Washington County OR

Rose, Clyde Edson “Ed” – Obituary

Clyde Edson “Ed” Rose, 59, a former Baker City resident, died Dec. 24, 2000, at his home at Aloha of a heart attack. His memorial service was at 1 p.m. today at the Christian Life Center in Aloha. Mr. Rose was born on June 18, 1941, at Ontario. He was a 1959 Baker High School graduate. He served in the U.S. Air Force and worked as a warehouse manager. He married Sarah Elizabeth Vest on April 7, 1963. Survivors include his wife, Sarah; his children, Jeffery Scott Rose and his wife, Anja, Jenina Marie and Stephanie Christine of Olympia, Wash., … Read more

Biography of George Wood Ebbert

GEORGE WOOD EBBERT. – A life of sixty years in and west of the Rocky Mountains, fifty of which have been passed in the Willamette valley, – this is the pioneer record of Mr. Ebbert. As such it is full of interest; and in its further character, as a career of exceptional activity and adventure, it is of thrilling fascination. Although now eighty years of age, somewhat bent and infirm, the fires of manhood still glow, and the mind is still active. He was born in Bracken county, Kentucky, in 1810. When a youth he was apprenticed at Louisville to … Read more

Conklin, E. B. Mrs. – Obituary

Death Takes Ex-Teacher Mrs. E. B. Conklin Dies In Willamette Valley Home of Daughter Funeral services for Mrs. E. B. (Estella) Conklin, who died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. N. Fryer, in Garden Home, Oregon, were conducted at Peterson’s funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Mr. C. L. Callahan officiating. Burial was in the Ontario cemetery, where members of the Order of the Eastern Star conducted final rites. Mrs. Conklin, who had taught Ontario youngsters in the primary grades for 14 years, was the widow of the late Eugene B. Conklin, Ontario’s first … Read more

Bathurst, Hazel E. Magoon – Obituary

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Brusie Funeral Home for Hazel E. Bathurst, 69, a former Chico resident who died in McKinleyville Thursday [November 23, 1972]. Services will also be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Paul’s McKinleyville Chapel. She was born in Gaston, Ore., Jan 16, 1903, and came to Chico as a child. She was in business here for many years and then for 25 years at Clam Beach and later in McKinleyville. She is survived by her husband, A. J. “Slim” Bathurst of McKinleyville; a brother, Lowell Magoon of Chico; and a … Read more

Biography of William H. McDonald

WM. H. McDONALD – Mr. McDonald, long known as purser on the old Oregon Steam navigation Company’s steamers, and now cashier of the La Grande National Bank, is one of the Oregon educated men who are a credit to the state. He is the son of Mr. H. McDonald, the well-known architect and pioneer, and was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1848, coming around Cape Horn on the clipper Hurricane in 1851. His education was gained at the Portland Academy at the Pacific University of Forest Grove, and the Willamette University of Salem. While still young, he entered the … Read more

Washington County, Oregon Census

1850 Washington County, Oregon Census Free 1850 Census Form for your Research Free 1850 Census Images (partially indexed) Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial 1850 Washington County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems $ Free 1850 Census Transcription pg00243 pg00266 pg00288 Milton City Hosted at Census Guide 1850 U.S. Census Guide 1860 Washington County, Oregon Census Free 1860 Census Form for your Research Free 1860 Census Images and Index Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial 1860 Washington County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems $ Free 1860 Census Transcription pg00001 pg00013 pg00026 … Read more

Bean, Barbara L. – Obituary

Barbara L, 8100 SW 2nd; wife of Ormond R. Bean Jr.; mother of Becky Bean; sister of Maxine Patrick. Services Tuesday 10 am at Calwell’s Colonial Mortuary, Sandy Blvd. At 14th. Vault Interment Riverview Cemetery. Oregonian, May 17, 1964 Contributed by: Shelli Steedman

Wilson, William – Obituary

Last Wednesday William Wilson at the advanced age of 79 years, died at his home near Glencoe, and was buried in the Wilkes Cemetery with Masonic ceremonies, he in his lifetime being a member of Tuality Lodge No. 16, Hillsboro. The deceased came to Oregon in 1843 and within a few months thereafter settled on the Wilson Donation Land Claim near Greenville, where he lived the life of an upright citizen, til a few years ago he moved to Glencoe. Hillsboro Independent – Friday, Oct 6, 1899

Biography of Winslow P. Powers

Deceased. – While it is the province of our volume to give mention of the leading citizens of Wallowa county, it also comes within the purview of the work to grant to such as the noble and esteemed citizen, whose name appears above, a memoir, and it is with especial delight that we are privileged to do so at this time, since he was one of the builders of the county, and one who held in becoming manner the position of leader for many years, being eminently fitted for that capacity, both by marked capabilities, great energy and force of … Read more

