Crouch, Daisy Ernestine "Betty"

Family/Spouse: Dorlig, Gunter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Personal Records, Maureen (Molly) McGUIRE COLSON:

During World War I Grandpa had the only assay office between Portland, OR, and San Francisco, CA. At first he operated it in Grants Pass, then built an assay office very near the log home he built on Laureldale Lane. It can be seen in the older photographs of the house and in the painting by Louis J. Arnold.
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When Grandpa was a boy in White Salmon, WA, a traveler came to town with a phonograph. It was the first one anyone had ever seen and the traveler charged admission to listen to it.
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Grandpa wanted to learn how to play the fiddle, but couldn't afford to buy one, so he built his own. Later when he had more money, he bought one from the Montgomery Ward Catalog.
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Grandpa & Grandma had lots of livestock over time, cows, etc. The last pair of hogs they had were about 1945-46, named Ham and Bacon, so noone would forget what their ultimate purpose would be.
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THE CROUCH FAMILY by Pearl Crouch Rice

My father, Ernest Roy Crouch had been a chemical engineer and assayer in Southern Oregon. He studied at home and passed the State examination. Gold fever had been the lure which brought his tall, portly father, Oscar, his three brothers, Earl, Erwin, and Edwin (Ted), from the Portland [Oregon] area around 1900. They must have had a roistering good time, fishing and hunting with no licenses or limits and few bounaries or fences. They took only what was needed for food, however, using deer hides for leather, bear hides for rugs, goose down for pillows, and rendered bear grease for their hair and boots.
Mother's family settled in the Grants Pass area about the same time, coming from Tillamook, Cottage Grove and Roseburg. Her father, Hugh Bell Hendricks, had been an early day teacher near Roseburg. He had fallen in love with his star pupil, Nancy Jane Gilkison, a tiny, winsome fifteen year old, and married her.
My Hendricks grandparents raised their family of two boys, Cassius and Robert, and one girl, Daisy Bell (my mother) in the Grants Pass area where other members of their family, the GHkisons, lived. Grandpa Hendricks was also an attorney and real estate entrepreneur in the burgeoning community. A plat of Grants Pass shows an "H. B. Hendricks" Subdivision.
Mother was a beauty and the darling of her handsome uncles and brothers. She loved to dance and play the piano. Besides working in her father's law office, she received some training at the St. Mary's Academy at Medford. Here she remembers leaming that a young lady does not spread her butter with a fork.
Grandma Hendricks became a "divorced" woman, a rarity in those days especially in the strait-laced Gilkison family. Grandpa sought greener pastures and sued for divorce. He never remarried, however, ending his days living in a cabin up Louse Creek, a recluse and poet.
Grandma, independent as a "hog on ice," five feet two of determination and grit, picked hops and packed apples with her daughter, Daisy, for a living. Later, with her son, Cash, she opened THE SPA, a candy and confectionery store, first on Sixth Street where Boyko's Stationery [between E and F Streets, on the NW corner of the alley] was and later on "G" Street about where the Rogue Craftsmen is located [in the 100 block on the Southwest side of the Street]. She also operated rooming houses at 310 West "L" Street and at the old Hollowell house on the corner of Seventh & F Streets.
My impulsive mother answered an ad for a cook at the Alameda Mine near Galice which employed over one hundred men. She was hired immediately by my father, the foreman. He set about straightaway wooing her for the more permanent position as his wife. They were married for over fifty years.
Daddy also worked as a mine foreman at the Boswell Mine, the Ashland Mine, the Golden Note Mine; had an assay office on Sixth Street and traveled over Southern Oregon and Northern California during the first World War assaying chrome for the government. However, finding the assay work too confining, he first rented, and later
owned a fruit orchard (Laureldale Orchard) located about three miles from town. At the time, it was one of the largest peach orchards in Jackson and Josephine County. This is where he raised his family, but all that is another story. From Pearl of the Peach Orchard by Pearl Crouch Rice.
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From Daily Courier, Grants Pass, OR--Week of May 15, 1914
"E. R. Crouch is fitting up an asssay office in the Paddock Building and wil lbe ready for business May 15. Mr. Crouch has 10 years experience in assaying and chemical work."
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Buried:
Fir & Almond St. Granite Hill Cemetery

