CFR0885

View Application: 
Original Owner: 
Jasper, Merrel C.
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1868
Award Type: 
Century Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
Yes
Please explain: 
Purchased several parcels of land.
County: 
Union
Address physical location: 
house and 1/2 the acres on Boothe Lane, 3 miles east of Hwy 82. 1/2 the acres on both side of Lower Cove highway, 4 miles E of Hwy 82.
Who farms or ranches today: 
Jones, Edna; Jones, John T.; Jones, Rodney; Jones, Brian; Jones, Douglas
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
None of the original buildings exist.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
horses, mules, cattle, swine
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
wheat, barley, alfalfa
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Edna; John
Date of application: 
1984-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award: 
1985
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Excerpt from "History of Union and Wallowa Counties"; Farm history; Event notice; Newspaper articles. Letter by Edna Jasper Jones on family history.
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
OHS Field Services Files
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
grand graddaughter
Origin of original owners: 
Missouri
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
3
Notes and comments property: 
Applicant not sure if the original farm was ever divided.
Original Acreage: 
0.0acres
Current Acreage: 
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
0