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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>In the Oregon State Archives they have 5 case files on
Samuel B. Deford</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Case #5290 Census Washington County,
Provisional and Territorial</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Case #6912 Census Polk County,
Provisional and Territorial</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Case #8021 Tax Roll Washington
County</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Case #8023 Tax Roll Washington
County</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Case #12277D Tax Roll Marion
County</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Vol 1 page 056 12/31/1895 census Marion County, Lucretia
<FONT color=#ff0000><U>Ford</U></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>1880 Census</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Fox Valley, Linn County
Lucretia J. Deford b. Ohio 1814 Widowed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Gervais, Marion County
Elizabeth Deford in the Rinehart household</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Wheatland, Yamhill County Lucinda Deford b.
Iowa 1862, William Cooper household</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dayton, Yamhill County
George Deford and family</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sue</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dharguess@coastline.edu
href="mailto:dharguess@coastline.edu">Harguess, Dale</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [or-roots] Genealogy and
Family History</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yes, I had thought of
that one, but the coincidence of his cousin having the same span of years
between his children sparked my curiousity. I thought that was too much
of a coincidence, but then I also don’t know what happened to the
mother. Maybe she died when she had her last child (my great, great
grandmother). I found the family living in </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Iowa</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> in the 1850 census
and the wife was alive and the last child hadn’t been born yet. Then I
found them living in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oregon</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> in the 1860 census
with a step mother. There is quite a bit about her in the Donation Land
Claim records. It said she went through a contentious divorce with her
first husband and got the land that they homesteaded. I have not been
able to find them in any 1870 census and I think the father was dead by 1880
but not positive. I also would like to find a marriage record if I could
as they had to have gotten married in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oregon</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. The father’s
name was Samuel Deford and the step-mother’s name was Lucintha Jane Stillwell
Horner. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dale</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Glen A. Jones<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:54
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [or-roots] Genealogy and
Family History</SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Dale</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Courier New"
color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">There are
any number of reasons as to why the years between births, my brother and I had
a 12 year difference,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Courier New"
color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">our mother
had several miscarriages before I was born.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Courier New"
color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Glen
Portland</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>