Ernest married Hendricks, Daisy Belle on 19 Oct 1904 in Grants Pass, Josephine Co., OR. Daisy (daughter of Hendricks, Hugh Bell and Gilkison, Nancy Jane) was born on 7 Oct 1883; died on 4 Aug 1961 in Grants Pass, Josephine Co., OR; was buried in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Personal Records, Maureen (Molly) McGUIRE COLSON:

Part of schooling at Cottage Grove, OR
Later at St. Mary's Catholic School in Medford, OR
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Autograph in Autograph book of Cassius E. Hendricks. Jan 13 1898, Condon, Gilliam Co., OR
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Grandpa was managing the Alameda Mine, located across the Rogue River from the present day Inidan Mary Park near Galice, OR, about 20 miles from Grants Pass. Much to his surprise, when he advertised for a cook, my grandmother answered the ad. He never imagined a woman would apply. She became the cook for the mining camp. He, at various times, was a miner, assayer, farmer, and orchardist. Grandma loved the outdoors and much preferred whatever might be outside to housekeeping. She like getting "gussied up" and was quite stylish in her youth. I have several pictures of her, taken by Grandpa, who developed his own pictures. When I was little she would take me fishing, teach me about mushrooms and herbs, and tell me wonderful stories. I also got to play with her goat, Napelda, and Napelda's kids. Once when Grandma offered me ice-cream, I bit, and had to sit and politely eat a large helping of GOAT'S milk ice-cream. When we would go for a drive Grandma would point out houses where our relatives lived. I thought at the time we sure had a lot of relatives I didn't know. Now I believe that, with all of the years our family spent in Southern Oregon, it's not the least bit surprising. Grandma tried to teach me to play the guitar, without much luck.

In their early days together they would play for dances, Grandma at the piano, Grandpa with the fiddle or guitar, and Mamma tucked in her basinette. When my children were young Grandpa would sing some of the the songs he sang at the dances, "Rye Whiskey", "Ivan Skavinski Skavaar", "Sweet Betsy from Pike" and many others. Grandma longed to be a great-grandma, and lived a little more than a year after my oldest daughter was born.

Buried:
Fir & Almond St. Granite Hill Cemetery

Other Events:

• Residence: 1919, Waldo, Josephine Co, OR

Notes:

Personal Records, Maureen (Molly) McGUIRE COLSON:

Hugh Bell wrote a self-published book of poems. I know of no copies within the family. His copies burned when his cabin burned down.
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Autograph in Autograph book of Cassius E. Hendricks: Signed 5 June 1899, in Bay City, OR
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Newspaper article: Rogue River Courier (now Grants Pass Daily Courier) Grants Pass, OR. "Gem of Famous Rogue Valley" includes write-up of businessmen. . . H. B. HENDRICKS, real-estate and insurance."
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Filed Donation Land Claims (OR) on the following dates: May 16, 1888 Douglas Co., May 16, 1893 Wheeler Co., Dec. 21, 1895 Wheeler Co., and Jan 27, 1919 Josephine Co.

Buried:
Granite Hill Cemetery

Hugh married Gilkison, Nancy Jane on 4 Oct 1880 in Douglas County, Oregon, USA. Nancy (daughter of Gilkison, Eben Sturgis and Neal, Elizabeth Mary "Nancy") was born on 13 Apr 1864; died on 6 Aug 1945 in Grants Pass, Josephine Co., OR; was buried in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Personal Records, Maureen (Molly) McGUIRE COLSON:

Nancy Jane was Hugh Bell's student before they were married. As you can see, there wasn't much difference in their ages. They later divorced. She rand boarding houses and a confectionary store here in Grants Pass, OR, to support herself. She was a very tiny woman who wore size 4 shoes. She saw great value in education and, because of her interest, my mother and aunts (Ramona, Pearl, Ernestine)
attended high school while living in the town of Grants Pass with her. My mother, Ramona, loved her dearly.

