William John "Billy" Critchlow was born Mar. 9, 1850 in Butler County, Pennsylvania to Joseph Critchlow (1813-1875)and Elizabeth Galbreath (1816-1903). According to family oral history, fifteen children were born to Joseph and Elizabeth. Two sons were killed in the Civil War. After Joseph's death in Kansas in 1875, the family moved to Polk County, Oregon where they took up farming.
William married Rosa May Ward in Dallas, Oregon Sept. 15, 1878. Rosa, born Jan. 6, 1862 at Buena Vista, Oregon, was the daughter of James H. Ward and Nancy Holman, early pioneers in Polk County. Six children were born to William and Rosa: James Ralph, July 27, 1880 at Peedee Creek, in Polk County; Nellie Frances, Oct. 16, 1882, at Salem, Oregon; Margaret Eliza, Apr. 10, 1885, at Scapoose, Oregon; Lura May, May 3, 1887, at Scovies Island, Oregon; Mabel Cora, Oct. 30, 1889, at Airlie, Oregon; and Lloyd Joseph, Dec. 2, 1891, at Airlie, Oregon. When Mabel was born, the family was living on the Frank Brown farm three miles from Airlie, in Polk County. William managed the one thousand acre farm. Later he built a house on the Little Luckamute River.
Rosa died November 21, 1893 at Airlie of Tuberculosis. William, an able farmer and carpenter, kept his family together in spite of relatives wanting to adopt his children.
Mabel and Lura remembered him as a firm, but loving father. He was strict about his children's church attendance. Mabel explained his management of his children, "Dad never said, yes; and he never said, no. It was 'I reckon.'"
As a teenager, Ralph left home to seek his fortune. When he thought he had found it in the sheep country of southeastern Baker County, he invited his father to become his partner as a sheepman on Lookout Mountain.
William and his four younger children left Airlie in May, 1906 for Baker, where his brother Robert and his family were living. Ralph had already chosen land on Lookout Mountain near Durkee in 1904. William and his son, Lloyd, took up adjoining land not far from Ralph. Margaret, Lura, and Mabel boarded with Mrs. Widman in Baker while they went to school.
In December 1906, Lura married Otis Cramer. They settled on land between Ralph and her father. Mabel finished school in 1907. Having completed the eighth grade, she took the teacher's exam offered in Baker. She taught the Big Lookout school in 1909-1910, before marrying Theron Brown in 1911. Margaret married Archie Hunsaker in 1911 and moved to Pocahontas. Nellie had married William Lee in 1900 in the Willamette Valley.
After his children married, William moved to Baker where he built a number of houses. He was a very determined man. He did not like the new fangled things called "cars." He figured he was first here.
July 4, 1925, while crossing Campbell Street in Baker, William was struck by a car driven by an intoxicated man. He died July 6, 1925.
Information by Erica Iverson
William married Rosa May Ward in Dallas, Oregon Sept. 15, 1878. Rosa, born Jan. 6, 1862 at Buena Vista, Oregon, was the daughter of James H. Ward and Nancy Holman, early pioneers in Polk County. Six children were born to William and Rosa: James Ralph, July 27, 1880 at Peedee Creek, in Polk County; Nellie Frances, Oct. 16, 1882, at Salem, Oregon; Margaret Eliza, Apr. 10, 1885, at Scapoose, Oregon; Lura May, May 3, 1887, at Scovies Island, Oregon; Mabel Cora, Oct. 30, 1889, at Airlie, Oregon; and Lloyd Joseph, Dec. 2, 1891, at Airlie, Oregon. When Mabel was born, the family was living on the Frank Brown farm three miles from Airlie, in Polk County. William managed the one thousand acre farm. Later he built a house on the Little Luckamute River.
Rosa died November 21, 1893 at Airlie of Tuberculosis. William, an able farmer and carpenter, kept his family together in spite of relatives wanting to adopt his children.
Mabel and Lura remembered him as a firm, but loving father. He was strict about his children's church attendance. Mabel explained his management of his children, "Dad never said, yes; and he never said, no. It was 'I reckon.'"
As a teenager, Ralph left home to seek his fortune. When he thought he had found it in the sheep country of southeastern Baker County, he invited his father to become his partner as a sheepman on Lookout Mountain.
William and his four younger children left Airlie in May, 1906 for Baker, where his brother Robert and his family were living. Ralph had already chosen land on Lookout Mountain near Durkee in 1904. William and his son, Lloyd, took up adjoining land not far from Ralph. Margaret, Lura, and Mabel boarded with Mrs. Widman in Baker while they went to school.
In December 1906, Lura married Otis Cramer. They settled on land between Ralph and her father. Mabel finished school in 1907. Having completed the eighth grade, she took the teacher's exam offered in Baker. She taught the Big Lookout school in 1909-1910, before marrying Theron Brown in 1911. Margaret married Archie Hunsaker in 1911 and moved to Pocahontas. Nellie had married William Lee in 1900 in the Willamette Valley.
After his children married, William moved to Baker where he built a number of houses. He was a very determined man. He did not like the new fangled things called "cars." He figured he was first here.
July 4, 1925, while crossing Campbell Street in Baker, William was struck by a car driven by an intoxicated man. He died July 6, 1925.
