Descendants of William D. Canfield

 

 

Generation No. 1

1.  WILLIAM D.1 CANFIELD was born 22 Oct 1810 in Arlington, Bennington Co, VT, and died Aft. 1880 in Sonoma Co, CA.  He married SALLIE ANN LEE 10 Jun 1828 in Arlington, Bennington Co, VT.  She was born 12 Aug 1810 in Arlington, Bennington Co, VT.

Notes for WILLIAM D. CANFIELD:

William D. Canfield, blacksmith, reported killed in  Whitman massacre [Oregon Spectator, Dec 9, 1847 p.2:4]

William D. Canfield, escapes, wounded [Oregon Spectator, Jan 20, 1848 p.1:3, 2:1, 3:1]

1860: Annally, Sonoma Co, CA; William D. Canfield, 50, farmer, $7000 $3000, VT; Sally A., 40, VT; Oscar, 22, farmer, PA; Albert, 15, IA; Ellen Salsbury, 29, VT; Claria Knowles, 20, IL; William H., 2, CA; Charles Gearing, 34, farm laborer, Prussia; John Jones, 22, farm laborer, IL; Charles Potter, 11, VT; Louisa, 16, Indian, domestic, CA

1870: Analy, Sonoma Co, CA; Wm Canfield, 59, farmer, VT; Sarah, 59, VT

1880: Analy, Sonoma Co, CA; W.D. Canfield, 70, farmer, VT CT Mass; Sally Ann, 70, wife, VT CT CT

"The subject of this memoir, whose portrait appears in this work, is a native of Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, born October 22, 1810. Here he received his education and developed into manhood, marrying Miss Sallie Ann Lee, June 10, 1828. In 1837 they moved to Springfield, Erie County,  Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming for two years. In 1839, they took up their residence in Jersey County, Illinois, where Mr. Canfield toiled upon the farm until June, 1842. After a residence in Jefferson County, Iowa, of eleven months, they settled upon the present site of the city of Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa. Here Mr. Canfield erected the first house and laid out the public square, the lines of which have never been changed to this day. The house, no doubt, has crumbled and gone to decay; but the grounds of the park, so tastefully arranged and laid off by the artistic eye of the energetic frontiersman, will ever remain as one of the garden spots of earth, and a base to the monument of the early pioneers of Oskaloosa. It was through his influence and exertions also that the county seat of Mahaska County was located here, where it remains at present. On May 4, 1847, Mr. Canfield emigrated, with his wife and five children, across the plains to Oregon. The journey was made with little difficulty, save the hardships that are incident to all pioneers in crossing the trackless, uninhabited wilds over which they passed. On October 20, 1847, they reached Dr. Whitman's mission in Walla Walla Valley. Upon their arrival they not only found Dr. Whitman, but quite a little settlement, consisting of the Doctor and his wife, seven mission children by the name of Sager, Mr. Saunders, wife and five children, Mr. Kimball, wife and five children, Mr. Hall, wife and five children, Mrs. Hayes and two children. The whole party, including Mr. and Mrs. Canfield and their five children, numbered as follows: Fourteen men, seven women, and thirty-two children. Here they were treated in a very hospitable manner, and were made to feel perfectly at home. As they found such comfortable quarters and a perfect haven of rest, they decided to remain at the mission until the following Spring, when they would continue on their journey to the Willamette River, the place of their destination. Here the residents of the happy little village were nestled together in one family, as it  were, and the last accession, that of Mr. Canfield and family, evidently felt as safe and free from harm as they did when sheltered beneath the roof or gathered around the hearthstone of their far Eastern home. But it must not be forgotten that they were in a hostile country, although there had not been any Indian trouble in this immediate locality for several years, none in fact since Mr. Whitman located there, which was about the year 1837. The Cayuses (this being the name of the tribe with which the doctor had to deal) had always been kind and obedient to him, and were seemingly perfectly satisfied with the treatment they had received at his hands. Indeed, so much confidence did Mr. Whitman have in his little band of Cayuses, that if there was a word dropped by any one of the company questioning the friendliness, or in any way expressing any fear of the aborigines, their minds were soon set at rest by the convincing answer from the doctor, whose feelings would seem hurt when any allusion of this nature was made. However, we will see how we are victimized sometimes by  misplaced  confidence, and made to drink the bitter dregs of deception, deceived and murdered by those whom we once held close to our bosoms, and were our companions for many a long year. Soon after the arrival of Mr. Canfield and family at the mission, there arrived missionaries of a different persuasion, and whom, it is said, influenced the Indians against their old teacher, Dr. Whitman. There were  no visible evidences of treachery upon the part of the aborigines, and every one about the mission felt as secure and safe as they did before receiving the visit from these missionaries, who proved to be traitors in the camp. The morning of the 29th of November, 1847, dawned as bright, fresh and beautiful as ever lit up the picturesque valley of the Walla Walla; all nature seemed to smile in answer to the innocent prattle of little children, and all reposed in confidence and security. But, alas! a little later in the day they were surprised and fired upon by the Indians whom the Doctor had labored with so many years. Imagine for an instance, and try to picture, if such a thing be possible, the condition of

