The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

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Dale William Bugay1

M, #3201

Parents

FatherNorman William "Norm" Bugay
MotherJoanne Marie Vergilio (b. 27 October 1933, d. 3 December 2012)
Pedigree Link

Family: Patricia Lynn "Patty" Hoffus

SonDale William Bugay, Jr.
DaughterAlexis Bugay

BASIC FACTS

Dale William Bugay and Patricia Lynn "Patty" Hoffus were married on 24 September 1983 in Youngstown, Ohio.2

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S8666] Letter from Linda (Vergilio) Hampton dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Ronald Allen Bugay1

M, #3202

Parents

FatherNorman William "Norm" Bugay
MotherJoanne Marie Vergilio (b. 27 October 1933, d. 3 December 2012)
Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Ronald Allen Bugay and Milanka Pavlovic were married on 5 June 1992.

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Lori Jo Bugay1

F, #3203

Parents

FatherNorman William "Norm" Bugay
MotherJoanne Marie Vergilio (b. 27 October 1933, d. 3 December 2012)
Pedigree Link

Family: Hugo Beltran

DaughterBrenna Marie Beltran
SonHugo Matthew Beltran

BASIC FACTS

Lori Jo Bugay and Hugo Beltran were married on 8 April 1989 in Cleveland, Ohio.1

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Lisa Kay Bugay1

F, #3204

Parents

FatherNorman William "Norm" Bugay
MotherJoanne Marie Vergilio (b. 27 October 1933, d. 3 December 2012)
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Ellen Marie Koehler1

F, #3205
Pedigree Link

Family: David Norman Bugay

DaughterLogan Ellis Bugay
SonGarrett Bugay

BASIC FACTS

Ellen Marie Koehler and David Norman Bugay were married on 26 May 1984 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.1

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Logan Ellis Bugay1

F, #3206

Parents

FatherDavid Norman Bugay
MotherEllen Marie Koehler
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Garrett Bugay1

M, #3207

Parents

FatherDavid Norman Bugay
MotherEllen Marie Koehler
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Patricia Lynn "Patty" Hoffus1

F, #3208
Pedigree Link

Family: Dale William Bugay

SonDale William Bugay, Jr.
DaughterAlexis Bugay

BASIC FACTS

Patricia Lynn "Patty" Hoffus and Dale William Bugay were married on 24 September 1983 in Youngstown, Ohio.2

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S8666] Letter from Linda (Vergilio) Hampton dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Dale William Bugay, Jr.1

M, #3209

Parents

FatherDale William Bugay
MotherPatricia Lynn "Patty" Hoffus
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Alexis Bugay1

F, #3210

Parents

FatherDale William Bugay
MotherPatricia Lynn "Patty" Hoffus
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Hugo Beltran1

M, #3211
Pedigree Link

Family: Lori Jo Bugay

DaughterBrenna Marie Beltran
SonHugo Matthew Beltran

BASIC FACTS

Hugo Beltran and Lori Jo Bugay were married on 8 April 1989 in Cleveland, Ohio.1

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Brenna Marie Beltran1

F, #3212

Parents

FatherHugo Beltran
MotherLori Jo Bugay
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Hugo Matthew Beltran1

M, #3213

Parents

FatherHugo Beltran
MotherLori Jo Bugay
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Harrison Clyde Bargar1

M, #3214
Pedigree Link

Family: Bertha M. Matler

SonFranklin Delano Bargar

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Bertha M. Matler1

F, #3215
Pedigree Link

Family: Harrison Clyde Bargar

SonFranklin Delano Bargar

Citations

  1. [S8649] Letter from Joanne (Vergilio) Bargar dated September, 1999, Source Medium: Book
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Alvira Arion DeWald1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #3216, b. 17 August 1900, d. 23 January 2000

Parents

FatherWilliam Montgomery DeWald (b. 19 February 1863, d. 28 June 1937)
MotherMyrtella Delilah Gage (b. 1 March 1869, d. 20 February 1928)
Pedigree Link

Family: Howard Raymond Ward (b. 19 November 1897, d. 18 May 1966)

SonJames Howard Ward+ (b. 13 February 1926, d. 4 January 2013)
SonArthur Milton "Pete" Ward+ (b. 15 December 1928, d. 4 November 2006)
SonWilliam Dean "Bill" Ward+
DaughterAlice Lea Ward+

BASIC FACTS

Alvira Arion DeWald was born on 17 August 1900 in McCook Co., South Dakota.1,7,8 She and Howard Raymond Ward were married on 12 June 1925 in Spink Co., South Dakota.1,2 She died on 23 January 2000, at age 99, in Eltopia, Franklin Co., Washington.9 She was buried in Eltopia Cemetery, Eltopia, Franklin Co., Washington.2
Alvira Arion DeWald had reference number 3241. She was educated Graduate Northern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, South Dakota; one term post graduate at Chicago University.7,10,11 She resided in Left South Dakota during the dust storms of the 30's for a farm in the beautiful Umpqua Valley, Oregon; Days Creek, Oregon.7,10 Her Social Security Number was 540-40-3607, issued Oregon.9 She was a Contributor to Educational publications; taught in college and city schools, Aberdeen, South Dakota; later taught in Oregon for a total of 20 years.10 She was affiliated with Member Church Board Youth Counsellor. Lay delegate to N. E. Conference.11 She was enumerated on the census in McCook County, South Dakota (1910, 1920); Spink County, South Dakota (1930); Douglas County, Oregon (1940.) Alvira and Howard farmed near Days Creek, Oregon. They lived about two miles from her aunts, Jennie and Emma Bealman DeWald and cousin Jesse DeWald and family.
Alvira was very interested in genealogy. She provided much of the information on her branch of the DeWald family.

