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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Carla,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Is this your Emmor Stephens? This is only part of the page, but he and his son James B. Stephens & wife Elizabeth are my brother-in-law's (Melvin Woolford) family. James B. Stephens owned & operated the Stark Street Ferry crossing the Willamette River. They lived on the East side, where the Lone Fir Cemetery is located. Emmor was the first one to be buried on the land.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2> A self guided tour of Portland's historic Lone Fir Cemetery:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>When Emmor Stephens died in 1846, he was buried at the farm or his son, J.B. Stephens, which was located a few miles east of the small town of Portland. When the younger Mr. Stephens sold the land to Colburn Barrell in 1854, it was with the agreement that Barrell maintain the gravesite. On April 8, 1854, the boiler of the steamship Gazelle exploded killing several people including Barrell's business partner, Crawford Dobbins. Barrell buried the victims near Emmor Stephens and set aside ten acres of his land as a cemetery. Today, Lone Fir Cemetery is a wooded, landscaped arboretum in the heart of Oregon's largest city, Portland. Stroll through this peaceful place and visit the graves of the rich and poor, famous and infamous, and the young </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>and old. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Nancy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>PS... ancestry.com just recently changed the lay out or what ever you call it, of there site, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>I don't care for it now as much, I like the other way better. I guess I will get used to it though, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>because I have found lots of good information on it.. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 12/13/04 15:48:08</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: [or-roots] Ancestry.com immigration and newspaper</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/13/04 7:03:44 AM Alaskan Standard Time, whizinc@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I have Ancestry's immigration and newspaper portion. I'd be happy to do look ups. Please email me off list. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Ronda</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Have you ever found a NAME in the Ancestry newspaper search? I was very excited when upgraded my subscription to add the Newspaper and Periodical search and my first search result showed two entries for my 4th-great grandfather, Emmor Jefferson Stephens. When I viewed the actual image however, I found that "Emmor" was actually "Summer", and "Jefferson" was in an article about our founding father, while "Stephens" appeared in an article about a "lady of the evening"! I stopped using this particular function of the Ancestry search because it seems to be an exercise in futility. I'd be interested to know if anyone else is using this with success...</DIV>
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<DIV>STEPHENS, WHEALDON, HAWLEY, SHIELDS in Oregon and Washington</DIV></DIV>
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