Billie, My Petersons moved from Michigan to the Portland area in the 1905 to 1910 timeframe. Some of them then moved on to Klamath between 1920 and 1930. Bill On Jul 17, 2004, at 3:13 PM, OurFamily wrote: > Bill, > > Did any of your Peterson line get into Modoc County? I have a > Peterson line > from about 1860 in Fort Bidwell. > > Billie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "billnelson" <billnelson@mac.com> > To: <ORKLAMAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 12:02 PM > Subject: [Klamath,Or] Victor Peterson > > >> I am a new subscriber and am researching a Peterson line. I found >> Victor E Peterson and his two sons Allan D and Orville H in the Wood >> River Precinct in the 1930 census, but have been unable to track them >> from there. >> >> I live in Michigan and am not familiar with finding Oregon's death >> records and am under the impression that all Oregon death records from >> 1903 to 1998 are on Ancestry.com. Is that true? >> >> Assuming Allan and Orville stayed in Klamath Co. or for that matter, >> Oregon, how would I find a record of their marriage? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Bill Nelson, Victor's grandnephew >> >> >> ==== ORKLAMAT Mailing List ==== >> KLAMATH CO Oregon Gen Web IS http://www.rootsweb.com/~orklamat/ >> -=* To see what we have been doing *=- >> Click here http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html >> List Owner ORKLAMAT-admin@rootsweb.com >> To Unsubscribe >> > mailto:ORKLAMAT-L-request@rootsweb.com? > subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe >> > mailto:ORKLAMAT-D-request@rootsweb.com? > subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe >> >> ============================== >> Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >> Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> > > > > ==== ORKLAMAT Mailing List ==== > KLAMATH CO Oregon Gen Web IS http://www.rootsweb.com/~orklamat/ > -=* To see what we have been doing *=- > Click here http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > List Owner ORKLAMAT-admin@rootsweb.com > To Unsubscribe > mailto:ORKLAMAT-L-request@rootsweb.com? > subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > mailto:ORKLAMAT-D-request@rootsweb.com? > subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Herald & News Klamath Falls, Oregon January 25, 1960 Mrs. Foster Rites Tuesday Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Ward's Funeral Home at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 26, for Mrs. Pearl Allen Foster, 63, a lifelong resident of Klamath Falls. Final rites and interment with vault entombment will be in Wilson Cemetery with the Reverend Laing W. Sibbet of Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church officiating. Mrs. Foster died in Hillside Hospital January 23, following a month's illness. She suffered a stroke following pneumonia. She was the daughter of a pioneer family, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Allen. Her father was one of the early day blacksmiths, employed on the Presley Dorris and John Fairchild ranches in Siskiyou County, Calif., near the present town of Dorris. Survivors include sons, Donald Campagna, Grants Pass, and Pat Ryan, Klamath Falls; daughters, Marie Fields, Klamath Falls and Mrs. Clifford, Grants Pass; sisters, Mrs. Alice Hamilton, this city; Grace Rambo, Chiloquin; Ruth Barfield, Klamath Falls; Dorothy McAnulty, Sprague River; and Mrs. Ada Rossi, Chiloquin; brothers, Robert Allen, Klamath Falls, and Wilbur Harrington, Chiloquin; also 8 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Overwhelmed by debt? Find out how to ‘Dig Yourself Out of Debt’ from MSN Money. http://special.msn.com/money/0407debt.armx

Herald & News January 8, 1981 Evangeline Schonchin Rosary Friday For Area Native Recitation of the Holy Rosary for Evangeline Beatrice Schonchin, Beatty, who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday at Davenport's Chapel of the Good Shepherd. A mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with graveside services and vault interment following at Chief Schonchin Cemetery in Sprague River. Visitation will continue until 8 o'clock tonight and all-day Friday at Davenport's. Mrs. Schonchin died at her birthplace, Whiskey Creek Ranch, near Beatty. She was 50. She was born November 26, 1930. to Buster Dickens and Beatrice Brown Dickens. She spent her entire life on the