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PLEASANT I-I. EWELL. deceased. It is gratifying to any one interestecl in the history of the early pioneers, to be privileged to speak of the gentleman mentioned above. From l\foxico to the Russian possessions he was well known and knew the country perhaps better than any one man. He was a great explorer and traveler, fearless and intr.epid, and made his way to all these various sections during the earlier part of his life. His birth occurre~l in Ray county, Missouri, about 1835, and when sixteen, er in 185 r. he drove an ox team across the plains to the \Villamette valley. Being too young to take a homestead or. donation claim, he began t~·aveling about, and, as stated above, made his ,vay from Oregon to the torrid regions of Mexico and back far up into Alaska. Many years were spent in these travels and explorations. ivl r. Ewell was ·a man of energy and a review of his travels woulcl be both inter.esting and profitable. Finally becoming tired, he settled down on a homestead near where Seattle is now located. His life was spent on the coast and in 1901, he passed away from earth to the world beyond. The event of his death occurred in the Wi11amette valley. He had served in the Indian wars that swept the coast and was known as a fearless and skillful Indian fighter.

In 186g, after eighteen years traveling, pr.ospecting, and Indian fighting, he settled down and married Sarah Vv a]ter, who now resides at the home of Daniel Delany, four miles east from Starbuck. Mrs. Ewell has recently taken up her abode in Columbia county and expects to pass the remainder of her days here. Her. husband was well known throughout this,

· as the other pioneer regions, and traveled over all portions of the state of Washington. It is

abundantly fitting, therefore, that he should be particularly mentioned as one of the pioneers of Columbia county, albeit one must say not only of Columbia county but of the northwest. Mrs. Ewell was born in Marion county, Oregon, being thus a native of the occident where she has passed all the days of her Ii fe. To this worthy couple nine children have been born, named as follows, Katie, Otis M., Carrie, Mattie, Mary, James, Homer, Marion and Bennie.

It is unnecessary to note that Mr. Ewell was a man of ener.gy and he accumulated a t1ice property during the latter years of his life as well as receiving the good will and admiration of all who knew him. Since his death, his wife has managed the property in a commendable manner and has a goodly competence for the

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Ahnentafel, Generation No. 1

1. Elizabeth Electa ELWELL was born 2 APR 1857 in Linn Co., Oregon, and died 5 MAY 1928 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington. She was the daughter of 2. Robert ELWELL and 3. Sophia CLAWSON. She married John Peter MESSINGER. He was born 18 JAN 1852 in Ohio, and died in Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington.


2. Robert ELWELL was born 5 MAR 1832 in Fountain Co., Indiana, and died 8 MAR 1900 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington. He was buried 9 MAR 1900 in Newland Cemetery. He was the son of 4 . Jonathan ELWELL and s. Jane STEWART.

3. Sophia CLAWSON was born 3 NOV 1837 In Fountain Co., Indiana, and died 29 MAR 1900.

Children of Sophia CLAWSON and Robert ELWELL are: 1. i. Elizabeth Electa ELWELL was born 2 APR 1857 in Linn Co., Oregon, and died 5 MAY 1928 in

Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington. She married John Peter MESSINGER. He was born 18 JAN 1852 in Ohio, and died in Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington.

ii. George C. ELWELL was born 10 FEB 1859 in Wallowa Co., Oregon, and died 7 JUL 1915 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington. He married Ruth America DILLON 29 AUG 1886. She was born 22 OCT 1869, and died 17 SEP 1925 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington.

Iii. Marvin ELWELL was born ABT 1864.

iv. LeRoy F. ELWELL was born 1866.


4. Jonathan ELWELL was born 1802 in Cumberland Co., Tennessee, and died 11 AUG 1835 in Fountain Co., Indiana.

5. Jane STEWART was born 1807 In Cumberland Co., Tennessee, and died BEF 1845. She was the daughter of 10. George Washington STEWART and 11. Mary Jane SMITH.

Children of Jane STEWART and Jonathan ELWELL are: I. Thomas ELWELL was born ABT 1822. II. George ELWELL was born ABT 1824.

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iii. Margaret Mary ELWELL was born 1829.

iv. Catherine ELWELL was born 1830. She married George w. HEARD in Bedford, Tennessee. He was born ABT 1830.

2. v. Robert ELWELL was born 5 MAR 1832 In Fountain Co., Indiana, and died 8 MAR 1900 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington. He married Sophia CLAWSON 1855 in Eola, Polk Co., Oregon. She was born 3 NOV 1837 in Fountain Co., Indiana, and died 29 MAR 1900.

vi. Hannah May ELWELL was born 8 SEP 1834 In Fountain Co., Indiana, and died 9 JAN 1919 in Thayer, Oregon Co., Missouri. She married Virgil BUTRICK 3 MAR 1851 in Forest City, Holt Co., Missouri, son of Joseph BUTRICK and Sarah WHIPPLE. He was born 16 JUL 1827 in Vernon, Trimble Co., Ohio, and died 14 DEC 1911 in Thayer, Oregon Co., Missouri.

vii. Elizabeth ELWELL was born ABT 1830 in Indiana, and died Deceased. She married Gee>rge w. BAXTER. He was born ABT 1818 in Indiana, and died Deceased.


10. George Washington STEWART was born 1777 In Washington Co., Virginia, and died 15 NOV 1846 in Holt Co., Missouri. He was burled in Family Farm, Holt Co., Missouri. He was the son of 20. John STEWART and 21. Hannah. - - -

11. M.ary Jane SMITH was born 1778 In Virginia, and died 16 MAR 1862 in Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon. She was buried in Locke Cemetry, North of Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon. She was the daughter of 22. Robert SMITH II and 23. Jane HENDERSON.

Children of Mary Jane SMITH and George Washington STEWART are: I. John H. STEWART was born 12 FEB 1799 In Knox Co., Virginia, and died 28 FEB 1885 in

Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon. He married Mary Elizabeth SMITH ABT 1825. She was born 1800 in Washington Co., Virginia, and died ABT 1842 in Fountain Co., Indiana. He married Mary Polly SCOTT 7 JAN 1843 In Holt Co., Missouri, daughter of William SCOTT and Rachael MOUNTS. She was born 1 JUN 1820 In Switzerland, Indiana, and died 31 DEC 1913 In Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon.

5. Ii. Jane STEWART was born 1807 In Cumberland Co., Tennessee, and died BEF 1845. She married Jonathan ELWELL 1 DEC 1820 In Vigo Co., Indiana. He was born 1802 in Cumberland Co., Tennessee, and died 11 AUG 1835 in Fountain Co., Indiana. She married WiUiam_HELMS 3 JUN 1840 In Fountain Co., Indiana. He was born 1801, and died In Ohio.