Greatgrandma Nancy loved adventures and was ready whenever the opportunity presented itself. Once when my mother was girl taking care of her little sisters while my grandparents sold fruit near Klamath Falls, OR., Greatgrandma was at the orchard for a visit. She talked Mamma into taking Grandma & Grandpa's car for a spin. Never mind that neither Greatgrandma nor Mamma knew any more about a car than how to ride in one. They did have a great time and got back home without mishap. I'm not sure they ever told Grandma & Grandpa. Pearl & Betty were probably too little to tell.

Greatgrandma loved flowers, especially roses. After she died, my parents transplanted her rose garden to our house. She raised Banty chickens and their home was a chicken wire bear cage that had once sat in front of the theatre housing a cub bear. Greatgrandma's boarding house was on the NW corner of 7th & F Streets in Grants Pass.

Buried:
Ash & ? Sts.,/Granite Hill Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
at bride's parents'

Notes:

Personal Records, Maureen (Molly) McGUIRE COLSON:

1860 Census, Linn Co., OR Dwelling #1127, the following persons are listed:

Parents Birthplace
Samuel WHITLEY 70 M VA farmer
Catherine WHITLEY 69 F KY
E. S. GILKERSON 34 M KY Harness maker
Catherine GILKERSON 30 F IL

1870 Myrtle Creek, Douglas Co., OR census: In addition to direct family members, the following persons were listed in the household :
William NEALE 21 M MO miner 1849
George NEALE 19 M MO school 1847
Angeline JACKSON 11 F OR school 1859
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The following letter was sent to me by M. E. (Moe) Gilkison, 310 11th Street, Altoona, IA 50009, in the year 2000. I am fairly certain that the Oregon cousin who is mentioned is our Eben Sturgis Gilkison.

Keating, Oregon
Jan. 28, 1932

Dear Allie:

Your letter, mailed the 17th inst. was read yesterday. We have 46 inches of snow here and it is hard to get in or out. Do not get our mail very often and yesterday was the first we had heard of Murry's death. Well in his condition, the poor man is better off.

I am glad that you have taken on the task of finding out all you can about your Grandfathers ancestors and I suppose that I can give more information about that than anyone now living, so I will tell you all I know and you can file it away for future generations.

The original line of Gilkisons were Danes, but in the 9th or 10th century when the Danes overran England and north of Ireland, there was a young General in the Danish army by the name of Gilkison. He fell in love with a young Irish colleen and married her and settled in Dungannon, In the north of Ireland. This part of our history I got from and old educated Dane that was [with] the Oregon Lbr. Co. on Tucker flat, in the 80's. He knew Danish history from the earliest civilization. His name was Charly Baker, a big fat old Dane. No doubt that your father and Mark will remember him. He was their log scaler. But our line has been Irish for the last 100 years. Between that date and 1812 1 know nothing but as to our progeny from then on.

