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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri size=3>This is interesting I found Marcola Cemetery on
Google earth this one's not in Marcola OR.? but reads <STRONG>Springfield,
Lane Co. OR</STRONG>. zip code - 97478.. Maybe this is why we couldn't find
it?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>more reading (Marcola, OR.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A class=l
onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','res','6','','0CBIQFjAF')"
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=20010701&id=zXwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AuwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6883,46616"><FONT
color=#0000ff size=3><STRONG>Marcola .</STRONG></FONT></A><STRONG> (READ
THIS)</STRONG>
<DIV class=s>Sharon Jakeways scrubs a century of grime from a headstone at
<STRONG>Marcola Cemetery</STRONG>. On the back of the stone, the cleaning
revealed a poem about the death of <B>...</B><BR><CITE><FONT
color=#008000>news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=20010701&id...</FONT></CITE></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><A class=l
onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','res','5','','0CBAQFjAE')"
href="http://mohawk.historiceugene.com/schools.htm"><FONT color=#0000ff
size=3>Mohawk Valley History | Schools</FONT></A>
<DIV class=s>School was also held in the log building at the present
<STRONG>Marcola Cemetery</STRONG>. Prior to 1876, a frame building was built on
the Wendling road half way between <B>...</B><BR><CITE><FONT
color=#008000>mohawk.historiceugene.com/schools.htm - </FONT></CITE><SPAN
class=gl><A onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','clnk','5','')"
href="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:gWgn9vQii-gJ:mohawk.historiceugene.com/schools.htm+Marcola+Cemetery,+OR.&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us"><FONT
color=#7777cc>Cached</FONT></A></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#008000></FONT></EM></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=s><SPAN class=gl>Nancy</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<A title=birdman_326@msn.com href="mailto:birdman_326@msn.com">JOHN LAURA
MCKINNEY</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 12, 2010 1:38
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] or-roots Digest,
Vol 35, Issue 9</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Fields: Thank you so much. I would appreciate any
of the census you can help me w/. I have: William Fields b. 20
Oct. 1829 Ray co., Missouri d. 1880 Marcola, OR. (I can't verify this or
find the cem. on line, Johnson Crk. Cem. Marcola, OR)
His parents> Thomas Fields and Rebecca Riggs. He marries
Elizabeth Carter 19 Dec. 1853 she was b. 1834 IA. and died 1880 or 1887.
Their children that I have: Melissa Caroline Fields b. abt. 1856 Linn co.,
OR., Mary M. Fields b. 14 Dec. 1873 d. 29 Mar. 1924 WA., Matilda
Ann b. 14 Dec. 1857 Crawdfordsville, OR. d. 29 Mar. 1924, George b.
abt. 1864, Thomas b. abt. 1868 Linn co., OR., John Fields b. 09 Mar. 1869
d. 1936 Lane co., OR., Robert Henry (my ggrandfather) b. 25 Nov. 1873 d. 29
Oct. 1951 Scio, Linn, OR.(haven't found obit to verify) He married Phoebey TN.
Barnard 30 Jul. 1895 Scio, Linn co., OR.<BR>The Thomas does look like a
match. I tried going in on the OR. death index, and couldn't find
anything. I tried the WA. digital index, and they state that you aren't
allowed to see the death records. Something abt. the site, almost froze
my computer. I had nothing but errors from internet
explorer. Thank you again for your help, Laura <A
href="mailto:birdman_326@msn.com">birdman_326@msn.com</A><BR> <BR>From:
or-roots-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Subject: or-roots Digest, Vol
35, Issue 9<BR>To: or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Date: Thu, 11 Mar
2010 12:00:32 -0800<BR><BR><PRE>Send or-roots mailing list submissions to<BR> or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR> <BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> <A href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots</A><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR> or-roots-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR> <BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR> or-roots-owner@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR> <BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of or-roots digest..."<BR></PRE><BR><BR>--Forwarded
Message Attachment--<BR>From: reedsportchapmans@verizon.net<BR>To:
or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:43:11