Ill. Robert Smith STEWART was born 17 NOV 1808 In Cumberland, Tennessee, and died 8 APR 1879 in Days Creek, Douglas Co., Oregon. He married Artimesa ALLEN 24 JUL 1830 in Fountain Co., Indiana, daughter of Thomas S. ALLEN and Elizabeth SUMMERS. She was born ABT 1812 in Kentucky, and died 16 MAR 1890 in canyonville, Douglas Co.,Oregon.

iv. Hannah STEWART was born BET 1809 AND 1810 In Tennessee, and died in Indiana. She married Robert Henry LANDERS 30 DEC 1828 in Fountain Co., Indiana. He was born 1805 in Kentucky, and died SEP 1876 in Indiana.

v. Mary STEWART was born 11 DEC 1810 In Cumberland Co., Tennessee, and died in Forest City, Holt Co., Missouri. She married James s. RIGGS 1829 in Fountain Co., Indiana. He was born 17 JUL 1814 in Tennessee, and died 11 NOV 1881 in Forest City, Holt Co., Missouri.

vi. Lena STEWART was born 1812 in Cumberland, Tennessee, and died BEF 1856. She married William SHERILL 3 NOV 1831 In Fountain Co., Indiana, son of Joshua SHERILL and Catherine UNEBARGER. He was born 1817 in North Carolina, and died 13 JAN 1878 in Boone Co., Indiana.

vii. Nancy STEWART was born 1814 In Tennessee. She married Henry STAM6AUGH 18 JUL 1833 in Fountain Co., Indiana. He was born 1814.

viii. Elizabeth STEWART was born 1816, and died Deceased. She married William C_CALQWELL 8 JUL 1838 in Fountain Co., Indiana. He was born 1811, and died Deceased.

ix. George Washington Jr. STEWART was born 1821 In Indiana, and died 1851 in On the Oregon Trail,. He married Lucinda (Cynthia) Ann ALLEN 3 DEC 1843 In Holt Co., Missouri, daughter of Thomas S. ALLEN and Elizabeth SUMMERS. She was born ABT 1819 in Kentucky, and died 4 JAN 1895 In Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon.

x. James Harvey STEWART was born 19 JUN 1825 in Indiana, and died 6 AUG 1900 in Polk Co., Oregon. He married Louisa Jane THORNTON 8 MAR 1845 In Holt Co., Missouri, daughter of John THORNTON and Rebecca ROBINSON. She was born 9 AUG 1821 in Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, and died 4 MAR 1905 In Oregon.

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20. John STEWART was born ABT 1750 In Klllellan, Renfrew, Scotland, and died 1815 in Washington Co., Virginia.

21. Hannah was born 1755 in Washington Co., Virginia, and died in Washington Co., Virginia.

Children of Hannah and John STEWART are: 10. I. George Washington STEWART was born 1777 In Washington Co., Virginia, and died 15 NOV

1846 in Holt Co., Missouri. He married Mary Jane SMITH 9 MAR 1798 in Washington Co., Virginia, daughter of Robert SMITH II and Jane HENDERSON. She was born 1778 in Virginia, and died 16 MAR 1862 in Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon.

ii. David STEWART was born 1780 In Washington Co., Virginia, and died Deceased. He married Sarah Elizabe_t_b_CARTER. She was born ABT 1784 in Wythe Co., Virginia(?), and died Deceased.

iii. Missie Marian SJ"EW.A.RT was born ABT 1782. She married Jphn SKIDMORE. He was born BET 1775 AND 1780 in Virginia.

iv. Jonathan STEWART was born 1782 in Washington Co., Virginia. He married Polly YOST 19 JUL 1804 in Washington Co., Virginia. She was born ABT 1785 in Washington Co., Virginia.

v. James STEWART was born 1784 In Washington Co., Virginia. vi. Mercy STEWART was born 1786 in Washington Co., Virginia. vii. Polly STEWARI was born 1788 In Washington Co., Virginia.

viii. Hannah S_IEW_ART was born 1790 In Washington Co., Virginia. She married Michael STONER 24 APR 1806 in Washington Co., Virginia. He was born ABT 1792 in Washington Co., Virginia.

22. Robert SMITH II was born 23 APR 1755 In York Co., Virginia, and died 3 OCT 1841 in Hancock, Indiana. He was buried in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Hancock, Indiana. He was the son of 44. Robert SMITH and 45. Rachael_lC_ERBY.

23. Jane HENDERSON was born 1763 in York Co., Virginia, and died BEF 5 OCT 1829 in Washington Co., Virginia.

Children of Jane HENDERSON and Robert SMITH II are: 11. i. Mary Jane SMITI-I was born 1778 In Virginia, and died 16 MAR 1862 in Corvallis, Benton Co.,

Oregon. She married George Washington STEWART 9 MAR 1798 in Washington Co., Virginia, son of John STEWART and Hannah. He was born 1777 in Washington Co., Virginia, and died 15 NOV 1846 in Holt Co., Missouri.

ii. John SM_ITH was born ABT 1782. iii. Robert SMITH was born ABT 1784.


44. Robert SMITH was born ABT 1733 In York Co., Virginia. He was the son of 88. Lawrence II SMITH and 89. Mildred REAl>_E.

45. Rachael KERBY was born ABT 1740 In York Co., Virginia.

Children of Rachael KERBY and Robert SMITH are: 22. I. Robert SMITH II was born 23 APR 1755 In York Co., Virginia, and died 3 OCT 1841 In Hancock,

Indiana. He married Jane HENDERSON BEF 1780 in Washington Co., Virginia. She was born 1763 In York Co., Virginia, and died BEF 5 OCT 1829 in Washington Co., Virginia.

II. Thomas SMITH was born ABT 1759. 111. John SMITH was born ABT 1761. Iv. Mary SMITH was born ABT 1763.

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Generation No. 1

1. ROBERTI ELWELL was born 05 March 1831, and died 30 May 1900. He married SOPHIA CLAWSON 1855. She was born 03 November 1837, and died 29 March 1900.

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OBIT: Dayton Newspaper, Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington

10 March, 1900

Died in this city, March 8, Robert Elwell, aged 68 yean and 3 days. For some time past Mr. Elwell has been suffering from rheumatic fever, from which he could get no relief. He was a resident of this county for many years and at one time had considerable property but met with hard times which severly crippled him financially. His remains were buried yesterday in the Newland Cemetery. (can you tell me were Newland Cemetery is)

Children of ROBERT ELWELL and SOPHIA CLAWSON are:

2. i. GEORGE C.2 ELWELL, b. 10 February 1859; d. 07 July 1915, Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa ••

ii. LEROY F. ELWELL.

iii. MARVIN.

3. iv. ELIZABETH ELWELL, b. 02 April 1857, Linn Co., Or ••

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2. GEORGE C.2 ELWELL (ROBERTI) was born 10 February 1859, and died 07 July 1915 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa.. He married RUTH AMERICA DILLON 29 August. She was born 22 October 1869, and died 17 September 1925 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa..

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OBIT: Dayton Newspaper, Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington.

7 July 1915

Death of George Elwell

George Elwell, who had long been a sufferer from cancer, died at bis home in this city Monday mo ming at ten o' dock. The funeral will be held from the family residence this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. J. Elliott Slimp of the Christian Church officiating.

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George Elwell was bom in Wallowa County, Oregon, 56 years ago, and when three years old came to the country with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elwell. Be spent the greater part of his life in farming, and at different times at ran ranches in Asotin, Garfield and this county. He made his home at one time in Johnson Hollow, but for the past ten years bad been a resident of Dayton. In 1886 be married Miss Ruth Dillon of Asotin, who survives him. A sister Mrs. John Messinger or this city, and a brother, Roy Elwell, of Bopper, besides four children, Mrs. Berry James, Marvin, Mil~ and Mattie live to moum his loss.

Children of GEORGE ELWELL and RUTH DILLON are:

4. i. MATTIE MEA3 ELWELL, b. 23 June 1899, Dayton, Columbia Co. Wa.; d. 25 August 1980, Silverton, Or ••

ii. MA VIE ELWELL.

S. iii. MAUDE ELWELL.

6. iv. ~DRED R. ELWELL, d. September 1969.

v. MARK ELWELL, b. 09 February 1888; d. 03 October 1896, (Near) Pine Grove, Wa ••

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10 Oct 1896

Elwell-Near Pine Grove, Oct. 3, 1896, Mark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Goe. Elwell, aged 8 years, 7 months and 25 days. Funeral was conducted by Rev. I. H. Wilson

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Burial: City Cemetery. Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa.

