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<DIV>thanks Beth. Every little bit helps.</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Bob Goodman <BR>USAF Retired <BR>University Place, Washington</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Beth Perry Johnston <bpjohnston@charter.net> <BR><BR>> dgoodma02@comcast.net wrote: <BR>> <BR>> > There is evidence that the entire Goodman Family moved west in 1861 or <BR>> > so on the Oregon Trail <BR>> <BR>> [snip] <BR>> <BR>> Bob, <BR>> <BR>> This won't help you much with George Washington Goodman, Sr. or Jr., but <BR>> maybe has something for you about other Goodmans moving in the early <BR>> 1860s. This is from recollections of Nancy Angeline Gerking, who in 1862 <BR>> traveled by ox train with her family from from Sullivan Co., MO. It is <BR>> taken from the book /The Gerking Family in America/, 3rd edition, by <BR>> Florence (Chappelle) Bowe, granddaughter of "Angie." <BR>> <BR>> " . . . . This was early in the spring of 1862. Father Gerking <BR>> immediately sold his farm, loaded his wagons with household goods and <BR>> supplies and about April 1st started for Oregon. He was acompanied by <BR>> his sons and daughters and others. They were joined at Twin Springs, <BR>> Nebraska by an ox train from Iowa. A Mr. Yont was selected captain of <BR>> the expedition that included Mr. Williamson, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Joe <BR>> Goodman who was driving a team of mules, Mr. Enos Goodman and Miss Emma <BR>> Goodman who was blind. There were others whose names are unknown. . . . <BR>> <BR>> "The party arrived in due time and settled on Howell's Prairie in what <BR>> is now the Bethany District near Silverton in Marion County. Father <BR>> Gerking at first rented the Tom Shaw place, later buying a tract of land <BR>> on the road to Silver Creek (now Silverton). This is near the present <BR>> Bethany Church and Cemetery. . . . This land was sold in 1871/2 and the <BR>> family moved to the vicienity of Centerville (now Athena) in Umatilla <BR>> County, Oregon. Father, sons and sons-in-law settled on adjacent claims <BR>> in an area now known as Gerking Flat." <BR>> <BR>> [snip] <BR>> <BR>> Beth Johnston <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> or-roots mailing list <BR>> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>