Settlement Area: The Dalles

Facts and Info: Married Susannah Evaline Barnes and opened a store or saloon in The Dalles in the late 1800's I think.

Ancestor Name:MALONE

Ancestor Name:MCPHELIM

Facts and Info: Burial at Park Lawn Memorial Gardens

Settlement Area: The Dalles

Facts and Info: I am researching the Garwood family in the counties of Washington, Multnomah, Polk, Douglas,Jackson, Union and Skamania.
   I have a great deal of research for the family here in Oregon but have a couple spots where some help would be appreciated. Namely the parents of Louisa Eaton who married William Garwood in Washington County 24 Dec 1874. Also the place of death of William's father also named William. The senior William was married to Maria Humphreys and Hannah Culbertson nee Humphreys. William is in Wasco County in 1880 at Falls Precinct, which I beleive is near Hood River.

Ancestor Name: John Wesley MATLOCK

Facts and Info: In my possession I have a photograph of my great-grandfather, John Wesley Matlock with his wife and 2 of his
children dated about 1884 taken by Gilhousen G. Narden in The Dalles, OR.  His son and my grandfather, John Perry Matlock, not pictured in the photo, was born in St. Joseph, MO on 6 Jun 1868.  There is also another child, Violet, who married Robert Williams and their family is in The Dalles, Wasco County census of 1900.  I would like any information on John Wesley Matlock. 
   It is my understanding he came from MO to OR, but I don't know when.  I know for sure he moved from Wasco County before 1912 because he lived in Florida at that time.  His wife, Genevieve (Jennie) Moore Matlock died 7 Jan 1904 I presume in The Dalles, OR, but I have no proof. It is also my understanding that he left OR after the death of his wife, leaving his daughter to take care of the younger children.  The 2 children pictured with my great-grandfather are Rufus, born in 1880 and Daisy Ella born 1877, my great uncle and great aunt respectively.  Daisy married Thomas Jefferson Smith and moved to Portland, OR where she died in Sep 1972. 
   My great- grandfather was a Union Vet and member of the GAR by looking at the medal he is wearing on his lapel in the photograph.  Any information on any of my relatives mentioned above, especially John Wesley Matlock, would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you. J. Cooper

Settlement Area: Juniper Flat, Victor

Facts and Info: Arrived in Wasco Co. in the early 1870s. Married Susan P. HURST November 1, 1876 in The Dalles. We are uncertain of his parentage, as there is a story he told that doesn't add up in all directions. He claimed to have been born in Nashville (Tennessee has been assumed) March 17, 1843 and left home under strange circumstances. We would like to make contact with all other Grays from the Wasco Co. area to compare notes, as his children remember a woman coming to their house, saying she was his sister, which he denied. James died in July of 1900, just a short distance from home, as he and several hired hands were bringing home a brand new threshing machine outfit that he had purchased on credit in The Dalles.
   He's a big brick wall for us. Please help!

Settlement Area: Tygh Ridge

Facts and Info: James and Malinda were married in Franklin Co., MO in November 1850 and set out for Oregon the following spring. Malinda gave birth to their first child just a couple of months after they arrived. They first lived in Linn Co., backtracking to The Dalles about 1857, to settle near the beginning of the Barlow Road where they had crossed on their way to Linn Co. They had 14 children. Other families associated with and married to their offspring included: Sutherlands, McClures, Grays, Pattersons, Dickens' and others. Would like to make contact with other families from the Tygh Ridge area and with any intermarried families and families who came across the plains in 1851.

Settlement Area: Unknown

Facts and Info: I'm looking for my gg grandfather. His wife, Eliza Ann Taylor Ray, divorced him in 1865 in The Dalles.  He deserted from Company G 1st Infantry in May of 1865 and disappeared. I believe he remarried in 1871 to Martha Hendrix and had two sons, Henry and Walter. I can't locate him post 1871.

Settlement Area: Petersberg, 10-mile

Facts and Info:  Information wanted about the Ten Mile area out by Petersberg

Settlement Area: The Dalles, Matney Glade

Facts and Info: Seeking information in MATNEY, Isaac Calvin and his brother, James MATNEY who owned land in The Dalles area called the Matney Glade near Mill Creek.  We are trying to locate any information about him and his descendants and also to find out where he is buried.  He died February 18, 1910 in Mill Creek, Wasco Co. Oregon. Thanks!