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W. L. WILSON: lives on Cow creek; post-office Riddle; is a farmer and stock grower; came to state in 1845, and to county in 1853; was born May 3, 1832, in Clay county, Missouri; married to Iludda Mynatt (dleceased) December 24, 1854; was again married May 5, 1861, to Harriet Haskins.
FOREY A. WILLIAMS: lives in Looking-glass valley; is a
farmer and tinsmith; born November 12, 1854, in Looking- glass valley; married November 21, 1878, to Julia E. Buel!, only child, Jesse, born August 23, 1879.
HENRY WILEY: lives on North Myrtle creek; is a farmer; came to state in 1852, and to county in 1853; was born in l'ike county, Ohio, December 13, 1821; married June 9, 1859, to Mrs. Daisy A. Milliken.
JEFFERSON WILEY: lives on Myrtle creek; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1872; was born in Logan county, Ill., August 24, 1849; was married to Henrietta Jones, Novem- ber 11, 1874.
WILLIAM T. WOODSON: lives on Round Prairie; post-office Roseburg; is a farmer; came to state in 1850, and to county in 1851; was born in Benton county, Mo., July 2, 1841; married November 19, 1876.
A. W. WOOLLY: lives on Day's creek; is a boot and shoe- maker; post-off.ce Canyonville; born in Norfolk, Virginia, July 10, 1821; came to Oregon in 1842, then in the employ of the American Fur Company; married to J. Chamberlain in 1868.
WILLIAM J. WORLEY: lives at Canyonville; is a miner; born in Buncombe county, North Carolina, July 4, 1834; arrived in state and county in 1859; married Jane Fiddes, January 8, 1863. Children, Joseph W. and Mary J.
CALVIN W. WRIGHT: lives in French Settlement: is a farmer; was born July 7, 1859, in Douglas county, Oregon; married May 1, 1881, to Nettie Williams.
HIRAM F. WRIGHT: lives on Cow creek; post-office Can- yonville; is a farmer; came to state and county in 1874: was born November 9, 1850 in Ohio; married October 9, 1875, to Mary Bollenbaugh.
JOSHUA WRIGHT: lives on North Myrtle creek : is a miner; came to state and county in 1853, was born in Lincoln county, Ohio, November 12, 1827; married to Miss Emma Jones, November 9, 1877.
WILLIAM F. WRIGHT: lives in Oakland; is a book keeper; was born February 8, 1848, in Linn county, Missouri; came to state in 1852 and to county in 1853; married November 22, 1868, to Miss Amanda E. Williams who died February 22, 1871, had one child; married again September 25, 1872, to Miss Marietta Williams, who died December 18, 1879: children, William W., Una M., Esther P'. and Lester. Married third time, to Fannie E. Wright, July 14, 1883.
AMBROSE C YOUNG: lives in Oakland; is a livery stable keeper; was born in Kentucky July 13, 1830; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1864; was married May 6, 1866, 10 Pauline Reed; have one child, Willis II.
J. C. YOUNG: lives at Drain; was born in Christian county, Illinois, February 4, 1844; was married to Miss Agnes Shaw, March 20, 1865. Children, Margaret (dleceased), Joseph (cleceased), and Manna.
L. H. ZIGLER: lives in Roseburg: is a hotel keeper; came to state in 1850; and to county in 1873; was born in Detroit . county, Virginia; married Sarah P'lymale. Children, Charles P., Zelia Kate (deceased), Fred M., Michael (deceased), Lew. Paul and Claud.
COOS COUNTY.
C. ANDREWS: a resident of Coquille City, where he is en- gaged in the general grocery business, in connection with which he is the postmaster of that town; he came to Coos county in 1872.
SAMUEL APPLETON: lives on Coquille river: came to county with his mother in 1873; is about twenty-four years of age.
H. M. BACKENSTO: lives in Marshfield; is a music teacher; was born in Albany, Oregon.
REV. C. P. BAILEY : lives at Sumner; is a minister; came to state in 1852 and to county in 1874; was born in Missouri; married December 1871, to. Mary J. Stephenson. ChikIren, Winnie G., Martha J., Charles E., Samuel M. and Cassie M.
J. F. BARROWS: lives on the Coquille; is engaged in sal- mon canning; came to state in 1847 and to county in 1883; went to relieve the Whitman party after the memorable mass- acre; has six children.
S. L. BELIEU: lives on the Coquille river; post-office, Norway; was born in l'latt county, Mo., in 1837; is married; has four children, Ella, John I)., Lulu and Lloyd.
