[or-roots] Whitman County, Washington

Wed May 20 15:16:01 PDT 2009

That makes sense.  My ggg many times great grandfather just pulled up stakes after successfully having a farm near Scio and moved to Hardman to be a teamster.  His kids went on to Columbia County WA and Idaho and even Alaska.  They were definitely into continuously improving their lot.

From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Kith-n-Kin
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Whitman County, Washington

Dale

This is what I know.  Along about 1860 or so, (maybe earlier) the mines opened up in eastern Oregon and Idaho. Many men took to transporting goods to the mines, others went to work in the mines.

Originally, from the Willamette, they took goods up to the Columbia, then up the Columbia to the Snake, and northeast from there.  

Later, the “road” through the Cascades cut off quite a lot of the journey – the McKenzie route.

I don’t know if the article I attached will come through. It says:

“Pack trains are now passing through, or leaving here, almost every day for the mines. Mr. George Parks, of Douglas county, left here on Monday, with several animals, for the upper country, where he has a train that he used between Lewiston and Bannock last summer. Others have passed through during the week. >From present appearances it will be but a very short time till the McKenzie route will be open to travel. Persons passing through will then fit out here, instead of at the Dalles, and save two hundred miles travel, and much unnecessary expense.”

The above was in the Oregon State Journal, in 1864. George was my  3ggrandfather.  His wife, Cynthia was sister to the Andrew Jackson Richardson we’ve been talking about here.

In their case, the story is that GBW (George) saw the base of Steptoe Canyon, on the Snake (it wasn’t called that at the time, of course) during one of these journeys, and decided it would be a great place for an orchard. 

In all, three siblings joined, plus spouses of children and their siblings….and it goes on.

I have noted quite a number of names from the early Linn County families in Whitman, Asotin, Walla, Walla, Nez Perce and the other counties along the Snake. It would be interesting to do a “socio-gram” on the group.

Pat

In Tucson

From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Harguess, Dale
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:08 AM
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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Whitman County, Washington

I wonder if anyone has looked into the history of Whitman County to try to figure out what the attraction was.  Was there gold there?  Or some other industry to cause people to move up there.  I too had a great grandfather that went there from Umatilla County, Oregon.

From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Barbara Herring
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:34 PM
To: Denise Sproed; or-roots mail list
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" <denisesproed at onlinenw.com>
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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" <Kith-n-Kin at cox.net>
To: "'Denise Sproed'" <denisesproed at onlinenw.com>; "'or-roots mail list'" 
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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" <Kith-n-Kin at cox.net>
> To: "'or-roots mail list'" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> 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 <G>
>>
>> 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 <G> 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" <Kith-n-Kin at cox.net>
>> To: <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
>> 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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