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Ebenezer CENTER
(Abt 1776 –1835)
Mary Ann FETTER
(Abt 1789 –1857)
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Samuel CENTER
(1824 –1888)

 

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1. Elizabeth EVANS

Samuel CENTER 1 2 3 4
  • Born: 20 June 1824, Edgar County, Illinois, USA 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth EVANS on 20 June 1845 in USA 1 2
  • Died: 29 December 1888, Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, USA at age 64 8 9 10 11 12
  • Buried: 30 December 1888, Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, USA 8 9 11

bullet   Other names for Samuel were Saml CENTERS,13 Samuel CENTERS 14 and Samuel E. CENTERS.6 8 9 10 11 12

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bullet  Burial Notes

Jacksonville Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting birth information of 1821 and Illinois, USA. 15
  • He has conflicting birth information of 2 April 1821 and Illinois, USA. 16
  • He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1822 and Illinois, USA. 14
  • He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1823 and Ohio, USA. 5 7 13

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  • He appeared on the 1830 US Federal Census in 1830 in Edgar County, Illinois, USA. 7

    E Center household in Edgar County, Illinois:
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:       1 [Jonathan]
    Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:       1 [Samuel]
    Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:       1 [Morris]
    Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:       1 [Willard]
    Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:       1 [Ebenezer Center]
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:       1 [Lucy]
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:       2 [Rachel, unkn]
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:       1 [Barbara]
    Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:       1 [Mary Fetter]
    Free White Persons - Under 20:       6
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:       3
    Total Free White Persons:       10
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):       10

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  • He appeared on the 1840 US Federal Census in 1840 in Polk County, Missouri, USA. 5

    Mary Center household in Polk County, Missouri:
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:       1 [Jonathan Center]
    Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:       1 [Samuel Center]
    Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:       1 [Lucy Center]
    Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:       1 [unknown Center]
    Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:       1 [Mary Center]
    Persons Employed in Agriculture:       1
    Free White Persons - Under 20:       4
    Total Free White Persons:       5
    Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:       5
  • Arrival: 1845, in Oregon, USA.
  • Moved: Left Independence, Missouri to travel west with the great wagon train of 1845, 11 May 1845.
  • He worked as a farmer on 28 January 1850 in Marion County, Oregon Territory, USA. 14

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  • He appeared on the 1850 US Federal Census on 28 January 1850 in Marion County, Oregon Territory, USA. 14

Mary Centers     60      F                 O
Johnathan "      22      M   F'r   1000   Ills
Lucie     "      20      F                 "

Samuel Centers   27      M   F'r   1000   Ills
Elizabeth "      26      F                Tenn
Polly     "       7      F                Mo
William   "       4      M                O.T.
Morris    "       3      M                 "
Isaac     "      10/12   M                 "

  • In 1855 Elizabeth Evans Centers left her husband Samuel while they were residing in Marion County, Oregon, USA.
  • Samuel served in the military in 1855 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA: Fought with Captain Levin N. English in the Cayuse against Indians. Colonel Gilliam commanded. History of Oregon, Volume 1 By Hubert Howe Bancroft, Frances Fuller Victo.
  • He appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census in 1860 in Eden, Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 6
  • He emigrated Land Grant information http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=3 on 20 May 1862 from Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.
  • He worked as a teamster on 26 July 1870 in Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 4

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  • He appeared on the 1870 US Federal Census on 26 July 1870 in Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 4

Center Samuel      47   M   W    Teamster        Illinois
------ Elizabeth   46   F   W    Keeping house   Tennessee
------ Polly A     29   F   W    at home         Missouri
------ Thomas      22   M   W    Laborer         Oregon
------ Isaac       20   M   W    Laborer         Oregon
------ Mary J      17   F   W    At home         Oregon
------ Angeline    11   F   W                    Oregon
------ Francis M    8   M   W                    Oregon
------ Louisa A     5   F   W                    Oregon

  • He worked as a farmer on 3 June 1880 in Manzanita Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 13

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  • He appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 3 June 1880 in Manzanita Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 13

Saml. Centers       57
Francis M. Centers       19
Alice E. Centers       16
Isaac Centers       29
J. F. Oliver       20
Angeline Oliver       21
Cornelia Oliver       1


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  • Gallery: Detail view of the Samuel Centers gravestone in Jacksonville Cemetery, on 30 December 1888, in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, USA. Note that the date of death carved on the gravestone (30 Dec 1888) conflicts with the date of death given in his probate records (29 Dec 1888).
  • He has conflicting death information of 30 December 1888 and Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 15

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  • He was buried at the Jacksonville Cemetery in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, USA on 30 December 1888.
  • He had an estate probated on 8 January 1889 in Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 12
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Samuel married Elizabeth EVANS on 20 June 1845 in USA.1 2 (Elizabeth EVANS was born in 1824 in Tennessee, USA,6 8 10 died on 8 January 1874 in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, USA 8 10 11 13 and was buried in 1874 in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, USA 8 11.)


bullet  Marriage Notes

They got married on the Oregon Trail at the Platte River.

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, p. 7. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  2. Ancestry.com, Genealogical material in Oregon donation land claims [database on-line] (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Genealogical material in Oregon donation land claims. Portland, OR: Genealogical Forum of Portland, Oregon, 1957), p. 11.
  3. Kirsty M. Haining.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls; and Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870, NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), Samuel Center household, Jackson County, Oregon, USA.
  5. Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Mary Center household, Polk County, Missouri, USA; Roll 228, page 196, image 398, Family History Library film 0014857.
  6. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), Year: 1860; Census Place: Eden, Jackson, Oregon; Roll: ; Page: 178; Image: 362.
  7. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), E. Center household, Edgar County, Illinois, USA; Series M19, roll 23, page 23, Family History Library film 0007648.
  8. Ancestry.com, Web: Oregon, Find A Grave Index, 1818 – 2012 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi).
  9. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s – Current [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi).
  10. Ancestry.com, Oregon, Early Oregonians Index, 1800 –1860 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Early Oregonians Database Index. Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon).
  11. Ancestry.com, Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index (Original data: BillionGraves.com. Ancestry database of the BillionGraves index no longer exists, but the records can be found on the original website.).
  12. Ancestry.com, Oregon, Wills and Probate Records, 1849 –1963 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Oregon County, District and Probate Courts), Probate Bonds and Index, Jackson County, Oregon; Author: Oregon. Probate Court (Jackson County); Probate Place: Jackson, Oregon.
  13. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Saml Centers household, Manzanita Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, USA.
  14. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, DC), Mary Centers household (dwelling no. 317) and Samuel Centers household (dwelling no. 319), Marion County, Oregon Territory, USA; roll M432_742, page 94B, image 180.
  15. Cemetery Gravestone.
  16. Birthdate calculated from age at death., Age at death on gravestone listed as 67 years, 8 months, 28 days.


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