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Enoch Ward Conyers BIRTH 2 Dec 1828 Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky DEATH 8 Oct 1923 (aged 94) Columbia County, Oregon BURIAL Maplewood Cemetery Clatskanie, Columbia County, Oregon
MEMORIAL ID 21272587
Parents Enoch Conyers 1799-1849 Mary Williams West Conyers unknown-1833
Spouse Hannah Crane Bryant Conyers 1835-1909
Siblings
Millicent Ann Pernelia Conyers Burns 1826-1918
Martha Ellen Conyers 1833-1833
James Archer Conyers 1849-1910
Half Siblings
William Henry Conyers 1840-1913
Laura Conyers 1842-1842
Children
Mary Ellen Conyers Tichenor 1854-1876
William Elihu Conyers 1856-1938
Nancy Ann Conyers Tichenor 1860-1942
Charles Lincoln Conyers 1864-1962
Milliscent S Conyers Melis 1867-1941
Hannah Erna Conyers 1870-1946
Margaret Azelie Conyers 1874-1934
Lillian Conyers John 1878-1945
Oregon Pioneer. United States Postmaster, Member of the Oregon State Legislature. Enoch Conyers served a year with Company A of the First Regiment of Illinois Volunteers in the Mexican War and was discharged in 1847. He returned to Quincy, Illinois, where he attended school and later studied medicine. When he settled in Oregon he was the only individual with any medical knowledge between Portland and Astoria.
In 1848 he was the first telegraph operator at Burlington, Iowa. After a year, he returned to Quincy to help his father with the family sawmill. He learned the bricklayer's trade which he practiced until 1852 when he decided to cross the plains to California.
He ended up in Oregon instead. In the winter of 1852 he worked laying brick at Hillsborough. In Spring 1853 he went to Oak Point, where he worked at Abernathy's sawmill. He married Hannah C. Bryant in the fall of 1853. Not long after his marriage he moved to Clatskanie and bought the right to 320 acres of land.
Conyers was the first United States Postmaster when the post office opened in 1872. He operated the post office, hotel, and the first store in his home in Clatskanie. He was Postmaster for 14 years.
A man of many talents, Conyers built and operated the first steamboat, named the Novelty, on the Clatskanie River. He carried freight and passengers and also did towing on the Clatskanie River.
He built the first business building in Clatskanie which was financed by his son-in-law, W.K. Tichenor. He owned the controlling interest in the Clatskanie Chief, a weekly newspaper.
He was the first Justice of the Peace. From 1860 to 1864 and from 1908 to 1910 he served in the Oregon State Legislature as a Republican. He was a charter member of the Masonic Lodge at Rainier.
He was the son of Enoch Conyers and Mary West.
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U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Josephine Isabelle West Birth Place: KY Birth Year: 1836 Spouse Name: Thomas Stephens Spouse Birth Place: KY Spouse Birth Year: 1842 Marriage Year: 1860
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Isab E Stephens Age in 1870: 34 Birth Date: abt 1836 Birthplace: Kentucky Dwelling Number: 62 Home in 1870: Marsh Creek, Whitley, Kentucky Post Office: Marsh Creek
Occupation: Keeping House Cannot Read: Yes Cannot Write: Yes
Household Members Age
Thos Stephens 28
Isab E Stephens 34
Armelda J Stephens 10
Mary Stephens 8
S M B Stephens 1 prob Sidney
Solomon Stephens 5
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Izabel Stevens [Stephens] Age: 36 Birth Date: Abt 1844 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1880: Marsh Creek, Whitley, Kentucky Dwelling Number: 329 Father's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: Keeping House Cannot Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Thomas Stevens 44 Self (Head)
Izabel Stevens 36 Wife
Armelda Stevens 18 Daughter
Mary Stevens 14 Daughter
Soleman Stevens 13 Son
Sidney Stevens 10 Son
George Stevens 8 Son
Nancy Stevens 6 Daughter
Page Stevens 4 Son
Izabell Stevens 2 Daughter
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Isabel Stephens Age: 71 Birth Date: Oct 1828 Birthplace: Kentucky, USA Home in 1900: Jelico Creek, Whitley, Kentucky Sheet Number: 14 Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 242 Family Number: 243
Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother: number of living children: 9 Mother: How many children: 12 Occupation: Farmer Can Read: Yes Can Write: No Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Own Home Free or Mortgaged: F Farm or House: F
Household Members Age Relationship
Isabel Stephens 71 Head
Isabel I Stephens Jr 19 Daughter
Lottie G Stephens 15 Daughter
Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965
Name: Isabell Stephens [Josephine Isabell West] Maiden Name: West Death Age: 88 Birth Date: 14 Oct 1835 Birth Place: Kentucky Death Date: 28 Jun 1924 Death Place: Mccreary, Kentucky
Father: Solomon West Mother: Emily Cressillis
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Josephine Isabelle “Izey” West Stephens BIRTH 14 Oct 1836 Whitley County, Kentucky DEATH 27 Jun 1924 (aged 87) McCreary County, Kentucky BURIAL Jellico Creek Cemetery Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky
MEMORIAL ID 29789219
Parents Solomon H. West 1800-1866 Catharine Criscillis West 1800-1901
Spouse Thomas Stephens 1842-1894
Siblings
Allen Russell West 1823-1910
James H. West 1824-1909
Amanda Margaret West Brassfield 1827-1894
William Arthur West 1831-1915
Manuel Carter West 1831-1918
Isaac Martin West 1833-1884
Armelda J. West Creekmore 1839-1912
Martha Ann West Brassfield 1839-1888
Children
Armelda Jane Stephens Cornelius 1859-1939
Mary Stephens Meadors 1861-1935
Solomon Stephens 1864-1935
Sidney Stephens 1870-1943
George W. Stephens 1871-1930
Nancy Stephens Meadors 1874-1939
Page Glen Stephens 1875-1946
Isebelle Stephens Chambers 1878-1938
Dade Lottie Stephens Meadors 1884-1964
Daughter of Solomon H. West & Catherine Criscillis One of nine children; 3 sisters & 5 brothers
1823 Allen Russell***see below
1825 James H.***see below
1827 Amanda Margaret (Brassfield)***see below
1829 Emmanuel Carter***see below
1831 William Arthur***see below
1833 Isaac Martin***see below
1837 Armelda J. (Creekmore)***see below
1840 Martha Ann (Brassfield)***see below
Married Thomas Stephens 30 Mar 1860 Whitley Co, KY Mother of nine children; 5 daughters & 4 sons
1862 Armelda Jane (Cornelius)
1864 Solomon
1866 Mary (Meadors)***see below
1870 Sidney
1871 George W.
1874 Nancy (Meadors)
1876 Page Glen
1876 Isabell (Chambers)
1884 Dade (Meadors) Bio by: Marcia Lynne vonGunden
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Name: Isabella E West Birth Date: 14 oct. 1836 Birth Place: Whitley, Kentucky Death Date: 27 juin 1924 Death Place: Whitley, Kentucky Father: Solomon H West Mother: Catherine B Criscillis
Spouse: Thomas Stephens
Child:
Armelda Jane Stephens
Dade Stephens
George Stephens
Isabell Stephens
Mary Stephens
Nancy Stephens
Page Stephens
S. M. B Stephens
Sidney Stephens
Solomon Stephens
