Bluford Deadmond married Emeline Adams on 31 Dec 1837 in Marion County, Illinois. The family traveled the plains to Oregon, arriving in Lane County in 1853. Bluford and Emeline Deadmond had 12 children:

1. James Thomas Deadmond died as an infant in Marion County, Illinois; burial place unknown.

2. Henry Anderson Deadmond was executed and is buried in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery at The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon.

3. William Riley Deadmond was shot and killed at the Long Tom Saloon on Willamette Street in Eugene. He is buried in Gillespie Cemetery.

4. Elizabeth Jane Deadmond died at the age of 12 and is buried in Gillespie Cemetery.

5. Harriet Perlina Deadmond (Mrs. Doctor Edward Watson [Doctor was actually his first name, not his title]), who probably died in Washington state; burial place unknown.

6. Susan Luticia Deadmond (Mrs. William Grover, Mrs. Ely P. Dodson) who died in Lane County; buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery.

7. John Thomas Deadmond who died in Lane County; buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery.

8. Richard Roy Deadmond is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Leaburg, Lane County,Oregon.

9. Mary Imelda Emeline (Deadmond) Awbrey Skinner Hurlburt [James Walter Awbrey, Frank E. Skinner & Donald O. Hurlburt] is buried in Gillespie Cemetery.

10. Bluford Jefferson Deadmond [twin] who died in Lincoln County, Oregon, burial place unknown.

11. Joseph Deadmond [twin who died as an infant and is buried in Gillespie Cemetery].

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12. Jasper Adams Deadmond, who died while visiting three of his sons in Roseburg, was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery #2, in Coquille, Coos County, Oregon.

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Daily Guard newspaper
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon
Friday Evening, January 26, 1900
Page One

BLUFORD DEADMOND

Bluford Deadmond, the old pioneer, who has resided five miles north of Eugene, on the McKenzie, since 1853, died yesterday afternoon, January 25, at 2 p.m., after an illness due mainly to old age. Mr. Deadmond was born in Bedford county, Virginia, March 28, 1815, and was therefore aged 84 years, 9 months and 28 days. In 1837 he was married in Marion county, Illinois, to Emaline Adams, and in 1853 the family moved to Lane county, Oregon.

Deceased leaves a wife and six children to mourn his loss. The children are: John T. Deadmond, R.R. Deadmond, B.J. Deadmond and J. A. Deadmond, who reside on the McKenzie; Mrs. Mary Skinner, of Eugene, Oregon, and Mrs Harriet Watson, of Montana.

The funeral will be held from the family residence Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock to the Gillespie cemetery, Rev. M.L. Rose, of this city, officiating. Friends of the family respectfully invited to attend. [Montana papers please copy.]

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The Deadmond Family operated a ferry across the McKenzie River near Coburg and Mohawk, Oregon:

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon
September 26, 1903

THE COBURG BRIDGE CLOSED

The big bridge across the McKenzie this side of Coburg is now closed to travel, and many think the only way to cross the river is to go up to Deadmond's Ferry, several miles out of the way. An easy ford has been discovered near the Coburg school house. People going from Eugene can take the lane at the old Bogard (sh/be Bogart) brick house about half way between here and Coburg, and follow the lane till the river is reached. At that place the water in not quite hub deep, and is a very good fording place.