7. vL SR. MARVIN ELWELL, b. 1890; d. 29 January 1965, Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa"

vii. MASON ELWELL, b. 1895; d. 03 February 1915, Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa ..

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3 Feb.1915

A Sudden Death

Wednesday night at 10:30 Mason D. Elwell died suddenly at the home of his parents Mr. and Mn. George Elwell in the western part of the city, of heart failure. He had been very iU from typhoid fever but was apparently on the sure road to recovery and rapidly gaining strength. He was sitting in a chair and asked for a glass of milk. He had finished drinking it when he gave a slight gasp and fell to the Roor dead. He was aged 20 years, three months and seven days. The funeral took place Friday, Feb. 12th at 1 p.m., from the family residence, Rev. E. J. Slimp, officiating.

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Burial: City Cemetery. Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa ••

3. ELIZABETB2 ELWELL (ROBERTl) was born 02 April 1857 in Linn Co., Or •• She married JOHN MESSINGER.

Children of ELIZABETH ELWELL and JOHN MESSINGER are:

i. MINNIE3 MESSINGER. m. ? DIVINE.

ii. BYRON MESSINGER.

iiL BUZ MESSINGER.

Generation No. 3

4. MATTIE MEA3 ELWELL (GEORGE C.2, ROBERTI) was born 23 June 1899 in Dayton, Columbia Co. Wa., and died 25 August 1980 in Silverton, Or •• She married HERMAN JOYCE COCHRAN 31 December 1924 in Pomeroy, son of JOHN COCHRAN and MARY PEYTON. He was born 02 May 1897 in Cottage Grove, Or, and died 07 February 1981 in Libby, Mt..

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28 Feb.1980

Mattie Cochran

Funeral services for Mattie M. Cochran, 81, will be held this Friday, at 11 a.m., at the First Christain Church in Dayton. The Rev. Linnton Elwell will officiate.

Cochran was born June 23, 1899 in Dayton to George and Ruth Elwell. She died Monday, August 25, in Silverton Oregon.

She was raised and educated in Dayton and married Herman Cochran in December 1924 in Pomeroy.

She taught school and librarian for many years in Columbia County.

She was a life-resident of Dayton until three weeks ago when she moved to Silverton.

She is survived by one son, Jem of Silverton: three grandchildren; and six great - grandchildren.

Internment will be held at the family plot in Dayton City Cemetery.

(NOTE* Herman and Mattie did not have six great grandchildren, my grandfather Jem I had three children, Jem II, and two daughters •• Neither of his two daughters bad any children. there for the great grandchildren this is referring to has to be my brother and myself.. We are 2, not 6.)

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Burial: Dayton City Cemetery. Dayton, Wa.

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4Feb 1981

Berman Cochran

Funeral services for Berman Cochran, 83, will be held Saturday, Feb 7, at Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Chapel, Rev. Robert Shields will officiate.

Cochran was born May 2, 1897 in Cottage Grove, Oregon to John and Mary Cochran. At the age of nine, he and his family moved to Columbia County and homesteaded near Robinette Mountain, where they farmed. Bis family also farmed near Starbuck. Be also worked for the Forest Service patroUing the Watershed of Mill Creek.

Be married Mattie Elwell in December of 1924 in Pomeroy. She passed away in August of 1980.

Cochran was a member of the Starbuck Community Church.

Ile is survived by one son, Jem Cochran of Silverton, Oregon.

Interment will be at the family plot in Dayton City Cemetery.

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Burial: Dayton City Cemetery. Dayton, W a.

Child of MA'ITIE ELWELL and BERMAN COCHRAN is:

i. JEM4 COCHRAN, b. 22 October 1925; m. (1) CARMEN BROWN; b. 1929, Dayton, Columbia Co. Wa.; d.1990; m. (2) DORISMAY ISENSEE; b. 1927; m. (3) PATRICIA ELOISE PERKAREK, 09 November 1966, Clackamas, Or ••

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Burial: 1990, Dayton City Cemetery. Dayton, Wa ••

5. MAUDE3 ELWELL (GEORGE C.2, ROBERTI) She married BARRY JAMES.

Children of MAUDE ELWELL and BARRY JAMES are:

i. CHILD 14 JAMES.

ii. CIIILD 2 JAMES.

iii. CHILD 3 JAMES.

6. MILDRED R.3 ELWELL (GEORGE C.2, ROBERTI) died September 1969. She married ED FOX.

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18 Sept. 1969

Mrs. Mildred Fox Funeral Sept. 4

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Mildred R. Fox, 78, former Dayton resident, was held September 4 at Park Bill Cemetery in Vancouver where she passed away September 4.

Mrs. Fox, a daughter of early resident of Dayton, George C. and Ruth A. Elwell, attended grade and high school in Dayton. She left the community about 1920 to make her home in California where she lived for many years.

The family moved to Vancouver several years ago to make their home.

Immediate family members are her husband, E. A. Fox; a daughter, Mrs Robert Wayno; two grandsons, David and Steven Wayno, all of Vancouver; a sister Mrs. B. J. Cochran of Dayton; and several nieces and nephews.

Child of MILDRED ELWELL and ED FOX is:

i. GERTRUDE4 FOX, b. 1924; d. 1990; m. ROBERT WA YNO.

7. SR. MARVIN3 ELWELL (GEORGE C.2, ROBERTI) was born 1890, and died 29 January 1965 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa.. He married CORA HUSTON. She was born 1895, and died 24 June 1985 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa..

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Burial: City Cemetery. Dayton, Columbia Co., W a.

Children of MARVIN ELWELL and CORA HUSTON are:

i. NEYSA4 ELWELL, m. ? mCKOK.

ii. JR. MARVIN GEORGE ELWELL, b.17 February 1919; d.11 July 1979; m. CIIRISTINE.

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19 July 1979

Marvin George Elwell, Jr. formerly of Dayton died July 11 at his home in Spokane. Ile was 60 years old.

Elwell was born Feb. 17, 1919 in Dayton to Marvin and Cora Huston Elwell. Be graduated from Dayton ffigh School and eventually moved to Spokane.

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~ He was a member of Manito Lodge No. 246 F&AM, Scottish Rite bodies and was a veteran of World War Two.

Survivors include bis wife, Christine; two sons, Neil or Spokane and Lee, with the U.S. Army in Berlin, Germany; a brother, the Rev. Lynnton Elwell of Anacotes, Wash.; a sister Neysa Hickok of Salem, Ore. and his mother.

Funeral services were held Monday at the First Christian Church in Dayton with the Rev. Lynn ton Elwell officiating. Burial was in the family plot a the Dayton City Cemetery.

iii. KARL ALLAN ELWELL, b. 26 August 1926, Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co., Wa.; d. May 1939, Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa ••

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18 May 1939

KARL ALLAN ELWELL

Karl Elwell, youngest son of County Superintendent Marvin Elwell and Mrs. Elwell, died Thursday afternoon of a heart ailment caused from an illness last fall, which at the time had seemed not serious.

Funeral services were held from the Christian church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. Frank Van Doren officiating.

Karl Allan Elwell was born in Walla Walla August 26, 1926 and came here ten years ago with his parents. He attended school in Dayton and was bright and promising and well liked by all who knew him. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Elwell, he leaves two brothers, Marvin and Lynnton, and a sister Neysa Elwell, all of Dayton.

iv. REV. LYNNTON H. ELWELL

Descendants or Robert Elwell

Generation No. 1

1. ROBERTI ELWELL was born OS March 1831, and died 30 May 1900. He married SOPHIA CLAWSON 1855. She was born 03 November 1837, and died 29 March 1900.

