Jerushia Grim Marriage - 1867

Jerushia Grim and B.F. Greenwell Marriage

"State of Oregon

County of Clackamas

This is to certify that the undersigned a Minister of the Gospel, by authority of a License bearing date the 16th day of August AD 1866 and issued by the county clerk of the county of Clackamas, Did on the 17th day August AD 1866, At the House of Jacob Grim in the county and State aforesaid, Join in Lawful wedlock B.F. Greenwell of the County of Clackamas & State of Oregon and Jerush Grim of the County of Clackamas and State of Oregon with their mutual assent in the presence of James H. Pedigo and James Grim Witnesses.

Witness my hand this 17th day of August 1866

John Foster

Filed & Recorded

Sept 5th 1866

J.M. Bacon

Clerk & Recorder

for Barclay Depty

5cent  U.S.  R.S. Therson"

Jacob Grim - 1878 - Probate - Distribution of Shares to Jerushia Grim Greenwell

Distribution of Shares - Benjamin Franklin Greenwell and Jerushia Grim Greenwell

"73 54/100 Oregon City July 23, 1878

Received of H. A. Straight, administrator of the estate of Jacob Grim deceased, Seventy three 54 Dollars being in full of the distribution share of said Estate to which I am entitled as one of the heirs thereof.

{signed}
B.F. Greenwell
Jerushia Greenwell"

Jacob Grim - 1877 - Probate - Letter to Appoint Administrator

We tend to think of extensive governmental paperwork as a modern phenomenon. The documents in the 1877 probate file for Jacob Grim, who died intestate (without a will), prove that in a state only 18 years old, paperwork greased the wheels of the County Court.

 As part of the probate process, Jacob Grim's heirs signed a document asking that Hiram Straight be appointed Administrator. 

File Folder Containing Probate Documents

Letter to Judge to Appoint an Administrator

"Damascus, Oregon, Aug. 16th, 1877

To Hon. N.W. Randall
County Judge of Clackamas Co., Oregon



We, the undersigned heirs of the estate of Jacob and Jane Grimm his wife, would most respectfully ask your honor to appoint H.A. Straight as administrator of said estate; and we, your petitioners, would as ever pray.



John B. Grimm
William Grim        Annie Grim
Daniel Grim          Mary E. Grim
B.F. Greenwell      Jerushia Greenwell
Josiah Yong         Julia X {her mark} Yong
Sophronia Grimm
John J. Pedigo
Hiram Straight      Ivy Straight"

The above is a wonderful document for several reason.  The most important being the signatures.  Note how the family's last name is spelled both Grim and Grimm amongst the three brothers and one sister.  Note also how Jerushia spells her name.  Tellingly, sister Julia Young (spelled Yong in this document) is unable to write her name.  Julia was born in 1843, she was three years older than Jerushia.  I wonder if the family's travels precluded her attending primary school.  One sister, Sarah Grim Pedigo died in 1871, so her widower signed on behalf of her children.    

Clerk Filed Paperwork



"Request to appoint

H.A. Straight Admin


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Filed Aug 20th 1877
WHH Fouts, Clerk"

Memorial Weekend

Memorial Day Flowers

Pioneer Cemetery - Damascus, Oregon

The Greenwells

Benjamin F. Greenwell

Jerushia Grimm Greenwell

Jerushia Grimm Greenwell

Design - "Lydia Sill"

Designer - Bent Creek

Fabric - 36 count Flax Edinborough linen

Floss - DMC - 1 strand over two threads

Started - 22 July 2010

Completed - 23 July 2010

I decided that "Lydia Sill - 1903 - Indian Territory" would personalize really nicely.  I decided to make a few changes and use the sampler to commemorate my Great-Greatgrandmother, Jerushia Grimm Greenwell.  When she was six years old, she came with her parents and siblings to the Oregon Territory. Family legend has it that she walked from Iowa to Oregon.  They settled in Damascus in Clackamas County.  She married Benjamin Franklin Greenwell, and had twelve children - ten who survived to adulthood.  

   

Jerushia Grimm Greenwell (1846-1912)