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C.Ity of bentral Point. The tire[ la-
'bUr- wok :fhe ~breotlon of a aultabie
home~[oflhe [emlly~whichy was pro-
dided~aloirly,..as.ealidlag a.home at
Thfe ~fima-.wae~a great undertaking,
owing '(o .th4~.ecardty oY- ~. hullding
maaerle]„ muck of whleb had to De
Drought from a dlatanse. The flafeh-
ed.reeld'enae~~w$en.aompleted Droved
to Dewell-buOh [or it has been !o
conataat use since built and fa the
plate $pown as the Witte place, re-
cently:pucchased by )!r. Heir of TII-
lamook,
eA. Orendpa Constant, es he was lo•
and ter calt~d. was a friend to those who
teen xere-less able to procure a Ilvllhood"
and ht many CeSeb [crotched Drovl-
aloas to many of the people who
~ were sufferers when a .cold herd
tedl winter was aF. hand andIt wee he
Who taught the IDdleae to plec0 out
their scant rattans of corn by udug
[or potatoes which be'bad rdaed upon
Die farm and !stet when the Indian i
r, 1 war was In progress De was told by ~
t• 1 the Indlam to remain upon Dta
tap. term as ¢one of the Indians would
molesf 'hirh'"-or his [amlly,.end they
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On December 6th, I8a1 Julia Am,
Canetantwaa mantled at the family
homo to W A Owen, who was alas a
Pioneer, coming to Calltonda la
~, 1849 aitd attracted by the gold- wnh
'.. to this secLloo, reached 7ackeonvifl«
'during the year S8b 8. Ha soon bo-
csma atlraMed to the m11d and plea-
sant cilmate and went tote the m$r-
ahandleing bualenes at Jaekeonvlllo
and later he nerved Jackson County
for two farms aa-Bhertlf and was al-
so elected ae ravenne officer for the
Bouthern Oregon district. In 1865
whrm the Indies war broke out he
became ~Malor having formerly been
a sergeant end.~later was a commis-
ary officer, serving under General
Roa9 durlag [he Captain Jack dl[ti-
eulty,
Always pelted by the spirit of
Dragreaa all of hie active II[e,
he was r many yearn connected
with the stock •bueloeu and was ren-
sonably aueceee[ul and hfe Wend was
atwaya ont to friend and stranger i
alt~py and mgay successful cit_iaens
of ekson county " can trace their
etartln life to tae Mendship and
material aealetaaca- rendered team
when moat needed by W11Ilam A.
Owen.
Death alms to Mr. Owen to the la-
ter part of Dacomber, 1907, and ae
left to mourn b1s foss hta wJte Julia
A.. his daughteya, Mrs. J. C. Halt,
•)In: W. J, Freeman and none; Wti- h
ram A. and elan, ehe lacer paeafgg 1
away several years later. - - )
-Hesldee .h'er_eelt and daughtgre, a
seven grendchlidrop mourn the lose 8
of their grandmother: Bee9ey V Hell a
Chicago; Hcnry A. Freeman, M. L., n
a. E. and Oolda Owea, ail of Port- h
land; Leonard 'J"; Freeman and Zola 'L
Freemen Klaceld of Central Point. n
Also 10' great gratidchlldren. - A
at r. and Hrs. Freeman'a Noma
where mra. Julta - A. Owen passed P
away rests Ulan a port o[ [be Con- n
slant pouatlon Land Claim and le 11
where her 84th birthday wae-recent-
ly celebralad. 1Nre Oweo was an aunt
of Hayor W. C. Leaver of thle cltT. 11
BRa wee the last o[ six chlldren- of B
the Conetaul ~tamlly to hear the [anal „
Funeral services will he held sl
the Conger chsDel at 8:30 p, m. Fri-
day, with Rev. 12. C. l.ewla ofticia-
thtg. Interment will be~in the Cen-
lrel Point cemetery. -
Florence N. May
Dies in Calif.
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Florenre N. play died of Porter-
vllle, Cal., January 8, tram pneu-
monia, aged 69 years. 3be was born
at Harriman. Tenn., December Y3,
1876. Florence RigRe wee mewled;
to Arthur .B\ Hay, May 9, 1898, at
Harriman, Tenn. Two chlldren were
born Lo the onion, both pgssing
away in Inhul rp. Lt 1914 they adopt=
ed three orphan childr'n. Flaseell,
Lrdllh and CIaTa liar, the rhlldmn
nl P. P. and 8erlha )fur.
Mre. Hay was a mrmher o[ pllve ~
Rebekah lodge oP )i edinrd and Uu•'
Flra( M_Ihndfat chnrrh. Bhe leavea~
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` PlpNEER RESIDENT
ofc.P.succuM~s
Julln q, Owen, aged 01 Yee re, a
months ¢ad 20 data, oae a[ the old-
set plonesre in Boathern Oregon,
passed away at tho home of bar
dauBbter, SIre. W. J. Fresmnn, In
Central Potnt, el 32:9D p. m. T4es-
day, Jntt4arr 7. She had beep a
co~ttlaaone resident df Central Po1nL
for Ai years, hnving come hero from
the place of her birth when lp genre
of age. ,
Jukla q, Owen was burn 1n Slk-
hnM, 8nngamon county. llllnole, ron
Septemhor 17, ISC i,'baing the daugh-
ter of Isnac ¢nd Oacin da Constant.
who were geetlned to became plo-
- users ar 9nnt haru Oregon. It was
In [he year 1x60 lpe father deeldeA
to. seek a milder c)!ma£e In whfch--~
[o build a bolos Iqr hie femJly euA
la company wtlh a (rlantl started [or
the Fnn Nest on horeebnck and after
elx niontha' travel reached the WIl-
lamtle valley, and a little Jatar ex-.
ploro<I the southern part of tim stela
with n view a[ ealecting a alts for the
future home ot. hie [amliy. TAIs
Imving ~heen dleDOaed of, Ae started
on the return trip to Illinois, which
took another alx tnnnthe' travel. _
Tltn delnlla of Betting ready for
the fnmlly J04rtteY took about the
some lima, ea It was neceeenry to
provide life necessary camp equip.
menf, Toad and other llama and the
necessary tools, s. ed and each ma-
chinery ea enuld be Laken with the
'train, which woe to start in the early
;part at 1A62, 4nd waa to oat oufy
'include the Canatant family but al-
so n brother o[ Mre. Conetnnt, Mr.
Htrr{man end (am1ly, Mrp, alerrl-
men end a small cAlid passed aweJ•
before the Jour¢ey waa completed.
Ott the way maAy hardships had
to be met and ovomome nud. oh one'
'oce¢alon the tndtnna$tdlo flub-ar4tee`
from a teem of el: and before they
could be overtaken they hod ~kllled
the animate anA were preDarlrtg Inr
of east on mote meet. TAey were foL
towed by members of the trnln end
taught the lesson that 1! would ba
better not to Interfere with [ho stocA
end other I[oms of ProparlY thatbe-
longed to lbe train.
' _67LnL'.lhe long.auA-atre~~~e„a J
oey tba train reached aoulhers Ore-
Bon and the Constant faintly occu•
pled the land thnC hod been arrang-
ed for by the [elber mt hie previous
W0. this be1nB the tract lyhrg east
o! the land oecupleA later by tho
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