June 28, 2007

Remember to begin reading this transcript from the bottom to the top!

FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:58:40 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Well, it looks like it is about time.  See you all next week.  Have a happy 4th!!


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:58:18 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Looks like it's about time to say goodnight for this week. Kind of late for anyone else to stop by
so I think we might as well call it quits for this week. It's been fun, hope we have a good question
for next week! I'll grab the transcript now and get it posted. Goodnight all! Thanks for all the
help. 


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:58:07 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Must be time to go!
Gnight all!


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:58:00 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
You have to wonder about some people.  


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:56:25 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hope they are far away for the 4th!


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:55:24 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
We had other vandals working here, too but nothing too serious for awhile. Most of our cars are
in garages so we don't have too much damage with them lately. We have had windows broken in
cars in the past though. 


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:54:13 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Sorry, I don't remember now Nancy. Perhaps it's in our last transcript. 


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:53:51 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
It's too bad about the vandals tho.
Hope they don't come back.


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:52:51 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Did Charles say he would be out of town tonight?


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:52:47 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
You would have laughed at the sign at the entrance to our condo complex this week. Some
vandals took a spray can of black paint and reworded the sign by deleting the W and changing the
L to I in the word Whipple. We became the Hippie Creek Condos for a few hours. 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:48:01 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Goodnight Jim.  Have a safe 4th


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:47:49 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Gnight Jim!
  


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:47:12 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I'm going to sign-off for tonight.  Enjoy the 4th of July (my grandmother's birthday).  See you
next week.


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:45:36 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Grant Wills was Kay Cooke's greatgrandfather, son of Jonathan Wills.


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:43:35 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Lots of interesting Bozarth stories, too


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:42:57 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
That's a great story Jerry. The name Grant Wills rings a bell with me for some reason. No wonder
the lake at St. Helens was named Spirit Lake! 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:41:01 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
That is from this website:
 http://www.lewisriver.com/jcard3.html 


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:39:50 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jerry,
 Good story!


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:35:50 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
After camping overnight and nearly freezing in our crib bunks, we started up the mountain. Archie
and I carried our shoes. We hadn't used them yet as we preferred going barefoot, but when we
came to the lava beds we put them on. It was a beautiful morning, clear blue sky, and flowers in
patches dotted the hill side even above timber line. Whistlers, sometimes called groundhogs or
gophers, were thick, sitting on their haunches, whistling their alarm at our intrusion. The top of
the mountain looked only a little distance away but after an hours hike it didn't seem any closer.
But we gained on it and after three hours reached the top. It was early afternoon, and the sun was
shining and little pools of melted snow stood around. After quenching our thirst and resting we
went over to the anchored copper register box, opened the lid, took out the register and signed.
There are two peaks about 100 yards apart. We walked over to the other peak where we had a
good view of Spirit Lake. I remember there was a white rim around the lake, giving a strange
appearance. The Indians would not go to the lake, "hiu cultus ilihee (much bad country)." They
thought spirits were there somewhere. History tells us that smoke was seen coming out of the
mountain by the early settlers so no wonder the Indians gave the mountain and the lake where the
spirits probably lived a wide berth. 

We made it back to camp in quick time, sliding down the snow fields with a long stick as a brake.
One man went ahead to watch for crevasses in the snow that couldn't be seen until one was
almost on them, and the rest of us followed at a safe distance. We had been cautioned about these
crevasses. Webster Kenyon, a cousin, had fallen into one a year or two before and had to be
rescued by letting a man down head first, held by a couple of others above holding his feet. The
suspended man grasped Webster under the arms and pulled him out. Archie and I came on home
with another outfit after staying over night at Butte Camp, and the three men went around the
north side of the mountain to Spirit Lake. There was no road or real trail in there then. The men
blazed trees along the way to guide them on their return. 

Two or three years later, Milo Allen, Clark Wright and I made the descent with two couples from
Kalama or Kelso. The boys were Kirby and Metcalf and one of the girls was a sister of one of the
boys--Kirby, I think. The poor girls got sick about three fourths of the way up and wanted to turn
back but the boys urged them on and fastened tow ropes around their waists and we helped pull
them to the top where we signed the register. The girls got over their sickness and we made a
hilarious descent sliding over the snow fields. 

