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George Tatom

George Tatom

Male Abt 1844 - 1910  (~ 67 years)

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  • Name George Tatom  [1
    Born Abt 1844  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Census 11 Jul 1860  Kings Valley, Benton County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 1. Tatom, Richard, 55, male, farmer, real estate value $1,500, personal $1280, North Carolina
      2. _____, Lavina, 50, female, Tennessee
      3. _____, George, 16, male, Missouri, attending school
      4. _____, Solomon, 12, male, Missouri, attending school
      5. Wood, Irena, female, Oregon
    NEWS 31 Mar 1875  Portland, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    "Yesterday afternoon about 3 o' clock Mr. George Tatom, a farmer living in the vicinity of Dixie, Polk County, was badly injured on State Street, near the ferry, by the horse he was riding becoming fractious, throwing him and then falling across him. Dr. J. W. McAffee was sent for, and upon examination it was found that he was badly bruised about the hip and legs, but fortunately no bones were broken." 
    Occupation 17 Feb 1876  Rickreal, Polk County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    On this date George was appointed postmaster of Rickreal. 
    NEWS 27 Mar 1880  Portland, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    The Portland newspaper carried an item that mentioned George Tatom was a Polk County Republican candidate for Sheriff. 
    Census 1 Jun 1880  Derry Precinct, Polk County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • 1. Tatom, George, white, male, 36, married, retail merchant, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      2. _____, Hannah E., white, female, 30, wife, married, keeping house, Oregon, Missouri, Missouri
      3. _____, B. Adad, white, female, 4, daughter, Oregon, Missouri, Oregon
      4. Fox, C. Henry, white, male, 33, boarder, single, retail merchant, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Census 13 Jun 1900  Condon Precinct, Condon (town), Gilliam County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • 1. Tatom, George, head, white, male, May 1840, 60, single, Vermont, unknown, unknown, carpenter, can read and write, renting house
      2. Pondexter, James, lodger, white, male, April 1860, 40, single, Oregon, unknown, unknown, teamster, can read and write
    Census 19 Apr 1910  Ferry Canyon Precinct, Gilliam County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • 1. McIntosh, Robert, head, male, white, 48, single, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland, immigrated in 1889, naturalized, farmer, sheep ranch, employer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 17
      2. Meldrum, George, nephew, male, white, 22, single, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland, immigrated 1908, alien, sheep herder, sheep ranch, can read and write
      3. Davis, Bert, hired man, male, white, 53, single, Missouri, Ohio, Missouri, laborer, sheep ranch, can read and write
      4. Magore, Thomas, hired man, male, white, 66, single, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, sheep herder, sheep ranch, can read and write
      5. Myers, William, hired ma, male, white, 40, divorced, Kansas, Missouri, England, sheep herder, sheep ranch, can read and write
      6. Tatom, George, hired man, male, white, 62, divorced, Missouri, North Carolina, Illinois, sheep herder, sheep ranch, can read and write
      7. Lambert, Carl, hired man, male, white, 41, single, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, sheepherder, sheep ranch, can read and write
    Died After 1910 
    • No record has yet been found for George Tatom after his 1910 census enumeration in Gilliam County.
    Person ID I2724  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2013 

    Father Richard Tatom,   b. 12 May 1805, Orange County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1869, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Levina Hartley,   b. 24 Jan 1811, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1870, Benton County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1826  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • Richard's Oregon Donation Lands file states that he and his wife Levina were married in "Dixon" County, Tennessee, on this date. Many of the early Dickson County marriage records are missing, due to a tornado that destroyed the courthouse in 1830, explaining why no record has been located.
    Family ID F460  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah E. Boyle,   b. Abt 1850, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 13 Apr 1872  J. Boyle home, Polk County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Divorced 1888  Polk County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2013 
    Family ID F1494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S590] Missouri, Cedar - 1850 U.S. Census, Missouri, Cedar County, District 17, Cedar County, Missouri, Page 319 (penned), Page 160 (stamped), Dwelling 472, Family 472, Richard Tatum household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1421] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, district 17, p. 160 (stamped, recto), p. 319 (penned), dwelling 472, family 472, Richard Tatum household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Sep 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.

    3. [S1422] 1860 U.S. census, Benton County, Oregon, population schedule, Kings Valley precinct (Kings Valley post office), p. [57?] (penned), p. 24 (stamped, recto), dwelling 477, family 477, Richard Tatom household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 May); citing NARA microfilm publication M653m roll 1055.

    4. [S2983] "Oregon," The (Portland) Oregonian, 31 March 1875, p. 1, col. 5, item referencing George Tatom; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 29 December 2012).

    5. [S3023] "U.S. Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2013), entry for George Tatom, Rickrea,l Polk County, Oregon, 17 February 1876; citing Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group 28, Record of the Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA microfilm publication no. M841, roll 32, Washington, D. C.

    6. [S2982] "The Northwest: Western Oregon," The (Portland) Oregonian, 27 March 1880, p. 1, col. 3, item referencing George Tatom; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 29 December 2012).

    7. [S2984] 1880 U. S. census, Polk County, Oregon, population schedule, Derry Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 104, p. 6 (penned), p. 459 (stamped, verso), dwelling 47, family 48, George Tatom household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 December 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1083.

    8. [S3025] 1900 U.S. census, Gilliam County, Oregon, population schedule, Condon Precinct, Condon (town), enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 6A, p. 16 (stamped, recto), dwelling 120, family 120, George Tatom household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1347.

    9. [S3024] 1910 U.S. census, Gilliam County, Oregon, population schedule, Ferry Canyon Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 1B (penned, recto), p. 296 (stamped, verso), dwelling 17, family 17, Robert McIntosh household, detail for hired man George Tatom; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1280.

    10. [S2957] Richard Tatom (Benton County), donation lands, final certificate no. 4667, Oregon City, Oregon, Land Office; Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files, 1851.

    11. [S3022] "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975," digital images FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 January 2013), Marriage Book [no. or letter not stated] : 152, for George Tatom-Hannah Boyle, Polk County, 3 April 1872. .

    12. [S1494] Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Historical Records Index," database,Oregon State Archives (http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ : accessed 7 September 2011), Hannah E. Tatom vs. George Tatom, divorce, 1888, Polk County, case no. 2025.