Whiskey Creek Ranch. On June 16, 1949, she married Donald Lloyd Schonchin in Reno, Nev. They renewed their wedding vows on the 20th anniversary at St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church in Bonanza. Following her husband's death, Mrs. Schonchin continued to operate the Whiskey Creek Ranch along with her son Freddie Schonchin. She was an active supporter of day care locally, and was among the founders of the Organization of the Forgotten American. At the time of her death, she continued to be on OFA's board of Directors. She also was active on the All-Indian Rodeo Board for many years and was a member of St. James Apostle Catholic Church in Bly. In addition to her son, Freddie, survivors include children Donna Hicks and Deena Brink, both of Klamath Falls, Lauren Schonchin and Caroline Schonchin, both of Beatty and Sue Winebarger, Bonanza; father, Buster Dickens, Beatty; cousin, Millie Wilson, Warm Springs; nieces, Marilys Darrin and Marilyn Snokes, Bellingham, Wash; six grandchildren; and numerous other relatives. She was described by a family spokesman as "one who always voiced her opinion and received much respect for so doing." ++++++ Herald & News January 8, 1981 SCHONCHIN Recitation of the Holy Rosary for Evangeline Beatrice Schonchin will be Friday, Jan. 9, 1981 at 7:00 p.m. in Davenport's Chapel of the Good Shepherd. Resurrection Mass will be offered Saturday, Jan. 10, 1981 at 10:00 a.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Joseph Hayes celebrant. Graveside services and vault in interment will follow at MosenKasket Cemetery, Beatty, Ore. Visitation until 8:00 p.m. this evening and from 8:00 a.m. Friday. Davenport's Chapel of the Good Shepherd in charge of arrangements. NOTE: Final resting was in the MosenKasket Cemetery, Beatty, Oregon _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/

I checked the Oregon death index for you, but I could not find victor, Allan or Orville. I don't have info for a marriage record. Sorry Gerry

Bill, Did any of your Peterson line get into Modoc County? I have a Peterson line from about 1860 in Fort Bidwell. Billie ----- Original Message ----- From: "billnelson" <billnelson@mac.com> To: <ORKLAMAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 12:02 PM Subject: [Klamath,Or] Victor Peterson > I am a new subscriber and am researching a Peterson line. I found > Victor E Peterson and his two sons Allan D and Orville H in the Wood > River Precinct in the 1930 census, but have been unable to track them > from there. > > I live in Michigan and am not familiar with finding Oregon's death > records and am under the impression that all Oregon death records from > 1903 to 1998 are on Ancestry.com. Is that true? > > Assuming Allan and Orville stayed in Klamath Co. or for that matter, > Oregon, how would I find a record of their marriage? > > Thanks in advance. > > Bill Nelson, Victor's grandnephew > > > ==== ORKLAMAT Mailing List ==== > KLAMATH CO Oregon Gen Web IS http://www.rootsweb.com/~orklamat/ > -=* To see what we have been doing *=- > Click here http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > List Owner ORKLAMAT-admin@rootsweb.com > To Unsubscribe > mailto:ORKLAMAT-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > mailto:ORKLAMAT-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Name: Peterson, Orval Hal County: Jackson Death Date: 14 Feb 1987 Certificate: 87-03006 Birth Date: 08 Aug 1914 Oregon Death Index Barb wulf@bendcable.com http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "billnelson" <billnelson@mac.com> To: <ORKLAMAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 12:02 PM Subject: [Klamath,Or] Victor Peterson > I am a new subscriber and am researching a Peterson line. I found > Victor E Peterson and his two sons Allan D and Orville H in the Wood > River Precinct in the 1930 census, but have been unable to track them > from there. > > I live in Michigan and am not familiar with finding Oregon's death > records and am under the impression that all Oregon death records from > 1903 to 1998 are on Ancestry.com. Is that true? > > Assuming Allan and Orville stayed in Klamath Co. or for that matter, > Oregon, how would I find a record of their marriage? > > Thanks in advance. > > Bill Nelson, Victor's grandnephew > > > ==== ORKLAMAT Mailing List ==== > KLAMATH CO Oregon Gen Web IS http://www.rootsweb.com/~orklamat/ > -=* To see what we have