Dr. Whitman and his little party, surprised as they were without a moment's warning, and consequently no means of defense or escape. They being entirely at the mercy of the red devils, were shot down like dumb brutes. The men were all killed except Mr. Canfield and a man by the name of Osborn. Mrs. Whitman was also killed, the balance of the women and all of the children were taken prisoners. Mr. Canfield was shot in the hip, but managed to seclude himself in the old adobe house. During the night following he received intelligence from the mission children that the was to pay the death penalty in the morning. As he did not feel disposed to depart this life just yet, he acted upon the warning he received and, bidding adieu to his hiding place, started immediately on foot for Mr. Spalding's mission at Lapaway Station, in Washington Territory, a distance of one hundred and forty miles, this being on Monday night, reaching the mission on Saturday afternoon, making the whole trip on foot and without eating or sleeping. The morning after his escape the blood-thirsty redskins donned their war apparel, surrounded the house, and were just on the point of massacreing all the women and children, when their former chief, known as "Old Beardy," rode into camp with the speed of lightning, and standing upright on the horse, pleaded with his tribe not to kill the prisoners, and after listening attentively to his remarks, abandoned their murderous intentions and informed their victims that their lives would be spared, but they would be held as prisoners. The women were forced to do the cooking for the Indians, sixty-two in number, and the children were forced to attend to all their other wants that would add comfort and ease to the lords of the wilds. On December 29th, just one month after they  were captured, there came to their relief, to Fort  Walla Walla, a man by the name of Peter Ogden, the chief factor of the Hudson Bay Fur Company, from Vancouver. After a talk of three days and nights with the Indians he succeeded in purchasing the prisoners, first promising them that they (the fur company) would not be punishing them for what they had done. So the bargain was made, and they were paid in guns, blankets, ammunition, knives, etc. After gaining possession of the prisoners, he made a contract with the Nez Perces to bring Mr. Canfield and Mr. Spalding's family to Walla Walla fort, if they wished  to come, where he joined his children and grief-stricken wife. Not only was he received with outstretched arms, but with weeping for joy, as it was supposed by all that he had perished. On his arrival Mr. Ogden took the party in three small boats and proceeded down the Columbia River, landing at Oregon City January 12, 1848. Upon their arrival they had nothing but the clothes upon their backs.

