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1. Name? [Martha Ann (TUTTLE) McCLAIN] interred at Maryhill, Klickitat County WA
2. Charlotte Habertrak, interred at Catholic cemetery in B.G.
3. Martha Haskell Daugherty
4. Edna May Daughterty Churchman
5. (Baby Son) Harold Marion Churchman
"Harold Churchman was my grandmother’s [Alma Martha Churchman Staley] older brother. My mom was Joanne Staley Sales. Alma’s husband was Joe Adelbert Staley. His brother was a Cardinal’s baseball pitcher, Gerald Staley. They all are from Washington state."
Contributed 25 Jul 2026 by Erika Sales
vancoever Oct 9, 91
Dear son not having herd from Eny of you for a
long time i would like to no how you all are geting along i rote to Laura some
time Last Spring but got no anser i would like to no how you all are geting
along Espesh aly Laura she said she was going to get a Devorse Did she get one
and how is she geting along i am prety well now i have bin under the Docters
care for over 2 monts i had a boil come on my nose and it made my head ache and
sick all over but am nearly well a gane i had rather bad luck the bank busted
where i had my money and i Lost 40 Dolars i think i will get a part of it the
president and cashear both kild them selves i have got a Little saved up a
gane and if Laura is badly in need of some i will send her a Little times are
boming heare and so is prises of provision Egs 25 buter 30 potatoes 1 c lb
onions 3 beaf stake 1 ___ and so (illegible) on i am backing with another man we
have had a Dry sumer and a pleasant fall i will close hoping this wil find you
all wel regards to all please rite soon Direct as before vacouever
AJ
Brown
Transcribed and contributed by Jill Brown, Andrew's great-great granddaughter
OLD SETTLER DIES AGED 87 YEARS
WILLIAM H. EVINGER, RESIDENT IN COUNTY
25 YEARS, WAS ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S "49'ERS"
On December 4 He Would Have
Celebrated the 65th Anniversary of His Wedding
William E. [*1] Evinger,
aged 87 years and 11 days, died November 24 [*2], after a brief illness, at his
home near Hall, in the northern part of Clarke county. He was the oldest citizen
in that community and highly respected by everyone who knew him.
Mr.
Evinger was born near Louisville, Kentucky, and when he was 10 years of age his
parents emigrated to Illinois, settling near Westfield, where December 4, 1845,
he married Miss Amanda C. Mack, also a native of Kentucky and but four months
his junior, who with seven of the 11 children born to them, survive him.
In 1849 the "gold fever" struck Mr. Evinger, and he crossed the plains by ox
team to California where he worked in the mines till 1852, when he returned to
his home and family in Illinois and engaged in farming till 1876, when he and
family moved to California, where he took up a homestead in Placer county. There
he lived till 1885, when he traded his homestead "sight unseen" for the place on
Cedar creek on which he lived continuously till his death.
Had he lived
till the coming 4th of December, he and his wife would have celebrated their
65th wedding anniversary.
On his 87th birthday neighbors and friends to
the number of forty or more gave the old gentleman a surprise party.
Mr.
Evinger was a strong republican from the organization of the party, voting for
John C. Fremont in 1856 [*3], and walked three miles and back in 1908 to vote a
straight republican ticket.
A large concourse of neighbors and friends
were out at his funeral and burial at the View cemetery.
View cemetery (1913)
There were two burials at the Mt. View
cemetery last Sunday, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Rube Mead was buried at 12
o'clock. Grandma Evinger of Cedar Creek was buried at 1 o'clock, the funeral
sermon being delivered by Rev. Mr. Dakin of the United Brethren church. Grandma
Evinger had lived to the ripe old age of 89 years. The bereaved families have
the sympathy of the entire neighborhood in their hour of sorrow.
Mr. Clutter
of La Center attended the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Evinger.
Notes
*1.
William's middle name was Harris which has been verified with his and Amanda's
family bible. He was often enumerated simply as W. H. Evinger. This obituary and
the remembrance card from his funeral erroneously give his middle initial as "E"
and have been the only sources I've found this to be so.
*2. It states on his
remembrance card from his funeral that he died Nov. 28th. (?)
*3. I couldn't
read the last number of this year clearly enough to stand
by that numeral,
but I believe it was a "6". John C. Frémont was the first presidential nominee
for the newly formed Republican Party in the 1856 United States presidential
election.
Contributed by Kathy Evinger
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