Descendants of David Pinkerton
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Generation No. 1
1. DAVID1 PINKERTON was born 19 Feb 1805 in Buncombe, Ashville, North Carolina, and died 28 Jul 1888 in Athena,Umatilla,Oregon. He married MARY TURTLE 13 Mar 1828 in Knox, Kentucky. She was born 15 Feb 1810 in Kentucky, and died 23 Feb 1886 in Waitsburg, Washington.
Notes for DAVID PINKERTON:
1850 Census MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A (19 Sept 1850 Charles O Sanford)
Line 8
520 542 David Pinkerton 45 M Farmer 400 Kentucky
Mary Pinkerton 37 F Kentucky
Margarett Pinkerton 18 F Kentucky
Martha A Pinkerton 16 F Kentucky
Elizabeth Pinkerton 14 F Kentucky
Rebecca Pinkerton 13 F Kentucky
Mary Pinkerton 10 F Kentucky
William Pinkerton 8 M Kentucky
John Pinkerton 7 M Kentucky
Sarah Pinkerton 5 F Kentucky
Henry Pinkerton 4 M Iowa
Francis Pinkerton 2 F Missouri
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1860 Census MO Clark Washington Image 19 (J R Fields)
Line 22
1134 1123 David Pinkerton 54 M Famrer 4000 1000 SC
Mary Pinkerton 50 F Kentucky
Wm Pinkerton 20 M Farmer Kentucky
Jno Pinkerton 17 M Farmer Kentucky
Sarah Pinkerton 16 F Iowa
Henry Pinkerton 14 M Iowa
Lucy Pinkerton 12 F Iowa
Amanda Pinkerton 9 F Iowa
Lidia Pinkerton 6 F Iowa
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1870 Census OR Yamhill McMinnville Pg 512B (23 June 1870 John E Brooks)
line 25
56 50 Pinkerton David 65 MW Farmer 915 North Carolina
---------------, Mary 60 FW Keeping House Kentucky
---------------, Amanda 19 FW At Home Missouri
---------------, Eliza 15 FW At School Missouri
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1875 Census Umatilla Oregon - Oregon Historical Records
Name Year Record Type County Source Number
Pinkerton, A 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 052
Pinkerton, A 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 052
Pinkerton, D S 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 052
Pinkerton, N 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 052
Pinkerton, W 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 052
Pinkerton, W 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 052
Pinkerton, H 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 053
Pinkerton, M E 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 053
Pinkerton, M L 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 053
Pinkerton, D 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 056
Pinkerton, J 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 056
Pinkerton, M 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 056
Pinkerton, M 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 056
Pinkerton, M E 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 056
Pinkerton, S 1875 Census Umatilla Genealogical pg 056
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1880 Census OR Umatilla Weston Pg 36B
David Pinkerton Self M Male W 91 KY Farmer VA VA
Mary Pinkerton Wife M Female W 70 KY Keeping House VA VA
Alfred Boyer GSon S Male W 13 OR MO MO
Henry Boyer GSon S Male W 10 OR MO MO
More About DAVID PINKERTON:
Burial: Blue Mountain Cemetery (Kees), Umatilla, OR1
Census 1: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A
Census 2: 1860, MO Clark Washington Image 19
Census 3: 1870, OR Yamhill McMinnville Pg 512B
Census 4: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 36B
Estate: 1888, Umatilla, Oregon2
More About MARY TURTLE:
Burial: 25 Feb 1886, Blue Mountain Cemetery (Kees), Umatilla, OR3
Census 1: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A(See Husband)
Census 2: 1860, MO Clark Washington Image 19(See Husband)
Census 3: 1870, OR Yamhill McMinnville Pg 512B(See Husband)
Census 4: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 36B(See Husband)
Marriage Notes for DAVID PINKERTON and MARY TURTLE:
David Pinkerton found in:
Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV 1728-1850
Spouse: Polly Turtle
Marriage Date: Mar 13, 1828
Location: Knox Co., Kentucky
Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Microfilm: 0533674
More About DAVID PINKERTON and MARY TURTLE:
Marriage: 13 Mar 1828, Knox, Kentucky
Children of DAVID PINKERTON and MARY TURTLE are:
Generation No. 2
2. MARGARET ANN2 PINKERTON (DAVID1) was born 19 Apr 1830 in Barbourville,Knox,KY, and died 11 Mar 1916 in Portland, Oregon7. She married JAMES DAVIS FENTON 16 Oct 1851 in Missouri, son of JAMES FENTON and SUSAN HICKS. He was born 29 Mar 1832 in near Mexico, Missouri, and died 08 Feb 1886 in Lafayette, Yamhill, Oregon.
Notes for MARGARET ANN PINKERTON:
1900 Census OR Mutlnomah Portland Wd-2 Dist 43 Pg 137A (1 June 1900 Henry J Schulderman)
Line 1 (18th St)
101 222 222 Fenton Margaret Head WF Apr 1830 70 Wd (10 Children 9 Alive) Kentucky Missouri Kentucky
---------------------, Jefferson D Son WM June 1861 39 D Missouri Missouri Kentucky Physcian
---------------------, Mathew Son WM Oct 1866 34 S Oregon Missouri Kentucky Dentist
---------------------, Hicks Son WM Oct 1869 31 S Oregon Missouri Kentucky Physcian
Spencer, Arthur Son-in-law WM Oct 1872 28 M2 Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Attorney at Law
---------, Margaret Daughter WF June 1873 27 M 2 (1 child 1 Alive) Oregon Missouri Kentucky
---------, Fenton Son WM March 1900 3/12 S Oregon Connecticut Oregon
Langsev Emma Servant WF June 1875 25 S Minnesota Norway Norway Servant
More About MARGARET ANN PINKERTON:
Burial: Masonic Cemetery , Yamhill County, Oregon8
Census 1: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A(See Father)
Census 2: 1860, MO Scotland Harrison Memphis Image 19(See Husband)
Census 3: 1870, OR Yamhill McMinnville Pg 510B(See Husband)
Census 4: 1880, OR Yamhill Carlton Pg 416D(See Husband)
Census 5: 1900, OR Mutlnomah Portland Wd-2 Dist 43 Pg 137A
Census 6: 1910, OR Multnomah Portland 5-wd Dist 168 Pg 98B(See Son-in-law, Arthur Spencer (Margaret))
Notes for JAMES DAVIS FENTON:
"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon"
Authors: "a compilation of this work....by a number of writers"
Chapman Publishing Co; Chicago; 1903; Page 41
JAMES D. FENTON
The genealogy of the Fenton family is traced to England, whence three brothers came to America, one settling in Virginia, another in New York and the third in New England. Descended from the Virginian branch was James E. Fenton, a native of the Old Dominion, born in 1798, and in early life a resident of Kentucky, but after 1820 a pioneer farmer of Boone county, Mo., where he died. His son, James D., was born and reared in Boone county and became a farmer in Scotland county, that state. From there, in May of 1865, he started across the plains with ox-teams, accompanied by his wife and seven children. Joining an expedition of over one hundred wagons, he was able to make his way safely through a region inhabited by hostile Indians. During the winter of 1865-66 he taught school near what is now Woodburn, in Marion county,
Ore., but in the spring of 1866 he removed to a farm near McMinnville, Yamhill county. In addition to improving this property, he cleared a tract near Lafayette, and on the latter farm his death occurred in February of 1886, when he was fifty-four years of age. Through all of his active life he adhered to Baptist doctrines and favored Democratic principles. At one time he held the office of county commissioner.
The marriage of James D. Fenton united him with Margaret A. Pinkerton, who was born near Barboursville, Ky., and is now living in Portland, at seventy-two years of age (1902). Her father, David, was born near Asheville, N. C., of Scotch descent, and settled in Kentucky when a young man. After his marriage he established his home on a plantation near Barboursville. In 1846 he removed to Clark county, Mo., and from there in 1865, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Fenton to Oregon. His grandfather, David Pinkerton, was a cartridge box maker and rendered valued service during the Revolutionary war. The Pinkerton ancestors became identified with the Carolinas as early as 1745. In the family of James D. and Margaret A. Fenton there were ten children, namely : William D., attorney-at-law, of Portland; Mrs. Amanda Landess, of Yamhill county; James Edward, an attorney at Nome, Alaska; Frank W., an attorney at McMinnville, Ore.; J. D., a practicing physician in Portland; H. L., a merchant at Dallas, Ore.; Charles R., an attorney, who died at Spokane, Wash., in 1893; Matthew F., who is engaged in dental practice at Portland; Hicks C., a physician of Portland;
and Mrs. Margaret Spencer, also of Portland.
