Papers, 1858-1924.

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Papers, 1858-1924.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37519926

Papers include: Journals (1858-1906) of Cyrus Locey containing personal, financial, weather, grange reports, and genealogical entries; journals (1859-1924) of Maria Morfitt Locey containing personal, financial, original poetry, remedies, and genealogical entries. Transcription of diaries includes editorial comments by James Lackey, appendix, settlement of Maria's estate, and family tree. Other papers include tax records and personal correspondence. Correspondents include George Himes, Joseph Stewart, G.H. Atkinson, Ed Beals, and Belle Cook.

4 cu. ft. (9 document cases)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Locey, Cyrus, 1835-1922.

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Stewart, Joseph, 1859-

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Locey, Maria, 1840-1924

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Lackey, James Albert.

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Atkinson, G. H. (George Henry), 1819-1889

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George H. Atkinson, a Congregational minister in the Pacific Northwest, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1843 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1846. Unable to accept an appointment to a mission in Africa because he had not yet been ordained, he sailed to Oregon by way of Hawaii with his wife, arriving in 1848. Atkinson originally settled in Oregon City. He prepared the first public school law in Oregon and helped plan for the forming of Pacific University. In 1963, he became pastor of...

Locey family.

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Cyrus Locey, a rancher and farmer in eastern Oregon, is often called "The Father of Malheur County." He traveled the Oregon Trail twice, lived in a California mining town, and, in 1852, settled permanently in Oregon. He attended Pacific University, worked for the Oregon Transportation Company, and held various other jobs and civic responsibilities. Maria Morfitt Locey, born in England, emigrated to the U.S. in 1843. Twice she went to the California gold fields. Besides the duties of a rancher's ...

Cook, Belle

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Himes, George H., 1844-1940

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George H. Himes was the curator of the Oregon Historical Society. From the description of History of immigration to Oregon, undated. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 64446580 Historian, curator, and printer George Henry Himes was born on May 18, 1844 in Troy, Pennsylvania, and he came overland to the Oregon Territory with his family in 1853. They settled near Olympia, Washington, where Himes's father Tyrus took up farming. George...

Beals, Ed

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