[or-roots] 1895 Census

[Kith-n-Kin]

All,

I recently was delighted to find a unique census for Marion County, on
Ancestry.com, dated 1895.

 

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2467/

 

This is an abstract, in two volumes, of the state census, created by the
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society, abstracted by Jean Custer, Ann
Hochspeier, Vergene Lowter, Connie Henderson, Betty Perry, produced by Helen
Blair, Sherrill A Hochspeier, (Vol I, Vol. 1 Salem and Oregon State
Penitentiary) and Jean Custer, Ann Hochspeier, Sherrill A Hochspeier,
produced by Sherrill A Hochspeier (Vol II. other towns in Marion County.)

 

As seen in the sample below, there is significant information that does not
appear in any federal census. Height, weight, complexion, age, religious
preference, voter, physical issues.

This grouping includes my great-granduncle, Marion and his family, as well
as my second great-grandmother, Catherine Nowlin (Graves) Palmer, born
Virginia. She was.5'8" and weighted 190#.  Here is her photo, probably about
the same time.  Fits the description. But who would have known about the
height.



 

Hard to find her brother, John Pinkard Graves, turns out to be abstracted as
"G P Graves" and sandwiched between Carl Gronke and C K Graybill, p 213.

 

Not sure who gave the information, but he's listed as born in Missouri
(moved there from Virginia c 1830) 5'10" 170#, dark complexion, Silverton
PO, farmer, protestant, voter, married, 72. Wife Mary (Maria) Glover Graves,
b MO, 5'4" 180# dark, protestant, age 69 and two of their eleven children
are in the household. 

 

NOW, of course, I want more. So, the question is. What happened to the
counties other than Marion?  On the OR Archives website I found an index
with Multnomah and Morrow, but not my other "counties of interest." 

 

Does anyone have information on this particular census? 

 

Thanks,

 

Pat Dunford

Tucson

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