The following is taken from Dianne Rankin's history of the Harmon, Thompson & Taylor families (as well as others related to us) written, I believe, in 2007, received by me earlier this year (2011) and is not to be used or copied without explicit permission of Dianne Rankin. It is only used here for purposes of genealogy, establishing my great-great grandmother on the Taylor's side. Dianne Rankin worked hard to establish the following & I have been attempting to add to it, to locate my great-great grandfather, Harmon Haze Thompson; as of this date, Sept 16, 2011, I've been unable to locate where he is buried, although he may be buried somewhere near Pilot Rock, OR.
Sarah Jane Royer was born in Illinois on Oct 14, 1855. Her father was Peter Royer (1828-1886) of Ohio, and her mother was Mary Rogers (1829-1869). She married Harmon Haze Thompson when she was 16 yrs. of age, on Jan 29, 1871 in Allen County, Kansas. Harmon was 11 years her senior, a veteran of the Civil War, a farmer and living with his parents in Humboldt, Kansas. Apparently, injuries he sustained while in service to the Army, doing two tours of duty, led to his early demise. He and Sarah had six children, including a pair of twins, and had moved to Oregon when he passed sometime in early 1885. Their children included Lena,b.1872 in Kansas, Herman, b.1877, in Kansas, Susan,b.1879, in Wyoming while the family was on it's way westward, the twins, Lewis & Lula, born Dec.1883 in Oregon, and Jessie Mildred, b.1884 in Oregon. Sarah received a widow's pension beginning in Nov. 1885 and also worked as a seamstress in Portland, Oregon to support her children. After her daughters married, Sarah would spend three consecutive months with each of her daughter's families each year. She died at the age of 78 years on March 21st, 1934 & is buried at Multnomah Pioneer Cemetery in Portland, Oregon with other family members.
Thank you, Dianne, for your research. This is what my mother and I've found:
Her daughter, Lena, b.1872 in Kansas, would grow up to marry John William Taylor [b.Jan 27, 1868, Leicestershire, England] in 1893, in Oregon. John's parents were Joseph [1839-1907] and Eliza (Ward) [1841-1905] of England who had come to 1st Kansas, then Oregon to build churches and houses. They were of the Anglican Presbyterian faith. They settled in Portland in 1900, but then moved to Albany to be closer to his parents, who both passed prior to 1910. John and Lena lived in Albany until they both passed away, John being employed as a Foreman at the "Car Shop" in 1910, then at the Railroad as a Foreman in 1920. John was also a gifted carpenter who not only built his wife a home, but also aided his father and other Anglican English carpenters in the construction of White Spires Church in 1891, which still stands at Washington & SW 5th in Albany, Linn County, OR. He also assisted his father when he would travel the Oregon Coast Range as a Circuit Rider in the late 1800's to the very early 1900's. John and Lena were the proud parents of 2 daughters and 4 sons, which included a set of twins. My future grandfather, Harry Hoyt Taylor was an older son, b. July 10, 1895, at home in Philomath. His family moved into the town of Albany by 1910 and, while attending school, he met Pearl Baker. They were classmates and friends who fell in love, marrying on July 12, 1914 at Newport, Lincoln Co., OR. Their younger daughter, Patricia Jean, is my mother. And that's part of my story. "Without Thee, there would be no Me".
********************************************************** Patricia Jean Taylor became my mother, the mother of three daughters by Robert Leon Webb, Jr. I am their middle daughter who enjoyed my mother's love of history and remember going for drives with her when we had moved to Oregon, searching for family members in different cemeteries thruout the Willamette Valley. I also spent time when we lived in town [Albany], briefly, at Riverside Cemetery, walking throughout the different grave sites, drawn to my cousins who had tragically died at an early age. I was overwhelmed when my mother brought over 3 boxes of files to my home in the late 1980's [when my migraines were so out of control that I had to retire] and told me it was my turn to work on our family ancestry as her arthritis was too painful (I can relate to that!). The boxes sat until I worked up the courage to go thru them, after I'd been on Find A Grave for a few months. I don't know where I'd be if it weren't for this great site. My younger sister has caught the "bug" and enjoys it when I find new relatives as much as I do. She has encouraged me in my research of our family's histories and has done much herself.
