Bio from Mrs.George BENNETT (Susann WOOD)
Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett are retired and living at their home on North F. Street in Philomath. Mr. BENNETT is comparatively recent comer to Oregon. Mrs. BENNETT is the daughter and granddaughter of pioneers of the 'fifties'. As she talked she refreshed her memory for dates by reference to the family Bible. She said:
"My maiden name was Susann (accent last syllable) WOOD, but I have always been called Ann or Annie. My father, Abraham WOOD, was born in Iowa in 1845 and came to Benton County with his father, Jesse WOOD in 1852. They came in the HENKLE train. Grandmother WOOD was a HENKLE, but of another branch of the family than the leader of the HENKLE train. Grandfather settled west of here on Woods Creek which was named for him. "
"The trip across the plains was not an easy one. Six months were spent on the road. There was much sickness and some deaths as well as births. At one time the Indians stampeded the horses which were recovered. The slower oxen could not be stampeded so easily. At another time when an attack was threatened the wagons were drawn up into a circular corral for defense and the Indians withdrew. "
"One day, when the train was near the mountains, my Aunt Susann and another girl were riding horseback for a rest and were helping drive the loose stock. They rode on together for a distance ahead of the train. When they were missed riders were sent after them and they were overtaken as they rode carelessly along admiring the country. Later, scouts reported that Indians had been following the course of the girls and were ambushed just over the next hill, expecting to make them captives. The girls didn't need scolding they got to make them more careful afterwards. "
"My mother, Elizabeth Jane CLEMENS, was born in Missouri in 1850. Grandfather CLEMENS first came west along in the gold rush to California in 1849. Then he went back for his family which he brought to Benton County. Grandfather was a wagon maker and for years he made wagons by hand labor in Corvallis. A blacksmith named PURDY worked with him on the iron work. Grandmother CLEMENS died when mother was just a girl and the three girls were given to Mrs. BENNETT to raise. This family went to the Rogue River valley. Grandfather went east and worked at different things in different places, but returned to Oregon to die. "
"My father was a half-brother to Roy BETHER'S grandfather. Roy was a nephew to George BETHERS who was one of the founders of Philomath College. As a young man, father for several years carried the mail between Corvallis and Roseburg. He went on horseback with an extra horse for the mail. Some times the mail was so heavy that a third horse was required. The mail carriers stayed all night and changed horses at the stage stations. In this way father became acquainted with my mother who worked at the stage station in Roseburg. They were married in 1865 and made their home in Benton County while father continued to carry the mail. Later the stages were shortened and father was given the route from Dallas to Corvallis. "
"My parents had eight children who grew to maturity. They were Mary Ann (Mrs. John SPAULDING) Marion, myself, William L., Alvin, John, Tracy and Charles . Marion was a school teacher and later turned to farming. John taught school all over Benton County. Like his grandfather, Jesse WOOD, he was a local preacher in the Methodist Church, and he is said to have given away more bibles than any other man in Benton County. Uncle Joe, father's half brother, was a driver on the stage route to Southern Oregon. "
"I was born on a farm west of Summit in what is now Lincoln County, where I lived until I was about four years old. The Indians used to hunt all over the hills in that region. They became very familiar and sometimes impudent. One day when mother was in the house with the children a group of Indians came in. Soon they got 'sassy' and began to make unreasonable demands. Mother whispered to me to get Uncle Henry, who was working near by. Uncle Henry had served in the Indian wars and had learned to despise all Indians. As he came to the house he picked up a heavy shovel and drove the Indians out in short order. "
"There was one Indian scare while we lived there. As I remember the occasion it was like this. A white man living on the Reservation had traded wives with an Indian. When the Indian became dissatisfied with his bargain and wanted to trade back, they quarreled and the white man killed the other. This aroused the Indians and there was great excitement which quieted down after a time. My parents often hired the Indians to do work on the farm or about the house. The Indians were good workers for short periods but did not fully understand the white man's idea of property. Father allowed the Indians to camp on his farm at will. One morning he went out early to find a group had camped by the barn and a squaw was busy digging his potatoes with a sharp stick and tossing them into a basket on her back. Mother would often trade different articles for berries which the Indians picked. "
"My first school was at Beaver Creek about the site of the present schoolhouse. Mr. HAYS was the teacher. Then my parents moved to Alsea. Here I got the rest of my schooling except for one year when my parents came back over the mountains and I attended the Mount Union school at Plymouth. At Alsea the school house was about three miles above the present site, just above the road on Marion HAYDEN'S farm. Among the teachers were Ben ELLIS, my Uncle John, Madge DUNN and Isabelle GRAY. At the Mount Union school Lige BENNETT was my teacher. "
