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JACOB LEDGERWOOD: lives on Roberts creek; post office Roseburg; is a farmer and stock grower; was born in Clay county, Mo., January 18, 1844; came to state in 1866, and to county in 1867.
JOHN LETSOM: lives in Scotts valley; post-office Youcalla; occupation farmer and blacksmith; was born in England, March 13, 1828; came to the United States in 1845, to state and county in 1850; married MIrs. Sarah Lewis, August 10, 1856.
JAMES H. MAHONEY: lives in Oakland; was born in Boone county, Missouri, December 28, 1829; came to state in 1853 and settled in Oakland in 1861; married July, 1866, to Mary Perdue.
ORVILLE A. MALTON: lives near Drain; is a farmer; came to state in 1852 and to county in 1879; was born in La Grange county, Indiana, July 8, 1844; was married to Eliza Rhodes. Children, Orange, John, Angeline, Catherine, Hattie, Annie and Oscar.
WILLIAM MANNING: lives in Canyonville; is a merchant.
ASHER MARKS: a pioneer merchant of Roseburg; was born in Poland; came to this coast in 1853 and came immedi- ately to this county and has been closely identified with the county affairs ever since; he has always withstocd the charms of the gentler sex and we find him yet a single man.
S. MARKS: lives in Canyonville; is a merchant and general speculator; was horn in Poland; came to America in 1850, to California in 1852 and to Oregon in 1853.
ALBERT A. MATTHEWS: lives in Flournoy valley; is a merchant and farmer; was born in Williston, Chittenden county, Vt., November 12, 1822; was married in 1859 to Alice B. Whisler:
WILLIAM MCBEE: lives six miles south of Roseburg on South Umpqua; is a farmer; was born September II, 1842, in Ray county, Missouri; came to coast in 1852 and to county in 1857; married July 7, 1880, to Caroline A. Rose.
D. C. MCCARTY: lives in Canyonville; is a druggist; came to state in 1876 and to county in 1878; was born March 15, 1850, in Toronto, Canada; married Miss Ora Park, August 2, 1881.
ROBERT T. MCCULLOCH: lives in Roseburg; is a carpen- ter; came to state and county in 1853; was born October 14, 1836, in Lee county, Iowa,
DANIEL T. MCGUIRE: lives on Ten mile, fifteen miles west of Roseburg; post-office, Ten-mile; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1853; was born February 28, 1843, in Lee county, Iowa.
PETER MCKINNEY: lives near Roseburg; is a farmer; came to state in 1850 and to county in 1852; was born in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1830.
JAMES T. MCLAIN: lives on South Myrtle creek; is a farmer; came to state in 1847 and to county in 1872; was born February 7, 1832, in Boone county, Mo .; married Olive Linville, October 20, 1864.
JOSEPH MCLAUGHLIN: lives on South Deer creek; is a farmer and stock raiser; post-office, Roseburg; was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, July 5, 1812; came to state in 1853 and to county in 1854.
GEORGE F. MERRIMAN: lives in Oakland; is a black- smith; was born in Douglas county, Oregon, September 16, 1856; married November 8, 1877, to Mary Murray. Children, Thomas C., Mary L. and Creed.
JOHN H. MIRES: lives on Calapooia; post-office, Oakland; is a farmer and stock raiser; was born January 8, 1823, in Licking county, Ohio; came to state in 1853 and to county in 1854; was married March 27, 1851, to Mrs. Anna Byars, who had at time of this marriage three children, W. H., Rebecca and Mary. Mr. Mires' children are Austin, Benton. Anna, Maggie, Addie and John.
JACOB S. MILLER: lives on South Myrtle creek; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1880; was born August II, 1862, in Vernon county, Wis .; was married January I, 1883, to Miss Anna Rader.
WILLIAM T. MORRISON: lives on South Myrtle creek; is a farmer; came to state in 1865 and to county in 1873; was born April 2, 1850, in Jefferson county, Iowa.
WILLIAM N. MOORE: lives in Roseburg; is county treas- urer; was born in Douglas county, January 15, 1858; is the son of the late Rev. Samuel C. Moore.
HENRY MORTON: lives on Myrtle creek; is a saloon keeper; came to state in 1851 and to county in 1867; was born in Independence county, Arkansas, in 1833.
THOMAS W. MORGAN: lives at Roseburg; is a dealer in confectionery, tobaccos, etc .; was born May 19, 1858, in Douglas county; married October 17, 1883, to Cora L. Jones.
