The Family History

Raymond & Corinne Blakeslee

THE FAMILY OF SIDNEY S . FORD, SENIOR

3 Tcve Hodge

[ ~ e i n g Chapter VII i n CEVTRALIA--THE F'IIPST F'IFTY 1TRS and repr inted by the per- mission of the compiler, Herndon Smith, the author of the chapter, Tove (Hodge) Webster, and the p r in t e r , The m l y ChroGcle of Centralia, Washington]

(With achowledgement f o r the use of mater ia l col lected by Bob ~ e h t o )

T h i s i s the s tory of my great-great-grandparents, Sidney S. Ford and Nancy, h i s wife, who s e t t l e d on 640 acres of the p r a i r i e northwest of the present c i t y of Cen- t r a l i a i n the year 1845. Even today, this land bears the name my great-great-grand- f a the r gave i t , Fords Pra i r ie .

I s h a l l t e l l the s tor ies--bi ts of h i s to ry and almost b i t s of legend--that have been passed on t o me by word of mouth through f i v e generations; but have never before been assembled i n wri t ten form.

Others of the s t o r i e s I s h a l l t e l l have ac tua l ly appeared i n pr in ted h i s t o r i e s , f o r my great-great-grandfather and his family were prominent i n ea r ly t e r r i t o r i a l days. Some of them, a granddaughter of Sidney S. Ford, J e t t i e Rasmussen l i i l l i a r~ l s* , . of Cedarville, heard from her mother, Harr ie t Jane Ford Killiams. S t i l l o thers are those t h a t a great-granddaughter, Mattie Shelton Lunan of ?/ledford, Oregon, co l lec ted i n her scrapbook or heard from Angeline Ford Shelton, her grandmother. Many, my grandfather, Riley Ticknor of Ashford, hkshington, now eighty-five years old, t o l d me. Age seems t o have e v e n h i m a renewed vis ion of the days when he was a boy and went with h i s mother, Lizzie, and his f a the r , Joel , t o visit h i s grandparents on the broad acres of Fords Pra i r ie .

There a r e a l s o incidents t h a t have come from another people, f ron the W y a i s k of t he Upper Chehalis Indian Tribe and were to ld t o me by S i l z s Heck of Oakville who heard them from his fa ther , Koolah Y m a n , and h i s mother, Quilaynot.

Eack i n 1823 when young l a d i e s ' s l d r t s were flared somewhat and shortened t o the ankle m d waists were very high, Xancy Shaw, my great-great-grmdmotner, was j u s t seventeen. It was t h a t year she married my great-great-grandfather, Sidney Smith Ford, who was f i v e years her senior.

Though s t y l e s were t o change many times from the day of her marriage i n Aew Pork s t a t e mt i l she died a t the age of 92 i n the far-off s t a t e of Vashington, Nancy For5 never wavered in her duty t o he r husband and t o the seven**. children t h a t ilrcre born t o her. And she and her husband, Sidney, were t o make of t h e i r home an abiding place, a r e s t i n g place, and a place of enjoyment.

During the nine years they made t h e i r home i n t h e i r na t ive New York, th ree child- r en were born t o them--Hzrriet Jane on May 1 5 i n 1826, Sidney Smith, J r . i n 1829, and Tnoinas i n 1832. Then, in the 1830's my great-great-grmdparbnts made t h e i r honie :.s Thchigan where Elizabeth Ann o r U z z i e , my pest-grmchother, was born on October 3.5? 1&0. Idhen l i s s o u r i became t h e i r next home, they honored the s t a t e by naming t h e i r t h i r d daughter, born in 1842, Ffissourie. I n t h a t s t a t e a l s o a t St. Joseph, Fernando C. was born on November 18, 1844.

The next spring, when t h e i r youngest son was only a few months old, my great- great-grandparents joined a par ty of 300 other immigrants t o push across the p l a i r , ~ and make a new home i n Oregon Territory.

The usual hazards were encountered on the six months cf weary and slow-~oving ti-?.- vel. l/S &Toat-grandmother, the four-year-old Lizzie made the t r i p ~ e f o o t e d . SSor?,- l y a f t e r she s t a r t ed , her shoes were accidental ly destroyed by f i r e . An i n f a n t SOL

02 one o f the par ty died and was buried on t'1e t r a i l ; and, a s was the custom, th9 oxen were driven over the t i n y grave t o efface all t r ace o f it znd prevent the Indi- ans from securing the c h i l d r s scalp. In crossing the mountains, a t times the grades were so s teep the oxen had t o be

w-yoked a d the wagons taken t o pieces and hauled up by ropes. The c a t t l e were ab l e

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t o make the s teep ascent or ly when thus unencumbered. Once the guide became bexild- eyed and l e d the par ty t o the edge of a sheer precipice. Tr~o weeks were l o s t while the weary t r ave le r s re t raced t h e i r steps t o f ind a route ~ h i c h afforded a more grad- ua l doscent.

Aside from s t ea l ing the stock, the Indians gave the t r a i n l i t t l e trouble. Not un- til the following year d id they a t tack and Ell i~ ix ig ran t s . Tney are credi ted tJith the disappearance of my great-=eat-grandfather's valuable race horse. Lean, and nearly starved t o death, i t c m e back two months l a t e r ~ 5 t h rope marks around i t s lieck.

The reds!5ns l i ke rdse coveted the bacon of the immigrants, and wodd place wild meat on t h e i r ponies' backs, then s i t upon i t and r i d e up t o the wagon t r a i n and say, "Swap meats. Swap meats .I7 Some were so frightened t h a t they I1s~npped meatsfi with the Indians.

When one cane up t o the Ford wagon, however, and refused t o leave, my great-great- grandfather calmly looked a t his wife a id sa id , "Nancy, hand me my r i f l e . " The In- dian l e f t . Tlxis was my great-great-=andfather's f i r s t encounter with one of t h i s race. All the r e s t of h i s l i f e he was t o have many more, and i n zU of then he was t o come out successful. There was something i n h i s calm manner t h a t the Indians re- spected and feared. The tribesmen north of the Columbia River were t o love a d honor h i m f o r h i s jus t ice tormrd then and h i s understvlding of t h e i r people and t h e i r pro- blems .

The rdnter of 1845-1846 my great-great-grandpareats spent a t the s i t e of Cregon City i n the I.Jillamette Valley. I n the spring, however, Sidney and decided t h a t the unset t led regions north of the Columbia River would offer the most desirable lznd ~7here they could make a home t h a t would. be an abiding place, a r e s t i n g place, and a place of enjoyment. Accordingly, my great-great-grandfather w i t h a group which in- cluded his seventeen-year-old son, S i d ~ e y S o , Jr, and Joseph Borst, another nat ive of New York bdio had come West 16 th him, vent t o loolc over the region.

They crossed the Columbia and we2t up the Cowlitz by canoe t o the Hudson h y Post a t the Landing. From there they folloried the old Indian t r d s over the h i l l s tlirough the region of fo re s t s and p r a i r i e s which the hrilkes Expedition had vi-sited a few years e a r l i e r and had ca l led a "park-like country."

Travers inga s m d l p r a i r i e bordered on the v e s t by t h e iGisoolups or Chehalis PAver, a id crossing two moxths of t h s smaller s t r e m t l a t flowed l h t o it, my great-great- grandfather suddenly saw a scene of surpr i s ing loveliness--a rdde, open land sur- rounded by a f r inge of firs. A s~or-r-capped mountain loomed up i n the e a s t and an- other t o the south. On the west, t he r i v e r bordered the land in a gent le curve. 3 r i l l i a n t red patches covered the prairie--millions of r ipe r c l d s t r a~ rbe r r i e s . I3y &randfatlieri * moved by i t s beauty, f e l t t h i s was h l s fu ture hqme.

Hor,~ever, the t r i b e ~,zho ca l led thenselves Quiyaisk, a branch of the @per Chehalis, had f o r generations a l so found de l igh t i n thLs land by the r i v e r , llTasunshunfl me=- i n g Itresting place ," they ca l led it, and there they came t o l i e down t o r e s t a d t o bask Ln tlie sun.

3ut the tribesmen l i k e d mg great-great-grandfather. They saw he was kind ad hon- e s t i n h i s dealings, and they inv i t ed him t o l i v e there also.

"If you know how t o use the land , you can have i t , I f they said. So my meat-great-grandfather returned t o iqancy, h i s wife, rcith the news t h a t he

had found t h e i r new hone--their res t i i ig place vhich was a l s o the rfTasur-shunlt of the Quiyai s k .

After crossing the Columbia t o Fort Vancouver, the women aiid children and lugg2g.l were put i n t o canoes managed by Indian paddlers, while the men drove the stock, c a t t l e , and the l ightened wagons alolig the bank, swimming the slou&s =d fording the s tr earns .

I.Jhen ar r iv ing a t the mouth of the Corditz, l i t t l e Lizzie; my geat-grandmother, eager t o s t a r t the journey up the stream jumped i n t o the f i rs t cvloe with the lug- gage. aefore her f d l y missed her , the Indian paddler had carr ied her f a r up the r i v e r , Ihen her anxious family a r r ived a t the f i r s t landing, they found her cdmly

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burning the p r a i r i e each year. A tall blue grass grew hi&. \hen the c a t t l e stood i n i t t o feed, only the tops

of t h e i r backs showed. Arthur A. Denny reca l led t h a t i n 1852 he and h i s brother drove stock there f o r the winter season.

The Ford home proved a welcome r e s t i n g place indeed fo r the f i r s t governor of the t e r r i t o r y and h i s wife and children i n December, 1 8 9 , on t h e i r way from the Fast t o Olympia l o r the inauguration.

"It was another rainy, d r i zz l ing day," wrote Hazard Stevens, the governor's son and a member of the party. "The road was almost impassable. A t Saunders ' Bottom, where the town of Chehalis now stands, the mud was hee-deep f o r trm miles, t e r r i b l y wearing on the animals. A t length, a f t e r fording the Skookumchuck a t i t s mouth, and b a v e r s i n g an extensive p r a i r i e , the wet, t i r e d , and bedraggled par ty reached the log-house of Judge Sidney S. Ford, and found hospitable s h e l t e r f o r t he night , having t raveled about twenty-five miles t h a t day."

KY peat-great-grandfather was one of the f irst jus t ices of the peace appointed i n the new t e r r i t o r y , and he ea r ly acquired the t i t l e of judge. I n h i s home a l s o convened the f irst d i s t r i c t court , which nearly everyone i n the county attended i n some capacity or other. It was here t h a t "Old Joe Meekff, the United S ta t e s Marshal, informed the jurymen and the witnesses a f t e r the court. had adjourned t h a t ifhe could no t pay them f o r t h e i r services f o r there was barely enough l e f t t o pay the officers.I1

It was a l s o i n this l o g cabin t h a t the October 4, 1847, and m y succeeding ses- sions of the Commissioners Court of Lewis County were held. I n October, 1 8 9 , it was thought the regular sessions of the cour t would be held i n the near-by residence of Joseph B o r s t ; but when the time came, the jurors were summoned t o the John R. Jackson residence on Jackson Pra i r ie . Theqe was nuch p ro t e s t from the jurors of the northern p a r t of the d i s t r i c t as i t would cause them t o go f i f t een o r twenty miles f a r t h e r and they would have t o cross Saunders aottom, which was flooded a t t h i s time of the year. great-great-grandfather was one of the jurors who was f ined $10 f o r con- tempt of cour t when he refused t o attend.

Charles Miles, coauthor of the Haaquato Landmarks," believes t h a t the home of the Fords should have been preserved as well as the Jackson residence, f o r , he says , i t was equal i n use and importance as an ea r ly courthouse.

August 29, 1 8 3 , Judge Ford was one of the 26 delegates who met a t Cowlitz Landing " to prepare a memorial t o Congress asking for a d iv is ion of the te r r i to ry ." He was l ikewise present a t the famous Monticello Convention, which met l a t e r i n t h a t yea-, and signed h i s name a t the bottom of the pe t i t i on tha t , with these words, concluded the request t o Congress for the organization of the land north of the Columbia "under a T e r r i t o r i d Gorvernment t o be named the 'Terr i tory of ColmbiaO1 Done i n conven- t i o n assembled a t the town of Monticello, Oregon Terr i tory, t h i s 25th dzy of Novem- ber .A. Do 1652.f1

About this time, the Ford family b u i l t a second and larger l o g house f o r t h e i r own residence, using t h e i r old one a s a storehouse and s leeping quar ters f o r t h e i r cook, Peter Austinger, a na t ive of Central America. "A Kanaka," my grandfather c a l l s h i m and he describes him as " j u s t a s black a s a 'nigger' and maybe a l i t t l e blacker. INigger Pete ' we alri-ays ca l led him among ourselves ; but whsn we ca l led him a nigger he'd ge t hopping mad."

The two s t ruc tu re s were b u i l t so close together t h a t they had a common stairway t o t h e i r upper f l oo r s and one window i n the storehouse looked down upon the main residence.

It was n o t u n t i l the spr ing of 1855, however, t h a t my great-great-grandfather b u i l t a barn f o r , according t o my grandfather, he d idn ' t have much use f o r one u n t i l he s t a r t e d t o r a i s e grain. It was of milled lumber, located about a quar te r of a mile south of the residence, and was r h a t was known-as a pos t barn, the supports be- i ng buried four f e e t i n the ground a f t e r which the r e s t of the s t r u c t u r e was b ~ 5 l t around it. According t o Pat terson Luarkts l lJournal, lf it contained 4,000 f e e t of lumber, which he hauled for my great-greatcgrandfather f ~ o m Armstrong's m i l l on glack River f o r a two-year-old he i f e r valued a t $60.

ITy great-great-unclos;Tom and Sid Ford, and Sam ';lFiUiams, rho l a t e r married t h e i r s i s t e r Har r ie t , took p a r t in the h i s t o r i c rrreck of the sloop llGeorgim?alf on Queen

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s i t t i n g on the beach, looking very t i ny indeed. Although surrounded by a wilderness of r i v e r a d fores t , she seened qu i t e i n d i f f e r e n t t o her parents1 anxiety about her safety. She had regarded the Indian boatma,? a s her f r iend. This was the beginning of her t r u s t i n the f r iendly Indians of this v ic in i ty . I n her new home, her play- mates were t o be l i t c J e Chehalis Indian boys and g i r l s , and she was t o l e a r n t o speak t h e i r l a n g u g e as well a s she d id her own.

Yy great-great-grandfather and h i s sons, Sid and Tom, hewed logs twelve by twelve and f i t t e d them together t o make the walls of t h e i r roomy new house. They planed the cedar puiicheon f loor , s p l i t shakes f o r t he roof , and b u i l t an octs ide stairway t o le2d t o the second floor. They used niggerhead rocks t o construct the mmnoth f i r e - place, so l&-ge i t burned four-foot l ogs , dragged i n t o the l a r g e l i v i n g room by horses and then r o l l e d on the f i r e ,

T h i s house, on June 8, 1&7, was the bir thplace of Mary h g e l i n e , t!le f i r s t white girl born nor th of tho Columbia fiver, k r l y i n the next year , her o l d e s t brother , Sidney, Jr., en l i s t ed i n the Cayuse \Jar and, accompanied by Joseph Borst , h i s neigh- bcr, l e f t f o r the eastern p a r t of Oregon Terr i tory t o avenge the Whitman Iiassacre.

The new p r a i r i e s o i l produced abundant crops of wheat and oats . Bi t suppl ies could be obtzined only by long t r i p s t o For t Vacouver on the Columbia, f i r s t by oxen t o the Hudson Bay Post a t the Landing, then by canoe do1-m the C o ~ ~ l i t z and up t o the Fort. "This t r i p took s o much time, I t my grandfather t o l d me, " t h a t I c a r t see how they ever had any supplies l e f t when they got back horne.I1

But my =bat-great-grandmother was an ingenious TJOM and when her supply of flour was low, she made her bread of a coarse flour ground slowly and ted ious ly i n her coffee m i l l . When she r an out of ba l ing soda, she s i f t e d t h e f i n e white ash t h a t formed on the top of the burned logs of nard maple i n the f i rep lace . Then she s to red i t in cvls and used i t t o r a i s e her biscui.t. "1t r.2tsed them j u s t a s nice--just a s good a s soda, my grandfather assured me. The r e s t of the ashes she r an o f f i n t o l y e f o r making soap and hominy.

mid gane, of course, was abundant. Then, too, the Indians furnished the family ~ L t h dr ied, smoked clans--the " m c k " or horse clam, the "shelkIr or b u t t e r cia,?, b ~ o u g h t from the Sound and the ocean Seaches. Cousin J e t t i e remembers her mother de- scr ibed t!em as having an unusually pleasing f lavor .

My Great-Great-uncle Fernando, usual ly ca l led r eca l l ed t h a t he d i d n r t have a p a i r of shoes for the f i rs t ten or twelve years a f t e r he came here. "Not from poverty," he said , Itfor times were good and money, plenty; but shoes were j u s t n o t t o be had. Ins tead, I wore Indian moccasin^,^^

groat-great-grandfather continued t o l i v e i n complete f r i end l ines s with the Chehalis tribesmen on the 64.0 acres he had taken out for himself and Nancy, h i s r.rife. They worked f o r h i m and helped him c lear h i s l and and being unable t o sound the l e t - t e r s "f" o r '5-", they ca l led him " m s t e r P ~ o t . ~ ~ Althougin they didnr t h o w the value of time and rmuld labor hard 4-l day fo r a button and were contented with the reward of a cheap s h i r t fo r a weekfs l abo r , W i s t e r Poot," they s a i d , always paid them f a i r l y .

S i l a s Heck's fa ther , Koolah Yuanan, went t o l i v e a t the Ford place when he was s t i l l q u i t e young, A t f i r s t he was j u s t t o look out and see where the c a t t l e were out on the range. Later he drove the ox team and d id general work about the place.

I Q aea t -meat -grandfa ther even owned an Indian slave. But cur iously enough, i n buying him, he saved the cap t ive t s l i f e . According t o t r i S a l custom, t he s lave , a t the b u r i a l of h i s master, was t o be k i l l e d d o n g with a f avo r i t e horse. However, Great-Great-Grandfather purchased hirn for a pony and thus ;aved h i m from death. He kept and protected L\e s lave f o r two years , then re leesed him.

The Ford children played with Indian boys and g i r l s and, besides t he Quiyaisk, the language of the l o c a l Indians , learned t o speak many other d i a l e c t s , even of the t r i b e s e a s t of the Cascades. This knowledge was t o enable my great-grandmother t o save the l i v e s of her family and those of the other w.hite set'ders, It was a l so t o nake i t poss ib le fo r my Great-Great-uncle Sidney t o serve the f i r s t governor of t h e t e r r i t o r y a s i n t e r p r e t e r i n making t r e a t i e s with na t ive t r i b e s ,

"'The Fords, and espec ia l ly "Sitnah,ft as my people ca l led Sidney, Jr,, t a k e 3 our language b e t t e r than we d i d o u r ~ e l v e s , ~ S i l a s Heck sa id h i s f a t h e r Koolah t o l d him.

The Indians used t o look a t Lle f a i r h a i r and complexion o f young Fernando as he played with t h e i r own dark-skinned, black-haired children. "Oh Kloquask, (Xeanine; sun) , they would say a s they looked a t h i s reddish-gold ha i r . I n t h i s way he got h i s name "Sunny." Later they, and a l l h i s f ax i ly , cal led him "Kolum" and few of h i s bes t f r iends ever knew t h a t h i s name was r e a l l y Fernmdo.

"Iolc.~, f my f a the r sa id , was l i t t l e and cute," r eca l l s . S i l a s Heck, "and they a l l teased h i m ; though sometimes h i s older brothers played rough jokes. A mother skunk had b u i l t a nes t beneath the house. tJhen she s t a r t ed t o crawl under, Sid and Tom exclzimed, llfKolum,ff " K ~ l u m , ~ ~ quanna, quanna, ' (Take hold of he r , take hold of her . ) Quick as a flash, lKoluml grabbed hold of both her hind l e g s and she sprayed him a l l over h i s face, knocking him down and making him f a l l over i n a f a i n t , my f a the r said."

The tribesmen were especial ly fond of Lizzie whom they ca l led "Lassieelf They l i k - ed t o watch her and ffKolumll use a l a r i a t t o s k i l l f u l l y catch the wild Indian ponies. Then they xould zcd approval while Lle two children mounted the l i t t l e animals, and, r i d ing bareback, dashed across the p r a i r i e .

Iv Great-Grandmother Lizzle, long a f t e r she was married, s t i l l enjoyed a f a s t r i d e zcross the open land. "She could r i d e l i k e an Indian, my grandfather t o ld me. "iJhen I was s m a l l , she used t o t i e her shawl a-ound me and then around herse l f so she couldn't l o s e me out. She might b e t t e r perhaps have bound me Indian fashion on a board; but I would have been no more securely fastened than i n I'lotherts sharlrl. Then she used t o r i d e with Joe l Ticknor, my fa ther , along the t r a i l from our place on sEcknor P r a i r i e , north of Bucoda, t o her old home.

"IJhen we turned the bend on the p r a i r i e by Lumises where the l i t t l e scrub oaks s t i l l grow today, we would be i n s i g h t of the Ford place. rIIU. race you, I she'd say t o Father, Then we d id fly over the ground, me t i e d i n Mother's old shawl and bumping along behind her holding on f o r dear l i f e . Despite the handicap of having me on behind, she always gave Father a good race,Ir

My gruldfatller r e c a i l s t h a t the Indiarls l i v e d on the Ford place i n l i t t l e tepee- l i k e huts made of s p l i t cedar boards over lapping a t the top, Sut leaving, neverthe- l e s s , a hole through which the smoke escaped, when they b u i l t t h e i r f i r e s , o r "quato- wen," t o dry and cure t h e i r meats.

These l i t t l e huts formed an an t ic ing object f o r the rrjschief of Tom and young "IColum" or llSunny.fl After dark, rben they were sure t h a t t h e i r parents were occupied elsewhere, the two boys would s t r e t c h a rope between then a d run by one of the tepee-like she l te rs . Then they tnu ld hide t o g leefu l ly watch the confusion they had caused i n upset t ing the s m a l l Indizrl dwelling.

A smallpox epider ic car r ied off m y of the Chehalis Tribe about 1851. "3ut ' I t ister Poot' saved my fa ther , Roolahls l i f e , " S i l a s Heck to ld me, "and a l s o the l i v e s of many of my people. Xe gave them hot whiskey. 'Ttister Pootl and 'Sitnahf and. Tom must have already had it f o r my people spoke of them a s 'namLltamunl or immune."

The smaller Ford children, however, were forbidden t o go near any who were ill with t h s disease. at young llKolm,fl ~ ~ o u l d s l i p am-y down t o the well and pass the precious water, o r "ka," as they ca l l ed it, t o the fever ish Indians l y i n g an,uished by thirst.

"Kolurn" or "Sunnyf1 was a l so c lose by when the medicine man made Tmahnavms t o drivo a iay c t i l s p i r i t s . He loayned the song:;, dances, and chants. "And years l a t e r ?&en he l ived a t a summer r e s o r t a t Copalis 3each, h e r d bui ld a big bonfire every evening. Then, a t the urging of the r e s iden t s , he woud s ing and dance around i t making Tmahnarms , h i s daughter An @e r e c a l l s .

1-fy geat-great-grandparents hewed i o g house proved a I f tasunshuiff or r e s t i n g place, f o r t h e i r fan j ly , and many others a s well. It w2s on the bank of the Xisoolups or Chehalis Ftiver, and i n p la in view of the road froin the Columbia t o the Sound; and t r ava l e r s weTe informed t h a t they might spend the night there and secure f r e sh horses ~ 5 t h r.rhic5 t o contirlue t h e i r journey. Farly t r a v e l routes named S. S. Fordr s i n giving d i s t m c e s from PorAJand t o the Sound while the f i rs t l e d s l e t u r e p l a ~ n e d t h a t one of the t e r r i t o r i a l roads should be bui ld "from Cathlm.et on t h e Colxnbia t o the home of Sidney S. Ford i n Thurston County,"

The l e v e l land of my peat-great-grandfather 's a l s o became a popular c a t t l e Fangee For centur ies the I n d i m s had ksp t t he wild grass abundant a d the land open by

Charlotte 's I s l v l d i n the fa l l of 1 8 3 . They had joined a group of prospectors and s a i l e d nor th when i t was learned t h a t gold had been discovered i n a i t i s h Columbia or Eki t ish Ter r i to ry , a s i t was Lien called. The sloop, however, was blown ashore and wrecked soon a f t e r her a r r i v z l and ny great-great-uncles and companions, together with the o f f i c e r s and crew, were captured by the nat ives of the i s l and , the warlike Xaida Indians. "Perfect savages," Sam Williams1 d a u d t e r J e t t i e s a i d her f a t h e r cal - l e d them. "And they spared ow l i v o ~ only bocause of the des i red ransom and bocauso they had no knowledge of f irearms , I 1 he of ten t o ld her, "Your Uncle Sidney had a re- volver and when he shot it through the roof of a tepee, they thought him a s o r t of god who could cause a s h o r t i r o n s t i c k t o shoot f i r e and make a hole i n the roof of t h e i r dwelling. "

~Zlthough the weather was cold and ra iny, the captives were s t r ipped of t h e i r blan- ke t s and most of t h e i r clothing. They were t r ea t ed l i k e s laves , had l i t t l e t o e a t , and were compelled t o provide wood and water f o r the Indian 's camp. I1Soine, " Szm Mil- l iams' daughter J e t t i e remembers, "were required t o dance ha l f the n igh t f o r salmon skins for food. My f a t h e r t o l d me t h a t he dug i n the ear th t o reach i n t o the s to re - house of h i s sleeping captors t o take berry cakes made of d r i ed s a l z l and thus sus- t a i n l i f e . "

The Haidas held the prospectors fo r seventy-four* days, t r e a t i n g them very cruel ly . That i s , all except my Great-Great-uncle Sidney who, -because t he chief admired h i s s t rength and s i ze , made h i m h i s personal slave.

The f i r s t eighteen days of t h e i r imprisonmentwere espec ia l ly wretched as they were forced t o l i v e i n a long s p l i t cedar house along with ten Indian famil ies each num- ber ingfromfive t o e igh tpersons and each with i t s numberless dogs, f l e a s and vermin.

The crudely-made bui lding about seventy by f o r t y f e e t i n s i z e and twelve f e e t h igh furnished slight pro tec t ion aga ins t the cold, espec ia l ly s ince the Indians had l e f t t h e i r pr isoners l i t t l e clothing.

