I am looking for information regarding my G G G Grandfather FRANCIS MARION WOOD who came over the Oregon Trail in 1853. His Donation Land Claim [#990] records state he arrived in Oregon on October 13, 1853. His claim was in Benton Co., Oregon. I am hoping to find out which wagon train he came with. Also FRANCIS MARION WOOD was married to MALANA SIMPSON, who's brother [ISSAC MIDDLETON SIMPSON] came over the Oregon Trail and was part of the Meeks "Lost Wagon Train" several years earlier. If anyone has any additional information, corrections etc. on this family, please contact me. I have some more details to share too. ******** FRANCIS MARION WOOD was born March 16, 1814 in Missouri Territory; [this area later became Lawrence Co., Arkansas], and died December 03, 1864 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon. He was the son of JARRETT WOOD [of Madison Co. Alabama] and SUSANNAH CLARK. He married MALANA 'LENA' SIMPSON, March 12, 1839 [?] in Lawrence Co., AR. Children of Francis Wood and Malana Simpson are: HARRIET WOOD, born November 30, 1839 in Arkansas; died July 16, 1863 in Polk Co., Oregon. She married MICHAEL LAST October 15, 1855 in Benton Co, Oregon. MELISSA WOOD, born March 25, 1841 in Arkansas. She married JOHN CAMPBELL HASTINGS July 23, 1857 in Polk Co., Oregon, Page 68. SUSAN ELVIRA WOOD, born June 01, 1843. She married WILLIAM F. NEWCOMB. HENRY CALVIN WOOD, born July 28, 1845 in Arkansas; died March 31, 1927 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. He married SUSAN J. RHODES May 19, 1877 in Polk Co., Oregon, Book B., page 290,. WILLIAM NEWTON WOOD, born January 08, 1848 in Arkansas; died October 02, 1935 in Kelso, Cowlitz Co., Washington; Buried: Fir Crest Cemetery, Monmouth, OR (personal visit). He married ALICE MYRTLE BLACK on May 12, 1894 in Lewis Co., Washington (per marriage cert.), daughter of Howell Abraham Black and Neomi Allender. [MY GG GRANDPARENTS] ALBERT TALKINGTON WOOD, born Abt. 1849 in Arkansas. He married SARAH ANN (PERKINS) ALLEN October 16, 1876 in Polk Co., Oregon, Book B, page 271. MALINDA JANE WOOD, born February 15, 1853 in Arkansas; died April 03, 1926 in Tillamook, Tillamook Co., Oregon. She married JOEL HEDGEPATH October 12, 1873 at the house of John [and Malana Simpson Wood] Vanderpool, Book B, p. 192. AMANDA MELVINA WOOD, born September 26, 1856 in Benton Co., Oregon; died September 13, 1915 in Lebanon, Linn Co., Oregon. She married THOMAS J. HARDWICK October 04, 1874 in Polk Co., Oregon, Book B., page 207. REBECCA ELLEN WOOD, born July 23, 1859 in Oregon. She married J. FRANK WILLIAMS May 01, 1877 in Polk Co., Oregon, Book B, page 288. FRANCIS MARION WOOD, born January 07, 1865 in Lane Co., Oregon; died February 14, 1865 in Lane Co., Oregon. Thank you, Lynn Mack mackfamily@earthlink.net

Robert ELDER and wife Catherine, with 4 children arrived in Oregon--1850 Listed in their household 1850 census was one SAMUEL BECK age 16. Anyone know who he was? Living in the southern part of the state of Oregon---FLIPPIN, HAY(ES or S), COOK, MORRIS, SANDSBERG. We do not know for sure exactly how they arrived in Oregon, but it was early. Fort Hayes, south of Grants Pass was where the Hay family settled first.

