Melvina Elizabeth Yocom;
She was born at McMinnville, Jan. 4, 1862, and lived all her life in Oregon. On Jan. 10, 1878, she was married to Robert F. Yocom. For their wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Yocom took a boat from Portland to San Francisco and an immigrant train from there to Springfield, Ill.
Starting the return trip to Oregon on April 6 of the same year the young couple overtook six other wagons and traveled with them, encountering many hardships. In the Blue mountains of Oregon, the caravan found the bodies of two freighters killed by Indians a short time before. Brush had been thrown over their bodies, one horse killed, others driven off and wool and lard, with which the wagons had been loaded, scattered about. After reaching the Willamette valley, the pioneer couple came to southern Oregon, where they lived most of their life. Mr. Yocom preceded his wife in death on May 9, 1925.
She was born at McMinnville, Jan. 4, 1862, and lived all her life in Oregon. On Jan. 10, 1878, she was married to Robert F. Yocom. For their wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Yocom took a boat from Portland to San Francisco and an immigrant train from there to Springfield, Ill.
Starting the return trip to Oregon on April 6 of the same year the young couple overtook six other wagons and traveled with them, encountering many hardships. In the Blue mountains of Oregon, the caravan found the bodies of two freighters killed by Indians a short time before. Brush had been thrown over their bodies, one horse killed, others driven off and wool and lard, with which the wagons had been loaded, scattered about. After reaching the Willamette valley, the pioneer couple came to southern Oregon, where they lived most of their life. Mr. Yocom preceded his wife in death on May 9, 1925.
Melvina Elizabeth Yocom;
She was born at McMinnville, Jan. 4, 1862, and lived all her life in Oregon. On Jan. 10, 1878, she was married to Robert F. Yocom. For their wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Yocom took a boat from Portland to San Francisco and an immigrant train from there to Springfield, Ill.
Starting the return trip to Oregon on April 6 of the same year the young couple overtook six other wagons and traveled with them, encountering many hardships. In the Blue mountains of Oregon, the caravan found the bodies of two freighters killed by Indians a short time before. Brush had been thrown over their bodies, one horse killed, others driven off and wool and lard, with which the wagons had been loaded, scattered about. After reaching the Willamette valley, the pioneer couple came to southern Oregon, where they lived most of their life. Mr. Yocom preceded his wife in death on May 9, 1925.
She was born at McMinnville, Jan. 4, 1862, and lived all her life in Oregon. On Jan. 10, 1878, she was married to Robert F. Yocom. For their wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Yocom took a boat from Portland to San Francisco and an immigrant train from there to Springfield, Ill.
Starting the return trip to Oregon on April 6 of the same year the young couple overtook six other wagons and traveled with them, encountering many hardships. In the Blue mountains of Oregon, the caravan found the bodies of two freighters killed by Indians a short time before. Brush had been thrown over their bodies, one horse killed, others driven off and wool and lard, with which the wagons had been loaded, scattered about. After reaching the Willamette valley, the pioneer couple came to southern Oregon, where they lived most of their life. Mr. Yocom preceded his wife in death on May 9, 1925.
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FATHER - YOCOM - MOTHER
ROBERT F. --------- MELVINA E.
SEPT. 30, 1847 --- JAN. 4, 1862
MAY 9, 1925 ------- NOV. 7, 1952
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