[or-roots] Looking for my ggggf

[dgoodma02 at comcast.net]

thanks Beth.  Every little bit helps.

--
Bob Goodman 
USAF Retired 
University Place, Washington

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From: Beth Perry Johnston <bpjohnston at charter.net> 

> dgoodma02 at comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> > There is evidence that the entire Goodman Family moved west in 1861 or 
> > so on the Oregon Trail 
> 
> [snip] 
> 
> Bob, 
> 
> This won't help you much with George Washington Goodman, Sr. or Jr., but 
> maybe has something for you about other Goodmans moving in the early 
> 1860s. This is from recollections of Nancy Angeline Gerking, who in 1862 
> traveled by ox train with her family from from Sullivan Co., MO. It is 
> taken from the book /The Gerking Family in America/, 3rd edition, by 
> Florence (Chappelle) Bowe, granddaughter of "Angie." 
> 
> " . . . . This was early in the spring of 1862. Father Gerking 
> immediately sold his farm, loaded his wagons with household goods and 
> supplies and about April 1st started for Oregon. He was acompanied by 
> his sons and daughters and others. They were joined at Twin Springs, 
> Nebraska by an ox train from Iowa. A Mr. Yont was selected captain of 
> the expedition that included Mr. Williamson, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Joe 
> Goodman who was driving a team of mules, Mr. Enos Goodman and Miss Emma 
> Goodman who was blind. There were others whose names are unknown. . . . 
> 
> "The party arrived in due time and settled on Howell's Prairie in what 
> is now the Bethany District near Silverton in Marion County. Father 
> Gerking at first rented the Tom Shaw place, later buying a tract of land 
> on the road to Silver Creek (now Silverton). This is near the present 
> Bethany Church and Cemetery. . . . This land was sold in 1871/2 and the 
> family moved to the vicienity of Centerville (now Athena) in Umatilla 
> County, Oregon. Father, sons and sons-in-law settled on adjacent claims 
> in an area now known as Gerking Flat." 
> 
> [snip] 
> 
> Beth Johnston 
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