S.J. LOWE 1852 IL>OR>WA>CA>OR>WA RAINWATER family AR>OR>WA THanks, Margaret LOWE

Oregon/California Trail names: Hopper: NC > IN > MO > California 1847 Peterson: NY> MO > California 1848

Guess I signed up at the right time! I am a native of Newberg, Yamhill county, Oregon and am trying to find any proof that my Great Grandfather and family actually came to Oregon on the Oregon Trail. Their names are: James and Elizabeth Atkinson and family. Their older son, Daniel, was my Grandfather. They left Meigs County, Ohio, in 1883 and arrived in the Polk County area. A year or so later, James bought available Indian land in Tillamook county and began a dairy farm at Sand Lake. All the family knows about the trip is that they came on the Oregon trail, sometime in 1883-1884. Is there some way to verify that? Paul Drahn, Redmond, Oregon

Researching Alexander Hamilton, 1813-1887), IRL > Ohio > Iowa > Oregon (abt 1850) m1 Mary Anna Beatty, died Portland 1852 m2 Christina Elizabeth Chandler ~1854 Multnomah Co, OR Helen

Any links here? SHARON CEMETERIES, OREGON http://ncbible.org/nwh/Sharon.txt The Sharon Cemetery, Porter, WA GIBSON, Jasper 1857 1952 NM 2nd wife: Mary (Crassman) Moore S/o Andrew J. Gibson, Sr. & Priscelia Lewis. George A. 1864 1916 S/o W. P. Gibson & Jane Kennedy Willis George 1843 1916 (OBIT) S/o Andrew Jackson Gibson & Priscelia Lewis Andrew Jackson, Sr 1820 1903 1st wife: Priscelia Lewis 2nd wife: Eliza Jane Cathers Andrew Jackson, Jr 1862 1948 H/o Clara M. S/o Andrew J. Sr & Priscelia Lewis Clara Matilda 1866 1952 w/o Andrew Jr. d/o Alfred Samuelson & Leana Anderson Mary A. 1865 1893 (NM) 1st wife of Jasper. D/o Sidney Smith Ford Jr. & Mary Elizabeth Moore Andrew J. 1906 1920 (NM) RAY, Martin Lee 1878 1952 H/o Susan. S/o William Henry Ray & Joanna Elmira Moore Clinton C. R. 1914 1974 H/o Amelia Wise. S/o Martin Lee Ray & Susan Annabelle Eycleshymer Susan Annabelle 1886 1938 W/o Martin. S/o Adelbert Chancy Eycleshymer & Edna Corbett Chase Lena 1916 1917 (NM) D/o Martin & Susan Grace Frances 1890 1961 W/o Grover Ray. D/o Adelbert Chancy Eycleshymer & Edna Corbett Chase SHARON CEMETERIES, OREGON http://ncbible.org/nwh/Sharon.txt Laura

Great site to search cemeteries centered near church groups. FORD, Nathaniel 74 y 1870 Pioneer and wagon master of 1844 Lucinda Duncan 74 y 1874 She was an Embree and wife of Nathaniel.} Mary A. 1828 1856 Howard Co.,MO. Daughter of Nathan and Lucinda. Porter-Sharon Cemetery near Porter, Washington. Hiram and Zimry Witsman and their families, David Reeves and most of the early members of the Porter Church of Christ and buried here. Kees Cemetery near Weston, Oregon. Includes a photos of the tombstones of Jonathan and Nancy Gerking, pioneers of 1862, who established the church in Weston, Oregon relate closely to the history of local churches http://ncbible.org/nwh/Burch.txt Alderman Family Cemetery at Spring Valley, Oregon. Orlando Alderman, prominent preacher in Yamhill and Polk Counties, is buried here along with many members of his family Laura

Enjoy searching for cultural names, geographic names, etc. Oregon Geographic Names This page provides a geographic name index. Associated with each name are: County, Latitude, Longitide, Elevation, and 7.5' Quadrangle Name. http://nwdata.geol.pdx.edu/OR-GIS/PlaceNames/ The latter format is used in some of the tools (e.g. earthquake locator) at this website. Laura

Charlotte, I have a great deal of information on both Millers and Farwells and would be glad to exchange information with you. John Miller and Mary Ann Keene Miller were the parents of six children - four boys and two girls. The girls and their families remained in Indiana but the four boys and the parents all emigrated to Oregon. The Millers are my daughter-in-law's (and my grandchildren's) line so I have done quite a lot of research on them. Mimi Stang in Salem, Oregon

HI I am climbing family trees, going thru libraries, reading county records, and tramping thru cemeteries, in search of CHAMBERLAIN, BILIEU, NOLAN, BIBLE, ROWLAND & JOHNSON. I am wearing out shoe leather, using up a lot of lead in pencils and carrying around a very large eraser, if it were not for the invention of digital cameras it would cost me a mint for film. Sound familiar to you all I bet. teehee !!!! Good luck, Leona in Cowlitz County, Washington state.

