<font><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Judy Robertson wrote:<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">"BONEBRAKE</span>, William F to Roseburg by Ox Cart in 1862. EUB minister lived at Coos Bay and served the church there on 2 different calls. Eventually died in Goldendale WA as did his wife. They were residing there because there son lived there. SON was the first doctor in Goldendale."<br><br>I don't have any information on William F. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrake </span>specifically, but do have quite a bit of information about family members in the area. The other researchers to connect with is Bonnie <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrake </span></font></font><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="mailto:brendabonebrake@msn.com">brendabonebrake@msn.com</a>. and Coos County commissioner, Gordon <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ross</span>. The <span
style="font-weight: bold;">Ross </span>family and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrakes </span>were interconnected and Gordon has a wealth of information concerning his family in the area. A write-up in the local paper for the 150th celebration of Coos County had this to say:<br><br></span> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"The net the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ross </span>family has thrown over<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Coos</span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style="background: rgb(160, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0%; color: black; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"></span></span></st1:PlaceName><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span><st1:PlaceType><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";">County</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> began with B.F. (Frank) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ross</span>. Born in 1827, the </span><st1:State><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Indiana</span></st1:place></st1:State><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> native first found work as a scout for migrants traversing the </span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Santa Fe Trail</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> before moving west for good in 1850, initially to the </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Willamette</span></st1:PlaceName><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span><st1:PlaceType><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Valley</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">. After a brief foray as a prospector during the California gold rush, Frank <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ross </span>returned north in 1852 to found a settlement at the future site of Empire, later Coos County’s first seat of government. <br> The following year he was host to a settler party that included three women, believed to be the first white female visitors to the Bay Area. (One, Esther Lockhart, recorded the event in her journal: “... that night we slept on a punchen [split board] floor at the home of our genial friend Frank <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ross </span>and along with about 40 other people and feasted sumptuously on clams, salmon, roast duck and geese.”)<br> Eleven years later, after marrying Rhoda Elizabeth<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Bonebrake</span><b><span style="background: rgb(255, 255,
102) none repeat scroll 0%; color: black; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"></span></b>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ross </span>and his brother-in-law Josiah <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrake</span> settled land claims — which the Ross family still holds today — at the mouth of what is now called Ross Inlet."</span><o:p></o:p></div> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I also have this link http://www.cynthiasplace.net/sections/genealogy/conklin/gp0.htm#head2 <br>which shows the following information for your William F. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrake</span><br></span><pre><font color="#400080">William Frederick BONEBRAKE</font> <br> Born: 25 Sep 1814 - Preble, Ohio<br> Marr: 7 Feb 1837 - Fountain Co., IN <br> Died: 5 Nov 1887 - Goldendale, WA<br><br>This same reference shows a Charles L. <span style="font-weight:
bold;">Bonebrake </span>as a son. <br>Information I have found from others shows that the Charles <br>L. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrake </span>from Bonnie <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrake </span>(her husband is <br>the g-grandson?) was actually originally a Granby, but was <br>adopted by J.V. and Sarah (<span style="font-weight: bold;">ROSS</span>) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrake</span>. The families <br>lived up Ross Inlet just to the east of Coos Bay in about <br>1864.<br><br>Biographies for the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrakes </span>can be found in "A Century of <br>Coos & Curry County" and "Pioneer History of Coos and Curry <br>Counties" by Orvil Dodge. I can transcribe them if needed,<br>but none of them reference your William. I do show <br>J.V. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrake </span>coming to Coos County Dec 10, 1862. Henry S.<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonebrake</span>, reported to be the son of William F.,
in his<br>biography indicates he came to Coos County in 1866 and<br>settled on Catching Slough which is off Ross Inlet as I recall.<br><br>I also understand the book "Stars in the Dark" references<br>the Bonebrakes multiple times, but I have not researched <br>this book as yet.<br><br>Robyn Greenlund<br>Myrtle Point<br><br><br></pre><br><p>
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