GEORGE BENNETT: came to Coquille in 1873: settled about one mile below Bandon ferry on land first selected by Thomas Low, being the first donation claim taken in this sec- tion of country; is a native of Ireland and a man of large in- telligence, author of the history of Bandon, Ireland, a very creditable work: he is justice of peace for the precinct.
J. D. BENNETT: lives at Coquille; is a miller: came to county in 1879; was born in Fayette county, Ill .; is married; has two children.
W. A. BORDER: was born in Pennsylvania in 1832; came to state and county in 1877; married in 1854 to Min Marie Hopkins, of London, England. Children, Munzo, Albert and Eva.
G. BROWNE: lives with his family in Coquille c'tv: is painter; came to the coast in 1873.
G. A. BROWN: was born in Lyon county, Ky., in 1833; came to state and county September, 1861; was m. rri- I to Miss M. J. ITill, of Lyon county, Ky. Children, John W .. James C., Ann E., Daniel H., R. E L., (. >., , 1 Cora.
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W. H. BUNCH: lives in Coquille; is a native of Kansas; married Miss Lizzie Roberts, June 16, 1881. One child.
A. L. BUELL: was born in Cincinnatti, Ohio, in 1847; came to Oregon in 1852, and to his present location on Catch- ing creek in 1881, where he is engaged in sheep raising; mar- ried and has two children, Eva B. and Nora.
JOHN W. CALDWELL: lives in Eckley; is a stock raiser; post-office, Eckley; was born May II, 1853, in Missouri; came to state in 1864, and to county in 1871; married March 29, 1879, to Christenia B. Majory. Children, Grace B., Mary M. and infant.
WILLIAM CAROTHERS: lives in Coquille city; is a mer- chant and a native of Douglas county; came to Coquille in 1871.
K. K. COLWELL: lives at Coquille; is a boot and shoe maker; came to county in 1871.
JOHN CHURCH: lives in Marshfield; is publisher of a news- paper: came to state and county in 1881; is a native of Indi- ana; married in 1867, to Mary B. Parker.
CHARLES E. G. DEITZ: lives at Myrtle Point; was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1829; came to state and county in 1865; married March 30, 1868, to Mary E. Wilber. Children, Joseph, Lizzie E., William E., Samuel E., Grace E., Jane E. (deceased), and Johanna E.
W. L. DIXON: was born in Maine in 1849; came to county in 1875; is a merchant; was married in 1881 to Fanny G. Lehnherr. Children, M. M. and Merrill.
D. DONELSON: lives on the Coquille where he settled in 1868; is a mechanic; was married in 1872 to Miss Thrush.
DAVID DREW: lives in Coquille city; is a blacksmith; is a nephew of T. B. Willard, the founder of Coquille city.
JOHN B. DUDLEY: lives in Sumner, and was the founder of that town; is a merchant; came to state in 1850 and to county in 1854; was born in Pittsburg. Penn .; and married in January, 1875, to Henrietta Higley. Children, Charles, Willie, Minta, Herbert and Edward.
DR. GEORGE D. ELGIN: lives at Myrtle Point; was born in Kentucky; came to state and county in 1870; is a physician.
JACOB FOUTS: lives near Coquille city; is a logger; was born in Douglas county, Oregon; came to this county in 1868 and has a farm on Cunningham creek.
MARTIN L. FRIEND: lives at Camas valley; is a mechanic; was born in Iowa; came to state in 1860.
J. F. FULLER: lives in Bandon; is a carpenter; came to state and county in 1877.
GEORGE GRUBE: lives at Grube's mill; post-office, Ran- dolph; was born in Germany; came to state in 1859 and to county in 1866; is single and 54 years of age; is a merchant.
WILLIAM HALL: lives at Marshfield; is a surveyor; was born in Green county, Tenn .; came to state in 1850 and to county in 1870; was married October 5, 1851, to Martha Cox. Children, J. F., J. T., A. J., Ida P., Sarah A., Mary M. and Walter St. Clair, an adopted son.
JOHN HAMBLOCH: lives on Coquille river; was born in Seigne, West Phalin, Prussia, July 9, 1829; came to America in 1849 and to county in 1854; was married in Port Orford in 1856 to Miss Jane A. Long. Children, Mary E. (deceased), Malinda N., John A. and Mary C.
THOMAS P. HANLEY: lives on the Coquille where he came in 1868; married Miss Dora A. L. Schroeder, in 1881. One child, a son.
