[email protected] wrote: > > Subject: Noble and Marks quest in Oregon > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:19:55 -0700 > From: "Marilyn Schwartz" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > > > > My sisters and I just had such a wonderful 2-day jaunt to Oregon in quest > of > > our NOBLE and MARKS heritage, I'd love to share it. I know I have been in > > touch with many of you in search of my family, so some of this information > > is a repeat. I hope I don't bore you too badly. > > > > We found the donation land claim of our great-great-grandparents, William > > Sherman Noble and Sarah Noble, who crossed the Oregon Trail from Ohio (via > > Iowa) in 1850. It is such a gorgeous piece of property in the Willamette > > Valley -- mostly flat, rich farmland with gentle, rolling hills around, > and > > the Cascade Mountains majestically rising to the east. The Santiam River > > runs nearby, and the Old Santiam Wagon Road also passes very near. "Noble > > Slough" runs through the property. They must have felt they'd arrived in > > heaven when they got there! We found the Liberty/Nye cemetery where > William > > was buried, though not his grave. Lots of wonderful old graves of Oregon > > Trail pioneers, however, which were fascinating. > > Marilyn, I run Wallowa County GenWeb. I have a large amount of information on your Marks from the County. Most of it comes from the 1983 Wallowa County book. Would you like the information I have on them? My e-mail address is: [email protected] Would be glad to send you the info. I have on them in my family treemaker. I'm building a large database for the county from all the info. I have at home and they are one of the ones, I've started putting into my computer. Sincerely, Janine M. Bork