Also some information provided by Deb in MN - DRchiak@aol.com as follows:

Jacob joined the 41 Regiment, Co. H, on August 3, 1861. He was discharged on November 23, 1862. He hurried to Ottumwa, ILL to join the wagon train to Oregon. In 1884, he moved to Burns, Oregon, but later returned to Milton, Oregon. He bought his father's house to help Enoch pay his doctor bills. Jacon then sold the house to his son in 1919. Jacob was a member of GAR Post 60 and lived with his children until his death.

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Historical Records Index

Demaris, Jacob 1928 Estate Umatilla County 215-07

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ORDINANCES: IGI 3.04

MILITARY: State Archives: Jacob Demaris, rank, Private, Unit, Co. H, 41st Inf; age 21; height, 5'7 1/2"; hair, Light; eyes, Blue; complexion, Light; marital condition, Single; Farmer, Shelbyville, Ill.; joined for Service and Enrolled Aug 5, 1861 for 3 years at Decatur in Capt. Blackstone, Aug 9, 1861 at Decatur, Ill, Co. Simmons, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Ill.; discharged Aug 23, 1862.

Pension Record: Army of the United Staes, Certificate of Disability for Discharge: Jacob Demaris of Captain Turners Company H of the 41st Regiment of Untied States was enlisted by Capt. Blackstone of the 41st Regiment of Ill. roll at Shelbyville, Ill on the 3rd day of Aug. 1861 to serve 3 yeats; he was born in Shelby Co., Ill., is 21 years of age, 5 feet 7 1/2 inches high, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair and by occupation when enlisted a Farmer. During the last 5 monthe said soldier has been unfit for duty 180 days.

Has done no duty since the Battle of Shiloh, April 6th 1862 when he took cold. Has been in Hospt. most of the time since.

Station: LaGrange, Tenn.; Date: November 15th 1862; Wm. F. Turner, Capt. Commanding Company.

I certify that I have carefully examined the said Jacob Demarest of Capt Turner's Company and find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of: Irritatis Spinah's tenderness on the dorsal vertabrae with irregular and spasmodic contractions of the muscles. Chorea aggravated by sertion; does not improve under treatment & is worthless as a soldier.

Chas. Garte, Surgeon, 41st Reg.

Discharge this twenty third day of November 1862 at LaGrange Hosp.

Thos. J. McKean, Brig. Gen. Commanding the 41st Div.

CENSUS: 1840 Census, Okaw Twp, Shebly, Ill, age -5.

1847 Census, Okaw Twp, Shelby, Ill, age -10.

1850 Census, District No 13, Wapello, Iowa, Demaris, Jacob, age 10, b in Ill.

1860 Census for Adams Twp., Wapello, Iowa, Demaris, Jacob, age 20, b in Ill.

1880 Census for Walla Walla Pct., Umatilla, Oregon, Demaris, Jacob, age 40, b in Ill, farmer. Also listed is Jane Sams, age 20, b in Iowa, servant (relative of Lacea?); and George Griswold, age 24, b in Ill, servant.

OTHER: "The Demaris Tree", compiled by Furman A. Demaris, IV, 1979, 25 Palmwood Ave., Cherry Hill, NJ, 08003 (All records found in this book.)

Title: The Demaris Tree In The United States

Author: Furman A. Demaris,IV

Publication: Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1979

Abbrev: The Demaris Tree In The United States

Page: Vol. 1, Pg 13-14; 202

Text: 1-1-4-4-4. Jacob, b. 6,10,1840; m. 12,5 (13),1874, Lacy Albertine Marquis, daughter of John and amanda C. (Sams) Marquis. She died 4,4,1891. he joined the 41st Regiment, Co. H., 8,3,1861. he was discharged 11,23,1862. he hurried to Ottumwa, Iowa to join the wagon train to Oregon. In 1814, he moved to Burns, Oregon, but later returned to Milton, Oregon. he brought his father's house to pay for his father's doctor bills. he sold it to his son in 1919. Both are buried in Milton Cemetery. He lived with his children until his death. He was a member of GAR Post 60. He died 9,9,1928.

Biography. Jacob Demaris, son of Enoch and Eva was born June 19, 1840 in Shelbyville, Illinois. He lived there until he was six years old when his family moved to Iowa. He lived there until he was 21 when he went back and enlisted in the Civil War at Shelbyville, 1861. He served over 15 months and got back to Ottumwa, Iowa just as his parents with oxen and covered wagon train were ready to go to Oregon.

Jacob Demaris left the train on the Old Oregon Trail and went up to the mines at Virginia City (Alder Gulch) in Montana, arriving in Walla Walla Valley two years later, where his folks had settled.

