Out Of Baker City Federal 1844 NEAL ALEXANDER Bancroft'slist OR Overland Immigrants OR 1841-1849 1844 NEAL ATTEY Bancroft'slist OR Overland Immigrants OR 1841-1849 1844 NEAL CALVIN Bancroft'slist OR Overland Immigrants OR 1841-1849 1844 NEAL GEORGE Bancroft'slist OR Overland Immigrants OR 1841-1849 1844 NEAL ROBERT Bancroft'slist OR Overland Immigrants OR 1841-1849 1880 NEAL FRED Benton County OR 070 Corvallis City Federal Population 1849 NEAL ALDA Champoeg County OR Apportionment Census OR 1841-1849 1849 NEAL ALDA Champoeg County OR No Township Listed OR 1841-1849 1849 NEAL CALVIN Champoeg County OR Apportionment Census OR 1841- Laura in Seattle

Found in the census Hope someone has a link, put Deer Creek in the USGS mapping site and see what you get! 1880 HEDGEPATH J. H. Douglas County OR 495 Deer Creek 1880 HEDGEPATH JOHN Douglas County OR 493 Deer Creek Laura in Seattle

NEWSPAPER OBITS If you are at the library that actually hold the issues, they would let you browse from reel to reel. There is also a book called NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM, that tells where the papers are housed, where you can order them from interlibrary loan. I ordered one from Walla Walla and went to read it at the Seattle Public library, what a hassel!! I guess you have to develop a rhythm, and not read everything!! also, I realize, get the paper that is the most likely to have the obit from the date of death, too. Love any news on filmed newspapers and obits. Laura -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 7:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: obits I've had the best luck with obits by finding the location of films of the newspapers and then just hunting. For instance the Western University at Monmouth has most of the old Polk County newspapers. Lake Oswego Public Library has the Oregonian on film, way back. It's always worth the seach since they, usually, are very informative. Shirley

In a message dated 9/2/2000 1:57:05 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << You might ask the author: Mrs. Daraleen Wade 4305 Toni Avenue N. Salem, OR 97303 Phone: 503-390-1448 [email protected] >> Thanks Linda, I have already contacted Daraleen Wade at her personal email address: [email protected] and discovered I was in error when I reported that she was the author of the book. She informed me that she did not write the book. Here is some of what she wrote to me: "First let's clarify something - I did not author the book HISTORY OF THE SILVERTON COUNTRY, it was written by Robert Horace Down in 1926 - before I was even thought of :-). What I did was to create an every name index to it, along with THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE, by Steeves, and SUBLIMITY, by Schmid. The HISTORY OF THE SILVERTON COUNTRY is more of a history than a genealogical reference, the only gen material is in the footnotes." Thanks for your reply...and her address. Katy<A HREF="mailto:DWade64986"> </A>

Benjamin English of Polk County is in Donna Wojcik's The Brazen Overlanders of 1845 but no child with initials in family. ras [email protected] wrote: > I'm researching the Benjamin F English family that settled in Polk County in > 1845. I have heard that the "notorious" 19th century bandit, L B "Buck" > English was part of this family. Does anyone know where I might find > information on Buck? > Shirley O'Neil

Sorry no Meador. ras [email protected] wrote: > Good morning, > > Can the person with the book look up MEADOR for me? I would appreciate it. > > Cheryl Davis-Holman > [email protected] > > Researching....... Davis, Vogt/Fite, Duncan, Laurance, Scott of TN > Wilson, Saylors/Sailus of Ireland/Scotland/GA > Holman, Walter, Meador of Missouri/CA > Crespo, Sanchez, Martinez, Garcia of Spain/CA >

