[or-roots] Rollcall - Bonebrakes

[Robyn Greenlund]

Judy Robertson wrote:

"BONEBRAKE, William F to Roseburg by Ox Cart in 1862.  EUB minister  lived at Coos Bay and served the church there on 2 different calls.   Eventually died in Goldendale WA as did his wife.  They were residing there  because there son lived there.  SON was the first doctor in  Goldendale."

I don't have any information on William F. Bonebrake specifically, but do have quite a bit of information about family members in the area. The other researchers to connect with is Bonnie Bonebrake brendabonebrake at msn.com. and Coos County commissioner, Gordon Ross. The Ross family and the Bonebrakes were interconnected and Gordon has a wealth of information concerning his family in the area. A write-up in the local paper for the 150th celebration of Coos County had this to say:

    "The net the Ross family has thrown over Coos County began with B.F. (Frank) Ross. Born in 1827, the Indiana native first found work as a scout for migrants traversing the Santa Fe Trail before moving west for good in 1850, initially to the Willamette Valley. After a brief foray as a prospector during the California gold rush, Frank Ross returned north in 1852 to found a settlement at the future site of Empire, later Coos County’s first seat of government. 
 The following year he was host to a settler party that included three women, believed to be the first white female visitors to the Bay Area. (One, Esther Lockhart, recorded the event in her journal: “... that night we slept on a punchen [split board] floor at the home of our genial friend Frank Ross and along with about 40 other people and feasted sumptuously on clams, salmon, roast duck and geese.”)
 Eleven years later, after marrying Rhoda Elizabeth Bonebrake, Ross and his brother-in-law Josiah Bonebrake settled land claims — which the Ross family still holds today — at the mouth of what is now called Ross Inlet."
  I also have this link http://www.cynthiasplace.net/sections/genealogy/conklin/gp0.htm#head2 
which shows the following information for your William F. Bonebrake

William Frederick BONEBRAKE     
 Born: 25 Sep 1814   - Preble, Ohio
 Marr:  7 Feb 1837   - Fountain Co., IN  
 Died:  5 Nov 1887   - Goldendale, WA

This same reference shows a Charles L. Bonebrake as a son. 
Information I have found from others shows that the Charles 
L. Bonebrake from Bonnie Bonebrake (her husband is 
the g-grandson?) was actually originally a Granby, but was 
adopted by J.V. and Sarah (ROSS) Bonebrake. The families 
lived up Ross Inlet just to the east of Coos Bay in about 
1864.

Biographies for the Bonebrakes can be found in "A Century of 
Coos & Curry County" and "Pioneer History of Coos and Curry 
Counties" by Orvil Dodge. I can transcribe them if needed,
but none of them reference your William. I do show 
J.V. Bonebrake coming to Coos County Dec 10, 1862. Henry S.
Bonebrake, reported to be the son of William F., in his
biography indicates he came to Coos County in 1866 and
settled on Catching Slough which is off Ross Inlet as I recall.

I also understand the book "Stars in the Dark" references
the Bonebrakes multiple times, but I have not researched 
this book as yet.

Robyn Greenlund
Myrtle Point





		
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