-0800<BR>Subject: [or-roots] Fields; Tkhomas George et al<BR><BR><PRE>Laura;<BR> <BR>Have you tried the death index?<BR> <BR>I don't have access to it past 1030, but you can probably find it at a local<BR>libray or Fam History center.<BR> <BR>For your great grandfather is one of these him?<BR> <BR>Name Death Date County Certificate #<BR> <BR>Fields, William Henry 14 January 1929 Union 7<BR>Fields, William 26 June 1927 Portland 1756<BR>Fields, William 08 March 1913 Union 1279<BR>Fields, William 11 December 1906 Josephine 2444<BR> <BR>There is a John Fields in Crook Co in 1900 who may be the one you have an<BR>obit for; Wife Ida, son Fred? 4, dau Polly 2 and son Nelson 1.<BR> <BR>TJ is a possible match;<BR> <BR>Series: T623 Roll: 233 Page: 252<BR> <BR>Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year<BR>FIELDS T J 32 M W OR ID LATAH GOLD CRK PCT 1900<BR> <BR>b. may 1862 OR, but parents bp not a match, both listed as Illinois I think.<BR>he is single, a laborer and literate etc<BR> <BR>1910 we find John still in Crook county, wife number 2 Marette of 7 years;<BR>ch Freddie, Polly and Nelson 14, 12, 11<BR> <BR>Wash vital rcrds index;<BR> <BR>DA Reference Number: {3BF2759C-4F26-4677-9348-96828FC0B181}<BR>Image Number: 1037<BR>Document Number: 28<BR>Document Reference ID: 221<BR>Name: Thomas Fields<BR>Date Of Death: 19 Feb 1922<BR>Age: 55<BR>Gender: Male<BR>Father Name: William Fields<BR>Batch ID: 275980<BR>Batch Locality: Washington, United States<BR>Death Place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington<BR>Mother Name GN: Ann<BR>Mother Name Surname: Carter<BR> <BR>I would say this is a pretty good match for Thomas.<BR> <BR>I will do a little more digging, if you want the census images off list I<BR>can send them to you.<BR> <BR>Les C<BR> <BR>><BR>George Fields born abt. 1864 and brother Thomas Fields born abt. 1868 in<BR>Oregon<BR>On abt. 1934, John Fields obit says he has brother, Robert H. Fields(my<BR>ggrandfather) surviving. I can't track George or Thomas after 1880 Linn co.,<BR>OR. William Fields and Elizabeth Carter are the parents of these brothers.<BR>Can anyone help me, please. I'd appreciate any advice. Thank you, Laura<BR><<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR></PRE><BR><BR>--Forwarded
Message Attachment--<BR>From: reedsportchapmans@verizon.net<BR>To:
or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:04:35
-0800<BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] Fields; Tkhomas George et al<BR><BR><PRE>Okay this just got more interesting; in 1920 a George Fields b OR age 50<BR>shows up in Portland with wife Gertrude L age 38 b Nevada and niece Lois<BR>Thayer age 20 b in Oregon.<BR> <BR>Again he is a bit off, perhaps self concsious about being 16 years older<BR>than wife instead of 12? Parents bp don't match either, lists MO and PA<BR>instead of MO IA as listed in 1880, but assuming the Robert H in<BR>Crawfordsville in 1900 is your guy wrong bp for parents is normal.<BR> <BR>Interesting that Robt is such a stay at home and the rest of them are all<BR>over th place?<BR> <BR>Les C<BR> <BR>><BR>George Fields born abt. 1864 and brother Thomas Fields born abt. 1868 in<BR>Oregon<BR>On abt. 1934, John Fields obit says he has brother, Robert H. Fields(my<BR>ggrandfather) surviving. I can't track George or Thomas after 1880 Linn co.,<BR>OR. William Fields and Elizabeth Carter are the parents of these brothers.<BR>Can anyone help me, please. I'd appreciate any advice. Thank you, Laura<BR><<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>_______________________________________________<BR>or-roots mailing list<BR>or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR><A href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots</A><BR> <BR> <BR></PRE><BR><BR>--Forwarded
Message Attachment--<BR>From: nancydean@columbia-center.org<BR>To:
or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:09:12
-0800<BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] Robert H Fields 1900 1930
census<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Laura - This must be your ggrandfather in the 1930
census
<BR>Reads,
<BR>Nancy</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Robert born in OR.</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>both his parents born in MO. BUT the 1900 census
<BR>reads father born in OR & mother born in MO.?</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Occupation, laborer in a saw mill </FONT></DIV><BR>
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face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>1930 United States Federal
<BR>Census</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> <BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN class=ecxabout><FONT
color=#666666>about</FONT></SPAN> Robert H Fields</SPAN>
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face=Arial><SPAN class=ecxsrchMatch>Robert</SPAN> <SPAN
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Home in 1930:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Crawfordsville, Linn,
Oregon<BR></FONT><A><FONT face=Arial color=#566c11 size=2>View
Map</FONT></A></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Age:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>57</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Estimated birth year:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>abt 1873</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Birthplace:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Relation to Head of
House:</FONT></TH><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Spouse's name:</FONT></TH><BR>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 10px"><FONT face=Arial
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Neighbors:</FONT></TH><BR>
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<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" align=left width="90%"><A
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face=Arial color=#566c11 size=2>Robert H
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<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" align=left width="9%"><FONT
