Person:William True (10)

Photo of grave stone from Westfall cemetery. Date were confirmed on the back by Ellen B. Thibadeau. From The Westfall Country Book - called William Jr so it is likely that his full name was William Thomas True Jr.

1900 US Census looks like his middle name is Taylor but he is indexed as Texter. He is also indexed as 33 but it is clear that he is 32. familysearch.org shows he was born in 1865 in Baker OR.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} US Census
   1880 Oregon, Baker, Clover Creek.

   Levi, his daughter Mary and her 6 children plus a boarder named John J. Gregry. Reference number: OR005-FHL1255080, T9-1080, Page 51C

2. ↑ Marriage Certificate (1)
   abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates, Oregon, Malheur, vol. A, pg 64, 1 Mar 2007.

   Groom: William True
   Bride: Mary Caviness
   married 14 Mar 1900 Reference number: MROR007 Verified: YES

   Note that the place does not state a city, only Malheur Co. Perhaps Westfall had not been recognized as a city yet. This is the 64th marriage in book A. The early years of the Westfall era.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} US Census
   1900 Bully Precinct, Malheur Co., Oregon, ED 24 sheet # 1 B & #2 A, Series T623 Roll 1348 pg 210, 2-4 Jun 1900.

   Line 71-74 & 100
   Line 71: PRESLY, Oscar (head) while male born July 1871 28 married 3 yrs born in Oregon father born in Missouri and mother born in Missouri is a Farmer and can read, write and speak English
   Line 72: PRESLY, Adaline M. (wife) white female born Jan. 1876 24 married 3 yrs has given birth to 1 child and has 1 child living born in Oregon father in Ireland mother in Iowa she can read, write and speak English
   Line 73: PRESLY, Austin (son) white male born Dec. 1898 1 single born in Oregon as were both of his parents
   Line 74: CAMMANN, Cleveland (Brother in Law) white male born Sept. 1885 14 single born in Oregon father in Illinois mother in Iowa is a Farm Laborer he can read, write and speak English
   Line 100
   Line 100: TRUE, William Taylor (head) born Dec. 1867 32 male white married 3/12 born in Oregon father born in Virginia mother born in Iowa
   Sheet B Lines 1,2,4,& 36
   Line 1: TRUE, Mary M. (wife) white female born Sept. 1869 30 Married 3/12 has given birth to 3 children of which only 1 is living born in Oregon father in Arkansas mother in Indiana
   Line 2: CAVINESS, John B. (son) white male born Jan. 1895 5 single born in Oregon as were both of his parents
   Line 4: SULLIVAN, Daisy (servant) white female born Aug. 1878 21 Divorced no children born in Missouri Parents in Indiana she is a cook in a hotel
   Line 36: WESTFALL, Jasper S. (servant) white male born [month] 1872 28 Divorced born in West Virginia father born in West Virginia mother born in Virginia is a Farm Laborer Reference number: CNOR014

   Jasper is living with the Lamb[eo]son family

4. ↑ US Census
   1870 Union Precinct, Grant, Oregon, Series M593, Roll 1286 pg 349 Heritage Quest.com Census page 8, 22 Jul 1870.

   Lines 35-40
   Line 35 MULLEN, J. [G.] (27) white male Mule Packer personal estate worth $200 born in Pennsylvania
   Line 36 MULLEN, M. J. (20) white female Keeping house born in Iowa
   Line 37 MULLEN, A. S. (6) white female born in California
   Line 38 MULLEN, H. S. (4) white male born in Oregon
   Line 39 MULLEN, W. [T.] (2) white male born in Oregon
   Line 40 MULLEN, G. E. (3/12) male white born in Oregon Reference number: CNOR009 Verified: YES

   Probable conclusion: J. G. is Joseph Mullen, M. J. is Mary Jane, A. S. is Anna True, H. S is Honora and G. E. must be a new son for Joseph and Mary Jane. All of the other children were fathered by William True.

5. ↑ US Census
   1880 Oregon, Pleasant Valley, Baker, Page 51, ED 4, T9, Roll 1080, pg 51 Heritage Quest series, 9-12 Jun 1880.

   Lines 25-33
   Line 25 WESTFALL, Levi white male (56) is a farmer born in Virginia both his parents born in [Pennsylvania]
   Line 26 MULLEN, Mary (daughter) white female 30 is a housekeeper born in Ioway both of her Parents born in Virginia
   Line 27 MULLEN, Anna (granddaughter) white female (16) born in California father born in Maryland mother born in Iowa
   Line 28 MULLEN, William (grandson) white male (14) born in Oregon father born in Maryland mother born in Iowa
   Line 29 MULLEN, Levi (grandson) white male (9) born in Oregon father born in Maryland mother born in Iowa
   Line 30 MULLEN, Alford (grandson) white male (7) born in Oregon father born in Maryland mother born in Iowa
   Line 31 MULLEN, Mary A. (granddaughter) white female (5) born in Oregon father born in Maryland mother born in Iowa
   Line 32 MULLEN, Edward (grandson) white male (1) born in Oregon father born in Maryland mother born in Iowa
   Line 33 GREGORY, John J. (boarder) white male (39) born in Virginia and it looks like both of his parents were born there too. Reference number: CNOR007 Verified: YES

6. ↑ From The Westfall Country Book says DOD was 23 Jan 1902
7. ↑ Probably Joseph, Mary Jane, Anna True, Honora True, William True and G. E. Mullen (a new son?).
8. ↑ Levi Westfall, his daughter Mary Mullen, her children Anna, William, Levi, Alford, Mary A. and Edward. Also a boarder John J. Gregory.
9. ↑ William Taylor True, wife Mary, stepson John B. Caveness, 7 boarders and 2 servants.
10. ↑ William Taylor True, wife Mary M. True, stepson John B. Caviness, boarders: John M. Taylor, Patricia D. Fahy, Robert S. Newman, John M. Howard, Henry E. Stelle, Otis Jones and servants: Daisy Sullivan, Harry L. Page.