I vowed, though, that I never wanted to climb another snow peak and have kept that vow except
for some glacier and mountain climbing in Alaska many years later at the head of Portland Canal. 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:35:49 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
A TRIP TO MT. ST. HELENS IN 1895 
by Curtis Gardner 

Sixty years ago this summer (1955), my father, Grant Wills (Earl and Joey Will's father), my
brother, Archie, and I rolled our blankets and camp outfit including rifle and fishing tackle, and
headed up river overland to Mt. St. Helens via Trout Lake. To Archie and me, 13 and 12 year old
barefoot boys, this was a big adventure. One of Grant's hobbies was trout fishing and he wanted
to try his luck on Trout Lake, so named because of its abundance of trout. (The lake is now called
Merrill Lake.) My father and Grant were both interested in prospecting for gold and after climbing
the mountain they wanted to go on around into the Spirit Lake country. 

We loaded our outfit into our skiff at our landing at Hayes and rowed and polled up river past
Indian Louis' and Jim Forges' and through Shirt Tail Canyon, now Ariel Dam, to the Homer Strait
place where we stayed over night. We secured the services of Alvin Strait as guide and his ox as
pack animal and started over land the next morning for Trout Lake, our next stop that night. We
had a little trouble with our ox. He evidently didn't like being made a pack animal and, after a
couple hours of docilely following up the trail, struck out in a trot through the timber scraping off
his pack as he went. But we caught him and reloaded the pack and led him on a leash the rest of
the way without further incident. We arrived at the Cooney place, near present Cougar, about two
o'clock P.M. where we rested. It was a hot afternoon and the grasshoppers were thick. Father and
Grant wanted grasshoppers for bait so Archie and I were delegated to catch a can full. This we
did and then we all headed over the hill on a side trail to the lake some six miles away. When we
came in sight of the lake, Grant said "Where are the grasshoppers?" Then we kids looked sheepish
and admitted that we had left them at Cooney's--forgot to pick up the can. Father didn't scold and
of course Grant couldn't--we weren't his kids, but I remember the remark he made then and many
times after about "Papa's little canary birds." We skirted the right shore of the lake and the ox got
stuck in the mud so deep that he couldn't get out and we had to unpack him. Then by pulling and
pushing and yelling we got him on firm ground and sent him back home. We shouldered the packs
and went a little farther where we came to a well-kept deserted camp. Earl Allen says that it was
the camp of Jim McBride and Berrick Guild. Here we stayed over night. I expect Grant did some
fishing. I don't know what he used for bait and I don't remember with what results. But the next
morning we struck out for Butte Camp, twelve miles away at the foot of St. Helens. I remember
the best pork and beans I ever ate was at lunch time on that day's trip. We arrived at Butte Camp
before sun down and found a beautiful camp site was well named. Flowers were in bloom and a
crystal clear stream flowed nearby. The "Mazamas", a mountain climbing organization, had been
formed in Portland a year or two before and they had camped here before we came and had left
things neat and clean. This camp was also the headquarters for troops from Vancouver Barracks
who would come there on their annual outing and practice target shooting. I remember each
summer two or three wagon loads of soldiers and camp equipment, each pulled by three teams of
big black sleek, well groomed mules, would drive through our place at Hayes to ford the river at
Salmon Riffle. The wagon road petered out above the Strait place; so I suppose they resorted to
pack mules and men to carry the outfit on up to Butte Camp. 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:31:48 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
 The first official division of the county into Road Districts was made july 6, 1852, 
when seven were formed; and on the same date six School Districts were organized. 
 The first Grand Jury officially convened in Clarke county was on September 7, 1852, 
and those summoned were John S. Bozorth, Owen W. Bozorth, William Hendrickson, 
Leonard Harris, William Green, S. Curtis, Henry Van Allman, James A. Graham, 
Henry, Gullifer, Kinsey Caples, J. H. Bush, I. C. Landers, M. Hamilton, Norman, D. 
P dmer, Samuel La Porte, Joseph Gibbons, Jacob Schroeder, Lewis Leiser, William 
M. Simmons, S. W. Fisher, Thomas J. Fletcher, William Ryan, A Lee Lewis. The 
Petit Jurors were, S. Strong, George Batey, J. C. Allman, I. E. Bell, Joseph :Petrain, 
  



FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:29:51 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I have tried to rename it.  After opening the software and creating a new database, I tried to
import the file.  The software can't open it.  It indicates that there are multiple errors.


