[or-roots] David Presley

Wed Oct 19 07:59:43 PDT 2005

I checked the Centennial History of Oregon and did not find anything on
David Presley or John Savage.

Sue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "Oregon List" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:39 PM
Subject: [or-roots] David Presley

> Listers, an email came through last night asking about joining our little
> group, I emailed them direct to point out that as far as I could tell they
> had joined and they sent me back direct the purpose of their search so I
> have put the following together along with my little "up on the soap box
> blurb" about providing the list with as much info as possible when posting
a
> query which we all tend to forget from time to time.
>
> Les C
>
>
>
> Subject: Re: joining what??
>
>
> thanks.jerry's great grandfather david presley donated the land for the
> state fairgrounds and we have been trying to find some info on him and
loose
> and any flights of fancy are fine lol.barb presley
>
> * * * * * * *
>
> Presley, David  Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277A
> Presley, David  Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277B
> Presley, David  Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277C
> Presley, David  Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277D
> Presley, David  Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277E
> Presley, David  Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277F
> Presley, David  Tax roll Marion Provisonal and Territoria 12277G
>
> I figure this is your guy since the State Fairgrounds are in Marion Co and
> obviously this guy had land. In Jackson county we find a David of the
> divorcing kind;
>
> Presley, David A vs Presley, Minnie E 01-19-1900 Divorce Jackson County
P03
> #07
> Presley, David A vs Presley, Jennie May 06-27-1908 Divorce Jackson County
> P03 #08
>
> From; http://www.open.org/~pioneerc/pg38.html
>
> LAST: Savage  FIRST: John  MID:
> GENDER: M  MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE:
> BORN: 18 Sep 1826  DIED: 23 Jan 1908  BURIED: 25 Jan 1908
> ETHNIC:  OCCUPATION: Farmer
> BIRTH PLACE : Ohio
> DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
> NOTES:
> IOOF - John Savage, Sr., age 81, born in Ohio, died in Salem of dropsy,
was
> an old settler here; OSBH (Marion County 1908) #5707 - John Savage, Sr.,
> male, married, b. Ohio, d. 23 Jan 1908 in Salem, Oregon at the age of 81
> years, father born in Ohio (name hard to read), interment IOOF 25 Jan
1908,
> undertaker A. M. Clough, no informant listed; 1870 Census - John Savage,
age
> 43, farmer, b. Ohio, is enumerated with Morgan L. (18, teacher, b.
Oregon),
> Ellen (9, b. Oregon), Alice (6, b. Oregon), George O. (12, b. Oregon) and
> Etta (5, b. Oregon); BIOGRAPHICAL: "John Savage, subject of this sketch,
was
> born September 16, 1826, in Ohio and with his father, Towner Savage, and
the
> rest of the family, moved to Schoolcraft, Michigan, where they lived a few
> years and from there immigrated to Oregon in 1846. A more extended account
> of Towner Savage and his genealogy appears elsewhere in this volume. John
> Savage was but twenty years of age when he crossed the plains and no doubt
> drove an ox team or herded the loose stock, to do his bit. In their
> immigrant train were Sidney, Tom and Asa Smith, a family by name of Walker
> and others. Oscar Williams was captain of the train. Four years after his
> arrival in the Willamette Valley he married Rhoda Presley, daughter of
David
> Presley. They were married at the old Presley home, just west of the
Oregon
> state fairgrounds, in 1850, and went to live on their donation land claim
> four miles northeast of Salem, on the Silverton road, in a log house he
had
> built several years before. After Rhoda's death, John Savage married
Eleanor
> Tarrant. As to his religious belief, John Savage was a Universalist and a
> democrat as to politics. He learned the trade of blacksmith from John
Bash,
> one of the first men of that trade in Salem, Oregon. At the time they
moved
> on their claim, Mr. Savage said the native grass was so high that when his
> oxen laid down it was very hard to find them, and the nearest flour mill
at
> the time they came to Oregon was below Oregon City, and it took two days
by
> ox team to make the trip one way. The children of John Savage and Rhoda
> Presley were: Morgan, who died 1879, unmarried. Letitia, who married W. G.
> Evans. Eliza, who married J. W. Brooks. George 0, who married Sarah
Walker.
> Ella, who married Prince Byrne. Hannah, died aged 3 years, in 1866. Alice,
> who married William Martin. Etta, who married L. P. Gleason." From:
Steeves,
> Sarha Hunt, BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE OF MARION COUNTY, OREGON, PIONEERS 1840 -
> 1860, Portland, Oregon, The Berncliff Press, 1927 (Source: G. O. Savage,
> Salem, Oregon, 1926) pp 67-68.
>
> Savage, Rhoda
> LAST: Savage  FIRST: Rhoda  MID:
> GENDER: F  MAIDEN NAME: Presley  TITLE: Mrs.
> BORN: 26 Jan 1832  DIED: 12 Mar 1866  BURIED: Mar 1866
> ETHNIC:  OCCUPATION: Housewife
> DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
> NOTES:
> First wife of John Savage
> INSCRIPTION:
> Savage, Rhoda: wife of John Savage,
> died 12 Mar 1866, aged 34 years, 1 month, 17 days
> SOURCES:
> DAR pg 16
>
> * * * * *
>
> Oddly, the parents aren't there?
>
> On a Marion Co., query page;
>
> Re: CANNON; PRESLEY; SMITH
>
> Posted by Kirby Ross <dthill at uswest.com> on Mon, 10 May 1999
>
> Surname: Cannon, Presley, Smith
> Looking for information on MARY SMITH CANNON/LEWIS W. CANNON who settled
in
> Marion County ca. 1849, along with DAVID PRESLEY/MAHALA WELTY PRESLEY.
> SIDNEY SMITH/BARBARA PRESLEY SMITH settled in Marion County in 1853, moved
> to Linn County with David Presley ca. 1860.
>
>
> from; http://www.rootsweb.com/~molincol/misc/ms-smith-history.htm
> 140 Years Of Smith History              July 2004
>
> 1847 1848   Lewis and Mary Smith Cannon, and daughter Rachel, go to Marion
>                       County, Oregon, on the Oregon Trail.
>             1848   David Presley and Mahala Welty Presley, and children,
>                        including Barbara, go to Oregon.
>             1848   Sidney goes back to Oregon.  Given the family
> relationships, the
>                        Cannon's, Presley's and Sidney, probably all
traveled
> together.
>                        Thomas and Azariah will either go back with him or
go
> back in
>                        1849 with Calvin.
> 13 Feb 1849   Sidney Smith marries Barbara Presley in Linn Co.
>                      Oregon, then goes on to California, leaving his wife
> with
>                       the Presley's.  They will have four children.
>
> I see that the Salem Census taker in 1860 was a lazy twit, just first
> initial for everybody on the page.
>
> Trying to figure out what happened to Rhoda is a puzzle, there are three J
> Savages in Marion county in 1870 none of them married to a Rhoda., DUH LES
I
> just checked her date of death, no wonder I can't find her in 1870 or
1880.
> I assume the two male Presley's born in Missouri that show up in Linn Co
in
> the 1870 Census are Rhoda's brothers.
>
> That is about all the damage I can do from here. Someone in the Salem area
> could probably do more research there.
>
> I am surprised there is no mention in the Blue book or online how the fair
> grounds were acquired, specifically no mention of David, but as we see
from
> the Savage inscription it is close to the fairgrounds.
>
> Les C
>
>
>
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