Hi Katy, YES, I for one would love to see part #2 of your "Bits for Breakfast" article. I know others would too if you haven't already sent it. Thanks! Rose Terry @>,--'--- OREGON-TRAIL Mail list mom [email protected] wrote: > > Below is and article by R. J. Hendricks, called "Bits for Breakfast" > published in the Oregon Statesman, on February 16, 1936. Unfortunately, I > only have 2 parts of a continuing article. I am only posting one at this > time. > In the hope that someone will find an ancestor listed here, I have taken > the liberty of capitalizing all surnames. > > +++++++++++QUOTE+++++++++++ > BITS FOR BREAKFAST > By R. J. Hendricks > The city of Stayton and its trade district have interesting history. > (continuing from yesterday) > The answer under date of Feb 7, of H. C. PORTER, Aumsville's most prominent > citizen and oldest native son, follows: > In answer to yours of the 3rd, will state that Allen J. DAVIE married a > daughter of Gabriel BROWN, and that his donation land claim joined BROWN'S on > the west. > Henry FOSTER married another one of his daughters, and his donation land > claim joined BROWN'S on the south. > Levy GARTMAN married another daughter, and his claim joined BROWN'S on > the north. > Gabriel BROWN'S son, James D. BROWN, owned a claim about a mile or a mile > and a quarter north of Sublimity on the east side of the road opposite and > east of the Philip GLOVER donation land claim. > John BROWN I believe was Gabriel BROWN'S youngest son, and he lived near > Sublimity, but just where his claim was located, I do not know. It was > perhaps joining Gabriel BROWN'S claim on the east, and if so, James DENNY may > have bought land on this claim on which to lay off the town of Sublimity. > John BROWN was living in southern Oregon and took part in the Modoc War, > as a volunteer I suppose, and was reported as 'missing'. However, George > DAVIE, a barber at Stayton and a grandson of A. J. DAVIE, told me a few days > ago that his body and those of four other men were found in the lava beds > after the war was over. > A little later there was another family of BROWNS near Sublimity, the > father's name being Meriweather BROWN. ( I do not know just how this name was > spelled), and he had five sons, the eldest one being named James, who was of > dark complexion and in order to distinguish him from Gabriel BROWN'S son > James, they were referred to as black Jim and sandy Jim. > A. J. DAVIE'S oldest daughter married Louis MILLER and MILLER'S daughter > married Isaac SMALL, the father of Brazier SMALL. > I do not know anything about August of Joseph HENDRICKS. As Tom HENDRICKS > and the BRISTOWS crossed the plains with our people in 1848, it might be that > some of the HENDRICKSES stopped off in this neighborhood for a while, but I > do not think this was the case. > Robert DOWNING of Salem or J. B. GRIER of Stayton might be able to give > you some light on the matter. Carter KEEN was an early settler and owned a > donation land claim about one and a half miles northwest of Stayton. But the > KEEN family have long been residents of French Prairie. J. B. GRIER of > Stayton could give you much information about the early residents of > Sublimity and the vicinity. > There was a Charley BENSON, known by everybody for his eccentricities and > uprightness of character. Mrs. BENSON was a GREENSTREET when I first > discovered she walked six or seven miles and cared for me the first few weeks > of my existence. She afterward named one of her boys after me, the late Henry > BENSON who recently passed away on the old homestead. Mrs. Herman SCHELLBERG > of Salem is a daughter of Charles BENSON. > There are so many of these old pioneers who played an important part in > the laying of the foundation of this western empire, men and women who long > since crossed the great divide and their names are being forgotten, leaving > to the people of Oregon a sacred obligation they owe to these early pioneers > to perpetuate their memories in some way. > And, as I have heretofore suggested, that a suitable room be set apart > and dedicated to their memory and their names in alphabetical order arranged > in volumes properly indexed of all who came to Oregon or were born here prior > to the year 1860, said room to be constructed in our new state capitol now > being planned for, I hereby renew my plea that a room in our new capitol be > dedicated to the pioneers of Oregon. > The reader has no doubt noted that the Bits man spells the name > DAVEY--Allen Jones DAVEY, whereas Mr. PORTER spells it DAVIE, along with many > others; and be it known. many writers of Oregon history have made it DAVY. > The Bits man holds that he is correct, and has heretofore argued his side of > the case in this column. > BASHFORD, historian, give among the '42 immigrants, "GIRTMAN and family." > No doubt the "Levy GARTMAN" of Mr. PORTER was a member of that family. > BASHFORD mentions in the '42 immigration Gabriel BROWN and family, and > separately, James BROWN and William BROWN. > BASHFORD gives "FOSTER" as a member of the '42 immigration. No doubt the > Henry FOSTER who married a daughter of Gabriel BROWN was in that immigration. > Henry PORTER accounts for four Gabriel BROWN daughters married to men in > the Stayton-Sublimity-Aumsville district. There was at least one more Gabriel > BROWN daughter. She was Adaline, married to Medorem CRAWFORD at the old > mission 19 miles by water below the site of Salem, an incident of one of the > early and outstanding romances of pioneer Oregon. > (continued on Tuesday) > ++++++++++UNQUOTE++++++++++ > > If the above is of any interest to anyone beside me, let me know and I will > post the continuation of the "Bits for Breakfast" article, dated Tuesday, Feb > 18, 1936. > > Katy > -- \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // Give your children these two things - One is roots, ( @ @ ) the other, wings. -oOOo-(_)-oOOo- Rose CAUDLE TERRY, Washington state @>,--'--- BILYEU, WORKMAN & OREGON TRAIL Listmom (genealogical) Proud RootsWeb Sponsor [email protected] http://www.genealogy.bilyeu.com/ Current publications available at: http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=rosess Use Paypal for your Auction purchases (credit card), sign up and get $5 in your account! 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I'm researching the Benjamin F English family that settled in Polk County in 1845. I have heard that the "notorious" 19th century bandit, L B "Buck" English was part of this family. Does anyone know where I might find information on Buck? Shirley O'Neil