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face=Arial color=#566c11 size=2>Phebe T
Fields</FONT></A></TD><BR>
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face=Arial size=2>55</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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face=Arial color=#566c11 size=2>Evy Violet
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN class=ecxabout><FONT
color=#666666>about</FONT></SPAN> Robert H Fields</SPAN>
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face=Arial><SPAN class=ecxsrchMatch>Robert</SPAN> <SPAN
class=ecxsrchMatch>H</SPAN> <SPAN
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Home in 1900:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Crawfordsville, Linn,
<BR>Oregon</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>27</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Birth <NOBR><A class=ecxGVAdLink
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gender:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Male</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Father's
Birthplace:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mother's
Birthplace:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Missouri</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Spouse's name:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phebe</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marriage Year:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>1894</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marital Status:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Married</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Years Married:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>6</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Residence :</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sweet Home City, Linn,
<BR>Oregon</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Occupation:</FONT></TH><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Neighbors:</FONT></TH><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Household Members:</FONT></TH><BR>
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vAlign=top align=left width="9%"><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "Leslie Chapman" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>To: "or-roots mail list" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:43 PM</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subject: [or-roots] Fields; Tkhomas George et
<BR>al</FONT></DIV></DIV><BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>> Laura;<BR>>
<BR><BR>> Have you tried the death index?<BR>> <BR>> I don't have
access to <BR>it past 1030, but you can probably find it at a local<BR>>
libray or Fam <BR>History center.<BR>> <BR>> For your great grandfather
is one of these <BR>him?<BR>> <BR>> Name Death Date County Certificate
#<BR>> <BR>> <BR>Fields, William Henry 14 January 1929 Union 7<BR>>
Fields, William 26 June <BR>1927 Portland 1756<BR>> Fields, William 08
March 1913 Union 1279<BR>> <BR>Fields, William 11 December 1906 Josephine
2444<BR>> <BR>> There is a John <BR>Fields in Crook Co in 1900 who may
be the one you have an<BR>> obit for; Wife <BR>Ida, son Fred? 4, dau Polly
2 and son Nelson 1.<BR>> <BR>> TJ is a <BR>possible match;<BR>>
<BR>> Series: T623 Roll: 233 Page: <BR>252<BR>> <BR>>
Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State <BR>County Location
Year<BR>> FIELDS T J 32 M W OR ID LATAH GOLD CRK <BR>PCT
1900<BR>> <BR>> b. may 1862 OR, but parents bp not a match, both
<BR>listed as Illinois I think.<BR>> he is single, a laborer and literate
<BR>etc<BR>> <BR>> 1910 we find John still in Crook county, wife number
2 <BR>Marette of 7 years;<BR>> ch Freddie, Polly and Nelson 14, 12,
11<BR>> <BR><BR>> Wash vital rcrds index;<BR>> <BR>> DA Reference
Number: <BR>{3BF2759C-4F26-4677-9348-96828FC0B181}<BR>> Image Number:
1037<BR>> <BR>Document Number: 28<BR>> Document Reference ID:
221<BR>> Name: Thomas <BR>Fields<BR>> Date Of Death: 19 Feb 1922<BR>>
Age: 55<BR>> Gender: <BR>Male<BR>> Father Name: William Fields<BR>>
Batch ID:
<BR>
<BR>275980<BR>> Batch Locality: Washington,
United <BR>States<BR>> Death Place: Spokane,
Spokane, <BR>Washington<BR>> Mother Name GN:
Ann<BR>> <BR>Mother Name Surname: Carter<BR>> <BR>> I would say this
is a pretty good <BR>match for Thomas.<BR>> <BR>> I will do a little
more digging, if you want <BR>the census images off list I<BR>> can send
them to you.<BR>> <BR>> Les <BR>C<BR>> <BR>>><BR>> George
Fields born abt. 1864 and brother Thomas <BR>Fields born abt. 1868 in<BR>>
Oregon<BR>> On abt. 1934, John Fields obit <BR>says he has brother, Robert
H. Fields(my<BR>> ggrandfather) surviving. I <BR>can't track George or
Thomas after 1880 Linn co.,<BR>> OR. William Fields and <BR>Elizabeth
Carter are the parents of these brothers.<BR>> Can anyone help me,
<BR>please. I'd appreciate any advice. Thank you,
<BR>Laura</FONT></FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR>--Forwarded Message
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or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:19:05
-0800<BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] [or-roots ]Thomas Fields 1920 census Spokane,
WA.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Is this your Thomas Fields? He is single and a farmer.