Thanks to everyone who has helped me find family members on both my mother's and father's side of my family.
With All Sincerity, Kathie L. Webb Blair
Oct 21, 2013
Sarah Jane Royer was born in Illinois on Oct 14, 1855. Her father was Peter Royer (1828-1886) of Ohio, and her mother was Mary Rogers (1829-1869). She married Harmon Haze Thompson when she was 16 yrs. of age, on Jan 29, 1871 in Allen County, Kansas. Harmon was 11 years her senior, a veteran of the Civil War, a farmer and living with his parents in Humboldt, Kansas. Apparently, injuries he sustained while in service to the Army, doing two tours of duty, led to his early demise. He and Sarah had six children, including a pair of twins, and had moved to Oregon when he passed sometime in early 1885. Their children included Lena,b.1872 in Kansas, Herman, b.1877, in Kansas, Susan,b.1879, in Wyoming while the family was on it's way westward, the twins, Lewis & Lula, born Dec.1883 in Oregon, and Jessie Mildred, b.1884 in Oregon. Sarah received a widow's pension beginning in Nov. 1885 and also worked as a seamstress in Portland, Oregon to support her children. After her daughters married, Sarah would spend three consecutive months with each of her daughter's families each year. She died at the age of 78 years on March 21st, 1934 & is buried at Multnomah Pioneer Cemetery in Portland, Oregon with other family members.
Thank you, Dianne, for your research. This is what my mother and I've found:
Her daughter, Lena, b.1872 in Kansas, would grow up to marry John William Taylor [b.Jan 27, 1868, Leicestershire, England] in 1893, in Oregon. John's parents were Joseph [1839-1907] and Eliza (Ward) [1841-1905] of England who had come to 1st Kansas, then Oregon to build churches and houses. They were of the Anglican Presbyterian faith. They settled in Portland in 1900, but then moved to Albany to be closer to his parents, who both passed prior to 1910. John and Lena lived in Albany until they both passed away, John being employed as a Foreman at the "Car Shop" in 1910, then at the Railroad as a Foreman in 1920. John was also a gifted carpenter who not only built his wife a home, but also aided his father and other Anglican English carpenters in the construction of White Spires Church in 1891, which still stands at Washington & SW 5th in Albany, Linn County, OR. He also assisted his father when he would travel the Oregon Coast Range as a Circuit Rider in the late 1800's to the very early 1900's. John and Lena were the proud parents of 2 daughters and 4 sons, which included a set of twins. My future grandfather, Harry Hoyt Taylor was an older son, b. July 10, 1895, at home in Philomath. His family moved into the town of Albany by 1910 and, while attending school, he met Pearl Baker. They were classmates and friends who fell in love, marrying on July 12, 1914 at Newport, Lincoln Co., OR. Their younger daughter, Patricia Jean, is my mother. And that's part of my story. "Without Thee, there would be no Me".
********************************************************** Patricia Jean Taylor became my mother, the mother of three daughters by Robert Leon Webb, Jr. I am their middle daughter who enjoyed my mother's love of history and remember going for drives with her when we had moved to Oregon, searching for family members in different cemeteries thruout the Willamette Valley. I also spent time when we lived in town [Albany], briefly, at Riverside Cemetery, walking throughout the different grave sites, drawn to my cousins who had tragically died at an early age. I was overwhelmed when my mother brought over 3 boxes of files to my home in the late 1980's [when my migraines were so out of control that I had to retire] and told me it was my turn to work on our family ancestry as her arthritis was too painful (I can relate to that!). The boxes sat until I worked up the courage to go thru them, after I'd been on Find A Grave for a few months. I don't know where I'd be if it weren't for this great site. My younger sister has caught the "bug" and enjoys it when I find new relatives as much as I do. She has encouraged me in my research of our family's histories and has done much herself.
Thanks to everyone who has helped me find family members on both my mother's and father's side of my family.