been doing *=- > Click here http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > List Owner ORKLAMAT-admin@rootsweb.com > To Unsubscribe > mailto:ORKLAMAT-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > mailto:ORKLAMAT-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Herald & News Klamath Falls, Oregon February 8, 1966 Aggie Butler, 78, died February 7, 1966. She was the mother of Mrs. H. (Eleanor) McNoise and Mrs. Frank (Ruby) Loureiro, and the grandmother of 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. ++++ Herald & News Klamath Falls, Oregon February 8, 1966 Funeral services will be announced at a later date for Aggie Butler, 78, who died here Monday. _________________________________________________________________ Check out the latest news, polls and tools in the MSN 2004 Election Guide! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx

Evening Herald Klamath Falls, Oregon March 29, 1940 Harriett Phoebe Cole, a lifelong resident of the Klamath Reservation, passed away at the Klamath Agency on Thursday, March 28. The deceased was a native of Klamath Agency and was aged 33 yeas and 1 month when called. She is survived by her husband, Jerry M., daughter, Geraldine Marie; mother, Alice Stokes Hill; brother, Lawrence Hill; grandmother, Esther Hill; sisters, Mrs. Mary Kirk, Mrs. Martha Nelson, Miss Edna Hill, Mrs. Grace Gibbons and Mrs. Flora Lobert. ++++++++ Evening Herald March 30, 1940 The funeral service for the late Harriett Phoebe Cole will be held from the Methodist Church at Williamson River on Monday, April 1, at 2 p.m., the Rev. B.V. Bradshaw officiating. The remains will rest in state in the Seldon Kirk home Sunday evening until the hour set for the morning service Monday. Commitment service with vault entombment in the Hill Cemetery. _________________________________________________________________ Check out the latest news, polls and tools in the MSN 2004 Election Guide! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx

Klamath Falls, Oregon May 26, 1942 The funeral service for the late Sarah Captain Kane, who passed away at Williamson River on Sunday, May 24, will take place from the Williamson River Church on Wednesday, May 27 at 2 p.m. Rev. Ross Ferguson will officiate. Concluding services and vault interment will follow in the Hill Cemetery. _________________________________________________________________ Discover the best of the best at MSN Luxury Living. http://lexus.msn.com/

Klamath Falls, Oregon January 2, 1945 Winona Woods Jonah, a lifetime resident of Klamath County, passed away at her home in Chiloquin, Ore; December 30, 1944, at 10 p.m. The deceased was a native of Pelican Bay, Oregon, and was 83 ?(black line on microfilm) years when called. She is survived by the following cousins, Mrs. Lizzie Kirk, Carlos Blair and Grover Pompey, all of Chiloquin, Ore. _________________________________________________________________ Planning a family vacation? Check out the MSN Family Travel guide! http://dollar.msn.com

I am a new subscriber and am researching a Peterson line. I found Victor E Peterson and his two sons Allan D and Orville H in the Wood River Precinct in the 1930 census, but have been unable to track them from there. I live in Michigan and am not familiar with finding Oregon's death records and am under the impression that all Oregon death records from 1903 to 1998 are on Ancestry.com. Is that true? Assuming Allan and Orville stayed in Klamath Co. or for that matter, Oregon, how would I find a record of their marriage? Thanks in advance. Bill Nelson, Victor's grandnephew

thought i would ramble a little here....the reason i think that photo was klamath river area is because the rivers here are, almost all that i know of....are mud or grassy bank and not jumbled rocks like in the river canyons in n. calif....some of our faster moving creeks are huge boulders and stuff or some of the rivers have river rock or gravelly bottoms but they don't look like the rocks in this picture.....the reservation trees here are a lot of lodge pole and juniper.....there are ponderosa pine and douglas fir also....this pic has to have been taken along a river or close to one because you don't find rocks like that out in the middle of nowhere like in a meadow or somewhere..anyway i am no expert but this is what it seems to me ...hard to tell by looking at the people...the clothes they have on are like the ones in the pictures from here....i like the pelts on the racks and what looks like a shelter or something to your left when looking at the picture... _________________________________________________________________ Overwhelmed by debt? Find out how to ‘Dig Yourself Out of Debt’ from MSN Money. http://special.msn.com/money/0407debt.armx