After procuring comfortable quarters for his family, Mr. Canfield joined the volunteers and went back for the purpose of punishing the Indians and to drive them from their reservation, which was accomplished, when they returned to Oregon City, and the company disbanded on July 1, 1848. The chief Tetokite and  four of the Indians were hanged at Oregon City in 1850. On March 4, 1849, Mr. Canfield and family took passage on a sailing vessel for San Francisco, where they arrived on March 10, 1849. Here they remained until August 1, 1850, when they became residents of this county, settling in Sonoma City. Soon after settling here he went to Sacramento City and engaged in the soda manufacturing  business, leaving his family at Sonoma. Not finding this business congenial to his taste he soon returned to this county, and in January, 1852, he moved upon his present estate of five hundred acres, and is one of Sonoma's thrifty farmers. Mrs. Canfield was born in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, August 12, 1810. Their children by this marriage are: Nathan L., born in Arlington on July 7, 1829, and died February 18, 1835; Ellen S., born at Arlington June 5, 1831 and died July 12, 1865; Oscar F., born at Springfield, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1838, now living in Idaho; Clarica A. (now Mrs. J. H. Knowles of Petaluma), born at Delhi, Jersey County, Illinois, October 31, 1840; Sylvia Ann, born at Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, February 7, 1842, and died in Sonoma County February 4, 1854; Albert, born at Oskaloosa, Iowa, May 18, 1845, now living in Idaho; William D. Jr., born at Oregon City February 3, 1848, and died in San Francisco July 5, 1849; Julia, born in San Francisco August 3, 1850, and died  August 6th of the same year. In 1853 Mrs. Canfield visited her brothers in the East. After remaining a short time she set out on her journey back in company with her mother, who, when one day out from Panama, was taken ill and died. Once more Mrs. Canfield's heart was made to bleed, and yet, when she thought of what she had passed through in '47, she felt grateful to Him that her life, as well as that of her husband and children, had been spared, when at one time it hung by a brittle thread. On June 10, 1878, Mr. and Mrs. Canfield celebrated their golden wedding at their home, all the family being present but their eldest son and family, who were at the time in Idaho.  [History of Sonoma County, Cal., Alley, Bowen & Co.,San Francisco, 1880, pp. 472-473.]

