According to Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A McArthur: this high ground east of Lexington was named for Benjamin F Swaggart, who was born in Creswell in 1854 and homesteaded on the buttes which bear his name in 1879. Morrow County. Jean Rotter Laura wrote: > Listers > > Does anyone have a link or place names book to check on this: a term used > for the Morrow County area and its beautiful canyons, west of Umatilla > County. > > SWAGGART BUTTES > > Laura

Hi everyone It seems as if we are all related in the NW Keep posting to Walla Walla, Wasco, Benton, Franklin, and Columbia Counties. Lets have a call for your LINES!!! Post your names!! Let see some more activity on those county sites, I like to help! But we all join together on the Oregon Trail mailing list and compare notes of our family migrations. Where were they before Columbia County, maybe Marion Co. Oregon, find your cousins here!! OREGON TRAIL MAILING LIST http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/OREGON-TRAIL.html Laura in Seattle GALLOWAY, FUDGE, FINE, JOHNSON, HALES Columbia Co. Franklin County

Listers Does anyone have a link or place names book to check on this: a term used for the Morrow County area and its beautiful canyons, west of Umatilla County. SWAGGART BUTTES Laura

Hi Albert, I have the book and it is a most worthwhile addition to one's library. Most of the names do not have a date but for 1851 there are 18 names dated. Ms Hileman presents a table that reads: "Table One gives the estimated total of emigrants who traveled the trail going either to Oregon, California, or Utah. A comparison with Table Two (Summary of dated inscriptions) shows that in almost all cases, the years with the most dated inscriptions match the years of high trail traffic. Conversely 1851, a year of low trail traffic, shows few inscriptions." The table then shows that in 1851 the estimated total of emigrants was 6,200. Hope this helps, Regards, Jerry Carbiener Minden, NV -----Original Message----- From: Albert Belanger <skipb@nh.ultranet.com> To: OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com <OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 09, 2002 8:03 AM Subject: In Tar and Paint and Stone >Bonjour, > >Does anyone have this book and can tell me if the inscribed names that are >listed include the date attached? > > >Albert > >Albert Edward Belanger >128 Middle Road >Brentwood, NH 03833 >(Researching 1851 Oregon Trail Migration & BLANCHARD, NOLAN(D), BOWMAN, >LINK, SLOW, KE(M)PLER & HALL of that year.) > > >

Bonjour, Does anyone have this book and can tell me if the inscribed names that are listed include the date attached? Albert Albert Edward Belanger 128 Middle Road Brentwood, NH 03833 (Researching 1851 Oregon Trail Migration & BLANCHARD, NOLAN(D), BOWMAN, LINK, SLOW, KE(M)PLER & HALL of that year.)

Hi Laura & Listers, The following KING family has Ruth HOSKINS. Anybody know anything about this KING - HOSKINS family? They married into the SAVAGE family a couple times. We'd love to know who Ruth Hoskins' family was. Jackie Descendants of Samuel G. King 1 Samuel G. King b: 1836 Sheridan Co., Missouri d: 1901 Kingston, Linn, OR Burial: Wisner Cemetery, Kingston, OR - +Ruth Hoskins b: 22 Nov 1840 Iowa m: 1851 Iowa d: 17 Jul 1905 Kingston, Linn, OR Burial: Wisner Cemetery, Kingston, OR 2 Baby Girl King 2 Thomas Jefferson King 2 David Dillon King b: 10 Feb 1859 Linn Co., OR d: 28 Feb 1890 Scio, Linn, OR 2 William Henry King b: Abt. 1860 d: 1927 Kingston, Linn, OR 2 Rachel Ellen King b: Abt. 1862 2 Samuel King, Jr. b: Abt. 1863 d: 1934 Kingston, Linn, OR 2 George Addison King b: 09 Oct 1864 Kingston, Linn, OR d: 29 Dec 1950 Marion Co., OR Burial: Bellecrest Memorial Park, Marion Co., OR -- +Nellie Ethel Savage b: 30 Dec 1881 Heppner, Morrow, OR m: 1906 d: 23 Oct 1951 Marion Co., OR Burial: Bellecrest Memorial Park, Marion Co., OR 2 Sina Melissa King b: 08 Jun 1867 Kingston, Linn, OR d: 26 Jan 1918 Hoskins, Benton, OR Burial: 28 Jan 1918 Summit Cemetery, Benton, OR -- +Henry Kellow m: Bef. 1898 *2nd Husband of Sina Melissa King: -- +William Brandel m: Bef. 1914 *3rd Husband of Sina Melissa King: -- +Charles A. Savage b: 14 Mar 1856 Benton Co., OR m: 01 Feb 1915 d: 10 Mar 1934 Corvallis, Benton, OR Burial: 13 Mar 1934 Summit Cemetery, Benton, OR 2 Ruth King b: Abt. 1872 -- +Fred Holt 2 Noah King b: Abt. 1874 2 James Joseph King b: 1879 d: 1897 2 Rosa King b: Abt. 1880 d: 1920