Herald & News Klamath Falls, Oregon January 1946 HAZEL PICARD ELLIS Funeral services for the late Hazel Picard Ellis, who passed away in this city on Tuesday, January 1, 1946, will be held in the chapel of Ward's Klamath Funeral Home, 925 High, on Thursday, January 5, 1946, at 2 p.m. with Rev. Victor Phillips of the First Methodist Church officiating. Concluding services and interment will follow at the Picard Cemetery in Dorris, Calif. Friends are respectfully invited to attend. ++++++++ HAZEL PICARD ELLIS A resident of Klamath Falls for the past 34 years, passed away in this city, Tuesday, January 1, 1946, at 3:45 a.m. She was aged 52 years, 8 months and 19 days at the time of her passing. She is survived by the following, her husband, Willard B. Ellis, Klamath Falls; a daughter, Thelma Gilmore, and two grandchildren, James and David Gilmore all of Klamath Falls; two sisters, Mary Moore of Sweethome, Ore., and Mildred Cookman of Chiloquin, Ore. The remains rest at Ward's Klamath Funeral Home, 925 High, where friends may call. Funeral arrangements are listed elsewhere in this issue. _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Evening Herald Klamath Falls, Oregon September 6, 1930 Wallace Picard, age 5 years, son of a well known prominent family of Siskiyou County, died in this county early Saturday morning, following an illness of several days. +++++++++ Evening Herald Klamath Falls, Oregon September 9, 1930 Funeral services for Wallace George Picard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Picard, were held at Dorris Monday afternoon with Rev. Earl Cotton, pastor of the Williamson River Church officiating. Interment was made in the family plot in the Picard Cemetery. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evening Herald Klamath Falls, Oregon October 27, 1931 Louis Henry Picard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Picard, died Tuesday morning. His death terminating an illness of over a year. The child was born in Chiloquin April 5, 1924, and was aged 7 years, 6 months and 22 days. In addition to his parents he is survived by sisters, Evelyn, Laura and Mildred. ++++++++++ Evening Herald Klamath Falls, Oregon October 28, 1931 E.M. Marsha of the Klamath Funeral Home read the committal at the graveside of Louis Henry Picard, who passed away at an early hour Tuesday morning. The services and interment was made in the Picard Cemetery at Dorris, Wednesday morning. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: potts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pZB.2ACE/319 Message Board Post: I am looking for the obit or any information at all on Zearl A Potts b: 4-8-1911 and d: 2-2-1993 Klamath Oregon. Thank you for any help on this person.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MARTIN Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pZB.2ACE/318 Message Board Post: Dear all, Didn't know if theses would be of any interest to someone! From: BIOGRAPHY, A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF WESTERN OREGON printed in 1904. ALEXANDER MARTIN, SR ALEXANDER MARTIN, JR THOMAS MARTIN Some good history details. Regards Mark. Sydney Australia ALEXANDER MARTIN, SR. ........ Although a resident of Oakland, Cal., for a long period Mr. Martin has had important financial and commercial interests in Klamath Falls, Ore., and numbers among his friends some of the leading citizens of southern Oregon. Identified with the history of the Pacific coast regions since 1853, he is a native of Illinois, born in Scott county, March 17, 1835, his parents being Samuel and Susan (Sisson) Martin, natives of Ohio county, Va. His paternal grandfather, Alexander Martin, immigrated to America from Ireland and settled in Virginia, where he followed the trade of jeweler and watchmaker. The maternal grandfather, Lewis Sisson, was a native-born American and by occupation a farmer. The genealogy of the Sisson family is traced to Germany. During 1832 Samuel Martin took his family from Virginia to Illinois and settled in Scott county, where he entered a tract of government