[or-roots] flicks and more lookups offered

[Marsha Bradley-Luthy]

I am a nurse, just go to the Board of Nursing give them a 
call great people to deal with
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 6:38 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] flicks and more lookups offered


> On page 58 it mentions Mrs. Dorothy Bennet was Cottage Grove Hospital
> Director of Nursing Service some time around 1960 to 65, the exact date is
> obscure. It might be possible to inquire of the current hospital
> administration about her, but doubtful as CG Hospital went bankrupt in the
> 1990's and only very recently has a new one opened. I have no idea what was
> done with the old one's records.
> 
> The other reference is more likely to be from your family, a Reverend Bennet
> was one of the first ministers of a Sunday School organized in 1880 at a
> school house on Silk Creek. The book is a little vague about where on Silk
> Creek.
> 
> If you're not familiar with the Geography of the CG area Silk creek is west
> of town and the "community" is about a mile from downtown. Bennet Creek is
> at the North West corner of town which would put it on the Creswell Side.
> 
> pgs 58, 222, Bennet creek gets mentioned on pgs 1, 23, 188
> 
> The page one reference mentions an apparent indian village on Bennet Creek
> considering the amount of artifacts found there and that in 1970 there was
> still standing a stump from an ancient forest that they hadn't burned, on
> page 23 it mentions piped water to the city from Bennet creek began to flow
> in 1892 and page 188 talks about an early brick kiln on Bennett Creek.
> 
> I find no Bennett in the 1880 Census in CG on the LDS site, which is a bit
> strange since the book sort of implies, you might want to go to
> 
> http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/searc
> h_census.asp
> 
> (make sure the whole line is in the URL spot all the way to census.asp)
> 
> select US 1880 Census, type in Bennet and select Oregon for census state and
> Lane county and you will find 15 individuals in four familys, the heads of
> which are; C. BENNETT, John BENNETT, Chas BENNETT and  F. M. GATCH, the last
> is the son-in-law of SF Bennet and his wife Anna who are living with him.
> 
> I would bet it was your Bennets the creek was named for, but they didn't get
> credit for it in the book.
> 
> Les Chapman
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 7:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] flicks and more lookups offered
> 
> 
> Could you see if there is any information regarding Bennett family who lived
> at Goshen in Lane County.  They came to the area in 1854 and lived there
> until at least 1910 or later.  Thanks.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 11:11 AM
> 
> Subject: [or-roots] flicks and more lookups offered
> 
> Okay, I am being such a wise guy, we'll see if I can figure out how to do it
> in Outlook express, I have to send this in html format which list Mom had
> said wasn't allowed but which any number of folks have been using on a
> regular basis.
> 
> When she get back from vacation she is probably going to be very cross with
> us.
> 
> By the way my sister-in-law laid a copy of two Cottage Grove Sentinel
> publications on me yesterday, if anyone thinks there might be info of
> intereste to them I would be glad to check. I know someone on the list
> mentioned in the past having a ancestor that was in the Bohemia Mining
> District in the early days and that is the main reason I mention this;
> 
> Bohemia Gold: Bohemia Mining District
> Lane County, Oregon
> The Bonanza Years
> 1885 - 1910
> by Ivan C. Hoyer
> 
> Golden Was the Past
> 1850 - 1970
> Cottage Grove Oregon
> 
>  The Writers Discussion Group
> 
> As I understand it both of these are sold out, they only published limited
> runs. This is about the fourth edition of Golden with the past though so if
> folks are interested they can badger the Cottage Grove Sentinel and maybe
> inspire them to publish more.
> 
> Les C.
> 
> 
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