F5nd-I-y i n December, the Haidas were persuaded t o furn i sh a canoe manned by seven paddlers i n -xh.ich four of the capt ives s t a r t e d t o the Hudson &y Pos t a t F ~ r t Simp- son t o o b k i n ransom, f i n a l rescue, however, a t a c o s t of about L15.000 was e f fec t - ed by the t e r r i t o r i a l auchor i t i e s0 ?.hen tke rescue par ty , including my great-great- grandfather, a r r ived with L"1e ransom of ponies, blankets, and suppl ies , terms were r a t h e r e a s i l y agreed upon, That i s , except with regard t o a former Mew Yorker, who it seems l i k e l y , must have been San I.vSlliams h inse l f . For he was a na t tve of t h a t s t a t e and h i s daughter J e t t i e r ecz l l ed t h a t he t o l d of h i s being reqxLred t o bea t the tom-toms and h c e most of the n igh t fo r the Eaidas, ** Perhaps i t was i n s e l f - defense t h a t he d idn ' t t e l l his daughter the r e s t of the s to ry , the p a r t recorded by the F i s to r i an Snowden as follows:

"The ransom was arranged without much d i f f i cu l ty , except i n the case of one member of the par ty who had l i v e d fo r a considerable time i n t !e "aor~ery i n net^ York. He could s ing and dance and do many o ther th ings f o r which the %wery boys of t h a t day were noted, and ea r ly i n the c a p t i v i t y of t he par ty had done so much t o en t e r t a in t h s Indians t h a t they had t r e a t e d h i m with more consideration than any of the o thers , and some of h i s companions believed t h a t they ware all t r e a t e d more l e n i e n t l y than they ot\em.sise would have been, on h i s account.

113ut h i s a b i l i t i e s a s an en t e r t a ine r were so much appreciated t h a t he f i n a l l y be- gan t o wish he had never exhibi ted them, fo r t ne I n d i m s kept him sing5ng and dan- cing most of the day and a l a r g e p a r t of the night. To add t o his ~ s e r l e s , a very m c i e n t squaw adopted him as her son, and became so assiduous in her a t te i l t ions t o him t h a t she i n s i s t e d on mast icat ing h i s food before she permitted him t o s~lrallow It. A l l t he I n d i e ~ s wished t o have him e x e q t e d from the general ransom, and the old Squaw was p a r t i c u l a r l y untri l l ing t o p a r t with him. For a long t i ~ e a f t e r h i s r e t a n h i s c~mpulions i n cap t iv i t y and others used t o remind h i m of the devotion of t h i s

* ZLailkenship says the schooner "Georgiannal' was chartered by a par ty of gold-seek- e r s consisti1:g of Samuel F E l l i m s , J. Coivig, 5.h. B. X l l i n g s , So Do Eouss, Charles $Teed, 2. 2, - Ford and th ree M g e l l t brothers. B n c r o f t says the "Geor&iani~a" was shipwrecked i\iov. 19 , 18% and the par ty of gold-seekers and sh ip ' s crew were re- l eased on Dec. 31, 1 8 3 , a f t e r 2 days cap t iv i t y , (M.R-C.) * >K See e l s e ~ ~ h e r s for a cliscussion of SLT ~{hll iarns bi r thplace, (!1i03. C )

venerable admirer, pa r t i cu l a r ly when they thought it would be most annoying." The older Ford children, meanwhile, were marrying a d leav ing the abiding place

of t h e i r parents t o make homes of t h e i r own. L i t t l e I$issourie, however, was a l ready i i l her fi,d r e s t i n g lace.. ;;ken she died, my great-greet-g~andfat'Ier buried her on h i s farm and there she s t i l l l i e s near h a t the W y a i s h c a l l t h e i r fltasunshunll or i-esting place.

k r i e t Jane, the o ldes t daughter, married George L. Waunch, t he f i r s t s t t t l e r i n t i u s l o c a l i t y , in 184.7. Soon a f t e r the b i r t h of a son, George Lo, Jr., i n 184.6, she returned t o the home of her parents , and l a t e r =riec! Samuel He iirilliams i n 1852. AS has been mentioned, he was a l so a na t ive of iJew York, having been born i n Rcches- t e r i n 1828." I n 1843** ho came arou< t l e IfHornn and s i x years l a t e r took p a r t i n the California gold rush where he met Sidney and Tom and re turned north with thea i n 1 8 3 . After h i s marriage t o 9 a r r i e t Jane, the couple moved t o Peters011 ( then Che- h a l i s ) Point on Grays Harbor. I n 1853 he erected the f i r s t house on the y r a i r i e , a bullet-proof s t ruc tu re ofplankingfour inches th ick , faced or sealed on the outside.

s l i t s were placed a t convenient i n t e rva l s i n the walls. Armstrong and Brady b u i l t i t for him, and he l i ved t l e r e u n t i l he passed ar~ay a t

the age 86.* His l a s t words, h i s daughter J e t t i e remembers, were about this home. "Armstrong and Brady, 1853," he s a id j u s t before he died, l i f t i n g h i s hailds toward the cei l ing. The barn w i ~ i t s hand-hewn beans b u i l t i n September, 1855, i s s t i l l standing across from the residence of h i s daughter, J e t t i e I.Jilliams Rasmussei~.

Tom, by 1853, had married b r y , an Indian pr incess , whose f a t h e r was ch ie f a t Q a q u t o , and had himself taken out a donation claim not far from what l a t e r became the county seat . It was h i s young wife who was t o give the warning and save the s e t t l e r s when the l o c a l , t r i b e s planned t h e i r uprising.

They had one boy Thomas 3. (TOW) , who died when about twenty, and two g i r l s , E l l a and N i c e , who mzrried and reared famil ies on t h e Harbor.

IQ Great- rea at-Uncle Tom was remembered by q grandfather a s being of blond com- plexion, IfXe had a ca ta rac t , a s o r t of t ransparent fib, over oi1e eye from the time he was a small boy. But i t d id i i ' t i n t e r f e r e rri'th h i s marlananship. I n f a c t , my op- in ion i s , it ra the r improved it. When he got ready t o shoot, he d i d n ' t have t o s top t o shut one eye. It was already closed.^^

Sidney, Jr., rqy grandfather described a s having a beard black a s a crow. E$ t he end of the Indian m r s he, too, had married ul Indian arl, Tut~eequshun. They had a daughter Lena or Lvl ie who was ra i sed by the Judson family and l a t e r l i v e d near Oak- v i l l e . P i s second rdfe was named Quiszh and vas a cousin of T u ~ ~ e e q u s h ~ . They had two boys.*** Their o ldes t son, Ben, t.ms &owned a t Yoquian, The other , Lafayet te , o r Fate, a s he was c i l l e d , stammered a d grandfather s a i d he used t o mimic h i s cou- s i n s , one of Ea r r i e t J a e f s erls. "That was the Ford i n him. They were a l l p e a t ~rimics." r r j grandfather would explain. "If they couldn't make fun of somebody e l s e , thsy made fun of one another."

Iiy great-grandmother, Lizzie , married Joe l Ticknor when she was f i f t e e n y e n s old a=! they vlent t o l i v e on T i c h o r ' s P r a i r i e n o r t l of %coda. rfPfy f a the r , I ' qv grand- fak le r t o ld me, "crossed the p la ins i n 1850, f i ve years a f t e r rly mother. He first squatted on the land j u s t north of the Fords, l a t e r occupied by the Luarks and then by the Robert Brown family. An old Indian came by one day and t o l d hi^ he'd s h o ~ -him a be t t e r place. 'Niscloten, ' he ca l led i t o r ' the place where the smoke s e t t l e s . ' F Q f a t h e r went with him and looked a t t he p rz i r i e . Xe l i k e d i t and sho r t l y a f t e r , he b u i l t a home of s p l i t cedar. It was there I was born i n 1855."

then my great-grea't-grandfather a s ~ i s t e d with the rescue of h i s sons from the Xaidahs, he a l s o brought back an I n d i a s lave , a member of a d i s t a n t t r i b e , who had been held a pr isoner for m a y years. E~kry Lrgeline, my s e a t - w e a t - g a n d f z t h e r r s youngest daughter, r eca l l ed t h a t h i s p i t i f u l l y scarred body t e s t i f i e d t o the tor- tu res he had endured.

I n deep gra t i tude for h i s rescue, he at tached himself t o qv gt-eat-great-grandfa- ther , and i n the t i m s of w e s t t h a t was zhead he frequently raarxed b i n and thus

* See elserirhere f o r a discussion of Sam i 8 l l i m , s b i r thp lace (III.R. c & & -- 0 t h e r g d v e the year 1847, which seems rnare repsonable, he was o k y 15-19 i n 18k3. *** They had a t h i r d son, mron , see elsewI~ere. (1'1. R. c.)

f r u s t r a t e d mmy p lo t s aga ins t h i s l i f e . And sure ly , my pea t -g r ea t -gand fa the r had need of warnings, The Indians were be-

coming r e s t i v e , r e sen t i ng the number of white men who r e r e s e t t l i n g on t h e i r land, Nevertheless, they had grea t confidence i n him and r e a a r l y came t o him f o r advice and he used h i s in f luence t o keep them a t peace.

Pieanwhile, t he t e r r i t o r y had a new governor who was making t r e a t i e s with the In- dians. 1,iy great-great-grandfatlhor and h i s sons were a ides t o Governor Stevens, nly Great-Great-uncle Sidney se rv ing t o i n t e r p r e t the terms t o the Indians a s they were read, sentcnce by sentence i n t he jargon. A t the f i r s t meeting, s ix or seven hun- drsd Indians of the powerful Nisqually nat ion encm.ped dur ing the Christmas holidays i n 1854. on a s o r t of i s l a n d about a mile above the mouth of Medicine Creek, where Great-Great-uncle Sidney had aided i n c l ea r ing the ground so t h a t t he tribesmen might spread t h e i r blankets and be i n hear ing d i s tance of the speakers. h5th s ix ty - two ch ie fs and eighteen other white men, my Great-Great-uncle Sidney signed h i s name t o the T r ~ a t y of iiledicine Creek.

I n the next month, he was s e n t t o assemble the remaining t r i b e s of the Nisqually nat ion a t Point E l l i o t where near ly 2,300 Indians I n r e present. Then followed a council a t Po in t iJo Point , where t he Qallams, Chemakums, a d Skokomish were gather- ed--then a four th w i t h the Idakahs and a few other t r i b e s i n the neighborhood of Neah Bay--all four concluded within a month.

P& Great-Great-Uncle Sidney was one of two sen t t o summon the Chehalis, W n a u l t , and QuiUayute Tribes t o assemble February 25, 1855, on t h e banks of the Chehalis River a t the p resen t s i t e of Cosmopolis, Judge Ford was p resen t as were h i s sons, Sidney, Jr., and Tom, who served a s a s s i s t a n t i n t e rp re t e r s . About 350 Indians and t ~ r e l v e white men met i n the two or t h r ee ac res which had been c leared of SLUE^ 2nd logs p i l e d up s o as t o form ul oblong space.

Ilia mother, W l a y n o t , t o l d me about t h i s meeting," r e c a l l s S i l a s Heck, "when re - p resen ta t ives of the Upper Chehalis went down there i n a culoe. Her cousin Quats i - t an , known by the Boston name of i f i l l iam Choke, dressed t he meat f o r t he counci l and saw i t from beginning t o end."

The behavior of Carcowan, one of the Lower Chehalis l eaders , was considered i n s u l t - i n z 12;~ the governor, who t o r e up the paper he had given the Indian designat ing him a s a ch ie f , Iqo agreement was rezched a t t h i s meeting. The l a r g e pa in t ing hanging i n the h a l l of t + e Grays Harbor Courthouse, p i c tu r e s this tense moment a t what i s ca l led t he Treaty of Cosmopolis 2nd shows my =eat-peat-uncles and great-great- grandfather wit, \ Cavernor Stevens facing Carcowan and the other Indian representa- t ives .

Yy C-reat-Great-uncle Sidney a l s o went e a s t of t h e mountains with t he gove-nor t o make a t r e a t y with t he 5,000 Indians who assembled a t K i l l Creek, a t r i b u t a r y of t he 1Jalla Wdla River. Xe rias p resen t a t o ther gaLLerings and a l s o went beyond the Xocky Piomtains, " to m e t the formidable and warlike mack fee t i n c o u ~ c l l , aad nake a t r e a t y guaranteeing permanent peace between them and all neighboring t r i b e s , and w i t h the United States."

After t h e successful negot ia t ions ~ 5 t h the Zlackfeet , i n t he f a l l of 1855, my Great-Great-uncle Sidney s t a r t e d x e s t m r d with the governor " to f ind t h a t the coun- t r y ti- rough which he must t r a v e l was a l ready ablaze with war." The Indian t r i b e s had decided t o make a l a s t s t and aga in s t the white men,

Trouble had broken ou t west of the Cascades as well . ' I I t had r e a l l y s t a r t e d a t the Treaty of Fiedicine Creek," S i l a s Heck t o l d me, "when LescLhi., one of the proninent i\?isqually ch ie fs , s igned t h i s t r e a t y and deeded away the f e r t i l e l and of h i s f a t h e r s on Xisqually P r g i r i e where he had r a i s e d good horses and l o t s of ~ a i n ; where the t r o u t r an t h i ck i n t h r ee o r four creeks, m d where the near-by p r a i r i e s vere t he b e s t e n d of deer hunting ground, And f o r what? For land on t he Sollnd (by ?ew Lon- don) where n o t even a grasshopper could l i v e . !hen he r e d i z e d what he had done, he was so mad t h a t he threw down his h a t four times. iie vowed revenge on t he governor who had t r i cked him.

"Theil, during the nex t year , hs went t o the neighboring t r i b e s t r y ing t o ge t them t o join hiix, He cY~c?r,~t ge t q u i t e around, howsvel-. ikny times he s en t t o t he Upper Chehalis, but they refused t o go i n with him. f i n a l l y he saw it was too l e t e t o con- p l e t e his confederation so h s threw i t all up 2nd ven t i n on h i s oim. '-To got his

warr iors together where Fort Le~Jis now stands. There +hey b u i l t a f i r e aga ins t a t r e e and moulded bu l l e t s a l l one n igh t , divided them i n t h e morning, and went on. Leschi had begun the w a r .

"Not aga ins t the white s e t t l e r s , though, f o r he sa id t o them, '1 am no t mad a t you, bu t only Governor Stevens and h i s so ld i e r s , ' I know all of L l i s because Indim Luke, 1Jfi0 was one of Leschi's I J ~ ~ - < C \ ~ S . t o ld my fa ther and a f t e r t h e war he took him t o t h s t vory -kce. It st511 had f i ~ c !ilml<:; ~ ~ m - 1 it."

Great-Great-uncle Tom's wife, Mary, learned from her people t h a t the Indians of t h i s region were a l s o planning an uprising. Accordingly, the white s e t t l e r s s t a r - t ed t~ bui ld stockades and fo r t r e s se s a t Claquato and on Grand Liound P ra i r i e . The Fords, nevertheless, stayed a t t h e i r home, having devised a m s a ~ s of turning t h e i r two l o g cabins i n t o a double blockhouse. IQ grandfather r e c a l l s t h a t this was done by making blocks s i x or e igh t inches thick t h a t might be ?laced over t he lower p a r t of the windows i n time of a t t ack or danger, leaving only a s m d l opening a t the top of each window which served fo r ven t i l a t i on and as a gun s l i t or loop hole, The El- kanah i'flills family came t o l i v e i n the older dwelling t h a t had been used a s a s tore- house.

Meanwhile, my great-great-grandfather had been made l o c a l Indian agent f o r the Upper Chehalis, having received his appointment on October 2, 1855.

"This was done," s t a t e s a l e t t e r from the National Archives i n \dashington, D o C., " i n accordance with tihe pol icy which had been worked out of designat ing . . . 'd i f - f e r e n t po in t s There Indians who wished t o maintain f r iend ly r e l a t i o n s with whites should come and place themselves under the charge of a l o c a l Agt. appointed fo r t h a t purpose, who would take possession of t h e i r arms a v i n g r ece ip t s fo r the same t o bs re turned a t , such time a s the Dept. should think proper, take a l i s t of the names of a l l the males and those that surrender arms, making them answer t o t h o i r n m e s a s ca l l ed a t l e a s t once every day and i n consideration of t h e i r doing this, whenever 'there was a deficiency of provisions amongst them i n consequence of t h e i r new posi- t i o n the l o c a l Agt. would provide for t h e i r necess i t i es i n tne most economizillg nan- ner possible. Concluding t h a t i t was much cheaper fo r t he Government t o feed then thai t o fight them. 1"

The l e t t e r a l s o s t a t e s : "Ford's services a s l o c a l agent proved very s a t i s f ac to ry , m d 011 A ~ r i l 25, 1856, Governor I s aac Stevens appointed h i m Special Agent fo r the Western D i s t r i c t , having under his ju r i sd ic t ion ' .. . the Cowlitz hdims, the upper a i d 1oz:er Chehalis, and the t r i b e s thence northward t o Cape F la t te ry . ' This 1~2s con- s idered a very d i f f i c u l t d i s t r i c t t o manage '... i n consequence of t he Cowlitz and Chehalis Indians being in the midst of the sett lements and from t h e i r being c lose ly a l l i e d ~ k ~ t h the h o s t i l e s who have made every e f fo r t t o plunge them i n t o the var. ' I '

S t o r i e s handed down by the Ford family enlarge upon this mater ia l , explaining t h a t a s Indian agent my great-great-grandfather did dl l ~ e could t o prevent any hos- t i l i t i e s between the two races. He took t h o precaution, however, of having the tribesmen surrender t h e i r guns explaining t h a t if they r ~ o d d l i v e on h i s l and i n peace, the goverment would feed them a id they would no t need t h e i r f i r e a r n s for hunting.

Pat terson Luark, furthermore, makes frequent mention i n h i s f fJournal l ' of s e l l i 3 g potatoes and beef t o my great-great-grandfather "to feed the s i r ~ a s h . ~ ~

Koolah remembered the r a t i o n s , especial ly the black molasses and hardtack they received, "Saturday was the day food was given out and the Indians ca l l ed i t 'pun- squitemk' mevling ' d i s t r i b ~ t i o n day fo r r a t i ons ' or ' t h a t day they pass th ings a- round.' h e r s ince my peoplc have ca l led Saturday punsquitemk,If S i l a s Beck exrplaine6

Estimates vary a s t o the number of Indians ac tuzUy encarped a t mea t -grea t -grad- fa ther ' s . Some c l e m there were a s many a s f i v e thousacd; others scy two hw-dred. Grea't-great-grandfather made the Indians ' r i f l e s useless , my grandfather t o l d me, by removing the locks and hiding them under the house. W-l of this came about, he s a i d , a f t e r h i s nother had overheard a p lo t .

"Your great-grandmother, Lizzie, ' i he began, "was standing by the door of her fa- t h e r ' s barn when messengers from the host5le Indians beyond the Cascades cane t~ plan w i t h t he ! f r iendly ' Chehalis t o make an a t t ack on the syhite settlers, They spoke i n the east-of-the-mountains d i a l e c t , not r e a l i z i n g your great-grandmother understood every ~rord . She t o ld her f a the r and he prevented the plan from b21b.g ca r r i ed out by

t a ~ n g the loc!cs from the Indians ' guns and hiding them under the house." Nevertheless, mmy: of t he f r i e n d l y Indians encamped a t my great-great-grand-

f a the r ' s were ab l e t o secure shiny new muskets. S i l a s Heck says his f a t h e r t o l d him i t happened this way:

"Alr~ays we were a f r a i d of an a t t a c k by the h o s t i l e s , and being unarmed, what chance would we have had. But C l i l i k e (C l i l a c ) resor ted t o a t r i c k and secured arms fo r us. He ripped h i s pan t l e g then ran t o t r a~d camp ye l l i ng , 'Host i le Indians! Hcs- t i l e Indians!' He explained t h a t the h o s t i l e s had got a f t e r him and had pursued him so c lose ly he'd r ipped h i s c lo th ing i n running away f ron them. ' I t i s ter Poot' consi- dered i t a d d s a b l e t o a r m some of them and t h a t was t he beginning of 'S i tnah 's ' com- pany of f r i e n d l y 1ndia.n~. f a t h e r s a i d he had t o hold up h i s hand a d swear and he w a s given a uniform and a shiny new musket with a bayonet.

"'Oh we glad. then, ' s a i d my f a the r . 'aefore we have no guns. 'Ikfister Pootl take them. If Leschi come then, what we do?'

"But 'Xis ter Poot' needed my f a t h e r a t home and wouldn't l e t h i m go very f a r away. However, Quatsita, one of h i s cousins, %as taken t o Yelm P r a i r i e a s were t he others of 'S i tnah 's ' f r i e n d l y Indians , and was t r a ined with the white so ld i e r s . Pe s z i d they prac t iced shoot ing a t a board as b ig a s a man--evidently no t a g r ea t d i s tance from the t a r g e t f o r t he muskets of t h a t day co~ l ldn ' t shoot f a r .

"All t h a t winter my f a t h e r , Koolah, helped 'Mister Poot' with h i s s tock," contin- ued S i l a s Heck, !'and he d i d the chores and a l s o stood guerd r i g h t a t the 'skookum house,' o r f o r t , a s the Indians ca l l ed t he two l o g houses; f o r l l~kister Pootl had placed wooden blocks a f o o t t h i ck over the windows. A l l over t he surrounding a rea , Indian guards were placed, my f a t h e r sa id . ?tm were a t the l oca t i on of the p resen t Button &others1 se rv ice s t a t i o n a d two fur ther on, A s f a r axay as Grand T~Iound there w a s only one out-guard. And s o they were s ca t t e r ed a l l around. The plan was t h a t i f anyone saw t ! e enemy, he was t o run t o the nex t guard, pass t he alarm and f a l l back, In t h i s way t he r e would be a l a r g e fo rce about the skookum house t o make a stand.

" A l l t h a t winter f a t h e r stood guard. And every n igh t my, f a t h e r says, he a l s o helped t o b u d a r i n g of b ig f i r e s sround '1:Ester Poot ' s ' skookurn house so t h a t i t was l i g h t e d up and d s o t he p r a i r i e fzr, far out. Then no h o s t i l e s could approach the f o r t without being seen. Every day, with ox tearns, t he Indians who c w e d on the place , hauled l ogs f o r the f i r e s ,

"Nearly every day they'd hear rumors t h a t Leschi had been k i l l ed . And d r ~ a y s t h e f r i end ly Chehdis were apprehensive l e s t he a t tack. They d idn ' t know t h a t the re nee! no t be t h i s f ea r . After the w a r they lea rned L!at Leschi t o l d h i s warriors--we had many cousins who were ~ ~ a r r i o r s i n h i s band--to go t o our t r i b e and f i nd t h i c h ones were f i gh t i ng with the government so t h a t when they met them i n a skirmish, they wouldn't k i l l t h e i r own people, Some were all over t h i s p a r t of the countrjr keeping h i m posted."

Leschi's band, on t he o ther hand, was hardly a s l a r g e znd formidable as ny p e a t - great -grandpzsnts a d other white s e t t l e r s , o r even t he f r i e n d l y I n d i m s themselves, supposed i t t o be. S i l a s Heck t o l d me of i t s s i z e and a l s o gave me the following p i c tu r e of l i f e i n Leschi 's camp, q d t e a con t r a s t t o the d o s e quar te r s of Fo r t 5~::- ness where the women and chi ldren of t he f i ve p r a i r i e s were s tay ing or t h e skookum house where l i v e d i?ancy Ford and h e r son, Fernando o r "Sunny" and her youngon5 2augi:- t e r , imgeline .

"Leschi never had more than 100 i n his band including women a d chi.ldrelz,I1 S i l a s Beck said. "Father 's f i r s t cousin was married t o one of his ~ m r i o r s . She was 15 a t t he time and she s a i d i t d i d n ' t seem l i k e anything unusual, The wonen and ch i ld ren camped i n t h e woods ~ ~ h i l e t he men went out. They'd be gone f o r a day--maybe f o r two or three a t a time, The women m d chi ldren anused themselves with games--bone gambling or those with bear t e e th . O r they played t he wonan's gvne ca l l ed ' carrying t he s t i c k ' by ge t t i ng i n two l i n e s and having one of the ? layers ca r ry a s t i c k f r o n one l i n e t o tile o ther while dl ca l l ed her funny names. If she reached the opposite l i n e before cracking a smile, she 'd ge t a po in te l f

It seemed l i f e i n Lesc,hi's camp was hard ly l e s s calm than a t ny great -great -grad- Tather 's where the f r i end ly Chehalis were peace3ully await ing t h e i r rareel-Jy pmsqui-

temk. There was one evening of excitement t h a t winter , however, and on Tuesday, Jan- uary 29, 1856, Patterson Luark recorded i n his f l J o m n d l l :

" T h i s morning a t the f i r s t cock crowing we heard the r e p o r t of some 10 or 1 5 guns a t Fords and a t e r r i b l e y e l l i n g of the Indians and dogs. So we rose immediately and prepared ourselves f o r defense, supposing there nust be t roub le a t Fords a s t he r e was near a hu-?<.sd Siwash camped there and only 6 or 8 white men, There was a Ger- m a n s t ay ing over n i g h t with us and a t l i g h t M r . Stearns came along from Goodell1s place. He returned t o the f o r t i n haste. The t rouble was trro s t range Indians hav- i n g been seen and heard by the Yriendly Ind i a i~s . They was grea t l y alarmed. S. S. Ford gave some of them guns t o stand guard, i n compmy - d t h the whites. A grea t 01.~1

f i n a l l y a l igh ted near t he barn and made a hen squa l l so up draws t h e Indian and f i r e d a t the O T J ~ and i n s t a n t l y all f i r e d o f f t h e i r pieces and ran screvning and ye l J ing old fashioned l i k e . 1Je f i n a l l y i n t he evening got four men and watched the road a l l n igh t by p a i r s but no s i w a ~ h . ~ ~

"My f a t h e r Koolah t o l d me he was the one who shot t h a t owl , I 1 says S i l a s 2eck. " T h i s i s the inc iden t a s he t o l d it t o me:

"'It was d r i zz ly night. Kind when moon shines through clouds making almost l i g h t l i k e day. After midnight I s tand and watch owl i n l i t t l e oak t r e e . It t r y t o g e t 'Mister Poot 's l chi.ckens. It f l y t o limb, jump ov2r c loser , closez* t o cl?icl:~i? m t i l c:l.icksn j~ .np doin1 frolil t r e e t o grou-.d. I watch this Ilzppen a;ain, c..gaii~. ZAC:.; time ~~~~~~~~L c h i c l : ~ ~ . I think I do something. I go t o ' l i s t e r Poot.

" 'Owl t r y t o catch your chicken,' I says. He says jus t , 'I..Iunook pooh' (shoot him). SO I go out and glad t o shoot ny new musket. A i m a t owl, F i re . He f a l l . I hear guns f i r e close, c lose , all around me. Then f a r away. kll f i r e , Far y e t away. Nore f i r e . Outposts hear. F i r e too.

"'Your mother hear it over i n Indian camp. 'Rig S a t t l e , ' she says t o women. 'LLl us l a y dorm on ground so bu l l e t s go over heads.'

"'I go t o Indian camp i n morning. They run up t o me. They ask how happen. Then they make joke. 'Koolah, you ge t Leschi?' they says. 'Yes,' I says , 'Leschi over there. Got fea thers on. Then they all laugh about it. ' I 1

Another i nc iden t a l s o caused a s t i r i n the Indian c m p a t my great-great-g-and- f a t h e r ' s t h a t year and a t the skookum house a s well. I n t h e middle of June, S t m e l o , an in tox ica ted Indian, was k i l l e d a t For t Henness. The s t o r y t o l d by S i l a s ?iecl:'s f a t h e r , Icoolah, va r ies with the usual accounts given by t h e f o r t r es iden ts .