LETTER FROM Alvira (DeWald) Ward to Cynthia (Ward) Gilson (now Griffith)

Oregon DC 97429
Nov. 11, 1978

Dearest Cindy
Did you ever notice how folks begin any narration of some outstanding event or experience? Don't they usually start with, "I was doing/thinking/standing there, etc." Sooo, I must tell you about the first Armistice (now Veterans' Day Nov. 11, 1918. I graduated from Hi School the previous May with a class motto "Over the Top" (vernacular of the soldiers as they advanced from one battlefield trench to the next) & our class colors, Red White & Blue. (What else?) In February of that year I'd taken a state exam & got a Second Grade Teacher Certificate. (One had to have Normal School training & experience to get a First Grade). Right after graduation, I went to a nearby Normal School at Madison, S.D. for 6 weeks; my 18th birthday was in August, & began teaching country school in Sept. (as my mother had done 30 yrs. earlier). My brother Earl lived in the district so I stayed there with him & wife, Vina & 2 little boys & had a 2 mile by the road walk, but when the ground froze I could shorten the trip by cutting out across the prairie.
Remember we didn't have communication satellites then, folks in the cities got the news the previous evenings. My parents were in Sioux Falls and joined in the street celebration. Well, I wasn't "just standing there," I was hiking to school that frosty morning & off to my left was the rail-road track. The "turn-around" train that ran from Sioux Falls to Salem (abt. 40 mi) was making its AM run with the whistle tooting all the way. I don't remember now if that was a pre-arranged signal, but there was no doubt in my mind that it meant the War had ended, & on I sped to my school room with its block letters above the front blackboard "CAMP DILIGENCE" staring at the giddy teacher & pupils that day.

Nov. 15
Your letter was a joy to recieve; it's a great treat to get a letter from you for you're the busiest gal I know. I've no excuse at all, just answered a letter Angela wrote Oct. 1 -- have unanswered ones from Julie & Sarah. Did I write that Angie & a co-worker won a blue ribbon at WN State Fair in Sept.? Meal preparation - I'd had a sample when they practiced. Julie comes home from OIT (Klamath) most every week - has her own Pinto. John Almost totalled it last summer - Cost $800 - to put it together. I talked to Mary & Peter last week - Connell won all games, also district, & were to play that night at Medicine Lake. Your Dad was excited too & was making tentative plans to go to the game. No word from CA folks; Bill and Lou had plans to go to Hawaii - didn't get a postcard! Don't know. Bill did have elk hunting plans (Tillamook) probably won't know till he stops in here.
Love You all Gramma

GRAVE MARKER

In Loving Memory
ALVIRA DeWALD WARD
AUGUST 17, 1900
JANUARY 23, 2000
WIFE OF
HOWARD RAYMOND WARD
1897 - 1966.

Citations

  1. [S6251] Genealogy prepared by Jerry DeWald, Source Medium: Other
  2. [S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
  3. [S1926] 1930 Census, South Dakota, Spink County
  4. [S2279] 1940 Census, Oregon, Douglas County
  5. [S1426] 1920 Census, South Dakota, McCook County
  6. [S997] 1910 Census, South Dakota, McCook County
  7. [S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  8. [S2760] Birth Records - South Dakota, South Dakota Births 1856 - 1915 (Ancestry.com)
  9. [S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
  10. [S5169] Genealogy prepared by Alvira (Dewald) Ward
  11. [S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
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Howard Raymond Ward1,2,3,4

M, #3217, b. 19 November 1897, d. 18 May 1966

Parents

FatherArthur Marion Ward
MotherMaria Seabrook
Pedigree Link

Family: Alvira Arion DeWald (b. 17 August 1900, d. 23 January 2000)

SonJames Howard Ward+ (b. 13 February 1926, d. 4 January 2013)
SonArthur Milton "Pete" Ward+ (b. 15 December 1928, d. 4 November 2006)
SonWilliam Dean "Bill" Ward+
DaughterAlice Lea Ward+

BASIC FACTS

Howard Raymond Ward was born on 19 November 1897 in Wilmette (Evanston), Cook Co., Illinois.1,5 He and Alvira Arion DeWald were married on 12 June 1925 in Spink Co., South Dakota.1,5 He died on 18 May 1966, at age 68, in Days Creek, Douglas Co., Oregon.1,5 He was buried in Canyonville Cemetery, Douglas Co., Oregon.5 He was buried in Days Creek, Oregon.1
Howard Raymond Ward had reference number 3242. He was a Farmer - farm (1918, 1920 - 1940.)6,2,3,4,7 He was enumerated on the census in Potter County, South Dakota (1900); Spink County, South Dakota (1910 - 1930); Douglas County, Oregon (1940.) He resided in Northville, Spink Co., South Dakota (1918.)7 OBITUARY -

Ex-Northville Resident Dies
Dakota Midland News Service
NORTHVILLE - Word has been received here of the death of Howard Ward last week in Days Creek Oregon.
Funeral Services were Saturday for the former Northville resident.
Survivors include on sister, Mrs. Charles Baldridge, Northville.

