Just for fun, http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinn/schools/62waverly.html Jan Phillips [email protected]

The 1900 Linn County census, Sweet Home Precinct, is now online: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinn/census/1900/shomeindex.html Jan Phillips [email protected] Linn County Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinn/

Would someone please lookup an obituary for a Theodore LUCHS, birth 26 Nov 1911, died June 1986, Albany, Linn County, OR. Sorry I don't has the exact date. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Justin L. Dingman, Tacoma, WA ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Justin, You might try writing someone who belongs to the Linn Genealogical Society in Albany - their website is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinngs/index.html and they have a lookup section of volunteers here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinngs/helplist.htm Jan Phillips [email protected] At 01:18 PM 2/4/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Would someone please lookup an obituary for a Theodore LUCHS, birth 26 >Nov 1911, died June 1986, Albany, Linn County, OR. Sorry I don't has the >exact date. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Justin L. Dingman, >Tacoma, WA >

Would someone please lookup an obituary for a Theodore LUCHS, birth 26 Nov 1911, died June 1986, Albany, Linn County, OR. Sorry I don't has the exact date. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Justin L. Dingman, Tacoma, WA ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Friday, February 4th, 2000 - Lebanon Genealogical Society's February meeting will be held at the Lebanon Public Library, 626 Second Street, Lebanon, at 7:00 p.m. The program will be hosted by Byron Bray, Vice President of the Linn Genealogical Society in Albany, and he'll be talking about "Vital and Courthouse Records." Come join us! Lebanon Genealogical Society's Website: http://www.usgennet.org/~or-lgs/ Jan Phillips [email protected]

The Sweet Home Genealogical Society is having their annual workshop in their new building on March 17 & 18, 2000, Friday from 9am/6pm, Sat. 9am/5pm. Many good speakers both days, cost is $10 for one day or $18 for both days... New Location - Sweet Home Genealogical Library, Mealey Building, 1223 Kalmia Street, Sweet Home, OR 97386, (541) 367-5034. DIRECTIONS: Traveling Southeast through Sweet Home, on Main Street, at the second signal, which is 12th Street, turn right, go two blocks (passing Police Station on right), turn left on Kalmia and the Library is 1/2 block down on the right side of the street. City parking lot is across the street. Restaurants are within 2 blocks. Need more info? E-mail Jean Baker, [email protected]

Would someone please lookup an obituary for a Theodore LUCHS, birth 26 Nov 1911, died June 1986, Albany, Linn County, OR. Sorry I don't has the exact date. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Justin L. Dingman, Tacoma, WA ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

The Heritage Shopping Mall in Albany [Geary & 14th] is having a three-day celebration of Our Heritage, Feb. 25-27, 2000. Individuals, groups, and associations are invited to join. The primary purpose of the event is to share, educate and entertain members of our communities through displays and demonstrations. They want to show what a dynamic and interesting time in history proceeded us. Their intention is to schedule a full list of demonstrations during the three days, including soap making, weaving, spinning, quilting, square dancing, and much more. County and City Museums and Historical and Genealogical Societies are also invited to bring displays and offer other interesting activities. For more information, or to schedule a demonstration time, please contact any of the following committee members: Dick Milligan ([email protected]), Linda Ellsworth ([email protected]), Glenn Harrison ([email protected]), or Amy Bresler at the mall. Electricity and covered 8' tables are available. Setup can take place on Thursday evening at 9:00 p.m. and fine take down will be Sunday, Feb. 27 after the mall closes at 6:00 p.m. Please call the Heritage Mall, 541-967-8238, (fax 541-928-8648) to indicate your needs or find out more about this wonderful historical display of our heritage. And by all means, even if you don't participate in the displays, PLEASE come visit Feb. 25, 26, or 27th and see the fun. Yours truly will be there somewhere on Saturday, and I look forward to meeting some of you in person! Jan Phillips [email protected] Linn County USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgennet.org/~orlinnco/index.html

