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</div></span></div></span></span></span></div><br><div><div>On Mar 12, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Steve & Ronda Howard wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; "><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="609214922-12032010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">I don't know if this helps, but here is a different cemetery with Johnson Creek and Marcola in the description of the location.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="609214922-12032010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Ronda</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="609214922-12032010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="609214922-12032010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orlane/links/lanecems.htm">http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orlane/links/lanecems.htm</a></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="609214922-12032010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="609214922-12032010"><table border="1" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td><font color="#408080"><b>Drury (Upper Mabel)</b></font></td><td><font color="#408080"><b>25-100</b></font></td><td><font color="#408080"><b>--</b></font></td><td><font color="#408080"><b>1 mile on Johnson Creek Road off Marcola Road, 2 miles north of Mabel</b></font></td><td><font color="#408080"><b>1881</b></font></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><br><div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left"><hr tabindex="-1"><font face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>JOHN LAURA MCKINNEY<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, March 12, 2010 1:39 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [or-roots] or-roots Digest, Vol 35, Issue 9<br></font><br></div><div></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 <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:birdman_326@msn.com">birdman_326@msn.com</a><br> <br>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:or-roots-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>Subject: or-roots Digest, Vol 35, Issue 9<br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:32 -0800<br><br><pre>Send or-roots mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><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> <a href="mailto:or-roots-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br> <br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:or-roots-owner@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots-owner@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><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:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:reedsportchapmans@verizon.net">reedsportchapmans@verizon.net</a><br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><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:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:reedsportchapmans@verizon.net">reedsportchapmans@verizon.net</a><br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><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><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><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:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:nancydean@columbia-center.org">nancydean@columbia-center.org</a><br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><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><br><br><br><div><font size="2"><br><div><font face="Arial">Laura - This must be your ggrandfather in the 1930 census<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Reads, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><br><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><br><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><br><div><font face="Arial"><a href="http://Ancestry.com">Ancestry.com</a></font></div><br><div><br><div id="ecxrecord-header"><br><h2><a title="Learn more about the 1930 United States Federal Census" href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224&enc=1" style="text-decoration: none; "><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">1930 United States Federal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Census</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="ecxabout"><font color="#666666">about</font></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Robert H Fields</span></font></h2></div><br><div id="ecxrecord-main"><br><br><br><br><br><table class="ecxp_recTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody></tbody><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><table class="ecxp_resultTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody></tbody><tbody><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Name:</font></th><td><span class="ecxsrchHit"><strong><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span class="ecxsrchMatch">Robert</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="ecxsrchMatch">H</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="ecxsrchMatch">Fields</span></font></font></strong></span></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Home in 1930:</font></th><td><br><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Crawfordsville, Linn, Oregon<br></font><a><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">View Map</font></a></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Age:</font></th><td><br><br><font size="2" face="Arial">57</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Estimated birth year:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">abt 1873</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Birthplace:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Oregon</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Relation to Head of House:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Head</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Spouse's name:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Phebe T</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Race:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">White</font></td></tr><tr><th><br><div style="line-height: 10px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">Occupation:<br><br><nobr><a id="ecxGVLINK_1_0_1" class="ecxGVAdLink" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&gsfn=Robert+H&gsln=Fields&gsby=1870&gsb2co=2,USA&gsb2pl=1,All+States&gsdy=&gsd2co=2,USA&gsd2pl=1,All+States&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4;_80000002;_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=#"><font color="#006600">Education</font></a></nobr>:<br><br>Military<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>service:<br><br>Rent/home value:<br><br>Age at first<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>marriage:<br><br>Parents' birthplace:</font></div></th><td><br><div style="float: left; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><img src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/bracket.png" width="12" height="110" nosend="1"></font></div><br><div style="padding-top: 45px; "><a