Laura--- Since you are doing a thing on early Methodist ministers and circuit riders, I have an old marriage certificate for my great grandparents from Umatilla Co.: This certifies that the rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between Mary R Angel of Umatilla Co State of Oregon and John F. Porter of Wasco County State of Oregon on the Thirteenth day of November 1876, at the House of Harrison Hale by the authority of a license bearing the date the 10 day of November 1876, issued by J. H. Sharon County Clerk of Umatilla County. Witness: F. S. Gowan J W Salisbury Marian Gowan Justice of the Peace. *********************************************************** Story goes that they were married by a circuit rider, don't know if the Justice of the Peace qualified as one. She didn't have a wedding dress so when they celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1926, in Portland, great grandpa bought her one. Mary R. Angel was the dau of John Angel & Cynthia Jane Doak, Cynthia was the dau of Andrew Jackson Doak & Rebecca Jane McConnell who immigrated to Oregon in 1845, over the Oregon Trail. They were part of the group that was on the Meek Cut Off. They settled in Polk County Oregon where Andrew J. Doak had a DLC and Operated "Doak's Ferry" on the Willamette just north of Salem. Later became the Lincoln Ferry & operated until abt 1900. Andrew died in Lane County, in 1885. John F. Porter was the son of McCauley Porter and Martha Winkle immigrants of 1848 over the Oregon Trail. McCauley , a bachelor, came with his bros William Grayson & John E. Porter and their families. Martha's father was Isaac Winkle, also came in 1848, with his Porter son in laws.They all had DLC in Benton County. Meredith DeBuse Woodland, WA

>Laura--- Since you are doing a thing on early Methodist ministers and >circuit riders, My great aunt Kit, Keturh Belknap, kept five chronicles over a span of 1818 to 1869, from Ohio to Iowa, on the Oregon Trail and in Benton County, Oregon. The chronicles have been repreinted in a booklet entitled "On Her Way Rejoicing" available from the Commission on Archives and History, Oregon-Idaho Conference, United Methodist Church or the Benton County Historical Society. The 1848-1852 Chronicle is six pages for 1848 of references to their Methodist "commune" being visted by Circuit Rider Rev. John W. McKinney, early efforts to build a new church, Alvin Waller's assistance, and their own minister Rev. J.W. Starr. 1851-52 (after the men returned from the California gold mines) is five more pages, mostly about Waller. The 1847-1869 Chronicle has six pages on circuit rider McKinney, four pages on Waller and Starr building a church. five pages on other circuit riders (John Flinn, Chauncey O. Hosford, Thomas Hall Pearne, Benjamin Close) and 10 pages on Bishops Ames, Simpson, and the building of Simpson Chapel. There is an 1854 photo of circuit rider Pearne wearing a stove pipe hat and riding a mule. A Glendale, Calif, descendant of Rev. John W. Starr shared copies of documents of Starr's including his ordination papers and a genealogy report written by a relative. All of my aunts and uncles, parents and grandparents, named Tompkins, Hawley, Belknap, Freel, Hammer, and Starr are buried in Alpine Cemetery, just above where Simpson Chapel sat. jim

Jim Tompkins: Where in Iowa was your aunt's M.E. Church? Neither the Iowa United Methodist Conference nor the local church in Harrison County, IA have been able to help me with my "certified lay minister", who helped to organize this particular M.E. Church, because there is nothing in eithrs archives -- timeline 1854-1869. In addition, nothing is available in Indiana at the Methodist Episcopal Church archives housed at DePauw University, Greencastle; IN; and all that they could do was send me an article, which stated that lay ministers were not fully addresed or organized until about the 1930s -- Timeline here was abt 1842-1854 for my g-grandfather of Miami Co., IN. The Rev. Hiram C. Moore was born 1819 in Preble Co., OH and it is conjectered by Moore Researchers, that this family may have been disowned Quakers for they seemed to always travel (migrations) and to settle with Quakers families and the men did marry the Quaker girls. My g-grandmother was a disowned Quaker because my g-grandfather was of a different faith or society -- "dis., jas." and after 3 years and 2 babies, she was disowned completely. (She is buried in the IOOF-Dufur, Wasco Co., OR Cemetery - 1899.) A local United Methodist Church minister, Madison County, Illinois, recommended "The Autobiography of Peter Cartwright" -- an early circuit rider during the rivial times before the Civil War. (I presently live in metropolitan St. Louis area in Illinois.) Thanks :-). Violet Moore Guy mailto:[email protected] Server: St. Louis/Illinios 07/18/2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Tompkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 11:35 PM Subject: Re: Porter Marriage , 1876, Umatilla County, Oregon > >Laura--- Since you are doing a thing on early Methodist ministers and > >circuit riders, > > My great aunt Kit, Keturh Belknap, kept five chronicles over a span of 1818 > to 1869, from Ohio to Iowa, on the Oregon Trail and in Benton County, > Oregon. The chronicles have been repreinted in a booklet entitled "On Her > Way Rejoicing" available from the Commission on Archives and History, > Oregon-Idaho Conference, United Methodist Church or the Benton County > Historical Society. > > The 1848-1852 Chronicle is six pages for 1848 of references to their > Methodist "commune" being visted by Circuit Rider Rev. John W. McKinney, > early efforts to build a new church, Alvin Waller's assistance, and their > own minister Rev. J.W. Starr. 1851-52 (after the men returned from the > California gold mines) is five more pages, mostly about Waller. > > The 1847-1869 Chronicle has six pages on circuit rider McKinney, four pages > on Waller and Starr building a church. five pages on other circuit riders > (John Flinn, Chauncey O. Hosford, Thomas Hall Pearne, Benjamin Close) and > 10 pages on Bishops Ames, Simpson, and the building of Simpson Chapel. > There is an 1854 photo of circuit rider Pearne wearing a stove pipe hat and > riding a mule. > > > A Glendale, Calif, descendant of Rev. John W. Starr shared copies of > documents of Starr's including his ordination papers and a genealogy report > written by a relative. > > All of my aunts and uncles, parents and grandparents, named Tompkins, > Hawley, Belknap, Freel, Hammer, and Starr are buried in Alpine Cemetery, > just above where Simpson Chapel sat. > > jim > >