[or-roots] Jeremiah Kenoyer

Tue Sep 18 20:10:51 PDT 2018

Here is a Linn Co. site with the Donation Land Claim books transcribed out
- linncountyroots.com center column one box from the end.

Jan

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Kith-n-Kin <Kith-n-Kin at cox.net> wrote:

> J Kenoyer, 40, born Iowa was in Sublimity, Marion County, Oregon, in 1860.
> He's a United Brethren Clergyman.
>
> With him are, E, 39, born Ohio, F, 19 male, farmer, b Iowa, J H? male 18,
> b Iowa, M  C, 16, female, b Iowa, F A, 14, female, b Iowa, C I, 11 female,
> b Wisconsin, E, 9, female, b Wisconsin, L M, 7, female, b Wisconsin. Then,
> J, 5, b Oregon, G W, 4, b Oregon, (both males), and O? 5/12, born Oregon,
> female.
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> So, they moved to Oregon between 1853, when L M was born in Wisconsin, and
> 1855, when J was born in Oregon.
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> But...Oregon Donation Land Claims.  #1604, Kenoyer, Jeremiah, Polk Co., b
> 1819, Harrison Co., Ind; Arr. Ore 31 Sep 1853; SC (settled claim) 1 Jan
> 1854; m Elizabeth Cuppy 26 Apr 1840, Jasper County, Ind. J. Kenoyer was a
> doctor and United Brethren Minister. Aff: Jesse Harriett, Geo. W Branson, E
> T Branson, Wm Branson.
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> So, Iowa or Indiana. Came in 1853 with a babe in arms. Was in Marion
> County, but got a DLC in Polk.  Interesting that the entire family
> preferred Iowa as a birth state in 1860. And I mean some in different
> households. Suspect this was a case of a neighbor giving information to the
> enumerator. By 1870, they were born in Indiana.
>
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>
> Polk is where they got their DLC by 1866, so perhaps they hadn't chosen
> their claim yet? That's a bit unusual.
>
> They were in Walla Walla, Washington by 1870,  Whitman County, Washington
> (southeast corner of Washington, just north of the Oregon Border) by 1880
> and he died there in 1906.
>
>
>
> Now, to answer your actual question.
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> http://www.oregonpioneers.com/1853.htm gives his travel year, but the
> go-to website...I really couldn't find it.  Linn County site that set out
> the entire year of folks stopping at the Umatilla/Utilla Indian Agency
> seems gone. Only this:
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> http://genealogytrails.com/ore/linn/oregontrail1853.html
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> It no longer has the list, just the "we went on a short-cut" list, which
> included two of my 2ggpts and ggrandmother. I checked the Umatilla County
> site, and nothing there.
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>
> However, this may help.
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> https://archive.org/stream/InventoryOfTheCountyArchivesOf
> OregonNo.2BentonCounty/Inventory%20of%20the%20County%
> 20Archives%20of%20Oregon%2C%20No.%202%20Benton%20County#
> page/n41/search/kenoyer
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> p A-32
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> "One of the early settlers in the valley was Basil Longforth, who came to
> Oregon with the Connor-Kenoyer train in 1853. On November 17 he wrote:
> 'This morning is again pleasant. Here our path's..." and more.
>
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> Other names mentioned by this fellow were Thomas Ellis, Jeremiah Mason,
> Jeremiah Kenoyer, Jeremiah Simeon, and Dillon Mason.
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> Here's another one:
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> http://orgenweb.org/orbenton/wpa/IntervB.html
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> "My father was Alexander BENNETT. He came in 1852 from Ohio and settled
> first near Buena Vista in Polk County. He was a preacher and came as a
> missionary on his own responsibility. The trip was made by way of the
> Panama and by boat to San Francisco and Portland. "
>
> "Father at first had no connection with the United Brethren missionary
> party which came west in the same year under the leadership of T. J. CONNOR
> and Jeremiah KENOYER, but he soon came into contact with them and when the
> Oregon Conference was organized he joined the United Brethren Church. For
> the rest of his life he preached for that church, very often on some of the
> outlying circuits. "
>
> So, there you go. Wish I could direct you to the list, but apparently it
> means a trip to the archives or OCTA.
>
>
>
> Pat Dunford
>
> Tucson
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> *From:* or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On
> Behalf Of *Glen and Bonnie Jones
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:12 PM
> *To:* or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Jeremiah Kenoyer
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> OCTA Oregon California Trails Asoscation
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> *From:* or-roots <or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> on behalf
> of Glen and Bonnie Jones <glenkc7mbm at outlook.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 20, 2017 9:20 PM
> *To:* OREGON Rootsweb
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Jeremiah Kenoyer
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> Oregon California Trails Association but it covers a lot of the Historic
> trails
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> From: "Dale Harguess" <daleharguess4 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [or-roots] Jeremiah Kenoyer
> Date: Fri, Oct 20, 2017 11:49 AM
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> I hate to show my ignorance, but what is OCTA?
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> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Glen and Bonnie Jones <
> glenkc7mbm at outlook.com> wrote:
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> Hi Dale it looks like Robyn has found and givin the OCTA information to
> you, we hope maybe someday the OCTA library will be out here in the west
> and not in Independence Mo. OCTA's property in independence is owned by the
> mayor and she say's history does not matter anymore and wants OCTA out when
> there lease is up.
>
> The Oregon State library and the Oregon Historical Society have some
> Oregon Trail Diaries but the State library is only open to the public a
> couple hours a week, and I am not sure what they have, it is the Northwest
> Chapter of OCTA's collection.
>
> Do not know if you are interested but next year August 5th to 9th 2018 the
> National Convention for OCTA is in Ogden Utah.
>
> Glen Jones
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> *From:* or-roots <or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> on behalf
> of Glen and Bonnie Jones <glenkc7mbm at outlook.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 19, 2017 12:30 AM
> *To:* OREGON Rootsweb
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Jeremiah Kenoyer
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> OK dale I will see if I can find anything and if you have any ideas on
> dates would help.
>
> I am a member of OCTA
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> From: "Dale Harguess" <daleharguess4 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [or-roots] Jeremiah Kenoyer
> Date: Wed, Oct 18, 2017 5:21 PM
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> I tried that website a few weeks ago but couldn't figure out how to
> navigate it.  I am not much of a computer person.
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> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Glen and Bonnie Jones <
> glenkc7mbm at outlook.com> wrote:
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> Dale can you check the Oregon California Trails Website they have a lot of
> wagon train diaries
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> From: "Dale Harguess" <daleharguess4 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [or-roots] Jeremiah Kenoyer
> Date: Wed, Oct 18, 2017 1:55 PM
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> Does anyone know the wagon train that Jeremiah Kenoyer came on and if
> there is any documentation about it?  He was a United Brethren Minister
> that I think went to the Willamette Valley first and then later he and some
> of his followers went to Eastern Oregon.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dale
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