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10 March, 1900

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1~ Died in this city, March 8, Robert Elwell, aged 68 years and 3 days. For some time past Mr. Elwell has been suffering from rheumatic fever, from which he could get no relief. He was a resident of this county for many years and at one time had considerable property but met with bard times which severly crippled him financially. Ilis remains were buried yesterday in the Newland Cemetery. (can you tell me were Newland Cemetery is)

Children of ROBERT ELWELL and SOPHIA CLAWSON are:

2. i. GEORGE C.2 ELWELL, b. 10 February 1859; d. 07 July 1915, Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa ..

ii. LEROY F. ELWELL.

iii.MARVIN.

3. iv. ELIZADETil ELWELL, b. 02 April 1857, Linn Co., Or ••

Generation No. 2

2. GEORGE C.2 ELWELL (ROBERT1) was born 10 February 1859, and died 07 July 1915 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa.. He married RUm AMERICA Dll,LON 29 August. She was born 22 October 1869, and died 17 September 1925 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa-

Notes for GEORGE C. ELWELL:


7 July 1915

Death of George Elwell

George Elwell, who had long been a sufferer from cancer, died at his home in this city Monday morning at ten o'clock. The funeral will be held from the family residence this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. J. Elliott Slimp of the Christian Church officiating.

George Elwell was born in Wallowa County, Oregon, 56 years ago, and when three years old came to the country with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elwell. He spent the greater part of his life in farming, and at different times at ran ranches in Asotin, Garfield and this county. He made his home at one time in Johnson Ilollow, but for the past ten years had been a resident of Dayton. In 1886 he married Miss Ruth Dillon or Asotin, who survives him. A sister Mrs. John Messinger of this city, and a brother, Roy Elwell, of Hopper, besides four children, Mrs. Berry James, Marvin, Mildred, and Mattie live to mourn his loss.

Children of GEORGE ELWELL and RUTH DILLON are:

4. i. MATTIE MEA3 ELWELL, b. 23 June 1899, Dayton, Columbia Co. Wa.; d. 25 August 1980, Silverton, Or ••

ii. MA VIE ELWELL.

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6. iv. MILDRED R. ELWELL, d. September 1969.

v. MARK ELWELL, b. 09 February 1888; d. 03 October 1896, (Near) Pine Grove, Wa ••

Notes for MARK ELWELL:


10 Oct1896

Elwell-Near Pine Grove, Oct. 3, 1896, Mark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Goe. Elwell, aged 8 years, 7 months and 25 days. Funeral was conducted

by Rev.LB. Wilson

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7. vi. SR. MARVIN ELWELL, b. 1890; d. 29 January 1965, Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa..

vii. MASON ELWELL, b. 1895; d. 03 February 1915, Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa..

Notes for MASON ELWELL:


3 Feb.1915

A Sudden Death

Wednesday night at 10:30 Mason D. Elwell died suddenly at the home of bis parents Mr. and Mrs. George Elwell in the western part of the

city, of heart failure. He had been very ill from typhoid fever but was apparendy on the sure road to recovery and rapidly gaining strength. He

was sitting in a chair and asked for a glass of milk. He had finished drinking it when he gave a slight gasp and fell to the floor dead. He was ag~

20 years, three months and seven days. The funeral took place Friday, Feb. 12th at 1 p.m., from the family residence, Rev. E. J. Slimp,

officiating.

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Burial: City Cemetery. Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa..

3. ELIZADETill ELWELL (ROBERTI) was born 02 April 1857 in Linn Co., Or •• She married JOHN MESSINGER.

Children of ELIZABETH ELWELL and JOHN MESSINGER are:

i. MINNIE3 MESSINGER, m. ? DIVINE.

ii. BYRON MESSINGER.

iii. BUZ MESSINGER.

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4. MATTIE MEA3 ELWELL (GEORGE C.2, ROBERTl) was born 23 June 1899 in Dayton, Columbia Co. Wa., and died 25 August 1980 in Silverton, Or .. She married HERMAN JOYCE COCORAN 31 December 1924 in Pomeroy, son of JOIIN COCHRAN and MARY PEYTON. Be was bom 02 May 1897 in Cottage Grove, Or, and died 07 February 1981 in Libby, Mt ••

Notes for MATTIE MEA ELWELL:


28 Feb.1980

Mattie Cochran

Funeral services for Mattie M. Cochran, 81, will be held this Friday, at 11 a.m., at the First Christain Church in Dayton. The Rev. Linnton Elwell will officiate.

Cochran was bom June 23, 1899 in Dayton to George and Ruth Elwell. She died Monday, August 25, in Silverton Oregon.

She was raised and educated in Dayton and married Herman Cochran in December 1924 in Pomeroy.

She taught school and librarian for many years in Columbia County.

She was a life-resident of Dayton until three weeks ago when she moved to Silverton.

She is survived by one son, Jem of Silverton: three grandchildren; and six great - grandchildren.

Internment will be held at the family plot in Dayton City Cemetery.

(NOTE* Berman and Mattie did not have six great grandchildren, my grandfather Jem I had three children, Jem II, and two daughters •• Neither of his two daughters had any children. there for the great grandchildren this is referring to has to be my brother and myself •• We are 2, not 6.)

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Notes for HERMAN JOYCE COCHRAN:


4 Feb 1981

Derman Cochran

Funeral services for Berman Cochran, 83, will be held Saturday, Feb 7, at Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Chapel, Rev. Robert Shields will officiate.

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Cochran was born May 2, 1897 in Cottage Grove, Oregon to John and Mary Cochran. At the age or nine, he and bis family moved to Columbia County and homesteaded near Robinette Mountain, where they farmed. Bis family also farmed near Starbuck. He also worked for the Forest Service patrolling the Watershed of Mill Creek.

He married Mattie Elwell in December of 1924 in Pomeroy. She passed away in August of 1980.

Cochran was a member of the Starbuck Community Church.

Be is survived by one son, Jem Cochran of Silverton, Oregon.

Interment will be at the family plot in Dayton City Cemetery.

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Child of MA 'ITIE ELWELL and HERMAN COCHRAN is:

i. JEM4 COCHRAN, b. 22 October 1925; m. (1) CARMEN BROWN; b. 1929, Dayton, Columbia Co. Wa.; d. 1990; m. (2) DORISMA Y

ISENSEE; b. 1927; m. (3) PATRICIA EWISE PERKAREK, 09 November 1966, Oackamas, Or ••

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Burial: 1990, Dayton City Cemetery. Dayton, Wa ..

5. MAUDE3 ELWELL (GEORGE C.2, ROBERTI) She married BARRY JAMES.

Children of MAUDE ELWELL and BARRY JAMES are:

i. CHILD 14 JAMES.

ii. CHILD 2 JAMES.

iii. CilILD 3 JAMES.

6. MILDRED R.3 ELWELL (GEORGE C.2, ROBERTI) died September 1969. She married ED FOX.

Notes for MILDRED R. ELWELL:


18 Sept. 1969

Mn. Mildred Fox Funeral Sept. 4

Graveside funeral services for Mn. Mildred R. Fox, 78, former Dayton resident, was held September 4 at Park Hill Cemetery in Vancouver where she passed away September 4.

Mn. Fox, a daughter of early resident of Dayton, George C. and Ruth A. Elwell, attended grade and high school in Dayton. She left the community about 1920 to

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make her home in California where she lived for many years.

The family moved to Vancouver several years ago to make their home.

Immediate family members are her husband, E. A. Fox; a daughter, Mrs Robert Wayno; two grandsons, David and Steven Wayno, all of Vancouver; a sister Mrs. B. J. Cochran of Dayton; and several nieces and nephews.