"The drunken Indian beat h i s wi fe t f f Ptr. Heck s a id , "and she took refuge i n t he f o r t . He followed her i n . The women h id her so he couldn' t f i n d her. It w a s dark. He was j u s t kneeling by the f i r e i n the center of the stockade reaching fo r a coal t o take i t up and l i g h t h i s pipe when he was sho t i n the b r ea s t by someone from a- cross t he f i r e . The men i n the f o r t held a council, They considered bwying h i s body within t he w a l l s . No one would be the wiser , they said. But Sam James and oth- e r s i n s i s t e d t h a t t h a t wouldn't be honest or r i g h t , So they took h i s body outs ide the stockade and s e t a wagon box up edgewise over i t t o p r o t e c t i t from the s u n . m d s e n t word t o 'Mister Pootl t h a t the Indian had been k i l l ed .

"Yq f a t h e r drove over w i t h the Ford oxen and ca r r i ed the body t o the Indian can? f o r bur ia l . It was decided s ince the white men had no t hidden t he body, and s ince i t had always been understood that no I n d i a was t o go i n t o the f o r t , t he k i l l i n g of t he Indian was merely an a c t of war and no t murder. That was t he way i t was l e f t , "

I n t he spr ing of 1856, my great-great-grandfather was zppointed t o the comander- i n ch i e f ' s s t a f f as a ide t o the governow with 'the rank of l i e u t e n s n t colonel.

Greabgreat-grandfather never had any f e a ~ t h a t the .Indians would harm him and they too f e l t h i m t o be absolute ly f e a r l e s s , a be l ie f t h a t , i nc iden t a l l y , i s s a id t o have i n c i t e d a p l o t aga ins t his l i f e . "They thought your grandfather t he person i f i - ca t ion of bravery," my great-=eat-aunt t o l d her daughter J e t t i e . "They coveted h i s bravery to' the ex ten t t h a t they once planned t o kill him so t h a t they might obte in his hea r t , r o a s t i t , and e a t it , and by so doing become as brave a s he. 1~ f r i end ly Indian warned your grandfather of the plan a d he kept h i s hea-t ."

"Hosti le I n d i a sp ies , " Pary Angeline t o l d her granddaughter Matt ie Shelton, "in- c i t e d severa l at tempts on my f a the r ' s l i f e , One was made a t th-e time of the over- n igh t visit of a Catholic p r i e s t fo r whom the Indians had a r e spec t amounting almost

t o supers t i t ion . An Indian climbed the s$+,rin~ay between t h e t ~ m l o g buildings so t h a t he might shoot '&rough the narrow s l i t a t the top of the window and thus k i l l qy fa ther . 13ut the p r i e s t s a t between him and the window and a f t e r wai t ing a s long a s he dared f o r the Catholic f a t h e r t o move, the Indian sl ipped army without f i r i ng . "

From January U. t o Hay 1, 1856, my great-great-uncle was i n charge of what was known a s Captain Sidney S. Ford, Jr. ' s company of llT,.Jalla iJalla Nounted P'IilitiaIt of the Second Regiment of 14ashington Ter r i to ry Volunteers , H e seened t o continue, ne- ver the less , with h i s f r i end ly Indians who were used mostly as scouts. lriv@ f a t h e r l i k e aL1 of the others , I 1 s a id S i l a s Reck, I1trore a piece of white c lo th on h i s h a t t o d i s t inguish him from a hos t i l e . la thou& lI,.Zster Pootl keyt him t o guard the home place, once he was s e n t a s far away a s Olympia. On the wzy back,hswas near ly k i l l - ed when going by the f o r t on Grand N~und, There seemed t o be disagreement i l l the stockade, according t o my fa ther . Relat ives of those who had bsen k i l l e d by the In- dians were i n favor of doing away with zll of my people they could. Others caution- ed t h a t such a n a c t would be annih i la t ion f o r all the white s e t t l e r s i n this d i s - t r i c t . The l a s t group won out. But f a t h e r near ly l o s t his l i f e because of those who held t h e f i r s t opinion."

Tlie h i s to r i an , Sno~den , says t h a t my Great-Great-Uncle Sidneyts l i f e was i n con- s t a n t danger from the treachery of h i s f r i end ly Indians. fhd my grandfather agrees.

"One tinle,ll my grandfather t o l d me, "when your Great-C-reat-Uncles Sid and Tom Tirere with t h e i r f r i end ly Indians r i g h t a f t e r Idorthcraft was k i l l e d , they stopped t o dlean t h e i r guns. Sid not iced t h a t ~ ~ i l a c , rho was kind of a mean old Indian, i n handling h i s gun kept it pointed toward Tom. Sid j u s t kept s t i l l but he reached over and touched Tom on the f o o t t o a t t r a c t h i s a t t en t ion . They took the guns away from the Indians and turned. them back to~.lmrd home 1 ' ~ ~ l o i r plan, 11 my , rand?~t l ier 05s erved ifr.~as t o kin Sid and Tom and then join the h o s t i l e s .I1

One n igh t , according t o the h i s t o r i a n , Snowden, my Great-Great-uncle Sid l a y rmapped i n his blznket and l i s t e n e d while h i s l1friendly" Indians who supposed him t o be as leep discussed the adv i sab i l i t y of k i l l i n g him and dividing h i s goods and valu- ables. 3ut , according t o the h i s to r i an , "he never flinch5d from the se rv ice he had undertaken, and rendered excel lent se rv ice during tne remainder of t he ?.~ar."

FQ Great-Great-uncle Tom had many narrow escapes also. ?As niece, J e t t i e ii,Fil- l i m s Rasinussen, says she'd heard. him t e l l of 'this ons. "Once when Uncle Ton ~ n s re turn ing from e a s t of the mourtains alone," she sa id , "ho rnet a group of warlike IUick i ta t s on the runpzge. Fie saw no escape, They asked him i f he was alone and he said , '011 no, there ' s a b i g company of so ld i e r s fol louing me. Don't yov see them?' And as luck r~ould have it, there was 2 band of wild horses moving i n the dis tance. Seeing them a l s o but thinkiing then1 approaching so ld ie rs on t h e i r mounts, t he Iiidi- ans permitted him t o go unharmed. 'I'll t e l l you I was p r e t t y scared, ' he used t o say as he t o l d the s tory, l l concluded his niece,

A t the c lose of t he Indian wars, Quiemuth, brother of Leschi and a l s o one of the Indian l eade r s , surrendered himself and was placed i n the governor's o f r i ce f o r protection.

1.v grazdfather was only a year o ld a t this time bu t he says t h a t l a t e r rher: he was a s m a l l boy, h i s f a the r and nother often s a t , one on each s ide of t h e i r huge f i r ep l ace i n t h e i r home on Ticknor P r a i r i e , and smoked t h e i r pipes--llIfother smoked a pipe saxe a s Father, he said--and t o l d s t o r i e s about the Indian wars, This i s one of them, 11.llile i t does no t agree i n all p a r t i c u l a r s with t he death of Qvieinuth t h a t i s t o l d by s t a t e h i s to r i ans , i t has notable var ia t tons and i s recorded her6 merely a s a s to ry t h a t has come down by word of mouth f o r eighty-five years.

llT'Iy f a the r , " bsgan my grandfather, lrrp~as on t he jury t h a t t r i e d Quienuth, 1-rho VES

charged with the murder of the white s e t t l e r s and vas t o be hangec! i f fouqd g u i l t y o The Indian a d t he jurors rcere kept i l l Governor Stevens ' of f i ce , Frhile ~ ~ a i t i n g one evening, Janes 3unton swore vengeance on the Indian, supposedly the murderer of h i s fa ther - in - le~ .~ , Jarnes ~ 4 c ~ i s t e r . He r a i s e d up one corner of h i s blanket so he could see t he r ec l i n ing Indian 's face. 'This Quinuth?' he asked. 'Yes, t h i s Qlliemuth,' t he pr isoner rep l ied , s o James Bunton took ou t h i s p i s t o l a d shot the Indiai?.

"3ut tlie Indian 's hands were crossed over h i s chest so t he b u l l e t cr3rely I-rounded h i s r ~ r i s t . Fberybody rose and rushed f o r the door. Fathnr s a id , 'For God's seke,

don' t l e t the Indian out.' Soneone turned the Indian zround and s t ruck hia w i t h a d i rk . It was a right-handed s t a b by a left-handed person so a l l h e w who i t was d id it. ' I ' m a dead man,' the Indian s a id , and f e l l dead. Ripley was accused of murder but was no t punished. It was decided i t was a l l r i g h t f o r him t o do it. The Gover- nor was p r e t t y sore. He sa id i t d i d n ' t r a t t e r so much t h a t the Inclian was k i l l e d , but he d idn ' t l i k e i t t o be done r i g h t i n h i s off ice .

"During the trials of Leschi t h a t followed, a t t en t ion was ca l led t o the su f f e r ing the white men had endwed from Indian r a i d s i n crossing the p l a in s and t o the many white men the Indians had k i l l e d and whose bones were l e f t t o bleach on the pla ins ."

S i l a s Heck says t h a t Leschi's bm? deserted him. A t any r a t e , he was f i n a l l y surrendered t o the government by one of h i s own people. I-@ Great-Great-uncle Sidney was i n charge of the par ty which captured the fvnous chief and the Ford family f o r years had the handcuffs which he placed on Leschi.

Governor Stevens disbanded the volunteer regiments i n November, 1856. Then he re - signed from h i s governorship fo r he desi red t o run as a delegate t o Congress so t h a t he might secure r a t i f i c a t i o n of his Indian t r e a t i e s . lie l e f t in 1 8 9 t o go & s t and S i l a s Heck's mother, Quilaynot, t o ld her son of the l a s t meeting he had with her people, even while he was on his way. It was r i g h t i n f r o n t of my Great-Great-Grand- fa ther Ford's skookum house.

"PIy mother, an @per Chehalis, and her two children attended a gather ing of about a thousand of her t r i be , " S i l a s Heck told'me. "Fly f a the r was there too. She descr i - bed i t i n t h i s r.Tay:

"Governor Stevens and Wesley, the i n t e r p r e t e r stood a r m i n a r m i n the center of a l a r g e c i r c l e . The Governor would speak a sentence then take a step. Wesley, the i n t e r p r e t e r , would then say i t i n Chinook. Then he'd @ve another sentence and take another s t ep and 'Wesley rmuld t r a n s l a t e i t i n t o Chinook. So they went, p ivo t ing around i n the center of the l a r g e c i r c l s . I n t,his KGY, all could hear very p la in .

"'1 have so many people back East , ' Governor Stevens said . 'They must have a place t o stzy. There a r e so many they soon ;.Jill have nothing t o l i v e on. X?en they will have t o e a t one another. I ' m going back t o l a y your problems before t he govern- ment. P ' U f'ind what they w i l l pay you f o r your land. But your f i sh ing and hunting r i g h t s you nay keep. You s h a l l keep them as long a s t h a t white mociltaln s tands m d a s long a s Lhe sun r i s e s i n the e a s t m d s e t s i n the west.'

"m mother says the Governor had h i s bags w i t h him dl packed m d a s soon a s he f in i shed h i s speech, he continued on his journey t o the &st. She never saw him again,

"The Governor's speech, however, had appealed t o something down deep i n s i d e my people. They f e l t sor ry when he says the 1-~hite race have t o e a t one mother . They would l i k e t o do something t o help.

"The Upper Chehalis remained the non-treaty Indians. They never signed ariay t h e i r o r ig ina l r i g h t s and s t i l l have them by l a r ~ . For the sake of peace, they d i d what C~vernor Stevens t o ld them to , , a c c e p t b g h i s words t o them as an understanding even though they never received what the Governor promised them. After t he t r a r , they re- t i r e d t o tTahoun,' or Horse P r a i r i e , the reservat ion by Union, or Oa -Ml l e a s i t i s now c d l e d , t h a t the government had s e t as ide f o r themef1

After the Indian r w s , my grmclf'ather* conYtL mod t o ,be spec i a l Indian agent f o r the Western D i s t r i c t u n t i l 1859. His son, Sidney, was a l s o l o c a l agent a t Lle Fox Indian Reservation from April , 1856, t o the same month of the next year. In 1860 he r ~ a s appointed i n t h a t pos i t i on f o r the Quinault Reservation.

T\TitL the coding of more s e t t l e d conditLons, my greaALgeat-qandpzrents thouglht again of t h e i r home. They sought t o chvlgs i t from a mere skookum house, a plzce of p ro tec t ion and s h e l t e r , t o a r e a l ntasunshun" or place of Seaut;: and enjoyneilt. Ac- c o r d i n d y , they b u i l t what was knorm t o the other s e t t l e r s as t he F o ~ d marsion, a biz white house 1.Jith green shu t te r s .

Grandfather says i t 1~2s erected by fla l i t t l e b i t of a Frenchman" named h r i c Vm Vie, who was a rioi~derfril workmay, Iie thinks i t was b U d a jou t 1858, but the census of 1860 l i s t s V m F&ets name with those of the Ford f a n i l y ; so i t was l i k e l y t h a t i t

* A typographical errer--should read 1 ~ g r e a t - ~ e e t - ~ k 2 f a t h e r ~ "

was about t h i s time he was working on the house. It was a l a r g e two-story one of "box construction. Eracket work ornamented i t s ucper balcony and t h e lower porches which ran around three sides--everywhere bu t behind the ki tchen, grandfather re- members. Ha r r i e t Jane's daughter, J e t t i e , thinks i t cos t $30,000, and i t ' s a t r ad i - t i on i n the family that the f u r n i t u r e and f i n i s h b g came around the "Horn," I f I t was beau t i fu l l y furnished, J e t t i e remembers, " a d we children loved t o play there , run- ning around the l a r g e porches and then through the roorns t h a t joined one a i ~ o t h e r . ~

"The dining room alone was t h i r t y by twenty-five feet ," my grandfather t o l d rne, "and the t a b l e was t ~ ~ e n t y f e e t long. A l i t t l e t a u s was added a t each end when they had companye1I

Truly i t became a place of enjoyment f o r t!ie whole v i c in i t y . "T11ey danced in the dining room,l1 reca l led my grandfather. I1They1d c l ea r the f l o o r and push the b ig t a b l e back aga ins t the wall and I ' d s i t on i t and watch my f a t h e r and mother dance. A l l the neighbors came. George ? E l l s played--the old-time scho t t i sh I play was one of h i s . I a l s o play the Ger,mn waltz and round waltz he played on h i s f i d d l e , t h e one h e r e the ~ ~ a l t z e r s went round and round w i t h no reverses. That kind made ITIT mother s i ck and she never waltzed much, but she l i k e d the German waltz t h a t came l a - t e r , when she could be turned around and go the other way f o r z r h i l e .

l l hge l i i i e was married t o John Shelton i n the new house," continued my grandfather. "They had an ' in fa re l and the t a b l e ce r tz i i l ly was p i l e d up with mighty good food,"

'linfare.l1 according t o q y grandfather, i s a b i g dinner w i t h l o t s t o eat--a b ig celebrat ion always connected rzith a wedding.

Great-great-grandfather had a p e t e l k that wandered about the place q u i t e f ree ly . "I can see myself now," my grandfather says, ltwheii I was four years old , running dorm the road being what I ca l l ed 'chased t o death ' by Grandfather's mean old p e t e l k o f t

"An e l k i s a mischievous animal," Ha r r i e t J u i e l s daughter, J e t t i e , r e c a l l s , "and when grandfather's got i n t o his orchard and spoi led the fruit, he horsewhipped it. Pever again d id it d i s t u r b or even en t e r his orchard--but it went t o t he 3ro~in 'z , his neighbors, and caused annoyance there."

Later i n the 18801s l i t t l e Ada Ready (ncsr Pks. smith) remembers t h a t t he Fords a l s o had a p e t deer t h a t was very gent;le t o those it hew, bu t was a f r a i d of anyone t o whom i t wasnl t accustomed. "It used t o go i n and out of the house a t ~irill," Mrs. Snrith remembers. '[One day I was over there , " she continued, "and i t becane frighten- ed because I was a s t ranger so i t d i d n l t observe t he formality of l eav ing by the d o o ~ but went r i g h t out through the ~ ~ n d o r , ~ , ~ '

Great-Great-Thcle Sidney i n 1860 mzrried a girl of h i s own people, Mary Em Xoore, considered the p r e t t i e s t girl i n the county, and everyone thought t h a t they made a handsoine p a i r indeed. Toin Davis was i r i l ove with her , too, and there had been q u i t e a b i t of r i v a l r y before Sid f i l i a l ly won her. However, there vrzs never any harsh f ee l i ng aiid each continued t o play r a t h e r good-natwed pranks on tbc. ofhe;.,

"Once,1i my graiidfather remembers, IITom Davis went t o s l eep in a wagon box p r o p ~ e d up on poles. Sid and his brother Tom removed sage of t he s u ~ p o r t s so t h a t i t s13~ayed f r o n s ide t o side. Then each grabbed a pole and clin5ed i n t o t he wagon box. Sud- delay Tom Davis ms awakened by being jo l t ed back a d f o r t h t o the sowad of txo voices shouting, 'T\!e're going over the rap ids , lJe1re going over the rap ids , ' a s he cai t inued t o be b w e d up and down, and up a d down, aga ins t the f l o o r of t he wgon bed.

Great-Great-uncle Sidney had s e t t l e d on a donation claim on a n a t u r a l c1eari :~g south of Cedarvil le, aamed a f t e r him and a l s o lmorm a s Fords Pra i r ie . " There, i t ' s r e c u e d , he l o s t about one hundred head of c a t t l e and f i f t e e n horses in the severs t.6liter of 1860-1861.

Tlwee of the twelve chi ldren born t o him vld h i s ~ & f e I h r y d ied a t b i r t h . The other nine wsre John, !-@rue, Nay, Anson, Sidney R., ? resse , Grace, Eknest, a d Ivy. The l a s t f i v s nmed above sw-,fived h i x a t h i s dezth, Apri l 1 6 , 1900. 9e was buried i n the Sharon Cenetery loca ted on the Fords P r a i r i e rimed i n h i s honor.

The foILor.nng November 23, my o ldes t g rea t -g-ea t -an t , E a r r i e t Jv l e i T i l l i a n s , d ied a t her home in Cedarr i l le . S i x young nen, her grandsons, bore her t o her l a s t

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* See e l s s r~he re f o r a descripkion of t h i s s i t e (ivl.ii,~.)

r e s t i n g place. Seven children were born t o her and her husband Samuel !;"illiams: Jane, Lo t t i e , Samuel, Mary, Thomas, Bathania, and J e t t i e .

Tom l ikewise remarried. In 1864, limes Kir t ley became h i s bride. Her people were e a r l y donation claim owners south of Tenino. They had th ree boys and four girls, and h i s wife a l so reared all of the children of Great-Great-uncle Tom's f i r s t marriage with her own. I1kunt Aggie was a wonderful woman,ff ~lry mother o f ten said . "1 always thought o f h e r and Uncle Tom as c loser t o me i n kinship +&an they r e a l l y were. I!

They s e t t l e d on the Humptulips and reared t h e i r family Sut no school was there so they so ld t h e i r place and moved out. Then h i s wife i nhe r i t ed the K i r t l ey place, h e r e they l i v e d u n t i l they died. He passed awsy Parch 5, 1908, a t t he age of 76.

"One of Tom and Aggie' s boys, my grandfather t o ld me, Ifwas naned Ulysses Grant Ford, and he always signed h i s name U. Grant Ford. Once, he sa id , he went t o be a witness i n court , and he had t o hold up h i s hand and swear, 'I, U. Grant Ford, do solemnly swear---.' Then he'd add, 'Now a i n ' t t ha t a h e l l of a name?"' Their other chi ldrsn were Allen, fied, Irma, Li ly , Ef f ie , and Eva.

Grandfather has but one reco l lec t ion of the C i v i l War. "I can wel l renember," he t o ld me, "the colored pic tures yards long, Grandma and Grandpa had on the w a l l show- h z ~ ~ 0 9 .

Si l a s Heck, however, s a i d h i s mother t o l d him t h a t V n s t e r Poot" received the news of the death of Governor Stevens who was a general i n the war. "Shot with a b u l l e t through the head, ' l f i s ter Poot' heard, she s a id and he and all her people very so r ry about it."

I Q Great-Great-Aunt h g e l i n e t o ld her Granddaughter Jkit t ie t h i s i nc iden t about the news of t he death ofLincoln. Thesc a r e my Cousin M.attiels words. "One day a s w grandmother, h g i e Ford, was dr iv ing t o Olympia with her fa ther , they met a man on horseback who checked h i s fwious speed long enough t o shout 'Lincoln ~ Z S been shot. Be i s dead.' Judge Ford, staunch old Republican t h a t he was, c r i ed l i k e a ch i ld and s a i d he f e l t as though he had l o s t h i s own father."

I@ great-great-grandfather out l ived Abraham Lincoln by only two years." He died i n 1866 a t the age of sixty-six** 3 s the r e s u l t of a r a the r p e c d i a r i l l n e s s . "We h o w now what he died of , my grandfather t o ld me. !'It T J ~ S appendici t is . I'

He was buried beside h i s l i t t l e daughter, FIissourie, on the p a r t of h i s donation claim t h a t was the f i r s t bu r i a l p l o t i n t h i s p a r t of the country--one-f o w t h of an acre which s t i l l belongs t o h i s heirs.***

Whenever the old donation cl&m property has been sold , t h i s provision has been included i n the deed. "Reserving and excepting one-fourth of an acre of sai 'd t r a c t of land, being the ground now used f o r a cemetery, the center of tAe l a t e 'Sidney S . Ford's grave being the center of s a id reserved one-fourth of one acre of l u l d O 1 '

For many years a f t e r Great-Great-Grandfather Ford's death, Fernando or I'Sunnyr1 and h i s family l i v e d in the Ford mansion with my great-great-grandmother. He had mmried Iviary :',Jartin i n 1865, and a r a the r i n t e r e s t l bg s to ry i s to ld by Sylvia 3o r s t , a great-i l iece of the l i t t l e br ide , concerning t h e i r elopement.

Young k1zy m s j u s t t h i r t e e n A d when her - f a the r , ease Iliartin, l ea rned t h a t she had run o f f a -~d married "Sunny" Ford, he picked up h i s Kentucky s q u i r r e l r i f l e and vent out t o seek the youthful bridegroon;. ow ever, a f r i end of the l ove r s appeared i n the shape of in te rvez ing d i s t m c e . The couple went t o l i v e a t my great-great- grandfather ' s and the angry paren t who res ided a t Tenino, more t h a t s ix teen miles away, found. 'he dis tance too g rea t t o pursue the newly-wedded pa i r .

Great-Great-uncle "Sunnyl1 Ford' s f i r s t s i x children were girls. +*** He used t o be teased q u i t e a b i t about i t uld he'd say, I1i$e're going t o keep on try5ng u n t i l ue have a boy and then we ' l l stop.fT It seemed he was only p a r t l y r i g h t f o r h i s seveath ch i ld was a boy whom they named Claude. SLlt he l a t e r had two more daughters, e i g h t i n all-->nnnie, llaude, lmgie, Lo t t i e , J e s s i e , Cora, m a , and h a . Ifu Great-Great- Uncle "S lmr~y~~ cane t o Centra l ia a f t e r leaving Fords P ra i r i e . Iie was l i v i n g near Tenino a t t he time of h i s death i n 1916.

* One year--Lincoln died in 1865 (K.R.c.) ** He w2s i n h i s 66th year, n o t 66, having been born i n Hay, l e 0 1 (1-I.R;C) +** See e l s e the re fo r an account of where h i s gaves tone i s now. (M.R.C.) **** LMmotm tomany i n 1938, he had a son Thomas, by Gatie Oya-see elsewhere (T.I.R.c. )

A L L of her grandchildren f e l t they had a home with t h e i r grandmother, itancy Fcrd, 'lShe d t m y s had a hccse full of boys and she mothered them all," her granddaughter, " S ~ n n y ~ s ~ ~ daughter Angie recallod. 33lile another gr=ddau&ter, J e t t i e , remembers how much she en joyed her v i s i t s there. "The ups ta i r s bedroom on the north s ide , Ii she sa id , %as grandma's room. None of us children were allotred i n i t , but once there was a crack in the door and rv s i s t e r and I stood and looked and looked througl-L it, Herroom had so many p re t ty things in it. I have a rocker of hers. I t ' s maho- gany I think, I t ' s a comfortable c h a r and I s t i l l s i t in it. 1"Iy mother a l s o used it. I t r ea su re i t greaL3y because i t was brought across the p l a in s by m y grandmothe- i n 184-5.l1

Ny great-great-gradmother was French, my mother sa id her grandmother tolc!, her , and she thinks t ha t ' s Lhe reason Nancy Ford wore a f r i l l y white cap. "I can ' t re- member ever having seen my grandmothey without her white cap," my grandfather sci6 .

"Grandma Ford, as we all cal led her , had white h a i r and wore a white cap, and r a s so very nea t e r r Sophia Ready, now IIrs. :Silley, r eca l l s . "The r i g h t s i d e of the f i r e - place t.ms hers, It was there t h a t she always s a t then she came downstairs. Oh, how well I remember. She was qu ie t but very l-5nd,l1

Great-great-grandmother, pJancy Ford, l i v e d u n t i l her r i n c t y - t ~ i r d year , w!len she plssed away on Apri l 8, 1898, a t the home of her youngest daughter, A n g e l i ~ e , who was then l i v i n g i n Centralia,

Angeline, a f t e r her marriage t o John Shelton i n 1865, l i v e d f o r four years on the south half of the Ford donation claim and b u i l t 2 l o g house h e w n a s the IrShelton House,fl Later the f e y moved i n t o Centervi l le where they bought the Dr. ?Jeston house across from the depot, P& Great-Great-Aunt h ~ g e l i n e was described by her neighbors a s "a very f i n e seamstress, very reserved, a nice woman, a goo? rlronan, a hard worker, a homebody, and a person one hardly ever saw go anytrllere." Her husband, John Shelton, was sher i f f , county c o ~ m i s s i o n e r , ~ and postmaster. find she, he r se l f , t he f irst white girl born north of t h e Columbia River, d ied i n S e a t t l e i n 1934 a t the age of eighty-seven, Their six cnildren were D2vid, Charley, G1137, finson, L i l l i e , and Xellie.

"\,hei? I was four,lf my grandfather s a id , limy f a the r , Joe l Ticknor, b d t the house t h a t still stands 03 Ticknor P ra i r i e . Aric Van tfie, T . ~ O the year before had cons;. .. t ruc ted the Ford house, b u i l t ours. The f i e r y l i t L J e Frenchman t.~as vexed more than once a t my ge t t i ng i n t o his tools. Even a t the age of four , I was so interested. i n them t h a t he could scarcely keep them hidden from me."