CAPTAIN W. H. HARRIS: lives on South Coquille river; post-office, Myrtle Point; was born in Howard county, Mo., January 9, 1823; came to state in 1850 and to county in 1853; married December 24, 1858, to Margaret Romanes. Chil- dren, Mary, Elizabeth and Christenia. Captain Harris served in the Mexican and Southern Oregon wars.
RICHARD HAUGHTON: lives near Norway; came to the county in 1874; was born in England.
JOHN HAULTER: lives near Norway; is a log contractor; came to Coquille in 1880; was born in France.
JAMES S. HAYES: lives in Coquille city; is a painter; was born in Washington Territory; came to Oregon in 1868 and to county in 1873; was married August 17, 1882, to Julia C. Vowel. One child, George.
E. HENKENDORFF: lives on the Coquille; is a mechanic; came to county in 1880; married Miss Clara Gillman.
FRANK P. HERMANN: lives at Myrtle Point; is a clerk and photographer; was born in Lonaconing, Alleghany county, Md .; came to state and county in 1859; married Emma K. Hull March 13, 1883.
JOSEPH HUDSON: lives at Sumner; is a carpenter; came to state in 1847 and to county in 1875; was married April, 1867, to Margaret Wheeler. Children, Mary, Abbie, Eliza, Josephine, John, Inez and Joseph.
THOMAS N. JOHNSON: lives in Sumner; is a blacksmith; came to state in 1870, and to county in 1871; was married in 1857 to Frances M. Stevens. Children, Thomas W., George W .; Katie J., Ira, Russell and Sadie F. Three of the family are deceased-Sarah, Ira and Cora B.
EDWARD JENNINGS: lives at Empire City, is a school teacher; came to state in 1847, and to county in 1870; mar- ried November 20, 1880, to Maud Fetter. Children, Law- rence B. and Clara E.
JAMES JENSON: lives in Parkersburg; is a fisherman; was born in Denmark in 1850; came to the United States in 1868, and to Coquille in 1875.
WILLIAM JENKINS: lives on Enchanted Prairie; post-of- fice, Angora; is a farmer; was born in Hopkins county, Ky., in 1832; came to state in 1844 and to county in 1853.
ALEXANDER JACKSON: lives on Coquille river; was born in Illinois in 1834; married to Miss Williams, in 1859; came to Oregon in 1879. Children, Mary A. and Agnes.
GEORGE W. LANIEVE: came to the Coquille in 1864; is a hotel and saloon keeper; was married January 18, 1877, to Susan F. Wagner, one child, Daisy.
JESSE LANIEVE: lives on Bear creek near Coquille; is a farmer; post-office Parkersburg; was married in 1878, to Miss Pruit.
JAMES LAIRD: was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1832; came to state and county in 1875; was married to Mrs. C. A. Harry, in 1875. Children, Walter M., Joseph L. and Carl E.
MILTON R. LEE: was born in Looking Glass, Douglas county, Oregon, March 29, 1863, and moved with his parents in 1873, to Coquille in Coos county, where he is engaged in farming.
T. A. LEWIS: came to the county in 1864; post-office, Ban- don; was for eight years mail carrier between Gardiner and Port Orford.
JOHN LEVER: lives at Sumner; is a logger; came to state and county in 1862; is a native of New Brunswick; was mar- ried December 7, 1856, to Betsey M. Chase. One child, Per- cy Chase.
JUDGE D. J. LOWE: came to Coquille river in 1856, and brought his wife in 1858. They have six children, all of whom were born on the Coquille, the eldest daughter, Mrs. Walcot, was born April 1859 and was the first white child born on the Coquille.
A. J. MACK: lives near Norway; is an engineer: post-office Norway; came to state and county in 1874; has a wife and five children.
GEO. W. MARTIN: lives on Coos river; is a logger; post- office Marshfield; was born in 1858 in Iowa; came to state and county in 1874; married September 2, 1883, to Laura E. Ben- nett.
ROBERT L. MARTINDALE: lives in Camas valley; is a farmer; post-office Camas valley; is a native of Douglas county, Oregon.
R. MATHISON: lives in Coquille; is a shoe maker; came to county in 1874; is a married man, and doing an extensive business in the boot and shoe line.
SOL. MCCLOSKY: lives near Norway; came to Coquille river October 1876, has held office of justice of the peace and post- master.
JOHN MCISAACS: lives at Marshfield; is a teamster; was born in British America in 1835; came to state and county in 1864.
