Linn County OR

Biography of Silas W. Koger

SILAS W. KOGER is one of the prominent and capable farmers of Union county, who has done a good part in its development and has maintained a reputation untarnished and displayed ability and integrity in all of his endeavors that are becoming and commend him to all who are lovers of the upright and desirous of progress. Our subject’s father was a native of Kentucky, as also the mother. While quite young the father began the task of getting an education by unaided effort, which to his praise be it said he accomplished in a becoming manner. His birth occurred … Read more

Biographical Sketch of William M. Blakeley

WILLIAM M. BLAKELEY. – The subject of this sketch, a prominent citizen of the rapidly developing upper country, was born in Missouri in 1840. In 1846 he crossed the plains with his father, who located near the present site of Brownsville, Linn county, Oregon, where he still resides. Mr. Blakely was here favored with the educational advantages afforded by the public school, and assisted his father on the farm until 1860, when he moved to a point near the present site of Prescott, on the lovely Touchet river, in Washington Territory. In the spring of 1861 he tried his fortune … Read more

Bean, Ina Elizabeth Condon – Obituary

Mrs. Ina Condon Bean, pioneer daughter of Oregon, widow of Federal Judge Robert S. Bean and mother of City Commissioner O. R. Bean, died Sunday night [April 11, 1937] at her home, 7326 Southwest Brier Place, where she had lived since 1921. Mrs. Bean was born in Linn County, November 13, 1857, the daughter of Dr. Thomas and Cornelia Holt Condon. Dr. Condon came to Oregon as a missionary and later became a famous geologist of the Oregon country, serving as professor of geology at the University of Oregon and writing authoritative works on the subject. Mrs. Bean was a … Read more

Bilyeu, Edward Lee – Obituary

Funeral for Eddie Lee Bilyeu, 78, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. PST in the Scio Baptist Church. The Rev. Gerald Manley and the Rev. Victor Loucks will officiate. Interment will be at Franklin Butte Cemetery. Mr. Bilyeu, who was born April 8, 1884, spent his entire life in Scio. A farmer, he was a member of the Scio Baptist Church. He died Tuesday at Lebanon Hospital. Survivors are his widow, Laura; his son Ray, Lebanon; his brothers, George Dane Bilyeu, Lebanon; and Byron, Chemault; and his sisters, Mrs. Effie Small, Portland; and Mrs. Jessie Klinge, Salem. Lebanon Express, June … Read more

Wood, Oliver – Obituary

Enterprise, Oregon Oliver Wood Rites Being Held Today Funeral services for Oliver Wood are being conducted by the Bollman Funeral Home today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the Christian Church with the Rev. Lester Wells officiating. Mrs. Harry Stein will be organist and Ella McArtor and Sue Smyth will sing “Whispering Hope” and “Beyond The Sunset.” Casket bearers will be E. J. Hook, Howard Williamson, Orval McArtor, Delbert Wart, S. G. Sheets and John Lewis. Interment will be in the Enterprise cemetery. Mr. Wood had been in failing health for the past five years and had been a patient in … Read more

Biographical Sketch of M. C. George

M.C. GEORGE. – M.C. George is the third son of Presley and Mahala George. He is a gentleman of brisk mental qualities and great force, with refined popular attainments, and an honorable reputation that extends to every corner of Oregon. He was born in Noble county, Ohio, May 13, 1849. He received his education in our own state, at the Santiam Academy and at the Willamette University. He began independent life as principal of the public schools of Albany, and subsequently of the Academy at Jefferson. He was also engaged for a time in journalistic employment; but choosing the legal … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Fred D. Cleaves

FRED D. CLEAVES. – Although among the young men, Mr. Cleaves has for a number of years held responsible public positions. He was born in Stockbridge, Wisconsin, in 1852, residing in that village and at Fond du Lac until ten years of age, and coming in 1864 to this coast with his father’s family. Here is one of the few cases in which we find one of the early settlers returning to the East. After a year’s residence at Whidby Island, and two years at Albany, Oregon, the elder Cleaves recrossed the plains to his old home in Wisconsin. The … Read more

Kinzer, Louisa Wolf – Obituary

On Monday, July 26 [1896], at 9:25 o’clock in the evening, of a complication of diseases, Mrs. L. M. Kinzer, aged about 67 years. Mrs. Kinzer was an energetic pains taking woman just in her dealing with all, an accommodating neighbor and a kind mother. She was one of the 1852 emigrants and settled in the immediate vicinity of where Crabree station now is and where she passed to the Great Beyond. The remains were interred in the family burial plot at Franklin Butte cemetery on Tuesday. Contributed by: Shelli Steedman

Klinge, Jessie Bilyeu – Obituary

Jessie Klinge of 1390 Oak Drive, Eugene, died February 23, 1969. She was born June 11, 1895 in Scio, Oregon and had been a resident of this community for the past 2 years. Wife of George; mother of Earl of Eugene, Merle of Albany, and Mrs. Wayne (Mary) Holst of Albany; sister of George Dane Bilyeu of Lebanon and Byron Bilyeu of Kingston, Washington; 7 children; numerous nieces and nephews. Private graveside services will be held Wednesday, February 26 at 10 a.m. in Willamette Memorial Cemetery, Albany. Reverend Paul Blikstad officiating. Eugene Register Guard, February 15, 1969 Contributed by: Shelli … Read more