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Family history of Jeremiah Fenton (1764-1841) of Adams County, Ohio and his descendants, page 205
Has family history by William David Fenton.
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1860 Census MO Scotland Harrison Memphis Image 19 (19 July 1860 Wm C Jones)
line 23
1165 1157 James D Fenton 29 M Farmer 1000 300 Missouri
Margaret Fenton 30 F Domestic Kentucky
Ellen Fenton 7 F Missouri
Amanda Fenton 4 F Missouri
James E Fenton 3 M Missouri
Franklin Fenton 1 M Missouri
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1870 Census OR Yamhill McMinnville Pg 510B (20 June 1870 John E Brooks)
Line 8
26 21 Fenton James 39 MW Farmer 2460 Missouri
----------------, Margaret 39 FW Keeping House Kentucky
----------------, William 17 MW Farm Laborer Missouri
----------------, Amanda 15 FW At School Missouri
----------------, James 13 MW At school Missouri
----------------, Francies 11 MW At School Missouri
----------------, Jefferson 9 MW At School Missouri
----------------, Henry 7 MW At School Missouri
----------------, Charles 5 MW At School Missouri
----------------, Mathew 3 MW At Home Oregon
----------------, Ely 1 MW At Home Oregon
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1880 Census OR Yamhill Carlton Pg 416D
J. D. Fenton Self M Male W 48 MO Farmer VA KY Margret Fenton Wife M Female W 49 KY Keeping House NC KY Francis W. Fenton Son S Male W 21 MO Attending School MO KY Jefferson D. Fenton Son S Male W 18 MO Attending School MO KY H. L. Fenton Son S Male W 17 MO Works On Farm MO KY Charles R. Fenton Son S Male W 15 MO Works On Farm MO KY Mathew Fenton Son S Male W 13 OR Works On Farm MO KY
Hicks Fenton Son S Male W 11 OR Attending School MO KY
Maggie Fenton Dau S Female W 6 OR At Home MO KY
George White Other S Male W 30 RUSSIA Farm Laborer RUSSIA RUSSIA
More About JAMES DAVIS FENTON:
Burial: Masonic Cemetery , Yamhill County, Oregon8
Census 1: 1860, MO Scotland Harrison Memphis Image 19
Census 2: 1870, OR Yamhill McMinnville Pg 510B
Census 3: 1880, OR Yamhill Carlton Pg 416D
Estate: 1886, Yamhill, Oregon9
More About JAMES FENTON and MARGARET PINKERTON:
Marriage: 16 Oct 1851, Missouri
Children of MARGARET PINKERTON and JAMES FENTON are:
3. MARTHA ANN2 PINKERTON (DAVID1) was born 19 Sep 1831 in Knox,KY, and died Aft. 1900. She married ARPAXAD OWENS 18 Nov 1849 in Clark, Missouri. He was born Dec 1827 in Kentucky, and died Jul 1902 in Willow Creek, Oregon.
More About MARTHA ANN PINKERTON:
Census 1: 1860, MO Clark Washington Image 19(See Husband)
Census 2: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A(See Father)
Census 3: 1870, OR Umatilla Pendleton to Willow Creek Pg 355B(See Husband)
Census 4: 1880, OR Umatilla Milton Umatilla Pg 17A(See Husband)
Census 5: 1880, OR Umatilla Pendleton Meadows Pg 64D(See Husband)
Census 6: 1900, OR Maheur Stone Dist 28 Pg 250B(See Husband)
Notes for ARPAXAD OWENS:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/malheur/obits/o/owehsowe65gob.txt
Malheur County OR Archives Obituaries.....Owehs (Owens), A 1902
The Ontario Democrat, Ontario, Oregon
The Ontario Democrat
Ontario, Oregon
July 5, 1902
A. Owehs of Willow Creek died at his home last Wednesday. He was a pioneer of
this county and was respected by a host of friends. The deceased was the father-in-law of Hon. R. A. Lockett.
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1860 Census MO Clark Washington Image 19 (J R Fields)
Line 31
1135 1124 Arphaxas Owens 33 M Farmer 250 Kentucky
Martha Owens 28 F Kentucky
Mary Owens 8 F Missouri
Rebecca Owens 6 F Missouri
B. Johnson 60 M Virginia
Barbara Johnson 60 F Virginia
Mary Johnson 20 F Illinois
Ester Johnson 18 F Illinois
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1870 Census OR Umatilla Pendleton to Willow Creek Pg 355B(25 June 1870 JS White)
Line 8
204 204 Owens Arfaxus 45 MW Farmer 500 920 Kentucky
-----------------, Martha 38 FW Keeping House Kentucky
-----------------, Mary 17 FW Missouri
-----------------, Rebecca 15 FW Missouri
-----------------, William 9 MW Missouri
-----------------, Johnny 7 MW Missouri
Pinkerton, Rebecca 28 FW Kentucky
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1880 Census OR Umatilla Milton Umatilla Pg 17A (July 1880)
A. OWENS Self M Male W 53 KY Farmer KY KY
Martha A. OWENS Wife M Female W 46 KY Keeping House TN KY
William P. OWENS Son S Male W 18 MO Laborer KY KY
John G. OWENS Son S Male W 16 MO Laborer KY KY
Rebecca PINKERTON SisterL S Female W 34 KY Servant TN KY
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1880 Census OR Umatilla Pendleton Meadows Pg 64D (June 1880)
Orpexed OWENS Self M Male W 53 KY Farmer KY KY
Martha A. OWENS Wife M Female W 48 KY Keeping House PA KY
William OWENS Son S Male W 18 MO Laborer KY KY
John G. OWENS Son S Male W 16 MO At Home KY KY
Rebeca PINKERTEN SisterL S Female W 36 KY Domestic PA KY
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1900 Census OR Maheur Stone Dist 28 Pg 250B (23 June 1900 Samuel R Copeland)
Line 90
131 137 Ownes Arpaxad Head WM Dec 1827 72 M 53 Kentucky Kentucky Unknown Laborer
---------------, Martha WF Sep 1831 68 M 53 (6 Children 5 Alive) Kentucky Kentucky Unknown
More About ARPAXAD OWENS:
Census 1: 1860, MO Clark Washington Image 19
Census 2: 1870, OR Umatilla Pendleton to Willow Creek Pg 355B
Census 3: 1880, OR Umatilla Milton Umatilla Pg 17A
Census 4: 1880, OR Umatilla Pendleton Meadows Pg 64D
Census 5: 1900, OR Maheur Stone Dist 28 Pg 250B
More About ARPAXAD OWENS and MARTHA PINKERTON:
Marriage: 18 Nov 1849, Clark, Missouri
Children of MARTHA PINKERTON and ARPAXAD OWENS are:
4. ELIZABETH2 PINKERTON (DAVID1) was born 29 Dec 1832 in Knox,KY, and died 08 Mar 1892 in Alsea, Benton, Oregon. She married WILLIAM KEARNEY HAMERSLEY 20 Mar 1854, son of JAMES HAMERSLEY and CATHERINE OSBORNE. He was born 03 Apr 1827 in Martinsville, Clark, Missouri, and died 10 Jun 1892 in Alsea, Benton, Oregon.
More About ELIZABETH PINKERTON:
Burial: Alsea Cemetery,Alsea, Benton, OR11
Census 1: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A(See Father)
Census 2: 1860, MO Grundy Marion Pg 371A(See Husband)
Census 3: 1870, CA Siskiyou Surprise Valley Lake City Pg 636A(See Husband)
Census 4: 1880, OR Lake ED 60 Pg 178D(See Husband)
Notes for WILLIAM KEARNEY HAMERSLEY:
1860 Census MO Grundy Marion Pg 371A (16 June 1860 R A DeBolt)
Line 29
656 570 Wm Hamersley 30 M Farmer 350 500 Indiana
Elizabeth Hamersley 26 F Kentucky
George Hamersley 6 M Missouri
Mary Hamersley 4 F Missouri
Wm H Hamersley 10/12 M Missouri
Robert Osborn 12 M Day Laborer Indiana
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1870 Census CA Siskiyou Surprise Valley Lake City Pg 636A (2 July 1870 James Vance)
line 35
9 9 Hamersly Wm 42 MW Miller (Flour) 1.00 Indiana
--------------, Elisabeth 37 FW Keeping House Kentucky
--------------, Geo R 15 MW At Home Missouri
--------------, Mary C 12 FW At Home Missouri
--------------, Henry Wm 11 MW At Home Missouri
--------------, Jas F 8 MW At Home Iowa
--------------, John 6 MW At Home Oregon
--------------, Ezra E 3 MW At Home Oregon
--------------, Alice B 4/12 FW At Home California (Jan)
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1880 Census OR Lake ED 60 Pg 178D
William K. HAMERSLY Self M Male W 53 IN Stockman OH VA
Elisabeth HAMERSLY Wife M Female W 46 KY Keeping House KY KY
James F. HAMERSLY Son S Male W 19 IA Works Out IN KY
John A. HAMERSLY Son S Male W 15 OR Has None IN KY
Ezra E. HAMERSLY Son S Male W 12 OR Has None IN KY
Ella B. HAMERSLY Dau S Female W 10 CA IN KY
More About WILLIAM KEARNEY HAMERSLEY:
Burial: Alsea Cemetery,Alsea, Benton, OR12
Census 1: 1860, MO Grundy Marion Pg 371A
Census 2: 1870, CA Siskiyou Surprise Valley Lake City Pg 636A
Census 3: 1880, OR Lake ED 60 Pg 178D
More About WILLIAM HAMERSLEY and ELIZABETH PINKERTON:
Marriage: 20 Mar 1854
Children of ELIZABETH PINKERTON and WILLIAM HAMERSLEY are:
5. MARY2 PINKERTON (DAVID1) was born 16 Apr 1838 in Knox,KY, and died 02 Jun 1918 in Turner, Columbia, WA. She married JAMES DANIEL TURNER 03 Aug 1856 in Clark, Missouri. He was born 12 Aug 1820 in Shenandoah, VA, and died 27 Jun 1909 in Turner, Columbia, WA.
