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<DIV><SPAN class=260292516-16032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> >>> </FONT></SPAN>I knew that my ancestry went back
to the OR Trail 1847 when my Clarks walked<SPAN class=260292516-16032005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN>with their ox team
from IN>OR in that yr. (Brownsville, OR), soon Harrisburg, then Roseburg area
of Wilbur, OR<SPAN class=260292516-16032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN>& the Methodist - Umpqua Academy or Wilbur
Academy of Father James Wilbur. My anc. were among the Staff of that
schooling from 1855 - 1865, when the Family migrated N to White River Valley, WA
Territory in<SPAN class=260292516-16032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN>1865. <SPAN class=260292516-16032005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> <<<</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=260292516-16032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Carroll - Was you family tied in with the Reeds? There is a story, I
believe it can be googled, about one of the Reed girls who went to the
Umpqua Academy. Let's see, here it is: <A
href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ormultno/Stories/wpa/applegate.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~ormultno/Stories/wpa/applegate.htm</A>
Hortense ultimately married an Applegate. The article says she married Charles
Applegate, but her husband was Thomas. Perhaps "Charles Thomas", but I think the
WPA oral history person got it wrong.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=260292516-16032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Anyway, what are your names other than Clark?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=260292516-16032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Pat
(in Tucson)</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>