Early Oregon Cousins -- Lucelia (Jewett) Howell

Back to some early Oregon cousins who were 1st cousins of John Howard Bond and my 1st cousins 3 times removed. Lucelia (Jewett) Howell was another one of his cousins who was born in 1859. Lucelia was born on 7 Feb 1859, just a week before Oregon became a state. She was the 3rd child and only daughter of Reuben and Lydia Louisa (Hayes) Jewett.

She appeared on the census with her parents in 1860 in Linn County Oregon at age 1 and then in 1870 in Petaluma Township in Sonoma County California at age 11. By 1875 the family was back in Oregon and her father died in 1875 in Linn County Oregon.

Just 2 days after her 21st birthday, on 9 Feb 1880, Lucelia was married to Oliver Howell in Albany, Linn County, Oregon by Judge Johns. On the 1880 census taken in June, Lucelia and Oliver were living with his parents in Monroe Precinct, Benton County Oregon.

Apparently by 1890 Lucelia and Oliver were living in Halsey since a newspaper article from December 27th tells of a fire in the rear of Oliver Howell's variety store and the neighboring billiard hall. The fire destroyed both buildings and their contents. Oliver did have enough insurance to cover his loss. The 1900 census shows them still living in Halsey with their 8 living children, out of 10. Now Oliver was listed as a day laborer. When the 1910 census was taken, Lucelia and Oliver had moved to Lebanon, Linn County Oregon where Oliver was working in the paper mill. The 2 youngest daughters were still at home.

World War I brought sadness to their life when their son, Arthur, was wounded at the battle of Chateau Theirry 19 Jul 1918 and his right arm was amputated below the elbow. But he did survive and after a stay in a hospital in Europe was back in Lebanon early December of 1918.

Lucelia and Oliver lived a long married life together. The Statesman Journal newspaper from Salem printed an article about their 60th anniversary including a photo of them. Seven of their children were still living and all were present at the celebration which included 2 large wedding cakes. The Albany Democrat-Herald stated that their 65th anniversary was   observed at their home with a quiet family reunion.

It was a little over a month after their 66th anniversary that Oliver died on 24 Mar 1946. Lucelia lived 6 more years before her death at age 93 in Lebanon 14 Apr 1952. At the time of her death her obituary noted that she was survived by 6 living children, 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was buried next to Oliver in the IOOF Cemetery in Lebanon.

Early Oregon Cousins - Irene (Bond) Clingman

Pine Grove Cemetery, near Halsey, Oregon

Yesterday (20 Apr 2017)  I wrote about Emma Bond and the death of her mother, Hannah (Hayes) Bond. Today my subject is Emma's half-sister, who is also my 1st cousin 3 times removed.

Emma's father, William Bond, who was a widower after his wife died in 1853 on the Oregon Trail, is shown on the census of 1860 with his 3 sons living in Linn County Oregon. Two years later, 11 Sep 1862, William married a widow, Talitha (Belknap) Starr, in neighboring Benton County. Talitha had 8 children from her first marriage. It was after William's only daughter Emma had died that William and Talitha had a daughter, Irene Grace Bond, born 2 Aug 1864. Sadly it was less than a year later, 1 May 1865, when William died.

I was glad to learn that Irene did grow to adulthood. Irene's mother Talitha married a third time to another widower, Washington Waltz, so Irene at age 6 was in that household in 1870 in Benton County Oregon with her mother, step-father, 4 Starr half-siblings and 3 Waltz step-siblings. By 1880 the family has moved to Spokane County, Washington Territory. Irene is listed as 15 and there is 1 Starr half-brother and 1 Waltz step-brother living in the household. Another Waltz step-brother is living next door.

It was in Spokane County 20 Apr 1882, a few months before her 18th birthday that Irene married Horace Clingman, a farmer who was about 10 years older than her. Irene and Horace had no biological children, but they did adopt a baby girl, Lillian Irene Clingman. Lillian was born in July 1899 and was in their household in the 1900 census. The family continued to live in Spokane County and appeared on both the 1910 and 1920 census.

On the 1930 census they had moved to Linn County Oregon. It was there that Horace died in 1936 and was buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery west of Halsey. A newspaper clipping from 1939 told of the Bond Reunion that year and Irene was named as one of those attending from Halsey. Before the 1940 census, Irene moved to Salem, Marion County Oregon. Around 1945 she moved to the Methodist Home there where she died 16 Oct 1955. She was buried at the Pine Grove Cemetery where Horace had been buried.

Although I don't remember meeting her, I do remember hearing the Clingman name when I was living in the Halsey area. If you were reading my blog a few months ago, on 23 Jan 2017, I posted about my father having Lillian Clingman as his 8th grade teacher in 1921-22. At the end of last December, I noted that Irene had submitted 2 recipes to the same WCTU cookbook as my mother and my grandmother. Sometimes relatives pop up where you least expect them.