[or-roots] Whitman County, Washington

[Nancy Lee Adams]

I was at an very old cemetery many years ago in Columbia Co., WA. where my pioneer families went - lived & died, Walla Walla/Dayton, WA. & area. I remember seeing a very old grave & the name Gallaher on a headstone. I forgot the first name. It was at Smith Hollow or Covello Cemetery?. The cemetery was not taken care of it's up a a small hill where the farmer was plowing all around the hill & even getting into the graves - closer & closer. We walked up to the graves from the road & it was out in the middle of no where. I can't find that name at Smith Hollow & Covello online, darn. Next time I'm up that way I will go there & take more pictures. 

*Don't forget to check out Columbia County for your family graves that went that direction.  You never know where they ended up in the end.    Nancy

Columbia County, Washington Cemetery Records
Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. 

Following Cemeteries (hosted At Columbia County, Washington Tombstone Transcription Project)

  a.. Bundy Hollow (Mt. Pleasant View) Cemetery 
  b.. Covello (Evergreen) Cemetery 
  c.. Highland Cemetery 
  d.. Huntsville (Bicklehaupt Hill) Cemetery 
  e.. Marengo Cemetery 
  f.. Pioneer Memorial (Newland) Cemetery 
  g.. Smith Hollow Cemetery 
  h.. Starbuck Cemetery 
  i.. Turner (Berry Evans) Cemetery 
Following Cemeteries (hosted at Interment)

  a.. Bundy Hollow Cemetery 
  b.. Covello (Evergreen) Cemetery 
  c.. Dayton Cemetery 
  d.. Highland Cemetery 
  e.. Huntsville (Bicklehaupt) Cemetery 
  f.. Marengo Cemetery 
  g.. Pioneer Cemetery 
  h.. Smith Hollow Cemetery 
  i.. Starbuck Cemetery 
  j.. Starbuck Cemetery 
  k.. Turner (Berry Evans) Cemetery 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Herring" <barbhg1221 at comcast.net>
To: "Denise Sproed" <denisesproed at onlinenw.com>, "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:33:55 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Whitman County, Washington

Like Denise, I have had Oregon families go to Whitman Co., WA, but I also have some that were there a little earlier than that.  Some stayed; some came on to Oregon.  If you are doing Whitman Co., WA research, be sure that you take a look at the Washington Digital Archives:  http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Default.aspx Barbara Herring ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Sproed" To: "or-roots mail list" Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:13:59 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [or-roots] Whitman County, Washington I have noticed that quite a number of my "Oregon" families migrated up into Whitman County (1880's-1900's).   It is interesting to see the migration patterns for time periods. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: "'Denise Sproed'" ; "'or-roots mail list'" Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:33 AM Subject: RE: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County > Denise > > You are absolutely right, which is part of the problem. > > It's pretty clear by now that the siblings lived close to each other, and > communicated regularly.  So, they probably all went to Whitman County, > Washington about the same time (1880) and the widow and children may have > simply been missed.  I think I'll know more when I see the 1899 probate -- > 19 years after he died, but only one year after his wife died. > > What fun! > > Pat > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us > [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Denise > Sproed > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:49 AM > To: or-roots mail list > Subject: Re: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County > > Sometimes folks did travel to a cemetery where "other family" were buried > so > > it isn't necessarily a confirmation that folks lived in an area because > someone is buried there.  There are also unmarked graves. > > Unfortunately we do not have "good" death record coverage before the early > 1900's and even then it can be rather spotty.  I have one relative alive > in > 1930 in Roseburg (having lived there most of his lifetime) and I have not > found him on any death records.  I'm fairly certain that he has died > (Isaac > Matthews b 15 Jul 1853 OR) but no idea where or when. > > Denise > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kith-n-Kin" > To: "'or-roots mail list'" > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:25 PM > Subject: Re: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County > > >> Sue >> >> Thank you so much. I don't know what was wrong with my Googling -- it >> seems >> so obvious now >> >> So, only the one child buried there. Which tells me that they left after >> 1878. >> >> It doesn't tell me how they missed the census taker for two decades. >> Hmmm.  If they were in Linn for the 1860, and daughter died in 1878, they >> should have been there for the 1870. >> >> And, even if he died in Umatilla or Union in 1880, they should have been >> there. By then, I'm finding some of the kids -- spottedly. (is that a >> word? >> Hmm) >> >> I'm not, however, finding him in any of the listed cemeteries in Umatilla >> or >> Union counties. Dang. >> >> I think I'll skip the cemetery and focus my efforts on the courthouse. >> You >> never know. >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us >> [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Sue >> Steward >> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:56 PM >> To: or-roots mail list >> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County >> >> http://www.usgennet.org/usa/or/town/lebanon/cems/claypool.html >> >> Here is a transcription, don't know if it is complete.  Has Andrew >> Richardson's daughter there. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kith-n-Kin" >> To: >> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 12:59 PM >> Subject: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County >> >> >> On the 1878 Atlas of Marion and Linn Counties, map 7, page 81, upper >> right >> corner, in "Center" there is a cemetery marked on the property of Andrew >> Richardson, including part of the original DLC of Aaron Claypool. I >> looked >> this up on the GNIS and apparently it's called the "Claypool" cemetery, >> and >> according to Findagrave it includes some Parrish's, Washburns, Jacksons, >> etc. >> >> Does anyone have a complete census of this cemetery? Or know anything >> about >> it? >> >> I'm trying to find out what happened to Andrew Jackson Richardson who >> married Mary Jane Gallaher. They disappear from the censuses after 1860, >> though there is evidence of children born after 1870.  I eventually find >> her, and some of the children, in Washington. She and a daughter are >> buried >> in the same cemetery as Andrew Jackson's sister, Cynthia (Richardson) >> Parks, >> in Colton, Whitman County, Washington. >> >> One descendant indicates that he may have died in Umatilla County about >> 1880, but why no census? What's going on here? >> >> Since I'm going to be going to Portland in a couple of weeks, and plan to >> visit Linn county, the courthouse, the cemetery, etc, anything I can find >> out now will help. >> >> Pat >> in Tucson >> >> 
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