"The WOOD family were generally Methodist. My grandfather and one Uncle were preachers. None of the family ever mixed in politics or was elected to office. When I married I joined the Baptist church to be with my husband. Now I am a member of the College United Brethren Church here in Philomath. "
"I was married in 1893 to William BRADY. We lived on a farm for a time. Then my husband's folks in West Virginia persuaded us to visit them and we stayed six years until my husband's health was broken by work in a glass factory. We came back to Oregon where my husband died in 1913. Our children were Virgil, William, Glenn and Francis. William is in Seattle, Francis in Portland and Virgil in California. Glenn is Presiding Elder of the Oregon Conference of the United Brethren Church (old constitution). "
"In 1926 I married George BENNETT and we are passing the last days of our lives in this little home. Mr. BENNETT is not of a pioneer family. "
"In spite of the way things have been going I believe the world will straighten out and times become better. I don't believe the world is all going to the bad. The younger generation are about such folks as their parents were, and the world is on the up grade. "
Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett are retired and living at their home on North F. Street in Philomath. Mr. BENNETT is comparatively recent comer to Oregon. Mrs. BENNETT is the daughter and granddaughter of pioneers of the 'fifties'. As she talked she refreshed her memory for dates by reference to the family Bible. She said:
"My maiden name was Susann (accent last syllable) WOOD, but I have always been called Ann or Annie. My father, Abraham WOOD, was born in Iowa in 1845 and came to Benton County with his father, Jesse WOOD in 1852. They came in the HENKLE train. Grandmother WOOD was a HENKLE, but of another branch of the family than the leader of the HENKLE train. Grandfather settled west of here on Woods Creek which was named for him. "
"The trip across the plains was not an easy one. Six months were spent on the road. There was much sickness and some deaths as well as births. At one time the Indians stampeded the horses which were recovered. The slower oxen could not be stampeded so easily. At another time when an attack was threatened the wagons were drawn up into a circular corral for defense and the Indians withdrew. "
"One day, when the train was near the mountains, my Aunt Susann and another girl were riding horseback for a rest and were helping drive the loose stock. They rode on together for a distance ahead of the train. When they were missed riders were sent after them and they were overtaken as they rode carelessly along admiring the country. Later, scouts reported that Indians had been following the course of the girls and were ambushed just over the next hill, expecting to make them captives. The girls didn't need scolding they got to make them more careful afterwards. "
"My mother, Elizabeth Jane CLEMENS, was born in Missouri in 1850. Grandfather CLEMENS first came west along in the gold rush to California in 1849. Then he went back for his family which he brought to Benton County. Grandfather was a wagon maker and for years he made wagons by hand labor in Corvallis. A blacksmith named PURDY worked with him on the iron work. Grandmother CLEMENS died when mother was just a girl and the three girls were given to Mrs. BENNETT to raise. This family went to the Rogue River valley. Grandfather went east and worked at different things in different places, but returned to Oregon to die. "
"My father was a half-brother to Roy BETHER'S grandfather. Roy was a nephew to George BETHERS who was one of the founders of Philomath College. As a young man, father for several years carried the mail between Corvallis and Roseburg. He went on horseback with an extra horse for the mail. Some times the mail was so heavy that a third horse was required. The mail carriers stayed all night and changed horses at the stage stations. In this way father became acquainted with my mother who worked at the stage station in Roseburg. They were married in 1865 and made their home in Benton County while father continued to carry the mail. Later the stages were shortened and father was given the route from Dallas to Corvallis. "
"My parents had eight children who grew to maturity. They were Mary Ann (Mrs. John SPAULDING) Marion, myself, William L., Alvin, John, Tracy and Charles . Marion was a school teacher and later turned to farming. John taught school all over Benton County. Like his grandfather, Jesse WOOD, he was a local preacher in the Methodist Church, and he is said to have given away more bibles than any other man in Benton County. Uncle Joe, father's half brother, was a driver on the stage route to Southern Oregon. "
"I was born on a farm west of Summit in what is now Lincoln County, where I lived until I was about four years old. The Indians used to hunt all over the hills in that region. They became very familiar and sometimes impudent. One day when mother was in the house with the children a group of Indians came in. Soon they got 'sassy' and began to make unreasonable demands. Mother whispered to me to get Uncle Henry, who was working near by. Uncle Henry had served in the Indian wars and had learned to despise all Indians. As he came to the house he picked up a heavy shovel and drove the Indians out in short order. "