JAMES MURRAY: lives in Camas valley; is a stock grower; came to state in 1860 and to county in 1862; was born in Greene county, Mo., April 14, 1829; married Sarah A. Friend, October 14, 1854 (deceased).
WATSON MYNATT: lives on Cow creek; is a farmer; came to state in 1853 and to county in 1854; was born July 22, 1822, in Knox county, Tenn .; was married June 6, 1852, to Susan Dean.
BYRON R. MYNATT: lives on Ten-mile creek; is a farmer and stock raiser; post-office, Olalla; was born in Douglas county, Oregon, April 19, 1856; married April 27, 1881, to Miss Nancy McCulloch.
SERGEANT J. J. NANRY, U. S. Army: was born in New York City; lives at Roseburg and is in charge of the Signal service station at that place; was married July 8, 1874, to Mary J. South, who was born in Middlesex county, Va., March 4, 1856. Children, Edward S., Walter J., George L. (de- ceased), and Clara. Mr. Nanry served a regular course at Fort Myer, Va., where all employees of the department have to be schooled.
THOMAS W. NEWLAND: lives on Ten-mile; post-office Ten- mile; is a miller; came to state in 1852, and to county in 1853; was born in Tyler, West Virginia, November 4, 1832; mar- ried Anna Flook, March 7, 1869.
DAVID J. NOAH : lives in Camas valley; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1855; was born in Sheridan county, Mo., July 31, 1842; married Mary A. Wiley, October 27, 1868.
JOSHUA NOLAND: lives in Canyonville; is a miner; came to
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state in 1851, and to county in 1858; was born September 11, 1831, in La Fayette county, Mo.
W. G. W. ORR: lives on South Myrtle creek; is a farmer; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1869; was born April 13, 1838, in Hardin county. Tenn .; married Hannah Strong, October 11, 1868.
l'. H. O'SHEA: lives on Catchen creek, near Canyonville; is a farmer; born in Ireland, in 1843;came to America in 1853; arrived in Oregon in 1868, and in county in 1878; married Kate Burke in 1876; has one child, Kate F.
DR. E. J. PAGE: lives in Oakland; is a physician and sur- geon; was born in Greene county, Tenn., October 21, 1849; graduated at Louisville Medical and Jefferson colleges Feb- ruary, 1874; came to Oregon in 1877; married Miss Theresa A. Lewis, December 17, 1874. Children, Lillie Lee, Dora F. and Edward J.
WILLIAM E. PALMER: was born January 6, 1857, in Wil- bur, Douglas county, and is a son of Hon. P. P. Palmer, of Scottsburg; was accidentally killed, December 25, 1883, by a falling limb near Drain, where he was proprietor of sawmill; married Jennie E. Coats, September 19, 1876. Children, Thomas E. and Carrie E.
P. C. PARKER: lives in Oakland; is a minister; was lieu- tenant in Mexican war; has filled official positions from county judge to legislator; was born in Humphreys county, Tenn., October 16, 1809; came to state in 1852 and to county in 1853; married October 18, 1828, to Mary H. Scantling (de- ceased); was again married November 8, 1875, to Lucy A. Bodyfelt, cousin of the late James A. Garfield.
W. R. PATTERSON: lives at Scottsburg; is a hotel keeper; was born in Kentucky, August 24, 1833; canie to state and county in 1853; was married February 5, 1864, to C. H. De- laney. Children, Annie E., May, Thomas and Edward (twins), and Lillie.
HON. W. A. PERKINS: lives at Drain; is agent and tele- graph operator for the R. R. Co .; came to state and county in 1875; was born May 18, 1835, in Johnson county, Tenn .; was elected representative in 1882; married Rebecca J. Mc- Reynolds March, 1853. Children, Leonard, William and Ernest.
PHILIP PETERS: lives on Deer creek five miles east of Roseburg; is a farmer and stock grower; was born in Mont- gomery county, N. Y., in 1822; came to state in 1845 and to county in 1851; was in Cayuse war in 1848.
ROBERT PHIPPS: lives six miles south of Roseburg; post- office, Roseburg; was born in Chester county, Penn., May 2, 1829; came to state in 1851 and to county in 1852; is a farmer; is married.
JAMES S. PICKETT: lives near Canyonville; is a limber- man; came to state and county in 1877; was born November 15, 1830, in Davidson county, N. C .; married December 8, 1853, to Martha Pool.