After passing Fort Laramie we traveled through the black hills and a new trouble arose. Up to that time, our people had gotten on nicely with each other, that is, with the exception of Zanders, and no one had bothered a great deal about him. This time, two men, whom we all liked, had a serious quarrel. Mr. Hatney had sold a mule to J. W. Nezmith, a young lawyer then, but he was later a United States senator from Oregon. Young Nezmith had not paid for the mule at the time, but had promised to pay for it later. He kept it and rode it quite a while. The mule may not have been all that Hatney claimed for it, I do not know, but anyway it became very jaded and thin. Then young Nezmith wanted him to take it back, but Hatney refused. So they quarreled bitterly over it. Finally a group of the boys around the guard fire put Hatney up to challenging Nezmith to a duel. Nezmith's honor was at stake and there was nothing for him to do but accept. The matter was carefully kept from the older men of our party. Had they known, they would promptly have put a stop to it. So the seconds were chosen and the time and place was agreed upon. The two principals took their places and at a given signal, they fired. When the smoke had cleared away, they found themselves still facing each other and neither of them was harmed, though the boys said Hatney felt himself all over before he seemed quite satisfied. When the duel was on the boys had all that they could do to keep their faces straight. When it was over, they rolled upon the ground and shrieked with laughter. They had all been in on the conspiracy and had helped the seconds to load the pistols with powder and paper. But even at that, it was a bad piece of business. Something goes wrong sometimes with guns that are not supposed to be loaded at all. But it turned out all right for it cleared the atmosphere. Young Nezmith apologized and Hatney took back the mule. Hatney may have been at fault in the first place, I do not know. He was a good natured, easy going fellow that we all liked. I never could understand how they got him aroused to the point of challenging anyone to a duel. Walt Davies Monmouth, OR

Good morning, Can the person with the book look up MEADOR for me? I would appreciate it. Cheryl Davis-Holman [email protected] Researching....... Davis, Vogt/Fite, Duncan, Laurance, Scott of TN Wilson, Saylors/Sailus of Ireland/Scotland/GA Holman, Walter, Meador of Missouri/CA Crespo, Sanchez, Martinez, Garcia of Spain/CA

Hi Katy, The H.C. Porter in the article you posted interests me. That would be Henry Clay Porter, son of William. Is there anything else on the Porter's? I've been trying to find information on Thomas E. Brown, wife Sophia and children. Their daughter, Martha Alice Brown married John Thomas Porter. Anyway, that's another story. Thanks, Colleen

Do any of you have, or know anything about the book: "The History of Silverton Country", by Daraleen Wade? If it is at the library in Salem, perhaps I could get an intra-library loan. I understand that there is information in it regarding my ancestors, Gabriel Brown & his son, William W. Brown. Thanks.........Katy