G. MEHL: was born in Germany, in 1823; is a brewer; arrived in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1844; came to state in 1850, and to Coos county in 1876; was married in 1868, to Mary Harney. Children, Fred, Mary, William, Thomas and George.
HON. WILLIAM MORRIS: lives near Coquille city; where he located with his family in December 1872; he is a native of England; was nominated by the republicans in 1880 for legis- lature and elected; was re-elected in 1882.
JOHN T. MOULTON: lives at Coquille city; is a merchant; came to Coquille in 1865, is a native of Maine.
ODEN NELSON: lives at Norway; is one of the founders of this place, located here in 1873; is a merchant.
WILLIAM ODDY: lives at Myrtle Point; is a telegraph
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operator, clerk and salesman; came to the Coquille in 1875: has had some experience in mail contracting.
T. G. OWEN: is a lawyer; came to this county in 1873; was admitted to the bar in 1874.
C. F. W. VON PEGERT: was born in Prussia; is a mechanic; post-office, Coquille; came to Coos bay in 1869, since which time he has resided there; married to Miss Perkins in 1874.
OTTO H. PREY: lives at Myrtle Point; is a merchant; was born in Prussia March 20, 1839; came to state and county in 1877; was married in 1873 to Louisa Plitt. Children, An- gusta Emily, B. Frank, Bertha and Otto.
CAPTAIN O. REED: lives at Norway, a little "burg " named by the Captain in honor of his native country; has a general merchandise store at this place; he, with his brother, built, in 1878, the little craft Ceres.
J. C. ROBINSON: lives on North Coos river; is a farmer: post-office, Marshfield; came to state in 1850 and to county in 1860; was married in 1873; has eight children.
STEPHEN ROGERS: lives on South Coos river; is a farmer and merchant; post-office, Marshfield; came to state and county in 1870; was born in Danbytown, Vt .; married in 1860 to Adelia Parker. Children, H. H., Cynthia A., Frank E., Emma J. and Nellie J.
JAMES W. ROOKE: lives on North Coos river; is a farmer; post-office, Marshfield; came to state in 1852 and to county in 1853; was born in Dublin, Ireland; married in 1863 to Helen Gurney. Children, Thomas R., Eliza E., James W. and Rosaltha E.
ABRAM ROSE: lives at Black sand mines; is a miner; post- office, Randolph; came to state in 1858 and to county in 1871; is married; has two daughters.
B. F. Ross: lives on Ross slough near Marshfield; is a farmer and butcher; came to state in 1850 and to county in 1853; was born in Indiana; was married October 10, 1864, to Rhoda E. Bonebrake. One child, George F.
A. H. SARGENT: lives on Coquille river; is a farmer; came to county in 1874, where he has since resided.
EDWARD E. SCALES: lives in Coquille city; is a clerk and broker; came to state in 1856; has lived in this county twenty- seven years.
F. E. SCHOFIELD: lives at Dora, Coos county; was born in 1843; came to Oregon in 1876; married Miss Emmons, of Iowa. Children, lda, Edna, Ivan and Clara.
J. H. SCHROEDER: was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1840; came to county in 1859; is a farmer; was married to Miss Emily Perry, December 30, 1861. Children, Dora, A. L., Mary E., William T., Ella J., George T., Alice May, Walter V., Clarence, Ralph and Gustave.
J. FREDERICK SCHRODER: lives near Norway; is a farmer; was born in Baltimore, Md., September 15, 1844; came to state and county in 1859. was married December 25, 1866 to Mary Perry. Children, Clara B., Charles A., Frank, E, Finley and Eva L.
SAMUEL B. SHERWOOD: lives in Sumner; is proprietor of a livery stable, teamster, &c .; came to state and county in 1871; was born in Onondaga county, N. V .; was married Oc- tober 30, 1860, to Eliza J. Finch. Children, Mary E., Starr K. and Mattie.
HARRY SIMMONS: lives at Bandon; is a ship carpenter; came to county and state in 1883; is unmarried.
J. M. SIGLIN: lives at Marshfield; is a lawyer; was born
in Monroe county, Penn. ; came to state and county in Januar. 1872, married March 22, 1863. to Nellie Sherman. One child Kate M.
A. J. SMITH: lives in Sumner; came to state in 1859, and to county in 1883: was born in Canada West.
JOHN SNYDER: was born in Germany in 1842; came to America in 1852, to Oregon in 1869, and to county in 1873; was married to Miss Amanda Hayes in 1865. Children, Alice, Ada and John.