Notes for MARY PINKERTON:
1900 United States Federal Census > Washington > Columbia > Bundy > District 8 (21 June 1900)
Line 35 191 194
Price, John D. Head WM Jan 1849 51 M28yrs MO VA IN
----------Samantha Wife WF Feb 1856 44 M28yrs (4-2) MO VA IN
----------Harvey L. Son WM Aug 1876 23 S WA MO MO
----------Walter E. Son WM Feb 1874 26 M/0yrs MO MO
----------Ella E. Dau/Law WF Apr 1875 25 M/0yrs (0-0) WA PA IA
Turner, Mary A. Mother'Law WF Feb 1829 71 Wd (10-10) IN
Cassity, Charles Boarder WM May 1878 22 S MO MO MO
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Bundy, Columbia, Washington; Roll: T623 1742; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 8.
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1910 Census WA Columbia Touchet Pct Dist 38 Pg 48A (25 April 1910 Miss Mae Crawford)
line 19
218 228 Redford Amanda Head FW 50 Wd Missouri Virginia Kentucky Own Income
Turner Mary Mother FW 72 Wd (7 Children 5 Alive) Kentucky NC Kentucky
More About MARY PINKERTON:
Burial: Dayton Cemetery, Columbia County, Washington18
Census 1: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A(See Father)
Census 2: 1860, MO Clark Jefferson Image 5(See Husband)
Census 3: 1880, WA Walla Walla Dist 3 Pg 236A(See Husband)
Census 4: 1900, WA Columbia Bundy ED 8 Pg 9A
Census 5: 1900, WA Columbia Dayton Dist 7 Pg 24B(See Husband)
Census 6: 1910, WA Columbia Touchet Pct Dist 38 Pg 48A(See daughter, Amanda)
Notes for JAMES DANIEL TURNER:
1860 Census MO Clark Jefferson Image 5 (8 Aug 1860 )
Line 32
1389 1372 Jas Turner 27 M Farmer -- 500 Ky
Mary Turner 23 F MO
Mary Turner 10 F 400 -- MO
Wm Turner 8 M 400 -- MO
Jas Turner 6 M 400 -- MO
Eliza Turner 3 F MO
Ely Turner 1 F MO
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1880 Census WA Walla Walla Dist 3 Pg 236A
John Turner Self M Male W 60 VA Farmer VA VA
Mary Turner Wife M Female W 38 MO Keeps House --- ---
Sydna Turner Dau S Female W 14 OR At Home VA MO
Emma Turner Dau S Female W 9 OR VA MO
Anna Turner Dau S Female W 4 WA TERR VA MO
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1900 Census WA Columbia Dayton Dist 7 Pg 24B (7 June 1900 Burrell Hughes)
Line 52
219 224 Turner James Head WM Aug 1820 79 M 46 Virginia Virginia Alabama
-----------------, Mary Wife WF April 1838 62 M 46 (8 Children 5 Alive) Kentucky NC Kentucky
More About JAMES DANIEL TURNER:
Burial: Dayton Cemetery, Columbia County, Washington19
Census 1: 1860, MO Clark Jefferson Image 5
Census 2: 1880, WA Walla Walla Dist 3 Pg 236A
Census 3: 1900, WA Columbia Dayton Dist 7 Pg 24B
More About JAMES TURNER and MARY PINKERTON:
Marriage: 03 Aug 1856, Clark, Missouri
Children of MARY PINKERTON and JAMES TURNER are:
6. WILLIAM2 PINKERTON (DAVID1) was born 16 Mar 1840 in Kentucky, and died 12 Dec 1913 in Athena, Umatilla, OR23. He married ELIZA A BOUNDS 27 Sep 1860 in Scotland, Missouri, daughter of HARRISON BOUNDS and SYDNEY ?. She was born 10 Jul 1841 in Ohio, and died 02 Feb 1917 in Athena, Umatilla, OR24.
Notes for WILLIAM PINKERTON:
1870 Census OR Yamhill Sheridan Pg 540A (8 August 1870 John E Brooks)
Line 1
472 412 Pinkerton William 30 MW Farmer 1325 Kentucky
-----------------, Eliza 29 FW Keeping House Ohio
-----------------, Mary 8 FW At HOme Missouri
-----------------, Isaac 7 MW At Home Missouri
-----------------, Nathan 4 MW At Home Oregon
-----------------, David 2 MW At Home Oregon
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1880 Census OR Umatilla Weston Pg 31D
William PINKERTON Self M Male W 38 KY Farmer KY KY
Eliza PINKERTON Wife M Female W 35 IA Keeping House IA IA
Nathan PINKERTON Son S Male W 14 OR KY IA
Addison PINKERTON Son S Male W 13 OR KY IA
William PINKERTON Son S Male W 10 OR KY IA
Eddie PINKERTON Son S Male W 3 OR KY IA
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1900 Census OR Umatilla Athena Dist 113 Pg 100B (19 June 1900 Charles J Young)
Line 58
239 240 Pinkerton D A Head WM Jan 1868 32 M 11 Oregon Kentucky Ohio Farmer
-------------------, Luela Wife WF Feb 1871 29 M11 (3 Chldren 2 Alive) Oregon Unk Unk
-------------------, Pearl Daughter WF Sept 1892 7 S Oregon Oregon Oregon At School
-------------------, Lawrence Son WM Dec 1894 5 S Oregon Oregon Oregon At School
Line 62
240 241 Pinkerton, William Head WM Mar 1840 60 M 40 Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Farmer
-------------------, Eliza A Wife WF July 1841 58 M 40 (7 Children 5 Alive) Ohio Maryland Ohio
-------------------, Edward R Son WM April 1878 22 S Oregon Kentucky Ohio Farm Laborer
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1910 Census OR Umatilla N Athena Pct Dist 271 Pg 293A (25-26 April 1910 Chas Betts)
Line 39
125 129 Pinkerton William Head MW 70 M1 50 Kentucky
-----------------, Eliza A Wife FW 68 M1 50 (7 Children 5 Alive) Ohio
-----------------, Robert E Son MW 33 S Oregon
Line 42
126 130 Pinkerton David A Head MW 42 M1 21 Oregon Kentucky Ohio Farmer General Farm
-----------------, Luella M Wife FW 40 M1 21 (3 Children 2 Alive) Missouri Indiana Indiana
-----------------, Jessie P Daughter FW 17 S Oregon Oregon Missouri
-----------------, Lawerence R Son MW 15 S Oregon Oregon Missouri
More About WILLIAM PINKERTON:
Burial: 16 Dec 1913, Athena Cemetery, Umatilla, OR25
Census 1: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A(See Father)
Census 2: 1860, MO Clark Washington Image 19(See Father)
Census 3: 1870, OR Yamhill Sheridan Pg 540A
Census 4: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 31D
Census 5: 1900, OR Umatilla Athena Dist 113 Pg 100B
Census 6: 1910, OR Umatilla N Athena Pct Dist 271 Pg 293A
Estate: 1914, Umatilla, Oregon26
More About ELIZA A BOUNDS:
Burial: 05 Feb 1917, Athena Cemetery, Umatilla, OR27
Census 1: 1870, OR Yamhill Sheridan Pg 540A(See Husband)
Census 2: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 31D(See Husband)
Census 3: 1900, OR Umatilla Athena Dist 113 Pg 100B(See Husband)
Census 4: 1910, OR Umatilla N Athena Pct Dist 271 Pg 293A(See Husband)
Estate: 1917, Umatilla, Oregon28
Guardianship: 1914, Umatilla, Oregon29
More About WILLIAM PINKERTON and ELIZA BOUNDS:
Marriage: 27 Sep 1860, Scotland, Missouri
Children of WILLIAM PINKERTON and ELIZA BOUNDS are:
7. JOHN2 PINKERTON (DAVID1) was born 28 Apr 1842 in Kentucky, and died 01 Jan 1879 in Weston, Umatilla, OR. He married SARAH COX Bef. 1870. She was born Dec 1854 in Kentucky, and died Abt. 1907.