Does anyone know of a MENDERHALL/HOSKINS link? Menderhall, Almeda Rees, d. 1905, Right to Left, South 1/2, Row 5, Lot 26, Daughter of Oliver Rees, Wife of Albert, Mother of Wm. Arville Menderhall. Former President of Whittier College. (Family info. Of Nathan Cook, Newberg, OR) I have included some names of large families that are unusual. CHAMPOEG CEMETERY--MARION COUNTY Hoskins, Charles S., b. 1864, d. 1944, North, Row 5, Lot 49, 60y11m28d Hoskins, Elizabeth M. Mrs. Menderhall, b. 1838, d. 1912, Left to Right, North 1/2, Row 4, Lot 24 Hoskins, Hanna, d. 21 Oct 1970, North, Row 5, Lot 49, 95 Yearss Hoskins, John Q.A., b. 30 Oct 1829, d. 26 Jun 1901, Left to Right, North 1/2, Row 4, Lot 24, 71 Years, Born NC Hoskins, Sylvester, b. 1854, d. 12 Apr 1905, Left to Right, buried on South Part, Row 4, Lot 24 Lots of these names (no relation) Yergen, Ernest G, b. 1879, d. 1939, North 1/2, Row 6, Lot 35 Yergen, Helen F, b. 1864, d. 1934, North, Row 5, Lot 51, Mother Yergen, J Franklin, b. 1864, d. 1944, North, Row 5, Lot 50, Father Yergen, Joseph Wm, b. 02 Oct 1981, d. 04 Oct 1981, North, SE Corner, Row 3, Lot 27 Pendleton, David E, b. 1880, d. 1925, Right to Left, Row 7, Lot 37 Pendleton, David, d. 07 Dec 1888 Pendleton, Florence W, b. 1916, d. 1976, North, Row 3, Lot 28 Hoefer, Annie, d. 15 Sep 1894, North, Row 2, Lot 23, 57 yrs 29 days Hoefer, Augusta, b. 1847, d. 1941, Left to Right, Row 3, Lot 16 Hoefer, Ernest, b. 1871, d. 1949, Left to Right, Row 3, Lot 16 Hoefer, Gus J, b. 1848, d. 1900, Left to Right, Row 3, Lot 16 CHAMPOEG CEMETERY--MARION COUNTY http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/marion/champoeg/champoeg.htm Laura