class="ecximg_txt" href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=ORT626_1947-0179&fn=Robert+H&ln=Fields&st=r&ssrc=&pid=109399289"><span><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">View<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>image</font></span></a></div></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Neighbors:</font></th><td><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1930usfedcen&_C0000006=ORT626_1947-0179"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">View others on page</font></a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: normal; "></span></font></font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Household Members:</font></th><td class="ecxp_embedTableTd"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><table class="ecxp_embedTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" align="center"><tbody></tbody><tbody><tr><th class="ecxp_embedTableHead" valign="top" width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">Name</font></th><th class="ecxp_embedTableHead" valign="top" width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">Age</font></th></tr><tr class="ecxp_embedTableRow" valign="top"><td width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><a title="View Record" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=109399289"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">Robert H Fields</font></a></td><td width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">57</font></td></tr><tr class="ecxp_embedTableRow" valign="top"><td width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><a title="View Record" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=109399309"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">Phebe T Fields</font></a></td><td width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">55</font></td></tr><tr class="ecxp_embedTableRow" valign="top"><td width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><a title="View Record" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=109399306"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">Evy Violet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields</font></a></td><td width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">16</font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th height="12"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></th></tr></tbody></table><br><div id="ecxrecord-header"><br><h2><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </h2><br><h2><a title="Learn more about the 1900 United States Federal Census" href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602&enc=1" style="text-decoration: none; "><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">1900 United States Federal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Census</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="ecxabout"><font color="#666666">about</font></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Robert H Fields</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></font></h2></div><br><div id="ecxrecord-main"><br><br><br><br><br><table class="ecxp_recTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody></tbody><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><table class="ecxp_resultTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody></tbody><tbody><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Name:</font></th><td><span class="ecxsrchHit"><strong><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span class="ecxsrchMatch">Robert</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="ecxsrchMatch">H</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="ecxsrchMatch">Fields</span></font></font></strong></span></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Home in 1900:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Crawfordsville, Linn,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Oregon</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Age:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">27</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Birth<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><nobr><a id="ecxGVLINK_1_0_1" class="ecxGVAdLink" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&gsfn=Robert+H&gsln=Fields&gsby=1870&gsb2co=2,USA&gsb2pl=1,All+States&gsdy=&gsd2co=2,USA&gsd2pl=1,All+States&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4;_80000002;_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=#"><font color="#006600">Date</font></a></nobr>:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Dec 1872</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Birthplace:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Oregon</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Race:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">White</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Gender:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Male</font></td></tr><tr><th><nobr><a id="ecxGVLINK_2_0_0" class="ecxGVAdLink" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&gsfn=Robert+H&gsln=Fields&gsby=1870&gsb2co=2,USA&gsb2pl=1,All+States&gsdy=&gsd2co=2,USA&gsd2pl=1,All+States&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4;_80000002;_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=#"><font color="#006600" size="2" face="Arial">Relationship</font></a></nobr><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>to Head of House:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Head</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Father's Birthplace:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Oregon</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Mother's Birthplace:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Missouri</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Spouse's name:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Phebe</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Marriage Year:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">1894</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Marital Status:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Married</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Years Married:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">6</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Residence :</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Sweet Home City, Linn,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Oregon</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Occupation:</font></th><td><a class="ecximg_txt" href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004118766_00680&fn=Robert+H&ln=Fields&st=r&ssrc=&pid=45747776"><span><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">View on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Image</font></span></a></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Neighbors:</font></th><td><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1900usfedcen&F128=ORT623_1349-0680&F128_x=ORT623_1349-0680"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">View others on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>page</font></a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: normal; "></span></font></font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Household Members:</font></th><td class="ecxp_embedTableTd"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><table class="ecxp_embedTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" align="center"><tbody></tbody><tbody><tr><th