Notes for JOHN PINKERTON:
1870 Census OR Polk Rickreall Pg 303A (27 June 1870 Banford Robb)
Line 19
368 657 Pinkerton John 39 MW Farmer 485 Kentucky
-----------, Sarah 26 F Keeping House Kentucky
-----------, Mary 4 FW Oregon
-----------, Martha 2 FW Oregon
More About JOHN PINKERTON:
Burial: Blue Mountain Cemetery (Kees), Umatilla, OR34
Census 1: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A(See Father)
Census 2: 1860, MO Clark Washington Image 19(See Father)
Census 3: 1870, OR Polk Rickreall Pg 303A
Notes for SARAH COX:
1880 Census OR Umatilla Weston Pg 31D
Sarah Pinkerton Self W Female W 32 MO Farmer KY KY
Mary E. Pinkerton Dau S Female W 15 OR KY MO
Martha Pinkerton Dau S Female W 11 OR KY MO
Gabe Cox Brother S Male W 30 MO Farm Laborer KY KY
Frank Mansfield Other S Male W 14 OR MO MO
More About SARAH COX:
Burial: Blue Mountain Cemetery (Kees), Umatilla, OR34
Census 1: 1870, OR Polk Rickreall Pg 303A(See Husband, John Pinkerton)
Census 2: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 31D
Census 3: 1900, OR Umatilla Weston Dist 110 Pg 57B(See Husband, Alfred Staggs)
More About JOHN PINKERTON and SARAH COX:
Marriage: Bef. 1870
Children of JOHN PINKERTON and SARAH COX are:
8. HENRY2 PINKERTON (DAVID1) was born 22 Jan 1846 in MO, and died 14 Aug 1917 in Umatilla, OR35. He married (1) MARY LOUISA PRUETT 17 Oct 1871 in Umatilla, Oregon36, daughter of JOHN PRUETT and ELIZABETH RINGO. She was born 06 Oct 1851 in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon, and died 07 Aug 1872 in Athena, Umatilla County, Oregon. He married (2) MARY EMILY E. ROYCE 09 Jul 1874 in Umatilla County, OR37, daughter of WILLIAM ROYCE and ELIZABETH ?. She was born 19 Aug 1857 in Summersett, Mercer, Missouri, and died 28 Jan 1904 in Umatilla, OR. He married (3) ELIZA JANE WATTENBARGER 01 Jan 1905 in Athena, Umatilla, Oregon, daughter of JACOB WATTENBARGER and MARY HATCHER. She was born 30 Jun 1858 in Sullivan, Missouri, and died 06 Jun 1931 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon38.
Notes for HENRY PINKERTON:
1870 Census OR Umatilla Weston Image 4 (12 July 1870 JS White)
line 10 (Living with John C Mays & Family)
Pingerton Henry 23 MW Farm Laborer 920 Missouri
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1880 Census OR Umatilla Weston Pg 28A
H. Pinkerton Self M Male W 34 MO Farmer KY KY
M. E. Pinkerton Wife M Female W 22 MO Keep House IL MO
M. Pinkerton Dau S Female W 8 OR MO MO
F. Pinkerton Son S Male W 4 OR MO MO
A. Pinkerton Dau S Female W 1 OR MO MO
W. B. Howell Other S Female W 20 IL KY KY
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1900 Census OR Umatilla Weston Dist 110 Pg 63A (20 June 1900 Louis Proebstel)
Line 19
204 204 Pinkerton Henry Head WM Jan 1847 53 M26 Missouri Kentucky Indiana Farmer
-------------------, Emma E Wife WF Aug 1857 42 M 26 (3 Children 3 Alive) Missouri Kentucky Kentucky
-------------------, Fred Son WM Aug 1876 23 S Oregon Missouri Missouri Farm Laborer
-------------------, Ellis Son WM Dec 1878 21 S Oregon Missouri Missouri At School
-------------------, Charles Son WM June 1880 11 S Oregon Missouri Missouri At School
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1910 Census OR Umatilla E Weston Dist 263 Pg 185A (16 April 1910 Albert J Proebstel)
Line 33
44 44 Pinkerton Henry Head MW 64 M2 5 Missouri Kentucky Indiana Own Income
----------------, Eliza J Wife FW 51 M2 5 (3 Children 3 Alive) Missouri Tennessee Tennessee
More About HENRY PINKERTON:
Census 1: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A(See Father)
Census 2: 1860, MO Clark Washington Image 19(See Father)
Census 3: 1870, OR Umatilla Weston Image 4
Census 4: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 28A
Census 5: 1900, OR Umatilla Weston Dist 110 Pg 63A
Census 6: 1910, OR Umatilla E Weston Dist 263 Pg 185
Emigration: 1865, MO by Ox Team 18 yrs old
Estate: 1917, Umatilla, Oregon39
Occupation 1: 1892, Farmer
Occupation 2: 1870, Farm Laborer
Occupation 3: 1880, Farmer
Occupation 4: 1900, farmer
Picnic: 1892, Weston, Umatilla, OR
Residence 1: 1892, Weston, Umatilla, OR
Residence 2: 1870, Lived with John Mays
Marriage Notes for HENRY PINKERTON and MARY PRUETT:
Pinkerton, Henry
Marriage: Henry Pinkerton married Mary Prewett on Oct 18, 1871 in Umatilla County, OR.
Gender: Male
Source Location: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfiche reference number(s) 6088045
More About HENRY PINKERTON and MARY PRUETT:
Marriage: 17 Oct 1871, Umatilla, Oregon40
Notes for MARY EMILY E. ROYCE:
[1892 Pioneers.FTW]
1900 census shows father and mother born in KY. Shows she had three children, three living.
More About MARY EMILY E. ROYCE:
Census 1: 1870, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 371A(See Father)
Census 2: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 28A(See Husband)
Census 3: 1900, OR Umatilla Weston Dist 110 Pg 63A(See Husband)
Marriage Notes for HENRY PINKERTON and MARY ROYCE:
Pinkerton, Henry
Marriage: Henry Pinkerton married Mary Royce on Jul 09, 1874 in Umatilla County, OR.
Gender: Male
Source Location: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfiche reference number(s) 6088045.
Pinkerton, Henry
Marriage: Henry Pinkerton married Mary Royse on Jul 09, 1874 in Umatilla County, OR.
Gender: Male
Source Location: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfiche reference number(s) 6088045.
More About HENRY PINKERTON and MARY ROYCE:
Marriage: 09 Jul 1874, Umatilla County, OR41
Notes for ELIZA JANE WATTENBARGER:
1900 Census OR Umatilla Athena ED 113 Pg 10B
Ely,Mrs Eliza,head,FW,June 1858,41,wd,MO,TN,TN,Farmer
Walter E.,son,MW,Mar 1882,18S,OR,OR,MO,Farm Laborer
Ada I,daughter,FW,Nov 1889,10S,OR,OR,MO
Franklin R.,son,MW,Aug 1892,7S,OR,OR,MO
More About ELIZA JANE WATTENBARGER:
Census 1: 1910, OR Umatilla E Weston Dist 263 Pg 185(See Husband)
Census 2: 1900, OR Umatilla Athena ED 113 Pg 10B
Census 3: 1920, OR Umatilla Pendleton ED 162 Pg 15B(See Son Frank Ely)
Census 4: 1930, OR Multnomah Portland ED 205 Pg 2B(See Son-in-law Alfred Castillo(Ada Ely)
More About HENRY PINKERTON and ELIZA WATTENBARGER:
Marriage: 01 Jan 1905, Athena, Umatilla, Oregon
Child of HENRY PINKERTON and MARY PRUETT is:
Children of HENRY PINKERTON and MARY ROYCE are:
9. LUCY FRANCIS2 PINKERTON (DAVID1) was born 21 Apr 1848 in Missouri, and died 22 Nov 1928 in Blackfoot, ID51,52. She married JOHN B DAVIS 29 Jul 1869 in Yamhill, Oregon53, son of SAMUEL DAVIS and MARY BROCK. He was born 13 Dec 1829 in Belmont county, Ohio, and died 24 Jun 1896 in Butte ID54.