In your Great Great Grandfathers family in Ireland, there were three sons. John, James and William, they were drafted in the British navy quite young. John was killed in the battle on Lake Erie in 1812. James and William deserted from the British navy and made their way to Ohio the same year. They settled in Jefferson County when it was mostly woods, wild animals and Indians. James was your Great Grandfather not John. He was 20 when he left the British navy, so according to that he was born in 1792. He married a girl by the name of Blair, and they had three sons and three daughters. John my father was the oldest, then William, who died in Illinois long years ago and your Grandfather James. The daughters were Isabelle who married Elias Sutton, and died in Champaign, Ill. and Martha, who married Lewis Walton, and died in Iowa. Your grandfathers brother William, first married in Ohio. Her name was Warren. They lived at Chanclersville, Muskingham Co. She died there. They had three children, John W., Bruce, and Mina. Bruce and Mina stayed with their grandparents, Warren after their mothers death. Both married and were still living there a few years ago- In the early 60s William. your grandfather, Martha, and the Suttons with Grandmother Gilkison, all went to Illinois. William and your Grandfather settled near Mattoon, and the Sutttons, near Champaign. I have not the date of your great Grandfathers death, but he died in Ohio several years before they went to Ill. William married again after he went there and they had a large family of boys, who settled in that state. As to my father's family and your Grandfathers, well they are all in Oregon except my sister Marda, who lives in Cambridge, Ohio. William Hutchinson went to California in the 50s. They had two children. James and Clara. James married in Ohio and went to Florida, and in the early_______ Hutchinson sent for his wife and daughter, and Clara married David Horn. Mark knows the history of the Horn family as well as I do. Elias and Isabell Sutton had a large family of boys and one girl. The boys were all railroad men and James visited this county with Aunt Susan in 1887. The daughter, Florence. married a man by the name of Jefferies, they visited all of us about 22 or 23 years ago. The Jefferies lived at Fort Pierre, South Dakota.

Florence Jeffries was a very prominent woman in the Woman Suffrage movement of South Dakota. She was President of that organization and was on a trip to Seattle to attend a national meeting of the same when she and her husband visited us. As to Martha Walton, your Grandfather's youngest sister, and her family, I have no record of them after they moved to Iowa long years ago.

Your Great Grandfather's brother, William, who came to Jefferson County, Ohio in 1812, married and settled down there and had a large family of boys and about the time I came to Oregon in 1885 there was on whole Township of Gilkisons in Jefferson County.

Mark has the names wrong. John was the one that was killed on Lake Erie and James was your Great Great Grandfather and William your Great Great Uncle. Now I know I am correct about this for I got it from my Mother and my oldest sister, Martha Barrett, and they knew the history of the Gilkisons, perfectly, from the time of their coming to America in 1812. As to the Gilkison in Ireland. I have no history, except that there was a cousin of my Grandfathers that settled in Mansfield, Ohio and he had a son that came to California in 49 and drifted north to Oregon in 56 and 25 years ago was living at Cottage Grove in southern Oregon. I corresponded with his son, James M. Gilkison, who at that time was managing a furniture plant in Albany, Oregon.

There was another of the old cousins from Ireland that settled in New Orleans, Louisiana. But they got their name twisted and spelled it Gilkerson, but all the Gilkisons in America, That came from Ireland are direct descendants of the Danish General.

The only Gilkison that I ever heard of in Ireland, was a great Aunt of mine, who was said to be the handsomest woman that ever walked the streets of Dungannon. Perhaps some time she will have a relative in America that will pattern after her, but so far I have failed to find them.

The John W. son of Uncle William, was a rambler. He left Illinois in his younger days and was last heard of in Trinindad, Colorado. I think your Aunt Clara Maharry corresponded with him at one time, but that was years ago.

This letter will no doubt, be interesting to all of the North Powder Gilkisons. If I should run onto any more data concerning the name, I will give it to you. I may have some among my old papers in my home at North Powder, and the first time I am over there I will try and see you and I may be able to help you out some more.

I just looked out and it is snowing. We only have 46 inches but we may get the 4 feet yet.

Yours very truly,
John M. Gilkison
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Buried:
Pine & Rose Sts., Granite Hill Cemetary

Eben married Neal, Elizabeth Mary "Nancy" on 4 Jul 1861 in Linn Co., Oregon, USA. Elizabeth was born on 27 Jan 1843 in Dallas, Missouri, USA; died on 7 Apr 1918 in Josephine Co., Oregon, USA; was buried in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Personal Records, Maureen (Molly) McGUIRE COLSON:

Listed on Death Certificat #34, Josephine Co., OR as Nancy Elizabeth Gilkison

Buried:
Pine & Rose Sts., Granite Hill Cemetary