Citations

  1. [S6251] Genealogy prepared by Jerry DeWald, Source Medium: Other
  2. [S1926] 1930 Census, South Dakota, Spink County
  3. [S2279] 1940 Census, Oregon, Douglas County
  4. [S1428] 1920 Census, South Dakota, Spink County
  5. [S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
  6. [S6878] Genealogy prepared by Nellie Whedon (given to me by Vicki (Dewald) Odom)
  7. [S12722] World War I Draft Registration Cards (Ancestry.com)
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Frank Woods1,2

M, #3218
Pedigree Link

Family: Margaret Jones

DaughterMayme Eva Woods+ (b. 11 November 1897, d. 7 December 1980)

BASIC FACTS

Frank Woods had reference number 3243.

Citations

  1. [S12512] v28t0971.FTW
  2. [S5169] Genealogy prepared by Alvira (Dewald) Ward
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Margaret Jones1

F, #3219
Pedigree Link

Family: Frank Woods

DaughterMayme Eva Woods+ (b. 11 November 1897, d. 7 December 1980)

BASIC FACTS

Margaret Jones had reference number 3244.

Citations

  1. [S12512] v28t0971.FTW
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Arthur Marion Ward1,2,3,4

M, #3220
Pedigree Link

Family: Maria Seabrook

SonHoward Raymond Ward+ (b. 19 November 1897, d. 18 May 1966)

BASIC FACTS

Arthur Marion Ward had reference number 3245. He held the title Rev. He was enumerated on the census in Douglas County, Oregon (1940.)

Citations

  1. [S12512] v28t0971.FTW
  2. [S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
  3. [S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
  4. [S2279] 1940 Census, Oregon, Douglas County
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Alvira Aseltine1,2

F, #3221
Pedigree Link

Family: Eugene Sevedra Gage

DaughterMyrtella Delilah Gage+ (b. 1 March 1869, d. 20 February 1928)

BASIC FACTS

Alvira Aseltine was also known as Alvira Azeltine.3 She had reference number 3246.

Citations

  1. [S6582] Genealogy prepared by Lewis Ruble, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S5580] Genealogy prepared by cindygriffiths52 (Ancestry.com)
  3. [S6769] Genealogy prepared by email address, Source Medium: Book
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Eugene Sevedra Gage1,2

M, #3222
Pedigree Link

Family: Alvira Aseltine

DaughterMyrtella Delilah Gage+ (b. 1 March 1869, d. 20 February 1928)

BASIC FACTS

Eugene Sevedra Gage had reference number 3247.

Citations

  1. [S6582] Genealogy prepared by Lewis Ruble, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S5580] Genealogy prepared by cindygriffiths52 (Ancestry.com)
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Franklin Boone "Boone" Shortridge1,2,3

M, #3223, b. 1856, d. 25 December 1929

Parents

FatherJames Henderson Shortridge (b. 18 July 1831, d. 25 October 1916)
MotherAmelia Savannah Adams (b. 12 February 1835, d. 31 July 1919)
Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Franklin Boone "Boone" Shortridge was born in 1856 in Lane Co., Oregon.1 He and Tulen Estelle DeWald were married on 11 August 1917 in Eugene, Douglas Co., Oregon.4,5 He died on 25 December 1929, at age ~73, in Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., California.6,5 He died in 1933, at age ~77.1 He was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.7
Franklin Boone "Boone" Shortridge had reference number 3248. Veteran of many Indian skirmishes and of the Boxer Rebellion.8 He was a Miner in Estacada, Oregon (circa 1912); Laborer on farm (1920.)3 He was enumerated on the census in Lane County, Oregon (1920.) Franklin Boone Shortridge was named after Daniel Boone. The Shortridges knew the Boones. The best that I can say is that Franklin was the great-grand-nephew of Peter Scholl, husband of Levina Boone. Levina was the daughter of Daniel Boone.

BIOGRAPHY OF HIS FATHER, JAMES HENDERSON SHORTRIDGE - Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Chicago: Chapman Publishing, 1903, pages 1505-1506

