[or-roots] Fw: Marcola Cem. Springfield, OR.

Nancy Lee Adams nancydean at columbia-center.org
Fri Mar 12 14:33:02 PST 2010


I got a bit confused.. got it right now.
Marcola Cem. is just a skip from actual town of Marcola, OR. but Cem. listed as in Springfield, Lane Co., OR.  sorry about that : ) 
Nancy
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This is interesting I found Marcola Cemetery on Google earth this one's not in Marcola OR.? but reads Springfield, Lane Co. OR. zip code - 97478.. Maybe this is why we couldn't find it?

more reading (Marcola, OR.)
Marcola .  (READ THIS) 
Sharon Jakeways scrubs a century of grime from a headstone at Marcola Cemetery. On the back of the stone, the cleaning revealed a poem about the death of ...
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=20010701&id...


Mohawk Valley History | Schools 
School was also held in the log building at the present Marcola Cemetery. Prior to 1876, a frame building was built on the Wendling road half way between ...
mohawk.historiceugene.com/schools.htm - Cached

Nancy
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  Fields:  Thank you so much.  I would appreciate any of the census you can help me w/.  I have:  William Fields b. 20 Oct. 1829 Ray co., Missouri  d. 1880 Marcola, OR. (I can't verify this or find the cem. on line, Johnson Crk. Cem.  Marcola, OR) His parents> Thomas Fields and Rebecca Riggs.  He marries Elizabeth Carter 19 Dec. 1853 she was b. 1834 IA. and died 1880 or 1887.  Their children that I have: Melissa Caroline Fields b. abt. 1856 Linn co., OR., Mary M. Fields b. 14 Dec. 1873 d. 29 Mar. 1924 WA.,  Matilda Ann b. 14 Dec. 1857 Crawdfordsville, OR. d. 29 Mar. 1924,  George b. abt. 1864, Thomas b. abt. 1868 Linn co., OR., John Fields b. 09 Mar. 1869 d. 1936 Lane co., OR., Robert Henry (my ggrandfather) b. 25 Nov. 1873 d. 29 Oct. 1951 Scio, Linn, OR.(haven't found obit to verify) He married Phoebey TN. Barnard 30 Jul. 1895 Scio, Linn co., OR.
  The Thomas does look like a match.  I tried going in on the OR. death index, and couldn't find anything.  I tried the WA. digital index, and they state that you aren't allowed to see the death records.  Something abt. the site, almost froze my computer.  I had  nothing but errors from internet explorer.  Thank you again for your help,  Laura   birdman_326 at msn.com
   
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Laura; Have you tried the death index? I don't have access to it past 1030, but you can probably find it at a locallibray or Fam History center. For your great grandfather is one of these him? Name				Death Date		County	Certificate # Fields, William Henry	14 January 1929	Union			7Fields, William		26 June 1927	Portland		1756Fields, William		08 March 1913	Union			1279Fields, William		11 December 1906	Josephine		2444 There is a John Fields in Crook Co in 1900 who may be the one you have anobit for; Wife Ida, son Fred? 4, dau Polly 2 and son Nelson 1. TJ is a possible match; Series: T623  Roll: 233  Page: 252 Surname	GivenName	Age	Sex	Race	Birthplace	State	County  Location		YearFIELDS	T J		32	M	W	OR		ID	LATAH	  GOLD CRK PCT	1900 b. may 1862 OR, but parents bp not a match, both listed as Illinois I think.he is single, a laborer and literate etc 1910 we find John still in Crook county, wife number 2 Marette of 7 years;ch Freddie, Polly and Nelson 14, 12, 11 Wash vital rcrds index; DA Reference Number:	{3BF2759C-4F26-4677-9348-96828FC0B181}Image Number:	1037Document Number:	28Document Reference ID:	221Name:	Thomas FieldsDate Of Death:	19 Feb 1922Age:	55Gender:	MaleFather Name:	William FieldsBatch ID:	            275980Batch Locality:	      Washington, United StatesDeath Place:	      Spokane, Spokane, WashingtonMother Name GN:	      AnnMother Name Surname:	Carter I would say this is a pretty good match for Thomas. I will do a little more digging, if you want the census images off list Ican send them to you. Les C >George Fields born abt. 1864 and brother Thomas Fields born abt. 1868 inOregonOn abt. 1934, John Fields obit says he has brother, Robert H. Fields(myggrandfather) surviving. I can't track George or Thomas after 1880 Linn co.,OR. William Fields and Elizabeth Carter are the parents of these brothers.Can anyone help me, please.  I'd appreciate any advice.  Thank you,  Laura<          