Listers Morrow County Cemeteries Let us know if you find any links here. I found my GALLOWAY AND HOSKINS LINK here: Galloway, Ollie, d 1889, age 5y (daughter of J. J. and Mary E. Galloway) (Ollie is in same plot with Hannah Mary Galloway Hoskins) I am also looking for HALES but that Wilford is not familiar. Those families migrated to Waitsburg, WA in Columbia County. Sand Hollow (Long) Cemetery, Lexington Inscriptions Andrews, Jemima, Nov 25, 1806-Jun 17, 1894 Ayers, Bertha, d 1891, age 5y (daughter of Bill Ayers; unmarked) Ayers, Elsie, d 1891, age 3y (daughter of Bill Ayers; unmarked) Ayers, Josie, d 1891, age 1y (daughter of Bill Ayers; unmarked) Ayers, Pearl, May 15, 1892-Jun 21, 1893 (daughter of Jim & Ella Ayers) Duran, Jane, b & d 1908 (daughter of Reason R. & Myrtle Ellen Long; unmarked) Duran, Roy, Aug 10, 1899-Sep 17, 1899 (son of Reason R. & Myrtle Ellen Long; unmarked) Finley, Nellie Ethel, Dec 8, 1886-Jun 28, 1896, (daughter of W. B. & H. E. Finley) Galloway, Ollie, d 1889, age 5y (daughter of J. J. and Mary E. Galloway) (Ollie is in same plot with Hannah Mary Galloway Hoskins) Garrett, John Dunlap, Dec 12, 1810-Dec 13, 1889 Garrett, Eunice Stark, Jan 10, 1812-Apr 16, 1893 (stone has "mother" and "father") Hales, Wilford, b & d 1890, age 3w (unmarked) Hales, [Mr.], d 1888, age 56 y (unmarked) Hoskins, Hannah Mary, b 1861-Jan 21, 1887, age 26y 8m 8d (wife of J. T. Hoskins; daughter of J. J. and Mary E. Galloway Long, R. C., 1884, age 21y Infant, no dates (in plot with Hannah M. Hoskins & Ollie Galloway) Shaw, John, d May 18, 1887, age 62y 10m 14d Vincent, Lizzie A., Jan 16, 1859-Nov 15, 1891 (wife of G. W. Vincent) Vincent, Nora, d 1891, age 8y (daughter of Lizzie A. & G. W. Vincent) (no stone) Wattenburger, Hattie Woods, d 1892, age 32 years (wife of Willie Wattenburger) (no marker in 1967; mother of Mrs. J.J. Chishom of Walla Walla) Also called CHARLIE LONG CEMETERY. First grave in this cemetery is believed to be that of a son of Charlie Long, who died in the fall of 1886 at the age of 19 years. LOCATION: Twp 1N, R 26E, Sec 13 Address: About 1 mile E of 75150 Barclay Lane, Lexington Directions: Between Sand Hollow Road and Campbell Road NOTES: This cemetery at one time contained the families of many of the pioneers of this section of Morrow County, but some of the stones have been torn up and much of it destroyed. There are only a few burials and stones left. Persons who knew say that there were at least 86 persons buried here. A Mrs. Foley, who is daughter of Mrs. Hoskins, says that at one time she counted 96 graves in this cemetery. There were 9 markers in 1967 when the record was made, mostly broken, no fence except for the Hoskins grave CEMETERIES http://www.interment.net/us/or/morrow.htm Laura

