[or-roots] Wheatland Ferry

Marsha Bradley-Luthy pmml at meritel.net
Fri Feb 26 11:45:56 PST 2010


No nancy you are not wrong.  Your write.  All I am saying is he was not first and he was sued in court and he ended up buying Leabo intrest in the ferry per court papers and it is now know as Mathney.  My point was he was far from the first. 
Parrot, fish. Leabo, Lee  in that area and many others if you look who was there first.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nancy Lee Adams 
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  Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:56 AM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] Wheatland Ferry


  From what I'm reading at  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_ferries_in_Oregon 

  Jesse Applegate was the 1st operator of the Wheatland Ferry then Walt writes: Daniel Matheny V it is named after my gt.gt.gt. grandfather who was one of the first owners of the Ferry. He says one of the first OWNERS, not the first... I am enthused to read everything like Dan M. is : ) 

  *I read Leabo & Matheny ferries are 2 different ferries.. Am I wrong?

  Nancy

  ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Marsha Bradley-Luthy 
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    Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:55 AM
    Subject: Re: [or-roots] Wheatland Ferry


    Listed in the Diary of Reverend G. H. Atkinson
    Doc # 15 land claime # 300==================

      - James R. Leabo b. 1823 in Cooke Co., T=======================================================================cMarriag
       e certificate # 133 Oregon
      City He was born in Tennessee in1823 came to Oregon in 1846 served withthe
      volunteeers in the Cayuse War.  His home was in Portland where he diedAug 25,
      1898 Oregonian, Aug 25, 1898: Oregonian, Aug. 26, 1898.

      An Emily Lee is given in the 1850 Cencus as thedaughter of Orlando age22,
      born in New York.
      Listed diary of Reverend G.H. Atkinson page 393
      states He was born in Tennessee in 1823 came to Oregon 1846 served withthe
      volenters in the Cayuse War. His home was in Portland where he died Aug25
      1898 Oregonian Aug 26, 1889

      Death of James R. Leabo
      Pioneer of 1846 passed away at a good Samaritan Hospital James R. Leabo,a
      pioneer of 1846, died or paralysis at Good Samaritan hospital at noon
      yesterday after an illness of even weeks.  During all his sickness he was
      unconscious and to the last he was unable to recognize those of hisfamily who
      gathered about his bedside.  He was 75 years and 7 days old

      Mr Leabo was born in Tennessee August 18, 1823.  He came to Oregon in1846 and
      served with the volunteers in the Cayuse war.  He lived in Yaquina bayfor a
      year of two and settled in Clackamas county in 1851.  He engaged infarming
      there until 1883, when he moved to Portland.   Since then he resided inthis
      city almost continuously.

      Mr. Leabo's wife and five children survive him.  The Children are: S.B.Leabo,
      of Astoria Mrs A. H. Clift of Kakama; Mrs RH Mast of Bandon RL Leabo andMrs.
      M Wilson of Portland.  The Funeral will take place tomorrow morning whereMr.
      Leabo's late residence 690 Division Street East side. the pall bears willbe
      members of the Indidan War Verterans and Oregon Pioneer Association ofwhich
      origination deceased was a member.

      doc #15 land claime #300

      1870 U.S. CENSUS: Newton P.O., Benton Co., Oregon, 16 July 1870, page 71,
      Dwelling 405, Family 388:
      Leabo, Jas R.     47 M W  farmer      500 175  Tenn --Charlotte35 F
      W  kpng hse                   Can --Josiah J.           18 M W farm hand
                 Oregon --Sterling                4 M W
            Oregon --Elizabeth H.         2 F W
      Oregon Grim, Peter H.     10 M W  farm hand                Utah Terr.
      --Emily                  11 F W at school                    Oregon--Mary E.
                   10 F W at school                    Oregon

         NOTE:  Grim was difficult to decipher; it may have been CRIM.
      ----------------------------------------------------------- Lebo James R
      Cayuse war claim awarded 1 Jan 53 2:7
      of Clack co, land patent ready
      19 Jul 59, 1:3
      Statesman Jornel
      ----------------------------------------------------------- Documentresearch
      from State Archives
      RG-s5
      61A-20 No.
      01098   Leabo, Charlotte
      Biglow, S. et al vs Leabo, J.R. et al Supreme Court Case files, 1855-1904
      Arranged Numerically by file numbers 00001-04419

      Leabo, J.R.
      Biglow S. et al vs Leabo, J.R. et al
      Supreme Court
      Case files 1855-1904. Arranged numerically fy file numbers 00001-04419

      Index to Clackamas County Oregon Marriage Records 184?-1900 Leabo, Mr.James
      to Miss Emely (Emily) A. Lee
        16th day of Mar. 1851 by Rev. G. H. Atkinson
        Rec. May 30, 1853; attest: f.S. Holland Recorder

