CFR0318
View Application:
Original Owner:
Skaife, John and Mariette
Year of Property Acquisition:
1854
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
Yes
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
County:
Marion
Address physical location:
7 miles W of Gervais on Fairfield road
Who farms or ranches today:
Marthaler, Freeman
Original buildings still in use:
No
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
General farming, Cattle, Grain, Pigs, Hay
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Freeman
Date of application:
1957-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award:
1958
Genealogical information included:
No
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners:
grandson
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
0
Notes and comments property:
Applicant's mother Margaret Ann Skaife Marthaler was born in the log cabin on the property. Original owners came from Missouri by oxen wagon in 1854 and lived near Woodburn a short time before settling on the farm.
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0