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Okay this just got more interesting; in 1920 a George Fields b OR age 50shows up in Portland with wife Gertrude L age 38 b Nevada and niece LoisThayer age 20 b in Oregon. Again he is a bit off, perhaps self concsious about being 16 years olderthan wife instead of 12? Parents bp don't match either, lists MO and PAinstead of MO IA as listed in 1880, but assuming the Robert H inCrawfordsville in 1900 is your guy wrong bp for parents is normal. Interesting that Robt is such a stay at home and the rest of them are allover th place? Les C >George Fields born abt. 1864 and brother Thomas Fields born abt. 1868 inOregonOn abt. 1934, John Fields obit says he has brother, Robert H. Fields(myggrandfather) surviving. I can't track George or Thomas after 1880 Linn co.,OR. William Fields and Elizabeth Carter are the parents of these brothers.Can anyone help me, please.  I'd appreciate any advice.  Thank you,  Laura<         _______________________________________________or-roots mailing listor-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.ushttp://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots  

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  Laura - This must be your ggrandfather in the 1930 census 
  Reads,                                  
  Nancy


  Robert born in OR.


  both his parents born in MO.  BUT the 1900 census 
  reads father born in OR & mother born in MO.?


  Occupation, laborer in a saw mill 











  Ancestry.com






  1930 United States Federal 
  Census 
  about Robert H Fields 




     
     
       

           
           
             Name: 
             Robert H Fields 

           
             Home in 1930: 
             

              Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon
              View Map 

           
             Age: 
             

              57 

           
             Estimated birth year: 
             abt 1873 

           
             Birthplace: 
             Oregon 

           
             Relation to Head of House: 
             Head 

           
             Spouse's name: 
             Phebe T 

           
             Race: 
             White 

           
             

              Occupation:

              Education:

              Military 
              service:

              Rent/home value:

              Age at first 
              marriage:

              Parents' birthplace: 
             


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                   Name 
                   Age 

                 
                   Robert H Fields 
                   57 

                 
                   Phebe T Fields 
                   55 

                 
                   Evy Violet 
                    Fields 
                   16 
             

           
              







        1900 United States Federal 
        Census 
        about Robert H Fields 





           
           
             

                 
                 
                   Name: 
                   Robert H Fields 

                 
                   Home in 1900: 
                   Crawfordsville, Linn, 
                    Oregon 

                 
                   Age: 
                   27 

                 
                   Birth Date: 
                   Dec 1872 

                 
                   Birthplace: 
                   Oregon 

                 
                   Race: 
                   White 

                 
                   Gender: 
                   Male 

                 
                   Relationship 
                    to Head of House: 
                   Head 

                 
                   Father's Birthplace: 
                   Oregon 

                 
                   Mother's Birthplace: 
                   Missouri 

                 
                   Spouse's name: 
                   Phebe 

                 
                   Marriage Year: 
                   1894 

                 
                   Marital Status: 
                   Married 

                 
                   Years Married: 
                   6 

                 
                   Residence : 
                   Sweet Home City, Linn, 
                    Oregon 

                 
                   Occupation: 
                   View on 
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                   Household Members: 
                   

                       
                       
                         Name 
                         Age 

                       
                         Robert H 
                          Fields 
                         27 

                       
                         Phebe 
                          Fields 
                         22 

                       
                         James W 
                          Fields 
                         4 

                       
                         Anna 
                          Fields 
                         1 
                   

                 
                    
             
             



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  From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>


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  Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:43 PM


