Title View Application Award Type Original Owner Name of farm or ranch Year of Property Acquisitionsort descending Original Acreage Current Acreage Acreage farmed or ranched today Donation land claim Dlc num and registration location Homestead Homestead Information Other Please explain Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters County Address physical location GPS location Distance from nearest town Nearest town name Who farms or ranches today Original buildings still in use Building structures on property with date of construction Crops or livestock historically raised on property Crops or livestock currently raised on property National register property National register name Notes and comments property Date of application Date of award Please describe attachments Genealogical information included Application on file Application location Applicants relationship to original owners Origin of original owners Ethnic origin of original owners How many generations still live on the farm or ranch
CFR0314 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Looney, Jessie and Reuby 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes claim #53 No No
Marion
2.5 miles N of Jefferson
Looney, Herbert; Renter. No No
Original property contained 640 acres. Applicant owns 108 acres of the original land grant.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Notarized statement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper articles.
No Yes Mss 1604 unknown 0
CFR0267 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hardman, Samuel and Mary 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Linn
No no Wheat, oats, cattle, horses,... Grass seed No
640.74 in original farm. 246 acres in present farm.
Sunday, November 30, 1969 1970
Application; Certification of ownership.
Yes Yes Mss 1604 great grandsons Indiana 1
CFR0487 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Fendall, Charles E. & Amanda 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Yamhill
Johnston, Ronald F.; Johnston, Marion E. No No
Willamette River divided the farm in half. Chain of ownership: Charles Fendall (purchased from his father-in-law Bill Savage); 22 acres to daughter in 1911 to 1952; Ronald & Marion Johnston to date.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0
CFR0268 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Coon, Washington L. 1850 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Linn
Coon, H. C. No no Grain Seed, grain. No
320 acres in original farm. 320 acres in present farm.
Sunday, November 30, 1969 1970
Application; Certification of ownership.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson Kentucky 2
CFR0284 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Brown, Samuel and Elizabeth 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No Yes
Purchased land.
Marion
1/4 mile East of Gervais on Highway 99 E (cuts farm in two)
Brown, Kenneth; Brown, Samuel (Mr. and Mrs.) No Original house built in 1858... Wheat, Apples, Potatoes Walnuts, Filberts, Dairy cows... Yes
Original property consisted of 1000 acres (DLC and land purchased with money raised in CA gold mines).
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Notarized ownership document; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandchildren (Samuel Brown and Kenneth Brown) 0
CFR0401 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Ball, Isaac & Abigail Ball 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Notification # 1910, Claim # 38 No No
Polk
Sechrist, Cassie L.; Sechrist, John J. No Original farmstead located at... No
Chain of ownership: Isaac & Abigail Ball, 640 acres; to Lydia Elizabeth Ball Sears (12th daughter) and Van B. Sears; to Cassie L. Sechrist & John J. Sechrist. Of the 135 acres in present farm, 100 acres of the original farm are included.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Handwritten letters; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0
CFR0524 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Owens, Thomas 1850 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Yamhill
Renter No Hay; Oats; Wheat; Cattle;... At time of application: Hay;... No
Monday, November 30, 1959 1960
Application; Typewritten letters; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 0
CFR0040 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Horning, Frederick August 1850 0.00 0.00 0 No Yes No
Benton
36 Street & Philomath Blvd. (adjoining Corvallis)
Groves, William Frank No House built c.1859. Benton... Grain (wheat, oats, barley,... Prunes, apples, walnuts, hay. No
320 acres in original farm. 70 acres in present farm.
Thursday, November 30, 1972 1973
Obituary for Frederick August Horning. Section of newspaper article on Frank Groves. Letter of Guardianship appointing Fred P. Osborn as guardian for W. F. Groves. Application; Certification of ownership.
Yes Yes Mss 1604 grandson Prussia to Illinois to Kansas City, Missouri 1
CFR0319 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Minto, John and Martha Ann 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Marion
23 acres lying on Sunnyside Road, South of Salem 5 miles.
McNerney, Ernestine M. No Pasture, Dairy cows (... No
Land was passed to applicant's mother Mary Minto Halley and then to the applicant.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Notarized statement.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0
CFR0007 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Buckingham, Heman C. 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes #53 No No
Benton
Buckingham, Howard No No
Applicant and his sister still own and farm part of the original land claim.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Notarized ownership document
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0

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