Below is and article by R. J. Hendricks, called "Bits for Breakfast" published in the Oregon Statesman, on February 18, 1936. Unfortunately, I only have a 2 parts of a continuing article. I am posting the second article here. Hope it will be of interest to the list. In the hope that someone might find an ancestor here, I have taken the liberty of capitalizing all surnames. ++++++++++QUOTE+++++++++++ BITS FOR BREAKFAST By R. J. Hendricks (continuing from Sunday) The date of the marriage of Adaline BROWN to Medorem CRAWFORD was April 12, 1843. Reverend Gustavus HINES of the Bee Mission performing the ceremony. The witnesses were: Jason LEE, Hamilton CAMPBELL, and S. W. MOSS. Every reader knows who Jason LEE was. CAMPBELL was a member of his mission; carpenter-preacher; bought most of the cattle of the mission when it was being dissolved, and was thereafter dubbed "COW-CAMPBELL." MOSS wrote, or finished, at what was then the Oregon Institute building and is now the Bush place on Wallace Prairie, the first book written in the Oregon country, "The Prairie Flower". Medorem CRAWFORD was at the time teaching in the Indian manual labor school of the mission, on the site of Salem: in the building that became the home of the Oregon Institute, that by change of the name became Willamette university. CRAWFORD and Miss BROWN came together in the '42 immigration; their romance began on the plains. CRAWFORD was from 1842 one of the most prominent of all early day Oregonians. Was in public office and in private life a leader, legislator, soldier, statesman. In 1861-3 he was captain of the company of U.S. soldiers who made safe the old Oregon trail from Indian attack, after it had been unsafe and scarcely at all used from 1854 on. He became U. S. internal revenue collector and appraiser at Portland. Only nine of the men of the '42 immigration brought their families. They had some wagons as far as Fort Hall, and from that point came with pack animals on horseback and on foot. They started and made the first Oregon town boom. They found Oregon City a village with four houses on their arrival in the fall of '42; and the next spring it had 30 houses. Marriageable white women were scarce in Oregon that winter; only those in the nine newly arrive families and a few (or their daughters) who had come theretofore, since 1837, as missionaries. The "Belles of Oregon" were the four or more BROWN girls, notably, according to tradition, Adaline, whom Medorem CRAWFORD married, and Cynthia Ann, who became the wife of Allen J. DAVEY. They were said to be fair haired if not endowed with titian tresses. Is it any wonder that they were passionately courted, in al almost Eveless Eden, excepting the Indian women in the earlier comers of tracking days took because others were not available. And a wife of any color was worth 320 acres of good land; half of the donation claim of a married couple. Cynthia BROWN made her 'given' name popular in early Oregon. An aunt of the writer was at her birth in those days given that high name, meaning, of Mt. Cynthus. Her married to Allen J. DAVEY took place at Champoeg in 1844; the ceremony performed by Rev. David LESLIE. Their donation land claim was east of the site of Aumsville, coming near to the present direct road to Stayton. DAVEY was long the justice of the peace for that district. He was at the famous Champoeg meeting of May 2, 1843, voting with the Americans. He was born in Alabama February 28, 1816; died October 4, 1874; buried in Aumsville cemetery. By the way, another '42 immigrant was Rueben LEWIS. He was the hunter on the plains journey for the Gabriel BROWN family; his donation land claim was between Turner and Aumsville, and his grave is in Twin Oaks Cemetery, Turner. He, also, attended and voted American at the '43 Champoeg meeting. It must be the BROWN family ran out of girls, else LEWIS would have had one of them. Allen J. DAVEY was on of the four captains of citizen soldiers organized to protect settlers of this section of the Willamette valled during the Cayuse war, 1848. He participated in the "Battle of Abiqua", in which renegade Mollala and Klamath Indians were punished, and the Klamaths given such a lesson as caused them thereafter to stay on their side of the Cascades. They came and went by the old trail that approximated the Minto trail, over a part of which the Santiam highway crosses those mountains. In that battle was William HENDRICKS, no doubt a member of one of the two families of that name having donation land claims in the Stayton-Sublimity section. Also in that battle was James BROWN, likely a son of Gabriel BROWN, along with nearly every other man of the district able to carry arms and mount a horse. Allen J. DAVEY was one of the original trustees of the United Brethren college, the Sublimity Institute, at Sublimity, organized Jan. 9, 1858, and he was secretary of the board. (concluded tomorrow) ++++++++++END QUOTE+++++++++++ Unfortunately, I do not have the next installment in this series by R. J. Hendricks. ....Katy

I realize it is easier just to hit the RE:MAIL or RE:ALL (or equivalent) button when replying to a post, but that can cause problems because it generates a Subject line starting with RE: that may not reflect the content of your message. For members of the regular mail list, your message may be about something entirely different from what the current Subject implies. The situation becomes worse if you are on the Digest list--the Subject generated looks something like "Re: OREGON-TRAIL-D Digest V00 #xx" which is meaningless to most list members. Always look at the Subject line before you SEND. If it is appropriate, leave it alone. If, however, it does not tell in a few words what your message is about, please take a moment to retype it. Think of the Subject as a headline that will make anyone who has an interest in your subject take a look. Thanks, Jim