Hi, Thanks to Lisa Jones, we now have a wonderful new page to visit! http://www.usgennet.org/~orlinnco/bios/frankthayer.html I'll be making another page soon with some postcards, street scenes, and other photographs that Lisa scanned and sent. I want to encourage all of you who might have family photographs, historical information, memorabilia, etc., to please consider either making a webpage and letting me link to it, or having me make a webpage to share these priceless resources with other researchers. Jan Phillips [email protected] Linn County USGenWeb: http://www.usgennet.org/~orlinnco/

Sorry for the confusion -- make that the graduating class of 1923! (I have 1921 as well, I'll send that next time....) -----Original Message----- From: Lisa L. Jones [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 7:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ORLINN] Scio High School 1921 <------ SHOULD BE 1923 Found amongst Thayer family memorabilia are the following two items: Program: Graduating Class of Scio High School, 1921: <----- SHOULD BE 1923 Leslie Thayer (my great-uncle, known as "Dutch") Maysel De Long Hazel De Long Lydia Shoure Zelma M. Piatt Principal, H. E. Tobie Assistant, Esther C. Humphrey Domestic Arts, Etta M. Morcom Class Flower: Pink Carnation Class Colors: Blue and Silver Class Motto: The higher we rise, the broader the view. Teacher's Contract, 1920-21: School District No. 95 hired Esther Humphrey to teach High School for a nine month period, for the sum of $140 per month. Signed by Miss Esther C. Humphrey, 633 Wasco St., Portland, OR, and School Board Members F. T. Thayer, Chairman; Jennie Shelton, Clerk; and Roy V. Shelton. I'm happy to share copies of these items with anyone researching these Linn Co. names! Regards, Lisa L. Jones mailto:[email protected] ==== ORLINN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the body of the message.

Found amongst Thayer family memorabilia are the following two items: Program: Graduating Class of Scio High School, 1921: Leslie Thayer (my great-uncle, known as "Dutch") Maysel De Long Hazel De Long Lydia Shoure Zelma M. Piatt Principal, H. E. Tobie Assistant, Esther C. Humphrey Domestic Arts, Etta M. Morcom Class Flower: Pink Carnation Class Colors: Blue and Silver Class Motto: The higher we rise, the broader the view. Teacher's Contract, 1920-21: School District No. 95 hired Esther Humphrey to teach High School for a nine month period, for the sum of $140 per month. Signed by Miss Esther C. Humphrey, 633 Wasco St., Portland, OR, and School Board Members F. T. Thayer, Chairman; Jennie Shelton, Clerk; and Roy V. Shelton. I'm happy to share copies of these items with anyone researching these Linn Co. names! Regards, Lisa L. Jones mailto:[email protected]

I am looking for any information on Otto Adrian and Margaretha Walters married 1889 in Linn, Or. Their son is Walter Heinie Adrian married to Wilma Post, daughter of Walter E.Post and Effie Mae Tucker. The Tuckers had a farm in Lebanon,Or sometime in the 1920's or before. Other Tucker names are Llyod (Wilma's Uncle), Dick,Cora and Leland. I have very little information on this side of my family and would appreciate any help that might be out there. [email protected]

Thank you, Jan and Pat and all un-named Linn County volunteers, for your time and efforts! A few comments: >From the book "SCIO IN THE FORKS OF THE SANTIAM" by Carol Bates Page 59 Frank Thayer's chief interest was in harvesting. He started as a small boy tying and shocking bundles as his father cut the grain with a cradle or hand sickle. In 1891 in partnership with Lou Croisant he purchased his first steam threshing machine. They harvested through northern Linn County for many years. At one time he owned an improved and modern combine and operated it several seasons. Once during the low water season, Thayer was called upon to attach his steam engine to the Scio light and water plant and keep it in operation. Frank's daughter, my gr-aunt Freda Thayer, used to say: "Dad's three greatest loves were: his steam engine, his grandchildren, and his children -- in that order!" Thayer was Master of Jordan Valley Grange for many years, a mayor of Scio, and city councilman. He served as a school board member at Mt. Pleasant. "Oh God, here's Thayer's old cookwagon," exclaimed Raymond "Swede" Chromy of Scio. Mrs. Thayer and Oliver Beard's mother followed the threshing machine and cooked for the crew. "That's what they cooked on, this wagon. The hinged sides closed up," said Dolly Flanagan Young of Scio. I have numerous photos of the steam engine, Mt. Pleasant School, and the cook wagon! I'll check with Jan and see if she is interested in posting them on the Linn Co. Web. Thanks again to all the great Linn Co. volunteers! Regards, Lisa L. Jones mailto:[email protected]

