Mount Union Stories: Joseph H. Benton (1839-1913)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Joseph H. Benton, a 74-year-old man who appeared to have lived in Oregon only the last few years of his life.
Mount Union Stories: John W. Lenger (1845-1914)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about John W. Lenger, who was born in Germany and died at his Corvallis home in the summer of 1914.
Mount Union Stories: Leah M. Crail (1845-1915)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Leah Crail, a well-known Philomath woman who died in 1915 from heart failure.
Mount Union Stories: Elizabeth Jane Wood (1850-1916)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Elizabeth Jane Wood, who lived in Benton County most of her life after arriving with her family as a child in the 1850s. In her obituary, she was called a distant relative…
Mount Union Stories: Justina Newton (1838-1917)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Justina Newton, who was among the pioneers of that family who lived in the Philomath vicinity. The wife of Norris P. Newton, she was the mother of nine children.
Mount Union Stories: Elizabeth Scarborough Buoy (1845-1918)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Elizabeth Scarborough Buoy, a 25-year resident of Philomath who died at age 72 in 1918.
Mount Union Stories: William O. Bergholz (1882-1919)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about William Bergholz, who came to Oregon from Ohio with his family as a 9- or 10-year-old boy. A bookkeeper by occupation, he died at age 36.
Mount Union Stories: Charles Hofmier (1858-1920)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Charles Hofmier, a local resident who according to his obituary was well known in Philomath and the Alsea valley. He died at age 61 in February 1920.
Mount Union Stories: Melissie Henkle (1851-1921)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Melissie Henkle, the daughter of a pioneer family who was born in Oregon Territory in 1851.
Mount Union Stories: Elnora Hardell (1909-1922), Martin Hardell (1915-1922), Elmer Hardell (1916-1922), Hannah Hardell (1920-1922) and Harold Hardell (1920-1922)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read a tragic series of stories about five children from the same family who died less than a month apart in January and February 1922 from scarlet fever.
Mount Union Stories: Frank Wyatt (1861-1923)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Frank Wyatt, who died at age 61 after suffering a stroke a few hours earlier while working with a threshing crew on his farm north of Philomath.
Mount Union Stories: Ella Kilpatrick (1865-1924)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Ella Kilpatrick, who died in 1924 at age 59 about a year after her mother had died in the same Philomath home.
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