Child of MILDRED ELWELL and ED FOX is:

i. GERTRUDE4 FOX, b. 1924; d. 1990; m. ROBERT WA YNO.

7. SR. MARVIN3 ELWELL (GEORGE C.2, ROBERTI) was born 1890, and died 29 January 1965 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa.. He married CORA HUSTON. She was born 1895, and died 24 June 1985 in Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa..

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Children of MARVIN ELWELL and CORA HUSTON are:

i. NEYSA4 ELWELL, m. ? IDCKOK.

ii. JR. MARVIN GEORGE ELWELL, b. 17 February 1919; d. 11 July 1979; m. CHRISTINE.

Notes for JR. MARVIN GEORGE ELWELL:


19 July 1979

Marvin George Elwell, Jr. formerly of Dayton died July 11 at bis home in Spokane. Be was 60 years old.

Elwell was born Feb. 17, 1919 in Dayton to Marvin and Cora Huston Elwell. Be graduated from Dayton High School and eventuaDy moved to

Spokane.

Ile was a member of Manito Lodge No. 246 F&AM, Scottish Rite bodies and was a veteran of World War Two.

Survivors include his wife, Christine; two sons, Neil of Spokane and Lee, with the U.S. Army in Berlin, Germany; a brother, the Rev. Lynnton

Elwell of Anacotes, Wash.; a sister Neysa Hickok of Salem, Ore. and bis mother.

Funeral services were held Monday at the First Christian Church in Dayton with the Rev. Lynnton Elwell officiating. Burial was in the family plot

a the Dayton City Cemetery.

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iii.. KARL ALLAN ELWELL, b. 26 August 1926, Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co., Wa.; d. May 1939, Dayton, Columbia Co., Wa..

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18May 1939

KARL ALLAN ELWELL

Karl Elwell, youngest son of County Superintendent Marvin Elwell and Mrs. Elwell, died Thursday afternoon of a heart ailment caused from an

illness last fall, which at the time had seemed not serious.

Funeral services were held from the Christian church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. Frank Van Doren officiating.

Karl Allan Elwell was born in Walla Walla August 26, 1926 and came here ten years ago with his parents. Be attended school in Dayton and

was bright and promising and well liked by all who knew him. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Elwell, he leaves two brothers, Marvin

and Lynnton, and a sister Neysa Elwell, all or Dayton.

iv. REV. LYNNTON H. ELWELL.

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The Hardships of Pioneer Life

by Lois Melissa Louisa Virginia Clawson Stroud (1848-1930)

In a pioneer country in A. D. 1848 in Davis County, Iowa, there came a j little youngster to greet its parents and family. It must have been welcome as both parents and two oldest sisters all had a name for !t, so it was named Lois Melissa Louisa Virginia Clawson. With so much name it grew and done well amid all the hardships of pio~eer_life. Of course as il was the youngest of six living perhaps i_t had an easier time than the older children.

In the year 1852 there was quite an emigration to Oregon, and Mother said my father's health was poor; the Drs. advised him to change climate so they sold their farm and prepared for the long hard journey across the plains to the new country of Oregon territory. At that time the Oregon territory included the domain from the north California line to the Canadian line and east to the summit of the Rocky mountains, which includes Oregon, Washington and Idaho states at this present time. Our family consisted of Mother, Father, sisters, Martha, Catherine, Sophia,and brothers David, Milton and myself, my cousin John Buckles and Abram Harris.

As we had to haul our provisions to last us across plains which took six months it was no small problem to comprehend, for when anything give out or wore out there was no way of replacing it, as I surely found out before we were anyways near across by experience; although I was so young I remember quite a few happenings that occurred.

We had three ox teams of three or four yoke to each wagon and the wagons were well filled and were what they call double decked, that is a second bottom and wagon bed on the other. With those well filled and as well

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_ equipped as they knel\;how, we were soon to start on the long journey that none of those mentioned ever retraced in this world as I am the only one left; all the rest have crossed over the divide to the great eternity that awaits US. all.

It was· some grief to leave our old home in Iowa where I and some of the rest had spent the first years of our lives, but as children with Father, Mother, sisters and brothers we were soon satisfied and of course looked forward to the home in Oregon. The journey was long and dusty and tiresome; although young, I remember many incidents of the journey and my Mother and sister told me many. There was <Juitc a train of us that traveled together for safety from the Indians. We could not travel many miles in a day, for we had to camp where we could get water for the cattle and ourselves, and sometimes they laid by a day for the women to wash, and the cooking was done by camp fires mostly. My father had a small sheet iron stove made, just could set two pie plates in it, was all the stove that was in our train. Sometimes others would cook on it when it was not in use by us. In many places wood was scarce and sage brush were used;

.~ the continuel smell of sage almost makes me sick now to smell it. We would get so tired riding, I and brother Milton, we would want to walk a"d Mother would take us out to walk, but I was so small I would soon tire and have to ride again. If brother was with me we could play and it was not so lonesome, but sometimes he preferred to wall<, and I was alone in the wagon, and dust rolling up in clouds until it seemed it would almost choke me, and I would cry myself to sleep as it was all I could do. My shoes wore out and my little four year old feet could not walk far at one time. You may think this was cruel treatment but how could it be helped? It was just a part of the hardships of pioneer life, it would not be helped. I know they done the best by me they could. The rest walked ---the team driver~ and my sisters and oldest brother. Mother would ride sometimes for to satisfy me -- but it was better to walk on ahead of the wagons as they were out of the dust. My two oldest _sisters practically walked from Iowa to Oregon, but they must not get too far ahead of the wagons on account of the h1dians; they would lay down and rest until the wagons come near again.

The dust was something fearful; some of the cattle would die, were fat and at first they could not account for it but by cutting them open they found the cause. It was the dust; there would be marbles of dust in their lungs from the size of a pigeons egg to the size of ones fist. Most every one had some loose cattle they could replace the ones that died, but as the time went

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on the provisions diminished and the rest was placed in other wagons and a wagon abandoned; many good wagons were left in that way -- there was. no place to buy any thing you needed -- "there was Fort Hall, Fort Boise, _ · then Fort Dallas is all I remember; they are military forts, you could not procure anything those places, only at the Dalles. It is on the Columbia River at the east side of the Cascades Mountains. On the plains we would see some antelope, sometimes and some Buffalo at a distance, there were prairie dog towns in some places; I wanted one for a pet but surely did not get it.

My Father started with two horses but after we crossed the Missouri River one disappeared. He hunted for it three days, was unsuccessful and the train was getting too far ahead so the one horse was all there was in our train. The captain, Mr. Pierce, would take it, ride ahead, find a camping place, return and report how far to camp as near as he could guess. The many hardships of the long journey--there was the fear of Indians attacting us any time; they always drove the wagons in a circle of nights for some protection in case we were attacted; they always guarded the cattle at night to keep them from being run off by Indians--! think three changes of guards ever night, so all got some rest as to be able to drive their teams next day.

