[or-roots] David Presley
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Wed Oct 19 08:11:08 PDT 2005
leslie, u are wonderful.info i have on david presley jr. born 1803 in south
carolina.died 1877.buried at pioneer cem. in brownsville.jerry had had dna
test and he matches back to 1700 in this line. david was his
gggrandfather.the family has a web site on roots that is great thks
again.barb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "Oregon List" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:39 PM
Subject: [or-roots] David Presley
> Listers, an email came through last night asking about joining our little
> group, I emailed them direct to point out that as far as I could tell they
> had joined and they sent me back direct the purpose of their search so I
> have put the following together along with my little "up on the soap box
> blurb" about providing the list with as much info as possible when posting
> a
> query which we all tend to forget from time to time.
>
> Les C
>
>
>
> Subject: Re: joining what??
>
>
> thanks.jerry's great grandfather david presley donated the land for the
> state fairgrounds and we have been trying to find some info on him and
> loose
> and any flights of fancy are fine lol.barb presley
>
> * * * * * * *
>
> Presley, David Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277A
> Presley, David Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277B
> Presley, David Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277C
> Presley, David Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277D
> Presley, David Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277E
> Presley, David Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277F
> Presley, David Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277G
>
> I figure this is your guy since the State Fairgrounds are in Marion Co and
> obviously this guy had land. In Jackson county we find a David of the
> divorcing kind;
>
> Presley, David A vs Presley, Minnie E 01-19-1900 Divorce Jackson County
> P03
> #07
> Presley, David A vs Presley, Jennie May 06-27-1908 Divorce Jackson County
> P03 #08
>
> From; http://www.open.org/~pioneerc/pg38.html
>
> LAST: Savage FIRST: John MID:
> GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME: TITLE:
> BORN: 18 Sep 1826 DIED: 23 Jan 1908 BURIED: 25 Jan 1908
> ETHNIC: OCCUPATION: Farmer
> BIRTH PLACE : Ohio
> DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
> NOTES:
> IOOF - John Savage, Sr., age 81, born in Ohio, died in Salem of dropsy,
> was
> an old settler here; OSBH (Marion County 1908) #5707 - John Savage, Sr.,
> male, married, b. Ohio, d. 23 Jan 1908 in Salem, Oregon at the age of 81
> years, father born in Ohio (name hard to read), interment IOOF 25 Jan
> 1908,
> undertaker A. M. Clough, no informant listed; 1870 Census - John Savage,
> age
> 43, farmer, b. Ohio, is enumerated with Morgan L. (18, teacher, b.
> Oregon),
> Ellen (9, b. Oregon), Alice (6, b. Oregon), George O. (12, b. Oregon) and
> Etta (5, b. Oregon); BIOGRAPHICAL: "John Savage, subject of this sketch,
> was
> born September 16, 1826, in Ohio and with his father, Towner Savage, and
> the
> rest of the family, moved to Schoolcraft, Michigan, where they lived a few
> years and from there immigrated to Oregon in 1846. A more extended account
> of Towner Savage and his genealogy appears elsewhere in this volume. John
> Savage was but twenty years of age when he crossed the plains and no doubt
> drove an ox team or herded the loose stock, to do his bit. In their
> immigrant train were Sidney, Tom and Asa Smith, a family by name of Walker
> and others. Oscar Williams was captain of the train. Four years after his
> arrival in the Willamette Valley he married Rhoda Presley, daughter of
> David
> Presley. They were married at the old Presley home, just west of the
> Oregon
> state fairgrounds, in 1850, and went to live on their donation land claim
> four miles northeast of Salem, on the Silverton road, in a log house he
> had
> built several years before. After Rhoda's death, John Savage married
> Eleanor
> Tarrant. As to his religious belief, John Savage was a Universalist and a
> democrat as to politics. He learned the trade of blacksmith from John
> Bash,
> one of the first men of that trade in Salem, Oregon. At the time they
> moved
> on their claim, Mr. Savage said the native grass was so high that when his
> oxen laid down it was very hard to find them, and the nearest flour mill
> at
> the time they came to Oregon was below Oregon City, and it took two days
> by
> ox team to make the trip one way. The children of John Savage and Rhoda
> Presley were: Morgan, who died 1879, unmarried. Letitia, who married W. G.
> Evans. Eliza, who married J. W. Brooks. George 0, who married Sarah
> Walker.
> Ella, who married Prince Byrne. Hannah, died aged 3 years, in 1866. Alice,
> who married William Martin. Etta, who married L. P. Gleason." From:
> Steeves,
> Sarha Hunt, BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE OF MARION COUNTY, OREGON, PIONEERS 1840 -
> 1860, Portland, Oregon, The Berncliff Press, 1927 (Source: G. O. Savage,
> Salem, Oregon, 1926) pp 67-68.
>
> Savage, Rhoda
> LAST: Savage FIRST: Rhoda MID:
> GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Presley TITLE: Mrs.
> BORN: 26 Jan 1832 DIED: 12 Mar 1866 BURIED: Mar 1866
> ETHNIC: OCCUPATION: Housewife
> DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
> NOTES:
> First wife of John Savage
> INSCRIPTION:
> Savage, Rhoda: wife of John Savage,
> died 12 Mar 1866, aged 34 years, 1 month, 17 days
> SOURCES:
> DAR pg 16
>
> * * * * *
>
> Oddly, the parents aren't there?
>
> On a Marion Co., query page;
>
> Re: CANNON; PRESLEY; SMITH
>
> Posted by Kirby Ross <dthill at uswest.com> on Mon, 10 May 1999
>
> Surname: Cannon, Presley, Smith
> Looking for information on MARY SMITH CANNON/LEWIS W. CANNON who settled
> in
> Marion County ca. 1849, along with DAVID PRESLEY/MAHALA WELTY PRESLEY.
> SIDNEY SMITH/BARBARA PRESLEY SMITH settled in Marion County in 1853, moved
> to Linn County with David Presley ca. 1860.
>
>
> from; http://www.rootsweb.com/~molincol/misc/ms-smith-history.htm
> 140 Years Of Smith History July 2004
>
> 1847 1848 Lewis and Mary Smith Cannon, and daughter Rachel, go to Marion
> County, Oregon, on the Oregon Trail.
> 1848 David Presley and Mahala Welty Presley, and children,
> including Barbara, go to Oregon.
> 1848 Sidney goes back to Oregon. Given the family
> relationships, the
> Cannon's, Presley's and Sidney, probably all
> traveled
> together.
> Thomas and Azariah will either go back with him or
> go
> back in
> 1849 with Calvin.
> 13 Feb 1849 Sidney Smith marries Barbara Presley in Linn Co.
> Oregon, then goes on to California, leaving his wife
> with
> the Presley's. They will have four children.
>
> I see that the Salem Census taker in 1860 was a lazy twit, just first
> initial for everybody on the page.
>
> Trying to figure out what happened to Rhoda is a puzzle, there are three J
> Savages in Marion county in 1870 none of them married to a Rhoda., DUH LES
> I
> just checked her date of death, no wonder I can't find her in 1870 or
> 1880.
> I assume the two male Presley's born in Missouri that show up in Linn Co
> in
> the 1870 Census are Rhoda's brothers.
>
> That is about all the damage I can do from here. Someone in the Salem area
> could probably do more research there.
>
> I am surprised there is no mention in the Blue book or online how the fair
> grounds were acquired, specifically no mention of David, but as we see
> from
> the Savage inscription it is close to the fairgrounds.
>
> Les C
>
>
>
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