Condra, Silas R

From Lane Co Oregon

CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: OR COUNTY: Linn MICROFILM#: M653-1055

PAGE LN# DW# FM# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUPATION REAL_EST PERS_EST BIRTHPLACE MAR Sch. R/W? AFFLICTION REMARKS

318B 18 350 325 Condra Aaron 40 M . Farmer 3200 1984 Ind. . . . . .

318B 19 350 325 Condra Cordelia 38 F . . . . Ky. . . X . .

318B 20 350 325 Condra Amos 18 M . Serving . . Ind. . X . . .

318B 21 350 325 Condra Silas 16 M . . . . Ill . X . . .

318B 22 350 325 Condra Andrew 15 M . . . . Ill . X . . .

318B 23 350 325 Condra John 8 M . . . . Ind. . X . . .

318B 24 350 325 Condra Francis 6 M . . . . Ogn . . . . .

318B 25 350 325 Condra Tamsil 11 M . . . . Ill. . X . . .

318B 26 350 325 Condra Jane 6 F . . . . Ogn . X . . .

318B 27 350 325 Condra Rebecca 3 F . . . . Ogn . . . . .

On June 12th of 1867, Silas R. Condra

carved into a tree the following:

June 12, 1867

Silas R. Condra

Born July 11, 1845

in Nox Co, Ill.

Crossed the

plains in 1853

Over the next many, many years, new growth grew around the tree and covered the carvings. When the tree was cut down, part of the growth broke away, exposing his carving from more than a hundred years ago.