Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-02-14
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MAc9sH AT her hons in Cor
wallis, on Sunday, February 10,
1895; Mrs. Theresa NJ. Mackay,
wife of Vim, Mackay, aged 53
years, ? months and II days, =
The deceased had been suffering
from nervous prostration, which
resulted in her death. She came
to Oregon with her husband in
1864, and in 1865 they located on
their homestead near Toledo, where
they continued to reside until 1886,
when they moved to Corvallis,
During their long residence here
the deceased made many friends
who sincerely mourns her demise,
A husband andS daughters are left
to mourn her loss, Funeral SER
vices were held from the Catholic
church in Corvallis, and was the
largest funeral throng ever gath,
cred in Corvallis. The body was
Inferred in the Catholic cemetry on
Tuesday.
BRYANT.~At the home of his
daughter, Mrs. A. E. Altree,
near Nashville, Oregon. on Tues
day, February Ie, 1895, Thomas
Perrin Bryant, aged 70 years, !
months and "a days.
The deceased was born in Ken
tucky, six miles from Lancaster,
on June 1924. With his parents
he moved to Howard county, Mis-
souri,, and moved successfully to
Randolph and Schuyler counties.
In the latter county he was married
to Sarah Ann Parton on June ID,
I04e, and continued to live there
until 1858, when he with his wife
braved the dangers incident to the
early pioneers and moved to Ore
gon and settled on the coast fork of
the Willamette, and went to work
to build a home for himself and
family. He was one of the suffer.
ers of the memorable food of 1861
62, and lost in few hours all his
improvements that had taken years
to make-saw his stock drown, and
with his family had to flee for their
lives. Sickness and the death of
child followed disaster. After the
recovery of his family he gathered
together the fragments of his once
happy home and i'll 1864 with his
family bravely began pioneer life
anew, this time west of the summit
and in the very heart of the Coast
range, on the Yaquina river and
settled on his homestead, where he
raised a family and gave them all
the comforts and advantages his
circumstances and the isolated and
sparsely settled country would ad-
nit Of, To Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant
were born eight children, three
sons and five daughters; three sons,
three daughters and an aged wife
survives him. Mr.. Bryant lived
lived on his homestead until the
fall of 1898, since then he visited
his son in Douglas county, also his
brother and other relatives in Bak-
er county, but made his home prin-
cipally with his daughter, Mrs. A.
E. Altree and her husband. He
speut the winter of 1884 with
Mrs. Altree and early last spring
went to Baker county to visit his
brother wheIe he spent the winter
and fall. Early in September he
was taken sick and kept gradually
growing worse. January IS, 1895
he came home to Mrs. Altrees to
die, and there surrounded with all
care and attention a loving heart
and willing hands could bestow on
the 18th day of February 1895, he
passed to his reward. An accom-
modating neighbor, a kind father,
an indulgent husband-Hail and
t farewell. Funeral at Kings Valley
cemetery Feb. ID, 1895. Baker
county papers please copy.
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