Jacob Demaris and Lacy Albertine Marquis were married December, 1874. To this union, five children wer born; Pearly October 8, 1875, died 1894; Cora Etta, born March 29, 1877; Asa Albert, born December 2, 1878; and Francis Leslie, October 4, 1882; and James Harvey, born July 23, 1887 and died September 5, 1944. Asa and Cora were born near Milton, Leslie at Uncle Jim's in Walla Walla and Harvey in Burns, Oregon. Jacob Demaris and family moved to Burns, Oregon in 1884 where he ran horses on the range. His wife was an invalid. He returned to Basket Mountain, near Milton, in 1889, where his wife died in 1891, leaving Jacob with four boys and Cora, his daughter as housekeeper. In 1900, Jacob and Amos Demaris bought the Enoch Demaris place, Jacob taking the half with the house on it, where he lived until he sold it to Leslie in 1919. Leslie and wife (Lawura Clark) and son, Merle, lived there until the Old Enoch Demaris house burned a few years later. They rebuilt on the same site, a modern farmhouse. Merle and his family still live there, making five generations of Demarises on this place. After Jacob sold the place, he lived with his children until his death, Septemeber 9, 1928. He was a charter member of the G.A.R. Stone River Post No. 60, Milton, Oregon

For further information on the Demaris family see the 'DEMARIS BOOK' at the Frazier Museum or check the Marie Dorion Pioneers Steps in Milton-Freewater, OR.

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Jacob Demaris Self M Male W 40 IL Farmer NJ PA

Lacea A. Demaris Wife M Female W 24 IA Keeping House OH OH

Pearl Demaris Dau S Female W 5 OR IL IA

Cora E. Demaris Dau S Female W 4 OR IL IA

Asa Demaris Son S Male W 2 OR IL IA

Jane Sams Other S Female W 20 IA Servant OH OH

George Griswold Other S Male W 24 IL Laborer IRE IRE

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Source Information: 1880

Census Place Milton, Umatilla, Oregon

Family History Library Film 1255084

NA Film Number T9-1084

Page Number 5A

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1900 Census OR Umatilla Milton ED 114 pg 25A

Demaris,Jacob,head,MW,June 1840,59,wd,IL,NJ,PA,Farmer

Asa.son,MW,Nov 1878,21S,OR,IL,IA,Farm Laborer

Cora,daughter,FW,Mar 1877,23S,OR,IL,IA,School Teacher

Leslie,son,MW,Aug 1883,16S,OR,IL,IA,At School

Harvey,son,MW,July 1886,13S,OR,IL,IA,At School

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1910 Census OR Umatilla South Milton ED 265 Pg 10B

Demaris,Jacob,head,MW,69,wd,IL,NJ,OH,Farmer,Own Farm

Burial: IOOF Cemetery, Milton-Freewater,Umatilla Co.,OR¹¹

Census 1: 1850, IA Wapello Dist 13 Pg 474(See Father)

Census 2: 1860, IA Wapello Adams Pg 124(See Father)

Census 3: 1880, OR Umatilla Milton Pg 5a

Census 4: 1900, OR Umatilla Milton ED 114 pg 25A

Census 5: 1910, OR Umatilla South Milton ED 265 Pg 10B

Census 6: 1920, OR Umatilla Pct 11 Dist 150 Pg 58B

Emigration: 1865, IA by Ox Team 25 yrs old

Military service 1: Co. H 41st Ill. Inf

Military service 2: Co. H 41st IL Infantry

Picnic: 1892, Weston, Umatilla, OR

Residence: 1892, Milton, Umatilla, OR

1860 Census IA Wayne Union Pg 72

Line 13

529 496 Peter Sams 49 M Farmer PA

Mary Sams 49 F Farmer PA

Jacob Sams 15 M Farmer OH

George Sams 13 M OH

Sarah C Sams 15 F OH

Thomas B Sams 9 M OH

Mary M Sams 6 F IA

Harriet E Sams 2 F IA

Lucy A Marquis 5 F IA

Burial: IOOF Cemetery, Milton-Freewater,Umatilla Co.,OR¹²

Census 1: 1870, OR Umatilla Walla Walla Pct pg 382B(See Step-Father Michael Sams)

Census 2: 1860, IA Wayne Union Pg 72

Census 3: 1880, OR Umatilla Milton Pg 5a(See Husband)

Repository:

Name: Susan Ethridge

Shoshone, Idaho

83352

Title: The Demaris Tree In The United States

Author: Furman A. Demaris,IV

Publication: Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1979

Abbrev: The Demaris Tree In The United States

Page: Vol. 1, Pg 201

Text: Extract from the Marriage Book, State of Oregon, County of Umatilla

This is to certify that the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace by authority of a License bearing date the 5th day of December A.D. 1874 and issued by the County Clerk of the County of Umatilla I did, on the 13th day of December A.D. 1874 at the house of M. Garred in the County and State aforesaid, join in lawful wedlock Jacob Demerris of the County of Umatilla and Stae of Oregon, and Lacea Sams of the County of Umatilla and State of Oregon, with their mutal assent in the presence of Henry Garred and Lucretia Garred, Witnesses.

Witness my hand this the 13th day of December 1874, J.A. Richardson, Justice of the Peace.

Marriage: 13 Dec 1874, Umatilla, OR¹³