[or-roots] Dale you should write a book

[Leslie Chapman]

Dale;

These folks are fascinating, if you find much more stuff like that, you
should write a book, change the names and come up with some good pun of
Peyton place with an Oregon twist, it'd be a best seller!

And I can't even find so much as a horse theif in my family tree, the only
sensational "relative" I have ever known about I can't even prove is a
relative, about all the proof I have is some of my Kin changed their surname
so as not to be associated with he and his.

Les c

-----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 Harguess,
Dale
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 3:51 PM
To: or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us
Subject: RE: [or-roots] early marriage record



Interesting doesn't even begin to tell it.  I found Emanuel living in
California after the divorce and he had remarried and had about 6 more
children.  He later moved back up to either Oregon or Washington as I
found him again in the census.  I don't know where this name Stephen
came from as I have never seen Samuel listed as anything but Samuel.  He
had three children by a previous marriage, Minerva Ann Deford, Jasper
Deford and Jane Deford.  Minerva was born in Illinois or Ohio, I can't
remember which and Jasper and Jane were born in Iowa.
I found Samuel Deford living with wife Lucintha in the 1860 census in
Linn County Oregon.  Jasper, Jane and Ann were also living in the
household.
I have never seen or heard this story about the seduction and it is very
intriguing.
After I had assumed Samuel Deford died, Lucintha remarried a guy named
Harris and was living I believe in the 1880 census with Minerva's
daughter also in the household and referred to as a boarder.  Her last
name was McCann.
I like to refer to Lucintha as the Witch of the west as she acquired
quite a bit of wealth through her three husbands and left everything to
her three Horner children and aced out the Deford kids.  Jane Deford was
raised by Lucintha from the time she was an infant but obviously she
cared not for her or her siblings.
I have never been able to find where Samuel Deford is buried and also
never have found their marriage.
Thanks for all the info.
Dale