"There was one Indian scare while we lived there. As I remember the occasion it was like this. A white man living on the Reservation had traded wives with an Indian. When the Indian became dissatisfied with his bargain and wanted to trade back, they quarreled and the white man killed the other. This aroused the Indians and there was great excitement which quieted down after a time. My parents often hired the Indians to do work on the farm or about the house. The Indians were good workers for short periods but did not fully understand the white man's idea of property. Father allowed the Indians to camp on his farm at will. One morning he went out early to find a group had camped by the barn and a squaw was busy digging his potatoes with a sharp stick and tossing them into a basket on her back. Mother would often trade different articles for berries which the Indians picked. "
"My first school was at Beaver Creek about the site of the present schoolhouse. Mr. HAYS was the teacher. Then my parents moved to Alsea. Here I got the rest of my schooling except for one year when my parents came back over the mountains and I attended the Mount Union school at Plymouth. At Alsea the school house was about three miles above the present site, just above the road on Marion HAYDEN'S farm. Among the teachers were Ben ELLIS, my Uncle John, Madge DUNN and Isabelle GRAY. At the Mount Union school Lige BENNETT was my teacher. "
"The WOOD family were generally Methodist. My grandfather and one Uncle were preachers. None of the family ever mixed in politics or was elected to office. When I married I joined the Baptist church to be with my husband. Now I am a member of the College United Brethren Church here in Philomath. "
"I was married in 1893 to William BRADY. We lived on a farm for a time. Then my husband's folks in West Virginia persuaded us to visit them and we stayed six years until my husband's health was broken by work in a glass factory. We came back to Oregon where my husband died in 1913. Our children were Virgil, William, Glenn and Francis. William is in Seattle, Francis in Portland and Virgil in California. Glenn is Presiding Elder of the Oregon Conference of the United Brethren Church (old constitution). "
"In 1926 I married George BENNETT and we are passing the last days of our lives in this little home. Mr. BENNETT is not of a pioneer family. "
"In spite of the way things have been going I believe the world will straighten out and times become better. I don't believe the world is all going to the bad. The younger generation are about such folks as their parents were, and the world is on the up grade. "
Bio from Mrs.George BENNETT (Susann WOOD)
Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett are retired and living at their home on North F. Street in Philomath. Mr. BENNETT is comparatively recent comer to Oregon. Mrs. BENNETT is the daughter and granddaughter of pioneers of the 'fifties'. As she talked she refreshed her memory for dates by reference to the family Bible. She said:
"My maiden name was Susann (accent last syllable) WOOD, but I have always been called Ann or Annie. My father, Abraham WOOD, was born in Iowa in 1845 and came to Benton County with his father, Jesse WOOD in 1852. They came in the HENKLE train. Grandmother WOOD was a HENKLE, but of another branch of the family than the leader of the HENKLE train. Grandfather settled west of here on Woods Creek which was named for him. "
"The trip across the plains was not an easy one. Six months were spent on the road. There was much sickness and some deaths as well as births. At one time the Indians stampeded the horses which were recovered. The slower oxen could not be stampeded so easily. At another time when an attack was threatened the wagons were drawn up into a circular corral for defense and the Indians withdrew. "
"One day, when the train was near the mountains, my Aunt Susann and another girl were riding horseback for a rest and were helping drive the loose stock. They rode on together for a distance ahead of the train. When they were missed riders were sent after them and they were overtaken as they rode carelessly along admiring the country. Later, scouts reported that Indians had been following the course of the girls and were ambushed just over the next hill, expecting to make them captives. The girls didn't need scolding they got to make them more careful afterwards. "
"My mother, Elizabeth Jane CLEMENS, was born in Missouri in 1850. Grandfather CLEMENS first came west along in the gold rush to California in 1849. Then he went back for his family which he brought to Benton County. Grandfather was a wagon maker and for years he made wagons by hand labor in Corvallis. A blacksmith named PURDY worked with him on the iron work. Grandmother CLEMENS died when mother was just a girl and the three girls were given to Mrs. BENNETT to raise. This family went to the Rogue River valley. Grandfather went east and worked at different things in different places, but returned to Oregon to die. "
"My father was a half-brother to Roy BETHER'S grandfather. Roy was a nephew to George BETHERS who was one of the founders of Philomath College. As a young man, father for several years carried the mail between Corvallis and Roseburg. He went on horseback with an extra horse for the mail. Some times the mail was so heavy that a third horse was required. The mail carriers stayed all night and changed horses at the stage stations. In this way father became acquainted with my mother who worked at the stage station in Roseburg. They were married in 1865 and made their home in Benton County while father continued to carry the mail. Later the stages were shortened and father was given the route from Dallas to Corvallis. "