<BR>Both parents born in MO.</FONT></DIV><BR>
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face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>1920 United States Federal
<BR>Census</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> <BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN class=ecxabout><FONT
color=#666666>about</FONT></SPAN> Thomas J Fields</SPAN>
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<TD><SPAN class=ecxsrchHit><STRONG><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN class=ecxsrchMatch>Thomas</SPAN> J <SPAN
class=ecxsrchMatch>Fields</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Home in 1920:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greenacres, Spokane,
<BR>Washington</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Age:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>53 years </FONT></TD></TR><BR>
<TR><BR>
<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Estimated birth year:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>abt 1867</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Birthplace:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
<TR><BR>
<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Relation to Head of
House:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Head</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Father's Birth Place:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Missouri</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
<TR><BR>
<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mother's Birth Place:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Missouri</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marital Status:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><NOBR><A class=ecxGVAdLink id=ecxGVLINK_1_0_0
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<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>White</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Male</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rent</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Able to read:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TH><FONT face=Arial size=2>Able to Write:</FONT></TH><BR>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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<TD><FONT face=Arial size=2>253</FONT></TD></TR><BR>
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Fields</FONT></A></TD><BR>
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face=Arial size=2>Nancy</FONT><BR><BR><BR>--Forwarded Message
Attachment--<BR>From: nancydean@columbia-center.org<BR>To:
or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:03
-0800<BR>Subject: [or-roots] Bio of Thomas Fields, Linn Co.,
OR.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class="ecxb ecxw ecxxsm"><FONT face=Calibri>Laura, Looks like
your <BR>ancestors? BONNIE BARTLETT who wrote this Bio has a
family tree <BR>on line with Elizabeth A Carter in it, looks like
she has pictures too <BR>if interested I can send you that
<BR>site.?
<BR>Nancy</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<H3 class=ecxr><A class=ecxl
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color=#2200cc>View as HTML</FONT></A><BR>From there they headed for
<BR><STRONG>Brush Creek</STRONG> Valley in <STRONG>Linn</STRONG> County,
<BR><STRONG>Oregon</STRONG> where <B>...</B> Their daughters Nancy Jane
married <BR><STRONG>George Fields</STRONG>, Mary Catherine married
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<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>THOMAS <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">FIELDS</B></B></FONT> <BR></P><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Thomas <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B>, <BR>the elder son
of Ebenezer and Sarah (Burden) <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> was born the
<BR>4</B><SUP><B>th</B></SUP><B> of May 1809, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Thomas’s <B style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B>
Donation Claim say’s <BR>he was born in Ohio, but other records indicate that
he was born in Bourbon <BR>County, Kentucky. His siblings were Betsy, Dorcas,
Peggy, James, Lizey, Ebenezer <BR>Jr., Stephen and Eldridge. All the children
except Stephen and Eldridge were <BR>born in Kentucky and they were born in
Ray County,
Missouri.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Ebenezer and family removed to Missouri about
1815, which they may <BR>have came by the Tennessee River to the Ohio River,
then the Mississippi River <BR>as that’s the route most of the pioneers from
Kentucky came to
<BR>Missouri.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>The family settled in Crooked River Township,
Ray County, Missouri <BR>after a short stay in Howard County, Missouri where
some of the <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> that
had came to <BR>Missouri before they
did.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Thomas <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> <BR>married Rebecca
Riggs, daughter of Thomas & Leah (Hunt) Riggs, January
<BR>1</B><SUP><B>st</B></SUP><B> 1829 in Ray County, Missouri. They had eight
<BR>children, William, Harvey, John, Eliza, Reuben, Nancy Jane, Preston and
