James Jory Sr. Pioneer of 1847 compiled by ... - Oregon Pioneers

she was sick. Sister & I had to take care of her and cook the meals and do all thehousework, father & the boys being all hard at work on the farm. After my stepmotherdied, my oldest sister, Nancy Jane, then fourteen years old, and myself,kept house for the family until sister was married to William AngusMacPherson.”1855: Linn Co, Tax Roll, John Fenn, Provisional and Territorial Record #80201856: Linn Co, Tax Roll, John Fenn, Provisional and Territorial Record #141141857: Linn Co, Tax Roll, John Fenn, Provisional and Territorial Record #141211858: Linn Co, Tax Roll, John Fenn, Provisional and Territorial Record #141221859: Linn Co, Tax Roll, John Fenn, Provisional and Territorial Record #141311860: Linn Co, OR, September 7th, 1860: W.A. McPherson, 33, farmer, $2000 $1000,NC; Nancy, 20, IL; Cassius, 4/12, OR; Elizabeth Fenn, 18, IL; Mary Fenn, 8, OR1860: Linn Co, OR, September 17, 1860; John Ferne, 49, farmer, $4319 $1259, England;James, 16, IL; Thomas, 14, IL; John, 11, OR; Joseph, 10, OR1870: Syracuse, Linn Co, OR, August 12, 1870: John Fenn, 60, farmer, $3060 $1680,farmer, England; Mary C., 17, $1020 $0, OR; Joseph H. 19, works on farm, $1020 $0,OR1880: Spokane Co, WA, June 9, 1880 John Fenn was living in Spokane County,Washington Territory in the household of his son John S. Fenn. John S. was shown asage 32, occupation a stave maker (slave butten-?), born in OR, father born in England,mother born in WT (?). Also in the household was Adelaide (sic), 29, wife,keeping house, born in CA, x, x; Willie, 10, son, OR, OR, CA; Letta, 7, daughter, OR,OR, CA; Emma, 5, daughter, OR, OR, CA; Arthur 2, son, OR, OR, CA; Eva, 7,niece, OR, Ors, CA; and John, 69, retired brick mason, Eng, Eng, Eng.1883 - John Fenn died February 20, 1883 at Waitsburg, Washington Territory, and isburied in the IOOF cemetery in Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co., WA. His tombstone says,“He died as he lived, a Christian.”(find a grave) (Waitsburg is in southeasternWashington, between Dayton and Walla Walla. Washington became a Territory in 1853and did not become a state until 1889.)“Dr. Whitman gave my father a large chest which was recovered from the Indians. Noone knew to whom it belonged, so Dr. Whitman gave it to my father to carry on toOregon, hoping that the owner might be found there. Father’s team was, however, givingout and he was compelled to leave the chest by the roadside in the mountains. After we