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 award |
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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 |
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CFR0316 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dickens, Reuben and Nancy | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
12 miles E. of Salem |
Mader, Albert; Mader, Genevieve | No | No |
Current applicant owns 325 of the original 346 acres. Land was deeded to daughter of Reubin and Nancy Dickens, who sold it to Thomas B. Patton, her nephew. The land is now owned by daughter of Thomas Patton. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | distant familial relationship | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0317 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bashaw, Joseph | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #47 | No | No |
sections 19, 20, 29, 30 in T 9 S R 3 W |
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 | ||||||||||||
CFR0318 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Skaife, John and Mariette | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
7 miles W of Gervais on Fairfield road |
Marthaler, Freeman | No | General farming, Cattle,... | No |
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. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
CFR0324 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mulkey, Charles J. | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
6.5 miles SE from Silverton |
Mulkey, Ralph G.; Mulkey, Thelma L. | No | Original log house still... | Dairy cows (35 cows, Grade A... | No |
Father of the applicant (Mac Mulkey) was born in the original log house in 1865. Applicant was also born in this same house. Original land was 320 acres, but applicant currently owns 150 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0325 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lieber, John | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Section 26 T6S R 3W |
Marion |
6 miles N. on North River Road in Salem |
Nolan, Alford Robert, Jr. | No | At time of application:... | Berries, Cucumber | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandfather | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0327 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Porter, William | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Cert. 2102, Notification #1084 | No | No | Marion |
3.5 miles SE of Aumsville, OR |
Porter, Roy | No | "diversified farming... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0328 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ramp, Samuel | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Harvey E. J. Smith |
Marion |
1 mile north of Brooks on Highway 99E. |
No | No |
Applicant now owns 98 acres of the original purchase by his ancestors. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson and granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0329 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Reeves, Barthy | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from part of the original George W. Helm DLC |
Marion |
3 miles NW of Jefferson on Talbot Road. |
Reeves, Irene; Reeves, Gilbert H. | No | Barley, Sweet corn | No |
Applicant currently farms 28 acres. 5 acres in barley and 11 acres in sweet corn. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | unknown | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0331 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riches, George P. S. and Mary J. | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
sections 26, 27, 34, 35 of T 7S R1W originally 639.39 acres |
Marion |
212 acres that lie 12 miles E of salem in the Waldo Hills area |
Riches, Charles Robert; Riches, Martha L. | No | No |
Charles R. Riches, son of George and Mary, became owner of 373 acres of the original farm. Applicant is son of Charles, and owns 4/7 undivided interest in the said 373 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 |