[or-roots] or-roots Digest, Vol 35, Issue 13
JOHN LAURA MCKINNEY
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Fri Mar 12 15:50:49 PST 2010
RE: WA. death records Thank you, for posting the link. Are you able to see the actual death records? It still tells me N/A. Thanks again, Laura
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Fields: I forgot a line> (Grandparents) Anna Grace Fields b. 06 Mar. 1898 Holley d. 08 apr. 1973 married William Marion Pugh b. 21 Nov. 1890 Oakville, OR. d. 28 Dec. 1956 Lebanon, OR. Oakville is another fun to learn abt. place also. Thank you, for sending the links for the cem. cleaning, and the history. I'm the black sheep in our family, I'm hooked on genealogy and learning!!! Thanks again, Laura
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Subject: [or-roots] Fw: Marcola Cem. Springfield, OR.
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 : )
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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Marcola Cem. Springfield, OR.
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
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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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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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Okay this just got more interesting; in 1920 a George Fields b OR age 50
shows up in Portland with wife Gertrude L age 38 b Nevada and niece Lois
Thayer age 20 b in Oregon.
Again he is a bit off, perhaps self concsious about being 16 years older
than wife instead of 12? Parents bp don't match either, lists MO and PA
instead of MO IA as listed in 1880, but assuming the Robert H in
Crawfordsville 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 all
over th place?
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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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Robert H Fields 1900 1930
census
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:
View
image
Neighbors:
View others on
page
Household Members:
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
Image
Neighbors:
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page
Household Members:
Name
Age
Robert H
Fields
27
Phebe
Fields
22
James W
Fields
4
Anna
Fields
1
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Original
Record
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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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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:19:05
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Subject: Re: [or-roots] [or-roots ]Thomas Fields 1920 census Spokane,
WA.
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
Neighbors:
View others on
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Household Members:
Name
Age
Thomas J
Fields
53
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Original
Record
View original image
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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
[DOC]
BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS FIELDS
File Format:
Microsoft Word - View as HTML
>From there they headed for
Brush Creek Valley in Linn County,
Oregon where ... Their daughters Nancy Jane
married
George Fields, Mary Catherine married
...
www.orgenweb.org/bios/Thomas_Fields.doc
This
is the html version of the file http://www.orgenweb.org/bios/Thomas_Fields.doc.
Google
automatically generates html versions of documents as we crawl the
web.
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
1
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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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:42:05 +0000
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Fw: Marcola Cem. Springfield, OR.
We are not far from this cemetery, if it is in Springfield
Val Follett
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Subject: [or-roots] Fw: Marcola Cem. Springfield, OR.
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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Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Marcola Cem. Springfield, OR.
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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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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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Fields; Tkhomas George et al
Okay this just got more interesting; in 1920 a George Fields b OR age 50
shows up in Portland with wife Gertrude L age 38 b Nevada and niece Lois
Thayer age 20 b in Oregon.
Again he is a bit off, perhaps self concsious about being 16 years older
than wife instead of 12? Parents bp don't match either, lists MO and PA
instead of MO IA as listed in 1880, but assuming the Robert H in
Crawfordsville 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 all
over th place?
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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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Robert H Fields 1900 1930
census
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:
View
image
Neighbors:
View others on
page
Household Members:
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
Image
Neighbors:
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page
Household Members:
Name
Age
Robert H
Fields
27
Phebe
Fields
22
James W
Fields
4
Anna
Fields
1
View
Original
Record
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Original
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From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
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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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:19:05
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Subject: Re: [or-roots] [or-roots ]Thomas Fields 1920 census Spokane,
WA.
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
Neighbors:
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Household Members:
Name
Age
Thomas J
Fields
53
View
Original
Record
View original image
Nancy
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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
[DOC]
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
...
www.orgenweb.org/bios/Thomas_Fields.doc
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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
1
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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