RUSSELL STEVENS: lives on Catching slough; is a farmer; post-office, Marshfield; is a native of New York; came to state in 1868, and to county in 1869; was married in 1866, to Nancy J. Darling. They have an adopted child, Francis L. Stevens.
EDWIN E. STILLWELL: lives in Coquille city; is a native of Douglas county; has lived in Coquille eighteen years.
S. E. STEWARD: lives in Coquille city; is a log contractor; came to county in 1865; was married to Miss Moulton, by whom he had five children, two living and three dead.
DR. J. W. STARR: lives at Bandon; is a physician; was born in Belmont county, Ohio; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1883; married February 22, 1872, to Adaline Wil- liamson. One child, Luri W.
JOHN F. TIMMERMAN: lives at Webster's Point; is a farmer; post-office Marshfield; came to state and county in 1870; mar- ried in 1873, to Louisa Schroeder, one child, Max.
J. 1'. TUPPER: lives at Bandon; is a hotel keeper and mer- chant; came to state and county in 1869: was born in Nova Scotia; married October 3, 1861, to Martha A. Lynch, only child, Benjamin F.
CARL H. VOLMAR: lives at Myrtle Point; is an attorney-at- law, graduated in University of Maryland, in 1877; originally came to Coquille in 1859; was born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 18, 1856.
GEORGE WASSON: this gentleman is said to have built the first house in Enpire city, Coos county, in the summer of 1853. Mr. Wasson was born in New Brunswick, and came to this state in 1850, and to Coos county in 1853.
JAMES A. WALLER: lives at Coquille city; is a carpenter; came to county in 1868; was born in Tennessee; is a promi- nent member of the order of Odd Fellows.
JOSEPH WALTSER: lives at Randolph; is a brewer; was born in Germany. Mr. Waltser has acquired a good reputa- tion as a brewer.
WILLIAM M. WAY: lives with his family at Norway; is a clerk and telegraph operator; came to state and county in 1875.
MATHEW WHOBERG: was born in Howard county, Missou- ri, in 1825, and came to Oregon in 1852; settled on his present farm of 160 acres on Catching creek in 1872; married and has ten children, Margret Ann, Mary E., Catharine, James A. M., Willis G., Amelia J., John M., William G., Joseph C., and Samantha.
T. B. WILLARD: lives in Coquille; was the original prop- rietor of the town; was a pioneer of 1853: came to this county in 1866
JASPER A. VORKAM: lives on Coos river; is a farmer; post- office, Marshfield; came to state in 1853 and to county in 1854: was born in Illinois; was married February 14, 1871, to Marian A. Rogers. Chillren, Edwin R. (deceased), George H. (deceased), Lydia E., Stephen J. (deceased) and Jasper . 1.
CURRY COUNTY.
D. L. ANDERSON: was born in Warren county, Tennessee, and came to Oregon in 1850, and in May, 1881, located on his present farm near Denmark, Curry county, and engaged in farming; married a daughter of ex-Judge Fitzhugh, and has eleven children, George, Mira (deceased), Enoch, Dickey (deceased), John, Fitzhugh, Lee, Solomon, Phebe, Hannah, Eva and Nancy.
WM. Il. H. AVERILI .: a native of Illinois, and in 1852 emigrated to Oregon, and in 1880 came to Curry county, lo- cating on Flora's Flats, two miles from Denmark; owns 200 acres of land, where he also keeps a merchandise store; is forty years of age and married. Ilas a family of four chil- dren, Euphonia A., James S., Lawrence A. and Edgar F.
W. II. BAGNELI .: lives four miles above Ellensburg; is en- gaged in fishing and farming ; is a native of Troy, New York; came to the state and county in 1$55.
M. M. BATES: lives at Port Orford; is a lawyer; was born in Massachusetts: came to state and county in 1864; married in 1869 to Fannie MI. Dyer. Children, Ida May, Blanche and B. W.
MORRIS L. BENNETT: is a native of Ohio; was born Oct. 11, 1854, and came to Coos county, Oregon, in 1877, and with his mother located on his present ranch in Curry county in March, 1878; has 320 acres of land, and engaged in sheep raising.
JESSE W. CAREY: lives on Mussel creek; is a farmer and stock raiser; post-office, l'ort Orford; was born in Haualton county, Ind. ; came to county and state in 1869; married I n mary 11, ISSO, to Alice Bledsoe.
ASA CARMAN: lives at Port Orford; is a saloon keeper; was born in 1831; came to state in 1871, ar I w. sherif if Curry county one term.