Toy, Grace Y. Lee Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Grace Y. Toy, 1917 Court St., Baker, died Tuesday evening in St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. She was 72. Mrs. Toy was born April 8, 1896 at Sherwood, Ore., the daughter of Lee and June Ho Lee. She graduated from Yakima High School and was the first Chinese girl to graduate from Whitman College, Walla Walla. She was married to Henry Toy in 1930 and had resided in Baker ever since. She was owner and manager of the oldest restaurant in Baker, Toy’s Hostess House. Mrs. Toy was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Oregon Trail Auxiliary No. 78 VFW, … Read more

Biography of John L. Caviness

JOHN L. CAVINESS. – The name presented above is borne by one of the most exemplary citizens of Eastern Oregon, and a man who has sounded all the depths and shoals of pioneer life. The family came from Indiana, settled for a time in Iowa, and came on to Oregon in 1852, spending a short time at Forest Grove, but soon locating in Linn county on a section Donation claim. In 1856-57 John L., now a young man of eighteen, began his career by driving cattle to California, and in the spring of the latter year to Eastern Oregon. While … Read more

Wilson, James Mrs. – Obituary

Forest Grove – Funeral Services are held for Two Forest Grove Women Mrs. James Wilson, who died at her home in this city Wednesday night was buried in Forest View Cemetery Saturday. The funeral services were held at the Christian Church at 11 o’clock, the services being conducted Rev. E.V. Stivers, former pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. C.H. Hilton. Many friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last respects, and the casket was banked deep with flowers as a testimonial of the love and esteem in which she was held. The service at the grave were in charge … Read more

Wilson, Martha J. – Obituary

Died at Hillsboro, March 21; mother of Mrs. Maude W. Boscow and Mrs. Mattie W. Imlay of Hillsboro. Services at Donnelson, Sewell Chapel in Hillsboro Wednesday, March 25 at 2 o’clock. Interment Riverview Cemetery. (this is the Martha on the death ceritficate) Funeral Notice – Wednesday, 25 March 1942 – The Oregonian

Wilson, T. J. – Obituary

T. J. Wilson of Greenville, formerly county assessor for Washington County died on Monday last at the Good Samariton Hospital in Portland. Mr. Wilson has been in poor health for several years and had to submit to surgical operations at different times, his constitution finally giving way to the strain. Mr. Wilson was a native of Washington County and was well known throughout the county. Besides a large number of friends he leaves a wife and several children behind to mourn his loss. He was buried Wednesday by Montezuma Lodge I.O.O.F. of Hillsboro, assisted by about 20 of the Forest … Read more

Biography of Col. T. R. Cornelius

COL. T.R. CORNELIUS. – In view of the prominent part sustained by Colonel Cornelius in the Indian wars of our early history, as well as in our political history since, it seems best to give at length the interesting picture of his connection with those wars. This is done mainly in his own language, and hence preserves the vividness of his own recollections. T.R. Cornelius was born November 16, 1827, in Howard county, Missouri. At an early age he moved with his parents to Arkansas, and in 1845, then a youth of nineteen, came with them to Oregon. The company … Read more

Langrell, John Ronald, Jr. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon John Ronald Langrell, Jr., 76, a longtime Forest Grove resident, and a former Baker City resident, died Monday, March 27. At his request, no services will be held. John was born Sept. 23, 1929, in Baker City to John Ronald Langrell and Bertha (Riggs) Langrell. He was raised and educated in Baker City, Dayton, Wash., Portland and Salem. John graduated from Salem High School and received his bachelor’s degree in forestry from Oregon State College (now known as Oregon State University). John was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Air Force. While a teen-ager, … Read more

Shaw, Kenneth Wayne – Obituary

Kenneth Wayne Shaw, 76, of Tigard, a former Baker City resident, died Feb. 8, 2008, of leukemia. His memorial service will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Mr. Shaw was born on June 8, 1931, at Baker City where he grew up. He served in the U.S. Army for eight years, including during the Korean War. He worked for Union Pacific Railroad for 35 years before his retirement. He married Rose Zannah Lloyd in 1957. Survivors include his wife, Rose Shaw; a daughter, Valerine Naillon; two sons, John and Kelly Shaw; and six grandchildren. … Read more

Biography of Werner A. Wrenn

Among the agriculturists and business men of Wallowa County, the subject of this sketch stands as a leader, having manifested capabilities that justly entitle him to that position, while also he possesses an adaptability and perseverance coupled with energy, that have enabled him to handle large interests and manipulate them in a manner that brings success, while also his characteristic integrity and stanch principles of truth and uprightness have given him a prestige enviable and commendable. Mr. Wrenn was born in Benton County, Oregon, on March 3, 1866, being the son of John and Elizabeth (Watt) Wrenn, natives respectively of … Read more

Biography of Alanson Hinman

ALANSON HINMAN. – The career of this well-known pioneer, whose portrait appears herein, has been unique and interesting; and in one respect, at least, he occupies at the present time a peculiar place among the early settlers of our country. That is, he is almost the only man yet living, of the earliest pioneers, who still remains in the full vigor of mind and body. There are, indeed, a few yet living whose immigration dates further back than Mr. Hinman’s; but they are almost all now in extreme old age. He, on the other hand, though he has now been … Read more