Thomas <BR>Newton while in Ray County,
Missouri.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>When the Heatherly War of 1836 started,
Thomas <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> joined
Mathew T <BR>Long’s outfit that commanded a Militia Company from Ray County,
Missouri <BR>formally called Longs Independent Company, Missouri Mounted
Militia, War of
<BR>1832.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><STRONG>Shortly before or after Thomas Fields
father, Ebenezer died in <BR>1847, Thomas had decided to go west to the wild
frontier and the promise of <BR></STRONG><NOBR><A class=ecxGVAdLink
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color=#006600>free</FONT></A></NOBR><STRONG> land. His wife Rebecca’s parents
<BR>had left for Oregon in 1846 where Rebecca’s father Thomas Riggs died on
the way <BR>on Oregon Trail near the Iowa
Point. </STRONG></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><STRONG>According to records, each pioneer
heading out west, loaded their <BR>wagon with a grub box with a lid, that each
wagon had that sat in the front of <BR>the wagon. At the end of this box was a
place for the Dutch oven, coffee pot and <BR>kettle that were packed in a
sack. There was usually a outside box attached to <BR>the front of the wagon
bed for halters, hobbles, rope, axe, shovel, hammer, <BR>chain, bell, a rack
for the guns, a small keg with a lid in which was their <BR></STRONG><NOBR><A
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color=#006600>drinking water</FONT></A></NOBR><STRONG>. They put their frying
<BR>pans, water bucket and a kettle at the rear of the wagon. They hung their
tar <BR>buckets for greasing the wheels beneath the wagon. Their food they
bought was <BR>flour, beans, sugar, coffee, lard, ham and bacon that had been
cured, corn meal, <BR>dried fruit, molasses, butter, vegetables, homemade
soap, salt and medicine. <BR>Each wagon. Each wagon team had at least four
oxen’s, a couple horses and a <BR>couple milk
cows.</STRONG></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>After getting their wagon ready for the trip
out west, Thomas <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B>
and family joined the <BR>Nathaniel Bowman Company at Caples Landing, twelve
miles above St. Joseph, <BR>Missouri May 2, 1847. They crossed the Big Blue on
May <BR>8</B><SUP><B>th</B></SUP><B> and came into the Independence road the
next day, <BR>arriving on the evening of May 16, at the head of the Little
Blue River. Before <BR>reaching Fort Laramie, Wyoming, the company split up
into three
<BR>divisions.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>After crossing the Missouri River, they were
in Indian Territory and <BR>the </B></FONT> <BR><BR><BR>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><B>1</B></FONT> <BR> <BR></P><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><B>Indians were very hostile. After many <BR>nights of trouble with the
Indians, Thomas </B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><B><B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> and family decided
to <BR>stay back behind the wagon
train.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>They used buffalo chips for fuel when there
was no wood. There was a <BR>lot of cholera and other sickness on the <B
style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B> Trail.
<BR></B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>In <BR>some places on the trail, there were
herds of antelope and buffalo. The men or <BR>boys would kill them for meat.
Crossing the rivers was quite a chore. They would <BR>have to raise their
wagons several inches, attach ropes to the front so that the <BR>horseman
riding along could help if it was needed to urge the teams into the <BR>water.
Some places the roads were so sandy, that they would be knee deep in
<BR>sand.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>In <BR>what few places there were to buy food
along the trail, they’d stop and reload <BR>what they could get by with.
They’d have to stop, feed and rest their cattle and <BR>horses. At this time
they would do various other things, such as reset their <BR>wheels as they had
to be taken off and soaked over night to keep them from <BR>falling off. They
also had to grease the wheels and brake blocks had to be built <BR>and
tighten</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><B>up.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>In <BR>the evening time they’d play their
guitars, fiddles, singing, and dancing. <BR>They’d have a lit campfire that
they’d gather around and
visit.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>On <BR>Sundays, they had church services for
the ones that wanted to attend. They <BR>gathered for the services in a group,
by one of their
wagons.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>After months crossing the <B
style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B> Trail, the dust,
<BR>heat, sometimes lack of water, food, just before the real hard snow hit
the <BR>mountains, they came to a place four miles above Willow <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff9999">Creek</B> on the Columbia
River, <BR>some of the wagon train went by raft down the Columbia River.