With All Sincerity, Kathie L. Webb Blair
Oct 21, 2013
The following is taken from Dianne Rankin's history of the Harmon, Thompson & Taylor families (as well as others related to us) written, I believe, in 2007, received by me earlier this year (2011) and is not to be used or copied without explicit permission of Dianne Rankin. It is only used here for purposes of genealogy, establishing my great-great grandmother on the Taylor's side. Dianne Rankin worked hard to establish the following & I have been attempting to add to it, to locate my great-great grandfather, Harmon Haze Thompson; as of this date, Sept 16, 2011, I've been unable to locate where he is buried, although he may be buried somewhere near Pilot Rock, OR.
Sarah Jane Royer was born in Illinois on Oct 14, 1855. Her father was Peter Royer (1828-1886) of Ohio, and her mother was Mary Rogers (1829-1869). She married Harmon Haze Thompson when she was 16 yrs. of age, on Jan 29, 1871 in Allen County, Kansas. Harmon was 11 years her senior, a veteran of the Civil War, a farmer and living with his parents in Humboldt, Kansas. Apparently, injuries he sustained while in service to the Army, doing two tours of duty, led to his early demise. He and Sarah had six children, including a pair of twins, and had moved to Oregon when he passed sometime in early 1885. Their children included Lena,b.1872 in Kansas, Herman, b.1877, in Kansas, Susan,b.1879, in Wyoming while the family was on it's way westward, the twins, Lewis & Lula, born Dec.1883 in Oregon, and Jessie Mildred, b.1884 in Oregon. Sarah received a widow's pension beginning in Nov. 1885 and also worked as a seamstress in Portland, Oregon to support her children. After her daughters married, Sarah would spend three consecutive months with each of her daughter's families each year. She died at the age of 78 years on March 21st, 1934 & is buried at Multnomah Pioneer Cemetery in Portland, Oregon with other family members.
Thank you, Dianne, for your research. This is what my mother and I've found:
Her daughter, Lena, b.1872 in Kansas, would grow up to marry John William Taylor [b.Jan 27, 1868, Leicestershire, England] in 1893, in Oregon. John's parents were Joseph [1839-1907] and Eliza (Ward) [1841-1905] of England who had come to 1st Kansas, then Oregon to build churches and houses. They were of the Anglican Presbyterian faith. They settled in Portland in 1900, but then moved to Albany to be closer to his parents, who both passed prior to 1910. John and Lena lived in Albany until they both passed away, John being employed as a Foreman at the "Car Shop" in 1910, then at the Railroad as a Foreman in 1920. John was also a gifted carpenter who not only built his wife a home, but also aided his father and other Anglican English carpenters in the construction of White Spires Church in 1891, which still stands at Washington & SW 5th in Albany, Linn County, OR. He also assisted his father when he would travel the Oregon Coast Range as a Circuit Rider in the late 1800's to the very early 1900's. John and Lena were the proud parents of 2 daughters and 4 sons, which included a set of twins. My future grandfather, Harry Hoyt Taylor was an older son, b. July 10, 1895, at home in Philomath. His family moved into the town of Albany by 1910 and, while attending school, he met Pearl Baker. They were classmates and friends who fell in love, marrying on July 12, 1914 at Newport, Lincoln Co., OR. Their younger daughter, Patricia Jean, is my mother. And that's part of my story. "Without Thee, there would be no Me".
********************************************************** Patricia Jean Taylor became my mother, the mother of three daughters by Robert Leon Webb, Jr. I am their middle daughter who enjoyed my mother's love of history and remember going for drives with her when we had moved to Oregon, searching for family members in different cemeteries thruout the Willamette Valley. I also spent time when we lived in town [Albany], briefly, at Riverside Cemetery, walking throughout the different grave sites, drawn to my cousins who had tragically died at an early age. I was overwhelmed when my mother brought over 3 boxes of files to my home in the late 1980's [when my migraines were so out of control that I had to retire] and told me it was my turn to work on our family ancestry as her arthritis was too painful (I can relate to that!). The boxes sat until I worked up the courage to go thru them, after I'd been on Find A Grave for a few months. I don't know where I'd be if it weren't for this great site. My younger sister has caught the "bug" and enjoys it when I find new relatives as much as I do. She has encouraged me in my research of our family's histories and has done much herself.
