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STATE UPDATES

April 26, 2013

1882 news article on Chinese immigration, Ike Longstreet conviction.
1890 news article on the sixth district judgeship.  Orpha Meacham biography added.


January 31, 2013

New section for news articles related to Oregon with new data added for 1895

Obits add for Unknown Douglas

Biographies added for: J. H. Robbins, L. Samuels

1923, 1934 clemency list added to news articles


December 30, 2012

1862 News article added on the location of the capital.

1863 military news article added.

Juna & Elnorah added to shipwrecks

Death notices added for Wang-te-luin, Stephen Rogers

New section added for old time recipes

September, 30, 2012

New to the site: Military in the news and general obituaries for the state

COUNTY UPDATES 
 Previous Updates

Baker County:


Obits added: Unknown Jackson, Unknown Johnson, John Caylor

News articles:
1885 - Wandering prisoner
1907 - Obit. of Mrs. Eliza Sworden of Grelton, OH

Biography added: James Rea


Benton County:

Biographies: William Kahlow, Thomas Fuller

Death Notices: George Blake, Frank Leonard, George Wren, Lorenzo Gilbert, James Yantis, Grant Mays

News articles: 1882 on naming Yaquina


Clackamas County:

Obtis added: Unknown, Garrett Palmater, Mrs. Jacob Miller, Horace Baker, John Farrell, Abraham McCubbin

Biographies: John Smith, George Hurley, George Baizley

News article on 1881 marriage licenses.


Clatsop County:

News Articles:
1882 - Indian burial ground
1890 - post master
1904 - Japanese sentence
1910 - new library

Obits: Mrs. Sandy Roach, Mary Beam, Richard Beam, Russell Beam, Shane Beam, Calvin Sloan, Mary Sloan, J. J. Brien

Biographies: Charles Hess


Columbia County:

Obits: John Boycroft


Coos County:

Neely-Knight marriage added

Obits: J. Meilligh, John Lowe, Charles Ferreri, Martin Bomar, Guy Beckford


Crook County:


Obits. added: Hoyt Child, Edward Snodley
Marriages: Sparks-Foley
News articles: 1882 article on the creation of Crook County, gunfight in a Prineville bar.


Curry County:

1882 shooting added to news articles

Obits: James Dixon


Deschutes County:

Obituary added for: Gladys Blackwell

News articles: Additional 1903 local news added

Birth announcements added.




Douglas County:

Obits added for: B. H. VanBuren, James Brown, Mrs. Long, James Chenowith, Aaron Harvey, Mr. Kelly, John Denny, Unknown Hendricks, Mary Burnett, Gladys Wells

Marriages: Miner-Ricker (1905), Starmer-Hermann (1905), Capps-Ambrose (1905), Moore-Singleton (1882)

Births: Houser (1905), Van Guilder (1905)

Biographies: John Mires, John Williams, Thomas Anglin

News: 1882 article added on spousal abuse and marriage statistics.



Gilliam County:

News article:

1912 - cattle rustler


Grant County:

Obtis: Frank Robinson, Samuel Chittenden

News articles added:
1882 - New
1890 - New
1910 - New

Marriage news added:
1890 - Shore-Stark

Biography:
Ira Arbogast


Harney County:

Obit added for: Unknown Branmun, Jimmie Leonard, Barrett Bussart, J. W. Swanson

1910 article added on oil drilling

 
Hood River County:


Obits added for: Silven Hepner, Harold Dorzab, Margaret Furrow, Michael Newman, Galand Bowers, Wenona Flora, James Burchell, Frank Stratton, Lillian Wheeler, Dorothy Beers, Anthoney Foster, Mabel Stephens, Marie Wimmers, David Vannet, Norval Foster, Rhonda Benson
 
Jackson County:

Obits added for: J. P. Jones, Alfred Coffman, Margaret Furrow, James Riley

News articles:
1904 Crazy young man
1890 acquittal
1898 sentenced to death


Jefferson County:

Obit added for William McBride



 
Josephine County:

No updates at this time.


Klamath County:

Obit added for Eileen Edwards

1882 News articles added
1930 News article added

 
 
Lake County:

1910 News article added

Biography added: Morrison Kingman

Obituary added: Samuel Lewis
 

Lane County:

News Articles:
New - 1882
New - 1885
1896 - Rattlesnake killers
New - 1905
New - Jan. 1890
1909 - land deals
1914 - Railroad across the Umpqua

Obits:

Almond Yerington, William Stewart, William Whitney, Andrew Christie, William Osburn, Harvey Pagett, Mary Henderson, Charles Roberts, Bobby Roberts, Julia Roberts, Doris Roberts, Lovell  Roberts, Clarence Ek, William Ek, E. D. Lowell, Emma Courtney, Griffin Infant, Wright Infant, Anna Marx, McMurray Child, Roscoe Lewis, Wilbur Goltra, Kittie Mulholland, Ethel Mulholland, William Drury, James Goltra, Ulysses Potter, Lora Skinner, John Stowell, Lorenzo Gilbert, Gary VanOrden, Oreal Olson, Squire Lane, Lester Shay, Clyde Johnston, Grace Johnston, Irene McCain, William McCain, Waneta Bettger

Births:

Debra Jones (1954 - contrib. sources), Wallace daughter (1882) Wynn son (1882), Cornise daughter (1882), Nolton daughter (1882), Garoutte son (1882), Perkins daughter (1882), Horn daughter (1882)

Anniversaries:

New - 1890

Marriages:

New - Jan. 1890
Copple-Hayes: Sept.1898
Pengra-Bigelow: Nov. 1898
New - Nov. 1916


Lincoln County:

Death notices added for: George Stevens, Daniel Simpson, David Modine, Duane Anderson

News articles: 1882 on the naming of Yaquina.
 