Any links here for anyone, let us know!! Name of Cemetery Location Town Established * Alderman Bethel Heights Rd J. Rowland Farm Spring Valley 1896 Ball Family (Ballston) May Yocum Rd. NW of Ballston 1853 Baskett Family - 1 1/2 Mi. N. of Dixie 1891 * Bethel - Amity 1848 Blair Near Harmony Cem. NE of Buell 1853 W.C. Brown Between Dallas & Polk Station 1854 Buena Vista Charles Bauman Rd. Monmouth 1846 * Burch Family In a Field SE of Rickreall 1845 Butler Davidson off Hwy 51 S. of Monmouth 1854 Carey Behind Carey Candy Store Falls City Late 1800 Cemetery Hill - Independence 1872 Chamberlain In Field S. of Helmick Park 1859 Claremont - Summit - Dallas IOOF Hwy 223 S. of Dallas - Davidson/Butler/Rodgers Hwy 51 S. of Monmouth 1854 Embree In Field SE of Rickreall 1863 English - Monmouth 1851 Etna Hwy 99W Rickreall 1852 Fall City (Old City) County Rd. 8619 Fall City 1892 Fall City IOOF - E. of Fall City 1907 Fast - Dallas - Fir Crest - Monmouth 1848 Fort Hill 2 mi west of Wallace Bridge Fort Hill - Graves, Diana - - - George Kirby Gay private 1 grave Wallace Rd W.Salem 1870 Gold Creek Hwy 18 & 22 - - Grand Ronde Indian Grand Ronde - William Harland Family William Harland Farm Hwy 22 NE of Dallas 1893 Hart Hwy 223 E. Side of Road 1/2 mi S. of Fern Corner 1848 Highland Orchard Heights & Doaks Ferry Rd. No longer in existence 1870 Hooker Family logged over S. of Monmouth - Hubbard 1/2 mi from Oakhurst School Fall city - Hussey DLC - - Grand Ronde Indian-Grand Ronde - Grand Ronde - Jennings Bethel Heights Rd. - 1872 Liggett All graves moved to New Smith Monmouth 1873 Lewis Family New Smith Monmouth 1856 Marks Farm Co. Rd. #7411 2 graves 1854 McGuire Farm McGuire Farm Lewisville McTimmonds McTimmonds DLC 2 graves 1878 Montgomery Hwy 223 2 mi E. Pedee 1854 Nealy Family - - - Nesmith James W. Polk Co. Fairgrounds Near Rickreall Creek Rickreall 1885 Pedee 1/2mi W. Pedee schoolhouse Kings Valley across from Wormer Cem. 1859 Pleasant Hill Nathan Connor DLC Ballston 1852 Putnam Farm - Eola Area 1893 Rest Lawn Brunk Rd./Hwy 22 Rickreall New Robbins Moved to IOOF Dallas - Salt Creek Salt Creek Rd. Dallas 1851 Schragg Near Liberty Dallas 1882 Shaw DLC Farmed over Brunks Corner Rickreall 1856 Smith Fir Crest Monmouth `857 Stump Farm Fishbath Hill Rd Near Airlie 1880 Union Baptist Harmony Rd. Ballston 1861 Wallace Bridge Old Wallace Bridge Rd. - 1870 Whitaker private family Monmouth 1856 Williams behind Airlie School 1/2mi S. Airlie 1865 Whitley - Monmouth - Wormer North Rd. Kings Valley 1887 Zena Brush College Rd. Amity 1858 POLK COUNTY OREGON CEMETERIES http://www.rootsweb.com/~orpolk/Cemeteries.html Laura WHITAKER, FUDGE, SMITH, FINE, PORTER, TURNER, GIBSON

Listers Any links to these names together BLACKERBY, COFFEY, PORTER They might have been friends near Sublimity, Oregon. Marion County, Oregon or WASCO Co. too. PORTER has roots in Lincoln County, Missouri COFFEY from Wilkes Co, N.C BLACKERBY, SIDNEY State: OR Year: 1870 County: Linn County Record BLACKERBY, MARY E. V. State: OR Year: 1880 County: Marion County BLACKERBY, J. M. State: OR Year: 1853 County: Marion County BLACKERBY, J. M. State: OR Year: 1870 County: Marion County BLACKERBY, L. R. State: OR Year: 1870 County: Marion County BLACKERBY, A. F. State: OR Year: 1880 County: Marion County Township: Silverton Village BLACKERBY, T. R. State: OR Year: 1880 County: Marion County BLACKERBY, SYDNEY G. State: OR Year: 1880 County: Wasco County Township: Oak Grove Hello cousins! Laura