J. E. PIKE: lives in Oakland; is a merchant; was born September 5, 1815, in Cincinnati, Ohio; came to state and county in 1872; married March, 1838, to Miss A. D. Abbey. Children, two. Married again February 29, 1852, to Eliza- beth Haynes. Children, Alva, Frank A. and Cora.
WILLIAM PITCHFORD: lives in Roseburg; is a painter; was born in Hillsborough, Ill .; came to state in 1875 and to county in 1876; was married March 18, 1876, to Viola M. Harmon. Children, Mabel (deceased), Beatrice, ((leceased}, Charles and Agnes.
DRURY A. PROCK: lives in Olalla valley; is a farmer; came to state in 1852 and to county in 1866; was born in Fayette county, Mo., in 1849.
MARTIN PURKEYPILE: lives near Myrtle creek; is a car- penter; came to state and county in 1874; was born in Cham- pagne county, Ohio, February 25, 1842; married September 11, 1864, to Maria Hall.
CHARLES F. PUTNAM: lives west of Drain in Tin Pot valley; is a farmer and stock grower; was born July 7, 1824, in Fayette county, Ky .; is an early arrival in the state; was married December 7, 1846, to Rozella Applegate. Children, Charles, Lucinda, Horace, Edward, Cynthia, Susan and Jo- seph (twins.)
W'M. RADER: lives on North Myrtle creek; post office Myr- tle creek; is a stock grower; came to state and county in 1878; was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, January 14, 1861.
JOHN RAMEY: lives on South Myrtle creek; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1879; was born June 16, 1857, in Pike county, Kentucky; married Elva Stewart March 25, 1883.
RICHARD A. KAPER: lives on Oak creek; 1- a farmer and stock grower; was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, December 30, 1827; came to state and county in 1853; was married to Mrs. Rebecca Thornhill, January 18, 1855.
EPHRAIM RAYMOND: lives on Day's creek; post-office Canyonville: is a farmer; was born in Steuben county, New York, August 31, 1823; arrived in this state in 1851; married Caroline M. Leverich, October 24, 1864.
1). GAY REED: lives on Garden Bottom; is a farmer; post- office Wilbur; was born May 14, 1849, in Iowa; came to state and county in 1850.
JAMES E. RICE: lives near Oakland; is a farmer and stock grower; came to Oregon in 1844, and to county in 1861; was born in Upper Canada, February 18, 1812; was married to Nancy Bear.
MARTHA A. RICE: lives on Rice creek; post-office Civil Bend; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1853.
JOHN A. RICHARDS: lives in Roseburg; is a farmer: came to state in 1852, and to county in 1853: was born in Franklin county, Virginia, August 30, 1811; married Francis McCor- mack, April 11, 1829.
ABNER RIDDLE· lives in Riddle; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1851; was born October 29, 1841, in Sangamon county, Ill .; was married December 31, 1865, to Alice Rice.
W. H. RIDDLE: lives on Cow creek; post-office is Riddle; came to state and countyin 1851; was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky.
GEORGE RISCH: lives on North Myrtle creek; is a miner; came to state in 1867, and to county in 1871; was born near Strasbourg, France, December 15, 1827.
J. R. ROBERTS: lives on Rice creek: post-office Civil Bend; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1875: was born in Logan county, Ky., January 30, 1836; married December 23, 1864, to Anna McGee.
HENRY ROGERS: lives in Drain, is a carpenter; came to state in 1874, and to county in 1876; was born March 20, 1847, in Canada West near Toronto: was married in 1876, to Mary Clendenning.
N. H. RONE: lives in Oakland; is a lumberman; was born January 3, 1837, in Ray county Mo. ; came to state and county in 1865; married Mary A. Copeland, January 27, 1857, (deceased), they had two children, one living; Sarah A .; married again October 6, 1867, to Miss Eliza J. Rice, who had three children, America M., Edgar L. and Frank.
RANDOLPH T. ROSE: lives on Roberts creek, eight miles south of Roseburg; post-office Roseburg; was born in Schuyler county, Ill., January 26, 1840; came to coast in 1847, and to Douglas county in 1855; was married to Miss Beaver in 1861.
M. C. BUCKI.E: lives at Oak Grove; post-office Myrtle creek; is a farmer; came to state in 1852, and to county in 1858; was born in Baltimore, Maryland; married Mary Steven- son, September 16, 1861.
E. C. SACRY: lives in Oakland; is an accountant; was born October 3, 1831, in Greene county, Ky .; came to state and county January 9, 1878; married November 25. 1852, to M ss Lucy J. Fortune. Children, William A., Addie M., Susan V., Harry B., Maggie, Carl B. and Edward C.