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:27:58 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Little Bozorth tidbit:

On Jan. 19, 1885, William Ryan was granted a franchise to establish a ferry in the same area. In
1851, on December 2nd, a license was "granted" to William Goodwin to establish a ferry from the
head of Lady Island to above the mouth of the Washougal River. Other licenses granted in that
period were to David C. Parker on June 10, 1854, for the same area; James Carty, on Lake River
slough and O.W. Bozorth on the Cathlapoodle - present Lewis River - on March 7, 1855. 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:23:55 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
The other thing you might do is open it with WordPad.  It may all just be unintelligible, but there
may be some readable text in the first few lines that tell the name of the program that made it and
perhaps other pertinent information.


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:21:29 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jim - try importing it into your genelaogy software rather than just opening it.  I see that The
Master Genealogist, which I use does import a TFW file.


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:20:07 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jim - can you open that file with WordPerfect? If so, then you can save it to a text file and give it
the cole.ged name. 


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:19:06 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I checked out the cemetery records for Ridgefield, Pioneer and the Catholic cemetery near
Ridgefield and there are no Wills there.


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:18:01 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Can you rename it to cole.ged and see if it will open that way? 


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:16:53 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
If I rename the file to cole.ftw, then what software do I use to open it?  Family Tree Maker which
I don't have?


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:16:22 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
1910 United States Federal Census 
about Grant Wills 
Name: Grant Wills 
Age in 1910: 44 
Estimated birth year: abt 1866 
Birthplace: Oregon 
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Father's Birth Place: Indiana  
Mother's Birth Place: Oregon  
Spouse's name: Viola 
Home in 1910: Cathlapoodle, Clark, Washington 
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White 
Gender: Male  
Neighbors: View others on page  
Household Members: Name Age 
Grant Wills 44  
Viola Wills 35  
Joseph Wills 12  
Jessie Wills 13  
Esther Wills 8  
Anette Wills 6  
Ida Wills 4  
Joseph Wright 79  
 
 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:15:12 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Washington Births, 1907-1919 
about Earle Wills 
Name: Earle Wills 
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1912 
LOCATION: Clark  
Sex: Male  
Race: White  
Father's name: Grant A Wills  
Mother's name: Viola Wright  
Image Filename: 5882  
 


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:14:31 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Cathlapoodle is the Ridgefield area, I think - I'll check out that cemetery. 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:13:08 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Grant Wills - 1910 Clark County (Federal) Census Record (Page Number 46B, Line Number 71) 
 
Last Name: Wills 
First Name: Grant 
Age: 41 
Birthplace: Oregon 
County: Clarke 
Precinct: Cathlapoodle 
Enumeration District: 54 
Page Number: 46B 
Line Number: 71 
 


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:11:23 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jim,
 Try just cole.ftw as file name.


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:09:05 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I have a new problem that maybe someone knows the answer to.  I have received a file from a
cousin labeled "Cole, New.ged.FTW".  I have renamed the file by dropping off the FTW. 
However, neither my PAF software nor a GEDCOM viewer can open the file.

The sender of the file states: "The GEDCOM was developed in a slightly diffferent manner this
time, but I am not able to remove the FWT from the data.  The computer does tell me the file may
be opened by Family Tree Maker Executible or by Internet Explorer.  The experience this time is
like my previous experiences for the past year or more: the GEDCOM is created by PAF 4 (my
primary data file), but it becomes FWT for some mysterious reason."

Any ideas how I can open this file?  


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:07:43 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
2020 Mountain View Dr
Auburn
King County
Washington  USA
Postal Code: 98001
Phone: (253) 931-3028
 • View all interments (763)

 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=76704&CScnty=2969 

FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:05:30 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Pat,
 I think alot of volunteers are
using Findagrave.com website now for posting
all the readings, and some photos,
obits, etc.
I'm finding more info there all the time.


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:03:04 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I was hoping more genealogy societies would use our example and begin putting the cemeteries
online. It's a lot of work but very rewarding for everyone. We have so many volunteers working
on this project but there's a lot more work to be done. 


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:01:29 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I've been revamping the various cemetery pages by putting the pictures in separate pages by the
first letter of the surname. I will be doing Brush Prairie next. It's time-consuming but I think pretty
important. 