"My parents had eight children who grew to maturity. They were Mary Ann (Mrs. John SPAULDING) Marion, myself, William L., Alvin, John, Tracy and Charles . Marion was a school teacher and later turned to farming. John taught school all over Benton County. Like his grandfather, Jesse WOOD, he was a local preacher in the Methodist Church, and he is said to have given away more bibles than any other man in Benton County. Uncle Joe, father's half brother, was a driver on the stage route to Southern Oregon. "
"I was born on a farm west of Summit in what is now Lincoln County, where I lived until I was about four years old. The Indians used to hunt all over the hills in that region. They became very familiar and sometimes impudent. One day when mother was in the house with the children a group of Indians came in. Soon they got 'sassy' and began to make unreasonable demands. Mother whispered to me to get Uncle Henry, who was working near by. Uncle Henry had served in the Indian wars and had learned to despise all Indians. As he came to the house he picked up a heavy shovel and drove the Indians out in short order. "
"There was one Indian scare while we lived there. As I remember the occasion it was like this. A white man living on the Reservation had traded wives with an Indian. When the Indian became dissatisfied with his bargain and wanted to trade back, they quarreled and the white man killed the other. This aroused the Indians and there was great excitement which quieted down after a time. My parents often hired the Indians to do work on the farm or about the house. The Indians were good workers for short periods but did not fully understand the white man's idea of property. Father allowed the Indians to camp on his farm at will. One morning he went out early to find a group had camped by the barn and a squaw was busy digging his potatoes with a sharp stick and tossing them into a basket on her back. Mother would often trade different articles for berries which the Indians picked. "
"My first school was at Beaver Creek about the site of the present schoolhouse. Mr. HAYS was the teacher. Then my parents moved to Alsea. Here I got the rest of my schooling except for one year when my parents came back over the mountains and I attended the Mount Union school at Plymouth. At Alsea the school house was about three miles above the present site, just above the road on Marion HAYDEN'S farm. Among the teachers were Ben ELLIS, my Uncle John, Madge DUNN and Isabelle GRAY. At the Mount Union school Lige BENNETT was my teacher. "
"The WOOD family were generally Methodist. My grandfather and one Uncle were preachers. None of the family ever mixed in politics or was elected to office. When I married I joined the Baptist church to be with my husband. Now I am a member of the College United Brethren Church here in Philomath. "
"I was married in 1893 to William BRADY. We lived on a farm for a time. Then my husband's folks in West Virginia persuaded us to visit them and we stayed six years until my husband's health was broken by work in a glass factory. We came back to Oregon where my husband died in 1913. Our children were Virgil, William, Glenn and Francis. William is in Seattle, Francis in Portland and Virgil in California. Glenn is Presiding Elder of the Oregon Conference of the United Brethren Church (old constitution). "
"In 1926 I married George BENNETT and we are passing the last days of our lives in this little home. Mr. BENNETT is not of a pioneer family. "
"In spite of the way things have been going I believe the world will straighten out and times become better. I don't believe the world is all going to the bad. The younger generation are about such folks as their parents were, and the world is on the up grade. "
Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett are retired and living at their home on North F. Street in Philomath. Mr. BENNETT is comparatively recent comer to Oregon. Mrs. BENNETT is the daughter and granddaughter of pioneers of the 'fifties'. As she talked she refreshed her memory for dates by reference to the family Bible. She said:
"My maiden name was Susann (accent last syllable) WOOD, but I have always been called Ann or Annie. My father, Abraham WOOD, was born in Iowa in 1845 and came to Benton County with his father, Jesse WOOD in 1852. They came in the HENKLE train. Grandmother WOOD was a HENKLE, but of another branch of the family than the leader of the HENKLE train. Grandfather settled west of here on Woods Creek which was named for him. "
"The trip across the plains was not an easy one. Six months were spent on the road. There was much sickness and some deaths as well as births. At one time the Indians stampeded the horses which were recovered. The slower oxen could not be stampeded so easily. At another time when an attack was threatened the wagons were drawn up into a circular corral for defense and the Indians withdrew. "