Information by Erica Iverson
William John "Billy" Critchlow was born Mar. 9, 1850 in Butler County, Pennsylvania to Joseph Critchlow (1813-1875)and Elizabeth Galbreath (1816-1903). According to family oral history, fifteen children were born to Joseph and Elizabeth. Two sons were killed in the Civil War. After Joseph's death in Kansas in 1875, the family moved to Polk County, Oregon where they took up farming.
William married Rosa May Ward in Dallas, Oregon Sept. 15, 1878. Rosa, born Jan. 6, 1862 at Buena Vista, Oregon, was the daughter of James H. Ward and Nancy Holman, early pioneers in Polk County. Six children were born to William and Rosa: James Ralph, July 27, 1880 at Peedee Creek, in Polk County; Nellie Frances, Oct. 16, 1882, at Salem, Oregon; Margaret Eliza, Apr. 10, 1885, at Scapoose, Oregon; Lura May, May 3, 1887, at Scovies Island, Oregon; Mabel Cora, Oct. 30, 1889, at Airlie, Oregon; and Lloyd Joseph, Dec. 2, 1891, at Airlie, Oregon. When Mabel was born, the family was living on the Frank Brown farm three miles from Airlie, in Polk County. William managed the one thousand acre farm. Later he built a house on the Little Luckamute River.
Rosa died November 21, 1893 at Airlie of Tuberculosis. William, an able farmer and carpenter, kept his family together in spite of relatives wanting to adopt his children.
Mabel and Lura remembered him as a firm, but loving father. He was strict about his children's church attendance. Mabel explained his management of his children, "Dad never said, yes; and he never said, no. It was 'I reckon.'"
As a teenager, Ralph left home to seek his fortune. When he thought he had found it in the sheep country of southeastern Baker County, he invited his father to become his partner as a sheepman on Lookout Mountain.
William and his four younger children left Airlie in May, 1906 for Baker, where his brother Robert and his family were living. Ralph had already chosen land on Lookout Mountain near Durkee in 1904. William and his son, Lloyd, took up adjoining land not far from Ralph. Margaret, Lura, and Mabel boarded with Mrs. Widman in Baker while they went to school.
In December 1906, Lura married Otis Cramer. They settled on land between Ralph and her father. Mabel finished school in 1907. Having completed the eighth grade, she took the teacher's exam offered in Baker. She taught the Big Lookout school in 1909-1910, before marrying Theron Brown in 1911. Margaret married Archie Hunsaker in 1911 and moved to Pocahontas. Nellie had married William Lee in 1900 in the Willamette Valley.
After his children married, William moved to Baker where he built a number of houses. He was a very determined man. He did not like the new fangled things called "cars." He figured he was first here.
July 4, 1925, while crossing Campbell Street in Baker, William was struck by a car driven by an intoxicated man. He died July 6, 1925.
Information by Erica Iverson
William married Rosa May Ward in Dallas, Oregon Sept. 15, 1878. Rosa, born Jan. 6, 1862 at Buena Vista, Oregon, was the daughter of James H. Ward and Nancy Holman, early pioneers in Polk County. Six children were born to William and Rosa: James Ralph, July 27, 1880 at Peedee Creek, in Polk County; Nellie Frances, Oct. 16, 1882, at Salem, Oregon; Margaret Eliza, Apr. 10, 1885, at Scapoose, Oregon; Lura May, May 3, 1887, at Scovies Island, Oregon; Mabel Cora, Oct. 30, 1889, at Airlie, Oregon; and Lloyd Joseph, Dec. 2, 1891, at Airlie, Oregon. When Mabel was born, the family was living on the Frank Brown farm three miles from Airlie, in Polk County. William managed the one thousand acre farm. Later he built a house on the Little Luckamute River.
Rosa died November 21, 1893 at Airlie of Tuberculosis. William, an able farmer and carpenter, kept his family together in spite of relatives wanting to adopt his children.
Mabel and Lura remembered him as a firm, but loving father. He was strict about his children's church attendance. Mabel explained his management of his children, "Dad never said, yes; and he never said, no. It was 'I reckon.'"
As a teenager, Ralph left home to seek his fortune. When he thought he had found it in the sheep country of southeastern Baker County, he invited his father to become his partner as a sheepman on Lookout Mountain.
William and his four younger children left Airlie in May, 1906 for Baker, where his brother Robert and his family were living. Ralph had already chosen land on Lookout Mountain near Durkee in 1904. William and his son, Lloyd, took up adjoining land not far from Ralph. Margaret, Lura, and Mabel boarded with Mrs. Widman in Baker while they went to school.
In December 1906, Lura married Otis Cramer. They settled on land between Ralph and her father. Mabel finished school in 1907. Having completed the eighth grade, she took the teacher's exam offered in Baker. She taught the Big Lookout school in 1909-1910, before marrying Theron Brown in 1911. Margaret married Archie Hunsaker in 1911 and moved to Pocahontas. Nellie had married William Lee in 1900 in the Willamette Valley.
After his children married, William moved to Baker where he built a number of houses. He was a very determined man. He did not like the new fangled things called "cars." He figured he was first here.
July 4, 1925, while crossing Campbell Street in Baker, William was struck by a car driven by an intoxicated man. He died July 6, 1925.
Information by Erica Iverson
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