Another scout wants to use a cemetery as an Eagle Scout project. I've suggested the Chelatchie
Cemetery and hope he will do that one. I can get updated records for him to work with. 


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:00:33 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Maybe some more WILLS are buried in
Woodland?


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 3:00:17 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
What I would like to see is more local genealogical societies place the local cemetery burials on
the Internet.  At times I have had problems finding out where some of these folks are buried. 
Marriage records are even worse!


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:57:55 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I still have 2 more sets of obituaries to incorporate into the various cemetery files for the
webpages.  The misc obit file will take some time to do.


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:55:38 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jim - lots of on-line resources for Texas now days.


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:53:45 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Gnight Judy!
 Let us know what's happening!


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:53:06 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
There are now believed to be about 2000 descendants of Squire and Milly Bozorth in the Pacific
Northwest.

The third child of Squire and Milly Bozorth, Mary Ann, who married Solomon Strong, bore by
Mr. Strong ten children, the second one being Mary Ellen, who was born in 1847. She married
Jonathan Wills. From this came a family of six children, the eldest of which was Grant Wills, who
made the Lewis River Valley his home most of his life. Grant married Viola P. Wright in 1897.
This lady is at this time a resident of Woodland, Mr. Wills having passed on in 1917.

Children of this union are Joe A. Wills, 1897, Jessie E. Wills, 1899, Esther V. Wills, 1902,
Annette M. Wills, 1903, and Ida M. Wills, 1906. Joe Wills married Anna Marsh in 1922, with five
children resulting all growing up in the Woodland area.

Another branch of the Bozorth family, members of which have made the Lewis River Valley their
home, is the line that came down from Elizabeth, the eldest child of Squire and Milly Bozorth.
Born in Kentucky, she became the wife of Gideon Millard in 1849. Elizabeth had outlived three
former husbands, Legg, Dart and Lance.
  http://lewisriver.com/pt2-page1.html 


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:51:02 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I was a little confused since I am researching the Cole family in Texas.


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:50:46 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
See you all next time...will be in Poulso next week....playing with more grandkids and quilt fabric. 
Happy 4th


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:50:21 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
No, I don't have anything to add to the Cooke inquiry about Jonathan Wills.


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:49:37 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jim - the query tonight was about Wills - trying to find out when and where Jonathan Wills died.
His wife remarried June 1876. He might have died in Washington or Oregon. 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:49:36 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Night Ron


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:49:34 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jerry, you are right on with Minton...evidently he moved back to Cass County, after Rose
dies...he remarries Mable and they have Gertrude....but where is Rose?  I contacted Antelope
county and they have no record of a death or burial for her....


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:49:21 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Good night Ron.


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:48:30 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
almost 10 here,,, early morning tomorrow.... thx for the visit,, nites


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:48:29 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I am sure that my son is happy that Oregon State won the College World Series of Baseball again
this year.


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:48:29 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jim,
 Pat posted a Cook query yesterday,
so we could look for that one.


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:47:16 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Was I looking for Cook information?


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:46:36 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Cass County Burials:

WOOD MINTON V  1869  1948 


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:46:23 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Judy, I assume he is fine as we haven't heard from him for a while.  He told a friend in the
Portland/Vancouver area that they only get the Internet on Tuesdays and Thursdays!!


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:45:05 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jerryt   that is the right Minton and Rosella.  In 1910 they are in Antelope County, NE


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:44:52 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
hey jim


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:44:08 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Name:     John H Wood
Home in 1920:  Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska
Age:      45 years 
Estimated birth year:    abt 1875
Birthplace:    Nebraska
Relation to Head of House:    Son
Father's name:      Martin V
Father's Birth Place:    Illinois
Mother's name:      Marcia M
Mother's Birth Place:    Illinois
Marital Status:     Single
Race:     White
Sex:      Male


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:43:19 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jim, how's son doing in Canada?  going to have that hiway done for the Olympics


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:42:47 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
1900 United States Federal Census 
about Minton Wood 
Name: Minton Wood 
Home in 1900: Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska 
Age: 30  
Estimated birth year: abt 1870  
Birthplace: Missouri  
Relationship to head-of-house: Head  
Spouse's name: Rosella 
Race: White  
Occupation: View image 
Neighbors: View others on page  
Household Members: Name Age 
Minton Wood 30  
Rosella Wood 25  
Frank Rabdau 22  
 
 


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:42:41 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Evening Jim


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:42:40 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hi Jim,
  Did you find any Cook info?