  Subject: [or-roots] Fields; Tkhomas George et 
  al




  > Laura;
  > 

  > Have you tried the death index?
  > 
  > I don't have access to 
  it past 1030, but you can probably find it at a local
  > libray or Fam 
  History center.
  > 
  > For your great grandfather is one of these 
  him?
  > 
  > Name Death Date County Certificate #
  > 
  > 
  Fields, William Henry 14 January 1929 Union 7
  > Fields, William 26 June 
  1927 Portland 1756
  > Fields, William 08 March 1913 Union 1279
  > 
  Fields, William 11 December 1906 Josephine 2444
  > 
  > There is a John 
  Fields in Crook Co in 1900 who may be the one you have an
  > obit for; Wife 
  Ida, son Fred? 4, dau Polly 2 and son Nelson 1.
  > 
  > TJ is a 
  possible match;
  > 
  > Series: T623  Roll: 233  Page: 
  252
  > 
  > Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State 
  County  Location Year
  > FIELDS T J 32 M W OR ID LATAH   GOLD CRK 
  PCT 1900
  > 
  > b. may 1862 OR, but parents bp not a match, both 
  listed as Illinois I think.
  > he is single, a laborer and literate 
  etc
  > 
  > 1910 we find John still in Crook county, wife number 2 
  Marette of 7 years;
  > ch Freddie, Polly and Nelson 14, 12, 11
  > 

  > Wash vital rcrds index;
  > 
  > DA Reference Number: 
  {3BF2759C-4F26-4677-9348-96828FC0B181}
  > Image Number: 1037
  > 
  Document Number: 28
  > Document Reference ID: 221
  > Name: Thomas 
  Fields
  > Date Of Death: 19 Feb 1922
  > Age: 55
  > Gender: 
  Male
  > Father Name: William Fields
  > Batch ID: 
              
  275980
  > Batch Locality:       Washington, United 
  States
  > Death Place:       Spokane, Spokane, 
  Washington
  > Mother Name GN:       Ann
  > 
  Mother Name Surname: Carter
  > 
  > I would say this is a pretty good 
  match for Thomas.
  > 
  > I will do a little more digging, if you want 
  the census images off list I
  > can send them to you.
  > 
  > Les 
  C
  > 
  >>
  > George Fields born abt. 1864 and brother Thomas 
  Fields born abt. 1868 in
  > Oregon
  > On abt. 1934, John Fields obit 
  says he has brother, Robert H. Fields(my
  > ggrandfather) surviving. I 
  can't track George or Thomas after 1880 Linn co.,
  > OR. William Fields and 
  Elizabeth Carter are the parents of these brothers.
  > Can anyone help me, 
  please.  I'd appreciate any advice.  Thank you,  
  Laura



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  Is this your Thomas Fields? He is single and a farmer. 
  Both parents born in MO.









  1920 United States Federal 
  Census 
  about Thomas J Fields 




     
     
       

           
           
             Name: 
             Thomas J Fields 

           
             Home in 1920: 
             Greenacres, Spokane, 
              Washington 

           
             Age: 
             

              53 years  

           
             Estimated birth year: 
             abt 1867 

           
             Birthplace: 
             Oregon 

           
             Relation to Head of House: 
             Head 

           
             Father's Birth Place: 
             Missouri 

           
             Mother's Birth Place: 
             Missouri 

           
             Marital Status: 
             Single 

           
             Race: 
             White 

           
             Sex: 
             Male 

           
             Home owned: 
             Rent 

           
             Able to read: 
             Yes 

           
             Able to Write: 
             Yes 

           
             Image: 
             253 

           
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                   Age 

                 
                   Thomas J Fields 
                   53 
             

           
              
       
       



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  Subject: [or-roots] Bio of Thomas Fields, Linn Co., OR.