land and became a pioneer farmer. On that homestead he died in 1844, aged sixty-six years. Afterward his widow continued to live on the same place until her death, which occurred in 1866, at the age of almost seventy years. In their family were three sons and six daughters, namely: Maria, who married A.M. Henderson, both now deceased; Frances, Mrs. Charles Lewis, also deceased; George, who for twenty years officiated as clerk of Scott county, Ill., but is now living in Nebraska; Sarah, Mrs. Ephraim Lewis, deceased; Eliza, Mrs. William Crabtree, deceased; Alexander; Martha, Mrs. James Hosac, of Nebraska; Samuel, of Harvard, Neb.; and Susan, who married William Cahn, of Kansas. In the days when Alexander Martin, Sr., was a boy schools were few in number and crude in their method of instruction. Hence his educational opportunitites were meagre. At an early age he learned the blacksmith's trade. In the spring of 1853, he started to the west, crossing the Missouri river on the 12th day of May and the Klamath river, seventeen miles from Kalmath Falls, on the 29th of August. The entire trip consumed four months and was made with oxteams. After spending the winter in Jacksonville, Ore., in the spring of 1854 he went overland to California and followed his trade at Sacramento. Returning to Oregon in the spring of 1855, he took up work at his trade in Jacksonville. During 1865 he returned to Illinois and visited relatives and friends. The spring of 1866 found him again in Jacksonville, where he embarked in the general mercantile business with J.T. Glenn and John S. Drum under the firm title of Glann, Drum & Co. The business was conducted under tha! t name until 1869, when Major Glenn purchased the interests of the other owners. A later venture of Mr. Martin was as superintendent of the line of stages owned by the Western Stage Company and running from Portland to Lincoln, Cal. The work was difficult and duties of the superintendent responsible, for he was obliged to take the oversight of four hundred head of horses owned by the company, engage suitable drivers and see that the stage reached Portland daily. In 1872 Mr. Martin bought Major Glenn out and thus became a member of the firm of White & Martin. The following year he had a contract for transporting troops and supplies from the end of the railroad at Roseburg into the lava beds. In1874 he sold out to Reames Bros., and in 1879 removed from Oregon to California and has since made his home in Oakland. However he has continued his commercial and financial interests in his old home state. During 1880 he became a member of the mercantile firm of Reames, Martin & Co., at Klamath Falls. In 1886 C.S. Moore bought out the interest owned by Mr. Reames and the store has since been conducted under the name of Reames, Martin & Co. Thomas Reames at present holding an interest in the enterprise. Another important business which owes its inception to Mr. Martin is sthe Klamath County Bank at Klamath Falls, which was incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 and has since taken a place among the conservative and substantial fina! ncial institutions of souther Oregon. Fraternally Mr. Martin was at one time connected with the lodge and chapter of Masonry, but is not now affiliated with the organization. He is a member and holds the office of elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland. June 2, 1857 Mr. Martin married Elvira M. Gass, who was born in Virginia March 3, 1839, and died at Jacksonville, Ore., March 3, 1878. Her father, Thomas Gass, died in the east and in 1853 her mother brought the children to Oregon, settling in Jackson county. The family of Alexander Martin, Sr., and his wife consisted of five children namely: Ida, wife of Dr. G.H. Aiden, of Fresno, Cal.; Alexander Jr.; William, a dentist having his office on Market street, San Francisco; George, a dentist, now residing in Berlin, Germany; and Elvira, wife of F.H. Woodward, of San Jose, Cal. ********************************************************************************************* ALEXANDER MARTIN, JR. .... As a cashier and manager of the Klamath County Bank, of which his father, Alexander Martin, Sr., is president, the subject of this article is intimately associated with one of the important financial institutions of the county, an institution that through the conservative management of its officials has come to hold a