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:42:15 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hello Jim - nice to see you this evening. 


FROM: Jim on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:41:33 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Good evening to all.


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:40:55 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
1920
Name:     Marcia M Wood
Home in 1920:  Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska
Age:      76 years 
Estimated birth year:    abt 1844
Birthplace:    Illinois
Relation to Head of House:    Wife
Spouse's name:      Martin V
Father's Birth Place:    New York
Mother's Birth Place:    Massachusetts
Marital Status:     Married
Race:     White
Sex:      Female
Able to read:  Yes
Able to Write:      Yes
Image:    640
Neighbors:     View others on page
Household Members:  
Name      Age
Martin V Wood  81
Marcia M Wood  76
John H Wood    45
Myrtle M Wood  39
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska; Roll: T625_982; Page:
10A; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 640.


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:39:27 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Name:     Marcia M Wood
Home in 1900:  Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska
Age:      57
Estimated birth year:    abt 1843
Birthplace:    Illinois
Relationship to head-of-house:     Wife
Spouse's name:      Martin A
Race:     White
Occupation:    View image
Neighbors:     View others on page
Household Members:  
Name      Age
Martin A Wood  62
Marcia M Wood  57
Myrtle M Wood  20
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska; Roll: T623 918; Page:
11A; Enumeration District: 4.


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:36:42 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Oldest child:
Name:     C. Etta Wood
Home in 1880:  Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska
Age:      13
Estimated birth year:    abt 1867
Birthplace:    Illinois
Relation to head-of-household:     Daughter
Father's name:      M. V.
Father's birthplace:     Illinois
Mother's name:      Marcia
Mother's birthplace:     Illinois
Occupation:    At School
Marital Status:     Single
Race:     White
Gender:   Female


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:35:42 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
wife:
Name:     Marcia Wood
Home in 1880:  Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska
Age:      36
Estimated birth year:    abt 1844
Birthplace:    Illinois
Relation to head-of-household:     Wife
Spouse's name:      M. V.
Father's birthplace:     New York
Mother's birthplace:     Ohio
Occupation:    Keeping House
Marital Status:     Married
Race:     White
Gender:   Female


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:35:00 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
More about Minton in 1880
Name:     M. V. Wood
Home in 1880:  Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska
Age:      42
Estimated birth year:    abt 1838
Birthplace:    Illinois
Relation to head-of-household:     Self (Head)
Spouse's name:      Marcia
Father's birthplace:     New York
Mother's birthplace:     New York
Occupation:    Farmer
Marital Status:     Married
Race:     White
Gender:   Male


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:32:43 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Judy - I have George Washington House, my ggg grandfather. 


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:32:37 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Haven't seen any marriages,
 interesting MINTON names tho...

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
Birth, Marriage, & Death      
Name:     Charles Minton Wood
Birth:    Jun 1895 - West Bromwich, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
     

Match quality: 3 out of 5     England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
Birth, Marriage, & Death      
Name:     Leonard Minton Wood
Birth:    Dec 1900 - West Bromwich, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:32:32 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Or even where he died!


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:31:56 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Have noticed in the 1800's a lot of men carry a president's name is part of their own.    I have
William Henry Harrison Kellogg as an example  and Here is Martin Van Buren Wood


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:31:36 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Jerry - that posting shows that Mr. Wills apparently died prior to June 1876. Wish we could find
where he's buried! 


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:30:08 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
sorry, i still cannot connect to these WOOD,, and I thought I was related to all of them,, lol


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:29:52 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
nancy, bless you...that is my man...any marriages listed?


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:28:44 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
1880
Name:     Minton V. Wood
Home in 1880:  Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska
Age:      11
Estimated birth year:    abt 1869
Birthplace:    Missouri
Relation to head-of-household:     Son
Father's name:      M. V.
Father's birthplace:     Illinois
Mother's name:      Marcia
Mother's birthplace:     Illinois
Neighbors:     View others on page
Occupation:    At School
Marital Status:     Single
Race:     White
Gender:   Male
Household Members:  
Name      Age
M. V. Wood     42
Marcia Wood    36
C. Etta Wood   13
Minton V. Wood      11
John H. Wood   5
Grace Wood     3
Marcia Wood    3M

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska; Roll: T9_744; Family
History Film: 1254744; Page: 262.2000; Enumeration District: 270; Image: 0530.