Thomas <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> and his
family headed <BR>to Tygh Valley, to the Cascade’s and crossed over the Barlow
Road. The cost to <BR>go over the Barlow Road was $5.00 a wagon, 10 cents a
head for cattle. Some of <BR>the pioneers sold their rifles, quilts or
anything they could use for payment. <BR>The ones that were flat broke were
able to use IOU’s. This Barlow Road saved the <BR>pioneers from going down the
Columbia River, on the make shift rafts as going <BR>down the river was a
terrible experience that many drowned. There were some <BR>terrible places
</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>going over the
Barlow Road. One of <BR>those places was called Laurel Hill. It was the worst
part of this road. The way <BR>the pioneers got down this hill was by cutting
a tree down and chaining a tree <BR>behind the way for it would slow the wagon
down. Even then some lost their <BR>belongings.
</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Many women went out of their minds under the
hardship of the <B style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B>
Trail. <BR></B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>After arriving in the fall at the end of the
<B style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B> Trail, Thomas <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> and family spent a
<BR>short time in <B
style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B> <BR>City, <B
style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B>. >From there
<BR>they headed for <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #99ff99">Brush</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff9999">Creek</B> Valley in <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff66ff">Linn</B> County, <B
style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B> where Thomas’s wife
<BR>Rebecca’s mother and brothers were living. During the fall and winter of
1847 <BR>the Indians annoyed the Thomas <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> family so they
moved <BR>down the Calapooia River and stayed with Rebecca’s mother and
brothers, Leah, <BR>Timothy and Thomas Riggs till the spring of 1848. Then in
the summer of 1848, <BR>Thomas applied for an <B
style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B>
<BR></B></FONT> <BR><BR><BR>
<P align=center> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3><B>2</B></FONT> <BR> <BR></P><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Donation land claim, near Chandler Mountain.
He was granted 640 acres <BR>in 14 S Range East, located in Section 13 and 14.
Their neighbors were, R. C. <BR>Finley family, James McHargue family, Robert
Montgomery family and Rebecca <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> mother and
brothers, <BR>Leah, Timothy and Thomas
Riggs.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>After Thomas and Rebecca <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> moved to <B
style="COLOR: white; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #880000">Oregon</B>, they had four more
<BR>children, Mary, Lucinda, Louise and
Franklin.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Thomas farmed the land and raised bees, hogs,
and <BR>cattle.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Thomas and Rebecca <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> joined the
<BR>Reorganized Latter Day Saints Church. Thomas and Rebecca were baptized May
25, <BR>1868. Thomas was an elder in the
church.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Before Thomas and Rebecca <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> passed away, they
had <BR>lost two children, Eliza and John. John drowned in the Calapoola River
July 18, <BR>1867.</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Rebecca (Riggs) <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> passed away January
<BR>29, 1874 and Thomas <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> passed away July 1,
<BR>1875. Where they are buried is unknown so far as I write this story.
<BR></B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>Thomas and Rebecca’s sons William married
Elizabeth Carter, Harvey <BR>married Nancy Jane Carsner, Franklin married
Syrena Davis, Reuben married, <BR>Catherine <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> later <BR>married
Mary Black, Thomas Newton <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> married Louisa
Ellen <BR><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B>,
Franklin married <BR>Syrena Davis. Their daughters Nancy Jane married <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">George</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B>, Mary Catherine
<BR>married Jason Butler, Lucinda married Charles
Aldrich.</B></FONT> <BR><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2><B>(This information came from Court, <BR>land, census records, Harvey
<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> obit stories and
what <BR>Harvey told his family. Some of the deceased Harvey <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> family claim that
his <BR>grandfather, Ebenezer was a brother to the Joseph and Ruben <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Fields</B> that was on the
Lewis <BR>& Clark Expedition but so far I have not found any information
to verify <BR>this. Some of this information came from records on what little
that I could <BR>find out on the Nathaniel Bowman train.)</B></FONT><BR><BR>
<H1><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><B>WRITTEN BY BONNIE BARTLETT @ MAY
29, <BR>2005</B></FONT></H1></DIV></CITE></DIV></FONT><BR>
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