Notes for FLOYD BURL JAMES: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record about Floyd Berl James Name: Floyd Berl James City: Not Stated County: Crook State: Oregon Birthplace: Iowa;United States of America Birth Date: 23 Oct 1894 Race: Caucasian Roll: 1852055 DraftBoard: 0 ************* 1930 Census OR Crook McKay ED 4 Pg 2B James,Floyd B.,head,MW,35,m26,OR,IA,NE,Laborer,Odd Jobs Crystal W.,wife,FW,25,m16,OR,WA,OR Smith,Leo,nephew,MW,3S,OR,OR,OR More About FLOYD BURL JAMES: Name 2: Floyd James Census: 1930, OR Crook McKay ED 4 Pg 2B Marriage Notes for CRYSTAL DEMARIS and FLOYD JAMES: Crystal Demaris married Floyd Burl James 23 July 1921 in Crook County More About FLOYD JAMES and CRYSTAL DEMARIS: Marriage: 23 Jul 1921, Crook, Oregon 36. IRENE CASCADE 5 DEMARIS (ENOCH CHARLES 4, ENOCH 3, JOHN 2, JOHN 1) was born 08 Jul 1868 in Milton-Freewater, Umatilla, OR, and died 02 Apr 1968 in Prineville, Crook, OR 202,203 . She married (1) FRANKLIN B. HEREFORD 03 Jul 1887 in Crook, Oregon. He was born Nov 1862 in Missouri. She married (2) JAMES E FULLER 16 Nov 1902 in Crook, Oregon. He was born Abt. 1867 in New York, and died 08 Nov 1931 in Crook, OR 204 . She married (3) JESSE LLOYD YANCEY 31 Oct 1935. He died Jul 1963. More About IRENE CASCADE DEMARIS: Burial: Mill Creek Cemetery,Mill Creek, Crook, OR Census 1: 1870, Oregon Umatilla Wala Wala Pg 17 Census 2: 1880, OR Wasco Ochoco Pg 303A(See Mother) Census 3: 1910, OR Crook Mill Creek ED 55 Pg 2B(See Husband James Fuller) Census 4: 1920, OR Crook Mill ED 26 pg 5A(See Husband James Fuller)) Census 5: 1930, OR Crook Mill Creek ED 8 Pg 1A(See Husband James Fuller) Notes for FRANKLIN B. HEREFORD: JOHN AND EMILY HEREFORD EARL HERBERT HEREFORD was born on the Walla Walla River near Milton, Oregon August 25, 1893, before Milton and Freewater were incorporated into one town. He was an only child of FRANKLIN E. and IRENE (DEMARIS) HEREFORD whose parents both his and hers, crossed the plains the same year, 1863, in seperate wagon trains. The grandparents of EARL HEREFORD, JOHN and EMILY (MORGAN) HEREFORD, withe their two children, JIM and MARY, joined a wagon train in St. Louis, Missouri. The train Descendants of John DeMaris Courtesy of Frazier Farmstead Museum page 76 consisted of one hundred wagons pulled mostly by oxen, for the long trek west. They settled in the Willamette Valley, in Linn County. I believe where, three more chldren were born: FRANKLIN E., - ALBERT, - and GEORGE. In the mid 1870's they came to Central Oregon, settling on the upper Ochoco, above the Ochoco Cemetery, which was part of his land. Grandpa was buried there a month before I was born. My uncle JIM HEREFORD has a little daughter buried there too. Later my grandma married a photographer named PEARSON. Some people mistakenly call it the PEARSON place, but he owned no part of it. They finally separated. Uncle JIM and with his family moved to the Walla Walla country. My grandma also lived there awhile. Uncle ALBERT was a conductor on the Union Pacific. Finally the rest of the family moved away. My grandpa and grama, ENOCH and EMILY (ROBERTS) DEMARIS crossed the plains later the same year as the Herefords, 1863. The Demaris family made the trek from Iowa and joined the train at St. Louis, Missouri. Grandpa's parents were in the same train. All settled on the Walla Walla River near Milton, Oregon, where three children were born to grandma and grandpa. JOHN, 1864; SARAH, 1866; and IRENE 1868. ROBERT was born later. They finally came to Central Oregon in 1877 and settled on Mill Creek. Grandpa ENOCH died a year later and was buried in the Mill Creek Cemetery. Grandma later married CLINT ORRICK. They bought land on Mill Creek were they lived until both died. The Mill Creek property has belonged to someone in the family for over 100 years. On July 4, 1887, FRANKLIN E. and IRENE C. DEMARIS were married in her mother's home on West Branch, near Mitchell, Oregon. He had a homestead. After a few years he sold his relinquishment. They moved to Milton, Oregon, where EARL an only chld was born. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Crook County published by the Crook County Historical Society in 1981. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CROOK COUNTY COURT HOUSE RECORDS: HEREFORD, Earl married Flora HAMMACK 5 JUNE 1913 HEREFORD, Emily married J. J. PIERSON 25 March 1896 HEREFORD, Rena (MRS.) married James E. FULLER 15 NOV 1902 HEREFORD, FRANK married Rena DEMARIS 29 JUNE 1887 Marriage Notes for IRENE DEMARIS and FRANKLIN HEREFORD: Rena Demaris married Frank Hereford 29 Jun 1887 in Crook County More About FRANKLIN HEREFORD and IRENE DEMARIS: Marriage: 03 Jul 1887, Crook, Oregon Notes for JAMES E FULLER: 1910 Census OR Crook Mill Creek ED 55 Pg 2B Fuller,James,E.,head,MW,44,m1,7,WI,ENG,ENG,Farmer Rena,wife,FW,40,m2,7,1,1,OR,IA,IA Hereford,Earl,step-son,16S,OR,OR,OR ******** 1920 Census OR Crook Mill ED 26 pg 5A Fuller,James E.,head,MW,53,m,NY,NY,NY,Farmer Irene,wife,FW,49,m,OR,IL,OH Orrick,Almeda,mother,FW,76,wd,OH,PA,VA Ramsey,Hazel,boarder,FW,16S,ID,NE,NE Descendants of John DeMaris Courtesy of Frazier Farmstead Museum page 77 Jasper,Johnson,boarder,MW,63S,OR,KY,IN,Farm Laborer ************* 1930 Census OR Crook Mill Creek ED 8 Pg 1A Line 31 9 9 Fuller James E Head MW 63 M 36 NY NY PA Farmer General Farm ----------, Irene Wife FW 61 M 34 OR IA OH Orric Almeda Mother-in-law FW 87 Wd OH OH OH Herferd Elba Grandson MW 16 S OR TX OR Farm Laborer General Farm Fielder Rickard R Hired Man MW 28 M 27 OR IL IL Herder Sheep Ranch Potter Dell R Hired Man MW 32 S UT UT UT Foreman Sheep Ranch Bremmel William H Hired Man MW 46 M 25 OR Germany OR Herder Sheep Ranch ----------, Beatrice Hired Man FW 38 M 17 OR OR OR Cook Sheep Ranch ----------, Donald W Hired Man MW 16 S OR OROR Herder Sheep Ranch More About JAMES E FULLER: Burial: Mill Creek Cemetery, Prinville, Crook, Oregon 205 Census 1: 1910, OR Crook Mill Creek ED 55 Pg 2B Census 2: 1920, OR Crook Mill ED 26 pg 5A Census 3: 1930, OR Crook Mill Creek ED 8 Pg 1A Marriage Notes for IRENE DEMARIS and JAMES FULLER: HEREFORD, Rena (MRS.) married James E. FULLER 15 NOV 1902 More About JAMES FULLER and IRENE DEMARIS: Marriage: 16 Nov 1902, Crook, Oregon Notes for JESSE LLOYD YANCEY: http://www.geocities.com/possumlover3/GENEALOGY/yancey_jesse_pratt.html JESSE PRATT YANCEY JR. JESSE PRATT YANCEY, JR. born September 1857 in Carson City, Nevada. He was the son of JESSE PRATT YANCEY SR. who came west in 1853. JESSE moved to Prineville in 1880 where he engaged in ranching and stock business, in partnership with his brother STEVE. He also operated a horse team freight business from The Dalles to Prineville. Together they freighted the first equipment for the Prineville Power Plant. Jesse lived on his ranch where the Ochoco Lake now stands. The ranch house and barn were located just east of the dam. JESSE married CELIA FOREN October 10, 1883. She was the neice of DAVE PRINE who started the City of Prineville. They had four children, CECIL ROY, JESSE LLOYD, WILLIAM WARREN and RUTH LOUISA. CECIL died in 1904 at 20 years of age from an accidental handgun incident. He was not married. LLOYD married IRENE CASCADE FULLER (AUNT RENE), they had no chldren. He died in July 1963. RUTH married LUTHER BARNEY. They had three children MARION, ROBERT and MARY ELLEN. WILLIAM WARREN (SLIM) YANCEY, born May 1894 in Lathrop, California while his mother and father were on vacation. Warren worked for his father in the ranching business until he joined the army in 1918. He served in France as an enlisted man in the Army Air Corps during World War I. After he returned to Prineville by way of the Prineville Railroad from Redmond. He was the first paying passenger on this railroad. He was appointed Prineville Marshall and later served as deputy Sheriff of Crook County under his uncle STEVE YANCEY. Warren joined the Oregon State Highway Patrol in 1927 and later became a charter member of the Oregon State Police. He served witht he State Police until 1939 when he was promoted to Descendants of John DeMaris Courtesy of Frazier Farmstead Museum page 78 captain and commanded the Eastern District at Baker. In 1939 he returned to Prineville where he engaged in ranching on his ranch on upper Mill Creek bounded between the HARRY NEAL place and the Hereford ranch. He moved to Portland during World War II where he retired from Hyster Company in 1958. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Crook County published by the Crook County Historical Society in 1981. More About JESSE YANCEY and IRENE DEMARIS: Marriage: 31 Oct 1935 Child of IRENE DEMARIS and FRANKLIN HEREFORD is: 108. i. EARL HERBERT 6 HEREFORD, b. 25 Aug 1893, Oregon; d. 06 Dec 1981, Crook,OR. 37. ROBERT WALDO 5 DEMARIS (ENOCH CHARLES 4, ENOCH 3, JOHN 2, JOHN 1) was born 11 Jan 1876 in Davis County, Iowa, and died 26 Apr 1963 206 . He married MARY H BAKER Abt. 1913. She was born 18 Aug 1874 in North Brisol, Wisconsin, and died 14 Feb 1965 in Crook, OR 207 .