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Manus G. Devine

MANUS G. DEVINE, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Oregon; born May 4, 1812, in Chautauqua Co., N.Y.;

Joseph Netherwood

Joseph Netherwood

Joseph Netherwood, born 1817 in Yorkshire, England and the father of Charles W. Netherwood

Bartlett Runey

John Bartlett Runey is noted as being the first settler to the area in 1841. Some accounts note him as being named Bartley Runey.  Runey was born in Frederick County, Maryland in 1795. He married Margaret Garnett in 1815 who was also from Frederick County, Maryland. The following year, their first child, Susannah, was born […]

Harriet Cornelia DeJean

Cornelia DeJean was born Harriet Cornelia DeJean was the daughter of Charles and Charlotte Ann (Nealie) DeJean.  Cornelia’s great-grandfather, Stephen DeJean was born in Paris in 1785 and 16 at the time of a rebellion in Paris. He made his way out of the Paris at that time and sailed for America. Cornelia’s grandfather, Joseph […]