JAMES H SHORTRIDGE
There are few self-made men who are obliged to start upon their independent careers as early as ten years of age, yet such was the case with James H. Shortridge, whose place among the state builders of the west is undisputed, and is based upon a well directed and successful life. From time immemorial an interest has centered around the blacksmith. Mr. Shortridge is a master workman, his little shop on his farm six miles south of Cottage Grove, being a very busy place. He took up his present farm in 1853, and at that time had three hundred and twenty acres.
The better to trace the career of Mr. Shortridge, it is necessary to go back to the farm in Tippecanoe county, Ind., where he was born July 18, 1831, and which had been taken up by his grandfather as government land at a very early day. With the grandparents on their overland journey to Indiana went their son, Samuel B., who was born on the home farm in Bourbon county, Ky., in 1798, and who while yet a boy was apprenticed to a blacksmith, and followed the trade in connection with farming for the greater part of his life. He was a relative of Daniel Boone, the great American explorer and colonizer, and used to hunt with his illustrious kinsman, for he was twenty-two years old before the latter's death. Mr. Shortridge married Emily A. Heath, a native of Kentucky, and from Indiana moved to Iowa, thence to Illinois. His son, James H., having preceded him to the west in 1851, he set out the following spring with ox teams, and accomplished the long distance in safety and comparative comfort. He came at once to Lane county. Ore., and took up a claim seven miles south of Cottage Grove, upon which he lived a few years, after which he made his home with his son, James H., until his death. He was quite an active politician, and was a firm believer in good schools, good roads and good local government. He took a keen interest in church affairs, and in this was seconded by the wife whom he married in his youth, and who died before he came to the west. Three of his seven children are living, James H. being the oldest. William W. lives near the old place, and Mrs. Caroline D. Stewart is a resident of Goshen.
Beginning with his tenth year James H. Shortridge worked in a nursery, and after some years returned home and learned the blacksmith trade of his father. From Millersburg, Ill., he started across the plains March 13, 1851, and five months later, after a comparatively pleasant journey, reached Lane county. Ore., and took up a claim of three hundred and twenty acres six miles south of Cottage Grove. March 13, 1853, he married Amelia S. Adams, who was born in Indiana, and crossed the plains in 1852. Mrs. Shortridge entered with zest into the making of a home in the comparative wilderness, and the little house took on a semblance of genuine comfort and cheer. Naturally, Mr. Shortridge wished to make use of his trade, and erected a shop on the farm, it being the first, and for many years the only one in the neighborhood. For many years the entire ranch was used for farming and stock-raising, the genial owner responding to calls at his shop and gaining a reputation for expert workmanship. Twice fire has caused Mr. Shortridge great loss. First his barn and all its contents were destroyed, including grain, lumber and farming implements. About ten years later his home was burned, while in June 1858, their four-year-old baby girl was burned to death. These great losses have made it necessary for Mr. Shortridge to sell a portion of his farm, so that he now owns one hundred and fifty-nine acres, eighty being under cultivation.
Republican politics have profited by the support of Mr. Shortridge, who has held many positions of trust in the community, and has invariably labored for the best interests of those who placed him in power. For several terms he served as deputy sheriff, and during a part of that time his responsibilities were arduous and exacting. He is a member of the Christian Church, supporting the same with his attendance and financial help. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Shortridge, four of whom are living: Franklin B., of California: Rosetta became the wife of J. W. Harris, of Eugene; Alice married first, J. P. Langdon, and for her second husband married John Weeden, of Nebraska; and Olive S. married first, F. M. Jones, of Portland, and after his death became the wife of S. M. Lacey, of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Shortridge have eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.

BIOGRAPHY OF HIS FATHER, JAMES HENDERSON SHORTRIDGE -The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Illustrated, Vol III, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1912, pp 299-300.

James H. Shortridge who is living retired in Cottage Grove, has resided near that city since 1851 until his retirement in 1906, owning a three hundred and twenty acre farm which he filed upon as a donation claim in the year of his arrival in Oregon. He is now residing in a comfortable home in Cottage Grove. He was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, a son of Samuel Boone Shortridge, whose grand-uncle was Daniel Boone, the noted Indian scout. The parents were both natives of Bourbon county, Kentucky, and they were also married in that state, where they resided for a time, later removing to Indiana. Still later Samuel Shortridge removed to Iowa, settling in Muscatine county, where he bought land and occupied it for some time. It was in that county that his wife passed away, shortly after which Mr. Shortridge removed to Mercer county, Illinois, where he made his home until 1852. He then crossed the plains to Oregon, settling about six miles south of Cottage Grove, where he took up a donation claim of one hundred and sixty acres upon which he lived for several years, and then, disposing of that land, removed to Salt Lake City, where he resided for a few years. On leaving that state, he returned to Lane county, Oregon, where he lived until his death which occurred in July, 1876. In his family were seven children, four of whom died in infancy, the others being: James H. of this review; Caroline D., the widow of Hiram Stewart, residing in Eugene; and William Wallis, making his home near London, Oregon.
James H. Shortridge received a common school education in Illinois and one year in advance of his parents crossed the plains to Oregon in 1851 and settled six miles south of Cottage Grove, on a donation claim which his father's farm later joined, residing upon that farm until 1906, when he disposed of it and retired. During the long period of his occupancy of his donation claim he labored untiringly to get it under a thorough state of cultivation, building suitable improvements, and at the time he disposed of it it was one of the finest farming properties of the community. With his family he now resides in a fine home in Cottage Grove, where he is taking a well deserved rest and spending his declining years surrounded by his family and friends.
Mr. Shortridge was married, March 13, 1853, to Amelia S. Adams, who was born in Vermilion county, Indiana, in 1835, a daughter of John F. Adams and Rebecca (Hinkle) Adams. Her father and mother were both natives of Kentucky, their wedding, however, being celebrated in Indiana where they lived for twenty years. After leaving that state, they settled in Louis county, Iowa, and resided there for fifteen years, then crossed the plains by ox teams to Oregon in 1852. The eldest son died of cholera on the trip but none of the other members of the family were afflicted with it. Their first settlement in Oregon was made in Salem Hills, eight miles south of Salem, where the father took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres upon which he resided until within a short time of his death, which occurred in October, 1876. The mother passed away in July, 1876. To them were born ten children of whom Mrs. Shortridge was the seventh in order of birth, and S. Rebecca Rogers, of Turner, Oregon, are the only surviving members. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Shortridge were born seven children, as follows: Emily R., who was born in 1854 and passed away in 1858; Franklin Boone, who was born in 1856 and is a miner at Estacada, Oregon; Mary Rosetta, born in 1857, who married J. W. Harris, of Eugene; William Johnson, who was born in 1858 and died in infancy; Alice A., who was born in September, 1862, and is the wife of J. J. Weeden, of Lane county, Oregon; Lillie Jane, born in 1865, who passed away in infancy; and Sarah O. C., who married Sam Lacy, of Portland, her birth occurring in 1866.
Mr. Shortridge in his political allegiance is a republican. He has taken considerable interest in politics, has served as deputy sheriff of his county and also for many years filled the office of supervisor. In his fraternal relations he belongs to the Cottage Grove Grange while his religious faith is that of the Christian church of which his family are also members. He is among the earlier settlers of Cottage Grove and has always been leading and greatly respected citizen of the community. He is a man of sterling integrity, strong personality and possesses a strength of character which makes him greatly esteemed by all who know him. In his official positions he distinguished himself by the efficient service which he rendered to the community and both as a public servant and a private citizen he has always been popular.