Ply grandfather continued, "Father l i k e d h i s horses a d l e f t the cov?s f o r Pbther t o care for. I n fact , they were his f ~ v o r i t e s t o the ex ten t t h a t i f there laas a l ean ye=, he'd feed the hay t o h i s horses and the straw t o the cows. Iie a l s o l i k e d his chickei~s, ca l led them h i s family. Herd go out and broadcast grain l i k e sowing a f i e l d . Herd get them t o come t o t h e i r feed by ca l l ing , F d l i a , farnil ias, famil iar- ilm. f Doubtless t h i s use of Lat in was the r e s u l t of his ear ly education. A l l t he T i c h o r s were well-s chooled.

l1T~iy nother was of an i i~dspendent nature. She wanted t o cu t he r h a i r ??hen she was about for ty , so cu t it she did, She had never gone t o school, so she cou%&llt read or m i t e ; but she got t i r e d of having Father read t o her so she bog= spe l l i ng out the l e t t e r s as she s a t by the f i r e . Herd t e l l he r the words and she got s o she could read the paper for herself . She nover could m i t e , though, and a l ~ a y s made rlXil f o r he r mark,l1

I Q motlner a l s o has reco l lec t ions of Lizzie , who was, or" course, her ~ a n h ~ o t h e r . 'lGran&qa FRS very p r ~ ~ e s s i v e , " she t o l d me, "2nd she d i d n ' t bel ieve r d t h her neigh- bors t h a t everything should be done by hand. They seeme6 t o think t h a t i t xas a. s ign of l az ines s t o have 2 machine i ~ o r k f o r you. Xueh l i k e the old >jest V i r g i n i a lady a t L i t t l e Rock rho resanted the i dea of serving the Lord rJilth a macl~Lae when the congrega'iicn bought an orgul. Grandma r ~ s the f i rs t one around t o g e t a ~rnshing machias though dl the other women believed t h a t only a 1 - ~ s h b o ~ d g o t c l o t ~ e s r e a l l y clea?.

?:!%en ny C-reat-Gpm&nother Lizzie died a t the age of 75, riiarch 7, 1916, her homa m s s t i l l cn ,Tickno:- h d r i e where shs had come a s a br ide more than 6~ years before. The seven c3ilciren x:ino swvived her Ere s t i l l li\<ng. Eenry, Shermn, and Clara a r e . - dead, bu-t the o t l ~ e r seveil, headed by GrandTsther PUey rho i s 85, a r e J s e l , 1.!ar.c?7,

N e t t i e , Hes te r , Zdith and Elanche. Great-Great-uncle "Sunny'sIt daughters had loved the b i g white Ford house wi th i t s

balcony and green s h u t t e r s ; and i t he ld such a s p e l l over his daughter h g i e t h a t a f t e r she was married, she a l s o wished t o l i v e i n it. So i n 1890, she and he r hus- band, Charles Edward Waunch, bought it. They had a l ready moved t h e i r heav ie r house- hold a r t i c l e s on one of t h e wide porches and were g e t t i n g ready t o t a k e possess ion when t h e o ld house caught f i r e and burned t o the ground.

Only i n p i c t u r e s now may one ss.:! t h e o ld Ford mansion. But i t l i v e s on i n t h e memory o f those who remember i t and the o ld l o g dwell ings a s abodes of r e s t and en- joyment f o r the family and f r i e n d s of Great-Great-Grandfather Sidney S ~ n i t h Ford a d Kancy, h i s wife.

THE FOLnQE3S OF THE FIXST FORD FUJZLY 13 UA.SRINGTON STATE

I n Hay, 1846, Sidnoy S. Ford, S r . , h i s wife and s ix chi ldren became the f i rs t of many fami l ies bear ing the surname Ford t o s e t t l e i n the country t h a t became Waohington Sta te . By 1860, and probably n o t too long a f t e r 18016, a t l e a s t one other f a r d l y nam- ed Ford was in Lerlris County. Others bearing the narne appear i n 1870-90 census and courthouse records of Grays Harbor, Lewis and Thurston Counties and must be separat - ed from those descended from Sidney S. Ford, Sr. Some of the other Ford fami l ies came from the nor theastern p a r t of the United S ta tes and conceivably could be descen- ded from the imtn igra t t o America from whom Sidney S. Ford, Sr . was descended. How- ever, a t p resen t i t i s impossible t o deternLne whether any of Sidncy S. Fordr s r e l a - t i v e s came t o Washington Sta te .

Considering h i s importance t o the founding of Washington Ter r i to ry , r e l a t i v e l y l i t t l e i s h o ~ m of Sidney S. Ford, Sr, He i s mentioned b r i e f l y i n var ious h i s t o r i e s of t he Ter r i to ry and S t a t e , i n records of t h e Bureau of I n d i ~ ~ Affa i r s and of the Wazhington T e r r i t o r i a l X l i t i a and i n the usual census, l and and courthouse records. Lowever, perhaps because some years a f t ~ r h i s death, his home burned, rlre have no t l ea rned of the exis tence of any of h i s personal papers.

Sidney S. Ford, Sr . was born llay 1 0 , 1801 i n Rennselaer Co., NOYO, according t o h i s app l ica t ion f o r a Donation Land Grant. Nohere i n publ ic or o ther records colltem- porary t o h i s l i f e have we seen h i s middle name. I n 1938, h i s granddaughter J c t t i e (l,~%lliams ) Rasmussen and h i s great-great-granddaughter , Tove Iiodge, wrote t h a t h i s middle name was Smith and they may w e l l be cor rec t .

Sidney S. Ford, Sr. was married Dec. 30, 1823 Ln Vashington Co, N.Y. t o iJancy Shaw, according t o the sane Donation Land Grant appl icat ion. Sometime between t h i s da t e and the t ak ing of the 1830 Federal Census of iVew York, he moved t o an unorganized d i s t r i c t of Chautauqua County, the westernmost county of New York S ta te . Other than t h a t while t ho rc Thomas J. Ford rms born, we h o w nothing of the Ford I'ar;lilyr s l i f e i n t h a t s t a t e . Deeds may e l d s t i n Rennselaer an3 Chautauqua Counties, ) J O Y . ar?i ap- p l i c a t i o n s f o r l and grults by his other chi ldren and h i s sons-in-law, bur ied i n t5e i lat ional Archives, may t e l l a l i t t l e more about t he counties i r , which t h e Ford family l i v e d and i n rh i ch Bazr ie t Jane and Sidney, Jr. were born,

A s mentioned in the Preface of t h i s book, we have been unable t o d e t e r ~ n e t he names of Sidney So Ford, S r o l s parents. However, t h e 1830 Federal Census does provide one clue. The head of the household l i s t e d j u s t before Sidney was a Thomas Ford, whose age was given a s 70-80 and rqhose wife was l i s t e d a s age 50-6~ . Ln view of t he f a c t t h a t these two Ford fami l ies apparently l i v e d on adjacent p laces a i d t h a t Sidney S. Ford, Sr. ' s second son was named Thomas (poss ibly a f t e r a grandfather) we f e e l a c lue t o Sidney So Ford's f a t h e r and mother has been found,

On f inding t he name Thomas Ford i n con junc ti on t.nth Sidney So Ford, Sr . , Hannibal C , Ford's FORD FAXLY GZNXLGGY was re-examined. It mentions a Thomas Ford (3.758-1837) with a l i f e I k ry S ~ i t h (1773-1857) and one son, Harvey, s t a t i n g t h a t t ne r e probably were other children. U n f ~ r t ~ a t e l y , the r e p o r t on Thomas Ford mentions no p l r c e names u ~ d so i s an unsa t i s fac tory ba s i s f o r any coi;clusions, Ho~~eve r , Thonasf wife ' s mlaiden naile of Smith i s suggestive as the o r i g i n of Sidney S. Ford S r O f s i~idcl le name i f J e t t i e Rasmussenfs and Tovc Xodgets r e p o r t s arc corrr-ct. Fmthemore , t he Ford fami l ies covered. by this 4-volume work show frequsnt use of the names Sidney, Thomas and h.bross , a l l nmes used by Sidney and Nzncy Ford i n naming t h e i r chi ldren. Ye hope t h a t someone w i l l undertake f u r t h e r inves t iga t io r? of momas Ford (1766-1e37) f o r , i f he i s proven t o have been the f a t h e r of Sidney S. Ford, S r , Sannibal C. Ford's gennzlogy c o ~ t a i n s an ou t l i ne of t h e family from i t s e m i g r a t i o n fros: LEngland.

t o America i n the ear ly 17th centcrg. One note of caution--some of t he i n fo r r a t i on i n Hannibal C. Ford's volumes on Ford Families i s outdated, especial ly t h a t about the parentzge of I~Filliain Ford, L4e founder of the first f d l y of Fords i n New Fag- land. So, while these volumes a r e useful, I?.!.. Ford's ds ta needs rechecHng aga ins t more modern findings.

3 the t i n e of the 18LI.0 Fodoral Census, Sidney S. Ford, Sr. and h i s family had moved t o I\reesar? Township, Serrien Co., IZchigan. I n t h i s census, h i s household contained one male, age 20 t o 30, whom we cannot account fo r . \Jhether he was a h i red l abo re r o r a r e l a t i v e i s unlmown s ince, u n t i l 1850, 01-Jy the nLnes of heads of households were l i s t e d i n census reports . I n October, 1840, soon a f t e r the census was tr,kcn, the Ford's fifth ch i ld , Elizabeth Ann, was born. The family nay have been in Xichi- gan e a r l i e r "tan 1840, during the l i f e of the almost forgot ten son, h b r o s e , rqho was born i n 1837 and died in 1839. Determination of the date of t h e i r moves t o &?d f r @ m l<Lchigail dspcnrl on finding deeds i n Cnautauqua Co., N.Y. and k r r i e n Co.,.;Zch, r:!-?ich r m 3 d i nd i ca t e when they sold out i n New York S ta te , acquire& land' i.a i i i ch igz l ' and so ld out there.

From the p lacs of b i r t h of Nancy I i s s o u r i , h o ~ m as Missouri t o s epa r r t e her from her mother, and of Fernando Claude, we k n o r ~ t h a t the Ford family moved t o Nissouri by October, 1842, probably l i v i n g i n the v i c i n i t y of St , Joseph, the famous jumping off po in t fo r wagon t r a i n s t o Oregon Terri tory. I n the spr ing of 1845, Sidney S. Ford, Sr., h i s wife and s i x children l e f t piissouri i n a wagon t r a i n headed fo r Ore- gon Terr i tory, a r r i v ing i n Oregon i n October, l a 5 t o spend the winter i n t he v i c in i - t y of Oregon City. In the spr ing of 1846, the family s e t out f o r the Puget Soaxld area t o setKLe on what became Fords P r a i r i e on the banks of the Chehalis ?Aver on Thy 25, 1846 according t o h i s zppl icat ion for 640 acres of l a d a t this s i t e f i l e d Oct. 23, 1853.

I n some l a t e accounts of the rrfLsation df t he For6 family, including a note b;r Fd~\rin T~Icl~iahon in Har r i e t J a ~ e (Ford) ?fi=iams 1 Eb1e a d an obituary of Thoinas J . Ford, i t i s sa id t h a t t he family s e t out from fibany, F!.Y, i n lm3, r.nntered i n F5ssouri a d ther, headed f o r Oregon. In view of the f a c t t h a t childsen r e r e born t o the family i n l!Lssouri i n 1W2 and 1W-, we believe t h a t t h i s s ta tenent i s t he r e s u l t of the e r ro r s t h a t of ten creep i n t o f a y t r ad i t i ons . I n the 1 8 4 0 1 ~ ~ i t r.roCld have been most unusual f o r a farming f d y t o have moved t o .Michigan, on t o FBssomi, t o have had a baby born i n 1;iissowi i n October, 1842, t o have returned t o New York S k t e and t o have s e t out again f o r t h e West i n the spr ing of 1843.

Sidney S . Ford, Sr. acqllired f a i r l y s i zab l e l and holdings. As mentioned before, he a -p~ l i ed i n 1853 f o r a Donation L a d G r z n t of 6h0 acres , t o which he and -his r . 5 f e were e n t i t l e d under the Evld Act of Sept. 27, 1850 a s amellded Feb. 1 4 , 1853, by v i r t u e of having s e t t l e d on and improved land before 1852. Unfortunately, the canpletion of t h i s g%iilt r ~ s long delayed by the f a i l u r e of ~ C o i l ~ e s s t o provide f o r t he e:rtinction of Indian r i g h t s f o r nany years. On Ihr. 11, 1867, f i v e months a f t e r Sidney S. Ford, Sr. died, a c e r t i f i c a t e of t i t l e t o the land was issued only t o be r eca l l ed because of a de fec t i n t h s survey of Levis County. The f i n a l c e r t i f i c a t e (Olyxpia Land Of- f i c e iqo. 368) r~zs issued June 27, 1870 giving t i t l e t o the Xorth halr" of the 5:!,0 acres t o iqancy Ford, h i s widow, t h e South half going t o h i s e s t a t e . The land covered by the =ant rms the South Salf of Section 36, it^. 1 4 ?!art!!, R a ~ g e 3 l:,rest and the North hz l f of Section 1, 9 g ~ . 15 I 'o rAt , Range 3 \k s t .

I n ad2i t ion t o Piis h n a t i o n Lnnd C-rant, Sidney S, Ford acquired c t h e ~ laild. Eilder t he Land Act of 1620, he bought a t l e a s t one pz rc s l of p r e e q t i o n land, cons i s t ing or" 43.3 acres l y i n g i n Secf5m 35, T i q . 15 Earth, Range 3 Ti,Jest, ~ i i t h O l j ? i ~ i a Lan2 Of- f i c e C e r t i f i c a t e Z$oO 989. This l o t was loca ted j u s t ;Jest of h i s 640-acre home place, Further search of ea r ly land records, espec ia l ly i n Lewis C o u ~ t y , s l l d of the probate f i l e on h i s estate.may show t h a t he made other land purchases.

Sichey S. Ford, Sr. Is publ ic serv5ce t o IJashington Terr i tory has abeady been w e n

covered i n Tove Hodge1s chapter on the Ford Family i n CEXWm-TZE FIRST FTFTI PuIRS, ~ ~ h i c h i s repr in ted here, The books and records c i t e d i n t h e b ib l i ogaphy a t t he end of t h i s book d id not reveal a2y inr .ccu-xies i n Tove Eodgefs account which need correct ion.

Other than h i s Donation Land Qaim appl icat ion, t he only record of Sichey S. Ford, Sr . ls l i t e r a r y a b i l i t y Ire have seen. i s h i s r epo r t as Special Agent f o r t he Upper Che- h a l i s Tribe t o Col. 111. T. Simmons, Indian Agent Puget Sound D i s t r i c t , I,17sshington Terr., dated June 30, 1858. The r epo r t on the condition of t he Indians i n h i s d i s - t r i c t i s ~ ~ e L l . m i t t e n and shma great concern f o r t h i s t r i b e which was sv f f e r ing se r ious ly from l o s s of i t s lands and f a i l u r e of the Goverment t o de l i ve r i t s promis- ed a id , Since Sidney S. Ford, Sr. rms a Jus t ice of the Peace, c le rk of t h e LeTds County Court, T e r r i t o r i a l Legis la tor , In2ian Agent, Lt. Colonel i n t h e T e r r i t o r i a l I l i l i t i a and held other publ ic o f f ices , prolonged search of Letris County, T e r r i t o r i a l and F e d o r a records may wel l reveal many other exnmples of h i s r.mltings. There i s no question t h z t he r.ras wel l educated-his handwriting was f i r m and the s t y l e one t h a t i s associated 1 6 t h very good schooling.

The bes t t r i b u t e t o Sidney S. Ford, Sr. l r i t t e n during h i s l i f e t i m e t h a t Ice hsve seen appears i n Gov. I s aac S. Stevens' r epo r t of 14ay 31, l e56 t o the Colmxissioiler of Indian Affa i r s i n Ifashington, D. C. :

"The f ak l e r of Captain Ford, the Hen, S. So Ford, sen., an honored c i t i z e n of t he Terr i tory s ince 1&6, has been throughout t he war t he l o c a l agent of t he Q3per Che- h U s , and. I have s ince appointed him t o t he charge of a d i s t r i c t , incluckin& the up- per and. lower Chehalis :, . . . . ,

"%th t he upper Chehalis and the Cotrlitz have been rcpeztedly on t he verge of h o s t i l i t y , espec ia l ly the upper Cheh&so Special Indian Agent Ford had l i v e d ~ d t h then ten years , a d when a l l h i s neighbors believed, f o r many r~eeks, h i s l i f s vas I11

danger, he remained a t h i s home rJith the Indians about him. J u s t , prudent, in - t rep id , through t h e long nights of .= dreary ~ c i n t e r , d id t h i s good o ld man s t snd h i s post , h i s neighbors a l l l i v i n g i n block-houses, and kept h i s charge f a i t h f c l l ~ . ~ '

A t his death, Oct. 22, 1866, Sidney S. Ford, Sr. rras buried i n t h e family p l o t i n the center of h i s Donation Land Claim, beside h i s daughter Na~cy nlissouri, who had died A u ~ . 2, 1851. However, t h i s was no t h i s l a s t r e s t i n g place, On June 1 0 , 1957, Thc Daily Chronicle, of Centra l ia , reported t h e f ind of a toppled white stone s p i r e i n t h e heavy r..see", and brush of t h e pioneer sec t ion of iiiountain View Cemetery, Cen- t r a l i a . The gravestone i s t h a t of Sidney S. Ford, Sr. and from the descr ip t ion nus t be t h e one erected over h i s grave i n t he small grove of f5rs on t h e Ford place, f o r i n published a c c o w t s of severa l early s e t t l e r s there i s m2ntion such 2 stonc 12s eas i l y v i s i b l e from the Galvin Road. Though the gravestone as moved, t he f ir grove mas s t i l l s t a ~ d i n g in 1967.

No record of Lhe move o f the remains of Sidney S. Ford, Sr , has been r e ~ o r t e d . . It i s believed. t h a t they and the rentzins of ikncy FEssouri Ford were moved soon a f t e r Sidneyts wife, Xancy, died i n Centra l ia i n 1898, but t he n e ~ ~ s p z p e r no t i ce of her death prov5des no c lue s ince it does not s t a t e t he place of her interrment. t he p l o t , besiae the gravestone for Sidney S. Ford, Sr., two wooden headboards were found which were so badly weathe~ed t h a t t h e i r l inscriptions were i l l e g i b l e . These headboards a r e believed t o have msrked the grsves of :\?ulcy(~harr) Ford and ikncy ISssoui Ford. After tha cenetery p l o t was discovered, i$kude k'aunch P a t r i e , great- ,randdaughter of Sichey S. Ford, Sr., and her husband n ~ d e r t o o k c lear ing , f i n i n g eild l e v d i n g of t h e p l o t and r e s e t t i n g of t h e gravestone, so t h a t r,m t he For? ? l o t i n >.Tountsili View Celnetery, Cent ra l ia , i s i n good condition--2 serv5ce f o r h i c h t he Ford Family should be i ~ o s t grateful .

27 Nancy Shsw

L i t t l e i s >mown of Nancy Shaw, wife of &Sidney S. Ford, Sr., rho was born Apr. 23, 1836, probably near Cambridge, Washington Co., N.Y. No mention of her parents i s found i n any of the Ford Faidly X b l e s , i n publ ic records ava i lab le t o us i n the West Cr i n accounts of the family. The His tor ian of Caiilbridge, W. Y., and t he Kis tor ian of lJ6shington County, N. Y. could no t f h d any genealogies o r records -i;l the a r ea which named her pzrents , report if ig t h a t s p t e n a t i c recording of vital s t a t i s t i c s d i d n o t begin i n ooze dlurc:zcs i n L l c i r area mt l l 1Y45 t h a t county tit& records start a t 1889. We know that Shaws came t o r:Jashine;ton County, i4.Y. from Scotland and s e t t l e d on t!!e Argyle Patent i n the 1761)'s. Also, we h o w there was movement of 3 . h ~ : ~ f a d i e s i n t o New York S t a t e from t o ~ m s a few miles avzy i n Vermont, these Sham be- i n g descendzrlts of an ea r ly h x i ~ a n t t o New Ehgland, k b r a h a ~ Shew. Some inemhers of the F a d y say Nancy Shaw was F~ench--perhaps her materzal l i n e was French o r French- Canadiail, but it seems unl ikely t h a t her f a the r r~ss more than p m t l y French and t h a t he more l i k e l y was Scotch or Ehglish. Someone ab le t o check wills of Shar.7~ l i v i n g i n ldashington and Rennselaer Counties, ii.Y. and in the neighboring count ies of Ver- mont may be ab l e t o prove Nancy Shawrs parentage, but t h i s will. be poss ib le only b;. persollally d s i t i n g t h e courthouses involved.

Vera (Luman)~homas has s en t the following descr ip t ion of Nancy SharzT a s an e lde r ly m m , seen through the eyes of her great-manddaughter, l*,ktt ie:

"iQ mother (Nat t ie ~ h e l t o n ) t o l d me of her great-gra-rldmother, Nmcy Ford, ~arho al- ways wore a s tarched rihite cap and apron, and ~~110 often smoked a l i t t l e c l s y pipe. These pipes were purchased unseasoned, and &andmother Ford would bake then i n the ashes of the f i rep lace . When a p ipe rjas dai iged i n the f i r i n g it became a bubble pipe f o r the

The following poem, memoralizing Xanc;. Shar~, was m i t t e n by ivkttie (Shelton) Lm1a.n i n her l a t e r years and i s reproduced by permission of her daughter Vere (Luxan) Thomas, Although it contains t h e e r ro r of chronology of tha Ford's move i ics t m d confuses the l o s s of Nancy's son h b r o s e and t he death of 2 baby from m o t h e r family oil the Oregor? Trail, the s p i r i t of this pioneer woman, iJancy Shar~, i s uiidoubted.

"1.b Great-grznny m d I were the bes t of p d s Tho years were five t o her ninety-two. Weld s i t and rock by the ope;? f i r e And t a l k f o r hours a s good f r i ends do. Her s t o r i e s were b e t t e r than f a i r y t a l e s Because t he ones t h a t she t o l d were t rue . O f her years a s a ch i l d i n old ltYork S t a t e , " Away t o Ffissouri, a br ide , and then Across t he p l a i n s t o a w ~ s t e r n land, That 's when 1 ' 6 almost f o rge t t o rock! Her f r a i l hvlds shook ' ga in s t he r s o f t bizck f rock , A s she l i v e d those adventurous days again, And r~ould see once more t he wagon train-- The mounted Ken, dus t , thunder of hoof =?",wheel. The slow months passed ~ d t h t h e i r hardship and. pzin, AS t h e iililes c r ep t under t he inoting chGz ; O f t he I n d i a r a i d s , deaths, =id a b i r t h , Their courage rms never surpassed oil earth L'LS p ioneer -man aid. w o w for~rard. r a g e d To coilquer t he wild u.dno~~n--iior erz looked back. Then Granny came t o the day when her baby Soy {Tas l e f t t o l i e i n a grave 1neath the t r ~ l ?here no h o s t i l e eye could f i n d the place.

Her voice was low--then she f a l t e r e 2 , Tears coursed gent ly down her face. I h e w she had l e f t her h e a r t behind iiFith t h a t t i n y form i n i t ' s p r a i r i e bed. Then I ' d s t e a l t o my bed ~ d t h her s i t t i n g t he r e S i l e n t sad s t i l l in hcr roc!:ii~g chair .

1-1 SIDTJEY S. FOXD ( f a the r y e t unproven) probably bore t h e rnidille na-:!e SIiiITh', but t h i s f a c t i s no t proven by records co1ite:nporary t o h i s l i f e . be Ehy 10 , 1801 i n Rsnsselaer Co . , 1.J .Y. m. Dec. 30, 1823 i n Washington Co., N.Y. t o >?fi:CY S1XU;J rb. Apr. 23, 1806,

?rob. ilear Cambridge, N.Y. ; d. Apr. 8 (o r 7 ) , 1898 ai Cent ra l i a , iksh.] d. Oct. 22, 1866 a t Fords P r a i r i e , \Toooh. ( -~zo rden says he ?Aed Oct. 1 6 ,

1866 a t Olympia, l~ash . , while se rv ing a s a member of t he Council. But fainily records and h i s e a v e s t o n e confirm the l a t e r d a b . Perhaps he was taken ill on Oct. 16 th , while a t m m p i a , and Snorden confused t h e onset of h i s f i n a l i l l n e s s wi th t h e da t e of his death.)

Chilckei? : 2-2 +I. RNiRIET JAiiZ, FORD, b. m y 15, 1826 i n i<e.rr Yorl; S t a t e 2-3 +2. SIDBZY S. FORD, JR, , b. June 16, 1829 i n P \ T ~ T J York S t a t e 2-4 +3. THOI.XS JEFFEXSON FORD, b. Jan. 1, 1832 i n Chautauq~a CO., i'u'.Y. 2-5 b. mEROSE E. FORD, b. Aug. 7, 1837; d. Sept. 23, 1839 2-5 +5. ELIZA3ZTI.; AX1 F O ~ , b. Oct. 16 , 1840 in 1,lichigan 2-7 6. I ~ ~ U C Y PIISSOW FORD, b. 0ct. 26, 1842 i n l?issouri; d. Aug. 2, 18a a t

Fords T r d r i e , 1:lash. 2-8 +7. FERi'IAlDO CLATJDE FORD, b. Nov. 18, 184-k a t St. Joseph (o r Jop l in ) , PIo. 2-9 4. i6LW fi?GELI?iE FOXD, be June 8, 18/.!,7 a t Fords P r a i r i e , i,!rash.

Bar r i e t Jane Ford

Har r ie t Jane, o ldes t daughter of Sidney S. Ford, Sr., was married twice. Her f i r s t husband was George Leonard IJaunch, a na t ive of Germany, whose ea r ly l i f e was mention- ed e a r l i e r and whose l a t e r l i f e w i l l be found i n a chapter- on the lraunch Family i n CEBTXALIA--THE FLRST FIFTY YEARS. No record has been found of Ha r r i e t Jane's marri- age t o George L. tdaunch, but it i s believed t o have been i n 1847 and t h a t t h e i r son was born i n 1848. A t the time of the 1850 Federal Census, Har r ie t Jane was l i v i n g rnth her husband and son, but sometime a f t e r t h i s she returned t o her paren t ' s home and secured a divorce from George L. tdaunch, he having been gold seeking i n Califor- n i a fo r a considerable period of time. Ey the l a t e f a l l of 1851, and perhaps e a r l i e r , she had met Samuel 3enry t t i l l iams, a f r iend of her two o ldes t brothers , and on Yky 27, 1852 she and Samuel were married.

