Pioneers John Alva Harry and Wife Crossed Plains in 1852
The diary of John Alva Harry traces his unusual overland journey with his wife in 1852 to Coos County. They settled near Mule Point on the Coquille River and married in 1857 in Lane County. He became Coos County’s first assessor and a noted surveyor, living to inspire later generations.
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Olalla
Roeedburg
Harry
Coos County
Fuom
Alfred Culver
Liness Bushnell
Coquille River
Camas Valley
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Kitchen Prairie
Hoffman’s
Abram Hoffman
Alfred
Coquille
Coquille Valley
Miars
Dulley
Hill
Hill Hoffman
Amelia Cook
Lane County
Clain
Coos Co
Myrtle Point
Empire
Brewster Valley
Half Way House
Coos Bay
Neva Harry
Phevea Turner
Grant Harry
Hannah Krewson
Eva Harry
Thomas O ’ Colfax Bury
di Laird
Beile Laird
Sitkum
Pioneer Matriarch Chloe Laird Dies at Brewster Valley
Long-time Coos County pioneer Chloe Amelica Laird passes after a week of illness at her Brewster valley home. Survived by 91 descendants, services held at Dora church led by Rev Henry Carver and Rev Lawrence, with burial in Dora cemetery.
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Harry
James D Laird
J. Hailey Laird
Allving
Chloe Amelica Laird
Coos County
Brewster Valley
Dora Church
Henry Carver
Mr Lawrence
Dora
Russell . Dement
Myrtle Point
Coos Counts
Coun Todonger
Pioneer Women of Oregon Remembered in Laird Story
The account recalls Mrs. Laird and Grandma Laird settling in three sparsely populated Oregon locales during early pioneer days. They endured privations and dangers as the family built a life on Indian trails and rough routes. Grandma Laird, a revered pioneer, died at age eighty seven in a land forged by grit and perseverance.
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Plains
Oregon
Laird
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John Alva Harry
Neva Harry Leone Baker
Mt. Hood
Ore
Stella Crowley
Myrthe Noah
Portland
Wanda Volck
Langlois
Alva Harry
Ralph Harry
Astoria
Vera
Silas Harry
Evan N. Harry Mildred Stoudt
Melvin Baker
Vallejo
Calif
Willis Baker
Bandon
Genevieve Velgas
Pasadena
Esther Hutton
Los Angeles
Eloise Hamel
India
Edwin Crowley
James Crowley
Coquille Ore
Harry Crowley
Ralph Noah
Thomas Richard Harry
Dotty June Harry
Patrica
Even Neva
Harry June Laswell
Wanda
Rodney
Carrie
Larry Baker
Phyllis
Mary Ethel Vogel
Marie Hamel Grant
Chloe Tennison
Santiago
Maude Cox
Beryl Sypher
Joe Harry
Hazel
Netttie
Hubert Harry Gread
Grant Harry Velma Hall
Nora Patrick
Gyneth Qwens
Conauille
Wm Cox
Mike Sipher
Camp Valley
Keith Harry
Joe Ann Harry
San Francisco
Calif Leland
Joe
Wain
Vernon Paul
Hannah Alice
Hughie
Genie
David Harry
Kieth
Maxne Tennison
Dorothy Brown
Lafiglois
Grant Harry Leonard Hall
Sharon Hall
Mary Jean Sabin
Gerald
Jde Sabin
Elizabeth Kuhn
Shirley Patrick
Jerry Patrick Grasdon
Stinnett
Janet Stinnett
Jack
Lesta Cox
Nancy
Carole
Linda Sypher
Belle Laird
Binger Laird
Roseburg
Ethel Abernathy
Mildred Benham
Kenneth Laird
Ivan Laird
Clifford Laird
Eva Endicott
Jesse Laird
Grand
Gertrude Lowden
Lakeview
Maxine
Maxine Laird Portland, Ore Murl Laird Sitkum Ore Lila Mae Laird
Calvin and Allen Laird
Burton Laird
Brightwood
Barbara Lowden
Linda Lowden
Colfax
Harry Family
Madge Standley
Lois Underwood
Calif Alfred Cooper Powers
Bessie LaBranch Powers
Asher Harvey
Sutterlin
Beatrice Cotton
Helen St Clair
Grand Children
Harry Kathleen Merchen
Robert Cotton
Powers Ore
Fay Hathway
Myrtle Creek
Richard St Claire
Eva
Krewson Forrest Krewson
Myrtle
Eloda
Blickenstaff
Killamath Falls
Velma Gibeau
Daynise Halloway
Fan
SM Cook
Cedar Counts
Towa
Abram Muffman
Cees County
Stytefine
Cal
Chevroleay
Chevrolet
Southwestern Motors
Mountain States Power Co
America
Standard Ol Company of
Cellleraia
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