Notes for LUCY FRANCIS PINKERTON:
1900 Census ID Bingham Rose Dist 19 Pg 45A (1 June 1900 John W Clendennin)
Line 41
9 11 Davis Lucy F Head WF Apr 1848 52 Wd (4 Children 4 Alive) Missouri Kentucky Kentucky Farmer
-------------, William H Son WM Aug 1870 29 S Oregon Ohio Missouri Day Laborer
-------------, John B Son WM Dec 1877 22 S Oregon Ohio Missouri Farm Laborer
-------------, Myrtle Daughter WF Nov 1882 17 S Oregon Ohio Missouri At School
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1910 Census ID Bingham Blackfoot 2-Pct Dist 50 Pg 65B (19 April 1910 Edward Benzley)
Line 79
565 80 82 Davis Lucy F Head FW 62 Wd (4 children 4 Alive) Missouri Ohio Ohio
------------------, John B Son MW 25 S Oregon Oregon Ohio Missouri Salesman Groceries
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1920 Census ID Bingham Blackfoot Dist 79 Pg 231B (5 January 1920 Charles Gruion)
Line 85
565 123 131 Davis Lucy Head FW 71 Wd Missouri Kentucky Kentucky None
More About LUCY FRANCIS PINKERTON:
Census 1: 1850, MO Clark Dist 19 Pg 278A(See Father)
Census 2: 1860, MO Clark Washington Image 19(See Father)
Census 3: 1870, OR Yamhill McMinnville Pct Pg 509B(See Husband)
Census 4: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 28B(See Husband)
Census 5: 1900, ID Bingham Rose Dist 19 Pg 45A
Census 6: 1910, ID Bingham Blackfoot 2-Pct Dist 50 Pg 65B
Census 7: 1920, ID Bingham Blackfoot Dist 79 Pg 231B
Notes for JOHN B DAVIS:
An illustrated history of the state of Oregon : containing a history of Oregon from the earliest period of its discovery to the, page 1287, by Rev H K Hines, D.D., Chicago, 1893
JOHN B. DAVIS, a prominent resident of Umatilla county, Oregon, and another one of the Pacific coast pioneers, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, December 13, 1829.
His father, Samuel Davis, was born in New Jersey, in 1804, and was married to Miss Mary Brock, a native of Pennsylvania. In 1837 he moved to Missouri and settled thirteen miles away from any inhabitant, in the northwest corner of the State, in what is now a part of Polk county. There he lived until 1846, when, the country becoming settled around him, he again pulled up stakes and started westward, this time his objective point being Oregon. After a jjourney of six months, with ox teams, he and his family landed at their destination. On this long journey they did not see a civilized inhabitant until after they crossed the Cascades. Theirs were the first wagons that crossed the Cascade mountains, other emigrants who had preceded them having left their wagons on the east side, and carried their provisions over the mountains on their oxen. Here Mr. Davis and his good wife spent the rest of their lives, her death occurring in 1873, in the sixty-eighth year of her age, and his death in 1874, at the age of seventy-one. They had nine children, John B. being the oldest, and one of the four survivors, all residents of this coast.
His youthful days being passed on the frontier, the subject of our sketch had very poor opportunities for schooling. What little he did receive was in a log schoolhouse in Missouri. In 1848, having an attack of the California gold fever, he started on horseback from Portland and made the journey to Scacramento, where he engaged in mining until 1850, being very successful in his operations. In 1850 he returned to Oregon and took claim to a half-section of land.
In 1864 mr. Davis enlisted in the First Oregon Infantry, Compnay B, and served over two years. He was Corporal of this company, but was detailed a Commissary Sergeant, and drew a sergeant's pay all the time.
In 1877 Mr. Davis came to eastern Oregon and bought land in Umatilla county, twenty miles north of Pendleton, in the wheat belt of Oregon. Now he owns 800 acres of fine land, on which he raises an average of 5000 bushels of wheat annually.
Mr. Davis' maternal ancestors were noted for their ingenuity. A Mr. Cregg, cousin of Mrs. Samuel Davis, invented the turned wooden bucket that is now in common use. Mr. Davis is a natural mechanic himself, and can make almost anything he wants. he ran a blacksmith shop in McMinnville for two years, before the war. Soon after he came out of the war, he and his brother invented and built the first combined header and thresher, and got a patent on it for seventeen years. A short time before the patent expired they sold their right, and from their invention the celebrated header and thresher of to-day was made.
Mr. Davis was married in July, 1869, to Miss Lucy Pinkerton, a native of Missouri, who came across the plains with her parents in 1865, making the journey with ox teams. mr. and Mrs. Davis have four children, namely: William H., Malissie E., John B., Jr., and Maggie M., all at the home except Malissie E., who is the wife of Samuel Sample.
Starting out in life a poor boy, Mr. Davis has risen by his own pluck and energy to his present position of prosperity, and his career is a fitting example of what can be accomplished in this country. With advanced years he has practically retired from farm work, still, however, continuing the management of his extensive farming operatioins. he has been Justice of the Peace four years, and has held the office of Postmaster since 1884.
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1870 Census OR Yamhill McMinnville Pct Pg 509B (17 June 1870 John E Brooks)
Line 29
12 11 Davis Samuel 62 MW Farmer 3200 1425 New Jersey
--------------, Mary 61 FW Keeping HOuse Ohio
--------------, John 42 MW Farmer Ohio (Married within a year)
--------------, Lucy 22 FW Keeping House Missouri (Married within a year)
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1880 Census OR Umatilla Weston Pg 28B
J. B. DAVIS Self M Male W 40 OH Farmer NJ IL
L. F. DAVIS Wife M Female W 32 MO Keeping House KY KY
William H. DAVIS Son S Male W 10 OR OH MO
E. DAVIS Dau S Female W 8 OR OH MO
J. B. DAVIS Son S Male W 2 OR OH MO
A. BOYER Niece S Female W 16 MO KY MO
S. A. DUGGER Other W Female W 64 VT VT VT
More About JOHN B DAVIS:
Census 1: 1870, OR Yamhill McMinnville Pct Pg 509B
Census 2: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 28B
Emigration: 1846, MO by Ox Team 17 yrs old
Occupation: 1892, Farmer
Picnic: 1892, Weston, Umatilla, OR
Residence: 1892, Juniper, OR
More About JOHN DAVIS and LUCY PINKERTON:
Marriage: 29 Jul 1869, Yamhill, Oregon55
Children of LUCY PINKERTON and JOHN DAVIS are:
10. AMANDA2 PINKERTON (DAVID1) was born 27 Dec 1850 in Iowa, and died Aft. 1900. She married SAMUEL BENJAMIN 26 Apr 1872 in Umatilla, Oregon56. He was born Jun 1847 in Indiana, and died 30 Apr 1923 in Washington, Oregon57.
More About AMANDA PINKERTON:
Census 1: 1860, MO Clark Washington Image 19(See Father)
Census 2: 1870, OR Yamhill McMinnville Pg 512B(See Father)
Census 3: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 32A(See Husband)
Census 4: 1887, WA Columbia Roll V228_2 Image 157(See Husband)
Census 5: 1889, WA Columbia Dayton Pg 56(See Husband)
Census 6: 1900, WA King Seattle Wd-6 Dist 108 Pg 54A(See Husband)
Notes for SAMUEL BENJAMIN:
1880 Census OR Umatilla Weston Pg 32A
Samuel Benjamin Self M Male W 32 IN Blacksmith VA KY
Amanda Benjamin Wife M Female W 28 MO Keeping House KY KY
Ivy Benjamin Dau S Female W 7 OR IN MO
Robert Benjamin Son S Male W 5 OR IN MO
Edward Benjamin Son S Male W 8M OR IN MO
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1887 Census WA Columbia Roll V228_2 Image 157
Line 32
Benjamin, S.W. 42 M Blacksmith Married IN
--------, Amanda 36 F Married MO
--------, Iva 14 F Single W. T.
--------, Robt 12 M Single OR
--------, Edwa 7 M Single OR
--------, Emery 5 M Single W.T.
--------, Myrtle 4/12 F Single W.T.
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1889 Census WA Columbia Dayton Pg 56
Line 15
Benjamin, S.W. 42 MW Married Farmer IN
--------, Annie 37 FW Married KY
--------, Irvin 16 MW Single OR
--------, Robert 13 MW Single OR
--------, Ed 8 MW Single OR
--------, Emery 5 MW Single OR
--------, Mirtle 3 FW Single W.T.