SIMON SELIG: lives at Myrtle creek; is a merchant; came to state and county in 1863; was born in Prussia January 7, 1837; was married February 6, 1866, to Helen Solomon.
TIENRY C. SHAFF: lives on the North Umpqua fourteen miles east of Roseburg: post-office, Mt. Scott; is a farmer; was born in Wayne county, N. V., December 23, 1829: came to state and county in 1862; was married to Elizabeth Kelsey, February 27, 1877.
GEORGE SHAMBROOK: lives in Cole's valley: is a farmer and merchant; was born at Cambridge, England, in 1828; came to state in 1847 and to county in 1852; was married November 5, 1855, to Lucretia Kidenour. Children, John C., Daniel R., Eli (deceased), Mary J., George H., Hannah E., Jesse, Olive B. (deceased), Benjamin F., Wel.hy .I. (de- ceased), Martha E. and Maud C.
DAVID R. SHAMBROOK: lives in Cole's valley about twenty miles west of Roseburg; is a farmer; post-office, Ump qua Ferry; was born in Douglas county, April 19, 1860; was married to Mary King, October IS, 1880. Chil treo, Flossie 1. and infant.
DR. J. C. SHAMBROOK: lives in Oakland; is a physi in; was born in Douglas county September 3, 1856; graduate 1 in Louisville medical college, February 25, 1881.
R. L. SHELLY: lives in Drain; is a minister; wars ban in
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Lane county, Oregon, April, 1853; was married to Miss Mary Gross, May 7, 1876. Children, Daisy M., Jesse M. and Nettie B.
JAMES F. SHEFFIELD: lives on South Umpqua; post-office, Roseburg; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1853; was born August 5, 1825, in Huron county Ohio.
R. S. SHERIDAN: lives in Roseburg; is a hardware mer- chant; was born in Roseburg September 5, 1859. Mr. Sheri- clan, with his brother, J. C., occupy the first brick built in the town.
JOSEPH C. SHERIDAN: lives in Roseburg; is a hardware merchant; was born in San Francisco February 1, 1855; was married June 20, 1883 to Miss Sarah Flournoy.
THOMAS R. SHERIDAN: lives in Roseburg; is a hardware merchant; was born in Rochester, N. V .; is married. Chil- dren, Minnie and Grace.
JOHN P. SHERIDAN: lives in Roseburg; is a hardware merchant; came to state and county in 1857; was born in Rochester, N. Y., November 2, 1852.
THOMAS P. SHERIDAN: lives on his farm one mile south of Roseburg; came to state and county in 1855; was the first tinner that opened business in the county; was born in Cairn county, Ireland, in 182 3.
ED. F. SHERIDAN: lives in Roseburg: is a farmer; was born May 16, 1857, at Scottsburg, Douglas county; married November 27, 1881, to Miss Alice Neeves.
L. SHORT: lives in Wilbur; is a farmer and stock grower; was born in Hart county. Kentucky, in 1841; came to state and county in 1865; married November, 1867, to Miss Annie Dixon, Children, Elizabeth and Nellie.
JOHN H. SHUPE: lives in Oakland; is a merchant; was born in Cass county, Mo., April 26, 1850; came to state in 1853 and to county in 1854; married September 16, 1877, to Miss Mary E. Kruse. Children, Leona E., Margaret W. and Rachel G.
WILLIAM SILVERS: lives on Ten-mile creek; post-office, Olalla; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1853; was born April 25, 1833, in Wayne county, Ind .; married Mary Simmons September 29, 1862.
J. B. SMITH: lives on Clark's Branch; is a farmer; post- office, Myrtle creek; was born January 15, 1816, in Madison county, Ky .; came to state in 1846 and to county in 1870; married February 6, 1840, to Emily Thorp. Children, Cin- derella, William O. (deceased), Melissa J., Mary, Emily, Ellen, G. D., John D., Fleeta, Lennie L., Louisa, Marcus B. and infant.
B. D. SMITH: lives at Wilbur; is a teacher; was born in La Salle county, Ill., November 25, 1854; came to state and county in 1874.
GEORGE A. SMITH: lives in Camas valley; is a farmer; came to state in 1857 and to county in 1870; was born in Genesee county, N. V., February 3, 1835.
MRS. SUSAN SMITH: lives on South Umpqua near Myrtle creek.
