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Hello,
In 1987, I wrote a book called "Sawdust & Cider; A History of Lorane, Oregon and the Siuslaw Valley." It contains a small section on Andrew Jackson Doak and his family who settled in our area in ~1860. I am in the process of writing an expanded edition of the book and would be very interested in obtaining more information on the Doak family while they lived in Oregon for the new book. Would it be possible to get copies of some of the letters you mention that pertain to our area? The Zumwalts and other names you mention were also part of our area around that time.
Here is what I have on the family:
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The Doak Family
Andrew Jackson Doak married Mary Rebecca (McConnel). He arrived in the Siuslaw Valley between 1860 and 1870, but it is unsure if his wife came with him. He first appears in the 1870 Federal Census as a 55-year-old man with four children, Thurston, Alice, John, and Varion (married W.H. Martin on November 1880 at home of A.J. Doak) at home. John Doak was known in the area as Thurston Doak's half-brother, so there may have been more than one mother. Another listing for Thompson Doak and his wife, Malinda, both age 26, and their children Parker B., Mary R. (married J.S. Martin on October 19, 1884 at the home of A.J. Daok), and William appear in the same census.
In 1880, William T. Doak, age 68, appeared on the census with his wife, Eliza, and children Isaac N., Walter R., and Ida Lee. Andrew J. Doak was listed with a wife, Catherine, that year.
By the time that the 1905 Oregon Military Census appeared, Thurston and John Doak had families of their own.
Thurston and his wife, Lilly R., probably had children, but they were not listed on that census. They would have been grown and left home.
John and his wife, Maggie, were the parents of at least four children including Rubie R., Floyd E., Ethel V., and Ralph Doak. The family apparently moved from the area in 1913.
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I am trying to get the book to the publisher by June 1, so I would need to have the information as soon as possible. Thanks much!
Pat Edwards
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