class="ecxp_embedTableHead" valign="top" width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">Name</font></th><th class="ecxp_embedTableHead" valign="top" width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">Age</font></th></tr><tr class="ecxp_embedTableRow" valign="top"><td width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><a title="View Record" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=45747776"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">Robert H<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields</font></a></td><td width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">27</font></td></tr><tr class="ecxp_embedTableRow" valign="top"><td width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><a title="View Record" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=45747777"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">Phebe<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields</font></a></td><td width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">22</font></td></tr><tr class="ecxp_embedTableRow" valign="top"><td width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><a title="View Record" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=45747778"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">James W<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields</font></a></td><td width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">4</font></td></tr><tr class="ecxp_embedTableRow" valign="top"><td width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><a title="View Record" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=45747779"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">Anna<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields</font></a></td><td width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">1</font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th height="12"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></th></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="ecxrecordTN" valign="top" rowspan="50" width="130"><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004118766_00680&fn=Robert+H&ln=Fields&st=r&ssrc=&pid=45747776"><br><div class="ecxburstOut"><br><div class="ecxburstIn"><font size="2" face="Arial">View<br>Original<br>Record</font></div><font size="2" face="Arial"><img class="ecxburstImg" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/burst.png" nosend="1"><img border="0" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/sample.jpg" nosend="1"></font></div></a><br><a class="ecximg_txt" href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004118766_00680&fn=Robert+H&ln=Fields&st=r&ssrc=&pid=45747776"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><img border="0" align="absMiddle" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/mag_m.gif" width="16" height="16" nosend="1"><span>View original<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>image</span></font></font></a><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td class="ecxrecordTN" valign="top" rowspan="50" width="130"><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=ORT626_1947-0179&fn=Robert+H&ln=Fields&st=r&ssrc=&pid=109399289"><br><div class="ecxburstOut"><br><div class="ecxburstIn"><font size="2" face="Arial">View<br>Original<br>Record</font></div><font size="2" face="Arial"><img class="ecxburstImg" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/burst.png" nosend="1"><img border="0" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/sample.jpg" nosend="1"></font></div></a><br><a class="ecximg_txt" href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=ORT626_1947-0179&fn=Robert+H&ln=Fields&st=r&ssrc=&pid=109399289"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><img border="0" align="absMiddle" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/mag_m.gif" width="16" height="16" nosend="1"><span>View original image</span></font></font></a><br><br><a><font size="2" face="Arial"><img border="0" align="absMiddle" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/pdficon_small.gif" width="16" height="16" nosend="1" style="padding-top: 4px; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>View<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>blank form</font></a><font face="Arial"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><br><div><font face="Arial">----- Original Message -----<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><br><div><font face="Arial">From: "Leslie Chapman" <</font><a href="mailto:reedsportchapmans@verizon.net"><font face="Arial">reedsportchapmans@verizon.net</font></a><font face="Arial">></font></div><br><div><font face="Arial">To: "or-roots mail list" <</font><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us"><font face="Arial">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</font></a><font face="Arial">></font></div><br><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>al</font></div></div><br><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><font face="Arial">> Laura;<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>> Have you tried the death index?<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> I don't have access to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>it past 1030, but you can probably find it at a local<br>> libray or Fam<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>History center.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> For your great grandfather is one of these<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>him?<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Name Death Date County Certificate #<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields, William Henry 14 January 1929 Union 7<br>> Fields, William 26 June<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>1927 Portland 1756<br>> Fields, William 08 March 1913 Union 1279<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields, William 11 December 1906 Josephine 2444<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> There is a John<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields in Crook Co in 1900 who may be the one you have an<br>> obit for; Wife<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Ida, son Fred? 4, dau Polly 2 and son Nelson 1.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> TJ is a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>possible match;<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Series: T623 Roll: 233 Page:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>252<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>County Location Year<br>> FIELDS T J 32 M W OR ID LATAH GOLD CRK<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>PCT 1900<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> b. may 1862 OR, but parents bp not a match, both<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>listed as Illinois I think.<br>> he is single, a laborer and literate<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>etc<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> 1910 we find John still in Crook county, wife number 2<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Marette of 7 years;<br>> ch Freddie, Polly and Nelson 14, 12, 11<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>> Wash vital rcrds index;<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> DA Reference Number:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>{3BF2759C-4F26-4677-9348-96828FC0B181}<br>> Image Number: 1037<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Document Number: 28<br>> Document Reference ID: 221<br>> Name: Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields<br>> Date Of Death: 19 Feb 1922<br>> Age: 55<br>> Gender:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Male<br>> Father Name: William Fields<br>> Batch ID:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>275980<br>> Batch Locality: Washington, United<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>States<br>> Death Place: Spokane, Spokane,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Washington<br>> Mother Name GN: Ann<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Mother Name Surname: Carter<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> I would say this is a pretty good<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>match for Thomas.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> I will do a little more digging, if you want<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the census images off list I<br>> can send them to you.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Les<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>C<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>><br>> George Fields born abt. 1864 and brother Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fields born abt. 1868 in<br>> Oregon<br>> On abt. 1934, John Fields obit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>says he has brother, Robert H. Fields(my<br>> ggrandfather) surviving. I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>can't track George or Thomas after 1880 Linn co.,<br>> OR. William Fields and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Elizabeth Carter are the parents of these brothers.<br>> Can anyone help me,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>please. I'd appreciate any advice. Thank you, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Laura</font></font></div><br><br><br>--Forwarded Message Attachment--<br>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:nancydean@columbia-center.org">nancydean@columbia-center.org</a><br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><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><br><br><br><div><font face="Calibri">Is this your Thomas Fields? He is single and a farmer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Both parents born in MO.</font></div><br><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><br><div><br><div id="ecxrecord-header"><br><h2><a title="Learn more about the 1920 United States Federal Census" href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6061&enc=1" style="text-decoration: none; "><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">1920 United States Federal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Census</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="ecxabout"><font color="#666666">about</font></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thomas J Fields</span></font></h2></div><br><div id="ecxrecord-main"><br><br><br><br><br><table class="ecxp_recTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody></tbody><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><table class="ecxp_resultTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody></tbody><tbody><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Name:</font></th><td><span class="ecxsrchHit"><strong><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span class="ecxsrchMatch">Thomas</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>J<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="ecxsrchMatch">Fields</span></font></font></strong></span></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Home in 1920:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Greenacres, Spokane,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Washington</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Age:</font></th><td><br><br><font size="2" face="Arial">53 years </font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Estimated birth year:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">abt 1867</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Birthplace:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Oregon</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Relation to Head of House:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Head</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Father's Birth Place:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Missouri</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Mother's Birth Place:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Missouri</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Marital Status:</font></th><td><nobr><a id="ecxGVLINK_1_0_0" class="ecxGVAdLink" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&=,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,&gsfn=Thomas&gsln=Fields&gsby=1864&gsb2co=2,USA&gsb2pl=40,Oregon&gsdy=&gsd2co=2,USA&gsd2pl=1,All+States&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4;#"><font color="#006600" size="2" face="Arial">Single</font></a></nobr></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Race:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">White</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Sex:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Male</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Home owned:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Rent</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Able to read:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Yes</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Able to Write:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">Yes</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Image:</font></th><td><font size="2" face="Arial">253</font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Neighbors:</font></th><td><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1920usfedcen&F2=WAT625_1940-0253"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">View others on page</font></a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: normal; "></span></font></font></td></tr><tr><th><font size="2" face="Arial">Household Members:</font></th><td class="ecxp_embedTableTd"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><table class="ecxp_embedTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" align="center"><tbody></tbody><tbody><tr><th class="ecxp_embedTableHead" valign="top" width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">Name</font></th><th class="ecxp_embedTableHead" valign="top" width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">Age</font></th></tr><tr class="ecxp_embedTableRow" valign="top"><td width="90%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><a title="View Record" href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&indiv=try&h=63462650"><font color="#566c11" size="2" face="Arial">Thomas J Fields</font></a></td><td width="9%" align="left" style="padding-right: 7px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">53</font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th height="12"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></th></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="ecxrecordTN" valign="top" rowspan="50" width="130"><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=WAT625_1940-0253&fn=Thomas+J&ln=Fields&st=r&ssrc=&pid=63462650"><br><div class="ecxburstOut"><br><div class="ecxburstIn"><font size="2" face="Arial">View<br>Original<br>Record</font></div><font size="2" face="Arial"><img class="ecxburstImg" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/burst.png" nosend="1"><img border="0" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/sample.jpg" nosend="1"></font></div></a><br><a class="ecximg_txt" href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=WAT625_1940-0253&fn=Thomas+J&ln=Fields&st=r&ssrc=&pid=63462650"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><img border="0" src="http://c.mfcreative.com//i/search/mag_m.gif" width="16" height="16" nosend="1"><span>View original image</span></font></font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><font size="2" face="Arial">Nancy</font><br><br><br>--Forwarded Message Attachment--<br>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:nancydean@columbia-center.org">nancydean@columbia-center.org</a><br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><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><br><br><br><div><span class="ecxb ecxw ecxxsm"><font face="Calibri">Laura, Looks like your<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>ancestors? BONNIE BARTLETT who wrote this Bio has a family tree<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>on line with Elizabeth A Carter in it, looks like she has pictures too<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>if interested I can send you that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>site.? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Nancy</font></span></div><br><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="ecxb ecxw ecxxsm"><strong><font color="#2200cc" size="1"></font></strong></span></font> </div><br><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="ecxb ecxw ecxxsm"><strong><font color="#2200cc" size="1">[DOC]</font></strong></span></font></div><font size="2" face="Arial"><br><h3 class="ecxr"><a class="ecxl" href="http://www.orgenweb.org/bios/Thomas_Fields.doc"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS FIELDS</font></a></h3><br><div class="s"><span class="ecxf"><font color="#676767">File Format:</font></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Microsoft Word -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:ptZOfM6sfrQJ:www.orgenweb.org/bios/Thomas_Fields.doc+George+Fields+Brush+Creek,+Linn,+Oregon,&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us"><font color="#2200cc">View as HTML</font></a><br>From there they headed for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><strong>Brush Creek</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Valley in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Linn</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>County,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><strong>Oregon</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>where<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>...</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Their daughters Nancy Jane married<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><strong>George Fields</strong>, Mary Catherine married<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>...</b><br><cite><font color="#008000"><a href="http://www.orgenweb.org/bios/Thomas_Fields.doc">www.orgenweb.org/bios/Thomas_<b>Fields</b>.doc</a></font></cite></div><br><div class="s"><cite><font color="#008000"></font></cite> </div><br><div class="s"><cite><br><div style="border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>THOMAS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">FIELDS</b></b></font> <br></div><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the elder son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Burden)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was born the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>4</b><sup><b>th</b></sup><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of May 1809, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Thomas’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Donation Claim say’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>he was born in Ohio, but other records indicate that he was born in Bourbon<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>County, Kentucky. His siblings were Betsy, Dorcas, Peggy, James, Lizey, Ebenezer<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Jr., Stephen and Eldridge. All the children except Stephen and Eldridge were<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>born in Kentucky and they were born in Ray County, Missouri.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Ebenezer and family removed to Missouri about 1815, which they may<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>have came by the Tennessee River to the Ohio River, then the Mississippi River<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>as that’s the route most of the pioneers from Kentucky came to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Missouri.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>The family settled in Crooked River Township, Ray County, Missouri<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>after a short stay in Howard County, Missouri where some of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that had came to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Missouri before they did.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>married Rebecca Riggs, daughter of Thomas & Leah (Hunt) Riggs, January<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>1</b><sup><b>st</b></sup><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1829 in Ray County, Missouri. They had eight<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>children, William, Harvey, John, Eliza, Reuben, Nancy Jane, Preston and Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Newton while in Ray County, Missouri.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>When the Heatherly War of 1836 started, Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>joined Mathew T<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Long’s outfit that commanded a Militia Company from Ray County, Missouri<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>formally called Longs Independent Company, Missouri Mounted Militia, War of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>1832.