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CAPT. PETER CAUGHELL: lives on Smith's river, Cali- fornia; is captain of the tug Pelican, at mouth of Rogue river; he is a native of Canada, and about sixty years or age. His family consists of James, John, Fannie, (William and Mary, twins), Hugh and Robert.
JOSEPH CHAPMAN: lives in Ellensburg; is a teamster; was horn in Monroe county, Virginia; came to state and county in 1879; was married in 1833 to Miss Rachel Hatfield. Chil- dren, Carrie, Joseph, Cintha S., Katie, Barbara, Caroline, Perry and Edward.
H. CLARNO: lives four miles above Ellensburg; keeps a dairy; was born in Illinois; came to siate and county in 1873.
JOHN COLTON: was born in Missouri; is 26 years of age; is married; in 1883 settled on his present farm on Flora's creek; post-office, Bennett.
D. J. COLLINS: lives on Hunter's creek; was born in Bos- ton, Mass .; post-office, Ellensburg; is a stock raiser; came to state and county in 1871; married Miss H. McCarty in 1850. Children, James, Fannie, Jeremiah, Johanah and Katie.
JAMES A. COOLEY: lives in Chetco valley; is a dairyman; post-office, Chetco; is a native of Missouri; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1860; was married in 1867, to Ma- til la Stanton. Children, Minnie, Alice N., Matilda E., Ber- tha A., Mary E., Hester M. and Ida M.
H. M. COOLEY: lives near Chetco river; is a farmer and stock grower; post-office, Chetco; is a native of Missouri; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1860; was married in 1878, to Florence Howland. Children, Millie N., Walter and Abbie.
WILLIAM COX: was born in Illinois; is 45 years of age ; came to Oregon in 1845 and settled in Curry county at an early day; resides on Flora's creek; is married. Children, Sarah C., Ralph E., John I. E., Mary Ann, Effa J. and Davis L.
GLENN B. Cox: was born in Polk county, Oregon, in 1857; came to Curry county and settled on Flora's creek; is a lumberman.
CHARLES DEWEY: lives three miles above Ellensburg on a farm: was born in Pembroke, Genesee county, N. Y .; came to state in 1860 and to county in 1862; owns a valuable mine on the beach and divides his time between mining and farming.
WILLIAM FERRIS: lives near Port Orford; is a miner; came to Curry county in 1853.
GEORGE FITZHUGH: lives at Denmark; came to state in 1850 and to county in 1852; is married. Children, Melvin, Fanny, Charles, John and Robert.
S. B. GARDENER: lives near Ellensburg; is a farmer and stock raiser; was born in Iowa; came to state in 1853 and to county in 1866; was married in 1866 to Catherine Chapman. Children, Edwin L., Ellen M., Reuben, Delos and Viola.
WILLIAM GAUNTLETT: lives at Ellensburg; is sheriff of Curry county; was born in Scotland; came to state and county in 1859; married June, 1880, to Annie Winsor. Children, George and Clinton.
W. S. HIGGINS: lives on Winchuck; is a farmer; post- office, Chetco; was born in Ohio; came to state in 1850 and to county in 1877; was married in 1858 to Miss Abbott. Chil- dren, Henry Robert, Emily J., Elizabeth Daisy, Martha, James, Rosa and Louis.
N. HUNTLEY: is a farmer and fisherman; lives eight miles above Ellensburg; was born in Ohio; came to state in 1848 and to county in 1870; married Mary J. King in 1847.
WILLIAM A. KING: was born in Illinois; is 37 years of age; came to state in 1854; is a stock grower; lives on Flora's creek ten miles from Denmark; post-office, Denmark.
WILLIAM KIRK: lives near Chetco river; is a merchant; post-office, Chetco; was born in Belfast, Ireland; came to state and county in 1856.
LOUIS KNAPP: lives with his mother, who is now 80 years of age; is proprietor of Knapp's hotel at Port Orford; they were among the first settlers of that town. In connection with their hotel they own 1,200 acres of land.
DAVID LIBBY: lives nine miles above Ellensburg, at which place he owns a fine farin; post-office, Ellensburg; was born in Maine, in 1831; came to state and county in 1853; was in Indian wars of 1855-6 and fought bravely for the defense of his country.
C. LONG: was born in Illinois; is now 46 years of age; owns 1,000 acres of good grazing land twelve miles from Bandon where he is extensively engaged in the dairy business; is married. Children, Alice M., Rosa J., Ormelia and John M.
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