 
Linn County:

Obits added for: D. M. Pace, Thomas Ray, Stephen Haley, Robert Price, William McBride, Unknown Wilson, Dell Looney, Lucy Mottet, Edna New, Richard Clarke, William Kagee, Gladys Blackwell, Duane Anderson, Jack Boerger, Lawrence Beeunas, Emma Peeples, Elva Swander, Meredith Seits, Leneve Weeks, Lillian Corbat, Lester Steers, Jacob Gradwohl, Dorothy Kennedy, Viola Carrick, Gladys Wells, Walter J. McKinney, Charlotte Edwards, Manuel Chisholm, Anna Standley, Doyle Curtis,

Marriages added: Hunter-Beamer

1882 news article on Mrs. Kistner
1910 news article on Lebanon High School

Biographies: Thomas Anglin, William Van Vactor, Joseph Shelton


News articles:
1909 - newly added - Gooch P.O.


Malheur County:


Obits: Dan Kolony, Sophia Palmer

Many new 1910 items including news articles, births & marriages
 


Marion County:

Obits added for: Mary Barzee, Anthoney Foster, Boy Reed, Martha Hawley, David Newsome, Brower Leonard, Nora McCrary, John Denny, S. D. Snowden, Elva Swander, Viola Carrick, Ray Sink, J. J. Reed

News articles:

1882 - Escapee capture, Abigail Scot Duniway, telephone lines
1890 - good riddance
1905 - Silverton smoking
1910 - Lighting up the pen, Suicide by lye

Biographies:

Almon Baker, Raymond Alexander

Births:
Fraum (1898)


Morrow County:

Obits: Ollie Snyder


Multnomah County:

Obits added for: John Wolf, Lloyd Vaughn, Rhonda Benson, Benjamin Duniway, Zerelda Summers, John Smith, Frank Compton, Ka-ta-tah, Laura Rogers, Frank Rofino, Charles Wheeler, Edward Snodley, Henry Falling

News articles:

1882 - Murder, Mayhem and the Madam
1885 - newly added

Marriages added:

1882 - Pruett-Dunn
1883 - Goodman-Frank
1890 - Boscow-Clark
1898 - Pengra-Bigelow



Polk County:

Obituaries added for Frank Compton, Marion Nealy

News articles:
1882 - telephone line cost


Sherman County:

Obits: Newcomb Son, Mr. Rogers, Ray Sink, Amanda King, Laura Rogers, Emery Fuller, Susan Miller, William Brown, Sarah Moore, John Ried, John Ginn, Claude Marquis, L. D. Rogers, Irene Rogers, Infant Shreeves, Mark Hayden

Marriages: McGillis-St. Clair, Dillinger-Eakin, Pickett-Beachler, Messinger-Gibson, Love-Golden, McDermid-Smith, Fairchild-Smith, Johnston-Henigan, Smith-Harris, Nickleson-Barnes (1898)

Births: Sept. 1898 - Dec. 1898

Anniversary: Mr. & Mrs. Henry Root, Mr. and Mrs. Dillinger (1898)

Many 1898 items added from May to Dec.  Including marriages, births and LOTS of general area news.




Tillamook County:

News articles: 1905 - near deaths
 

Umatilla County:

News article:
New - 1885 added
New - 1898 (Related story on the May Wallace shooting)
New - 1910 added

Obits added for: Nellie Jackson. Mollie Arnold, John Arnold, F. M. Whitemore, Robert Boyd, May Wallace

Biographies:
Ira Arbogast, Joseph Hall, Willard Munson, James Bowen


Umpqua County:


No new content at this time.
 

Union county:

News articles added: 1885 - lights out beating
1904 - new

Marriage Anniversaries added: Oct. 1885

New! - Divorce announcement articles

1885 - new articles.

Births: 1885 - new articles

Obits added: Clias Connarty,

Marriage announcements: 1890 - New



Wallowa County:

Obits added: Sis Greenwood, Calvin Thornton

News Articles: 1910 - land sale


 
Wasco County:

Obits added: S. B. Pratt, Mary Lynch, Child Thompson, Mabel Stephens, Norval Foster, Mary Rees, Stephen Jory, Aaron Crooks, William Harrison, Abraham McCubbin


News articles:
1898 - Newly added
1909 - Newly added
1910 - Newly added

Marriages:
1882 - Newly added
1898 - Hill-Berrien, Campbell-Hunter, McDermid-Smith, Nickleson-Barnes


Washington County:

Death notices: Mr. and Mrs. Kraus, Alec Bledsoe, T. W. Allen

1882 news article on 1881 marriage license.


Wheeler County:

No new content at this time.
 


Yamhill County:

Obits added: Luke Booth, Homer Lowe, Albert Bennett

News articles: 1905 - dry town

Biographies: Allen Bonebrake

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