“Oscar Canfield—William Canfield’s son, Oscar, was a lad of 10 at the time of the Whitman massacre and retained many vivid memories of the horrors of that terrible day.  Here in an interview in 1909 he gives some interesting facts in connection with the massacre and the experiences of his family.
     William Canfield, who was born in Vermont, moved West and settled at Oskaloosa, Iowa.  Receiving a letter from a friend who came with one of the early immigrations to Oregon, that the place had a mild climate, fertile soil and abounded in game and fish, Mr. Canfield, dissatisfied with the cold climate of Iowa, decided on the receipt of this letter to sell out and move to Oregon.  An interesting fact about this letter in this time of lightning expresses, is that it was ten months coming from Portland to Mr. Canfield.  It went on a sailing vessel around Cape Horn to New York, thence across the continent westward, the last part of its journey was made by the pony express.
     In the Spring of 1847 a train of 100 wagons and 1,500 loose horses and cattle started for Oregon and Mr. Canfield and family were members of it.  Mr. Canfield often remarked that he did not know what was before him or he never would have undertaken the journey.  Yet he never regretted the move and ever thanked the Providence that brought him to the Pacific Coast.  He was bound for the Willamette Valley, but Dr. Whitman, wanting a blacksmith and a teacher, went to, or near the present sight (sic) of Pendleton, met the wagon train and induced Mr. Canfield and  a Mr. Sanders to come to the Mission, where they arrived just two weeks before the massacre.  They had not yet unloaded their wagons, Mr. Canfield stood in front of the blacksmith shop, November 29, 1847, at half past 1 o’clock.  The signal gun of the massacre was fired by one of a group of six Indians who were sitting on a rail pile watching Mr. Canfield and two others, dress a beef.  One of Mr. Canfield’s helpers was killed and the other wounded.  He ran to the wagon and picked up his youngest that was playing around it, while Oscar came out of the blacksmith shop and took another.  Oscar avers that at least 20 shots were fired at his father, only one striking him.
     He saw one Indian near him drop down on his knee and take deliberate air at his father.  He is firmly of the opinion that it was mostly due to poor guns and ammunition that any of the white men escaped.
     Once in the building which was an adobe Mr. Canfield and son went up into the loft and seem to have been forgotten by the Indians, as that part of the house was not searched.  That night he came down and he and his wife had a long conference in which she urged him to try to make his way to Lapwai, the home of Rev. Spaulding (sic), and save his life for his children’s sake.  The Indians had quieted down and there seemed no immediate danger to the women and children, as no women but Mrs. Whitman had been killed and no children but the Sager boys who were wards of Dr. and Mrs. Whitman.  He yielded to the earnest entreaties of his wife and children and stole out in the darkness to a spot of underbrush on Mill Creek northeast of the mission houses and not far from the present site of the grave in which are buried Dr. Whitman and Mrs. Whitman and the others who were killed.  At daylight of the following morning he returned to the hill near the mission and stood about where the monument now stands, to see if the Indians were making any kind of hostile demonstrations.  His last words to his family the night before were, `If I see anything in the morning to make me think the Indians intend to kill the women and children, I shall return and defend you as long as my life is spared,’ but all was quiet.  The savage appetite for blood seemed satisfied and he started on the Nez Perce trails for Lapwai.
     A few days before, he had made some cinch rings for a Nez Perce Indian, and from him had learned the route to the Lapwai.  He followed the trails cautiously by night and hid in the daytime until he reached an Indian camp on the Tukanon.  He had traveled about 5 (sic) miles and had had nothing to eat but a few biscuits and the Indian food which is not appetizing under many circumstances, was relished and gave him strength.
     These Indians had not heard of the massacre, and had no suspicion concerning their guest when he told them he was one of St. George’s men.  He offered the chief a buffalo robe if he would take him on a horse to the crossing of Snake River.  The offer was gladly accepted.  At the river he gave his vest to Chief Timothy for taking him across the river in a canoe.  Soon after he reached Lapwai and was the first to break the news of the massacre to Mrs. Spaulding.
     When the news of the massacre was received at Vancouver, Chief Factor Ogden of the Hudson Bay company lost no time in coming to Wallula (sic) to rescue the captive women and children and in about two weeks he had ransomed all the captives for blankets, handerchiefs, rounds of ammunition, guns, shirts and tobacco.  The tobacco was braided into ropes then and was sold by the fathom, a length of six feet.  All amounting in value to about $500.
     Agents were sent to the Mission.  The oxen were yoked to the wagons and what few belongings the robber bands of the Indians had spared, were hastily thrown in and the helpless bank of women and children that had lived in hourly terror of the savage’s tomahawk for two weeks, started on their way to freedom.  The distance was over 20 miles and the drivers were boys, none of whom were over 10 years of age.  The train might be attacked any time, for it was a well known fact that some of the Indians were fiendishly angry because the women and children were not killed and they could scarcely be restrained from indulging their savage desire.  The boys, frightened as they were, goaded the oxen on to their greatest speed and the journey was probably accomplished in the shortest time of any ever made with oxen.  Wallula (sic) reached and they were turned over to Mr. Ogden, thus becoming hostages of Great Britain.
     The Indians seemed to be greatly rejoiced over their wealth acquired by the ransom.  The squaws began bringing up drift wood and piled it high within the walls of the fort.  At dark it was lighted and all the Indians gathered around, and began singing.  As the flames rose skyward the singing grew louder and soon the warriors began to dance.  The dance merged into the war dance.  Mr. Ogden was quick to see that these demonstrations meant danger to the occupants of the fort, and gave orders to let no Indian inside the fort building on any pretense whatever and armed every one that could use a gun and told them if an attack was made to sell their lives as dearly as possible.  There was little sleep at the Fort that night and the Indians were the first to enjoy the rest of slumber as they sank exhausted from their orgies.
     Mr. