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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CFR0639 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Humphrey, George | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Nusbaum, Hermon; Nusbaum, Nita | No | no | Horses, cattle, wheat, hay. | Cattle, wheat, hay. | No |
1240 acres in original farm. 597.5 acres in present farm. Farm divided 3 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Family tree; Marriage certificate. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Lane County | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0930 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lilly, James Pisarius | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from James and Matilda McClaran |
Washington | Larson, Echo (Lilly); Larson, John | No | Old barn still exists and is... | Timber (land was not cleared) | Hay,Thoroughbred horses,... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Handwritten note. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter | West Virginia | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0927 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bateman, Charles | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City Homestead Cert. #2714, Application # 5457 | Yes |
Purchased from several persons |
Washington | Bateman, Charles R.; Bateman, Louis (Lewis) K. | No | None of the original... | Primarily Forest Products | No |
This property is still intact except for the highway right-of-way. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand nephew (settler was grandfather's brother) | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0931 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bateman, Swanton S. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City; Cert. # 2518; Application # 4851 | No | Washington | Bateman, Donald R. | No | None of the original... | Cattle, Timber. | Cattle, Timber, Christmas... | No |
This property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Homestead certificate; Probate record; Newspaper article; Will of S. S. Bateman. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0881 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rynearson, William & John | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the W 1/2 of Sec 32 T 2 S R 38 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Union | Rynearson, G. W. | No | Original house still in use,... | Barley, wheat, oats, hogs,... | Wheat, barley, alfalfa,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 21 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 6 times. Indians, led by Black Hawk, spent summers on the property. 1st road built by Union Co. divided the Ryearson land. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Last will and testament; Newspaper article; Farm history. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0920 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Evans, Peter | Ever May Farms | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Hubert Bernards |
Washington | Evers, Eugene | No | Original home still exists,... | Grain, Garden crops | Dairy cows (dairy farming),... | No |
"Peter Evers was a cobbler by trade but kept a cow for home use and raised some grain and garden crops." -- application/ This property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Newspaper articles. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Wisconsin | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0421 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Thomson, Henry Clay | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SE 1/4 of Sec 11 and SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 11 and the NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 14 and the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 Sec 14 T 2 N R 27 E W.M. |
Morrow/Umatilla | Myers, Jerry E. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Barley hay, timothy hay,... | Alfalfa hay, grain. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 780 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Petition for probate of will. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great nephew | Missouri | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0918 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Simpson, John Marshall | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Nathaniel and Catherine Richardson |
Washington | Simpson, Rolfe M.; Simpson, Frank H. | No | None of the original... | Cattle, Wheat, Oats, Clover | Cattle, Wheat, Oats, Clover | No |
This property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Probate record of John Simpson. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | 4 | |||||||||||
CFR0925 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James N. | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from J. F. Short |
Washington | Forsberg, John K.; Forsberg, Eleanor L. | No | None of the original... | Prunes, Hay, Grain, Dairy cows | Christmas trees | No |
This property has been divided three times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Probate records of James Shearer. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaughter | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0924 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from J. F. Short |
Washington | Shearer, Rob; Shearer, Ron; Prichard, Arline E.; Forsberg, El | No | Prunes, Wheat | Christmas Trees | No |
This property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Probate records. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaugther | Kansas | 0 |