high rank among similar enterprises in southern Oregon. Included among its depositors are many of the leading business men of the county, whose confidence has been won through the wise policy of the bank in matters of investments and loans. The establishment of the bank has thus proved of benefit to the people and to the town of Klamath Falls as well. In Jacksonville, Jackson county, Ore., Alexander Martin, Jr., was born July 3, 1867. His primary education was obtained in the schools of his native county. About 1879, after the death of his mother, the family removed to Oakland, Cal., and there he attended the public schools. Later he had the advantage of a course in Heald's Business College in San Francisco, from which he was graduated in 1884. Immediately afterward he left home and came to Klamath Falls, Ore., where he became a clerk in the mercantile establishment of Reames & Martin. After having continued for a time as a clerk, in 1886 he acquired an interest in the business, and this he conducted until 1899, when he disposed of his interest to F.W. Jennings. Since that time he has devoted his attention entirely to the management of the bank of which his father is the chief owner. The marriage of Mr. Martin was solemnized in Klamath Falls in 1888 and united him with Martha F. Smith, who was born in Reno, Nev., November 8, 1866. Her father, Judge George W. Smith, now a resident of Phoenix, Ariz., was formerly identified with the citizenship of Klamath county, where for several years he engaged extensively in farming and also filled the office of county judge for four years. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are the parents of one son, who bears his father's name. In his political views Mr. Martin is a supporter of Republican principals. Preferring to give his attention wholly to business matters, he has a syet not mingled in public affairs, but he consented to serve as county treasurer and filled the office from 1894 to 1896. IN fraternal relations he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Klamath Falls, in which he has passed through the chairs and is now financier. As a Mason he is active in Klamath Lodge No. 77, A.F. & A.M., Siskiyou Chapter ! No. 21, R.A.M., of Ashland; Malta Commandery No 4 K.T., also of Ashland and Al Kader Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., of Portland. ************************************************************************************************************* THOMAS MARTIN .......... has been identified with the miller's trade in England and America for the past forty-four years, and to him belongs the distinction of having built the first mill in Klamath county, Ore., and of being the sole mill owner in the county at the present time. United by close ties to the south of England, Mr. Martin was born September 19, 1845, in the village of West Stour, in Dorsetshire, and his parents, both now deceased, are of the same nativity. His father, Edward, was a butcher by trade, and was successfully engaged in that occupation for an unbroken period of sixty-four years in the village of West Stour, spending his entire life in that locality. His mother's maiden name was Mary Crocker, and she and her husband were blessed with nine children: Edward, Maria, James, William, Sarah, Charles, Anne, Thomas and Jane. James, Charles, Anne and Jane were claimed by death, the latter in infancy and Sarah is now the wife of Ben Werhan. The education of Thomas Martin was obtained in the village school of his birthplace, which he attended until thirteen years old, when he became apprenticed to learn the miller's trade, serving a six years' apprenticeship and completely mastering all the details of this important trade. Thus at nineteen he was an expert miller and had few superiors and, immediately embarking upon his career, worked at his trade throughout various parts of England, spending eight years in London. It was not until 1873 that he took passage for America dn soon after landing in New Orleans, he proceeded up the Mississippi river as far as Macoupin county, Ill., where he lived, hiring out as a miller, and worked several years. In 1876 he obtained more lucrative situation in Terre Haute, Ind., where he conducted a mill for a couple of years and in 1878 he went ot the great northwest and to Oregon. There for two years he ran the old Owell mill in Phoenix, in Jackson county, and subsequently