Judging by the amount we found m i t t e n about him, Samuel Itilliarns appears t o have been the most prominent of the men who married Sidney S. Ford, S r a 1 s daughters. He probably was born i n liassachusetts about 1826, according t o h i s age and p lace of b i r t h i n most Federal and county census reports . However, some of t he f ' a~r i ly say he was born a t Aochester, M.Y. i n 1828 and, i n the 1880 Federal Census, both he and h i s wife a r e reported as having been born i n Now York S t a t e while i n the 1885 Grays Har- bor County Auditor's census he i s l i s t e d a s born i n New York S t a t e and h i s ~ J i f e i n ?lassachusetts. suspect t h a t the la80 and 1885 census takers d id n o t in terview Samuel 11.Filliams and h i s wife personally when mal-.i.ng t h e i r record or that , the census takers became confused when recording the fandly and t l ~ a t the e a r l i e r r epo r t s of Samuel's b i r thp lace a r e correct . SFmilar l:zcc;rtai;~-L:r ex i s t s i n regard t o the year of Samuel i)?illiams1 b i r th . From h i s reputed age a t death--86 years--he was born about 1823, his age i n most census r epo r t s places h i s b i r t h about 1826, and h i s gravestone says 1828. Perhaps h i s cor rec t b i r thplace znd da te of b i r t h rill be es- tabl ished when the appl icat ion for h i s Eonation Land Grant can be examined."

Samuel H. 11Elliams was w e l l educated, being a printel- by t rade and a l s o a graduate of an academy of law in Boston, jkss . Leaving Boston, he s z i l e d around the Horn t o Sail Francisco i n 1843, according t o some, or i n 1847, according t o others. 1,Je favor the l a t e r date , espec ia l ly if he was born as l a t e a s 1825, because i t appears t o d- loT~ time f o r him t o have learned h i s t rade and t o have attended law school. Samuel [\%I- l i a ~ ~ stayed i n California u n t i l a f t e r he met Sidney S. Ford, J r , and Thomas Jo Ford, 1.110 lerith George L. IJauilch and others , had gone south during the Czlifo?nia Gold 3ush iJhen Sidxey and Tom Ford decided t o r e tu rn hone, Samuel \,Jilliams joine5 them 03 tile overlalid t r i p north. F i s and Sidney, J r , ' s i n t e r e s t in gold continued and, when news cu-fle of a gold s t r i k e i n & i t i s h Columbia, they ;rere p a r t of the i n - f a t e d ex- pedi t ion t o Queen Charlot te ' s Isla-qd. a r e , however, unable t o ag-ee rtcth Tom Hodgers speculation t h a t Samuel ?,%lliams was the member of the par ty :ahom t h ~ Haidas d id no t rmt t o re lease . Even if Samuel I.Jilliams was born i n flew York S t a t e , we be- l i e v e he would have been too young when he moved west t o hava spent a lfconsiderable time" i n the Bowery of Mew York City,

There i s a family r epo r t t h a t Samuel :i%.rilliunsf i n t e r e s t i n p r in t i ng continued and t h a t ho s t a r t e d the f i rs t newspaper in Olynpia-The Globe. tilankership r epo r t s t he f i r s t newspaper t he re as The Columbial, 1.rkic.h was publishing by 1852. IJe r-ronder if perhaps Smuel !qilliams published a newspaper i n some other c i t y .

After Ha r r i e t Ja2e and Samuel i?i.lliams were married, they r~eli t t o l i v e O i l a s i t e he had chosen rdhich l a y about halfvay between Hzr r i e t Jane's parent ' s home a d t h a t of

----- _I__- _____ _-__-__-_____ -____._- __-- -- -- -.- ---- - - - - - - - - * We were unable t o secure enough iden t i f i ca t io r . of t h i s appl icat ion or of others f o r Samuel 1,1%lliams and several o ther members of the fav i ly ea r ly enough t o secure copies from the National Archives before t he deadline f o r t h i s 'cook. Forlever, i e t h the c e r t i f i c a t e nmbs r s we have noted, o thers r s i l l be able t o ge t them eas i ly .

her b ro ths r Sidney, J r . On June 1, 1855, she ar,d her husband f i l e d f o r a Donaticn L a d Grant of 320 acres in Section 15, Twp. 16 North, Range 5 Nest, which 1.2:~ j u s t nor th of what becme the town of Cedarville. This g r a n t was confirmed by O l l m ~ i a Land Office C e r t i f i c a t e No. 44-1. Today one of t h e i r granddaughters, Olive Grace (l?Filliams) Golman, a great-grandson, John Golman , J r . , and a great-great-grandson , David Greedy, all l i v e on pa r t s of this grant. Although the E l l i a m s fainily spent some years i n r.restern Grays Harbor County, t h i s Donation Land Grant remained the fan- i l y home place and Har r ie t Jane and Samuel !.Jillian~s spent t h e i r l a s t yoars thzrc .

E$y the time the 1860 Federal Census was taken, the \ ~ F i l l i a ~ s f a ~ l y had moved t o Che- h a l i s Point , where Sanuel Williams apparently acquired various pieces of l and and r a i s ed l a r g e f locks of sheep. l,.?elsh, i n a h i s to ry of the Grays Harbor a rea , says t h a t Samuel Itilliams was operat-hg a s t o r e a t Clehalis Point in 1860, but the exact d a t e when the family moved there i s unknown.

On Feb. 25, 1861, Har r ie t and Sanuel F&lliams f i l e d a p l a t of land they owned i n Sec- t i on 6, 'RJP. 1 6 North, Range ll Nest, s a id land, together with p l a t s of land held by Joseph H e McKeen, N l e c k C. Smith and Jefferson Carter, being ca l l ed the term of ::clEqlq-i . 4 <. 11 A pos t o f f i c e had already been es tabl ished, with Tk. Carter a s postmas- t e r and ca l l ed Chehalis Point , -which name it continued t o bear u n t i l 1870, when Glen Peterson became postmaster and the name was changed t o Peterson Poin t - (not u n t i l 3 years l a t e r d id Saunderts P r a i r i e change i t s name t o become the town we nor{ know a s Chehalis in Lewis County).

Dram by Samuel Ifilliams, a copy of the p l a t of the town of llChehalis,lr wKch today conrprises the nor theastern p a r t of Vestport, i s now i n the hands of t he wid or^ of Dewey Nelson H a l l , a grandson of Samuel. I n additiori t o the land covered by the . - ~ l a t t i n g of "Chehdis , " Samuel ICaiams , with Olympia Land Office Ce r t i f i c a t e 30. i62 , i ssued under the Land Act of 1820, bought 48 acres of praemption land i n Sec- t i o n 1, TGQ. 16 Xorth, Range 1 2 blest.

About 1870, Samuel lfilliams a d h i s rJife purchased 15 acres of land lyi i lg on the north banlc of t h e Chehalis X v e r i n Section 5, Tq. 17 North, Range 3 !*Jest, k~or.m a s p a r t of Piedcalf's P ra i r i e . Pnd on June 25, 1871, he, h i s wife and F'uk~ler Ibioore f i l e d the p l a t of a town t o be c a e d llFiontesanoff with the Grays Harbor County Clerk. Ye donT t know whether the l~? i l l i a i i s family ever lf ved there , bu t we do know t h a t 'the p l a t t i n g caused considerable commotion.

I n January 1860, the T e r r i t o r i a l Legis la ture loca ted the county s e a t of Grays Zarbor ( then ~ h e h a l i s ) County a t the J. Lo Scmnons place about a mile south of the Chehd i s River and soon a pos t off ice vras es tabl ished the re r.xhich bcrc; the il2.:7le 1:ioiitesano. After the p l a t t i n g of the town of lllbntosanofl by tlze Ttilliaras a id lir . T/Ioore, i t drew population a d business and a s t r u g a e between the new town arld the coul~ty s e a t ei?- sued, Although the population center seen was nor th of n?3i-idsad Chehalis PAver 3rd the county s e a t of ten suffered seyiously during periods of ,flooding, i t r ~ a s a o t u n t i l 1886 t!lat the vo te rs approved moving the county s e a t t o Monteszno.

As b e f i t t i n g a xlan i~ ivo lved i n fouiding new torms , Samuel He ~KLliams was a publ ic servant. During the I n d i m !Jars of 1855-56, he served as a p r iva t e i n Capt. 3. L. Hen?essT Coo Fo of the F i r s t Regiment of Vashington T e r r i t o r i a l volunteers from 1Tov. -- 12 , 1855 -Lo Jan. 12 , 1856, doing duty a t For t Henness. ne became the f i r s t s h e r i f f of Grays Xarbor County and gaTJe the exainination for e l i g i b i l i t y t o teach t o the f i r s t school teacher i n the county. He served a s Indian Agent f o r the a rea from S'ri1lapa Earbor t o Chehalis Point and probabljr held other o f f ices Trc have no t learne6. about.

a a r r i e t J v l e I,Elliams died Bcv. 23 l9OO and was buried b the Shuon CameTLei-y. Xer h u s b s ~ d Samuel Hew7 \,,%lliams joined her there nine years l a t e r , haviiig S i e i Jvxe 1 s 19090

2-2 AWJIST JAKE FOXD (dau. of 1-1) spe l led hor name var iously , F%GUET i n 1861, HAF3?LLETT in 1871 and it appears as HARRIETTE on her gravestone. b. Nay 15, 1826 in Mew York S t a t e m. ( 1 ) ca. 1847 t o GEORGE LEOIJmD WAUNCH rb. ca. 1812 i n I~btemburg, Germany :

natural ized Oct. 30, 1851; m. (2) f855 t o i k y Hager; d. July 7, 18822 divorced. A Slacksmith and g..msinith.

(2 ) Iky 27, 1852 in Letjis County, Ifash. t o SAMUEL HDRY \ m W S [b. ca. 1826 i n Pkssachusetts according t o most census records; d o June 1, 1909 a t Cedarvil le, ash.]

d. Nov. 23, 1900 a t Cedarvil le, 1Jash. Chi ldren: by (1) George L. IJaunch

3-10 +1. GEORGE LEONAFUI BIAUiL'CIS, JX., b. ca. 1&8 i n Lewis Co., 1Vash. by (2) Samuel Henry Williams (dates from Harr ie t Jane's Eible rh ich

was given t o hey by her f a t h e r ) 3-11 +2. HAIFJET JANE F . m G , b. Apr. 18, 1853, prob. a t Cedarvil le, TJash. 3-12 13. CHARLOTTE ARAEUE I-, b. h c . 29, 1 8 9 , prob. a t CedarvilUe, !trash, 3-13 4. S A I m SIDXZ iJILUXB, b. Nov. 29, 1856, prob. a t Cedarvil le, IJash. 3-14 +5. P W Y SOPEM \ U k 9 , b. Jan. 3, 1859 a t CedarviUe, Xash. 3-15 4. TiiOWk3 H?Ii\TRY WaLwlS, b. Apr. 5, 1861 a t Chohdis Point , 1.Jash. 3-16 17. NAiJCY B E T M E hTLLUFIS, b. Nov. 21, 1863 a t Chehalis Point , Wash. 3-17 i-8. JULIETTE SERE=PTA \-L?, b. Apr. 19 , 1867 a t Chehalis Point , k?ash.

O f Sidney S. Ford, Sr.'s sons, his namesake, Sidney, Jr,, born June 16 , 1829 in Mew -- ~ o r k S t a t e , i s t he most prombent i n publ ic records. His "gold s e e h g " e x p d i t i o n , service during the making of Indian t r e a t i e s and experiences during the Iildi2.n Wars of 1855-56 aro w a n . covered i n Tove Hodgels chapter on the Family a d only a few coin- ments a r e nscessary.

The Flashington National Guard publicafAon on the IncEan I~rars of 1 8 5 ~ 5 6 in-ovides a few addi t iona l d e t a i l s of Sidney S . Ford, J r . 1~ service a s Captain i n the T e r r i t o r i a l a During a r epo r t on mevls W e n t o prevent Chief Leschi and other h o s t i l e s fu-on: s ~ ~ r i n g up d e Chehalis tild Corclitz t r i b e s , Gov. Stevens m o t e , on I'jar. 21, 1856, t o the Secretary of S ta te , Jefferson Davis, of Capt. Ford: IiHe has g rea t dar- i n g a d presence of mind, FC-d he bel ieves t h a t he can prevent ou t break."

Sidney S. Ford, J r . d id n o t ge t r i c h from his service in the 1 , I i l i t ia a d f o r the Indian Deparknent during the Ir,dian Wars, ,Be audi to r ' s r epo r t of militar-y f i sbur - semei~ts allorred s t a t e s t h a t Capt. Ford claimed $349.65 f o r 1U days of se rv ice d u r k g t h e rs i i ter of 1855-56, bu t oiily $73033 (pay f o r 30 days as a 2nd Lt.) was iUor,red, The other 81 days were charged t o t he Iildian Department and the r a t e f o r t h e 30 days was deteridned by the audi to r ' s bel ief t h a t Capt. Ford's compar-y was no t l a r g e enough t o rwrant a C a p t h c y . Ln c o m e ~ i t i n g on the r a t e s of pay a l l o r - ~ d t o Capt. Ford &-id o thers , the eclitor of t-!e National Guard publ icat ion says t h a t the audi tor of claims apparently based h i s f indings on h i s opinion of t h e r ~ o r t h of tine ind iv i . - dual 's service. "In cases of a c t u d coinbat rdtl i t he Iiidians, iii which the ind iv i - d u d had perfcmed e f f i c i e n t se rv ice , he was more l iberz - lo l l I n other words, Capt. Ford, rdio served f i i t h f u l l y and i ~ d l throughout the tier, c a r ~ y i n g ou t his orders 115th l i t t l e or no l o s s of l i f e znong h i s men and nc shor~y b a t t l e s , recelved l e s s nloiletary recognit ion than some l e s s successful bu t nore f lmboyant o f f i c e r s 03 the j * a i ti a.

It i s g e n e r a y wr i t t en t h a t Capt. Ford licapturedll Chief Leschi. T h i s I s n o t t r ue , f o r as hagpened bi most of his successes with tile Iii&Lans,thc ,-.~-c:-cii.c-::lo-; of Chief Leschi occurred peacefully. ?hen Gov. Stevens ordered Col. ~-Jri-&t t o de l ive r Lescl-.:i =id severa l other Indians , 17ho had taken refuge from the Pugot Sound country i .5 th t i 1 3

Yakiraa Iiidians and been allowed t o remain on the condit ion they r c - m c i n peaceful , Co!-.

Likight f e l t t he order would stir up t he Eastern Washington I n s a n s . 6Jhile Colonel k'kight eventual ly ordered h i s o f f i c e r s t c apprehend Lescbi, they were d i l a t o r y i n carrying out the order. M e a ~ ~ ~ h i l e , a r c n r d f o r se izure and de l i ve ry of Leschi was o f fe red which l e d t o treachery on the p a r t of two of h i s own people. I n Nov. 1856, Sl,uggia and ELhukah, with promises c f sa fe ty among h i s own people, l u r e d Leschi from h i s h iding spo t t o a p lace where t h e i r horses were concealed. There they se ized and bound him and de l ivered him t o &?to Ford, who had been s e n t t o the Yakima c o m t r y t o rece ive Leschi from Col, atright. Capt. Ford took Leschi t o Olympiz and surrender- ed him t o Gov. Stevens f o r trial, no mi l i t a ry ac t ion having taken p lace dur ing t he ep i s ode.

One family t r a d i t i o n associa ted with the Ford family has us puzzled. Ll?e have heard t h a t i n 1952 a Tacoma museum had on d i sp lay a powder horn t h a t 1.72s l o s t by Sidney S. Ford when he and others on a mi l i t a ry expedit ion were coining down the Colmilbia River and t h e i r boat capsized, t he powder horn being rescued by Ulysses S. Grant, then an o f f i c e r a t Fo r t 'Jancouver and l a t e r General and Pres ident . lJhile the inferznce i s t h a t the polder horn belonged t o Sidney So Ford, Sr., we be l ieve i t more probably be- longed t o Sidney S. Ford, J r . , who went t o Fastern ?&shington many times between t he beeinning of t he Cayuse \Jar i n 1848 and the end of the Indian T,\Tars i n 1856. Perhaps this i t em can be found i n Tacoma s t i l l and i t s or ig in checked on.

Strange t o say, Sidney S. Ford, J r . d i d no t receive a Donation Land Grant though he was e l i g i b l e f o r one. He may have f i l e d f o r such a g ~ n t but , l i k e many o the r s , no t waited ou t t h e long per iod of uncer ta inty a s t o if and when he wodd rece ive t i t l e t o t he l and he chose. Like h i s f a the r , he s e t t l e d on the %lest bulk of t h e Chehalis River, choosing a p r a i r i e s i t e about twenty miles n o r t h r e s t of h i s f a t h e r ' s p lace , It was ad jacen t t o , or included, r h a t becane the totm of Sharon and l a y inmediately across t he Chehalis River from the p resen t t o ~ m of Por ter . The spo t became h101~;1 a s Fords P r a i r i e and one must be careful i n reading ea r ly h i s t o r y of t he a r ea t o dif- f e r e n t i a t e between this Fords P r a i r i e in Greys I.;arbor County and t h e e a r l i e r i n Lewis County which s t i l l appears on maps of the S ta te .

The e a r l i e s t l and record fo r Sidney S . Ford, Jr. on f i l e i n the Grays Harbor County records i s fo r 160 acres of land he received, ~ m r i c r Warrant ~ J O . 77324 i s sued und-er the Congressional Act of 1855, f o r h i s s e rv i ce s as a p r i v a t e i n Capt. kiart in 's Com- pany of Oregon Volmteers dur ing the Cayuse bTar which followed t h e hihitman massacye of 1847, The gran t of l and was made Ju ly 17, 1868 and i s f o r one-fourth of Sect ion 18, Ti-.rp. 17 iaorth, Range 3 Nest, a spo t i n which South llontesano now staiids. Since, by the time Sidiiey received t h i s l and , h i s home was es tab l i shed f u r t h e r e a s t i n t he county, we do now h o w what use he made of it. Sut s ince the deed was n o t recorded u n t i l May 27, 1884, he evident ly held onto it f o r some years. IL f u r t h e r search of Grays Harbor Co-mty land records, which we d i d n o t have time t o do, should s h o ~ ~ a record or" Sidney's home place and how i t rJas a c q ~ r e d and may wel l r evea l o ther hold- ings he had a t var ious times.

I n view of his m i l i t a r y se rv ice , we suspect t h a t Sidney S . Ford, Jr. was proiinnent i n l o c a l a f f a i r s i i l l a t e r l i f e , bu t ige have no t found h i s obi tuary or o ther records t h a t t e l l much about h i s l a t e r years. I n the early-day marriage records of Grays K a ~ b o r Co~i l ty , we d i d f i nd mention of wedcings of various couy!-es, some n o t being members of t he f m l y , which took place a t the Ford home i n Sharon. He d i d n o t per- f o r n tile nar r iages as j u s t i c e of the peace, s o we a r e i nc l i ned t o bel ieve t h a t they took p lace a t h i s home because i t was a community center.

On Ju ly I[!., 1371 a pos t o f f ice ca l l ed Sharon, with Sidney S o Ford, Jr. a s postmaster , and which probably was located. i n h i s home, was es tabl ished. Pos t Office recor-ls sh01.r t h a t , on Jan. 21, 1874, S. l lv l ie , f a the r of t he Tnomas E. ?,).ylie who marriec! Sidney's daughter Nancy 3sthanie , was appointed postmaster. He apyarentLy re fused t o se rve , f o r on Feb, 11, 1874, Sidney S , Ford, Jr. was reappointed pos tnas te r . The Sharon Pos t Office ~1.ras closed i n l a t e 189L!, or e a r l y 1895, bu t we a r e m c e r t a i r , how

l o n g SidzLeg S. Ford, J r . continued t o be postmaster , though he apparent ly served un- till Statehood i n 1889.

A newspaper, The Vide t t e , f o r Jan. 8, 1897, observed t h a t Sidney S. Ford, Jr. had j u s t s o l d his ranch and t h a t the nex t summer he and h i s f a n i l y planned t o move t o t h e Okanogan where another son was l i v i n g . That the move t o t h e Okanogan tool; p l a c e o r how l o n g he s tayed i s unkno~m. Iiis son, who l i v e d t h e r e d i e d and we do n o t hear of mernbers of t h e family who were i n t h a t a r e a a f t e r h i s son's death.

Sidney S. Ford, Jr. d i e d Apr. 16, 1990 a t S m , f i t and i s bur ied i n the Sharon Ceme- t e r y , r d ~ e r e q u i t e a few of h i s descendants and where h i s s i s t e r H a r r i e t Jane a i d some of he r descendants l i e . :is and h i s wife 's graves a r e marked by a f i n e g r a n i t e s p i r e , one of t h e few gravestones of t h i s type i n t h e Sharon Cemetery.

2-3 SID?JEY S. FORD, JR. (son of 1-1) b. June 16 , 1829 i n New York S t a t e n. (1 ) TLT:JEEQUSHiTN [a menlber of t h e Chehalis Ind ian Tribe]

(2 ) QUIS~LY ( o r J ~ s E P I ~ ~ I ? z ) r a cousin of his f i rs t wi fe ; m. (1) D. Shat,~ by whom she had a dau. who d i e d i n 1872; m. (3 ) Harry ~or.?amet]; d ivorced

(3 ) Oct 21, 1860 a t t h e Moore home, Lewis Co., Vash, t o ibiARY FLIZIL~ETH I.IOOllE rb. Sept. 27, lW!. i n Iowa t o John and I%ry Ann 7!ioore; m. ( 2 ) Oct. 2i, 1905 a t Fi.iantesano, tJash. t o John Yo McFhcen (b. ca. 1832 i n Indiana t o James and Catherine Cl~ambers 1.1cc~~en); d o J m e 30, 19161

c!. Apr. 16, 1900 a t Summit, idash. Children: a l l d-ates from Sidney So Ford, Jr. 3 i b l e

by (1) Tuweequshun Ford 3-18 41. DELk1,JEY FORD, b. Apr. 1 0 , 1852

by (2) W s a h Ford 3-19 +2. SZl?Jfli'lIl? FOXD, b. i%y 5, 18% 3-20 3. EYRO:\T FORD, b. Dec. 8, 1856 ; apparent ly d i e d before 1870 census 3-2-l 4, LAF~IITTTE FORD, b. Jul. 6, 1858; m n a r r i s d ; of ten c a l l e d IfFate1: o r

"Faitch. by (3 ) Nary m z a b e t h ( ~ l o o r e ) Ford, a l l prob. born a t Ford home

nea r Sh-on i n Grays Earbor Co., Wash. 3-22 +5. SID>JZY FUCWURD FORD, b. Aug. 16, 1861 3-23 1-6. TZRZYA 1.1, FORD, b, Ssp t , 9 , 1862 3-24, +7. I-U&'I'ki?i$ FOXD, b. >me 1 2 , 1865 3-25 4-8, GMCE ASHES FORD, b. !{ov. 1 0 , 1867 3-26 +9. JO5i:L. FORD, b. Oct. 8. 1869 . 3-27 1'3. iiSO;i1 FORD, b. Sept , 15, 1-876; 2. Fsbo 6 , 1877 3-28 + l l . FmlIZE FO2D, b. idov. 3, 1578 3-29 +I20 I'tX XCLDFiED FORD, b. Oct. 29, 1880 3-30 4 3 . EPLi'sZST AESJOLD FORD, b. Feb. 27, 1883 a t Ford home near Sharon, IlTash, 3-31 1'" iiIlfliiY FORD) 3-32 15. c h i l d )--order i n family unknown, all d i e d a t o r soon a f t e r birtl-i 3-33 15. c h i l d )

3. Thomas J e f f e r - s s Ford

Thon~as J e f f e r s o n Ford, Sichey So Ford, S r o ' s second son, ~ r a s born Jail. 1, 1832 i r . Chautauqua C o a ~ t y , tile r~es te rnmos t county of Yel~ Yorl: S t a t e and was 14, yea r s o ld when lris fainily s e t t l e d on Fords P r a i r i e . Nuell l e s s i s icno~ni 03 him tha? of h i s o lde r b ro the r , Sidaey. Ee served a s a p r i v a t e d ~ - i n g t h e Indian !%irs of 1855-56, apparent ly of t e n uiicier h i s o lde r j r o t h e r , though o f f i c i a l sources seldom mention him,

Ze a ~ p a r e i l t l y was more of a wanderer than ocher members of t h e f a d y f o r he l i v e d i n many p laces i n Vesterr, F!ashington. On Oct. 2&, 1853, having become 21 . y e a r s o ld , Thomas J, Ford fi , led a c lz im f o r 320 a c r e s of l a n d under t h e Donation Land C-rant

Act. I n h i s a ~ p l i c a t i o n , he s t a t ed t h a t he had l i v e d on and cu l t i va t ed the land he was claiming from about Xay 15, 1851 u n t i l the date of the appl icat ion. I n t he pre- l i M n a r y descr ip t ion of the land, i t ~ s a s sa id t o be the ha l f sec t ion of land j u s t

of Samuel H. l+;Iliams ' clsim on Section 15, Twp. 1 6 IJorth, Range 3 Vest, j u s t nor th of Cedarville. An endorsement t o the a ~ p l i c a t i o n i n 1858 ind ica t e s Thomas l i v - ed on the claim fo r the four years necessary t o es tab l i sh a r i g h t t o it without pay- ment of any E n d but had l e f t i t by 1858. Before the gran t was conpleted complica- t i ons apparently developed, which a re alluded t o but no t explained i n the f i l e ava i l - ab le t o us. Par:lq.r , $1:s;r ;-?;;er-r;.cd the ?-oc:?.tio? o: -bhsl--.d Ile :.~oilTd be &1-.2~! i;e6 . . 3 1

?liar. 6, 1886, Olympia Land Office Cer t i f ica te Xo. 337 was issued t c Thoiilas J. Ford for 320 ac.-ss of l and i n Section 13, Trap. 13 IJorth, R a g e 3 Yest, a s i t e , 1f ing some 1 2 miles south of h i s o r ig ina l claim, ' ~ d ~ i c h nov includes the t o m of A d l a . Search of Lewis County l a d records a d of the Oljmpia Land Office f i l e s i n the Aational A r - chives might revea l what happened t o cause the change i n s i t e s . Ihi i n t e r e s t i n g side- l i g h t appearing i n Thomas J. Ford's appl icat ion for t h i s Land Grant i s t h a t the a f f i - dav i t s m r e notar ized by h i s fa ther , Sidney So Ford, Sr., shoving his fa ther was a Jus t ice of the Peace a t l e a s t as l a t e as October, 1853.

The only ind ica t ion of where Thomas J . Ford l i v e d between 1853 and 1878 comes from census records. I n 1860, his pos t off ice was given as Grand f.lound, t he o f f i ce t h a t served the n o r t h ~ o s t e r n p a r t of Lewis County, A t the 1870 Federal Census and the 1871 County Auditor's census, he was Living i n Grays Harbor County near %mptulips a d was described as a s tock r a i s e r . It i s sa id t h a t his l a s t move was caused by l ack of a school i n t he Humptulips area. It took place between the 1877 an.3 1676 Thurston Couiity Auditor's census and was t o the Ki r t ley place, near Tenino, rRrhich

wife i nhe r i t ed from her fa ther .

