James Stephen Church

1859 -

• Name	James Stephen Church
  Birth	02 Aug 1859	Afton, Rock County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I342223160557	Tripp Family Genealogical Website | Peleg Tripp 2

  
  

  Father	James Church,   b. 29 May 1825, Providence, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Jan 1883, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Sarah Van Antwerp
  Family ID	F9436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Evelyn Smith
  Marriage	27 Dec 1879
  Children	1. Lawrence F. Church,   b. 01 Oct 1880, Buena Vista, Oregon   2. Charles J. Church,   b. 18 Nov 1882, Buena Vista, Oregon   3. Ethel C. Church,   b. 18 Nov 1884, North Albina, Oregon   4. Sarah Bernice Church,   b. 19 Nov 1886, Albina, Oregon   5. Florence A. Church,   b. 30 Sep 1888, Albina, Oregon d. 31 August 1889, Agate Beach, Oregon (Age 0 years)   6. Mildred Louise Church,   b. 13 Aug 1890, Albina, Oregon   7. Stephen Arthur Church,   b. 20 Aug 1892, Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA d. 05 Jun 1935, Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA (Age 42 years)   8. Wilmot Freeman Church,   b. 15 Feb 1894   d. Apr 1967, Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA (Age 73 years)   9. Oliver Church
  Family ID	F47132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Bessie Agnes Church submitted the following to :"Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders, " by Joseph Gaston, published by S.J.Clark Publishing Company, Volume 3, 1911. James S. Church, who has for the past twenty-seven years been engaged in the saw mill business in western Oregon, was born at Afton, Wisconsin. He was educated in the common schools, but at the age of eighteen years set out to make his fortune in the west. Oregon presented an attractive field for a young man looking for work and eager to take advantage of any opportunities for advancement that might appear. He began in a sack factory at Albany, which was in charge of Wheeler Church, an uncle. Later he engaged in steam boating and as bookkeeper for A.J.Richardson, a wheat buyer at Buena Vista. It was in this place that he gained his first knowledge of the milling business, to which he has devoted his attention successfully for many years. In 1883 he came to what is now Albina (Portland ) and associated with C.P. Church and Joseph Delay in a large saw mill, producing most of the lumber that was used in the construction of the Portland Flouring Mill. After the completion of the mill he entered the employ of the company with which he has ssince remained. On the 27th of December, 1879, Mr. Church was united in marriage to Margaret E. Smith, a daughter of Dr. J.A. and Eliza Smith of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Nine children were born of this union, of whom seven are now living: Charles, who is associated with father in the mill; Ethel C., now Mrs Scott Kent; Bernice, the wife of Dorr B. Wagoner; Mildred L.; Steven A.; Wilmot F.; and Oliver. S. Mr. Church is a member of the independent Order of Odd Fellows, the member of the Pattoton Methodist Episcopal church. In his various duties as head of the family and as a citizen of an enterprising communtiy he has performed an honorable part, and he has many friends who regard him as a safe counselor and one whose example is even more effective than words. Herman William Tripp--Remembering......4th Cousin, two times removed James Stephen Church.