Listers John CHAMBERLIN married my gggrandmother's sister Mariah SMITH. (Her sister Cordelia Smith, brother John H. Smith, Louisa Evaline SMITH). Does anyone have a CHAMBERLIN LINK? Does anyone know where Mariah and Chamberlin settled? or died? There are 28 Chamberlin names come up in Oregon. 1849 CHAMBERLIN JOHN Champoeg County OR 1845 CHAMBERLIN W. Clackamas County OR Oregon City 1850 CHAMBERLIN W. Clackamas County OR 030 Oregon 1850 CHAMBERLIN W. Clackamas County OR 030 Oregon 1880 CHAMBERLIN STOUT Clackmas County OR 188 1880 CHAMBERLIN ANDREW Douglas County OR 463 Calapooia 1890 CHAMBERLIN WILLIAM W. Douglas County OR 002 Pass Creek 1854 CHAMBERLIN ALLEN Jackson County OR Working Copy 1880 CHAMBERLIN R. H. Josephine County OR 161 Waldo Pct 1880 CHAMBERLIN AARON Lane County OR 232 Richardson Pct 1849 CHAMBERLIN D. Linn County OR No Township Listed OR 1853 CHAMBERLIN ADOLPHUS Marion County OR No 1870 CHAMBERLIN D. Marion County OR 013 Salem Precinct 1890 CHAMBERLIN FRANCIS LOUIS E Marion County OR 001 Woodburn 1880 CHAMBERLIN FRANCIS Marion County OR 083 Woodburn 1853 CHAMBERLIN JAMES L. Marion County OR No Township 1870 CHAMBERLIN L. Marion County OR 047 South Salem 1880 CHAMBERLIN M. L. Marion County OR 010 Salem Federal 1870 CHAMBERLIN OLIVE Marion County OR 129 Jefferson 1880 CHAMBERLIN J. C. Multnomah County OR 379 East Portland 1870 CHAMBERLIN AARON Polk County OR 331 Buena Vista 1870 CHAMBERLIN CATHERINE Polk County OR 331 Buena Vista 1880 CHAMBERLIN E. Polk County OR 500 Luckemute-buena Vista 1849 CHAMBERLIN JOHN Polk County OR Apportionment 1849 CHAMBERLIN JOHN Polk County OR No Township Listed 1880 CHAMBERLIN JOHN Polk County OR 508 Luckemute-buena Vista 1880 CHAMBERLIN E. Union County OR 149 Union Federal 1880 CHAMBERLIN JOSEPH Union County OR 120 Rock Creek Laura of Seattle, WA GALLOWAY, HALES, GIBSON, PORTER, TURNER, FINE, JOHNSON, TEEL, KIRBY, ALEXANDER Laura