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1900 Census WA King Seattle Wd-6 Dist 108 Pg 54A (12 June 1900 Edward R Mason)
line 45 (Fifth Avenue)
1920 147 195 Benjamin Samuel H Head WM June 1847 52 M 25 Illinois Maine Maine Blacksmith
----------------------, Amanda Wife WF Dec 1854 45 M 25 (4 Children 4 Alive) MO KY KY
----------------------, Edward Son WM Sept 1879 20 S WA IL MO Weaver
----------------------, Emory N Son WM Aug 1881 18 S WA IL MO Assayer
----------------------, Mrytle Daughter WF Oct 1886 13 S WA IL MO At School
----------------------, Mabell Daughter WF Apr 1890 10 S WA IL MO At School
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1910 Census OR Clackamas Springwater Dist 47 Pg 29A (9-11 May 1910 Henry W Kublman)
Line 6
69 71 Benjamin Samuel W Head MW 64 M2 0 Indiana Virginia Virginia Farmer General Farm
-----------------, Laura A Wife FW 53 M2 0 (4 children 4 Alive) Oregon Ohio Ohio
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1920 Census OR Clackamas Springwater Dist 57 Pg 258A (20 January 1920 Lester L Schwartz)
line 36
FM 130 130 Benjamin Samuel Head MW 73 M US US US Farmer General Farm
---------------------, Laura Wife FW 63 M Oregon Ohio Ohio
More About SAMUEL BENJAMIN:
Census 1: 1880, OR Umatilla Weston Pg 32A
Census 2: 1887, WA Columbia Roll V228_2 Image 157
Census 3: 1889, WA Columbia Dayton Pg 56
Census 4: 1900, WA King Seattle Wd-6 Dist 108 Pg 54A
Census 5: 1910, OR Clackamas Springwater Dist 47 Pg 29A
Census 6: 1920, OR Clackamas Springwater Dist 57 Pg 258A
More About SAMUEL BENJAMIN and AMANDA PINKERTON:
Marriage: 26 Apr 1872, Umatilla, Oregon58
Children of AMANDA PINKERTON and SAMUEL BENJAMIN are:
Generation No. 3
11. WILLIAM DAVID3 FENTON (MARGARET ANN2 PINKERTON, DAVID1) was born 29 Jun 1853 in Etna, Scotland, Missouri, and died 15 May 1925 in Portland, , Oregon59. He married KATHERINE LUCAS 16 Oct 1879 in Monmouth, Polk, Oregon, daughter of ALBERT LUCAS and ELIZABETH MURPHY. She was born 06 Jul 1859 in Polk, Oregon, and died 14 Sep 1930 in Portland, , Oregon60.
Notes for WILLIAM DAVID FENTON:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/polk/bios/fentonsr30gbs.txt
Polk-Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Fenton, Sr., William David June 29, 1853 - May 15, 1925
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II,
Pages 78-84
WILLIAM DAVID FENTON, SR. Of the distinguished men whose lives have shed luster upon the state of Oregon, whether born within its borders or on other soil, none have had a better record, a greater degree of success or a stronger hold upon the affections of their fellowmen than the late William David Fenton, Sr., who was a lawyer of exceptional attainments. He inherited the rich mental and moral fortune accumulated by a long line of worthy ancestors and added thereto the interest of his own individuality. During the many years of his residence in Portland he manifested an unselfish devotion to the general good and served well both his city and state.
Mr. Fenton was born June 29, 1853, in Etna, Scotland county, Missouri, and in the paternal line was descended from an English family established in America in 1790. His father, James D. Fenton, was born March 29, 1832, near Mexico, Missouri, and was a son of James Edwin Fenton, whose birth occurred in Virginia, March 2, 1798. He was a son of Caleb Fenton, who settled in the Old Dominion before the Revolutionary war. When a young man James E. Fenton went to Kentucky and later migrated to Missouri, where he passed away February 20, 1860. His wife, Susan (Hicks) Fenton, was born in Boone county, Missouri, in 1822. She was a daughter of Eli and Hanna (Davis) Hicks and of Welsh lineage in the maternal line. Eli Hicks was a son of Isaac Hicks, who was a native of Virginia and during the Revolutionary war served as a captain in the Third Georgia Cavalry under Colonel McIntosh.
On October 6, 1851, James D. Fenton was married in Missouri to Miss Margaret A. Pinkerton, who was born near Barbourville, Kentucky, and was a member of a Scotch family that was founded in North Carolina in 1745. Her father, David Pinkerton, was born near Asheville, North Carolina, and in his youth settled in Kentucky, removing to Clark county, Missouri, in 1846. His grandfather, David Pinkerton, was a maker of cartridge boxes, which he furnished to the Continental troops during the struggle for American independence. In the spring of 1865 Mr. and Mrs. James D. Fenton started for Oregon with their family of seven children, the youngest of whom was but six weeks old. The oldest, William D. Fenton, was a boy of twelve and during much of the journey assisted his father by driving an ox team. For a year they lived near Woodburn, on French prairie, and the father taught school at Bell Pass. From there they proceeded to Yamhill county and settled on a ranch near Lafayette, where they lived for several years. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fenton in Oregon and their family consisted of ten children, eight of whom were sons. Those now living are James E. Fenton, of Los Angeles, California; Frank Fenton, whose home is in McMinnville, Oregon; H. L. Fenton, of Dallas, Oregon; and Drs. Matthew F. and Hicks C. Fenton, who are practicing in Portland. The daughters are Mrs. Amanda Landers, who resides in Yamhill county; and Mrs. Margaret Spencer, of Portland.
William D. Fenton attended the country schools and in the fall of 1868 entered the preparatory department of McMinnville College, whose executive head, Dr. John Johnson, was later the first president of the University of Oregon at Eugene. In 1869 Mr. Fenton matriculated in Christian College at Monmouth, Oregon, and in 1872 received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from that institution. The late Judge Wolverton was a member of the same class and Judge Burnett, who now occupies a seat on the supreme bench, was graduated from Christian College a year later. In 1870 Mr. Fenton was offered a cadetship at West Point but refused this, as he had no taste for military life. After leaving college he decided to take a course at Yale University but by the time he had obtained sufficient funds through farming and teaching school his father needed the money and he altered his plans, going to Salem instead. He was appointed an assistant in the state library and while performing those duties read law, pursuing his studies at night. In December, 1875, he was admitted to the bar and then resigned his position at the state library, returning home to assist his father in operating the farm. During the following spring he was elected on the democratic ticket to the state legislature, in which he represented Yamhill county for one term, making an excellent record as a public servant. In 1877 he formed a partnership with James McCain, a Lafayette attorney, becoming junior member of the firm.
On October 16, 1879, Mr. Fenton was married in Monmouth to Miss Katherine L. Lucas, a native of Polk county, Oregon, and the ceremony was performed by Dr. Thomas F. Campbell, president of Christian College. The young couple began housekeeping in the home which Mr. Fenton had erected at Lafayette and there resided until 1885, when they removed to Portland. Mr. Fenton joined Judge J. C. Moreland in the practice of law but returned to Yamhill county six months later, owing to the death of his father, and from 1886 until 1889 followed his profession in Lafayette. During that time he was associated with his brother, Frank Fenton, and then went to Seattle, Washington, becoming chief deputy in the office of the prosecuting attorney for King county. While in Seattle he was engaged in private practice with W. Lair Hill and in June, 1890, returned to Salem. During the following legislative session he served as chief clerk of the senate committee on assessment and taxation and in April, 1891, again located in Portland, securing desk room in the law office of J. C. Moreland and Richard W. Montague. On June 6, 1891, he became a member of the firm of Bronaugh, McArthur, Fenton & Bronaugh, which became recognized as one of the strongest legal combinations of the city. Following the deaths of Judges Bronaugh and McArthur, Mr. Fenton practiced alone until his son, Kenneth L., was admitted to the bar and entered his office in 1910. During the illness of the father Benjamin Day and Alfred Hampson were admitted as partners in the firm, which was continued until the death of Kenneth L. Fenton on May 31, 1917, when the office was closed. In 1905, when W. D. Fenton erected the Fenton building at No. 86 Sixth street, he installed his large private library and this collection of law books, regarded as one of the best in Portland, was thrown open to all lawyers who wished to use it. No fee was charged for this courtesy and the attorneys gladly availed themselves of Mr. Fenton’s offer.