Greetings, OR-Linn: I agree with Glenna -- thank you so very much to Jan and researcher Pat for preparing and sharing the Thayer info. And I *do* have Thayer's in my genealogy -- Frank Thayer was my gr-grandfather! See my notes to Jan's message, in a subsequent post. And thanks as always to the Linn County volunteers! Lisa L. Jones mailto:[email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Williams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 6:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ORLINN] Linn County Volunteer Although I don't have Frank Thayer in my genealogy, I was so pleased with the article the Linn County Volunteer passed along. It's people like this that help so much in genealogy research. Thank you for being YOU! Glenna in Shelton, WA ==== ORLINN Mailing List ==== Did you know you can search all RootsWeb mailing lists? Go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and type in the name of the list, such as ORLINN-L...

The credit goes to a Lebanon Genealogical Society member who does a lot of volunteer research for all of us. I won't mention any names, but she's wonderful. Several of us who post just sign ourselves Linn County Volunteer, but she's far and away the best of us <grin>. Jan Phillips [email protected] At 06:24 PM 1/10/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Although I don't have Frank Thayer in my genealogy, I was so pleased with >the article the Linn County Volunteer passed along. It's people like this >that help so much in genealogy research. Thank you for being YOU! >Glenna in Shelton, WA > > >==== ORLINN Mailing List ==== >Did you know you can search all RootsWeb mailing lists? Go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and type in the name of the list, such as ORLINN-L... > > >

Although I don't have Frank Thayer in my genealogy, I was so pleased with the article the Linn County Volunteer passed along. It's people like this that help so much in genealogy research. Thank you for being YOU! Glenna in Shelton, WA