  Laura,  Looks like your 
  ancestors?   BONNIE BARTLETT who wrote this Bio has a family tree 
  on line with Elizabeth A Carter in it, looks like she has pictures too 
  if interested I can send you that 
  site.?                     
  Nancy





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  BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS FIELDS


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  From there they headed for 
  Brush Creek Valley in Linn County, 
  Oregon where ... Their daughters Nancy Jane married 
  George Fields, Mary Catherine married ...
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  THOMAS FIELDS 



        Thomas Fields, 
  the elder son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Burden) Fields was born the 
  4th of May 1809, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Thomas’s Oregon Donation Claim say’s 
  he was born in Ohio, but other records indicate that he was born in Bourbon 
  County, Kentucky. His siblings were Betsy, Dorcas, Peggy, James, Lizey, Ebenezer 
  Jr., Stephen and Eldridge. All the children except Stephen and Eldridge were 
  born in Kentucky and they were born in Ray County, Missouri.

        Ebenezer and family removed to Missouri about 1815, which they may 
  have came by the Tennessee River to the Ohio River, then the Mississippi River 
  as that’s the route most of the pioneers from Kentucky came to 
  Missouri.

        The family settled in Crooked River Township, Ray County, Missouri 
  after a short stay in Howard County, Missouri where some of the Fields that had came to 
  Missouri before they did.

        Thomas Fields 
  married Rebecca Riggs, daughter of Thomas & Leah (Hunt) Riggs, January 
  1st 1829 in Ray County, Missouri. They had eight 
  children, William, Harvey, John, Eliza, Reuben, Nancy Jane, Preston and Thomas 
  Newton while in Ray County, Missouri.

        When the Heatherly War of 1836 started, Thomas Fields joined Mathew T 
  Long’s outfit that commanded a Militia Company from Ray County, Missouri 
  formally called Longs Independent Company, Missouri Mounted Militia, War of 
  1832.

        Shortly before or after Thomas Fields father, Ebenezer died in 
  1847, Thomas had decided to go west to the wild frontier and the promise of 
  free land. His wife Rebecca’s parents 
  had left for Oregon in 1846 where Rebecca’s father Thomas Riggs died on the way 
  on Oregon Trail near the Iowa Point. 

        According to records, each pioneer heading out west, loaded their 
  wagon with a grub box with a lid, that each wagon had that sat in the front of 
  the wagon. At the end of this box was a place for the Dutch oven, coffee pot and 
  kettle that were packed in a sack. There was usually a outside box attached to 
  the front of the wagon bed for halters, hobbles, rope, axe, shovel, hammer, 
  chain, bell, a rack for the guns, a small keg with a lid in which was their 
  drinking water. They put their frying 
  pans, water bucket and a kettle at the rear of the wagon. They hung their tar 
  buckets for greasing the wheels beneath the wagon. Their food they bought was 
  flour, beans, sugar, coffee, lard, ham and bacon that had been cured, corn meal, 
  dried fruit, molasses, butter, vegetables, homemade soap, salt and medicine. 
  Each wagon. Each wagon team had at least four oxen’s, a couple horses and a 
  couple milk cows.

        After getting their wagon ready for the trip out west, Thomas Fields and family joined the 
  Nathaniel Bowman Company at Caples Landing, twelve miles above St. Joseph, 
  Missouri May 2, 1847. They crossed the Big Blue on May 
  8th and came into the Independence road the next day, 
  arriving on the evening of May 16, at the head of the Little Blue River. Before 
  reaching Fort Laramie, Wyoming, the company split up into three 
  divisions.

        After crossing the Missouri River, they were in Indian Territory and 
  the  



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  Indians were very hostile. After many 
  nights of trouble with the Indians, Thomas 

  Fields and family decided to 
  stay back behind the wagon train.

        They used buffalo chips for fuel when there was no wood. There was a 
  lot of cholera and other sickness on the Oregon Trail. 


        In 
  some places on the trail, there were herds of antelope and buffalo. The men or 
  boys would kill them for meat. Crossing the rivers was quite a chore. They would 
  have to raise their wagons several inches, attach ropes to the front so that the 
  horseman riding along could help if it was needed to urge the teams into the 
  water. Some places the roads were so sandy, that they would be knee deep in 
  sand.

        In 
  what few places there were to buy food along the trail, they’d stop and reload 
  what they could get by with. They’d have to stop, feed and rest their cattle and 
  horses. At this time they would do various other things, such as reset their 
  wheels as they had to be taken off and soaked over night to keep them from 
  falling off. They also had to grease the wheels and brake blocks had to be built 
  and tighten

  up.

