Hi there! My name is Carol and I'm doing genealogy research that has led me to Polk County, OR and I wonder if anyone on this list has info re. my Aunt. Her name was Miriam A. (maiden name Davis) Murray (1st married name) Hughes (2nd married name). She married Percy Murray in Colorado in 1920, but some time after that they moved to Dallas, Oregon. Percy was a Polk County Sheriff, and some time before 1930 he went to work one day and was never seen again. Not him or his vehicle! Family lore (theory) is that he stumbled upon an illegal liquor operation (this was during prohibition) and was killed and he and his vehicle were 'disposed of'. Miriam must have finally had him declared dead because she did eventually remarry, although I don't know what year. Her second husband was Pearl H. Hughes who died in Polk Co. 2/13/1957 (Miriam lived in Dallas till 1982, the year she passed away). Pearl seems to have had long-standing roots to Polk Co. He appears in the 1900 Federal Census for Dallas, Polk Co., OR with his parents, Isaac and Mary Hughes. Any info you might have access to would be greatly appreciated, and any suggestions for research on these people would be great too. I am in contact with Miriam's grandson who lives outside of Portland, OR but he does not remember where Miriam and Pearl are buried (today I left a message on the recording for the Dallas Cemetery, but have not heard back from them as yet). Any help/suggestions you can provide--again I'd be grateful! Carol in Denver