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:25:31 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
FATHER:
# Name: Martin Van Buren Wood
# Sex: M
# Birth: 11 FEB 1838 in Will Co., Illinois
# Death: 14 MAR 1925 in Wabash, Cass Co., Nebraska
# Reference Number: 9291

Marriage 1 Marcia Maria McBride b: 2 APR 1843 in Marion, Ogle Co., Illinois

    * Married: 8 APR 1866 in Fillmore, Andrew Co., Missouri

Children

   1.  Clara Etta Wood b: 29 JUN 1867 in Ogle Co., Illinois
   2.  Minton Vincient Wood b: 11 SEP 1869 in Marysville, Missouri
   3.  John Hiram Wood b: 30 OCT 1874 in Bushberry, Cass Co., Nebraska
   4.  Grace Ella Wood b: 30 JAN 1877 in Creston,Ogle Co., Illinois
   5.  Myrtle Marcia Wood b: 2 APR 1880 in Bushberry, Cass Co., Nebraska


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:24:45 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
nancy,, still no match to my Wood family,, sorry


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:24:26 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Sounds like a busy time Judy


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:23:25 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
WorldConnect has:
# ID: I09293
# Name: Minton Vincient Wood
# Sex: M
# Birth: 11 SEP 1869 in Marysville, Missouri
# Death: 1 APR 1948
# Reference Number: 9293

Father: Martin Van Buren Wood b: 11 FEB 1838 in Will Co., Illinois
Mother: Marcia Maria McBride b: 2 APR 1843 in Marion, Ogle Co., Illinois
 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=janeedson&id=I09293 
by Jane Edson


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:22:54 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Mattson reunion in Centerville, Klickitat County, this coming weekend.  Brother packed up my
records to take along and share....I have grandsons and daughter and then off to Poulsbo for the
4th.


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:22:37 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I tried doing a search with FreeFind on the cemetery page for the name Wills but it comes up with
will all the time - for all the wills that were made by people! 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:22:16 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Here is an old posting for Jonathan Wills on genealogy.com:

Posted by: Willis R. Littke Date: January 04, 1999 at 20:05:42 
   of 1575  


Searching for information along the Wills family line. Jonathan Wills may have been born around
1845, he later married Mary Ellen Strong who was born 12/2/1847 Woodland Ore. Terr. Six
children Grant, Ida Rosella, George, Dean, William, and John. She later married Joseph Robinson
(6/26/1878). 


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:21:32 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
thx judy and pat


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:21:04 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
That is the only one that I know right now....


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:20:40 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I posted some pics of cemetery stones for people named Wood this past week. I can't remember
which cemetery - might have been Washougal, Camas or maybe Evergreen Memorial. You might
check them out Ron.


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:19:56 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
sorry, no Minton Wood,, any other names???


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:19:38 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Wow, Ron, I only have checked in Cass county, NE.   Minton Wood married Rosella (?) Gordon. 
Rose dies between 1910 and 1920 and Minton remarried a Mabel.  Will try to get obit for Minton
to learn more about him


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:19:13 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
my WOOD was in Gage Co. NE


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:17:26 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
No, Nancy.....I have never tried to match them up.....the Wood belongs to Jay's family....


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:17:19 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
prior in TN, then IL and IN


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:16:34 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
my WOOD was in NE also.. until about 1890,, no MA or NY tho


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:15:20 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Judy,
 Are those the same WOODS names
we found in MA and NY for the
Gregory marriages?


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:14:52 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
LOTs of Wood,, including my mother,,, mostly in Clark County


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:14:52 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
This Wood family was in NE


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:14:19 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
i have WOOD,, not WoodS


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:13:45 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
ron, doing some research for my sil and he has the name Minton wood in his family....you have
woods or wood?


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:13:12 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
weather says 90+ at home this week,, 


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:12:32 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
hey jerry, judy, pat and nancy...


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:12:24 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hi Ron!


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:12:14 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
85 here and as much humidity,, leaving for CA on Sunday,, at least it will be dry!!


