Helen P. Gatch letter to "sister" [manuscript], 1889 January 9.

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Helen P. Gatch letter to "sister" [manuscript], 1889 January 9.

Letter from Helen P. Gatch to "sister", 2 pp, 9 January 1889, regarding Christmas gifts and a Sunday School Christmas festival.

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Gatch, Helen Plummer, 1861-1942,

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Helen Plummer Gatch (1861-1942) was born in Alton, Illinois, to Dr. Orlando P.S. Plummer, who moved to Portland, Ore. with his three daughters in 1864 after the death of their mother. As a young woman, Helen taught school before her marriage to Claud Gatch (born 1859), a banker who served as mayor of Salem, Or. from 1893-1896. They had two children, Orytha “Ryth” (born 1886) and Thomas Leigh “Tam” (1891-1954). Helen Gatch, an ambitious amateur photographer, used her dome...