ARTICLE ABOUT HIS MOTHER, AMELIA SAVANNAH (ADAMS) SHORTRIDGE - The Cottage Grove Sentinel, Cottage Grove, Oregon, August 1, 1919 (transcribed from the Scrap book, Oregon Historical Society, 85, page 76).

FOOTPRINTS OF OLD PIONEER DAYS
Mrs. Amelia Shortridge, widow of James Shortridge, was the first white woman to set her foot on the prairie of the upper Coast Fork country. That was in May of 1853. The first white men had been there some time before. James Chapin and Thomas Gibson, two bachelors, had built cabins in that direction in 1847, being the first settlers of the Cottage Grove country. The Chapin cabin was built west of where the tie plant now stands and the Gibson cabin was west of where the Chambers mill now stands. Mr. Chapin was an uncle of Mrs. I. M. Thomson and the late D. P. Burton. A Frenchman and two boys were at about this time living on the place bought by Henry Small in 1854.
The first white children born here, both of whom are still living, were John Harms (1854) and F. B. Shortridge (1856).
When Mr. and Mrs. James Shortridge were attracted here in 1853, they found the future site of the beautiful and prosperous city of Cottage Grove covered with grass higher than the backs of their horses. In fact, that was one of the reasons they came here, bringing with them nothing but a yoke of oxen, a red-eared pony, and six bits of coin of the realm, which was something of a small fortune in those early days. There was little to buy, deer, bear, and cougars furnished food and clothing and Indians and snakes furnished amusement. There were few motion picture houses here in that day.
According to the best information at hand, the record shows that Mrs. Amelia Shortridge and Wallace W. Shortridge, both of 1853, are the earliest living pioneers of the section. WW. Arrived with his father, S.B. Shortridge, April 18,1853, Mrs. Amelia Shortridge arriving in the same party with her husband, the late James H. Shortridge. They put in the first garden just east of where the present Herbron bridge now stands.
Wallace W. Shortridge and Ellen J. Keyes were the first couple married by the late Squire Vaughn. Both of them, together with all of twelve children (six boys and six girls), are still living.
Among the early settlers were D. B. White (1854) father of N. W. White who lives on the old place, Hamilton W. Taylor (1854), Captain Oglesby (1853), Burne Veatch and Ves Veatch (living), Mrs Ves Veatch. Milton Anderson (1854), who settled at the foot of the mountains at London, where Levi Greer now lives. Chrisy Johnson (1854) who settled at London where John Small now lives; the Elder Massey settled just north of the Johnson place at the same time, James Parish (1854) took a donation claim where Bob Small now lives and married one of the Massey girls; Ira Hawley settled at the divide late in the fall of 1852, buying out a couple of bachelors and living in the pole house the first winter. James Hawley, a son, lives on the old place. Geore and William B. (living) are also sons. Henry and George Small arrived in 1854. Henrys cabin was built on what later became the O. P. Adams place. Gowdyville was in these early days the George Small claim. Alex and John Small (living) and Wm Currie also arrived in 1854.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The copy appears to be only of part of the article and it was difficult to read.

