[or-roots] Henry O Powell

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Nancy Lee Adams wrote:

> I just found Felix Hogue/Hoge was living Jump off Joe, Josephine Co., 
> OR. later on.. I know where that is as I lived in Rogue River, Jackson Co.


Could you explain "Jump off Joe" in terms of what sort of division it 
was -- city, town, township, area, and roughly where it was, please?  In 
terms of where in Josephine County?

"Jump Off Joe" has numerous meanings in the State of Oregon,  from an 
old rock formation on the beach to a mountain to a creek in Josephine 
county where Dr Mcloughlin's son, Joeseph, fell and was fatally 
injured.  I am not familiar with it as an address.

I ask, because I think I am looking for a Hiram Simpkins reported in the 
same area, possibly with a wife named Catherine.  Another Hiram Simpkins 
can be found with wife named Mary, and family, in the 1860, 1870, & 1880 
census in the Yamhill and Polk Counties area, and I do not believe this 
is the fellow I am looking for.  The larger Simpkins family has a 
plethora of Horatios and Hirams in it.

Thank you,

Bill Strickland
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