        In 
  the evening time they’d play their guitars, fiddles, singing, and dancing. 
  They’d have a lit campfire that they’d gather around and visit.

        On 
  Sundays, they had church services for the ones that wanted to attend. They 
  gathered for the services in a group, by one of their wagons.

        After months crossing the Oregon Trail, the dust, 
  heat, sometimes lack of water, food, just before the real hard snow hit the 
  mountains, they came to a place four miles above Willow Creek on the Columbia River, 
  some of the wagon train went by raft down the Columbia River. Thomas Fields and his family headed 
  to Tygh Valley, to the Cascade’s and crossed over the Barlow Road. The cost to 
  go over the Barlow Road was $5.00 a wagon, 10 cents a head for cattle. Some of 
  the pioneers sold their rifles, quilts or anything they could use for payment. 
  The ones that were flat broke were able to use IOU’s. This Barlow Road saved the 
  pioneers from going down the Columbia River, on the make shift rafts as going 
  down the river was a terrible experience that many drowned. There were some 
  terrible places 

  going over the Barlow Road. One of 
  those places was called Laurel Hill. It was the worst part of this road. The way 
  the pioneers got down this hill was by cutting a tree down and chaining a tree 
  behind the way for it would slow the wagon down. Even then some lost their 
  belongings. 

        Many women went out of their minds under the hardship of the Oregon Trail. 


        After arriving in the fall at the end of the Oregon Trail, Thomas Fields and family spent a 
  short time in Oregon 
  City, Oregon. >From there 
  they headed for Brush Creek Valley in Linn County, Oregon where Thomas’s wife 
  Rebecca’s mother and brothers were living. During the fall and winter of 1847 
  the Indians annoyed the Thomas Fields family so they moved 
  down the Calapooia River and stayed with Rebecca’s mother and brothers, Leah, 
  Timothy and Thomas Riggs till the spring of 1848. Then in the summer of 1848, 
  Thomas applied for an Oregon 
   



        2 
   



        Donation land claim, near Chandler Mountain. He was granted 640 acres 
  in 14 S Range East, located in Section 13 and 14. Their neighbors were, R. C. 
  Finley family, James McHargue family, Robert Montgomery family and Rebecca Fields mother and brothers, 
  Leah, Timothy and Thomas Riggs.

        After Thomas and Rebecca Fields moved to Oregon, they had four more 
  children, Mary, Lucinda, Louise and Franklin.

        Thomas farmed the land and raised bees, hogs, and 
  cattle.

        Thomas and Rebecca Fields joined the 
  Reorganized Latter Day Saints Church. Thomas and Rebecca were baptized May 25, 
  1868. Thomas was an elder in the church.

        Before Thomas and Rebecca Fields passed away, they had 
  lost two children, Eliza and John. John drowned in the Calapoola River July 18, 
  1867.

        Rebecca (Riggs) Fields passed away January 
  29, 1874 and Thomas Fields passed away July 1, 
  1875. Where they are buried is unknown so far as I write this story.  


        Thomas and Rebecca’s sons William married Elizabeth Carter, Harvey 
  married Nancy Jane Carsner, Franklin married Syrena Davis, Reuben married, 
  Catherine Fields later 
  married Mary Black, Thomas Newton Fields married Louisa Ellen 
  Fields, Franklin married 
  Syrena Davis. Their daughters Nancy Jane married George Fields, Mary Catherine 
  married Jason Butler, Lucinda married Charles Aldrich. 


  (This information came from Court, 
  land, census records, Harvey Fields obit stories and what 
  Harvey told his family. Some of the deceased Harvey Fields family claim that his 
  grandfather, Ebenezer was a brother to the Joseph and Ruben Fields that was on the Lewis 
  & Clark Expedition but so far I have not found any information to verify 
  this. Some of this information came from records on what little that I could 
  find out on the Nathaniel Bowman train.)


  WRITTEN BY BONNIE BARTLETT @ MAY 29, 
  2005




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