(Boone Shortridge)
". . . settled down to the chosen profession of a hewer of wood and a drawer of water?” That question brought forth sort of a withering look to old Boone's face, that indicated he held no small amount of contempt for the interviewers idea of “settling down,” as he turned back to the years that are his _______ continued.
“ ______ at ______ Oregon in the spring of 1877, for the Nes Perce Indian War. In this service I carried a dispatch from General O. O. Howard, across the Rocky mountains to General Miles, who was at that time, colonel of the fifth U.S. Infantry. General Miles gave me the name of Oregon Howard for disobeying an order to retreat. A detachment was fighting Indians, almost hand to hand, and it was getting too hot for us, so the General ordered a retreat. I was in a pretty safe place, which wa more dangerous to get out of than to stay, so I hung on. I was a volunteer and I thought I had a right to do my fighting in my own way. They had to send a detachment to hold the Indians in check until I could make my getaway. As it happened I killed a big Indian, captured his war bonnet and gun, and by some friendly influence from other officers, I just missed court martial. I _________ to Oregon and spent the winter of 1877-8 at the Christian college at Monmonth. Then I farmed for a year or two, then I went to southern Oregon and worked in the placer diggings in Grant county.”
TIRES OF MINES.
“Tiring of the mines, I hunted two _____ in Grant county for the marshal. I then worked on a cattle ranch for several years, after which I took up stage driving, carrying the United States mail two winters across the mountains, from Canyon City to old Fort Barney. It was in 188__ that I came home and worked in the sawmills and logging camps, until 1886, when I went to eastern Oregon with a band of cattle, wintering at Burns in 1887. From when at the first call, I enlisted at Marysville, for three years, in the war against Spain. I was sworn into the United States service at Camp Barrett. Five miles south of Oakland, California. I enlisted again in the United States service during the Boxer rebellion, in 1900. I was in all the principle battles in that war and then was transferred to the Philippine Islands against the Moros, on the island of Mindano. Yes”, said this soldier of fortune, “that was a war in one against those fanatics. It was a case of kill or be killed. At the close of my enlistment I came back to San Francisco, and worked in the union Iron Works several months, then went to riding after stock again in Alameda and San Bennito counties.”
SPORTS RECALLED
Here our correspondent threw in a question that he had been intending to spring on this western spirit of pioneer days. “Someone was telling me the other day that you were an athlete in your earlier days, Boone, but I told him I didn't believe it—how about it?”
It was then that old Boone sent out one of those penetrating flashes of the eye, that, with just any kind of unexpected movement of the hand would make you feel like getting your “heels to the wall”, and in a moment said: “Don't believe it, eh? Well, I was from boyhood, fast on foot. I was the first one to run the hundred in ten seconds on the Pacific Coast. It gave me the name of 'Flying Webfoot!' I beat the champion of Oregon, Courtney Weeks, at the state fair. Jumping hammond, my hop-step jump was 47 feet; my broad jump was 23 and ½ feet. I out ran and out jumped everyone while I was in the United States service, and I beat the best man in the navy running and jumping at Mare Island.”
“Someone was telling me not so very long ago that you used to step some, Boone, and I think they said . . . (missing)
for a minute and then said: “Well, let's see. That was in 1875. Father and several Cottage Grove folks were there. I ran a one hundred race against a man by the name of Johnson, form New York, who claimed to be the champion of the United States. I beat him by 12 feet. They held a stop watch on me and gave me a record of 10 seconds flat. I could go some in those days—and my stride was 11 and ½ feet.”
“Who trained you in those days, Boone?”
HAD NO TRAINING
“Who trained me?” said Boone. “Bless you, I never had a trainer in my life—I just trained myself, and I've worked many a long trying hour at it. I had two rubber grips, that I always used, ran erect and my footwear was moccasins, half-calf high, with a very light leather sole, just enough to hold a very short dirt grip. One race I was in,” said Boone, with a grin, “they scattered buckshot on my track for about forty feet down from the score. I just happened to work over the track before the race was started and discovered it. I made them sweep the track before I'd run.” Then Mr. Shortridge checked back to the state fair week, when, “during the same week I ran a _____ yard race against a man they called Wicks. On Saturday, the same week, I ran a mile race and won. I also jumped against Courtney Weeks in _____ -hammond, and beat him, establishing a record of 47 feet.”
Foot racing was a very popular sport in those days, in Oregon, and, in fact for many years later, according to Mr. Shortridge, and he recalls that “the true names of the foot racers, and the country was full of them, were second known, nearly every one of the boys having a racing name. Down at Ashland, some time later,” said Mr. Shortridge, “I ran against 'Plow Boy' in a 100-yard race and beat him. I don't know what his correct name was. Just _________ one: and someone told me he got his racing name when a span of mules ran away one day, down in California, and he took after 'em and caught 'em.”
“Well Boone,” said the interviewer, “some of these days I'm going to worry you until you give me an Indian story, and some of your hunting experiences.”
Twas then that Boone Shortridge sent his blue eyes out across the foothills that rolled back and away from the log we were sitting on and said, with just a hint of the old time westerner, “Yes, I've been chased by savages and angry bulls. I've had mix ups with one grizzly, two cinnamon and one yellow faced-bears, and I got 'em all. I've been trailed several times by cougars. One of them tried to crawl my frame. I killed him. I have faced death on the range in a wild stampede. I've been on the sea and on the battle field; and where I've been in some places, I'd given something to be out of, I've someway managed to keep my nerve.”
“Well Boone,” said the man about town, “your years have been crowded with the events of the adventurous, that you haven't had time to enjoy the comforts of a real home, have you?” Then an expression came over old Boone's face, that made me bite my wagging tongue and wish I hadn't said it. Twas a sigh that I heard and then -- “I was married on the eleventh of August, 1917 at Eugene, to Tulen E. DeWald. I laid my wife in the cemetery on the thirteenth of March, 1927; and so now, I am just waiting for the summons to join her.”
We arose as one man, and we looked into the deep canyon of the woodland—for a long time.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Cottage Grove Sentinel, Cottage Grove, Oregon, Thursday, January 21, 1926.

First White Child 70 Years Old
Boone Shortridge observed his seventieth birthday anniversary Wednesday and in honor of the occasion the following relatives were here: Mrs. J.W. Harris, sister, Mrs. S.J. Dillard, sister, Miss Audrey Langdon, sister, also of Eugene; Mrs. J.J. Weeden, sister, Norwalk, Calif. Only one sister was not able to be present, Mrs. Olive Lacey of Portland. Boone is the first white child born south of
Cottage Grove.

OBITUARY

Boone Shortridge Dies Christmas in California
Franklin Boone Shortridge, first white child born on the Coast fork and one of three claiming to have been the first white child born in this section, died Christmas day in the veterans' hospital in Sawtelle, Cal., according to word received yesterday from a sister, Mrs. J. J. Weeden of Montebello, Cal. Shortridge had spent his entire life here and went to California only a short time ago.
Shortridge was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Shortridge, pioneers of 1853, who have been dead a number of years. He was named for Daniel Boone, famous scout and Indian fighter, and was himself an Indian veteran, a Spanish war veteran and a veteran of the Boxer rebellion. In his early life he was a famous athelete and track man. He went under the sobriquet of "Oregon Frank." He was aged 74 years. Mrs. Shortridge died here several years ago.
No word has been received as to funeral arrangements.

