1900 Census Oregon Umatilla Milton ED 114 Pg 126B(22 June 1900 Geo A Cowl)

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376 377 Overturf A J Head WM Nov 1853 46 M11 Missouri Ohio Ohio Farmer

--------, Louisa E Wife W F Oct 1855 44 M 11 (5children 5 alive)Oregon Oregon ---

Crocket Myrtle M Step-Daughter WF Dec 1885 24 S Oregon Missouri Oregon

--------, Edith A Step-daughter WF Jan 1879 21 S Oregon Missouri Oregon at College

--------, N. Grace Step-daughter WF Mar 1881 19 S Oregon Missouri Oregon At school

Overturf Ada Daughter WF Mar 1897 3 S Oregon Missouri Oregon

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1910 Census Oregon Umatilla Pendleton Ward 4 ED 255 Pg 90A (26 April 1910 C Mitchell)

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512 141 148 Overturf Andrew J Head MW 61 M1 15 Missouri Unknown Unknown Bartender Saloon

--------, Lucretia Wife FW 51 M2 15 (10 children 4 alive) Oregon New York Illinois None

--------, Ada Daughter FW 14 S Oregon Missouri Oregon None

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1920 Census Oregon Umatilla Pendleton ED 164 Pg 199B (16 January 1920 Rebecca M Lugar)

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512 41 50 Overturf Lucretia O Head OF FW 65 wd yes yes Oregon New York Illinois None

Ireland, Clyde C. Daughter FW 45 M Oregon Tennessee Oregon None

--------, Ellis E Son-in-law MW 53 M Oregon Illinois Illinois Laborer Farm

--------, Darrel D Grandson MW 12 S Oregon Oregon Oregon None

Burial: Ford Cemetery, Umatilla, Oregon¹⁴

Census 1: 1860, MO Dallas Benton Buffalo Image 34(See Father)

Census 2: 1900, OR Umatilla Milton ED 114 Pg 126B

Census 3: 1910, OR Umatilla Pendleton Ward 4 ED 255 Pg 90A

An illustrated history of the state of Oregon: containing a history of Oregon from the earliest period of its discovery to the Present, By Rev H K Hines, D. D., Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893, Pg 1189-1190

Mrs. Lucretia Overturf, nee Whittemore, of Milton, Umatilla county, Oregon, was born at Eugene, Lane county, Oregon, November 20, 1854, her father being McDonough Whittemore, a native of New York. He was married to Nancy Bowman, a native of Illinois; emigrated with her to Oregon, in 1852, settling at Eugene, where he worked at his trade of a blacksmith, until his death in 1882, aged fifty-four years, his wife following, in 1887, aged sixty-three years. They were parents of ten children, the subject of this sketch being next to the youngest.

Lucretia Whittemore, of this biography, met, in 1873, Hon. F. M. Crockett, of Pendleton, then County Clerk of Umatilla county, at Pendleton, and was married to him July 6, 1873. Mr. Crockett had then filled two terms and had just been elected a third time. He was a native of Tennessee, having been born near Nashville, June 1, 1834. In the fall of 1860 he left his home for Yreka, California, in response to a letter from his brother, E. S. Crockett, who at that time was in the blacksmithing business at Yreka.

Mr. F. M. Crockett remained in northern California for a year, working in the mines, meet with very good success, but on account of ill health was compelled to leave. He then came to Oregon and settled for a time in Albany, and on recovering his usual health, he went to Florence, Idaho, where he engaged in mining during the brief excitement in that camp. He went from there to Boise City in 1863, and thence to the Willamette valley, where he followed farming for one season. In the fall of 1864 he removed to Butter Creek, Umatilla county, where he bought a farm, on which he remained unitl 1876, at which place he resided when first elected County Clerk.