CHARLES W. SMITH: lives five miles south of Roseburg; post-office, Roseburg; is a farmer and stock raiser; was born in England, February 17, 1827; came to state in 1850 and to county in 1851; was employed on first newspaper published in Oregon.
W. R. SMITH: was born March 4, 1812, in Shenandoah county, Virginia; came to state and county in 1864; post-office, Oakland; married May, 1843, to Winnie H. Williams. Chil- dren, Edward M., Henrietta (deceased), Adolphus, Lucy M., Alonzo M., Alfonzo A., Flavius, Nancy A., Alice G., Susan, Eliza F. and Walter S.
JACOB B. SPAUR: lives five miles south of Roseburg; post- office, Roseburg; is a farmer; was born in Lewis county, Va., January 9, 1825; came to state in 1852 and to county in 1853. A. F. STEARNS: lives at Oakland; is a merchant; was born . came to this county in 1854, and setted on her farm on the October 24, 1854, in Douglas county, Oregon; was married October 2, 1881, to Miss Nannie E. Chenoweth.
GEORGE W. STEPHENS: lives on Calapooia; is a farmer; post-office, Oakland; was born in Douglas county, Oregon, November 19, 1856; married October 22, 1882, to Miss Belle Farnsworth.
G. H. STEVENSON: lives at Oak Grove; post-office, Myrtle creek; is a farmer and stock grower; came to state and county in 1853; was born in Hopkins county, Ky., May 4, 1836; married Mary A. Roberts, October 19, 1866. .
THOMAS STRODE: lives on South Myrtle creek; was born July 2, 1863, in Polk county, Oregon.
DR. D. S. STRYKER: lives in Drain; is a physician and dentist; was born in Strykerville, Wyoming county, N. V., June 19, 1835; came to state in 1866 and to county in 1876; owns first brick building built in Drain; was married to Miss Celia M. Stone, February 22, 1864. Children, Stanton W., Ola M., George W., Guy, Ray S. and Pearl D.
SAMPSON SUTHERLIN: lives at Fair Oaks near Oakland; is a farmer and stock grower; came to state and county in 1850; married June 23, 1861, to Lucy A. Parris. Children, Irene J. (deceased), Lulu A., John H., William F., Emma, Mary A., Charles E. and Sampson.
G. A. TAYLOR: lives in Oakland; is a telegraphist and postmaster; was born near Albany, Oregon, February 22, 1855; came to county in 1872; married May 7, 1874, to Miss E. J. Hall. One child, Eva.
LAWSON THOMAS: lives in Canyonville; is a mail contrac- tor; came to state in 1852, and to county in 1854; was born July 3, 1839, in Harrison county, Indiana; married September 1865, to Mrs. Isabella Dysart.
LOUIS T. THOMPSON: lives in Coles' valley; is a farmer; post-office, Umpqua Ferry; was born in Logan county, Illi- nois, December 14, 1842; came to state and county in 1858; was married September 8, 1867, to Missouri A. Wright. Children, Olive, Minnie, Laura, Edward, Leonora, William O., Mary, Louis and John M.
W. H. THOMPSON: lives in Camas valley; post-office Camas; was born in Douglas county, Oregon, August 4, 1861.
JAMES W. THORNTON: lives in Looking-glass valley; is a farmer; post-office, Looking-glass; was born in DeKalb coun- ty, Missouri, in 1839; was married in 1865, to Mary A. Scott. They have a family of eight children.
JOSEPH B. TIPTON: lives on North Umpqua; post-office, Mt. Scott; is a farmer and miller; came to state and county in 1854; was born in Blunt county, Mo., August 16, 1847; married July 10, 1866, to Ellen Strader.
FERDINAND M. TIPTON: lives on North Umpqua; is a farmer, miller and stock raiser; post-office, Mt. Scott; was born in Benton county, Mo., May 24, 1851; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1854; was married to Linnie Miller June 30, 1880.
WILLIAM C. TIPTON: lives near North Umpqua; is a farmer and stock raiser: post-office, Mt. Scott; was born in Benton county, Mo., June 12, 1852; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1854; was married to Eliza A May, Septem- ber 19, 1883.
WILLIAM TRASK: lives on North Umpqua; is a farmer and stock raiser; post-office, Mt. Scott; was born in Franklin county, Mass., in 1814; came to state and county in 1852: was married to Lucy P. Doolittle, August 10, 1851.