Note: James M. "Jim" Cook, a Shortridge family researcher, says that much of the historical information on Franklin Boone Shortridge was self-provided. Jim had not been able to verify participation in the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War nor the Boxer Rebellion. He and Tulen Estelle DeWald had children in No Children.9 MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT - The Cottage Grove Sentinel, Cottage Grove, Oregon, August 1917.

OLDEST LIVING CHILD BORN HERE IS MARRIED
When Frank Boone Shortridge and Miss Tulen E. DeWald, both of this city, were married at Eugene Saturday, there ended for Mr. Shortridge 61 years of watchful waiting for the girl who just suited, although he is not a watchful waiter in any other way, and will not allow his marriage to interfere with duty to country should his services be needed. Mr. Shortridge is the oldest living white child born in Cottage Grove and a son of those well known pioneers, “Aunt” Amelia Shortridge and the late James H. Shortridge. He was a well known athlete and sprinter during his younger years and would still pass for 20 years less then his actual age. The bride is 45 years of age and a native of Tennessee, although she has lived here a number of years. She is a daughter of the late W.V. DeWald. The wedding was quietly solemnized at the Hotel Osburn, Rev. H.W. Davis, of the Baptist church, officiating, and Mr. and Mrs. Osburn being the only other witnesses.

Citations

  1. [S6582] Genealogy prepared by Lewis Ruble, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S7384] Genealogy prepared by Tammy Phillips
  3. [S1398] 1920 Census, Oregon, Lane County
  4. [S11998] Obituary - Tulen Estelle (DeWald) Shortridge
  5. [S6156] Genealogy prepared by James M. Cook (email address)
  6. [S4038] Death Records, California, California Death Records (Vitalsearch)
  7. [S3061] Cemetery Records, Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
  8. [S5169] Genealogy prepared by Alvira (Dewald) Ward
  9. [S6583] Genealogy prepared by Lewis Ruble, Source Medium: Book
Family Explorer

Silas Sherman "Sherman" Shortridge1,2,3,4,5

M, #3224, b. 16 November 1864, d. 19 January 1946

Parents

FatherWilliam Wallace Shortridge (b. 31 March 1836, d. 29 April 1922)
MotherEllen Jane Keyes (b. 12 March 1846, d. 9 April 1926)
Pedigree Link

Family: Fannie Maud DeWald (b. 1875, d. 28 November 1939)

SonHarold Clinton Shortridge+ (b. 18 April 1907, d. 15 August 1989)
DaughterWilma Irene "Wilme" Shortridge (b. 28 June 1908, d. 1 January 1909)
SonOrville Clifton "Clifton" Shortridge+ (b. 28 October 1909, d. 7 July 1996)
DaughterChild #4 Shortridge

BASIC FACTS

Silas Sherman "Sherman" Shortridge was born in 1863.1 He was born on 16 November 1864 in Lorane, Lane Co., Oregon.2 He and Fannie Maud DeWald were married on 29 July 1906 in Cottage Grove, Lane Co., Oregon.6,7 He died on 19 January 1946, at age 81, in Lorane, Lane Co., Oregon.2 He died in June 1946, at age 81.1,8 He was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane Co., Oregon.9
Silas Sherman "Sherman" Shortridge had reference number 3249. He was a Carpenter, sawmill operator and rancher; millwright - lumber mill (1910); farmer - general farming (1920 - 1930.)8,3,4,5 He was enumerated on the census in Lane County, Oregon (1910 - 1930.) BIOGRAPHY OF HIS FATHER, WILLIAM WALLACE SHORTRIDGE - Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon. Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1499.

WILLIAM W. SHORTRIDGE
Identified with the agricultural interests of Lane county William W. Shortridge was also taken a broad view of other pursuits, having served for fourteen years as postmaster of Wallace. He was born in Muscatine, Iowa, March 31, 1836, the son of Samuel B. S. Shortridge, a pioneer of 1852, who was born in Bourbon county, Ky., in 1798, a relative of Daniel Boone. At a very early age he accompanied his parents to Indiana, where they made their home for many years. He early learned the trade of a blacksmith and followed this in addition to farming. In his young manhood he married Emily A. Heath, "also a native of Kentucky, and after locations in Indiana, Iowa and Illinois, they crossed the plains with ox-teams and came direct to Lane county, where he took up a donation claim of one hundred and sixty acres, located seven miles south of Cottage Grove, which he improved and cultivated until 1858, when he took up his residence with J. H. Shortridge, where he lived the balance of his life. Besides William W., of this review, he had five children, of whom James H. is a resident of Lane county, and Caroline D. became the wife of Hiram Stewart, of Goshen, the others being deceased. The mother died in Iowa. Samuel B. S. Shortridge was always active in politics and also as a member of the Church of Christ.
William W. Shortridge grew to the age of sixteen years in his home in the middle west, receiving his education in the district schools, and after the journey west he remained at home until he married and located on Coast Fork, six miles south of Cottage Grove, where he lived three years. He then removed to Pass Creek near Divide and remained for a period of two years, when he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land eleven miles south of Cottage Grove, upon which he has since made his home. The improvement and cultivation of these broad, rich acres have been the pleasure and profit of Mr. Shortridge in the passing years, and he has bent every effort toward bringing his farm to a high state of perfection. He has a comfortable home, one of the best south of Cottage Grove, and has also erected other buildings which go to improve the value and facilitate the operation of the farm. In 1883 Mr. Shortridge built a saw-mill on his place and has since conducted it with success. He now has two hundred acres of land, eighty of which are under cultivation, carrying on general farming and stock-raising. In the midst of his pursuits Mr. Shortridge, like many others, was called upon to defend his home and adopted state against the depredations of the savages in the Rogue River war, enlisting February 13, 1856, in Company A, under the command of Captain Ladshaw. During his service of four months and nineteen days he participated in the battles at Cow creek and Big Meadow, and many minor engagements. Upon his discharge he returned to his work on the farm.
The marriage of Mr. Shortridge united him with Miss Ellen Jane Keyes, a native of Illinois, and to them have been born eleven children, all of whom are now living and named in order of birth are as follows: William C.; Silas S.; Samantha J., the wife of William Brown; A. W.; Gilbert L.; Samuel P.; Emily L., the wife of Edward Adams; Lillie S. married George Sutherland; Lucy Ann married Lyman Adams; Carrie F.; and Lester A. The two last named still make their home with their parents, while the others reside in the vicinity. In political preference Mr. Shortridge is a Populist and has always taken an active part in public affairs, holding at various times the minor offices of this vicinity.

