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

[Harguess, Dale]

This may or may not pan out, but I found old photo's of my gggg grand
parents in a book "History of Douglas County Oregon" along with bios of
both of them and their daughter.  You might look at a county history
book just to see.

Dale

 

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

 

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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