Title View Application Award Type Original Owner Name of farm or ranch Year of Property Acquisition 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 awardsort descending 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
CFR0209 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Ingram, William H. 1855 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Linn
Gunderson, Grace No No
80 acres of original land in present farm.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; 1959 state fair registration form; Handwritten note.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0
CFR0488 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Everest, Richard 1846 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Yamhill
E of Newberg
Jones, Elva O. No At time of application:... No
10 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: Richard Everest to Ruben Everest (son) to Laura Everest Green (granddaughter) to Emery A. Jones (her nephew) to Elva O. Jones his wife.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; 1959 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letter.
No Yes Mss 1604 1
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
CFR0317 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Bashaw, Joseph 1846 0.00 0.00 0 Yes #47 No No
Marion
Son of applicant No General farm No
Original property was 460 acres. Current applicant owns 160 acres of this land. Original property passed from son of Joseph Bashaw to present owner.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Notarized statement.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0
CFR0230 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Russell, Newton & Susan L. 1852 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No. 41 in Sec 33 & 34 T 13 S R 1 E and Sec 3 & 4 T 14 S R 1 E, W.M., containing 322 acres. No No
Linn
Russell, Edgar S. No No
Oliver H. Russell, Newton Russell's son, was deed 119 acres; this was eventually purchased by his son, Edgar Russell. 19 acres of the original farm are still operated by the family.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson Illinois 0
CFR0137 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hanley, Michael Hanleylands 1857 0.00 0.00 0 No No Yes
Purchased from the Clinton and Welton Donation claims.
Jackson
about 3.5 miles NW from Jacksonville
Heffernan, Katheryn E. No No
"My father took this this land under the will of Michael Hanley, his father, and the property was given to me by my brother Edward B. Hanley Jr. In the fall of 1957 I deeded 28 acres of this land to my son Robert D. Heffernan Jr."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Warranty deed; County records regarding boundary line.
No Yes Mss1604 granddaughter 2
CFR0505 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Rowland, Jeremiah 1858 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Yamhill
3 1/2 miles NE of Carlton
No 42 acres in cultivation and... No
57.85 acres in present farm "Jeremiah Roland, father of Green L. Rowland, took up DLC. 30 acres of this was donated to Green L. Rowland who later purchased 340 acres (1847)
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
No Yes Mss 1604 2
CFR0054 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Jackson, Andrew and Mary 1852 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Clackamas
21/2 miles north of Marquam, Oregon
Jackson, Kenneth Lloyd No No
Applicant is the son of Clarence Frank Jackson, who was the son of Andrew and Mary Jackson. "My father Clarence Frank Jackson, who will be 96 on Aug. 3, was born and raised on our farm and is still living."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 1
CFR0334 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Riches, George P. S. and Mary J. 1849 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Marion
12 miles east of Salem in Waldo Hills area (53 acres)
No No
Charles R. Riches, son of George and Mary, became owner of 373 acres of the original farm. Applicant is daughter of Charles, and owns 1/7 undivided interest in the said 373 acres.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Notarized statement.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0
CFR0153 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Stevens, William 1847 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim # 46 No No
Lane
Clemenson, Helen Stevens No No
Chain of ownership: William M. Stevens & Hixey V. 1847; James A. Stevens & Emily F. (Greenwood); Welby Stevens & Ida E. (Goodale); Helen Stevens Clemenson.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Letter of approval; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 great great granddaughter 0

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