There was not much sickness in our train. There was two cases of cholera but father had went to his Dr. and he fixed up a generous bottle of medicine for it so Mother gave it to them and both got well but one was very sick man -- and only two deaths, a Mrs. Charles Abraham and her infant child. My sister Catherine and Mother both had the Mountain fever

. after we crossed the Rocky Mountains but not near our journeys end, but both recovered but just think --- to be so sick and have to be jolted over a dusty road in a wagon -- no springs. It sure was some tri~l and hardships but it was not possible to stop long for anything as it would imperil all the lives of the whole train, as the provisions were getting low and it was getting late in the fall and the Casc~des Mts. to cross --1 remember we were camped on the John Day River, I think they Iayed over one day for a wash day. I, brother Milt and some other children seen some Indians come on the hillside across the river and drive off a fat cow--1 claimed it, I suppose is the reason I recollect it The cattle had been taken across to keep them from wandering back on the road; there was good grass on a fine hillside in plain view of the camp. Of course we ran to Mother and told her, but s~e could do nothing but just let them alone and not get in trouble with the

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Indians---At that time Father got on the horse and went to The Dalles and bought a sack of flour and carried it out on the horse, for it took us some . two or three days to travel there and my sister was in bed sick with the Mt. fever at that time. When we got to the Dalles they drove the cattle over the mountain and constructed some kind of flat boat of two scows and platform to take us down the River, I suppose to the Cascades Falls as the boats could run up that far. ~

We lived the winter of 1852 and 1953 on Suvics Island on Mr. Charlton's place and in their old house as they were earlier settlers and had built them a new house---we were glad to meet with such a good chance as houses were scarce and the rainy season coming on. The men folks worked at any work they could get and one of my sisters worked away from home, too. We did not suffer for food as some of the earlier immigrants did - my father-in-law crossed in 1845 and they too wintered on Suvies Island and he said he would go and work a week for a bushel of wheat, pack it home on his back and his wife would make wheat hominy of it, and that and meat was all they had to eat- The Hudson Bay Company told him he could kill enough hogs to supply them with meat, as they had hogs on the island that was fenced by water. We were not so hard run for eatables as in seven years there was much more raised.

In the spring of 1853 we moved on a place on the Columbia River about three miles above Rainier. My second sister was married that April and my older sister and cousin went to Astoria to work. Then Father got to feeling so bad; he heard of a cousin in Polk County so he went up there for six weeks; when he came home he looked so well and felt so well, they ·concluded to move up there and they did.

We went on a boat to Portland; at that time Portland was a small place. There was a general stort: there and they went in to buy some things they needed. I seen some little tin cups; I wanted one. And the children were not raised as now, I was timid but Father told me he would give me the money if I would buy it. It was a trial for me but I so wanted it so I bought

· it. That is about seventy-four years ago. Now children never seems timid in anything - seem to think they know it all. I suppose as times change people changes too and children change, hut I am old-fashioned enough to

~ think the old way was much the best way to raise children instead of letting them grow up like weeds without any controls over them; I think many go to the bad for the lack of making them see right from wrong.

At the time we were in Portland in 1853, on the cast side of the river was vacant land but was heavy timber. The man that moved us to Polk Co., Mr. Stephens I think, wanted Father to take a donation claim there hut the prairie country had the lure for him - so we went to Polk Co. where I growed to womanhood. We had not been there long till one night in the_ summer Mother thought she heard a woman scream and she answered it. My cousin had come home and he got a fire chunk and waved it around so if any one was lost they could see it, hut no one came. So in a day or two one of the neighbors killed a p~nthcr over on the Lacriolc Creek so we all judged it was it that was screaming, as they scream like a woman.

Not long after that Father found a piece of land and we moved on it and it was not long until he took sick again. My sister lost her husband and . come home. She was in delicate health at the time. We had used up a~out all our means then so were hard run for a living - four of us small children and my sisfcr wHh n young infant. If did look hluc and fhere were no rich people to hire work done. So finally my widowed sister went to Salem to work for three and a half dollars a week at a hotel and took her baby wi~h her, too. Poor sister, it was an awful hard task but she was a brave woman and did not shirk her task although I realize how awful hard it was for her but did not at the time as I was too small, but she was my choice then. My sister worked in Salem until June. When my Father died she came home and stayed some weeks, it was a sad time in a new country and provisions scarce and no money, small children. My cousin came home before Father died but went to southern Oregon and went soldiering soon after. My sister weaned her little babe as she could not give it proper care with her work and left it with Mother. Of course, we all loved the little one as our own; it sure did seem one of us, it sure had all our love and care. My younger sister went there to work too but was too young to stand the hard work and had to come home. My sister worked hard and helped Mother but Mother took care of the little one for her, too---and of course I would cry every time she came home and had to go away again. It seemed it would just break my heart hut it didn't; guess it was made of ~cl material for it has had many hardships and troubles since. (Jg-I:>

During the next few months one day Mother seen one of the neighbor · women coming carrying her babe in arms-no perambulators them days--and two or three small children with her; so Mother went to meet her. She was crying.. Mother said, "Why, Mrs. Dice, what in the world is the matter?" "Oh, Mrs. Clawson, the Indians are broke out in southern Oregon and are comeing down the Valley and are going to murder everybody and I was alone and come over to die with you." "Oh," Mother said, "I can whip them all with a tallow candle." And cheered her up but it scared many people. The Indians was on the war path in Southern Oregon and killed some settlers and there was a call for volunteers to help the regular soldiers to fight them. There were some battles, and some men were killed, but the Indians were finally subdued and were put on reservations on the Siletz and Grand Ronde near the Pacific coast. So the even tenor of civil life went on with many privations and hard work.

It was hard for my mother to make all ends meet. She worked a few days away from home at times. Finally there was an orphan young man

~ without a home, and mother told him he could come to her house if he would help as one of the family. His name was Robert Elwell. He came and did many hard days work, he shared as one of the family and helped as all did that was growing up and able to work. My brothers worked when quite small. It was in 1855 that the Cayuse Indians caused war again in the Walla Walla Valley. There was another call in the Willamette Valley for volunteers. Quite a number went from our county but I was too small to remember names of only two that I know-one was Rogers the other Mcconnel. They had several battles with them, quite a few of our boys were killed. They had many skirmishes and battles before the Indians were ready to come to a treaty but they finally did. We think the Indians were terrible mean, and they were very barbarous but there was their side of things, too. They made their living by hunting and fishing, and they

' saw the whites were surely going to starve them if they let them alone. They knew nothing of tilling the ground to make their living. They_ were here when Columbus came and according what has been discovered this summer 1926 near Spokane Washington the Norsemen were here in 1010, and there were Indians here then and they had a battle with them then, so poor Lov (Loo???) had many hard times to hold their country but has had to give in to the white mans way of living.

We got our mail at Eola, Polk County. Mother was lonesome at times after Father died. One time she thought there ought to be a letter there from the eastern states. She wanted to go and see. It was four miles to walk, so my sister said she would go and take me with her, as she did not want to go alone. We went. She would stop in some shady place for me to rest. It was some walk for one of my size ---eight miles and got no letter at all. AT that time it took six months to send and get returns from Indiana where her folks lived. It hardly seems in these times of fast travel and Air mail that in my lifetime things could be changed so but there must be some old Pioneers that can verify what I say. It was near that time that Robert went up to Independence and heard the men talking about tlte telegraph i

wire sending messages over the wire. He told Mother ; she could hardly · believe. it. ·she was sitting sewing with a needle; she said, "Well, I wonder if they won't invent sewing machines next!" There was sewing machines then but we had not heard of them, no railroads then here.