Thomas Jefferson Ford died Mar. 5, 1908, apparenUy a t his home near Tcniilo, a i d was followed by his wife Agatha three years l a t e r ,

2 1 ! TBOIIAS JETTESTON FORD (son of 1-1) b. Jan. 1, 1832 i n Chautauqua Coo, BOY. me (1) T2ARY (o r TIflSEiEEFE) [an Indian Princess h o s e f a the r lived. a t Claquato

and was of the Quinault Tribe] (2) June 1, 186Lt i n Lor.ris Co, , tqash. t o A U T H A KlRTLEX [b. Oct. 2?, 1W8

i n Iorm t o Janes and Beorna (Fi lson) KirUey; d. Oct. 26, 191x1 who was sometimes harm as AG~L'ES. %TO m=riage c e r t i f i c a t e s e x i s t f o r this mar i age , the second one being a delayed one i ssued Aug, 1, 1903 which g v e s the da te of A L ~ . 25, 1865. Apparently the o r ig ina l cer- t i f i c a t e , a s m a l l 311 x s i i p of blue paper, could no t be found i n the Lewis County Courthouse vhen wanted and the delayed one, based on memory vas issued. Sincs theii the origin& has turned xp, giving a b e t t e r date f o r t h i s marriage.

d. Iviar. 5, 1908 near Tenino, ITasl~. Children: by (1) Nary Ford

3-34 1. ALICE FORD, b. ca. 1854.; m. prob, by 1870 t o -- U I S O l ~ ; a soil XU, who married a d had a daughter

3-35 2. EXLA FORD, b. ca. 1 8 9 5-36 3. TEO1,fiSB. FO,W, b. ca. 1859; d o ca. nge 20 years

by (2) Agatha (Ki r t ley) Ford (from Thorns Ford Elible) 3-37 4. LrLYSSZS GmT FOBD, b, Kay 26, 1865 a t B u n p t v l i ~ s , 1iksh. 3-38 4-5. iliEi3 L.4URTL FORD, b. Dec. 8 , 1856, poss. a t Tenino, ';Jzsh, 3-39 6 . PFZLIP ~ ~ O S E FOBD, b, I':Iar. 29, 1869 ; d. Apr, 19, 1869 3-40 4-7. LILY E F a E FORD, b. July 3, 1870 3-41 4. EFr'lIC J~LIJE FORD, bo July 27, 1672 3-42 +9. CLARA EVA FORD, b. June 12, 187 j a t Grays Sarbor, 72sh. 3-43 l o . JJU,ES ALLEN FORD, b. Piar. 20, 1873; d, J m e 27, 1379 3J!~!h ll. A?FC3DilIS EPJJEST FORD, be Hare 15, 1831; d o Fe'u, 8 , 1892

Elizabeth Ann Ford, second d a u b t c r of Sidncy S. Ford, Sr, , r n s born very soon a f t e r the 1840 Federal Census was taken and so probably was born i n !;Jeesar.~ Tormship, Bor- r i c n Comty , PEchigul. Of her l i f e before she reachcd Washington l i t t l e i s Inor.m, though a f av i ly t r a d i t i o n says t h a t , during the t r i p ?~lcst, shc was kidnapped by In- dians. So f a r wc havc received no d c t a i l s t o substant ia te t h i s t r zd i t i on . !.I:: SLE-

pec t that it stems, however, from the cpisode on thc way f ron Oregon City up the Cowlitz .River, rhen shc TJZS thought missing because she had jumped i n t o t he lcad canoz unseen by hcr parents but 1~72s found sa fe when thcy caught up %nth the hcad of the group.

To date no marriage c e r t i f i c a t e fo r EZizabcith Ann Ford has becn fomd, but about 185" she was married, a t her parent 's home, t o Joe l Theodore Ticknor, Joe l Ticlmor was born i n liassachusstts about 1825, according t o census repor t s , and rqas the sol? of Seth Tichior. He cane Wcst i n 1850 and squatted on land ju s t nor th of Fords P r a i r i e - u n t i l an Iiidian showed hirn a b e t t e r place f o r farming north of lhcoda t o he moved a d which bzcame known a s Ecknor P r a i r i e , He f i l e d f o r a Donation L a d Grant a t t h i s s i t e a d , on Piar. 16 , 1882, he was p a n t e d 320 acres of land coverillg p a r t s of S ~ c t i o l l s 10 , 11, 1 4 and 15 i n T r q . 15 Worth, Range 1 IJcst, under U I L m i a Land Of- f i c e Certificate iqo. 667.

During t h e 111dia.n rikrs of 1855-56, Joel Ticknor r a s a pr iva te in Capt. 5. L. Hemcsst Coinpany of the F i r s t Regiment of Xashington Te r r i t o r i a l Volunteers, serving from i\10vO 13, 1855 t o Jan. 13, 1856.

Somedsy, ail investigation of the ancestry of Joe l Ticknor might prove in t e r e s t i ng , for h i s suriiame i s seen i n ear ly iJew England records. Also, a n e f f o r t should be ?lade t o d e t e h i ~ c the exact date of h i s b i r t h , the da t e of h i s death and the exact ciatcs of b i r t h o f several of h i s children.

2-6 ELIZil3E'Ii fiat FORD (dau, of 1-1) b. Oct. 16, 184.0 i n 14ichigzn, prob. i n l.,Jeesaw T r q ~ , , aerriel? Coo n. ca, 18% a t Fords P r a i r i e , IJash, t o JOEL THEODORE %TCIG!OR [b, ca. 1825 i n - -

massachusetts t o Seth 'Ticknor] d. i.izr0 6 , 1916 a t home on T i c b o r P ra i r i e , near Tenino, !;iash0 : all prob. born a t home on Ticlmor P r a i r i e , between &coda. and

Tenino , !:?ash. 3-l!,5 +lo 39JJiiiZiq RILEY ?ITC'K?JO3, bo ca. 1855 3-4,6 4-2, ~ ~ J T G L ~ Z , i HE,TRY HIiEIRI;SON TTCICJOX, be Oct, 24, 1859 j d 7 +30 NN!Cf (1;i~itNI3) S o TCCIG\TOX, bo cam 1363 3 A 8 L!,. ,SIE;sZf SEi%J~ifli\l 'TIC'fiiOz, b, ca. 1865; apparently unmarried; no cl~ildre;:;

d o ?a. age 31. He was usually !morn as S3ERFWT 3-49 k50 E;iI$*;il i\?ETTLE ITCIDJOR, b. ca, 1867 3-50 &. JOZL T-%DDORE TTCIG~OP,, JR., b, ca. 1870 3-57- - ~ 7 ~ WL E. TTCKiIOR, b. ilpr. 1872 near Tenino, Ij!ash. 3-52 43. mSriX iO?C-ZLINE TIC!(i<DTI, bo Ju ie 5, 1874 a t Tekno., IJash. 3-53 +9. LILY EDiTii TICKiQOR, b. Aug. 4 , 1876 a t Tenir.0, \\rash. 3-54 -I-1-0. BLJi\lCX i.:Uk'iIE TCCKigOfi, t , Idky 13, 1879 ( o r 15d l ) a t %coda, i:Jash0

5. Fernando Claude Ford

m me yaw-gest son. of Sidncy S, Ford, Sr., Ferliando Claude Ford, was born I1ov. 18, 1844 i n kCissowi, most probably a t or neer St. Joseph, the famous stepping-off place f o r the Oregon Trzi l . me source, a marriage appl icat ion of one of his chYl6ren m ~ i y years l a t e r , says he ?:as b o ~ n a t Jopl in i l l the far southwestern corner of i:Essouri, but, we doubt t h i s ,

Since Fzr~iuldo C o Ford was only ll years old when h i s f a l i l y s e t t l e d i~ rha t b.=caie

Iks lh ing tn Territory, he was not e l i g i b l e t o f i l e f o r a Donation Land Grant, rd-iich require2 the claimant have reached age 21 by Dec. 1, 1855. The 02r:Liest 'de.ed , filed i n the Levis County records involving Fernando C. Ford, was f i l e d Apr. 16, 1875. It records h i s use of Olympia Land Office Cer t i f i ca te 2324, granted under the Land Act of 1820, t o purchase 37.58 acres of pree,*tion land i n Section 35, Tr,rp. 15 i\?orth, a n g e 3 F?est. This piece of l and was i n the same sec t ion and probably ac l j xen t .to a piece h i s f a the r bought under the same trims and f o r which the deed was KLed O i l t h e sane day. Unfortunately the f i l i n g da te does not s l ; o ~ ~ when the land was purchased, the f i l i n g probably taking place j u s t before i t was sold ,

A t the time of the 1870 Federal Agricul tural Census of Lev53 County, Fernando C. Ford was operat ing (ormership no t s t a t ed ) 300 acres of improved land and 40 acres of rrood l o t . The previous year he had paid tages of $70 t o others. His l i ve s tock r.~as valued a t $500 and included 2 horses, 3 milch corw, 6 c a t t l e , 50 sheep and li', s~.siile. The estimated value of his crops Tor the previous year was $800 a id included L!,00 b~. of wheat, 100 bu. of oa t s , 100 l b . of wool, 50 bu. of potatoes , 400 l b . of bu t t e r , 10 tons of hay, 10 l b s . of beesr ia , 100 l b s , of honey and $40 worth of inzrket garden pro- ducts , Since Fernando C. Ford m d h i s family l i v e d with h i s mother f o r so~ i~e years a f t e r h i s f z thz r ' s death, these crops pr5sumably came from a por t ion of h i s familyt s place.

We d m ' t h o w j u s t when Fernando C. Ford moved. t o Centrz l ia or h a t he clid ~ , ~ h i l e lis-- i n $ there. Sometime between the 1883 Lewis Countjj Auditor's census and the 1885 Thurston County Auditorls census, he moved t o Thurston County, talcing a p r e e q t i o n claim on Eannaford Creek i n 1888, on trhich he l i v e d u n t i l he so ld out t o a t imbe r company and noved t o near Tenino, where he died i n 1916, t o be follorred by h i s r.J;,fe th ree years l a t e r .

2-8 FETUNDO CLAUDE FORD (son of 1-1) rras so usual ly ca l l ed "SUi\Ti'\rfl' or "~0L51.i'r t h a t many never Icnerr his r e a l f i rs t name. b. N O V ~ 18, 1844- a t St. Joseph, No. ( Jop l in according t o daughter, Fkry

Angeline, i n her marriage appl icat ion) m. (1) GATiE OYA, an IndLan girl

(2) Aug. 24, 1852 a t S l ~ o o k ~ ~ c h u c k , !.J~sh. t o I~URP ELIZIZ%ET< ?-WLTIiL: rb, Dec. 25, 1848 in IJlissouri t o Jesse and Catherine ( ~ a r r i s ) i k i ~ t k l ; d, F3bo 12, 19191 who came :Jest 1Jith her pareats in 1857.

d o Sept. 16 , 1916 near Te-nino, VJash. Clxildren: by (1) Gatie ( m a ) Ford

3-55 + l o THOIdUiS FCIRD, be 1860 a t Oakville or Gate, Ifash. by (2) Ciary Elizabeth (1~1arti-n) Ford

3-55 +2. ~ ~ a f i 5 ~ F ~ D , b. IJOV. 7 , 1865 3- 57 +3. NAiJDE FORD, b. ca . 1867 3-58 4. ?21RY A.ITC-XII\E FOilD, b. 1870-1872 a t Centra l ia , Wash. 3-59 +5. WLOTTE ESTELLE F0,9D, b. f q r . 23, 1875 a t Ceil tral ia, i-lash. 3-60 +6. JESSIE -T. FWD, b. ca. 1875 3-61 +7. COWL A. FCRD, b. Jazz. 16 , 1880 3-62 -1-8. CLAUDE FLTti$IW:JDC FORD, b. Nay 3 , 1881 a t Fords P r a i r i e , :.,'ash. 3-63 +9. E L L A PEhRL FOX), b. Ju ly 9, 1883 a t Lincoln Creek, near Centra l ia , ;.Task. 3-6L1 +lo, nr\iiU A. FORD, b. Aug, 12, 1886

Ford - 30m June 8, 16L1,7 a t Fords P r s i r i e , i@ry Angelille Ford ~rzs the f i r s t ru'hite girl b o a north and riest of t h s Columbia River i i~ what becaae ;k.shington S ta te . The youKgest d ~ u g h t e r of Sidxey S. Ford, she rias m r r i e d l e s s than a year before her fa%herls dea t h o

Eer hcsba12, John Theodore S h d t o n , tTas born about 1839 i n Andrew Co . , 'i~io. and 142s the son of Levi Shelton. Froin a biogaphy of John's uncle David Shelton, rre l e e r n

t h a t John's grandfather was Lewis Shelton who l i ved i n knc.on'ae Co , i\T, C , e t ti?e 'cine of David's b i r t h i n 1812. Lewis Shelton migrated t o Saline Co., Mo. i n 1819 and mov- ed fur ther West in 14issouri several times, dying i n Andrew Co., No. i n 1847. In 1N7, probably a f t e r kLs fa ther ' s death, Levi Shelton, his wife, h i s son John, h i s two daughters, and h i s twin brothers, David and Til3-rrian., moved t o Oregon, reaching Sauviels I s l a d on Nov. 30, l8h7. A b o u t 1 8 3 , the Shelton f a d y moved t o the Puget Sound area. Jokqts uncles e v e n t d l y became the founders of the torm of Shelton, Wash. Levi Shelton s e t t l e d a t Olympia, where he operated a ho te l cal led the Shelton House, and applied for a Donation Land Grant, receiving 320 acres of land near Tun- water i n Sections 13 a d 14 of Twp. 17 Worth, Range 1 East under Olympia Land Office Cer t i f ica te ido. 166. John T. Shelton was too young when he came t o the s t a t e t o re- ceive a Donation Land Grant, but seer& of Lewis and Thurston County records probably w i l l reveal he secured land under some of the other land acts .

After Nary h g e l i i l e Ford's marriage t o John T. Shelton, they l i v e d on Fords F r a i r i e except for f i v e years rhen they l i v e d near Yelm. After her husband's death i n 1897, ?,bry Angcline l i ved for m a y years r d t h her granddaughter, Fiattie ( ~ h e l t o n ) Lunan, rhom she had ra i sed from infancy a f t e r blattie's mother died a few days a f t e r I ~ f a t t i e Taras born. Because of i'lary Angeline's longevity, we have the most d i r e c t possible account of Yancy ( ~ h a ~ r ) Ford--the s t o r i e s Fiary Angeline to ld her great-&renddaughter Vera Llmai?, rqhich Vera shared both with Tove Hodge and with us.

2-9 IURY ANGZLIl~!D FORD (dau. of 1-1) b. June 8, l a 7 a t Fords P r a i r i e , kJash. (Bancroft gives the date a s June 10,-

1a47) m. Dec. 24, 1965 a t Central ia , Ifash. t o J O h Y TEZODORE SHELTON [be ca. 1839

i n Andrew Co., Moo t o LLEVI SHELTOIJ; d o Sept. 2Lc, 1897 a t ~ e n t r d i a , ~jzsh.] d o Sept. 23, 1934 a t Sea t t l e , F?aash. Children : born a t Centralia , l\'zsh.

3-65 +1. MYID SIDXEY SHELTOB, b. Xov. 20, 1866 ') 66 2. CXAiiES UEERT SHmTOIf, b. July 20, 1868 J-

3-67 +3. ANSOlf LEYI SHELTON, b. Oct. 17, 1875 68 -tJ-!,. GUY EUGZIZ LSXELTOIu', b. July 24, 1878

5169 5. lELLIE IWdfCFS SH.ELTOi\?, b. IJov. 7 , 1884 3-70 4. LILY VALEiJTII\IE SBFLTOIJ, b. Feb. 14, 1889

3-13 GEORGE LEOFJARD IGLJIVCH, JR. (son of 2-2) r ~ a s t h e so11 of t he f i r s t s e t t l e r i n the Centra l ia a rea , his fa ther having come t o h?lerica i n 181.1, s e t t l e 2 i n IdLis-. s o m i fo? a t i m e czlld co::le ?Test 16 th t he S h o n s pa r ty i n S84.b. He cane t o t he P!zet Sound area i n 1845, s e t f l i ng on a claim of 320 acres on t he Skook- U R C ~ U C ! ~ River t h a t became hlo~rn as iJauncl~s P ra i r i e . laher. George, J r . r a s a- bout 3 years old , h i s mother took h i m t o her f a t h e r ' s hose Trhen she d ~ c i d e d t o divorce h i s fa ther . Sometime a f t e r his f a the r remarried i n 1855, George, J r . re turned t o h i s f a the r ' s home, remaining there u n t i l he s e t u? h i s o n home on t h e iJzllach place. After h i s chi ldren xere borr,, he moved t o Fords P r a i r i e . b. ca. 1848 in Lewis Coo, !.!rash. 31. (1 ) EQ.U JDJIiTNSS

(2) I W . 27, 1883 a t F. C. Ford home, Lewis Co, , Wash. t o CATEFSSi~IE AiGiTE iJ.ALLACH rb. ca. 1855 i n I l l i n o i s t o John \Jallach, a na t i ve of Germany; d o 1943, "buried Sharon cemetery) whose name rms a l s o spe l l ed TAULACE.

d. 1910, buried Sharon Cemetery Children : by (1) Ehna ( J e d n g s ) it?aunch

L!*-7l. + l o ROBERT H m Y ~ $ A ~ N C I S , b. ca. 1876 (or 1873) by (2) Catherine Annie (lfallach) 1daunch

4-72 +2. 8NRLOTTE fiELII1 LliAUiYCE, 5, ca. 1883 a t Lincoln Creek, !:Jash. 4-73 +3. FV1RY HARRIET JAKE WAUi3C5, b. Tar. 22, 1886 a t Lincoln Creek, \!rash. 4-714 -1-4.. FLORA ELIZABETH WPIUI4TCH, be July 28, 1888 a t Lincoln Creek, ifiiash. L!,-75 +5. JOHIL'.TWUOIJ?:?AUI?Cfi, b. Oct. 8, 1890 a t L i n c o h Creek, iJashO 4-76 4. IdARTi4A YAY11?LM \\UILU'CX, b. i\Tov. 16 , (18927) L!.-77 7 JOSEPR LEOItARD ?JAUSCR, b. ca. 1896; m. (~)-PARRO~~; m. (2) -- ,_-;

i1o chi ldren; do ca. 1966 4-78 4. IiATIE DELL WUiJCi, b. Ju ly 1897 a t Cedarville , Wash.

3-ll -lMRlUET JANE IZUUAiG (dau. of 2-2) was usual ly kno~m a s JAiJE b. Apr. 18, 1853, prob. a t Cedarr i l le , !.Jash. m. (1) ROBZRT SIYETX [b. ca. 1850 in \fisconslr., poss. son of Robert and Chris-

t y Smith who l i v e d near t h e t t l l l i ans f an i ly a t the 18n Grays 5arbor County Auditor 1 s census]

(2 ) i.h.~. 22, 1899 a t T.lontesano, i\Tasil. t o JOi? M. PUTZ rb, c.2. 1863 in Indiaxa t o l achae l and Caroline (Dusch) P l a t z ; do 1944:I]

d o 19-, buried beside second husband in Shzroil Cemetery Glilciren: by (1) Robert Smith

4-79 + l a C B I S T I l U Sl,ETH, b. Dec. 15, 187b (or 1873) a t Satsop, Yasll-. 1!,-8r) 2. DAISY VlDA SFiITi, b. ca, 1876; married severa l times; 170 chi ldren;

d o 1966 +,-81 +3. ALBERT i\?TL,SON S?ItTX, b. Oct. 12 , 1879 a t ?ioi~tesulo or Satsqo, i:fash, '!A2 Ae IrOTTIE BPJTICE SIyIIW, b, Aug, U, 1391 a t Kontesano, S.Jzsh.

by (2) John N. Pla t z 4-81:: 5. LOU PUTZ (stepdaughter) ; married Reed Yadley, a dau, X2ry Lou; l i v i n g

' . S e a t t l e , T!Jash., 1969 4,-84.x 6. CAI?L P'LRTZ (ste,son)

2 CXAIPLOTTE ARASESLE \JILLLU,IS (dau. of 2-2) was usual ly ca l l ed LOTTI3 b. Dec. 29, 1 8 9 , prob. z t Cedai-~Jille, brash. (b. 1855, gravestone) fi~, (1) 1874 t o TBOPL/LS J. ~;ic~~flO:J [b, A p r . 2, 1852, froix ~~~~~~~~:ine, K 2 9 , ;

d o P k r . 20, 1889, buried Sharon cei-~~eterjr-) (2) JOX;\? i!. !~IUSGilOVE rd, ;?OV. 2, 1-955, age 93 y r s , , 1 0 mos., 1 3 days ;

buriec! Sharon cemetery] 6, IJov. 26, 1897, buried Sharon Cenleter:? Chiidren : by (1) Thomas J . Mcl4ahon

11-05 1, SDLdT?: R- >iclimOij, b. June 13, 1875 a t CedarvLlle, -rash, ; ml-ri.5.; 2

deu. June (or J ino) ; d. 1953, huied Sharon Cemeter~ 4-85 20 GiiFiLFS C. I~Icl.;K-IOi\J, b. ca, 1877; zo chi ldren

39 k-87 3. OhDJ i<cl.WSON, b. ca. 1879; r ~ r r i o d ; a daughter Helen 1;-88 b . LOTTIE ESTELLA McIKGON, b. ca. 1880; m. Aug. 28, 1902 a t Cedarville,

Wash. t o Carl Eugene Vester rb, ca. 1876 in Ohio t o A. H. and Dorothy (Beck) ester]

4-89? 5? CLAUDE HcFAHOIi by (2) J o h I'!!usgrove

4-90 6. -!ifGEUET MISGROVE, m e (1) SILL LITTLE, m. (2) FAFZ, GRAVES (or GROVES)

3-13 S lGLI SIDEZY \ t m , L S (son of 2-2) b. Jov. 29, 1856, prob. a t Cedarville, Wash. m. Nov. 12, 1878 i n Grays Yarbor Co., :iksh. to RESECCA PIUSGROVE rb. PIar. 27,

1860 i n I l l i n o i s (or ] . ~ s s o u r i ) ; d o liay, 1941, buried Sharon ~i lnetery] d. Scpt. 1918 (gravestone says 1919), buried Sharon Cemetery Children :

LC-91 la JESSE I1LONZO bKLLU11.5, b. ca. Xov. 3879; unmrried; d. 1900 4-92 +2. IRA CZIi\TTOi'J 'L-5, b. flpr. 23, 1881 4-93 3. NPHA L. lirU;LUU.E, be 1883; unmarried; d. 1911 .

4-94 4,. fILIviA ROSE IJU.ILIA,IdiT, 5. Iri-r. 17, 1888 a t Cedarvine, Wash. 4-95 4-5. VIOLET I;IRDGE WILLJ2FS, b. Aug. 21, 1890 a t Cedarville, Vasl~. 4-96 4. OLIVE GRACE IaLLmvS, b, I d b . 2, 1893 a t Cedarville, brash.

3-14 IURY SOPIIh I-MB (dau. of 2-2) b. Jan. 3, 1859 a t C e d a n i l l e , dfash. m. 1877 a t Satsop, Ifash. to THOMAS JEFFERSOi\I I ? ? 5. Sept. 20, 18% a t Jef-

ferson City, No. to B v i d and Nary J. (Hatfield Bal l ; d. Feb. 27, 19171 d. Feb. 7, 1930 a t E l m a , iksh.

5 W d r e n :

4-97 +I. ALLD? DAVID HALL, b. July 15, 1878 a t Cedarville, IJash. 4-98 i2. JETTIE MELISSA KIU, b. F h r . 8, 1880 a t Satsop, \\rash. 4-99 +3. PEARL LILLIE HALL, be PLug. 20, 1886 a t Cedarville, Ifash. 4-100 4. D 3 , E Y iJ&?Oll HTU, b. tky 6 , 1898 a t Cedarville, \$ash.

3-15 TIOKAS Ii3IXY I;TLI;LLN.'IS (sor: of 2-2) b. f ~ p r . 5, 1861 a t C h e h f i s Point, Wash. m, Oct. 26, 1881 i n Grays Xarbor Co., iqash. to INEZ (or EX) DFA WDIS

[b. ca. 1865 in l l l i n o i s ] the 1880 census shoris her name as ILHEA d. ? Children: (order ir. f d y of some not knorm)

Lb-101 +I., I : ? . E P J 1W1' InLSJNE, b. Nov, 5, 1881-1. a t C e d a ~ i l l e, l\Tash. k-102 +2, 3"&i\lm AGVSTA FZLLIf1-E, b. Nov, 27, 1888 a t Cedarville, liiash. 4-103 +3. RNY3H LAVmq I;m,TTTA7S, b. Wov. 27, 1895 a t Cedarville, IJasi.1. (gravestoile

says born 1895) 4-104, il, , aLDE I>JIL;IJjlitL5, -a-ri ec! 4-105 j. DOMN;3 ! j , m I A i v I S , d . ca. age 10 years 4.105 6, E T i a r J I m . L 5 , d. ca. age 1 y e a

3-16 iUiilCY S E T i T T E 'JlLLlXkiS (6zu. of 2-2) l i ved most of her l i f e i n Cedarville, but spent her l a s t 25 yezrs i n Sea t t le . I:I the family X b l e , her nm.e appears as EZT~~LLTE, but most r s f c r t o her a s Sm~T;9JiUL. 9er obit.uary said BERTI-TSI. b. Nov, 21, 1863 a t Cnehzlis Point, Illash. m. i!iap. 4, 1881 a t Sharon, ?.fasn. t o TIi@T;iAS 3 . kTYLI3 [probe b. ca. 155; i n

California t o SoSurn and Thry l 'ylie, neighbors of ' tho Forits l i l 18711 d. Oct. 1936 a t Seatf le , lirash,

' Children : 4-107 1. FRED IiWJ5, b. ca. 1882 ; no children 4-108 2. LUCINDA ( LzI?) TAEUT, b. ca. 188h.; d. by Oct, 1936 4-109 +3. no-LQ ~ ~ m z k-110 .be b ~ m z 6 f i ~ , 1 ~ , d . by Oct. i936 4-111 5 . S T T ~ L 7fiZIE ..do by O C ~ O 1936

3-17 JULIETTE SERPTA NILL,IUIS (dau. of 2-2) r a s usual ly c a l l e d JZTTIE S. Apr. 19 , 1867 a t Chehalis Point , Wash. m. (1) Ju ly 3, 1887 a t Olyr;rp?.a, Ifash. t o ROSCOE W,SiIlSSEY [b. 1860, of L i t t l e

F d l s , I.Jisc. ; d o 1935, buried Sharon cemetery] (2) PERRY M O N T G O ~ ~ i

d. Dec. 13, 1941 (gravestone says died 1945), b m i e d Shzron Cemetery Children: none

3-18 DELAT\TEII FORD (dau. of 2-3) was usual ly ca l l ed Lili31:E or LENA. b. Apr. 10 , 1852 a t Fords P r a i r i e , Vash. m. Feb, 2, 1870 i n Grays Harbor Co., Wash. t o IJII;LIAJi HILOXI HOUC-STOM WSmT

? - - [b. ca. 1838 a t Pinnacle Shoals, Ind. t o ~ , F i l l i a m 35.:l.ory I<ou~l~.+.on it?.-..heiqt,

Sr. ; d. Dec. 17, 18961 who cams t o IJashington in 1861, t a l nng a c l a i i ~ on the e a s t s i d e of the Hoquiam b v e r near t he p resen t s i t e of Hoq~~iam.

d o Sept. 2, 1923 a t Hoquiam, Wash. Children : born a t Hoquian, hiash.