Thanks to everyone who has helped me find family members on both my mother's and father's side of my family.
With All Sincerity, Kathie L. Webb Blair
Oct 21, 2013
Sarah Jane Royer was born in Illinois on Oct 14, 1855. Her father was Peter Royer (1828-1886) of Ohio, and her mother was Mary Rogers (1829-1869). She married Harmon Haze Thompson when she was 16 yrs. of age, on Jan 29, 1871 in Allen County, Kansas. Harmon was 11 years her senior, a veteran of the Civil War, a farmer and living with his parents in Humboldt, Kansas. Apparently, injuries he sustained while in service to the Army, doing two tours of duty, led to his early demise. He and Sarah had six children, including a pair of twins, and had moved to Oregon when he passed sometime in early 1885. Their children included Lena,b.1872 in Kansas, Herman, b.1877, in Kansas, Susan,b.1879, in Wyoming while the family was on it's way westward, the twins, Lewis & Lula, born Dec.1883 in Oregon, and Jessie Mildred, b.1884 in Oregon. Sarah received a widow's pension beginning in Nov. 1885 and also worked as a seamstress in Portland, Oregon to support her children. After her daughters married, Sarah would spend three consecutive months with each of her daughter's families each year. She died at the age of 78 years on March 21st, 1934 & is buried at Multnomah Pioneer Cemetery in Portland, Oregon with other family members.
Thank you, Dianne, for your research. This is what my mother and I've found:
Her daughter, Lena, b.1872 in Kansas, would grow up to marry John William Taylor [b.Jan 27, 1868, Leicestershire, England] in 1893, in Oregon. John's parents were Joseph [1839-1907] and Eliza (Ward) [1841-1905] of England who had come to 1st Kansas, then Oregon to build churches and houses. They were of the Anglican Presbyterian faith. They settled in Portland in 1900, but then moved to Albany to be closer to his parents, who both passed prior to 1910. John and Lena lived in Albany until they both passed away, John being employed as a Foreman at the "Car Shop" in 1910, then at the Railroad as a Foreman in 1920. John was also a gifted carpenter who not only built his wife a home, but also aided his father and other Anglican English carpenters in the construction of White Spires Church in 1891, which still stands at Washington & SW 5th in Albany, Linn County, OR. He also assisted his father when he would travel the Oregon Coast Range as a Circuit Rider in the late 1800's to the very early 1900's. John and Lena were the proud parents of 2 daughters and 4 sons, which included a set of twins. My future grandfather, Harry Hoyt Taylor was an older son, b. July 10, 1895, at home in Philomath. His family moved into the town of Albany by 1910 and, while attending school, he met Pearl Baker. They were classmates and friends who fell in love, marrying on July 12, 1914 at Newport, Lincoln Co., OR. Their younger daughter, Patricia Jean, is my mother. And that's part of my story. "Without Thee, there would be no Me".
********************************************************** Patricia Jean Taylor became my mother, the mother of three daughters by Robert Leon Webb, Jr. I am their middle daughter who enjoyed my mother's love of history and remember going for drives with her when we had moved to Oregon, searching for family members in different cemeteries thruout the Willamette Valley. I also spent time when we lived in town [Albany], briefly, at Riverside Cemetery, walking throughout the different grave sites, drawn to my cousins who had tragically died at an early age. I was overwhelmed when my mother brought over 3 boxes of files to my home in the late 1980's [when my migraines were so out of control that I had to retire] and told me it was my turn to work on our family ancestry as her arthritis was too painful (I can relate to that!). The boxes sat until I worked up the courage to go thru them, after I'd been on Find A Grave for a few months. I don't know where I'd be if it weren't for this great site. My younger sister has caught the "bug" and enjoys it when I find new relatives as much as I do. She has encouraged me in my research of our family's histories and has done much herself.
Thanks to everyone who has helped me find family members on both my mother's and father's side of my family.
With All Sincerity, Kathie L. Webb Blair
Oct 21, 2013