      Leabo James R. and Charlotte Crim
      13th day Mar. 1861 by Wm. Armpriest , J.P.
      Wit Sarah Armpriest, M.E. ArmpriestN. He was raised by his aunt and
      > uncle, Isaac Leabo and Mary (Polly) Lewis. He married Emily Armina Lee
      on
      > 16 Mar 1851 in Oregon City, Clackamas Co., OR. Emily was b. 22 July 1828
      in
      > Jefferson Co., NY .. the daughter of Philander Lee and Anna Harvey Green.
      > There is an 1850 census record mentioned in a previous posting to this
      list
      > that shows Emily as the daughter of Orlando Lee. That was an error on
      the
      > census ... should show her father as PHILANDER.
      >
      > 1850 U.S. CENSUS: Clackamas Co., Oregon Terr., Family 184
      > Orlando Lee 50 farmer, all born NY except Albert
      > --Anna 44> --Emily 22
      > --Edwin 20
      > --Herman 17
      > --Elvira 14
      > --Orris 12
      > -- Caroline 9
      > --Albert 3 b. Iowa
      >
      > 1870 U.S. CENSUS: Oregon City, Clackamas Co., OR, Family 455, Page 113
      > June 1870
      > Philander Lee age 68 farmer b. NY
      > --Anna age 62 kps hse b. NY
      > --Mary age 16 b. OR
      > Josiah Lebo age 48 laborer b. OR
      >
      > 1880 US CENSUS: Clackamas Co., OR
      > Lebeo, Josiah age 50 IN VA NC
      > --Nancy E. Wf 48 SD Car KY
      > --Martin D. Sn 20 NB
      > --Nancy Da 17
      > --Alice Da 10
      > --Sarah A. Da 7
      > --Dora D. Da 3 IL
      > and
      > in the Lower Molalla Pct.
      > Lebo, Thomas age 22 b. MA
      > --Arthela Wf 19 b. MA
      > --Lester Sn 3/12 b. OR
      ---- Original Message ----- 
      From: daviesw739 
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      Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:22 PM
      Subject: Re: [or-roots] Wheatland Ferry


      also this.


      Even some of our own people pretended to misunderstand him, but they were probably of a later emigration. My Father admired, respected and was deeply grateful to him.The Methodist Mission at Wheatland was in charge of Jason Lee. When we came the original Mission at Wheatland had been abandoned and the new Mission was established at Salem.We owned and lived in the house that was built for Dr. David Leslie, but most of the houses were across the river. Jason Lee's young wife was buried there.

      Walt


      In a message dated 02/25/10 20:35:49 Pacific Standard Time, barbhg1221 at comcast.net writes:
        From the Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 48, p. 345 [1947 - I believe]:



        "A new six car electrically-propelled ferry boat, Daniel Matheny III, went into service at the Wheatland ferry crossing of the Willamette River, on June 11.  Daniel Matheny, pioneer of 1843, purchased James O'Neal's (sic) land claim in 1844, and soon thereafter established regular ferry service.  Lindsay Applegate assisted him in constructing the first ferry boat, using 'bushel or two of literature he found in the old house' recently abandoned by the Jason Lee missionary workers at Mission Bottom.



        On Jan. 1853, the territorial legislature authorized a public road from Salem to Dayton, crossing the river at Matheny's ferry.  For more than ninety years the service was privately owned and operated and became a public ferry less than ten years ago."



        Note:  James O'Neil is my children's 4th great-grandfather.



        Barbara Herring


        ----- Original Message -----
        From: "daviesw739" <daviesw739 at aol.com>
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        Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:48:22 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
        Subject: Re: [or-roots] Matheny's Everywhere --  (and Simkins)



        YES  .YES
        It was call Mathena's  or Matheny's Ferry before the town of Wheatland existed.  Daniel Matheny my 3 gt. grandfather started the town of Wheatland he owned the Ferry many years before buying it from the Methodist Missionaries in 1844.
        Walt Davies


        In a message dated 02/25/10 16:14:23 Pacific Standard Time, pmml at meritel.net writes:
          nO nO nO nO nO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 
          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: "Sue Steward" <ssteward at ccountry.net> 
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          Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 2:11 PM 
          Subject: Re: [or-roots] Matheny's Everywhere -- (and Simkins) 


          > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/mcmatheny.txt 
          > 
          > We've used the Wheatland Ferry several times, I think it was previously 
          > called Matheny Ferry. 
          > 
          > Sue 
          > 
          > ----- Original Message ----- 
          > From: "Dan M" <mygenrw2 at gmail.com> 
          > To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> 
          > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:50 AM 
          > Subject: Re: [or-roots] Matheny's Everywhere -- (and Simkins) 
          > 
          > 
          > Matneny has a list on some server, I used to be on it, I used to be the 
          > admin for the one on root sweb, Dianna started some one line group for 
          > them. 
          > I know they are always showing up around Matney also, I think the name is 
          > French and we found Matney there as DeMatenyee <sp> close to that off 
          > hand. 
          >   I see Matheny properties close to Matney properties and some travels in 
          > same areas, how ever there are more of the pioneer type people in those 
          > old 
          > days the Matheny seemed to be to more famously known over the Matney in 
          > most 
          > places eg Champoeg. 
          >   Matney like any other names has a lot of milestones but I noticed the 
          > Matheny seem to be more well known over all eg Walt Davis's Aunts book 
          > into 
          > the setting sun. SO far we have not found any one who has recorded any 
          > Matney/Mattingly pioneer mentions too much. There is a great deal of 
          > history 
          > for folks in the era and each name I read about seems to have its own 
          & amp;g t; history, very much fun reading about all names of the times, I always 
          > wonder 
          > how it really was all these people on the wagon train 1843 so to speak. 
          > Dan M 
          > ----- Original Message ----- 
          > From: "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net> 
          > To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> 
          > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:11 AM 
          > Subject: [or-roots] Matheny's Everywhere -- (and Simkins) 
          > 
          > 
          > In this Hiram Simkins business, I find two in Oregon before 1900 -- one 
          > in the Wheatland area of Yanhill & Polk Counties, with connections to 
          > numerous of the well-known Champoeg area pioneers, and his uncle, Hiram 
          > Simpkins, found in the 1880 census in "Jump off Joe" in Josephine 
          > County, the census taker writing something that could be transcribed as 
          > "Irian". 
          > 
          > Anyway, of the former, less relat ed one , I found the Matheny name 
          > popping up again, which, since it has been a topic on this list, I 
          > thought might be of interest to some: 
          > 
          > 
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