removed near Ashland and conducted the Eagle Mills for four years. During the fourth year he rented the mill and, after testing his ability to make a success of the business himself, went into Klamath county, in 1884 and built a mill at Klamath Falls, which was the first in the county. This mill was successfully operated by Mr. Martin until 1901, and although he still owns it, he retired from mill work at that time, and the mill is now operated by two of his sons. In 1894 he also built a mill at Merrill, which is now in charge of his eldest son. The father retired to his fine two hundred and eighty acre ranch, ten miles northwest of Merrill and upon this well-improved farm he carries on stockraising and general farming, raising many cereals. He has sixty head of fine cattle, and his ranch is conducted on a well-paying basis. In the year 1872 Mr. Martin married Miss Thirza Pattiemore, of English birth, born in Somersetshire, May 2, 1847 and their marrieage took place in London, July 221, 1872. Eight children were born to them: Mary Anne, Samuel Edward, Oner, Charles, Elizabeth, John, May and Maude, two of whom are deceased. Mary Anne and Oner. Samuel, the eldest son has charge of the mill at Merrill, while Charles and John conduct the mill at Klamath Falls. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter living, is now the wife of Cary Ramsby, and resides in Klamath Falls, and the two younger daughters are attending school, the family having remained in Klamath Falls for the purpose of furthering their education, while the father conducts the ranch. Mr. Martin has served as a member of the school board of Klamath Falls for years. A life-long Republican in his political views, he has never been prevailed upon to accept office, and in fraternal circles he is a valued member of Lodge No. 110, A.O.U.W. of Klam! ath Falls.

Herald & News Klamath Falls, Oregon January 12, 1967 Carlos Blair, 93, died here January 11, 1967. Survivors include daughters, Dolly Kirk, Chiloquin; Eleanor Gill, Klamath Falls; also 3 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Arrangements will be announced by Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. ++++++ January 13, 1967 Funeral services for Carlos Blair will be held from the Chapel of Ward's Klamath Funeral Home, Saturday, January 14 at 10 a.m. Concluding services and vault interment in the Hill Cemetery. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herald & News Klamath Falls, Oregon August 13, 1962 Abraham Blair, 57, died near Chiloquin, August 10, 1962. Survivors include his father, Carlos, Chiloquin; sisters, Dolly Kirk, Chiloquin; Eleanor Gill, Hat Creek, Calif. Graveside services with vault interment in the Hill Cemetery Tuesday, August 14, 1962, at 10:30 a.m. Ward's Klamath Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Herald & News Klamath Falls, Oregon October 16, 1969 Alfaretta Bodner, 60, died here October 16, 1969. Survivors include her husband, Vincent Bodner, Sprague River; son, Vincent Bodner, Jr., Central Valley, Calif; half-sister, Ruby Wright, Chiloquin; nephew, Stern Skeen, Klamath Falls; also 3 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

Evening Herald Klamath Falls, Oregon August 5, 1909 And Klamath Republican August 12, 1909 A phone message from Fort Klamath reports the finding of the body of Sammy Andy "O-doc-us" in the lake near Modoc Point. Sammy Andy was one of the old Link River Indians, and for a long time was in the employ of Judge Moore as a servant. He was one of the oldest Indians on the reservation, well known to the old settlers, and well spoken of by them. _________________________________________________________________ Check out the latest news, polls and tools in the MSN 2004 Election Guide! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx

Herald & News Klamath Falls, Oregon January 3, 1963 Lindsay Lee Pompey, 56, died here January 1, 1963. Survivors include his daughter, Joan Vigil, Chiloquin; sister, Virginia Stern, Klamath Falls; mother, Maude Pompey, Wocus; and two grandsons. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 4, at 1 p.m. at the Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. Concluding services and vault interment will be in the Hill Cemetery. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Life Events gives you the tips and tools to handle the turning points in your life. http://lifeevents.msn.com