1;-112 1. SILAS LIIJDLET KU,EERT, b. Jan. 20, 1872; d o Feb. 11, 1889 L1.-113 i-2. HILORY HOUGHTOIJ XAL8IT, b. Apr. 18, 1874 k,-UL!, 3. FR\?EST VAN (or LIXDLEY) HALEIIT, b. Apr. 21.1, 1877 ; no ch i ld ren 4-115 -1-4.. BEJJAFEB F'RKuIKLM FfiBERT, b. I~ky 16, 1879 LL-116 i-5. FRED HALBERT, b. F2b. 17, 1882 Lk-117 -6. PHE3E i .VJ HALBERT, b. Apr . 8, 1884 4-U8 i-7. SIDNEY SEW HPLLSmT, b, Oct. 22, 1886 (or 1887)

3-19 BEL\iJAibEN FORD (son of 2-3) may have had t he middle name ~ ' Y : I a I I I , I n t he 1880 census he described fiinlself $s a sea o t t e r hunter. Tove Hodge says he was drotmed a t Hoquiam. This may be t r ue , or i t may have been h i s brother w o n , l~llom Tove Hodge doesn ' t mention and r,ho disappears from t h e f d l y by 1670. b. May 5, 1 8 9 m. (1 )

(2) EXLA (or ~ 3 4 h ) IKLLlDL5 (o r QU:IL;L~) b fb. ca. 1862 t o Toin Qucilley ( c r /Jilliams ) a d Ha tawai I4aggi.e C l i P p ]

do 1892 Children :

Lb-119 i-1. AlJi\lLE LAURA FORD, b. ca. 1880 L!,-120 +2. DiilSY FOLW

3-22 SIDi\?Ef XCXSLRD FORD (son of 2-3) 'o. hug.' 16 , 1861, prob. a t o r near Sharon, Wash, rn. June 15, 1882 t o FURY ELIZI1i3ETH RllY [b. Jan, 7, 1867 in Eknton, Icw.2;

d. Oct. 26, 1959 a t Raymond, Wash.] 2. 1931 C!iildren :

4-121 i-1. EWFL FOXD, b. Sept. 22, 1884 a t Por te r , :?ash. 4-122 +2, EDITH FORD, b. July 28, 1886 a t h a , IJash. 4-123 3. COliOTEY FORD, d. age 11 years '4-124 44 . COTcTSTNqCE FORD, b, Apr. 15, 1890 a t EicCleary, 1.~~asho 4-125 i-5, FLOPZ\?CE FORD, b, l z y 13, 1892 a t Por te r , Wash. 4-126 -1-6. IEFLr~ FORD, b. Oct. 12 , 1897 a t Sine, \\rash.

m 4-12? +7 m G : - I L O T i z FC?,D, l2, ::i,2ra '-7, I;??? 25; ZL:?a, ' T ~ . ~ h . L!,-128 +8, GLADYS IliS:.-z FO33, 5. JL?:-. 25, 7-992 ?i; ;i2?-:_0:13, i ~ k ~ h . L!,-129 i-9. VIOLET 17iflRIE FORD, b. 23, 1907

3-23 TFRESA 1'4. FORD (dau. of 2-3) b, Sept. 9 , 1862, prob. a t o r near Sharon, ifash. m. Dec. 25, 1884 t o ELLSI,L~ORTE D. IrXiPRPLili\i [be ca. 1862 in Pennsy lvan i~ ; d o

Sept, 12, 194.11 a jer~e1er d o Feb. 28, 1928 Chil6ren : boy11 a t FIoniesano, Vash.

4-130 il. JAY R. K Z L I C ~ ~ J N J , b. Sept. 25, 1887

do Apr. 19, 1923 a t Elma, ifash. Children :

5-331 +l. HELEI W I U & S , b. Feb. 21, 1918 a t b, Wash.

4-108 FLOYD I.JYLIE (son of 3-16) b. a f t e r 1885 - -

Living: ? Children :

5-33U~ 1. JACK I.TILI!I 5-331B 2. HELEI? IT1W:E 5-331C 3. ch i ld

4-113 h Z O R Y HOUC-HTON SfL3EilT (son of 3-18) was one of Grays Harbor's e a r l i e s t s a~a f i l e r s and taught the t rade t o many young men. From 1931-35 he operated a summer r e s o r t a t Spencer Lake, near Shelton. b. Apr, 18, 1874 a t Eoquian, \;'ash. fit. Feb. 22, 1900 a t Hoquiam, 1j?a7asll0 t o EUZTLBETA fi~ELll DEDRICRSO3 (or DEE5

RICXSON) b. Apr. 13, 1883 a t Vik, Trondheim, Norway t o John and Lama rickson on \ Dederickson; d. Jan. 21, 1967 a t Aberdeen, tiash.]

d. Oct. 31, 1959 (his a d h i s x i f o y s ob i tuar ies ) a t Aberdeen, V;ash. Children: born a t Xoquiam, VIash.

5-332 +l . EXLORY HOUGIITOi$ ~ G E R T , JR . , b. Ja-7. 8 , 1901 5-333 +2. ELLA MIROTi HALBERT, b. Oct. 10, 1902 5-39, +30 PTTLDRED LOUISE WBmT, b. July 3, 1937

4 - 1 5 BXJJAivEIJ fi'RRJKLIi\l i l L 3 I T (son of 3-18) b. 1b.y 16, 1879 a t H o q ~ u n , Ihsh. K. Jan. 5, 1516 a t Iioqviam, Wash. t o I V A AiN ZUDGES rb. Oct. 1, 1895 a t

Ykyfield, !?ash. t o fmt!!w and Et ta ( ~ o o n t z ) s i d g e s ] Living: ~oquiam, \dash., 1969 Chilc5 en :

5-35 +I. 'fKE?JdCIf SIDiUY LPIL3ERT, b. M a , 5, 1918 a t Hoqciam, Idash.

b-U6 FRED HALBBT (son of 3-18) operated a r e s o r t a t Lake Quiaault fo r 3'3 years b. Feb. 1 7 , 1882 a t Eoquiam, Nash. 21, Zax, 1 6 , 1905 a t Sea tUe, X2sh. t o EZSS RICE d. a f t e r Jan. 16 , 1955 a t Tuscon, h i z . Children :

5-335 +lo RICHNiD FfiBrnT

4.-ll.7 PhZ32 I'Lr~41 .MLSERT (dau. of 3-18) b. Acr. 8, 18E4 a t Hoq~zian, \ k ~ h , nl. i~ug. 6, 1904 a t Sea t t l e , l,!Ai. t o pURni? B$iO fiF&Qmm l b o Iqov. 1879 =it -.

;:.hidbey Is land, i<zsh 0 t o John and Laura A l e r a d e r ; d. 1937 a t Hoq-dax, Y'r. .] LLving : Hoquian, Wash., 1969 Children: born a t Sea t t l e , Wash.

5-3?7 4. LOTjIS 1iLZ7&3T)m, b, Sept. 7 , 1919 5-338 2. 3E;i\JJfiETJ 5. IILEZU~DER, be 1923

L!,-338 SIDiiTD SETS EiiiL3aT (son of 3-18) usyal ly h0i.m as EL?d=, ?:2S n Sa7.r 17ihl- b, Oct, 22, 1856 (or 1887) a t B o q ~ i a m , bksh, n. PA'I'RIcIA I-TD2Ki [b, i~ug. 8 , 1907 i n liyonilig t o John ad. P a t r i c i a I.iurphy;

do iqov. 19L.7) d. Dec. (or ilug. ) 2 , 1357 a t Aberdeen, Wash. Children: borr. a t 3oquLarr,, Uash,

5-339 + l o SIDiL'ZY E. FfiBmT, b, i'ky 13, 1923 5-3L!.0 ;2. ilIIiiLTM JmZ ELC%BT, b. June 15, 1927

4-IL9 NnTIE LAURA FORD (da. of 3-19) was usually cal led LALIRA be c2. 1880 m. (1) Jan. 10, 1900 a t Montesano, Wash. t o 3EiJAIiIi3 F. ZLAKE,!!LEE rb, a t

Aberdeen, Wash. t o Nathan P. and Lest ic ia (:-c>.-li~cls) iflal:c<l-~.c] (2) ARTHUR GEE (3) SAG=

d. ? Children: by (1) Benjamin F. Blzlceslee

5-341 1. SNU EIZflBETH (or HELEU) ZAICESLZE, m. a Pk. K O K L E R 5-3~'-2 +2. rtmzxia H . ~ J E S L F J

4 4 2 0 UJSY FORD (dau. of 3-19) b. ? m. Oct. 3 , 1907 a t Mo:?tesanu, !Wash. t o GEORGE JIII SAi\TDERS rb. ca. 1879 t o

'ISqually1' J i m and Lucy ( Quapaw) sanders ] d. 7 Children :

5-33 1. LZ?ORR SNVDERS, deceased 5-344 1-2. JMES SAXDERS 5-348 6. PEARL SIL.lDERS, deceased. 5-345 +3. SIDl\XY Snr\JDEnS 5-349 +7. R U Z SAI~DEXS 5-3116 4. GLEN? ANDY SNgDiDS, deceased 5-350 4. H E L I X SniJDJ3RS 5-34-7 +5. GEOi3GE ~LlLFRZD SL>!DEE! 5 - 3 3 9. chi ld

4-121 ETHEL FORD (dau. o f 3-22) b. Sept. 22, 1884 a t Porter , Vash. rn. F k r . 1, 1909 a t South Send, Wash. t o GEORGE TiEODOZ kJELSOI\! [b. Tkr. 14 ,

1885 a t S t i l l rmte r , I:Enn. t o - and' Martha ( ~ t t o s o n ) Nelson; d o fug. 13, 1956 a t Hoquiam, ash.]

d. Feb. 19, 1960 a t Hoquial, Wash. Children :

5-352 +I. HMOLD EDii4RD IdELSOj?, b. Sept. 6, 1910 a t Raymond, l$ash.

L!,-122 EDITH FO3D (dau. ~f 3-22) be July 28, 1886 a t ?:?ash. me act. 14, 1907 a t ?iontesano, ?&she t o ED;,:mD m3.RUi\! [be kug. L!,, 1836 In

I l l i n o i s t o George V. and Lizzie ( ~ e ~ ~ i t t ) Freeman; d; July 11, 1962 a t Olympia, Lrash.)

d. Sept. 1940 a t Olympia, Vash. Children :

5-353 + l o NARY ELIUSETI! FREHrmJ, b. June 2, 1908 a t L%a, tiash. 5-39, +2. EE.4 AUDRE FREH.iAi", b. Dec. 13, 1909 i n Grays Earbor Coo, 7.

5-355 +3. H f l L S x T EUGEtTE mxE<uiiJ, be Nay. 3, 1?u i? Grays limbor C O , , !,,.?ash.

4-124 CCJiSTfiqCE FORD (dau. of 3-22) b, Apr, 15, 1890 a t McCle~ry, i&sh. m. kpr . 28, 1906 a t h a , lG~\!ash. t o ULRL ELI TEnGLE rb. Bov. 26, 18W i n Ohio

t o m e n le411iam a d Catherine (Yeana) Teagle; d: ?rkClcary, i.Jash.1 a sawyer

d. Juiie (XL?), 1964 a t I'cCleary, !llJash. Childml? : b o n a t IvlcO-eary , ?,?asho

5-356 +I. LESLIE TEAGLE, be Aug. 11, 19- 5-357 +2. PAUL TFAGLE, b. Apr . 20, 1908 5-358 +3. !IAO?fl RUTi TaGLE, be Apr . 15, 1910 5-359 4.. GUY- BURTOX T?AGLE, b, Feb. 3, 1912; d. 1929 a t l*IcCLeary, J:rasl?. 5-360 +5. FSPRY .FOPLD TEAGLZ, b. Apr. 29, 19- 5-361 4. FGmGE 1 , m E TTAGLZ, b. Nov 4 , 1917

4-125 FLORE!C3 FCRD (dau, of 3-22) was usually horm as FLOSSIE b. E.Iay 13, 1892 a t Por te r , \$ash. me (1) i::a. 2 , 1912 a t ELia, I\k.sh. t o SCXitZPL C. iici,iEE\r [bo Oct. 1633 Li?

CONRAD IvLARTH

Conrad Marth was born i n 1829 i n Helgershausen Hessen Prov- i n c e , Germany. A t t h e age of 1 7 he came t o t h e United S t a t e s and s p e n t f o u r yea r s i n t he s o u t h e a s t e r n s t a t e s . - He r e t u r n e d home by s a i l b o a t and i n 1852 marr ied Anna Kather ine Younger- man. Conrad and AM^ l e f t . f o r t he United S t a t e s and a f t e r 90 days on t h e ocean, l anded . i n Galveston, Texas. A f t e r f i v e y e a r s i n Texas they t r a v e l e d t o New Orleans and up t h e Miss- i s s i p p i t o t h e smal l town of S t . Paul . Here they bought a n o u t f i t and s t a r t e d by ox team t o Wright County.

They l o s t t h e i r first l o g cab in and a l l belongings i n a f o r e s t f i r e , s u f f e r e d from troublesome Ind ians , moved s e v e r a l t imes u n t i l t h e y f i n a l l y s e t t l e d permanently on 160 a c r e s on Highway #12 between Delano and Montrose.

They had 13, c h i l d r e n , s i x cf whom died. Anna Kather ine d i e d i n 1908 and Conrad i n 1910. Both a r e bu r i ed i n S t . P a u l ' s Cemetery.

They were t h e grandparen ts of Rose Heger le , Herb Bock and F lo rence Becker.

Michael Kruze l , age 5 , i s t h e f i f t h g e n e r a t i o n of h i s f a m i l y t o belong t o S t . P a u l ' s . H i s g r ea t -g rea t -g randfa the r s , Louis Bock and Conrad Marth were c h a r t e r members.

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5-339 SIDI;EY E. 3a3ERT (son of 4-ll8) i s a construction worker t. Kay 13, 1923 a t Hoquim, Itlash. KT,, June 25, 1949 a t SiLl, Naska t o LOUISE A. OLSO-fl [b. Jan. 14 , 1927 a t --

idone, Alaska t o John T. Olson, ~ r . ] LLving: Kenmore, Wash., 1969 CmAlcken :

6-755 1. SIZIET S. l iALZBT, b. June 30, 1953 a t S e a t t l e , ~ ' J Z S ~ .

5-yd i.!fi?'D~ JUXE LnLEERT (dau. of 4-l l8) b. June 15, 1927 a t Xoqdm, Ifash. x. Nov. 2, 1946 a t S e a t e e , Wash. t o Rnn!Oi\JD RFdlTI.Ii.lAbJ RbDD [b. Sept. 2, 1922

a t Sea t t l e , Wash. t o Raymond H. and Luella ~ u d d ] a salesman L i v i n g : Fkhonds, i\rash . , 1969 Children : born a t Sea t t l e , Wash.

6 - 7 5 t-1. JlGYST LEE RUDD, b. hug. 15, 1947 6-7 57 2. IIIhRTA SUE RUDD, b. Feb. 22, 1950 5-753 3. S ~ Y I ~ U E RUDD, b. act. 15, l 9 r . 6-759 4,. Rf~Yl40tJD HERTHMAi? R;DD, JR;, b. Play 1 2 , 1957

5-342 N~LT-TAY Ii. WJCESLEE (son of 4- l l9) n. mS;: ESYm Cllildr en :

6-76? 11. BILL XAKESLEE 6-763 4. JNmS H. ELMCESLEE 6-761 2. BERiJM3.D ELAKESLEE 6-764 15. RflD~IOHD EUUCESLFB 6-762 3. l ~ ~ ~ ? BLNCE:&SLEE 6-765 -6. NAMJ L. EUKESL%E

5-344 U'i-CS SILNDERS (son of &-120) n. I,!!XLLE GEORGE (o r TJi.ihTILLA ROSE) [a Nee Perce Ind ia l ] ail& en :

6-765 +lo LLOYlj SfO!DmS 6-759 4.. ?UiiTi.JZ SiLN?XRS 6-76? 2. tir~?FRED SANDERS, deceased 6-770 5. ?.?EUL SILNDEES 0-768 3. ULW~ (LARRY?) SIEDZRS 6-771 6 . LeROY SiU?DEES

5-22.5 SIDiXY Sh'D=S (son of 4-120) no ROSETTA 7~+EUS Children :

L3k7 GEO?,SC; i4ILFRZ.Z SmEBS ( son of 4-120 ) 2

b. ~ I O T ~ , 29, 1921 F. RUT2 .ELOiSS 3ECIC [be ,"ipr. 9, 1933 t o Joseph h a n u e l and Dorotlly ~ o u i s a

( ~ o T J ~ ) 3 c k ) Living: 1969 Ck.il+en :

6-774 1. SI~.;DWL DPZ sn;q~ms, b, J~XI. 6, 1958 6-777 2. SOljYn ? M E SANDERS, b. Aug. 6 , 1959

5-3h9 R U 3 1 SiZ?DDS (dau, of 4-120) K. (1) TZ;;ID.lD A ~ W L

( 2 ) T. 3.. CASTIUO Ch2l&-en : by (1) Trinidrd Abella

6-778 +l. EJSEq3 1 l 2 U 6-779 2. R O 3 L 3 A B Z L A 6-781 4. JORKI\B A B U 5-780 3. FATRICLA mL- 6-782 5, RbYZ CXRISTIIqE ABELUi

Sy (2) T. R. Cas t i l l o 5-753 6. ~ 0 2 . 3 ~ ~ 1 c ~ s m o 6-78Q 7. FiVJTK wSTILLO 6-785 8. 1.vw;l CASTILL0

5 3 5 0 EiiLEX SAi?DERS (dau. ,of 4-120) n o (1 ) M2y 2 , 1947 in Ls~J is CO., IJash. t o ROY SECDJA

( 2 ) USTON i u i I T G 3 U Living: O a h i l l e , \$ash., 1969 Childrec: by (1) Roy Secena

6-786 +I. SUS,U\T SECEU

5-352 FUROLD E D ; W NESON (son of 4-121) be Sept. 6, 1910 a t Raymocd, ?;Jash. m. iLpr, 26, 1941 a t Hoquiam, 1,Jash. t o IJELL MDGIS rb. June 8, 1903 a t libel--

deen, !iTash. t o Cris topher and Anna (pippin) ~ a d g i s ] Living: Hoquiam, iLsh., 1969 Children :

6-787 1. GZRALD EDWLRD NELSON, b. Phr. 23, 1947 a t jlberdeen, !-rash.

5-353 FiARY ELIZABET!!: F'REE!Ihi\T (dau. of 4-122) i s uoually ca l led FLIL1'~'i33TH b. June 2, 1908 a t &a, Wash. m. ROY TIlO?UG RUSSXJ, rb, Feb. 11, 1909 a t lecey, Wash. t o Thomas and L i l l i a n

(Goodrich) us sell] "a painter Living: Sea t t l e , Wash., 1963 Chilclr en :

6-788 +S. ROY ZD';.ULRD RrJSSEf,, b. Sept, 9, 1928 a t Olympia, ',&?ash. 6-789 +2. NANCY LUCILLE RUSSEI,L, b. ikhr. 18 , 1930 a t Olympia, Vash. 6-790 +3. ~,\.'U;LIA.IvI SIDJEY RUSSELL, b. Feb, 24, 1931 a t Hartinez, Calif. 6-791 &. l?RAi\TK blICH.4.EL RUSSELL, be June 9, 1943 a t Sea t t l e , 1;Jash.

39!, EPiA ArJDRZY FREB,fi'J (dau. of 4-122) 2-

b. Dec. 13, 1909 in Grays Earbor Co., T~Jash. rn. Oct. 30, 1937 a t Olympia, Wash. t o GILBEET URDII\JG rb. i ~ p r . 23, 1909 e t

S%lla TIJalla, lash. t o John and Katrina ( ~ o t w i g ) 2ar&ng] a vending mach- i n e mechanic

Living: S e a t t l e , Wash., 1969 Children :

6-792 +1. ICATiEE;,? P W E HARDIJG, b. July 5, 1941 a t Olympia, 1!1?2sh. 6-793 +2. GILBIBT JOE1 HIIRDINC, b, June 13, 1943 a t Olympia, ?:Jash. 6-794 +3. TXOE/LZS FOiiD HARDING, b. Fly 24, 1948 a t Renton, !,?ash.

5-355 BmBDT EUGZiTE FRm.5,AIJ ((son of 4-122) b. ? k r 0 3, 1911 in Grays Harbor Co,, trash. in, June 11, 1932 a t IIontesano, 1,:Tash. t o DOROTIT I"L~i~!3DE?Cili,! rb. Jxly 1912 a t

Colfax, ;\rash. t o F S l l i a r n Hartin and illarneda (Snith) D U I C ~ I ] L iv ing : Sea t t l e , Wash., 1969 Children :

6-795 +I. ZDIW niVi\I F'RESvIh;J, b. Oct. 1, 1940 a t Olympia, FJash. 6-794 +2. E A i d iU.FCiE FRED'LrG?, b. Iiay 25, 1943 a t Olyinpia, ??ash. 6-79? +3. m\?TI1?l"~ &lY FREH\.IiCJI be Sept. 2, 19k6 a t Renton, Iksh. 6-798 9. ROSZLrGiY D T u T ~ X FRzav'Ihi\T, b. Scpt. 27, 1952 a t Ronton, Sirash.

5-356 LZSLIX TZAGLE (son of 4-124) has been i n the r e s t a u r v l t business b, Aug. ll, 19 . a t 13cCleazy, Wash. m. Fsb. 24, 19x a t Montesano, N~sh . t o BELEi\T F. W I B Lixing : Sea t t l e , Iksh., 1969 Children :

6-799 1. SZLTlJ LEsLIE TEAGi.3, I l v ing , San Diego, Calif., 1969 6-800 2. S'fi?EOl? LSSLIE TEIGLE

5-357 P!IITL TFAGLE (son of 4-124) 1 ~ s a t ruck dr iver b. Apr, 20, 1908 a t McCleary, I.?ash. rn, Sept, 30, 1929 a t Chshalis, !.$ash, t o ZV.4 STEPHSZS [ib, Fov. 4, 1910 at

b n s t o n , PJash, t o Frank Jose h stnd L i l l i e Adelia (Eanielson) Stephecs ; - , n , Eoquiam, l:Jash., 19595 a wai t ress

d o Xov. 25, 1943 a t Ikrys Corner, Lewis Co., TA?2sh.

Children : 7-1473 1. SCOTT IINIL, b. June ll, 1966 a t Sea t t le , Vash.

6-760 BILL ~L~KEsLsE (son of 5-34.2) Children :

7-1L!!7'c 1. J 0~Ul EUKELSLEE 7-1476 3. D O U G U S ELLKESLFJ3 '7-1475 2. JU ELUXSLEE 7-14-77 4. D M E T , = Z E Z

5-753 JN.F-T 13. 2LAKESLrn (son of 5 - 9 2 ) CZlildr en :

7-lLb78 1. DE3ORffi BLUESLEE 7-1480 3. ,ELIZABETH ELAKXSLZE 7-14.79 2. Q r ~ V I G BL/iKESLEE 7-1481 4 . RU'iTI WLKE:SLEE

6-764 RAIL-iOiL7D BLEdC3SLEE (son of 5L34.2,) m. COFUZLX Children :

7-1L582 1, REBECCA BLNCESLEE 7-1486 5. JAIGS BLflfCESLEE 7-1L'S3 2 VLRGIi4I.A W E S L E E 7-1487 6, CU~UDU ~ ~ S < E S L E Z 7-11.*% 3. ICIITiEEJ BLNCFSLEZ 7-1488 7. JOEL PUdCESLEE 7-1485 4. im BLTJESLEE 7-1489 8. MICHAEL ELUESLEE

6-765 XATHJJkI L. ELAK.ESLEE (son of 5-342) me TAT SHl3PLE.R Children :

7-!.?,90 1 0 LAKCE EAKESLEE 7-1k93 4. LOUslINE WESLEE 7-1491 2. LATJRA ELUCESLEE 7-lb94 5. LEE &QCESLE:E' 7-11:*92 3 LlW1 ZAKESLEE 7-1495 6. L I ~ E BLSJCE~LEE

6-766 UOID SAXDERS (son of 5-344) m. T4WY LOU P-KIUI?S Children :

7-1496 1. ERC)i\TICn SmDERS 7-1498 3. NM SAi4DDS 7-1L!*97 2. LAi\TCE SiU4DERS 7-1499 4. C i E S WVDERS

6-772 i2JUXLINZ SLUIDERS (dau. of 5-34.5) m. ROiVIILD S H ? 9 Children :

7-1500 1, JOi2 ERIC SH1W

6-778 EUGEGE F a W (son of 5-349) i s a l so lmo~.in as EUGE'E CASTILLO a i d h i s t l r z e oldest children use the surname C~LSTILLO 3. (1) JUDY fUlV,LS

(2) SiNlFU!, LAUDERGLOSS Children :

7-1501 1, T F R S l i CASTILL0 7-1503 3. DELUJE CASTILL0 7-1502 2. LEAa% ChSlTLO 7-1504 4. PATRICIA Aea'rn.b

5-786 SUSA.i\i SECDIA (dau. of 5-350) m. Aug. 16 , 1968 t o JmLEY WUCE 'iiiW [son of i.k. & iks . Donald ~ h o ~ c - ] Living: 1969 Children: ?

5-788 I101 Si3r.T'.??-tl. :-:313.3Z ! son of 5-353) i s p l an t manager of a cay coqxmy p lan t i2. Snpt. 9, 1928 a t Olympia, l,?rash. i?, 2c:n. .l5 ! 1960 a t San Francisco, C a l i f . t o JOJJ\J TFIERESA COS3 [b. net, 17,

1938 a t Lonoke. Ark. t o Leonard Thomas and Je s s i e Lee ( ~ 0 0 1 ) ~ 3 % ]

X ~ t l i g : Ii~,21eii+1, & ? i f . , 1959 C1:'.ldrca :

7-1505 1. 1;iIC;31El, ROY RUSSEZL, b, IYIar. 1, 1961 a t Sar. Frulcisco, C;~lif. 7-1506 2. SJ;i\rD,Sh SUSIlii RUSSELL, b. Oct. 15, 1964 a t Sea t t l e , iJash.