Hello -- I am searching surnames, CHAMBERLAIN, PYBURN AND GABRIEL. Thank you and have fun researching. Jo Slingerland

Hello, I am a little new to the list...I am a descendant of and searching David F Beebe that came to Calif in abt 1850 with his family and his brother Elijah F Beebe and his family. I am also descendant of Isaac Hitchcock, The Stephens-Townsend-Murphy party pioneered the Donner route to California in 1844.

There's lots of good OT information at <rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/>. Click on "Oregon Trail and Native Americans" then scroll down through all the information--lots there! Also an addition to my McCLURE and PARRISH families. Another 2nd gr grandfather, Jeremiah VANNOY and his 6 girls came from Missouri to Josephine Co., OR in 1864. He was a widower. That's all the information I have--it's from an obituary of one of his daughters. Route unknown--maybe Applegate Trail. Any one know of a train in 1864? He had been a long time resident of Pike Co., MO

I am researching these surnames: CARY, LEWIS, MICKEY, LANCASTER, HALLADAY, CONDON, MARTIN, WATTERS, GOBLE/GOBBLE, PARKER, WEST and WARD Laura monkey_mom@juno.com On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:40:28 -0800 spiders <spiders@elltel.net> writes: > I am researching the following surnames: > Gage, Dickey, German, Riggs, Robinson, Ridgley, French, Smith, > Norton, > LePage, Schmelke, Chmelka, Cyr/Sire, Newell, Sisson, Bacon, Davis, > and > collateral lines. > > Kathy > spiders@elltel.net > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

I am researching the burials in the Millersburg Cemetery (near Albany) and the families of George Miller Sr.( Mary Ann Stockton), who came in 1850 and Hiram Farlow (Lucinda Farwell)who came in 1852. Would like to exchange information with anyone with connections to any of the above. Charlotte Powell ECPOWL@aol.com

Researching McNemar, Berry, Hubbard, Fannan, Stine Rob

Researching Crowley, Downen, Irwin, Langston, Jasper Sue

Good Evening, My Oregon Trail surnames: BRISBIN: Pennsylvania > Illinois > Benton Co., OR (1846) CRISS: Indiana > Illinois > Benton Co., OR (1851) EDELMAN: New York > Ohio > California > Benton Co., OR (1852) HALLOCK: Vermont > Ohio > Missouri > Benton Co., OR (1853) KING: Massachusetts > New York > Ohio > Benton Co., OR (1845) LAFFERTY: North Carolina > Indiana > Illinois > Benton Co. and Washington Co., OR (1852), Sonoma Co, CA 1857 SAVAGE: New York > Illinois > Benton Co.,OR (1846) STEEPLES: Maryland > Kentucky > Indiana > Illinois > Washington Co.,OR (1852) Thank you, Anne Harlow Trussell atru@accessbee.com

Charlotte: From my GEDCOM: ID: I10965 Name: George Miller Sex: M Birth: 4 JUL 1785 Death: 11 SEP 1874 in Linn Co., OR Father: John Miller Mother: Mary Keene Marriage 1 Nellie Smith b: ABT. 1785 in Unknown Married: in Montgomery Co., IN Marriage 2 Lydia Stover b: ABT. 1785 in prob. TN Married: 19 JUL 1805 in TN Marriage 3 Mary Ann Stockton b: ABT. 1810 in Unknown Married: 4 NOV 1828 in Montgomery Co., IN Good hunting, Cecil ----- Original Message ----- From: <ECPOWL@aol.com> To: <OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:32 PM Subject: Millersburg Cemetery & Millers, Farlows & Farwells > I am researching the burials in the Millersburg Cemetery (near Albany) and > the families of George Miller Sr.( Mary Ann Stockton), who came in 1850 and > Hiram Farlow (Lucinda Farwell)who came in 1852. Would like to exchange > information with anyone with connections to any of the above. > > Charlotte Powell > ECPOWL@aol.com > >