>From the book "SCIO IN THE FORKS OF THE SANTIAM" by Carol Bates Page 59 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tilton Thayer had their 60th wedding anniversary on April 12, 1945. Frank was born Feb. 16, 1861, at Redwing, Minnesota. He came to Oregon in 1876 and at first, lived in the Mehama district. Then he moved to his Mt. Pleasant home in 1877. Mary Jane Irvine was born Jan. 22, 1866, in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Irvine, pioneers of 1852. Her parents were referred to as "Uncle Ben" and "Aunt Becky." Mary Jane and Frank Thayer were married at her parents' home on April 12, 1855. Rev. Samuel Miller, minister of the Mt. Pleasant Church, performed the ceremony. The couple lived in the Mt. Pleasant area where all of their ten children were born. For 20 years they lived on the Munkers place north of Scio. Then they moved to a residence in the Scio city limits. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cyrus resided in this house after 1945. The house is at NW Fourth Avenue at the end of NW Beech Street. Frank Thayer's chief interest was in harvesting. He started as a small boy tying and shocking bundles as his father cut the grain with a cradle or hand sickle. In 1891 in partnership with Lou Croisant he purchased his first steam threshing machine. They harvested through northern Linn County for many years. At one time he owned an improved and modern combine and operated it several seasons. Once during the low water season, Thayer was called upon to attach his steam engine to the Scio light and water plant and keep it in operation. Thayer was Master of Jordan Valley Grange for many years, a mayor of Scio, and city councilman. He served as a school board member at Mt. Pleasant. At Scio he served on the school board continuously for 35 years beginning when his eldest daughter, Elsie, started school and ending with Bobby, the youngest daughter, when she graduated from Scio High School. Mary Jane Thayer's chief interest centered around bringing up her ten children. She taught them to read, write and spell before they started to school. She planned her time so she could get all ten to Sunday School on time. She also taught Sunday School. She owned an organ and taught the first piano in the district and taught many of her grandchildren to play the piano. Several of the Irvine family members were "prominent." Robert Irvine, uncle of Mrs. Thayer, was a sheriff in Linn County. Senator Charles L. McNary was a first cousin of Mrs. Thayer's mother, Becky Irvine. Another relative, Milt Miller, was an Oregon state senator and a collector with the internal revenue service. Frank Irvine, long-time blind editor of the PORTLAND JOURNAL, was a cousin of Mrs. Thayer. The death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the Thayer's anniversary, April 12, 1945, brought to Mr. Thayer's memory the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Thayer, then only four years old, was so impressed by the grief which fell on everyone when the news arrived three weeks later at Redwing, he never forgot how the women burst into tears as though each had lost her own son. Thayer related many times his memory of seeing the women throw their aprons over their heads and sobbing so loudly. "Oh God, here's Thayer's old cookwagon," exclaimed Raymond "Swede" Chromy of Scio. Mrs. Thayer and Oliver Beard's mother followed the threshing machine and cooked for the crew. "That's what they cooked on, this wagon. The hinged sides closed up," said Dolly Flanagan Young of Scio. George Flanagan, the brother, said "I ate on that many times. I worked on the threshing machine one time. Enoch Shelton, that was Roy and Rolla's dad, was the roust-about. He'd go with the horse and buggy and get groceries for 'em. He'd go to the "crick" and get water. He'd bring water out in the field for the men to drink with a horse and buggy." "Went all over the Scio contryside wherever they thrashed. Wouldn't that be fun to follow that around and cook in that thing?" Dolly asked. "And the yellow-jackets would just eat you up. When you started to eat, you know, and they had a lot of cooked fruit. When they were out in the country, they'd get plums out of somebody's orchard and them old ladies would cook 'em for sauce, you know. And the yellow jackets-you couldn't hardly eat," George remarked. LEBANON EXPRESS, May 10, 1945 FRANK THAYER Frank Tilton Thayer died at his home in Scio May 4. He was born Feb. 16, 1861 at Red Wing, Minn., and he had lived in Scio since 1876. He and his wife, Mary Jane, whom he married at Mt. Pleassant, near Scio, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on April 12 of this year. Surviving are his widow, children, Mrs. Elsie Werst, Fairfax Thayer, Mrs. Bessie Shelton, Mrs. Ada Wiglesworth and Mrs. Bobby Stull, all of Portland, Ben Irvine Thayer, Lebanon, Mrs. Mable Hollis, Salem, Mrs. Neva Brock, Frank Leslie Thayer and Mrs. Freday Bray, all of Scio; a sister, Mrs. Julia Compton, Alberta, Can., 27 grandchildren and 15 great-grand children. Services were Monday at 2 p.m. in the Scio Baptist church, with burial in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery. The Harry C. Howe funeral home was in charge. Extracted from the Record of Funeral Frank Tilton Thayer d. 4 May 1945 at home in Scio age at death 84y 2m 18d b. 16 Feb 1861 Redwing, MN Retired farmer Funeral 7 May 1945 Monday 2 pm Baptist Church, Scio Clergy Rev. Losie Prof. White of Salem Resided in state 76 years Father - Fairfax S. Thayer b. Geneva NY Mother - Julia Roberts b. Plattsburg NY Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Scio, Oregon Sent by Jan, from research done by another Linn County Volunteer, Pat.

The 1900 Linn County Census, North and South Lebanon Precincts, are now online: http://www.usgennet.org/~or-lgs/census/1900/nandslebanonindex.html Note: these are complete transcriptions, not just head of household. Jan Phillips [email protected] Linn County GenWeb - http://www.usgennet.org/~orlinnco/ and http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinn/ Linn County-American Local History Network - http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/ Lebanon Genealogical Society - http://www.usgennet.org/~or-lgs/

Lisa, Have you tried the Scio Historical Society and Depot Museum, P.O. Box 226, Scio, OR 97374. The museum is at 39004 NE First, Scio, Oregon, 97374, and the hours are 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday (or by appointment). You can phone the museum at 541-394-2354. Jan At 06:13 AM 1/7/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Greetings, > >Numerous family anecdotes (and at least one newspaper clipping that I cannot >currently put my hands on!) inform that my gr-grandfather Frank Tilton >Thayer (1861-1945) served as Mayor of Scio at some point. Can anyone help >me confirm this story? > >Thanks in advance, > >Lisa L. Jones >mailto:[email protected]