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Shortly before or after Thomas Fields father, Ebenezer died in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>1847, Thomas had decided to go west to the wild frontier and the promise of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></strong><nobr><a id="ecxGVLINK_1_0_1" class="ecxGVAdLink" href="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:ptZOfM6sfrQJ:www.orgenweb.org/bios/Thomas_Fields.doc+George+Fields+Brush+Creek,+Linn,+Oregon,&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us#"><font color="#006600">free</font></a></nobr><strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>land. His wife Rebecca’s parents<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>had left for Oregon in 1846 where Rebecca’s father Thomas Riggs died on the way<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>on Oregon Trail near the Iowa Point. </strong></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>According to records, each pioneer heading out west, loaded their<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>wagon with a grub box with a lid, that each wagon had that sat in the front of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the wagon. At the end of this box was a place for the Dutch oven, coffee pot and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>kettle that were packed in a sack. There was usually a outside box attached to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the front of the wagon bed for halters, hobbles, rope, axe, shovel, hammer,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>chain, bell, a rack for the guns, a small keg with a lid in which was their<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></strong><nobr><a id="ecxGVLINK_2_0_0" class="ecxGVAdLink" href="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:ptZOfM6sfrQJ:www.orgenweb.org/bios/Thomas_Fields.doc+George+Fields+Brush+Creek,+Linn,+Oregon,&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us#"><font color="#006600">drinking water</font></a></nobr><strong>. They put their frying<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>pans, water bucket and a kettle at the rear of the wagon. They hung their tar<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>buckets for greasing the wheels beneath the wagon. Their food they bought was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>flour, beans, sugar, coffee, lard, ham and bacon that had been cured, corn meal,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>dried fruit, molasses, butter, vegetables, homemade soap, salt and medicine.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Each wagon. Each wagon team had at least four oxen’s, a couple horses and a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>couple milk cows.</strong></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>After getting their wagon ready for the trip out west, Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and family joined the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Nathaniel Bowman Company at Caples Landing, twelve miles above St. Joseph,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Missouri May 2, 1847. They crossed the Big Blue on May<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>8</b><sup><b>th</b></sup><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and came into the Independence road the next day,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>arriving on the evening of May 16, at the head of the Little Blue River. Before<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>reaching Fort Laramie, Wyoming, the company split up into three<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>divisions.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>After crossing the Missouri River, they were in Indian Territory and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></font> <br><br><br><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>1</b></font> <br> <br></div><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Indians were very hostile. After many<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>nights of trouble with the Indians, Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and family decided to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>stay back behind the wagon train.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>They used buffalo chips for fuel when there was no wood. There was a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>lot of cholera and other sickness on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Trail.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>In<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>some places on the trail, there were herds of antelope and buffalo. The men or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>boys would kill them for meat. Crossing the rivers was quite a chore. They would<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>have to raise their wagons several inches, attach ropes to the front so that the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>horseman riding along could help if it was needed to urge the teams into the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>water. Some places the roads were so sandy, that they would be knee deep in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>sand.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>In<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>what few places there were to buy food along the trail, they’d stop and reload<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>what they could get by with. They’d have to stop, feed and rest their cattle and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>horses. At this time they would do various other things, such as reset their<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>wheels as they had to be taken off and soaked over night to keep them from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>falling off. They also had to grease the wheels and brake blocks had to be built<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>and tighten</b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>up.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>In<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the evening time they’d play their guitars, fiddles, singing, and dancing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>They’d have a lit campfire that they’d gather around and visit.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>On<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Sundays, they had church services for the ones that wanted to attend. They<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>gathered for the services in a group, by one of their wagons.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>After months crossing the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Trail, the dust,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>heat, sometimes lack of water, food, just before the real hard snow hit the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>mountains, they came to a place four miles above Willow<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 153); color: black; ">Creek</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on the Columbia River,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>some of the wagon train went by raft down the Columbia River. Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and his family headed<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>to Tygh Valley, to the Cascade’s and crossed over the Barlow Road. The cost to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>go over the Barlow Road was $5.00 a wagon, 10 cents a head for cattle. Some of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the pioneers sold their rifles, quilts or anything they could use for payment.