Told by the Pioneers - Washington Secretary of State
Told by the Pioneers - Washington Secretary of State
Told by the Pioneers - Washington Secretary of State
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<strong>Told</strong><br />
<strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pioneet·s<br />
two <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Crellin girls, and this was believed to have been an important<br />
factor in <strong>the</strong> oYster consolidation.<br />
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1\1r. Espy was elected school director and was sent to Salem University<br />
to employ a teacher, returning with .Miss Julia Ann Jefferson<br />
who resigned after teaching one term, and became <strong>the</strong> bride <strong>of</strong> .Mr.<br />
Espy on August 7, 1870.<br />
After having lived for a time in what was <strong>the</strong>n known as <strong>the</strong> Turner<br />
house, he built a house near .Mrs. vVilson's home in Oysterville.<br />
All <strong>the</strong>ir seven children were born in this home.<br />
J. L. Espy died at birth. Dora, now Mrs. Wilson, was born May<br />
28, 1872, and resides here in summer and spends her winters in Portland,<br />
Oregon. Robert H. Edward Espy, now deceased, was born in<br />
January, 1874. Harry Albert Espy, who resides in Oysterville, was<br />
born Kovembel' ;'), 1876. Susie .May, who now resides in North Bend,<br />
was born ')fay 2, 1878. Thomas ,Villard was born March 27, 1883. He<br />
lives in San Francisco. Cecil .Jefferson was born November 28, 1887.<br />
He lives in Portland. Laura 1. R. Espy, now deceased, was born June<br />
7, 1889. It is so unusual as to be worthy <strong>of</strong> comment that all seven<br />
children were born in <strong>the</strong> same nortll\\'est bedroom <strong>of</strong> one house.<br />
EDSON SAL4.0E<br />
Franklin County •<br />
I was born June 17, 1856. .My fa<strong>the</strong>r crossed <strong>the</strong> plains in 1845 and<br />
settled in Polk county, Oregon, where I was raised. I was married<br />
in 1880 to Miss Mary Chapman and we spent our honeymoon driving<br />
cattle from Oregon to ,Vhitman county, now named"Franklin."<br />
This was <strong>the</strong> best grazing country we had ever seen. On this trip<br />
we drove seven hundred head <strong>of</strong> cattle, ferrying <strong>the</strong>m across <strong>the</strong> Snake<br />
river. I ran my stock on <strong>the</strong> Koontz Flat, which has since been named<br />
Ringgold.<br />
My wife's mo<strong>the</strong>r was <strong>the</strong> former Es<strong>the</strong>r Lorinda Bewley, a friend<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ·Marcus Whitman famil~', and was living with <strong>the</strong>m at <strong>the</strong> time<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> massacre. In 1854 her fa<strong>the</strong>r, John Bewley, started a long<br />
journey across <strong>the</strong> plains. They stopped at ,Vhitman station to leave<br />
one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir sons, who was ill, that he might receive treatment from<br />
Dr. ,Yhitman. Lorinda remained with her bro<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
Mrs. Whitman presented Lorinda Bewley with a Bible as a token <strong>of</strong><br />
her affection. Lorenda was taken capti"e <strong>by</strong> an Indian chief during<br />
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