JAMES A. VELZIAN: lives in Civil Bend; is a farmer; post- office, Roseburg; came to state and county in 1859; was born February 22, 1837, in Nova Scotia; was married November 6, 1862, to Sarah McBee. Six children in family
JAMES WARD: lives on Pass creek, near Drain; is a farm- er; came to state and county in 1853; was born February 3, 1841, in Johnson county, lowa; was married to Rosa Anlauf. One child, Clara.
C. L. WALK: lives in Canyonville; is a physician; came to state in 1873, and to county in 1882; was born 1857, in Placerville, Eldorado county, Cal.
JOHN L. WATSON: lives on the east fork of North Ump- qua, about twenty miles east of Roseburg; post-office, Mt. Scott; is a farmer and stock raiser; was born in Garnavilla, Iowa, June 4, 1852; came to state and county in 1853.
MRS. EMILY WATSON: was born at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., March 26, 1818, and was married to James Watson, Octo- ber 15, 1835. In company with her husband and family she crossed the plains in 1853, and settled in Lane county, but east fork of the North Umpqua, where she has since lived. Her husband, James Watson, died some years ago.
EDWIN WEAVER: lives on Myrtle creek; post-office, Myrtle creek; is a farmer and stock raiser; came to state and county in 1853; was born in Washington county, Ill., in 1848.
WILLIAM W. WELLS: lives in Elkton; is a lawyer by pro- fession; was born in Rock Island county, Illinois, January 17, 1830; came to state and county in 1851; has served as treas- urer and school superintendent; commenced the practice of law in 1861, but has since withdrawn from practice.
SOLOMON H. WAY: lives southeast of Roseburg; post- , office, Roseburg; is a farmer; came to state in 1869, and to
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county in 1870; was born in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1811; was married in 1834 to Mary Hodson Boone.
DAVID S. WEST: lives in Garden valley, west of Rose- burg; is a farmer and stock grower; came to state and county in 1855; was born in 1847 in Defiance county, Ohio.
JOSIRUS WEST: lives on Ten Mile; is a miner; came to state and county in 1861; was born in Harrison county, Ken- tucky. May 28, 1825; married May, 1875, to Mrs. Elizabeth Higgins.
WILLIAM K. WELLS: lives on Ten-mile creek; is a mer- chant; post-office, Olalla; came to state in 1852, and to county in 1853; was born in Des Moines county, Iowa, Aug. 8, 1842; married Emaline Tedrow, April 12, 1863.
JAMES B. WEAVER: lives on Missouri bottom; post-office, Myrtle creek; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1850; was born in Williamson county, Tennessee, April 13, 1832; married May 3, 1859, to Sarah A. Bailey.
SIMEON WHEELER: (deceased) formerly lived at Roseburg; was a farmer; and born near Boston, Mass .. September 1, 1823; came to state and county in 1853; was married February 14, 1850, to Esther Clark. Children, Levant C., Walter, Emilia and Elmer.
WILLIAM WHEELER: lives in Oakland; is a miller; was born May 8, 1826, in Ashland county, Ohio; canie to state in 1845, and to county in 1865; married July 25, 1850, to Mary E. Armpitt, who was drowned with two children in Umpqua August 1876. Children living, Margaret A., Joseph L., Charles W., John P., Ernest, Shadrach and George F.
E. F. WHISLER; lives on Looking-glass; is a carpenter; came to state in 1852, and to county in 1854; was born in Penn., in 1809.
THOS. W. WINNIFORD: lives on Calaponia: post-office Oakland; is a farmer; born in Addington, Washington county, Virginia, August 13, 1830; came to state and county in 1871; married December 19, 1854, to Margaret E. Bruner. Chil- dren, George B., Martha J., John A., Mary E., Joseph E., Robert L., Susan E. and Thomas.
ENOCH WIMBERLY : lives on North Umpqua; is a farmer and stock raiser; his address is Mt. Scott; was born in Lincoln county, Mo., April 15, 1830; arrived in Marion county of this state in 1846, and came to this county in 1854; was married to Nancy A. Marks, September 3, 1857.
WILLIAM C. WINSTON: lives six miles south of Roseburg; is a fruit grower; was born April 29, 1838. in Albany county, N. Y .; came to state in 1862, and to county in 1866; married February 25, 1859, to Agnes M. Rice. Mr. Winston is ex- tensively engaged in fruit growing.
W. B. WILSON : lives in Riddle; keeps a grocery store: came to state and county in 1880; was born June 11, ISII, in Kanawha county, West Virginia; married August 1833, to Mary F. Ilenson.
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