After the death of his son this valuable collection of books was donated to the University of Oregon and is now known as the Kenneth Lucas Fenton Memorial Library. Mr. Fenton was one of the best known corporation lawyers in the northwest and for twenty-eight years was counsel for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Oregon. He was also attorney for the American Steel & Wire Company, the Standard Oil Company, the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company, the Equitable Assurance Society of New York and other large corporations. A tireless worker, he devoted much time and thought to the preparation of his cases and his decline in health was said to have followed the court battles of the Oregon & California Company in connection with land grants.
In 1882 Mr. Fenton was nominated on the democratic ticket for the office of congressman but was defeated by a small majority and later was made a Cleveland elector. He remained a democrat until 1896, when, rather than indorse the free silver plank, he joined the republican party and became an ardent advocate of the gold standard system. Mr. Fenton was a leading spirit in the movement for holding the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland in 1905. He was one of the directors of the fair, president of the Horticultural Society during that time, and one of the commissioners in charge of the building of the auditorium.
At the age of sixteen Mr. Fenton united with the Christian church at Monmouth and remained a faithful follower of its teachings until his death on May 15, 1925, when seventy-two years of age. He was an exemplary representative of the Masonic order and in recognition of his services in its behalf was honored with the thirty-third degree. For forty-five years he was identified with the Masonic order, which he joined in 1880, at which time he was initiated into Lafayette Lodge, No. 3, F. & A. M. In the Scottish Rite he was affiliated with Oregon Consistory, No. 1, and was also a Noble of Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was also connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and became president of the Oregon Historical Society. Mr. Fenton was a charter member of the University Club and also belonged to the Arlington Club and the State Bar Association.
Mrs. Fenton traces her ancestry to the colonial period in American history and is a member of one of the old families of the south. Her father, Albert Whitfield Lucas, was born October 24, 1827, in Hardin county, Kentucky, and was a son of Marsham Lucas, also a native of the Blue Grass state. The grandparents of Albert W Lucas were Cornelius and Sarah (Phelps) Lucas, the former a Virginian and the latter a native of Scotland. Marsham Lucas was born September 23, 1801, and in 1823 was married in Kentucky to Cynthia Whitman, also a native of that state. She was born in 1805 and her father, Thomas Whitman, was an Englishman. He was born in the city of London on June 15, 1765, and became a minister of the Baptist church.
When Albert W. Lucas was three years old he went with his parents to Warren county, Illinois, and his father became one of the founders of Monmouth, that state. Albert W. Lucas attended the public schools of that locality and afterward took a course in Knox College at Galesburg, Illinois. On March 13, 1851, he married Elizabeth Frances Murphy, whose paternal ancestors were Pilgrims. Her father, John E. Murphy, was born near Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1805 and became a follower of Alexander Campbell and a minister of the Christian church.
In 1850 Elijah Davidson, Thomas Lucas, S. S. Whitman, Ira F. M. Butler and other relatives of Albert W. Lucas crossed the plains and settled in Polk county, Oregon, at what is now Monmouth. On April 30, 1852, Albert W. Lucas and his wife started for the Willamette valley, joining a train of thirty wagons, of which William Mason was the captain. At Grand Island, Nebraska, the party was divided and Albert W Lucas was chosen captain of one section of the train. He drove one wagon and Lycurgus Ferguson, one of his wife’s cousins, drove the other. Mr. Lucas bought eight hundred acres of land near Monmouth and aided materially in bringing to light the rich agricultural resources of that locality.
Albert W. Lucas and his kinsmen migrated to the Pacific northwest with the definite purpose of establishing a Christian community and an educational institution patterned after Bethany College in Virginia, founded by Alexander Campbell. In 1855 measures were taken to establish an institution of learning in which men and women could become schooled in the science of living and the principles of religion. The trustees chosen were Ira F. M. Butler, John E. Murphy, R. P. Boise, J. B. Smith, S. Simmons, William Mason, T. H. Hutchison, H. Buford, T. H. Lucas, D. R. Lewis, S. S. Whitman and A. W. Lucas. The board was organized with Mr. Butler as president, Mr. Hutchison as secretary and A. W. Lucas as treasurer. In the same year a charter was granted by the territorial legislature and Monmouth University was incorporated. Mr. Whitman donated two hundred acres, T. H. Lucas eighty acres, and Elijah Davidson and J. P. Smith contributed tracts of similar size, while Albert W. Lucas gave twenty acres as his share. The land was laid out in a townsite, which was named Monmouth in honor of their home city in Illinois. Lots were sold at a reasonable figure to those who desired to live near the prospective university. A two-story wooden building was erected and in its chapel services were held by members of the Christian church. Money was solicited and raised for the establishment of a school for orphans in connection with the university, but the plan was found impracticable and the funds were returned to the subscribers.
In 1856 Glen O. Burnett, Amos Harvey, Nathaniel Hudson, Doctor Warriner and others started Bethel Academy in Bethel Hills, Polk county. It was found that two schools in the same county divided the patronage, so at a council of the Christian church it was decided to unite Bethel Academy and Monmouth University under the name of Christian College. Forty scholarships at five hundred dollars each were sold and Dr. L. L. Rowland, a graduate of Bethany College, was elected president of Christian College. Dr. Nathaniel Hudson, a graduate of the University of Paris, was appointed assistant, and his sister, Mrs. Nevins, was placed in charge of the preparatory department.
After three years Doctor Rowland retired and in 1869 the Rev. T. F. Campbell, who was teaching a boys’ school at Helena, Montana, was selected as president, as he was a graduate of Bethany College, a minister of the Christian church and a man of unquestioned ability and integrity. The trip from Helena to Monmouth was made in a stagecoach which Rev. Campbell had purchased. Shortly after his arrival a brick building was erected at a cost of seven thousand dollars and this was the first unit of the present normal school buildings.
President Campbell was a man of great energy and in addition to his duties as a teacher and preacher was for many years editor and manager of the Christian Messenger, of which he was the founder. He sent to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, for his brother-in-law, Professor J. C. Campbell, who became a member of the faculty of Christian College, in which his wife and daughter taught music, and Professor A. D. Butler was also one of the instructors. J. E. Murphy, the financial agent, rode all over the state, soliciting students, preaching, organizing churches, and in the meantime carried on the work on his farm.
In 1882 President Campbell resigned. At that time the property was valued at twenty thousand dollars and the college had an endowment of twenty-five thousand dollars. In 1890 the president’s son, Prince L. Campbell, was chosen as his successor. The father was a man of high ideals and his Bible lectures each morning during the schools years made a lasting impression on all those who had the good fortune to be his pupils. Shortly after his son became president the property was deeded to the state and the name Christian College gave way to that of the State Normal School. Among those who went to Monmouth to educate their families were J. B. V. Butler, David Stump, whose daughter was the second wife of President T. F. Campbell, John Wolverton, Frank Powell and many others.
Albert W. Lucas served for many years as an elder of the Christian church at Monmouth and shaped his life by its teachings. He was an ardent advocate of the cause of prohibition but did not live to see the passage of the eighteenth amendment. On April 6, 1893, he was called to his final rest and was long survived by Mrs. Lucas, whose demise occurred on the 17th of November, 1914. Adah, their oldest child, became the wife of Dr. T. W. Shelton and both passed away in Eugene, Oregon. Jay Prentice, the first son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, was long a resident of Condon and for many years was county clerk of Gilliam county, while at one time he served as registrar of the land office at The Dalles. Katherine L., the third child, now the widow of W. D. Fenton, Sr., was born July 6, 1859, the year in which Oregon became a state. Her sister Susan became the wife of J. H. Stanley and passed away in Hillsboro, Oregon. Albert, the next of the family, lives in Portland and is an employe of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Frank, the sixth in order of birth, also resides in the Rose city and is engaged in business on Fourth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Fenton became the parents of four sons. Dr. Ralph Albert Fenton was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1903 and is classed with Portland’s leading physicians. He married Miss Mabel Smith, a member of one of the prominent families of southern Oregon. Dr. Horace B. Fenton also achieved success in the medical profession and passed away November 7, 1926, in Portland, where he had been engaged in practice for several years. He married Miss Lela Godard, by whom he had three children: Mary Katherine, Dorothy and Horace B. Jr. Kenneth L. Fenton married Miss Adelma Walters, of California, and his demise occurred on the 31st of May, 1917. William David Fenton, Jr., went to France with the American Expeditionary Force and was assigned to duty in base hospital No. 46, in which his brother Ralph also served. W. D. Fenton, Jr., married Miss Lillian Mitchell, of Portland, and is well known in business and financial circles of the city as a dealer in bonds and mortgages.
