[or-roots] timber in Whitman County WA

[Eugene V. Barnes]

MessageOregon, I understand passed a law in the 1880s requiring counties to forward vital stats to one central office.
By about 1930 most counties had started to comply.  I have a grandfather who died and there is NO record
of his death in 1905 , and we had a grand child of his with no date of birth or death crca about 1904, and
my father born in 1906 had no birth certificate.  His sister born in MInn had to make a ceclaration in 
1942 as to his birth.  So if you can't find some one in Oregon, the above is one reason.

The Archives do now have on line late birth and other late reported events.

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Harguess, Dale 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:41 PM
  Subject: RE: [or-roots] timber in Whitman County WA


  Have to pop in here.  I have been searching for my great grandfather for years.  I didn't know if he died or what, I only knew that he and his wife divorced and she remarried.  They were both born in Oregon and my grandmother was too.  It never occurred to me to look in Washington.  Can you believe that I found him with a new wife living in Whitman in the 1910 census and on top of that I found my grandmother's first husband also living in Whitman in the same census.  Now if I could just find out what happened to him after that.  He just disappears.

  His name was Thomas Howell and he too had remarried a woman who had a daughter.  I don't know where they got married but the census said they had been married either 3 or 4 years, I can't remember.

  Dale



  -----Original Message-----
  From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Kith-n-Kin
  Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:25 PM
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
  Subject: RE: [or-roots] timber in Whitman County WA



  Judy



  Thanks!  



  Now that I brought it up, I thought I'd check the actual BLM records. Surprise!  These kids had either homesteads, or "cash sales entry - 3 Stat. 566" entries. No "timber culture." Go figure. 



  So, some family "legend" was not quite on target. But what about 2ggrandpa?  I don't find his land in Whitman at all. Yet, I've seen the plat maps for said land, and been to the farm personally. My guess is he bought it from the patentee, and it was a secondary sale, therefore not on the land records.



  Shows to go you -- never trust your relatives memories.



  Pat

    -----Original Message-----
    From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of JudyRobertson39 at aol.com
    Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 15:49
    To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
    Subject: [or-roots] timber in Whitman County WA

    At one time, before the farming became so prevalent and late in the 1800's there was significant timber on the Palouse Hills.  So much so that Rockford Wa (located in southern Spokane County) was inundated with loggers.  The loggers tended to enjoy Saturday night and Rockford boasted of the highest crime rate in the US for the period of time that logging went on in the area. These crimes consisted primarily of murdering each other.(Spokane and Whitman counties adjoin)
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