A very nice thing to do! Clan honors family, land with monument to both Feb 8 2002 12:00AM By By Kathleen Obenland of the Union-Bulletin Walla Walla The gas-powered firepit flares to life every evening in the middle of the Neher family property, illuminating three metal figures standing at its rim. The sculptures speak of fathers and sons, and devotion to the land. ``The symbolism is the father passing the shield on to the two sons,'' said Dick Neher, standing at the firepit with his two sons. He smiled and gestured to the middle figure, which represents him. Firelight painted a bright line down Neher's profile. ``You'll notice that one doesn't have any of those spike things on top of its head,'' he joked, a reference to his smooth scalp. The Neher family has lived on Reser Road since 1918, the land passing down from father to son. Dick and Marilyn Neher now live in one house on the 5-acre property. Their son Bob and his family live in the second house. Son Mike and his family live in the third. Mike returned to Walla Walla after retiring from the military in 1997. ``Dad's dream was always to bring us back here,'' said Bob, a ceramic artist who owns Clay in Motion in Walla Walla. Bob wanted a sculpture that would commemorate the family, and serve as a place for them to gather for celebrations. He asked a friend, noted artist David Govedare of Chewelah, Wash., to do the piece. Govedare created the running people sculptures in Spokane's Riverfront Park and the horses on the bluffs above Vantage, Wash. ``He came down and did a spirit reading of the property,'' Bob said. ``A spirit reading?'' Mike's eyebrows went up. He hasn't spent as much time in artist circles as Bob. ``He said he felt the eagle spirit very strongly,'' Bob said, then teased: ``We all know Dad had a lot of eagle spirit in him.'' ``Bald eagle,'' Dick joked. ``I think the spirit probably comes once a month in the form of a gas bill,'' Mike said. Bob spent months building the firepit to go in front of the sculpture. Govedare's initial idea was for a fire on special occasions, but Bob wanted every day to be a celebration of the family. He piped in natural gas and added a timer that turns the fire on every evening shortly before he arrives home. It burns clean and smokeless, he said. Govedare said that with his ``Father Passing Spirit Shield Down to His Sons,'' he sought to capture the devotion of family and the feeling of the land. It depicts a central father figure holding a shield representing the land. The father's ancestral spirit swirls in his chest, and lights sparks in the sons standing at either side. ``That family (will) be able to tie into an image where they can, like a coat rack, hang their feelings of being together,'' Govedare said in a telephone interview. ``These works have human form, yet at the same time they have an imagery that rises up out of the land.'' He said the fire pit creates one of the nicest effects he could have desired. ``I hope that the imagery is pervaded with the feeling that we are part of the fire, we are part of the work, we are part of the sky,'' Govedare said. ``...(The sculpture) becomes legend and it becomes ancient and long lasting. I hope it is able to do this for the family for many, many generations.'' The sculpture was installed in late January, and the Neher family members gathered to take pictures of themselves beside the figures. Later, looking at the photos of the women in the family with the sculpture, they noticed something odd. In one, a swirl of something floats around the central figure. ``We said, `It's grandma!''' Bob said. ``I figure when I said, `All the girls get in the picture,' she just swooped on it.' We all saw it. It's in the photos.'' Laura GALLOWAY, HALES, PORTER, GIBSON, FINE, JOHNSON

Daniel DUNBAR son of Addison DUNBAR came over the Oregon Trail about 1850... Can someone help me find what group he came with? And when? I understand he came with the George PULLEN family. They came 'after' Philip and Sarah SWANK who came in 1850. They were definitely in Troutdale, at the mouth of the Columbia River by 1852. So, the time slot is after 1850 and before 1852. Doneva Shepard in Gresham my entire genealogy database, 45,000+ names http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=donevanell (be sure entire URL fits in your Address bar) --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings!

For information on wagon trains to Oregon before 1850, go to Stephenie Flora's Oregon pioneer website at: http://www.oregonpioneers.com/ortrail.htm It's really great and I'm sure you can find what you need there. Mimi Stang

Hi.... Ancestry.com now has the 1920 census for WASHINGTON indexed with links directly to the page!!! I will be happy to do lookups. Need full name and birth state. Also names of others you expect to be on the census (spouse, children). Kathy

Is anyone aware of information on Wagon trains to Oregon before 1850? Marlene

Oh!! I am so excited!!! I just wanted to tell everyone replied, THANKYOU SO VERY VERY MUCH!! Kim

Hello, I've just recently discovered On page 3 of the immigration roster for Elliott's Lost wagon train of 1853 it says: Beebe,______ - named in Mann manuscript as leaving Arkansas with the Brewers for Oregon. The Brewers are listed in the lost wagon train. How would I find more information on the Lost Wagon train of 1853? Are their any diaries of this Lost Wagon train of 1853. I would appreciate any information available on the Lost Wagon train of 1853. Thankyou Kim

I just picked up a really interesting little book from Powell's here in Portland. It's called: Immigration Rosters of the Elliott Cut-off: 1853 & 1854 and Immigration Registration at Umatilla Agency, 1853. Compiled by Leah Collins Menefee. 1984. Most of it is a listing of people who went through the above. Just their names and the date they went through. There is also a compiled list of the Lost Wagon Train of 1853. It's such a neat book, I thought I would offer to do lookups if anyone is looking for someone from that period. If anyone would like a lookup, could you just put Immigration Rosters in the Subject line. That way I'll know which book as I do lookups for several books. It would be much appreciated. Janine Bork

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