It was some time about 1855 that my younger sister and Elwell were married. They still lived at Mothers and worked just as before. He had a horse and wanted to trade the oxen for another horse, so they would have a horse team. It was alright with mother so the trade was made. He took fine care of them; they were strawberry roans and fat, nicely matched. He was up at Independence one day and a man seen them and wanted them. He asked three hundred dollars for them. The sale was all made - he would deliver them as soon as he delivered some salt for a man. He threw some plank on the running gears of the wagon, hauled the salt down, and started back to deliver the team. They, him and a man that was with him, were sitting on one plank and the other, being loose, jolted forward and struck one of the horses and they ran away. By some means they came loose from the wagon and he hung on the lines for about a hundred yards, when was broken loose. They ran into a creek that was deep, washed under a large drift that was there and were drowned and he was nearly drowned trying to get them out. He came home wet all over and cryi~.: It

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takes some gri~f to make a young man cry. Mother said, "Bob what in th·. Id . h ?" H h · · ' ~ e wor 1s t e matter. e told er; she reabzed It all as much as he did ·"

~n a ~omparatively new place --- family to provide for and no team of ~ny kind; 1t must have looked blue to them, but Mother tried to be cheerful and said, "Not so much loss but some gain-we have the oat stack left that you would have to have fed them." So her chickens run to the oats and she said h~r chicken_s never done better. She sold the eggs and kept us in groceries that wmter; you may know we did not get eggs to eat that winter. It was a hard slam on us, but the neighbors were kind and made up enough money and gave mother to buy a mare and Bob got another horse to work with, I don't really know how, but think he made rails for it. So between them they had a team but not near so good as the one they Jost but all has to go with Pioneer hardships. '

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My Sister's Second Marriage

I think it was in March 1857 that sister Catherine was married to Benjamin Stanton. Of course we all hated to part with her and he~ little one as it had been with us since she was four months old. It was hard to. pa~t with her. We were all taught to be kind to each other; I wish it were more so now. So it was hard for all of us to give up the little one, but her step~ather was kind to her and she loved him as her own. <Jf-1t>

It was not long until a little stranger come to live with my other sister, Mrs. Elwell. She was christened Elizabeth Electa. She was a little mite but we all loved her, too. Both those little ones are living yet and are old ladies now - grandmothers, and one great grandmother. They too you might say are pioneers as one come to Washington in 1862 and the other to eastern Oregon in 1864, so they are both pioneers of this country. The people now do not begin to realize what the early settlers went through with - they · want. anything, it is get it, if their credit is good enough, if it is never paid

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My Mother's Second Marriage

In 1857 in the fall Mother got married again to a Mr. Henry Hawkins. It broke me all up. I felt as if I was losing my mother. It seemed I could not stand it but had to, but my instinct was right for they did not live a happy life, but it all goes in Pioneer life. There was always plenty of work; by this time my brothers were grown up in their teens. They tried to run both places, mothers and my step-dads. He was getting old, we thought he was sixty-two. He was raised in Kentucky and his father owned slaves, so I guess he never worked very hard. My brothers fenced most of both places with rail fences. It surely was a lot of work. There was no such thing as wire fencing then or for many years after. My brothers went to school of winter time but in spring would quit and go to work, but I went on till school was out. We did not ever have over six months school, often only thre~ months in the year, but we were thankful to get that, for at that time there were many that were illiterate and they knew what a drawback it was to anyone.

The Big Flood

In ·December 1861 we had the biggest flood that had been known in Oregon at that tiDJe. It had rained every day or night for many weeks. The Willamette River began to rise and kept coming up. We lived two miles . from the river but there was a creek about a quarter mile of our house and .

~ ··w~ ha_d a canoe there and we would keep the canoe where we could reach : ·it/:We had cattle and hogs that ranged between the creek and the river; it was almost an island and was called the Island. One morning brother Milt

~--~ent to look after the canoe; he could not get within two hundred yards of ?t;' he tried with a horse but· could not get near it, so they made a raft and :G;, //

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went on that, run it by poling it to the canoe and brought it to land; from the farthe_r side of the river to where we were near our house it was :then two and a half miles wide. What a volume of water! Mother said if it kept on rising it would be in our house before morning, but my stepdad said no, be had lived there fifteen years and it never had. So Milt brought .the canoe up close to the house as he could and tied it and we all went to· J:,ed. In the morning, Dad heard ·an unusual noise, jumped, went out on the ·. porch-it was the water pouring in the well. He called us all; we jumped out in a hurry. The water was all around us and we had to hurry out of there. My brothers went around a gulch that was between the house and the barn and hooked up the horses and drove as close as the fences would let them. By that time we had gathered clothing and bedding to take out. They carried it to the wagon and water was about knee deep then and they brought the canoe and we got in it and they shoved it to the wagon. The water was all over the floor by this time, still coming up. We went out to my sisters, Elwells. In the rush there was one bundle left on the straw bed and it had the papers for their land in it. So brother David and Elwell go~ on horses and rode in to get them Rode to the porch and got off on it ... The said the water just struck them at the tops of their pockets. The straw bed floated and the things on top were not wet. So we were quite fortunate. We lost some hogs, but it happened the cattle were on the west side, only my sister's cow was on the Island - she was lost. There was many houses

. washed away and some with familys in them. There was one washed away about two miles from us. q 1 .2-

The Mines

In the· summer of sixty-one there were gold mines discovered in eastern Oregon and Idaho and in sixty-two there was a big rush for the mines. They most all went with good outfits but come back broke. My three brother-in-laws and oldest brother all went. Brother Milt started but come back so he was there to help harvest the grain; men were so scarce I and sister went to help, but could not stand it. My youngest sister was with us that summer and two children. She was sister true. That fall her husband ·Elwell sent for them to come to Washington to live, so she never came back to the Willamette Valley any more. I missed her so much for we always had lived close together. One time I had went home with her and then went from there to school in the morning. There had been a big dew; I started to school, I had the prettiest sight I ever have seen and now I am an

··•:old woman. It stands out ahead of any beautiful sights I have ever seen. I --~had went about a quarter mile down the road, then had to branch off .}.t~rough the prairie on a trail to the school house. The grass was fairly high .\and all kinds of flowers-every colour you could think of -- wa$ bloo~ing \t~ere __ and on every tip of grass and flower petal was a diamond dewdrop /Shining like diamonds on every tip. It was the most wonderful sight I eve·r •i;~~ve seen. I cannot begin to describe it to you. I had to stop .jn wonder to ~_\,aJJmire it. It is in my mind's eye now, sixty-five years after. ~ ,</.

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'./'f )ied in Uiie cit~-~h~rch 8, Hobert 1,:1-well, agecl GS venre an<l a daye..' For eome time past Mr. Elwell hne been eurrering from rheumatic raver, from· which he couhl got no relief. Ho \\'ara a reei• donl of this county for many yenre nod at one limo had coneitlerablo property hnt met \\ ilh revoraca tlurlng the harll timea which flovcrely crippled him finnn• cially. Ilia remain& wern liuried yes erday in U.10 Newl11.n1I cern~~~!Y• ·

. g,,w,-:1.1.-At. her ht-mo on Eckler Moun• ! lain, 8n111ln,• 1 An~nst 11. l8!1a, l\lre.

I.udndn Elwell, wire or Uul,t. mwcll, ngt•1I f>5 ~ears. Tho funnnl occ·nretl on .i\lm11J11v after•

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MRS. MESSINGER, AGED PIONEER, PASSES AWAY

Funeral services for Mrs. John Messinger who died at the family homa Saturday evening were held at the Dayton cemetery Tuesday af-

. ternoon with the Rev. W. C. Gilmore ! of the Congregational chui·ch in • charge. The reading of the Twenty! third Psalm by the officiating clergy-

I man, and the singing of "Going Down the Valley," by the Rev. and

. Mrs. N. E. Franklin of the Naza-1 rene church were very impressive

in the beatiful springtime setting I of green fields and flowering trees, 1 and were especially suited to one

who had always lived close to na~ure and loved the open country.