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:11:56 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Howdy Ron


FROM: RonA on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:11:31 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
howdy again from AR,,,cool thunderstorms and rain,, maybe i turned wrong and wound up in
Vancouver???? lol


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:11:25 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Evening Ron....Jerry says its pretty warm in CO...how about in your part of CA


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:05:31 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Oops, I think my ELDER didn't have
19 children. - While I'm putting
the file away, I see why there are
more of the same names, some sort
of glitch in the Gedcom exchange,
I suppose:
 # Name: Issac Elder , Sr
# Sex: M
# Birth: 15 JAN 1739 in Windham, Cumberland, Maine
# Death: 15 JUL 1796 in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine

Marriage 1 Mary Hunnewell b: 5 MAR 1744 in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine

    * Married: 16 OCT 1761 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine

Children
   1.  Isaac Elder , Jr b: 9 FEB 1776 in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 2:03:38 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Judy - CO is hot right now.  Days have been in the upper 80s - low 90s.


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:59:54 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Case# 12275 
Name Random, E A 
Date 1856 
Record Type Tax roll 
County Clackamas 
Source Provisional and Territori 
Identifier  
Remarks Assessment roll 


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:59:03 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Case# 12275A 
Name Random, Elizabeth 
Date 1857 
Record Type Tax roll 
County Clackamas 
Source Provisional and Territori 
Identifier  
Remarks Assessment roll 


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:58:01 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Judy,
  I second that motion!
It's wonderful to find those
cemetery projects online, especially
ones that are so well done!


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:56:59 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Case# Bk 1 pg 103 
Name Wills, Jonathan & Random, Elizabeth A. 
Date 1859 
Record Type Marriage 
County Clackamas 
Source Genealogical 


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:56:12 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Have to tell you people that was helping a "cousin" work on genealogy in Clark County, referred
her to the cemetery pages...she was astounded at all the info...found her family members, plus
several more, the correct names, dates etc.   Kudos to CCGS members!!


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:54:52 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Nancy, sewing and genealogy are definitely on my "need" list.  Rates right with hubby's shop


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:53:39 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Evening Jerry...are you enjoying CO?


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:53:37 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hi Jerry,
  I didn't work on the Cook query
yet!  Glad Pat found something.


FROM: jerryt on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:53:25 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Good evening Ladies


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:53:17 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hello Jerry - glad you could be with us this evening, too. 


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:52:59 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Judy,
 Will you have a spot to work
with genealogy papers in a new
place?


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:52:56 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I know what you mean about genealogy paper! I have scads of it and have gone through some but
not nearly enough. Too many projects, too little time. 


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:52:06 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Judy,
 We used to have a rain gauge
out in the courtyard-- we were
trying to guess today how much
rain got onto the garden pots.


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:52:06 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
I looked in our Clark County Marriages, Vol. 1 and found the marriage for George WILLS, age
25, b. Mult Co, OR, fa. Johnthan Wills, mo. Mary E. Strong, occup. farmer, res. Vancouver, m.
19 April 1896 to Minnie STOCKFORD, 18, bl Middletours, Calif., father, Henry Stockford, no.
Lola Strong, res. Clark County,.


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:51:41 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
i promised myself I would start going through genealogy "paper".  My word, do I have
piles...making a bit of progress but have a couple more boxes to go.


FROM: Riley on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:50:40 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Evening Pat and nancy.....did you enjoy the rain showers today?   At least we won't have to water
until the projected 90 degrees on the 4th.  


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:49:51 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hi Judy,
  How are you doing?


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:48:56 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
His ancestor had 19 children:
FATHER:
 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=semorgan&id=I102 # ID: I102
# Name: William ELDER
# Given Name: William
# Surname: Elder
# Title: Irishman
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1725 in Antrim,Ulster,Ireland
# Death: 9 Jan 1799 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
# LDS Baptism: 31 May 1941
# Endowment: 23 Sep 1942
# Change Date: 24 Feb 2000 at 19:23:32
# PEDI: birth
# Sealing Child: status: PRE-1970

Father: Samuel ELDER b: 26 Jan 1695/1700 in Antrim,Ulster,Ireland
Mother: Mary HUSTON b: Abt 1670 in ...Ireland