Williamson, John Harold – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon John Harold Williamson John Harold “Jack” Williamson, 70, of La Grande died Feb. 15 at his home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in La Grande. Jack was born May 26, 1936, to Harold and Shirley (Thomas) Williamson in Albany. He graduated from Jewel High School and later from Western Oregon University with a degree in teaching. He married Sandra Allen from Portland Nov. 29, 1958, and they lived in Fossil. In 1960 he enlisted for one term in the Army. He went on to work for NASA … Read more

Hansard, Sarepta – Obituary

Mrs. Sarepta M. Hansard, a resident of Lebanon for the past 43 years, died following a long illness at her home on East Grant Street, June 18, 1931 at the age of 75 years, 2 months and 26 days. She was the daughter of Francis and Jemima DeVaney and was born in Cass County, Missouri, March 23, 1856. She crossed the plains in 1864 with her parents who spent a year in Idaho, coming to Oregon and locating at Jefferson in 1865. She was united in marriage with John Bilyeu in 1871. Five children were born to their union. Following … Read more

Biography of Cornelius G. Morehead

A native of the Web foot State, the son of about the earliest pioneers of this state, raised amid its environments, both eastern and western Oregon, the subject of this article is thoroughly an Oregonian and a typical representative of its energetic and progressive citizens. Cornelius G. was born in Linn County, Oregon, on June 26, 1865, being the son of Robert M. and Martha (Curl) Morehead. The parents came with ox teams to Oregon in 1848 and settled in the Willamette valley and the father being a millwright, built the first mill of the state. It was located at … Read more

Bilyeu, Hannah Jane Wassom – Obituary

Surrounded by sorrowing relatives and friends and of which there were a large number, and encased in a beautiful casket, all that is mortal of the late Mrs. Hannah J. Bilyeu was placed beside the husband of her youth, the late John M. Bilyeu, in Franklin Butte Cemetery, last Tuesday afternoon. The funeral cortege arrived from Lebanon to the cemetery shortly after 1 p.m., where a large number of relatives and friends from this city and vicinity had already arrived. After some little delay, caused by the non-arrival of Wm. Bilyeu, a son and his family from Jefferson, Rev. Baker, … Read more

Bilyeu, George Washington – Obituary

One by one those sturdy old pioneers who crossed the plains with a plow ox team and endured privations almost equal to death itself, and by their untiring labors and horrendous efforts laid the foundation for this grand and glorious country, are passing into the land beyond from whence no traveler returns. The last to join this numberless multitude was George W. Bilyeu. Mr. Bilyeu came to Oregon in 1852, crossing the broad plains with the regulation ox team. He settled with his family on a donation land claim a few miles from this city, and there spent the greater … Read more

Wilson, Oliver, Mrs. – Obituary

Enterprise, Oregon Mrs. Oliver Wood Laid To Rest Mrs. Oliver Wood passed away at the Wallowa Memorial Hospital Friday morning, June 13, 1951. Viola [sic – Violet] Maude Henry [sic – Hearing] was born in Linn County, Oregon April 1, 1880, the daughter of George and Mary (Conner) Hearing. At the age of four, she and the members of her family, came to Wallowa County to a home in the Leap district. On June 28, 1898 she was married to Boone F. Childers and to this union five children were born. Mr. Childers passed away June 24, 1912, and on … Read more

Biography of G. W. Richardson

G.W. RICHARDSON. – Elder G.W. Richardson, born in Green county, Illinois, September 26, 1824, was ordained to the ministry and began preaching at the age of eighteen. He crossed the plains to Oregon, in company with his brother, Doctor J.A. Richardson, and other relatives in 1851, taking immediately on his arrival, a Donation land claim near where afterwards was located the town of Scio, and organizing, a few months subsequently, the first church of the Christian Brotherhood in Linn county. He devoted much of his time to the ministry, with this church and elsewhere, including invariably two days in each … Read more

Yeske, Donald A. – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Donald A. Yeske, 77, of Lebanon and formerly of La Grande, died June 29 at Salem Hospital. A celebration of life will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the family home, 38811 Collins Lane, Lebanon. Mr. Yeske was born Aug. 17, 1928, to Herman E. and Frieda V. Zweifel Yeske in La Grande. He graduated from La Grande High School and served in the Army Air forces during World War II, then served 32 years in the reserves. On April 22, 1949, he married Lois Johnston in La Grande. He attended the Brooks Institute of Photography in … Read more

Biography of John T. Redman

JOHN T. REDMAN. – The subject of this sketch was born in Linn county, Oregon, January 3, 1856. He is the second son of B.W. Redman, who was a prominent citizen of that county, and a staunch Union man, who upheld the old flag during the early part of the sixties, when it required more than ordinary courage to take that stand. In the great flood of 1861-62 the family lost everything in the way of property, except horses. Early in February, 1862, John moved with his family and settled on a farm near Scio, in Linn county, and there … Read more

Linn County, Oregon Census

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Hearing, James Albert – Obituary

Pioneer Rock Creek Farmer Passes After a long illness, death called James Albert Hearing, October 27, at his ranch home on Rock Creek. Mr. Hearing, a prominent Rock Creek farmer, was born in Linn County, December 14, 1870, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hearing, Oregon pioneers. He is survived by his widow, Lydia; one daughter, Mrs. Leona Bell of Haines; one son, Leo Hearing of Bay City; one sister, Mrs. Nell Stanley of Haines; two brothers, Sam Hearing of Vernonia and Earl Hearing of Sheridan; four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held from … Read more