Elizabeth Elwell was born in Linn county, Oregon, April 2, 1857, and at the age of 22 she was married to John Messinger .. They came to this country about 50 years ago and for many years farmed on the Whetstone. Later they became interested 1n farm land on the mountain and wherever they lived they are remembered as the kindest and best of neighbors. For the last 23 years the Messingers had maintained a home in town where they lived part of each year at least. Mr. Messinger died a few years ago and Mrs. Messinger 'is survived by three children Mrs. Minnie Divine of Olympia, and Byron and Buz Messinger of this city.

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lt;l~u- A. Sudden 'oeat11. • · · · · · esday night at 10:30 Ma.son D. Ellwen '. died · sudd.enly at the honie of his· parents Mr.· and· Mrs~ George Elwell, in then .west,rn :part of th~ city, of he.art .fat1~r~e had 'been ve·ry· Ill

• ~· "-W.v;ct .. , from typhoid fever but was apparent-ly, on· the sure road.to recovery and rapidly gaining . strength •. He was sit-

. ting in·. a chair and asked for a glass •·1•l ' , • . .'

of' mlllt. He had just finished drlnldng ~t ~he~ ,.he gave a sUght gasp and fell. tQ the floor dead. He was•aged 20 years· three· nionths and. seven days. The fu• nera.l .. toqk . pla<r3 'Friday, Feb. 12th, at 1 P,. rri;, from 'the:. family residence, Rev~ E •. J; Sllmp~ offlclatlng. .

i }~ /1/tJ- ., . · Deatll of George. Ehvell.

George Elwell, who bad long_ been a sufferer from cancer, died. at bis home In· this city Monday morning. at ten o'clock. The funeral will · be . held I f_rom the family residence this afteri noon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. · J, Elllott Sllmp · of the Christian Chur~h bfficlatlng.

George Elwell was born ln Wallowa County, Oregon, ,66 '"years ago, , and when three years old came .,to ~s country with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elwell. · He ·spent· the greater part of his llf e in far~lng~ and·1at different times ran ranches in Asotin, Garfield and this county. . He made bis home at one time Jn John~ eon Hollow, but for the past ten y~ars bad been a i-esldent"of Dayµ>n. In 1886 he married Miss Ruth })lllon · of Asotin, who survives him. A silte~r, Mrs. John Messinger of this city, aµd a brother, Roy Elwell,_ of Hooper, be-sides four cblld.ren, Mrs. Berry .Jam . . es,_ Marvin, Mildred and Mat~e live

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If~ /9~ 9 KARL ALLAN ELWELL

Karl Elwell, youngest son of Coun-tv superintendent Marvin· imwell and Mrs. Elwell, died Thursday afternoon of a heart ailment_ caused fl:om an illness last fall, which at the time had seemed not serious. ·

Funeral services were helcf from the Christian church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. Frank van Doren ortlciatlng.

, Karl Allan Elwell was born in ' Walla Walla August 26, 1926, and

came here ten years ago with his pe.rents. He atteqded school in Dayton· and was bright and promising , and welf liked· ll.v ali who knew him .. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

I Marvin Elwell, he leaves two broth-i ers. Marvin· and. Lynn ton, a.~d a. sis;. I ter, Neysa Elwell, all of Dayton.

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R1.1.w1-:1.1.-Nenr l'ine Grove, O.:t. 3, 18DG, i\·I 1u k, 1:1011 of 1\1 r. and Mrs. Geo. J.:llwt:>11, a)!ed 8 yenrR, 7 monthR and 25 1lu.ys. Fnneral was condncted by Rev. I. H. Wilson.

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Mrs. Mildred Fox Funeral Sept. 4

Graveside funeral service for Mrs. Mildred R. Fox, 78, former Dayton resident, was held September 4 at Park Hill Cemetery in Vancouver where she passed away September 4.

Mrs. Fox, a daughter of early resident of Dayton, George C. and Ruth A. Elwell, attended grade and high school in D~yton. She left the community about 1920 to make her home in California where she lived for many years. The family moved to Vancouver several years ago to make their home.

Immediate family members are her hush.and, E. A. Fox; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Wayno; two grandsons, David and Steven Wayno, all of Vancouver;. a sister, Mrs. H. J. Cochran of Dayton; and several nieces and nephews.

Mattie Cochran

.: · Funeral services for Mattie M. Cochran, 81, will be held·this Friday, at ~1 a.m .• at the First Christian Church in Dayton. The Rev. Linnton Elwell · will officiate.

Cochran was born June 23, 1899 in Dayton to George and Ruth Elwell. She died Monday, August 25, in Silverton Oregon.. ·

She WJiS raised and educated in Dayton and married Herman Cochran in D~cember 1924 in Pomeroy.

She taught school and was librarian for many years in Columbia County. She was a life-resident of Datyon until three weeks ago when she inoved to Silverton. . _

She is survived by one son, Jem, of · Silverton; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren~ . · Internment will be at the family plot

in Dayton City Cemetery.

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Elwell Held

Graveside funeral service for Marvin G. Elwell, 75, of Vancouver, former Dayton postmaster and Columbia county superintendent of schools, was held Tuesday morning, February 2, at Dayton City Cemetery.

Mr. Elwell passed away Friday, January 29, after a brief illness. Funeral rites were conducted in Vancouver Monday morning, February 1.

He moved from Dayton to Vancouver about 17 years ago. HE: and his wife operated a neighborhood grocery store in Vancouver. Mr. Elwe·u was born near Pomeroy and taught in rural and Dayton schools.

He was the son of George C. and Ruth Elwell, early settlers

t:: in the community. Family members include his

wife, the former Cora Huston of Dayton; a daughter, Mrs. Ken (Neysa) Hickok of Salem, Oregon; two sons, the Rev. Lynnton Elwell of. Monmouth, Oregon, and Marvm G. Elwell Jr. of Spokane; two sisters, Mrs. Herman Cochran of Dayton and Mrs. E. A. Fox of Vancouver and nine grandchildren. '

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Elwell dies at 60 Marvin George Elwell, Jr., formerly

of Dayton died July 11 at his home in Spokane. He was 60 years old.

Elwell was born Feb. 17, 1919 in Dayton to Marvin and Cora Huston Elwell. He graduated from Dayton High School and eventually moved to Spokane.

He was a ·member of Manito Lodge No. 246 F&AM, Scottish Rite bodies and was a veteran of World War Two.

Sur.vivors include his wife, Christine; two sons, Niel of Spokane and Lee, with the U.S. Army in Berlin, Germany; a brother, the Rev. Lynnton Elwell of Anacotes, Wash.; a sister, Neysa Hickok of Salem, Ore. and his mother.

Funeral services were held Monday at the First Christian Church in Dayton with the Rev. Lynn ton Elwell officiating. Burial was in the family plot at the Pexlo2 Ci1x Qemetery.

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Cora M. Elwell Dayton native Cora M. Elwell died

in Salem, Oregon on Friday, June 7, 1985. She was 90. Mrs. Elwell was born in Dayton on

March 15. 1895. She lived in Dayton until 1947, and from 1947 to 1982 lived in Vancouver. Washington. For the past year and a half, she lived in Turner. Oregon.

Mrs. Elwell was a member of the Turner Christian Church. Graveside services .. will be held on Monday, June 24 at the Dayton City Cemetery. Rev. Lynnton H. Elwell

officiating. Mrs. Elwell was preceded in death

by her husband Marvin G. Elwell. and by two sons, Karl and Marvin Jr. Survivors include her sister. Leona

Dodge of Vancouver, her brother, P. Houston, Of Visalia, California, her daughter. Neysa Hickok of Salem, Oregon, her son, Rev. Lynnton, H. Elwell of Roseburg, Oregon, 13 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. ----

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