[or-roots] Wm P Harpole & Nancy Mary McMullin, 1851 OR Pioneers

[Sue Steward]

  Someone has a tree on Ancestry.com which has pictures of Marion Dekalb 
Harpole (their son according to the tree) and a granddaughter Sarah 
Emily Harpole.

Sue

On 9/21/2010 2:30 PM, cuprum4445 at aol.com wrote:
> My husband's ancestors William Pope Harpole & his wife Nancy Mary 
> McMullin were Oregon Pioneers of 1851, coming from Pike County, 
> Illinois. Wm. P. was one of the first Oregon legislators, from Marion 
> County. They had an Oregon Donation Land Claim, as did other Harpole 
> relatives. I don't have my data here right now, but Wm P. Harpole died 
> in 1862, while out campaigning for reelection. Nancy M. Harpole lived 
> a long life with her sons & she died in 1906. The parents, along with 
> their sons, are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery at Brooks, Oregon. 
> There's a wonderful website that gives much data on this family.
> MY QUESTION IS: how could I find out if there are photos of William 
> P. and/or Nancy M. Harpole out there? I'm asking because I have what I 
> think could be a photo of each of these individuals. I have temporary 
> custody of my husband's grandparents' photo collection. OF COURSE - 
> there are no names on these photos, but clues point to these two 
> ancestors, rather than our Andrew & Catherine Hagey Oregon Pioneers of 
> 1848. It seems to me that if there were known photos of these Oregon 
> Pioneers, Stephanie would have them on her wonderful website. Who 
> should I contact about identifying these terrific old photos.
> Also - there's an old harvest photo I have questions about - in which 
> the women's dresses fall to their ankles. I figure there must be 
> either Harpole or Hagey ancestors in that photo, along with a lot of 
> other folks, or this picture wouldn't have been in Grandma's 
> collection. What do you suggest I do about these puzzles?
> I could share more data about our Harpole and Hagey ancestors with 
> those who want it, as I've collected much information. I LOVE the 
> Oregon State Library & the Oregon State Historical Society Library. I 
> found indexed data for both William P. Harpole & Andrew Hagey's 
> probates in Marion County, but haven't gone to the Archives for them 
> yet. If someone would tell me what she would need to do, there's a 
> cousin in Salem who might go get those for us. Also, someone on 
> this said we can get full data for the ancestor's Oregon Donation Land 
> Claim applications. Please tell us how to do that as well - we have 
> the ODLC numbers.
> Thanks,   Gerrie
>
>
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