"One day, when the train was near the mountains, my Aunt Susann and another girl were riding horseback for a rest and were helping drive the loose stock. They rode on together for a distance ahead of the train. When they were missed riders were sent after them and they were overtaken as they rode carelessly along admiring the country. Later, scouts reported that Indians had been following the course of the girls and were ambushed just over the next hill, expecting to make them captives. The girls didn't need scolding they got to make them more careful afterwards. "
"My mother, Elizabeth Jane CLEMENS, was born in Missouri in 1850. Grandfather CLEMENS first came west along in the gold rush to California in 1849. Then he went back for his family which he brought to Benton County. Grandfather was a wagon maker and for years he made wagons by hand labor in Corvallis. A blacksmith named PURDY worked with him on the iron work. Grandmother CLEMENS died when mother was just a girl and the three girls were given to Mrs. BENNETT to raise. This family went to the Rogue River valley. Grandfather went east and worked at different things in different places, but returned to Oregon to die. "
"My father was a half-brother to Roy BETHER'S grandfather. Roy was a nephew to George BETHERS who was one of the founders of Philomath College. As a young man, father for several years carried the mail between Corvallis and Roseburg. He went on horseback with an extra horse for the mail. Some times the mail was so heavy that a third horse was required. The mail carriers stayed all night and changed horses at the stage stations. In this way father became acquainted with my mother who worked at the stage station in Roseburg. They were married in 1865 and made their home in Benton County while father continued to carry the mail. Later the stages were shortened and father was given the route from Dallas to Corvallis. "
"My parents had eight children who grew to maturity. They were Mary Ann (Mrs. John SPAULDING) Marion, myself, William L., Alvin, John, Tracy and Charles . Marion was a school teacher and later turned to farming. John taught school all over Benton County. Like his grandfather, Jesse WOOD, he was a local preacher in the Methodist Church, and he is said to have given away more bibles than any other man in Benton County. Uncle Joe, father's half brother, was a driver on the stage route to Southern Oregon. "
"I was born on a farm west of Summit in what is now Lincoln County, where I lived until I was about four years old. The Indians used to hunt all over the hills in that region. They became very familiar and sometimes impudent. One day when mother was in the house with the children a group of Indians came in. Soon they got 'sassy' and began to make unreasonable demands. Mother whispered to me to get Uncle Henry, who was working near by. Uncle Henry had served in the Indian wars and had learned to despise all Indians. As he came to the house he picked up a heavy shovel and drove the Indians out in short order. "
"There was one Indian scare while we lived there. As I remember the occasion it was like this. A white man living on the Reservation had traded wives with an Indian. When the Indian became dissatisfied with his bargain and wanted to trade back, they quarreled and the white man killed the other. This aroused the Indians and there was great excitement which quieted down after a time. My parents often hired the Indians to do work on the farm or about the house. The Indians were good workers for short periods but did not fully understand the white man's idea of property. Father allowed the Indians to camp on his farm at will. One morning he went out early to find a group had camped by the barn and a squaw was busy digging his potatoes with a sharp stick and tossing them into a basket on her back. Mother would often trade different articles for berries which the Indians picked. "
"My first school was at Beaver Creek about the site of the present schoolhouse. Mr. HAYS was the teacher. Then my parents moved to Alsea. Here I got the rest of my schooling except for one year when my parents came back over the mountains and I attended the Mount Union school at Plymouth. At Alsea the school house was about three miles above the present site, just above the road on Marion HAYDEN'S farm. Among the teachers were Ben ELLIS, my Uncle John, Madge DUNN and Isabelle GRAY. At the Mount Union school Lige BENNETT was my teacher. "
"The WOOD family were generally Methodist. My grandfather and one Uncle were preachers. None of the family ever mixed in politics or was elected to office. When I married I joined the Baptist church to be with my husband. Now I am a member of the College United Brethren Church here in Philomath. "
"I was married in 1893 to William BRADY. We lived on a farm for a time. Then my husband's folks in West Virginia persuaded us to visit them and we stayed six years until my husband's health was broken by work in a glass factory. We came back to Oregon where my husband died in 1913. Our children were Virgil, William, Glenn and Francis. William is in Seattle, Francis in Portland and Virgil in California. Glenn is Presiding Elder of the Oregon Conference of the United Brethren Church (old constitution). "
"In 1926 I married George BENNETT and we are passing the last days of our lives in this little home. Mr. BENNETT is not of a pioneer family. "
"In spite of the way things have been going I believe the world will straighten out and times become better. I don't believe the world is all going to the bad. The younger generation are about such folks as their parents were, and the world is on the up grade. "
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