<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Thank you Sue and Leslie, You have given me pieces of the puzzle I am working on, I will go to the library to get the book to read about the Crooks, my husband knew nothing of his family history until I started on all of this, and now I have traced parts of his farther back then the records I have on my side. go figure. I have enjoyed giving him some information on his family. </DIV> <DIV>Thank you for your responses and time spent looking into this to help me , I do greatly appreciate it. Thanks again Mickie D.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Sue Steward</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 15, 2004 9:14 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Mowses Place</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>"A Century of Coos and Curry Counties"<BR>Thereon W. Crook, b. New York 1816. To Curry County 1865; resided in Pistol<BR>River and at Port Orford. Married Nancy Hamilton. Parents of 8 children.<BR><BR>"Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties"<BR>Theron W. Crook was born in Erie Co., N.Y. March 8, 1816 and came to Oregon<BR>in the fall of 1852, and in 1865 came to Curry Co., and settled on Pistol<BR>River, then moved to Port Orford and lived ten years, but the last four<BR>years he has resided in Pisolt River. His wife's maiden name was Nancy<BR>Hamilton, born in Mass., Jan 8, 1816. They are the parents of eight<BR>children, five boys and three girls. Their names are Asa W., Edwin, Edward,<BR>George, Adam, Mary, Ellen and Lucy.<BR><BR>Asa H. Crook was born in Whiteside Co., Ill., Dec 12, 1836 and came to Curry<BR>Co., Oregon in 1858 and settled on Pistol River. His wife's maiden name was<BR>Ellen Lockwood, born in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois, September 13,<BR>1845, married Dec 12, 1861, and they have five children. He follows<BR>stockraising and dairying.<BR><BR>"Large numbers of Indians could be seen coming fown from Rogue River, where<BR>not an Indian was to be seen for three days as all of them had gone to fight<BR>the 32 white men in Pistol River. Towards evening the Indians began<BR>gathering on the beach about half a mile north of the mouth of the river and<BR>the whites commenced to make preparations to receive them if they attempted<BR>a night attack. Crook, with eight men, was sent up the river about 300<BR>yards to a ford to prevent their crossing and had orders to fall back if the<BR>Indians got too many for them. They were soon called away and the Indians<BR>took that position. .... Crook got all his men in safely and no Indians had<BR>attempted to cross the ford." There's a whole chapter about this but I<BR>only copied a couple of references to Crook.<BR><BR>"Among the wonderful resources the salmon fisheries are mentioned by Mr.<BR>Tichenor as of greater importance. ... The article was written in 1882 and<BR>published in the Record. At this time it appears that Mr. Hume was packing<BR>from three to five thousand salmon daily, besides Chetco and Winchuck and<BR>Pistol rivers were yielding large quantities of fish that were being salted,<BR>or those from the two first named streams were perhaps hauld to Smith<BR>River -- a place six miles south of the California line. From 1883 to 1887<BR>Port Orford was a marine collective port. Capt. Wm Tichenor, T. W. Crook,<BR>F. M. Stewart and Charles W. Zumwalt had charge successively but as little<BR>business was transacted the office was abolished in 1887." (page 276)<BR><BR>"Joint representatives for Coos and Curry ...<BR> 1886 A. H. Crook<BR> 1888 A. H. Crook<BR> 1890 A. H. Crook<BR>... "<BR><BR>I could copy this information for you if you are interested.<BR><BR>Sue Steward<BR><BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil@presys.com><BR>To: <or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us><BR>Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 1:26 AM<BR>Subject: RE: [or-roots] Mowses Place<BR><BR><BR>> Mickie;<BR>><BR>> You didn't give us much to go on and didn't mention what all you know, I<BR>> find in the 1910 Census;<BR>><BR>> John L. Crook age 36 ma 10 yrs b. Oregon fa bp illegible mo bp Iowa<BR>> Laura J(I think hard to read) age 32 4 ch 4 living b. Oregon fa & Mo bp<BR>> blank<BR>> Asa B. age 8<BR>> Dorothy N 3<BR>> Arthur (sp?) 20/12(?)<BR>> Clarence 6/12<BR>><BR>> In the 1900 Census John L is living with;<BR>><BR>> Asa Crook head Dec 1836 birthdate age 63 ma 38 yrs b. Illnios Fa bp<BR>> NY Mo bp NY<BR>> Ellen C Sept 1845 54 38 6 ch 5 lvng b Illinois Fa bp NY Mo bp<BR>> Tennesse<BR>> Theron W Dec 1862 37 b. California<BR>> John L July 1876 23 b. Oregon<BR>> Asa C Sept 1891 8 b. Oregon<BR>><BR>> Next door is a William Crook, wife Julia and dau Vida and at bottom of<BR>page<BR>> is Theron age 84 who I bet dollars to donuts is Asa's father.<BR>><BR>> As to Laura she is an enigma, I had no luck locating her in Curry Co in<BR>> 1900, and in 1880 the closest is Jane;<BR>><BR>> Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation<BR>Father's<BR>> Birthplace Mother's Birthplace<BR>> Roe MOORE Self M Male W 39 MO Laborer TN TN<BR>> Nancy MOORE Wife M Female W 30 MO Keeping House MO MO<BR>> Delilah MOORE Dau S Female W 15 OR At Home MO MO<BR>> William R. MOORE Son S Male W 13 OR At Home MO MO<BR>> Budd MOORE Son S Male W 11 OR At Home MO MO<BR>> Elizabeth MOORE Dau S Female W 9 OR MO MO<BR>> Nathaniel MOORE Son S Male W 5 OR MO MO<BR>> Jane MOORE Dau S Female W 2 OR MO MO<BR>> Ida MOORE Dau S Female W 9M OR MO MO<BR>><BR>><BR>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>--<BR>> ----<BR>> Source Information:<BR>> Census Place Chetcoe, Curry, Oregon<BR>> Family History Library Film 1255080<BR>> NA Film Number T9-1080<BR>> Page Number 416D<BR>><BR>> If these are your folks and you don't have this info I can email the<BR>images<BR>> to you, or I can just paste the relevant family info in emails, if your<BR>> connection is as slow as mine it will take a few minuts for each image to<BR>> come through.<BR>><BR>> Les C<BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: MICKIE DUVAL<BR>> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:52 PM<BR>><BR>> Hi Bill, No mowses place come from the fact that my first name is<BR>> Mickie(like the mouse) and mowse has been a nick name for me, so it<BR>sounded<BR>> like a good email name for me. No, I don't think the Duval line (my<BR>husbands<BR>> name) comes from that one, they are from Canada and it's been a devil of a<BR>> time tracing them. Those Duval's did live in the Bend/Redmond area for a<BR>lot<BR>> of years Had a place between Bend and Redmond until, their son(my<BR>husband's<BR>> father) sold it and finally retired. At one point and time if I remember<BR>> correctly the Duval's owned a whole township?? a large block of land out<BR>> there<BR>> But I am trying to find some people from over on the coast, Brookings<BR>area,<BR>> my husband mothers side. Her last name was crook, and her first husband's<BR>> name was Mellen. Her mothers name was Laura Jane Moore born 15 Nov 1878<BR>from<BR>> what I can find out but can't find much else. So If any one knows anything<BR>> about the Crooks, or Moore's from that area I would love to hear from you.<BR>> Thanks Bill, have a great weekend. 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