Marriage 1 Mary Elizabeth ACRES b: 27 Aug 1731 in
Newberry,Essex,Maine

Children
   1.  Isaac ELDER birth b: 19 Jan 1739 in Falmouth,Cumberland,Maine
   2.  Elizabeth ELDER birth b: 1741 in Falmouth,Cumberland,Maine
   3.  Samuel ELDER birth b: 29 Aug 1748 in Falmouth,Cumberland,Maine
   4. Jane ELDER birth b: 1750 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
   5.  Eunice ELDER birth b: 1745 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
   6.  John ELDER birth b: 20 Aug 1752 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
   7.  William ELDER birth b: 19 Feb 1754 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
   8.  Prudence ELDER birth b: 30 Jun 1756 in
Windham,Cumberland,Maine
   9.  Samuel ELDER birth b: 26 Jul 1757 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
  10.  Joseph ELDER birth b: 26 Jul 1757 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
  11.  Prudence ELDER birth b: 21 May 1761
  12.  William ELDER birth b: 1760 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
  13.  Samuel ELDER birth b: 18 Mar 1761 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
  14.  Rueben ELDER birth b: 22 Jun 1762 in Windham or
Gorham,Cumberland,Maine
  15.  Rebecca ELDER birth b: 27 Aug 1764 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
  16.  Charles ELDER birth b: 29 Jun 1767 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
  17.  Silas ELDER birth b: 2 Mar 1769 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
  18.  Charles ELDER birth b: 29 Jun 1769 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine
  19.  Isaac ELDER birth b: 9 Dec 1770 in Windham,Cumberland,Maine


FROM: Nancy Elder Petersen on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:47:43 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hi Pat,
  Oops, looks like we'll have to
get to work on the Cooke query!
 I've been distracted by the
ELDER who has been sending queries
and discoveries about the ELDER 
who went from
MAINE to MISSISSIPPI.


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:46:38 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hi Nancy - I was afraid I would be alone here this evening. 


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:46:19 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Hope we get a lot of visitors this evening! I've been trying to get a few things done before coming
into the chat room tonight and was afraid I was going to be late! Now I feel absolutely lonely!  ;-)


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 28, 2007 1:08:21 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Here's a project for us to work on this week! This is from Kay Cooke:
I am trying to find out what happened to my great great grandfather,
Jonathan Wills.
Born: 1843, Clay County, Indiana
Died: sometime between 1872 and 1877, probably in Oregon (near Portland) or
possibly in Southwest Washington.

Jonathan's parents (George and Sarah Wills) and brother (Jacob Wills) were
instrumental in forming the community of Willsburg, which evolved into
Milwaukie, OR.

Jonathan first married Elizabeth Randon on 16 Mar 1859. She had a son,
William R. Randon (born 1856). I found them in an 1860 census. The marriage
ended but I don't know why or when.

Jonathan next married Mary Ellen Strong (Bozarth family) in 1864. In the
1870 census they appear with children Grant (my great grandfather), Ida, and
George. They may also have had two more children, Dean and William. 

I next found Mary Ellen Robinson married to Joseph Robinson in a county
marriage record (28 Jun 1878) and in an 1880 census with children Ida, Dean,
and Willie. They apparently had Edward, Mary, and Joseph Robinson. Mary and
Joseph appear with Edward in a 1900 census.

In 1900 there was a petition for distribution of George W. Wills estate
(Jonathan's father). Most of his children are mentioned except for Joseph (I
think deceased) and Rueben. Jonathan is not mentioned but most of his
children (Grant, Ida, George, Dean, William) are.

Jonathan seems to have dropped off the face of the earth and I would like to
know when/where he died.

I have searched for records at the Oregon Historical Museum and the
Milwaukie Museum, which has quite a bit of material on George and Jacob
Wills.


FROM: PatB on DATE-Jun 27, 2007 20:35:47 GMT-DATE
MESSAGE:
Just checking to make sure this posted o.k. - I almost forgot to do it this week! See you Thursday
evening.


FROM: Nancy & Pat on DATE-Jun 27, 2007 20:34:47 GMT-DATE
EMAIL: patbauer@pacifier.com
MESSAGE:
Nancy Elder Petersen and Patricia McKee Bauer, along with several regular visitors, will be
staffing the GenChat room beginning about 6:45 p.m. Thursday evening. We close the door about
9:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. We have lots of visitors who will give you a willing helping hand
with your genealogy brick walls. You can enter questions or answers at any time but we hope you
will be able to join us when we are open for discussions. 

There is no special BRICK WALL topic for this week. If something comes in before Thursday, it
will be posted here. 

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challenge and welcome your "brickwall" problems. If you don't send us something, you'll
continue working on our little problems! 
     
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