<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000'><P>Like Denise, I have had Oregon families go to Whitman Co., WA, but I also have some that were there a little earlier than that. Some stayed; some came on to Oregon. </P>
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<P>If you are doing Whitman Co., WA research, be sure that you take a look at the Washington Digital Archives: <A href="http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Default.aspx">http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Default.aspx</A></P>
<P>Barbara Herring</P>
<P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Denise Sproed" <denisesproed@onlinenw.com><BR>To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR>Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:13:59 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<BR>Subject: [or-roots] Whitman County, Washington<BR><BR>I have noticed that quite a number of my "Oregon" families migrated up into <BR>Whitman County (1880's-1900's). It is interesting to see the migration <BR>patterns for time periods.<BR><BR>Denise<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Kith-n-Kin" <Kith-n-Kin@cox.net><BR>To: "'Denise Sproed'" <denisesproed@onlinenw.com>; "'or-roots mail list'" <BR><or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR>Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:33 AM<BR>Subject: RE: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County<BR><BR><BR>> Denise<BR>><BR>> You are absolutely right, which is part of the problem.<BR>><BR>> It's pretty clear by now that the siblings lived close to each other, and<BR>> communicated regularly. So, they probably all went to Whitman County,<BR>> Washington about the same time (1880) and the widow and children may have<BR>> simply been missed. I think I'll know more when I see the 1899 probate --<BR>> 19 years after he died, but only one year after his wife died.<BR>><BR>> What fun!<BR>><BR>> Pat<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>> [mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Denise<BR>> Sproed<BR>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:49 AM<BR>> To: or-roots mail list<BR>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County<BR>><BR>> Sometimes folks did travel to a cemetery where "other family" were buried <BR>> so<BR>><BR>> it isn't necessarily a confirmation that folks lived in an area because<BR>> someone is buried there. There are also unmarked graves.<BR>><BR>> Unfortunately we do not have "good" death record coverage before the early<BR>> 1900's and even then it can be rather spotty. I have one relative alive <BR>> in<BR>> 1930 in Roseburg (having lived there most of his lifetime) and I have not<BR>> found him on any death records. I'm fairly certain that he has died <BR>> (Isaac<BR>> Matthews b 15 Jul 1853 OR) but no idea where or when.<BR>><BR>> Denise<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "Kith-n-Kin" <Kith-n-Kin@cox.net><BR>> To: "'or-roots mail list'" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR>> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:25 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County<BR>><BR>><BR>>> Sue<BR>>><BR>>> Thank you so much. I don't know what was wrong with my Googling -- it<BR>>> seems<BR>>> so obvious now <G><BR>>><BR>>> So, only the one child buried there. Which tells me that they left after<BR>>> 1878.<BR>>><BR>>> It doesn't tell me how they missed the census taker <G> for two decades.<BR>>> Hmmm. If they were in Linn for the 1860, and daughter died in 1878, they<BR>>> should have been there for the 1870.<BR>>><BR>>> And, even if he died in Umatilla or Union in 1880, they should have been<BR>>> there. By then, I'm finding some of the kids -- spottedly. (is that a<BR>>> word?<BR>>> Hmm)<BR>>><BR>>> I'm not, however, finding him in any of the listed cemeteries in Umatilla<BR>>> or<BR>>> Union counties. Dang.<BR>>><BR>>> I think I'll skip the cemetery and focus my efforts on the courthouse.<BR>>> You<BR>>> never know.<BR>>><BR>>> Pat<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> -----Original Message-----<BR>>> From: or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>>> [mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Sue<BR>>> Steward<BR>>> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:56 PM<BR>>> To: or-roots mail list<BR>>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County<BR>>><BR>>> http://www.usgennet.org/usa/or/town/lebanon/cems/claypool.html<BR>>><BR>>> Here is a transcription, don't know if it is complete. Has Andrew<BR>>> Richardson's daughter there.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>>> From: "Kith-n-Kin" <Kith-n-Kin@cox.net><BR>>> To: <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR>>> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 12:59 PM<BR>>> Subject: [or-roots] Claypool Cemetery, Linn County<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> On the 1878 Atlas of Marion and Linn Counties, map 7, page 81, upper <BR>>> right<BR>>> corner, in "Center" there is a cemetery marked on the property of Andrew<BR>>> Richardson, including part of the original DLC of Aaron Claypool. I <BR>>> looked<BR>>> this up on the GNIS and apparently it's called the "Claypool" cemetery,<BR>>> and<BR>>> according to Findagrave it includes some Parrish's, Washburns, Jacksons,<BR>>> etc.<BR>>><BR>>> Does anyone have a complete census of this cemetery? Or know anything<BR>>> about<BR>>> it?<BR>>><BR>>> I'm trying to find out what happened to Andrew Jackson Richardson who<BR>>> married Mary Jane Gallaher. They disappear from the censuses after 1860,<BR>>> though there is evidence of children born after 1870. I eventually find<BR>>> her, and some of the children, in Washington. She and a daughter are<BR>>> buried<BR>>> in the same cemetery as Andrew Jackson's sister, Cynthia (Richardson)<BR>>> Parks,<BR>>> in Colton, Whitman County, Washington.<BR>>><BR>>> One descendant indicates that he may have died in Umatilla County about<BR>>> 1880, but why no census? What's going on here?<BR>>><BR>>> Since I'm going to be going to Portland in a couple of weeks, and plan to<BR>>> visit Linn county, the courthouse, the cemetery, etc, anything I can find<BR>>> out now will help.<BR>>><BR>>> Pat<BR>>> in Tucson<BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> or-roots mailing list<BR>>> or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>>> http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots<BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> or-roots mailing list<BR>>> or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>>> http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots<BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> or-roots mailing list<BR>>> or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>>> http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> or-roots mailing list<BR>> or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>> http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots<BR>> <BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>or-roots mailing list<BR>or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots<BR></P></div></body></html>