At the regular Democratic convention, in 1872, Mr. Crockett, Nathan Pierce, Hugh McArthur and James Moore were candidates for the position of County Clerk of Umatilla county. It was arranged between Messrs. Crockett and pierce that the one who should receive the least number of votes on first ballot would withdraw in favor of the other. Pierce withdrew, Crockett was nominated and subsequently elected by a vote of the peole. After serving the first term, Mr. Crockett was again nominated and re-elected by a large majority. Before the term had expired he resigned, on account of failing health, and a successor was appointed, but Mr. Crockett was still retained by the court during its sessions until the expiration of the term. He then sold his land on Butter creek and bought a ranch of 240 acres, situated three miles north of Milton, which he began to improve to fruit culture and where he made his home.

During the winter of 1886 Mr. Crockett was strongly favored by the people of Eastern Umatilla as a candidate for Representative to the Legislature. This was unsolicited by him, but Eastern Umatilla was in need of an honest man – a man who, although unassuming and not a leader of men, could be depended on when the ballot was cast. Thus was Mr. Crockett put forward and subsequently elected to the memorable Legislature of 1886-87. Well did he deserve the confidence placed in him, and it was, in part, due to his honest but silent work, that such a rousing majority for the great and pressing need of division, greeted him in the House of Representatives. And had this true-hearted man lived until another year had passed, the legislative halls would have again echoed his quiet "Here," in answer to the daily roll-call, But his health, none too good for years, gave completely away, and he died February 25, 1887.

Mr Crockett was mourned by a host of friends. He was a man who could illy be spared from any community with which he might have been identified. He was strickly honest, but very unassuming; active in business and politics, but quiet and not gibven to buncombe; intelligent and learned, but still of the common people; in fact, a man whose name will always carry with it the memory of honesty, integrity and uprightness among those who knew him best. He was buried in the Valley Cemetery, and his funeral was the most largely attended one ever witnessed in his vicinity, thus mutely testifying to his widespread popularity and sterling worth of character.

Mrs. Crockett was left a widow with five children and another was born soon after his death. The naes of the children are : Clyde, Myrtle, Edith, Grace, Pansy, who died April 26, 1888; and Frances, who died January 7, 1889.

Mr. Crockett was a poor boy when he came West and was compelled to work hard for a living; but soon accumulated enough to go into busness for himself, and before his death had made sufficient to leave his wife and children in comfortable circumstances, leaving an estate that is worth, in 1893, $50,000. The farm is adapted to raising of fruit, including all kinds of berries, a great variety of all kinds having been planted by him before his death.

The subject of this notice was married a second time to A. J. Overturf, August 12, 1890, he being a native of Missouri, who came to Oregon in 1889. He is a practical agriculturist and conducts the home farm.

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1920 Census Oregon Umatilla Pendleton ED 164 Pg 199B (16 January 1920 Rebecca M Lugar)

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512 41 50 Overturf Lucretia O Head OF FW 65 wd yes yes Oregon New York Illinois None

Ireland, Clyde C. Daughter FW 45 M Oregon Tennessee Oregon None

--------, Ellis E Son-in-law MW 53 M Oregon Illinois Illinois Laborer Farm

--------, Darrel D Grandson MW 12 S Oregon Oregon Oregon None

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1930 Census WA King Rose Hill ED 364 Pg 10A

Reed,Ross J.,head,MW,44,m33,FL,US,US,Carpenter,House

Grace,wife,FW,47,m33,OR,TN,OR

Garey,son,MW,13S,AK,FL,OR

Mary Lou,daughter,FW,12S,AK,FL,OR

Overturf,Lucretia,Mother-in-law,FW,75,wd,OR,NY,TN

Census 1: 1860, OR Lane Coast Fork Prect Cottage Grove Pg 246(See Father)

Census 2: 1870, OR Lane Eugene Pg 476(See Father)

Census 3: 1880, OR Umatilla Willow Creek Pg 355(See Husband Francis Crockett)

Census 4: 1900, OR Umatilla Milton ED 114 Pg 126B(See Husband Andrew Overturf)

Census 5: 1910, OR Umatilla Pendleton Ward 4 ED 255 Pg 90A(See Husband Andrew Overturf)

Census 6: 1920, OR Umatilla Pendleton ED 164 Pg 199B

Census 7: 1930, WA King Rose Hill ED 364 Pg 10A

Marriage: 12 Oct 1890