6-789 IsTPi\TCY L'JCILLE RUSSXLL (dau. of 5-353) i s a spec ia l education teacher b. Pkr. 18, 1930 a t Olympia, ??rash. m. Feb. 22, 1957 a t Honolclu, Hzwaii t o F U C N Ja51 BORSII\II [b. Feb. 25,

1935 a t Rockford, Ill. t o Roy and Eileen Carmen ( ~ 1 a r s i l i ) ~ o r s i n i ] a hospi ta l administrator

Liv ing: Bellevue, Wash., 1969 Children :

7-1507 1. LAi\JI SUSAN BORSIXI, b. %c. 21, 1957 a t Honolulu, Hawaii 7-1508 2. LISA BORSIXI, b. June 8, 1959 a t Sea t t l e , \Jash. 7-1509 3. RICiLRD ROY BOR5INI, b. Aug. 18, 1961 a t Sea t t l e , I-!ash. 7-1510 4. JOHN W D BORSIi\TI, be Aug. 10, 1963 a t Portland, O P ~ .

6-790 IJILIZUI SIDXZY RUSSELL (son of 5-353) b. Feb. 24, 1931 a t Martinez, C a l i f . me ( 1 ) JCLy 1957 a t Sea t t l e , '&sh. t o LOIS E S U ; dLvorced

(2) 1963 a t Sea t t l e , \>?ash. t o TN\,ihPA HALL Uving: Sea t t l e , \$ash., 1969 Children: by (1) Lois (Zlsey) Russell

7-15U. 1. GARY I ' U T RUSSELL, be Feb. 1, 1958 7-1512 2. ROPJALD JEROlE RUSSELL, b. June 16, 1360

by (2) Tamara all) Russell 7 -153 3. DAVID \~ELLZ'W RUSSELL, b. Apr. 7 , 1964 a t Sea t t l e , Iirasho 7-194 4. TERESA RUSSELL, b. Thy 2, 1966 a t Sea t t l e , ifash.

6 - 7 3 FWLiE ibitCHIIEL RUSSELL (son of 5-353) i s a college student a t p resent b. June 9, 1943 a t Sea t t l e , tiash. rn. Dec, 28, 1968 a t Sea t t l e , I~rash, t o ROSE fURIE ISBEXLE Rw4 [b. Jan. 8,

19% a t Sea t t l e , \$ash. t o Jeck James and Es te l l e Viola (Morris) ~ y a n ] ac IBll key-punch operator

Li*g: S e a t t l e , IJash., 1969 Children: none, 1969

6-792 IC'I'IELZ23J IURIE: H!lR.DING (dau. of 5-39! i s a drama and choral teacher b. July 5, 1941 a t Olynpia, id2sh. n;. June 20, 1964 a t Sea t t l e , Ifash. t p PATRICIC ROBINSON liriEOi\:rI [b. Fab. 9,

1939 a t Sea t t l e , tJash. t o Henry Robinson and Gertrude Zs te l lo (1.1oshier) llahoneg] a hospi ta l administrator

L i v i n g : Ketchikan, Alaska, 1969 Children :

7-1335 1. ELIZAi3ETI-I I\MEFlMOiJEX, b. May 11, 1965 a t LSalem, Ore.

6-793 GIL3ilT JOZ\1 ~ L P . D I x G (son of 5-39;) b. Jlme 13, 1943 a t O l p ~ p i a , Xash. n. July 12, 1964 a t Seat-Ue, Wash. t o DOJ?IUL JD\J OLSOiJ =ring: Sea t t l e , Wash., 1969 Children: born a t Sea t t l e , Wash.

7-136 1. GILBERT J ~ S J I-UREING,. JR., b. Zar,. 7, 1966 7-1337 2. iqATUE AXN URDIiliG, be Apr. 4, 1967

5-794 T<OWLS FOPJ) WLRIIIi(G (son of 5391 . ) was a Corpord i n the U.S. Fgarjne Corps b, Fiag 2L:, 194.8 a t Renton, 1-?ash. n. iiar. 3 i , 1967 t o I L Z ~ ' ~ ~ ? FROST d, Nov. 10, 1967 i n South 'Jietnam Children :

7-138 1. BRIDGET I-URDIXG, be Dec. 27, 1967 a t Sea t t l e , ITash.

6-795 EDIT4 ,Q\;!\J mE2WT (dau. of 5-355) usual ly i s known as EDIWJiY, She has 2

Ph. Do and i s a professor a t the Universty of Iiinnesota b. Oct. 1, 1940 a t Olympia, ?.!ash. m. blov. 25, 1961 a t Logan, Utah. t c JOSEPH fGL,E3\? BIESEtOCI< [be 92,:~ 12 , 1936

Nathan P. Blakeslee ..on opposite page . . .

Nathan P. Blakeslee was the father of BenSamin Franklin Blakeslee and Nathan Henry Blakeslee's grandfather. He left Ann Arbor Michigan Jaly 5thJ 1861 for Washington D.C.. He was a corporal in the Union Army in Co. "A" of the Michigan Regulars. Nineteen years old when he enlisted, he was 5'10n1 light complexion, gray eyes and black hair. He was sick during most of his enlistment and so was assigned to the kitchen duty which probably did more good for front lines for he was afflicted with dysentery. His mother was Betsy C. Blakeslee,Nee, Gould. She was born in New York? and died in West Bloomfield, Michigan of a bad heart on Oct. 23, 1882 ( ? I Nathan P's son Ben.jamin married a 19 year old Indian girl named Laura Ford on January 10, 1900 in Montesano, Wash. Laura was 19 at the time of marriage and Benjamin was 30 years old. They were married 2% years and had a girl named Helen' Elizabeth (Sarah) and a son Nathan Henry.

A s l a t e as 1970 about a l l I knew about Dan ie l P o r t e r Gass , w a s t h h t H e had been raised i n Tennessee , p o s s i b l e n e a r a s m a l l town c a l l e d S t reawber ry and t h a t he might have a s i s t e r Mary and a b r o t h e r John. I a l s o knew t h a t h e had remar r i ed i n about 1895 and had c h i l d r e n bf t h i s wife . We had hea rd t h a t h e had gone t o A l a s k a . I f e e l ve ry f a r - t u n a t e t o l e a r n s o much a b o u t a person t h a t I knew s o l i t t l e abou t .

It had been a ha rd 'w in te r i n Tennessee i n 1880. Many people were r e s t l e s s and d i s d i s s a t i f ~ e d . The s t o r i e s of t h e new west were v e r y t h r i l l i n g t o .hea r . D a n i e l P o r t e r G a s s w a s one of t h e r e s t l e s s ones. H e had marr ied C h a r l o t t e E l i z a b e t h Bowers a t t h e age of 1 9 y e a r s . C h a r l o t t e w a s 23 years o l d a t t h e t i m e of h e r marriage. .She had been t o Mossy Corners (which is now Morristown, Tennessee) 'and a t t e n d e d c o l l e g e a t t h e P a n t h e r S p r i n g s Academy. Dan le l had a way w i t h g i r l s and he w a s a t t r a c t i v e t o any female young o r o l d . H e had d a r k eyes and h a i r and had a n o u t s t a n d i n g p e r s o n a l i t y . He s tood 5' 11" t a l l , which w a s cons ide red tall f o r a man i n t h o s e days. However h e had a wonder lus t i n h i s v e i n s and t h e s t o r i e s of t h e west were e x c i t i n g . H e had a n o b l i g a t i o n t o h i s f a m i l y of s i x c h i l d r e n . Dan ie l w a s n o t a good f a m i l y man and n e v e r d i d p rov ide f o r any of h i s 12 c h i l d r e n . There h ~ d a l s o been a n i n f a n t t h a t had passed away i n Tennessee. A t T h i r t y - t h r e e y e a r s of age h i s problems had been many, t r y i n g t o sup- p o r t h i s f a m i l y and h e d i d Rot l i k e t h i s r ~ e p p n a l b l l i t y . I n 18RO h i s e l d e s t c h i l d w a s 1 4 y e a r s o l d and h i s youngest 3 y e a r s o l d . H i s f o u r - t e e n yea r o l d d a u g h t e r w a s keeping company wi th F r e d e r i c k G A S S , A cous in of Samuel Creenber ry Madison Gass who was D a n i e l ' s f a t h e r . "Por t " as Dan ie l P o r t e r w a s c a l l e d , d i d n o t approve. However Maggie Lu married Fred Cass i n 1882. and t h e marr iage proved t o be a s u c c e s s f u merr iage .

S i n c e n e a r l y a l l of P o r t ' s a n c e s t o r s and r e l a t i v e s and i n c l u d i n g h i s f a t h e r had been members of t h e Masonic Lodge, h e f e l t du ty bound t o j o i n t h e Lodge a l s o . H e was i n i a t e d i n t o t h e Lodge on September 1 4 , 1868. He w a s passed on October 2 , 1868 and r a i s e d on February 8 , 1865 He a t t e n d e d Lodge from time t o time u n t i l December 8 , 1873. He was l a recorded a t t e n d i n g a t t h a t t ime. He w a s subsequen t ly dropped from t h e r o l l s on May 3, 1877.

P o r t ' s f a t h e r , g r a n d f a t h e r and g r e a t g r a n d f a t h e r h a d been q u i t e l a r p e landowners i n T e n n e g ~ e e . The 1822 Tennessee t ax l i s t s t a t e d t h a t Davl G a s s , Po r t : s g r a n d f a t h e r as owning s i x t y - s i x a c r e s of l a n d and Samuel Gass h i s g r e a t - g r a n d f a t h e r as owning two hundred s e v e n t y seven a c r e s c l a n d . P o r t ' s f a t h e r S.G.M. Gass had g iven P o r t ' s b r o t h e r John Wesley Cass a p i e c e of l a n d f o r J o h n ' s last b i r t h d a y which was i n November of 1879. P o r t was expecting t h e same on h i s b i r t h d a y i n March 1R80. But t h i s d i d n o t happen. March 1880 a r r i v e d and f o r P o r t ' s b i r t h d a y h e was t o r e c e i v e a h o r s e and s a d d l e ' Now I n t h o s e days a h o r s e and s a d d l e were a lmos t t,s v a l u a b l e as a p iece of l and . Samuel thought s o bu t P o r t d i d n o t a g r e e . H i s d i sappoin tment was p l a i n t o s e e . Rumor s t a t e s t h a t P o r t s imply mounted h i s ho r se and rode away. IIe had been d i s c u s s i n g go ing west wi th C h a r l o t t e , but C h a r l o t t e was r e l u c e n t t o t a k e t h e t r i p . P o r t a l s o wanted t o t a k e a l o n g wi th him h i s e l d e s t s o n George b u t C h a r l o t t e d i d n o t a g r e e t o t h a t . So P o r t dec ided t o u c on ahead and p r e p a r e a home f o r C h a r l o t t e and t h e c h i l d r e n . They nevc s a w him a g a i n .

P o r t w a s a wagon maker and b l a c k smi th . as w e l l as a f a r m e r , s o he was c e r t a i n t h a t h e would have no t r o u b l e - i n t h e f u r u r e i n t h e rea at l a n d

of oppo r tun i t y From Tennessee P o r t journeyed t o Anthony, K a n s a s loca te :n t h e s aou the rn p a r t of Kansas. Many people from Tennessee were s e t - . t l i n g i n t h i s a r e s . He d i d no t s t a y i n Anthony f o r ve ry long . One da he took a wagon t o town and h e w a s never seen aga in . I t was t h e gener f e e l i n g h e had been cap tu red by t h e I n d i a n s . The f o l k s i n Tennessee heard about t h i s and were g r i eved . "Poor P o r t " , they s a i d .

A t t h i s t ime i t i s no t d e f i n i a t e whether P o r t had become acqua in ted w i t h a f ami ly by t h e name of Mead I n Kansas o r i f he journeyed on t o Missour i and became acqua in t ed w i t h them t h e r e . A t any r a t e h e d i d mt t h e H i lon L. Mead f ami ly and b e f o r e long marr ied t h e daugh te r of Hilor Mead and Mary J a n e DeVore Mead, The daugh t e r ' s name w a s Lavonia. Sht w a s a ve ry t a l e n t e d g i r l , twenty f o u r yea r s o ld . She had been t o co l l t a k i n g a bus ine s s cou r se and s p e c i a l educat ion i n ar t t o which she r e - mained devoted her e n t i r e l i f e . She a l s o w a s a ve ry good musician. H e r f a t h e r w a s a lawyer and a b s t r a c t e r . The Mead fami ly were descendt from many branches of e a r l y New England s e t t l e r s . Hilon L. w a s a meml of t h e Masonic Lodge, and a l s o a Republican. Mary J ane WAS a f u l l blc ded French woman, wh i l e Hilon w a s of Eng l i sh , Welsh and S c o t t i s h deser Lavonia had b l u e eyes and brown h a i r and w a s a small b u i l t woman. Sht had been l i v i n g w i t h h e r f a t h e r and mother f o r q u i t e awhi le . She had p r ev ious ly been marr ied t o a M r , Glenn and t h e marr iage ended i n a dl7 o rce . There had been no c h i l d r e n involved i n t h i s marr iage. The Meac had l o s t a son i n i n f a n c g , and t h e i r daugh te r F l o r a had marr ied and WE

r a i s i n g h e r fami ly . She l i v e d i n C a s s v i l l e , Missour i . Another son h~ gone t o A u s t r a l i a and t h e last t ime he was heard from was abou t 1915. They were c l i n g i n g t o Lavonia.

P o r t and Lavonia were marr ied i n Forsy the , Missouri i n 1883. Lavonia d i d n o t l i k e t h e name of P o r t s o h e r e a f t e r P o r t w a s now known as Danic Th i s probably p leased h im as he w a s no t d ivorced from h i s w i f e i n Ten1 e s see . He opened a b lacksmi th shop i n Forsy the and a f t e r a s h o r t t i m c h e moved on t o Ozark, Missour i . He a l s o opened a shop he r e . It w a s t

Ozark t h a t t h e i r f i r s t c h i l d Hilon M . Gass was born. I n s p i t e of Lavonia ' s s i s t e r F l o r a T a l b e r t l i v i n g i n C a s s v i l l e s h e never saw Lavo~ husband bu t once. GeographicaJly t hey were l i v i n g c l o s e t o each othe: bu t i n t h o s e days t r a v e l w a s d i f f i c u l t . I n 1934 F l o r a made t h e s t a t e r t h a t s h e never knew any of Dan i e l ' s people o r where he came from. I n t h o s e days people would no t a s k ques t i ons about a person as It would appear l i k e one w a s p ry ing i n t o one ' s l i f e .

I t i s only l o g i c a l t o assume t h a t w i t h s o many people t r a v e l i n g thrsur t h i s a r e a from ~ e n n e & e e t h a t Dan ie l had b e t t e r move on. A f t e r a l l h~ was more o r l e s s a bigamest , H i s nex t move was t o Faxton, Nebraska. Here he opened a blacksmith shop and shoed oxen and horses f o r t h e t r a v e l e r s who were bound f o r Oregon and C a l i f o r n i a . The Meads r e l e n t . l e s s t o L l e t t h e i r daugh te r go t o t h e west a l o n e , decid.ed t o move wi th t h e Gass fami ly . Hi lon L, Mead opened a l a w o f f i c e i n Oglaha la , Neb- raska and a l s o was t h e C i t y Judge. Danie l served as J u s t i c e of Peace Paxton, Nebraska. Dan i e l then took a c la im on a homestead n e a r Paxtol Nebraska. I t 1s p o s s i b l e i t was l o c a t e d on t h e n o r t h s i d e of t h e rive The house and b u i l d i n g s were made of sod. No record has been found 01

t h e homestead r i g h t , but members of t h e fami ly s a i d i t was taken ou t . p i c t u r e e x i s t s of t h e sod home and o t h e r bu i l d ings . I n t h e summer La1 o n i a and son Hilon and soon a n o t h e r son and daugh te r l i v e d on t h e homc s t e a d . It was i n Paxton t h a t F lorence and Aubrey were born t o t h e c o ~ p l e . I n t h e win te r t ime Lavonia and c h i l d r e n would move i n t o Paxton. some of t h e w i n t e r p a r t i e s Lavonia i s r epo r t ed t o having danced w i t h

BuSSaloW1lLlam coay . ur. H a r r l s wno l l v e a i n raxr;on w a s A I r l e n a or t h e f a m i l y as w e l l as a nex t d o o r n e i g h b o r , He had a s o n , Robin Rarris who w a s a p laymate of X l l o n , P e t e Xer t z w a s a l s o a f r i e n d of t h e f a m i l y i t i s b e l i e v e d h e h e l p e d D a n i e l w i th t h e :lomestead, l a t e r moving w i t h t h e G a s s f a m i l y as t h e y moved on t o newer t e r r i t o r y .

O n e - c a n o n l y wonder what must have been i n t h e mind of D a n i e l P o r t e r Gass. Be must have missed Tennessee t e r r i b l y . A photo t a k e n i n 1888 of him shows him as a v e r y saddened man, i n f a c t h e l o o k s as thouqh h e w a s a wanted man. He had l e f t Tennessee , a b e a u t i f u l mountain s t a t e , w i t h a much d i f f e r e n t s t y l e of i i v i n g t h a n what h e was now do in^ on t h e p r a i r i e of Nebraska. Women i n Tennessee chewed t c o b a c c o , They were a l w a y s h a v i n g some k i n d o f a q u i l t i n g b e e , and p i e c i n q w u i l t s w a s a most f a v o r i t e pas t ime . The s o c i a l l i f e r evo lved a round t h e church and l o d g e . Even t h e g i v e n names of t h e f a m i l i e s were o ld - f a sh ioned S c o t c h I r i s h . names. H e wns now marr led t o a woman w i t h a n E n q l l s h and F rench background. S h e w a s i n v o l v e d i n a r t and music and community p r o j e c t s . A l l o f t h e g i v e n names of Lavon ia ' s c h i l d r e n were t a k e n from h e r s i d e of t h e f a m i l y . H e w a s n o t e a t i n g a l o t of meat and h o t b r e a d s as h e d l d I n Tennessee b u t w a s now d r l n k i n ~ t e a and e a t i n g t e a - c a k e s and food of a n E n g l i s h s t y l e . He even had l o s t h i s s o u t h e r n a c c e n t and none of t h e c h i l d r e n from f a m i l y #2 and later from f a m i l y # 3 l e f t a n y i n d i c a t i o n t h a t t h e i r f a t h e r had been raised and l i v e d . f o r many y e a r s i n Tennessee .

By Augus t , 1884 P o r t ' s b r o t h e r John i Jes ley Gass had gone w e s t and s e t t l e d i n Kansas. T h e i r s i s t e r Mary AM Chaney and husband Xenry had a l s o moved t o Kansas. Emma Chaney Mock, d a u g h t e r of Mary Ann and Henry Chaney and o t h e r s l e f t New Marke t , Tennessee on t h e 1 6 t h day of September 1884. John pe r suaded C h a r l o t t e , D a n i e l ' s f irst w i f e and f a m i l y t o go wes t w i t h h e and h i s f ami ly . They a l l s e t t l e d tat Mead C e n t e r and .Anthony, Kansas. L a t e r a f t e r Henry had d i v o r c e d Mary Ann t h e group c o n s i s t i n g o f of Mary Ann and s i x younp?r c h i l d r e n , and a m a r r i e d s o n James and h i s f a m i l y and J o h n , h e r b r o t h e r and h i s f a m i l y a l l made t h e Cherokee Run i n Oklahoma. Mary Ann a c q u i r e d 160 a c r e s of l a n d and l a t e r d o n a t e d 2 3 a c r e s f o r a Church and s c h o o l h o i ~ s e known as Chaney D e l l . The o t h , e r a l s o a c q u i r e d t h e i r s h a r e o f l a n d .

By 1890 S.G.M. Gass had pas sed away i n Tennessee . He w a s b u r i e d st Wesley Chapel Cemetery n e a r Dandridge. Samuel ' s farm w a s s o l d i n A p r i l 1891 and Nancy J a n e B e t t i s , D a n i e l ' s youngest s i s t e r and f a m i l y , and Basna B a i l e y Gass, h i s mother a l l t r a v e l e d t o Anthony, Kansas , They were i n Kansas W l y one week and Basney became t11 and passed away The move had been t o o much f o r h e r , She was 72 y e a r s o l d , Her o b i t u a r s t a t e d t h a t a l l o f h e r c h i l d r e n a r r e n d e d h e r f u n e r a l b u t one. Mis s ing w a s D a n i e l P o r t e r Gass. He may n e v e r have known o f any of t h e s e i n c i - d e n t s . b e c a u s e as f a r as w e know h e went t o h i s g r a v e w i t h o u t e v e r t e l l - i n g anyone o f h i s p a s t .

I n December of 1890 t h e Gass f a m i l y , Daniel and Lavonia and c h i l d r e n and t h e Meads l e f t P a u t o n , and Ogalaha r e s p e c t i v e l y and journeyed on a t r a i n t o Tacoma, Washington. Among t h e i t ems t h e y t o o k w i t h them was a w h i t e f a c e d cow w i t h a h e i f e r c a l f and a team of h o r s e s . Also poss- a l a r g e b l a c k dog t h a t t h e G a s s e s had on t h e homestead, I t i s a l s o p r o b a b l e t h a t P e t e Mertz t h e f r i e n d of. D a n i e l went a l o n g on t h e t r i p . H i l o n Gass remembers t h e t r i p and t o l d how h i s g randmother h e l d him on h e r l a p . I t i s a l m o s t i n e v i d a b l e t h a t D a n i e l s e c r e t l y knew h e must mov on , The Oregon T r a i l w a s w e l l t r a v e l e d and t h e r e was a l w a y s t h e chance of b e i n g r e c o g n i z e d by someone from Tennessee . D a n i e l ' s f i r s t s t o p i n W a s h i n ~ t o n was a small town named Bdison, where h e opened a shop . The Feads stopped In Tacoma and H i l o n L. Mead opened a n a t t o r n e y , s o f f i c e ,

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l l l l l e s . These b e a u t i f u l f l o w e r s were In g r e a t demand f o r f u n e r a l s an( weddings.

1892 found D a n i e l and h i s f a m i l y s e t t l e d i n S te i l acoom Wash in ,~ ton . Here t h e y r e s i d e d i n t h e o l d C a t h o l i c Convent. Lavonia was p a i n t l n a i n o i l s and w a s s e l l i n g h e r p a i n t i n g s t o t h e p u b l i c . She w a s a l s o t e a c h i n g music t o l o c a l s t u d e n t s . D a n i e l d i d n o t approve of Lavonia envolved w i t h h e r p a i n t i n g and music. A t t h i s t i m e s h e d i d a p o r t r a i t o f h e r f a t h e r . Lavonia and h e r f a t h e r had a v e r y c l o s e r e l a t i o n s h i p .

Another f a m i l y occup ied t h e convent w i t h t h e Cass f a m i l y . T h e i r name was Doer ing and pronounced as Deer ing . M r . Doer ing and D a n i e l were v e r y good f r i e n d s . They a l s o had some o t h e r c l o s e f r i e n d s by t h e s u r - name of Judson. The c h i l d r e n o f . t h i s f a m i l y were J e a n e t t , B a s i l , J o h n and K a m i e . The c o u n t r y was h e a v i l y wooded and Hi lon l o v e d t o walk th rough t h e woods t o s c h o o l . I t w a s n o t a b i t unusua l t o s e e a b e a r on t h e s e walks . H i l o n ' s g r a n d f a t h e r had c a u t i o n e d him t o be v e r y q u i e t as h e walked t h r o u g h t h e woods. Of t en h i s g r a n d f a t h e r would d r i v e a team o f h o r s e s and buggy o u t t o S te i l acoom and h e would jo in H i l o n and t h e y would p i c k berr ies f o r t h e f a m i l i e s consumption. Danie: and h i s f a t h e r - i n - l a w H i l o n Mead s p e n t q u i t e a b i t o f t i m e on f i s h l n g t r i p s t o s u p p l y t h e f a m i l i e s w i t h salmon. However iIr. Mead w a s neve r q u i t s a t i s f i e d w i t h D a n i e l . He e i t h e r knew something of D a n i e l ' s past o r s ensed t h a t someth ing w a s wrong. H i lon M. Gass s a i d h i s f a t h e r Dan- i e l had a l i k i n g f o r a l c o h o l i c beave rages . M r . Mead was t h e e x a c t o p p o s i t e a n d d id n o t t o l e r a t e a n y a l c h o l i c b e v e r a ~ e s of any k i n d .

Lavonia d l s c i p o l i n e d h e r c h i l d r e n w e l l and on one o c c a s i o n H i l o n M . r e l a t e s t h a t t h e M i n i s t e r from t h e Church came t o c a l l on t h e f a m i l y . H i l o n w a s misbehaving b u t t h i s soon s topped because r e g a r d l e s s of t h e M i n i s t e r b e i n g t h e r e Lavonia soon had t h e s i t u a t i o n i n hand. A f t e r t h a t H i lon w a s on good b e h a v i o r when company a r r i v e & t o c a l l on t h e f a m i l y .

I n September 1893 Lavonia was t a k e n ill. She l i n g e r e d u n t i l February 1894 at which t ime s h e pas sed away. H i lon o f t e n s a l d s h e d i d of pneumonia. ,I have h e a r d i t c o u l d have been a pregnancy and a l s o tub- e r c u l o s i s . She i s b u r i e d i n t h e Masonic Cemetery i n S te i l acoom. I t i s a b e a u t i f u l l i t t l e cemetery comple t e ly e n c i r c l e d w l t h v e r y ta l l t r e e s . D a n i e l d i d some work f o r t h e Masonic Lodge f o r which h e was r e - p a i d wi th t h e l o t i n t h e cemetery.

After Lavonia d i e d tM t h r e e c h i l d r e n and Dan ie l l i v e d wl th t h e Mead's u n t i l Oc tobe r 1895. Daniel had s o l d h i s shop I n S t e i l a c o o m and had purchased a b l a c k s m i t h shop i n Tacoma on R a i l r o a d S t r e e t . I n November o f 1895 D a n i e l P o r t e r G a s s w a s mar r i ed t o Miss Emma Marth f o r m e r l y o f Minnesota . Emma came from a prominent German f a m i l y s o once a ~ a i n Dan- i e l would change h i s way of l i v i n g such as attend in^ t h e L u t h e r a n Church i n s t e a d of t h e Methodis t Church he had been r a i s e d I n and a t t e n d w i t h Lavonia . H i s f i rs t w i f e C h a r l o t t e was a B a p t i s t church member,

Emma Marth w a s t h i r t y y e a r s o l d . S h e , w a s anx ious t o marry and have a f a m i l y . She had t r a v e l e d w i d e l y , f i r s t g o i n g from 14lnnesota t o New York C l t y , t h e n t o Maryland, t h e n t o C a l l f o r n l a and on t o Washlneton, A l a s k a , and f l n a l l y back t o Washington. A t each p l a c e s h e had worked ha rd t o s a v e money t o go on t o t h e n e x t p l a c e . A t t h e t ime of t h e i r m a r r i a g e D a n i e l w a s now f o r t y e i g h t y e a r s o l d . However n o t want ing Emma t o know h e w a s t h a t o l d h e t o l d h e r h e w a s t h i r t y e i ~ h t y e a r o l d .