William D. Fenton, Sr., possessed the simplicity and humility which ever mark real merit. Generous in thought and in deed, he was as incapable of an unjust suspicion as of an unjust act, and his high sense of honor won for him universal respect. Following is an excerpt from an article which appeared in the editorial columns of the Journal at the time of his death: "As a lawyer of the highest type in the profession, always conscientious and exalted, as a citizen in the fullest meaning of citizenship, Mr. Fenton toiled and spun, and in the fullness of time passed on. It is such men that make civilization worth while."
The following tribute to his memory was written by one of the editors of the Oregonian: "The death of Judge William D. Fenton inspires reflection on the remarkable self-sustaining quality of the true pioneer stock which thrust the American frontier steadily westward, first across the Appalachians and Alleghenies, and finally beyond the Rockies. His grandfather was one of those who, like Daniel Boone, sought the freedom of the vast open spaces, and, also like Boone, emigrated from Kentucky in a relatively early time because he felt oppressed by the oncoming tide of settlement. His father came to Oregon perhaps for the same reason. The story of the family’s last migration is typical of that time, and no epic in western history is more eloquent than the simple statement in his biography that at the age of twelve he was the eldest of seven children, who with their father and mother accomplished the extraordinarily difficult journey across the great plains.
"It was the formative period in the annals of Oregon, a day of hard work, of self-education, of small colleges devoted to thoroughness in a few fundamentals, of small help and little sympathy for those who could not, or would not, make their own way; and it is perhaps worth while to inquire whether conditions that then existed may not account for the amazing achievements of many of the old families, of whom the Fentons were one. Judge Fenton’s life, his persistent efforts for improvement and advancement, are reminiscent of the temper and character of the pioneers. He was graduated with the first class of Christian College at Monmouth, which also evokes memories of a peculiar and distinctive epoch in the history of the west; he ‘worked as a farmer and taught school,’ as his biographer relates; ‘was appointed assistant librarian and devoted his evenings to the reading of law.’ He financed his beginning as a lawyer again by ‘working on the farm.’ All through it is a story of industry, not without parallel then, less common nowadays. Contrast with the comparative case of the present is essential to appreciation of the magnitude of the task.
"They were days of plain living, albeit they produced men from whom Oregon has done well to honor. Judge Fenton’s interest in the history of the region is accounted for by his participation in numerous significant events, and particularly by his understanding of the true meaning of the services of the pioneers. In person he was serious, studious, scholarly, thorough and indefatigable – qualities which undoubtedly were the joint product of his sturdy ancestry and the stern conditions which the early arrivals were forced to meet. He was prominent in civic affairs, though not often an active candidate for office, and public-spirited, and possessed a marked talent for leadership. Oregon owes much to Judge Fenton and to the men of whom he was a type."
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History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II,
Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928
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http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/fenton.html
Renovation (1936). Architect: Lawrence & Holford.
While the new Library (now Knight Library) was nearing completion, WPA funding enabled the existing one to be remodeled to house the Law School. The Law School was originally established in 1884 in Portland and moved to Eugene in 1915. Wayne Morse, later Senator, was Dean of the school when Ellis Lawrence renovated the "Old Libe". In 1938, the building was renamed Fenton Hall after Judge William D. Fenton, an early UO benefactor
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"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon"
Authors: "a compilation of this work....by a number of writers"
Chapman Publishing Co; Chicago; 1903; Page 41
HON. WILLIAM D. FENTON
Within recent years, and particularly during the opening years of the twentieth century, William D. Fenton has gradually grown to be recognized, within the ranks of his profession and among the laity, as a man exerting a strong influence upon the current of public events in the city of Portland, and to no meager extent in the state of Oregon at large. His unquestioned ability as a legal practitioner and the hearty interest he has taken in affairs calculated to develop and foster the important material interests of the home of his adoption have brought him prominently before the public, in whom rests an abiding confidence in his manifest capabilities, his public spirit and
his integrity of character. Educated in western schools, fortified by an accurate knowledge of the west and its resources, and well-grounded in the principles of the law, he began the practice of his profession with a good foundation of hope for future success. Since 1891 he has been engaged in practice in Portland, where, in addition
to his general practice (with a specialty of corporation law), he now acts as counsel for the Southern Pacific Company in Oregon.
Mr. Fenton was born at Etna, Scotland county, Mo., June 29, 1853, a son of James D. and Margaret A. (Pinkerton) Fenton. (See sketch of James D. Fenton, preceding). When the family crossed the plains in 1865 he was old enough to be of considerable help to his father, and during mutch of the journey, assisted by driving an ox-team. After settling in Oregon he took a preparatory course in McMinnville College, and in 1869 entered Christian College at Monmouth, Ore. (now the State Normal School), from which he graduated in 1872 with the degree of A. B. For a time thereafter he taught school in his home county. In 1874 he begin the study of the law in Salem, and in December of the following year was admitted to the bar before the supreme court of the state. From 1877 to 1885 he practiced in Lafayette as a member of
the firm of McCain & Fenton. During his residence in Yamhill county he served one term as a member of the state legislature representing that county. He first located in Portland in 1885, but six months later the death of his father caused him to return to Yamhill county, where he continued to reside four years. In April, 1889, he removed to Seattle, where he was engaged as assistant district attorney for a while. In June, 1890, he returned to Oregon, and the following year re-located in Portland, where he has since been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession. For some time he was a member of the firm of Bronaugh, McArthur, Fenton & Bronaugh, one of the strongest law firms of the northwest; but upon the death of Judge McArthur and the retirement of the senior Bronaugh the partnership was dissolved. Besides his interests in Portland he owns a portion of the old homestead.
Since the inception of the movement for holding the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland in 1905, Mr. Fenton has taken a leading part in the formulation of plans for that gigantic enterprise. As a member of the sub-committee on legislation of the Lewis and Clark board (consisting of Mr. Fenton, P. L. Willis and Rufus Mallory), he drafted the bill presented to the Oregon legislature at its session of 1903 and passed by that body. The bill provides that the governor shall appoint a commission of eleven
members, who shall work in touch with the Lewis and Clark board; that if the commission and the board cannot agree upon any subject the differences shall be adjusted by the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer, whose decision shall be binding on the commission; that $50,000 of the $500,000 appropriated shall be used to
pay the expenses of making an Oregon exhibit at St. Louis in 1904, and that as much of this exhibit as possible shall be returned to Oregon for the Lewis and Clark Exposition; that the commission shall erect a memorial building in Portland on ground to be donated for the purpose, provided that not more than $50,000 of the state's money shall go for this building, and provided that the Lewis and Clark board shall contribute $50,000 toward the cost of the same structure. The measure further provides that one-half of the total amount of the appropriation shall be available in 1904 and the remainder in 1905, but the commission is authorized to enter upon contracts before this money comes in, on warrants drawn by the secretary of state. It was Mr. Fenton's idea in framing the bill to give the commission as much discretion in the use of the
public funds as would safely conserve the interests of the state.
In Monmouth, Ore., October 16, 1879, Mr. Fenton married Katherine Lucas, a native of Polk county, this state. Her father, Albert W. Lucas, a Kentuckian by birth, came to the northwest as early as 1853 and identified himself with the agricultural interests of Poll: county. The four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fenton are named as follows : Ralph Albert, member of the class of 1903, University of Oregon; Horace B., class of 1902, Portland Academy; Kenneth L., class of 1904, Portland Academy; and William D., Jr. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Fenton formerly served as trustee. He is a member of the State Bar Association, and socially is connected with the Arlington and University Clubs, being a charter member of the latter. His identification with Masonry dates from 1880, when he was initiated
into Lafayette Lodge No. 3, A. F & A. M. At this writing he is connected with Portland Lodge No. 55, A. F. & A. M., Oregon Consistory No. I, and Al Kader Temple, N. M. S. He is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
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"Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders."
Author: Joseph Gaston
S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago-Portland, 1911
Vol. 3, page 170
WILLIAM DAVID FENTON
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1880 Census OR Yamhill Lafayette Pg 427C
William D. Fenton Self M Male W 27 MO Atty. At Law KY KY
Katie L. Fenton Other M Female W 21 OR Housekeeping KY IL
George White Other S Male W 28 Prussia Laborer Prussia Prussia
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Indexed as Wm Penton
1900 United States Federal Census > Oregon > Multnomah > Portland Ward 9 > District 72 (2nd June 1900)
Line 75 110 East 16th, 53 54
Fenton, Wm Head WM June 1853 46 M@21yrs MO MO KY Lawyer
Mary Wife WF July 1859 40 M@21yrs (4-4) OR KY IL
Ralph A. Son WM Nov 1881 18 S OR MO OR At School
Horace Son WM Mar 1884 16 S OR MO OR At School
Kenneth Son WM May 1887 13