OBITUARY

SHORTRIDGE, Silas Sherman; age 82; June 1946, at his home in Lorane of a heart attack; Pioneer resident of this section; Born near cottage Grove, 16 Nov. 1864; Married 29 July 1906 to Fannie DEWALD. A retired farmer. Survived by two sons, Harold & Clifton, both of Lorane; four (sic: three) brothers, Lon; Sam; & Bud all of Cottage Grove; four sisters, Mrs. Lillie SUTHERLAND, London; Mrs. Ann ADAMS; Mrs. Emma ADAMS; Mrs. Frankie McKAY, all of Cottage Grove. Burial at Masonic cemetery, Mills mortuary in charge.

Note: Jim M. Cook says that this obituary was transcribed from a photocopy of a typed copy of the original article. No source is listed. Jim found it at the Cottage Grove Genealogical Society Research Library.

GRAVE MARKER

SHORTRIDGE

SILAS S. FANNIE M.
1864 -- 1946 1875 -- 1939.

Citations

  1. [S6582] Genealogy prepared by Lewis Ruble, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S4095] Descendants of Silas Sherman Shortridge prepared by Jon Faulkner
  3. [S971] 1910 Census, Oregon, Lane County
  4. [S1894] 1930 Census, Oregon, Lane County
  5. [S1398] 1920 Census, Oregon, Lane County
  6. [S11914] Obituary - Silas Sherman "Sherman" Shortridge
  7. [S6156] Genealogy prepared by James M. Cook (email address)
  8. [S5169] Genealogy prepared by Alvira (Dewald) Ward
  9. [S3036] Cemetery Records, Fir Grove Cemetery, Lane Co., Oregon
Family Explorer

Harold Clinton Shortridge1,2,3,4

M, #3225, b. 18 April 1907, d. 15 August 1989

Parents

FatherSilas Sherman "Sherman" Shortridge (b. 16 November 1864, d. 19 January 1946)
MotherFannie Maud DeWald (b. 1875, d. 28 November 1939)
Pedigree Link

Family: Nettie Belle Button (b. 26 February 1912, d. 1 July 1981)

SonLloyd Wayne Shortridge+
SonDannie Shortridge (b. 23 January 1936, d. 23 January 1936)
SonSamuel Shortridge (b. 23 January 1936, d. 23 January 1936)
Adopted SonDavid Allen Shortridge (b. 4 October 1945, d. July 1990)

BASIC FACTS

Harold Clinton Shortridge was born on 18 April 1907 in London, Lane Co., Oregon.1,2,5 He and Nettie Belle Button were married on 13 June 1931.6 He died on 15 August 1989, at age 82, in Brownsville, Linn Co., Oregon.6,7 He was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane Co., Oregon.6
Harold Clinton Shortridge had reference number 3250. He was a Saw mill engineer; owned a commercial fishing boat on Winchester Bay, Oregon; later a logging truck operator; laborer - lumber mill (1930.)8,9,3 He resided in Brownsville, Oregon; Lorane, Lake Co., Oregon (1939, 1946.)8,10,11 His Social Security Number was 541-05-5081, issued: Oregon, last residence: Brownsville, Oregon.6 He was enumerated on the census in Lane County, Oregon (1910 - 1930.) NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - 1907

On Thursday April 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Shortridge, a son, weight 8 ½ pounds.

FUNERAL HOME MARKER

HAROLD CLINTON SHORTRIDGE
Born 4/18/07 Died 8/15/89
Age 82.

Citations

  1. [S6582] Genealogy prepared by Lewis Ruble, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S971] 1910 Census, Oregon, Lane County
  3. [S1894] 1930 Census, Oregon, Lane County
  4. [S1398] 1920 Census, Oregon, Lane County
  5. [S6156] Genealogy prepared by James M. Cook (email address)
  6. [S6700] Genealogy prepared by Mark Codding, Source Medium: Book
  7. [S7032] Genealogy prepared by Randall Duane Shortridge
  8. [S5169] Genealogy prepared by Alvira (Dewald) Ward
  9. [S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
  10. [S10128] Obituary - Fanny Maud DeWald
  11. [S11914] Obituary - Silas Sherman "Sherman" Shortridge
Compiler: Tracy DeVault
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