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>The ones that were flat broke were able to use IOU’s. This Barlow Road saved the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>pioneers from going down the Columbia River, on the make shift rafts as going<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>down the river was a terrible experience that many drowned. There were some<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>terrible places<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></font><br><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>going over the Barlow Road. One of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>those places was called Laurel Hill. It was the worst part of this road. The way<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the pioneers got down this hill was by cutting a tree down and chaining a tree<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>behind the way for it would slow the wagon down. Even then some lost their<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>belongings.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Many women went out of their minds under the hardship of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Trail.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>After arriving in the fall at the end of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Trail, Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and family spent a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>short time in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>City,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b>. >From there<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>they headed for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; ">Brush</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 153); color: black; ">Creek</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Valley in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 255); color: black; ">Linn</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>County,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>where Thomas’s wife<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Rebecca’s mother and brothers were living. During the fall and winter of 1847<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the Indians annoyed the Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>family so they moved<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>down the Calapooia River and stayed with Rebecca’s mother and brothers, Leah,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Timothy and Thomas Riggs till the spring of 1848. Then in the summer of 1848,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Thomas applied for an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></b></font> <br><br><br><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>2</b></font> <br> <br></div><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Donation land claim, near Chandler Mountain. He was granted 640 acres<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>in 14 S Range East, located in Section 13 and 14. Their neighbors were, R. C.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Finley family, James McHargue family, Robert Montgomery family and Rebecca<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mother and brothers,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Leah, Timothy and Thomas Riggs.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>After Thomas and Rebecca<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>moved to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); color: white; ">Oregon</b>, they had four more<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>children, Mary, Lucinda, Louise and Franklin.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Thomas farmed the land and raised bees, hogs, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>cattle.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Thomas and Rebecca<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>joined the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Reorganized Latter Day Saints Church. Thomas and Rebecca were baptized May 25,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>1868. Thomas was an elder in the church.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Before Thomas and Rebecca<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>passed away, they had<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>lost two children, Eliza and John. John drowned in the Calapoola River July 18,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>1867.</b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Rebecca (Riggs)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>passed away January<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>29, 1874 and Thomas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>passed away July 1,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>1875. Where they are buried is unknown so far as I write this story. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></b></font><br><br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Thomas and Rebecca’s sons William married Elizabeth Carter, Harvey<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>married Nancy Jane Carsner, Franklin married Syrena Davis, Reuben married,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Catherine<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>later<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>married Mary Black, Thomas Newton<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>married Louisa Ellen<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b>, Franklin married<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Syrena Davis. Their daughters Nancy Jane married<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); color: black; ">George</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b>, Mary Catherine<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>married Jason Butler, Lucinda married Charles Aldrich.</b></font> <br><br><br><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>(This information came from Court,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>land, census records, Harvey<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>obit stories and what<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Harvey told his family. Some of the deceased Harvey<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>family claim that his<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>grandfather, Ebenezer was a brother to the Joseph and Ruben<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255); color: black; ">Fields</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that was on the Lewis<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>& Clark Expedition but so far I have not found any information to verify<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>this. Some of this information came from records on what little that I could<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>find out on the Nathaniel Bowman train.)</b></font><br><br><h1><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>WRITTEN BY BONNIE BARTLETT @ MAY 29,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>2005</b></font></h1></div></cite></div></font><br>_______________________________________________<br>or-roots mailing list<br><a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><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></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>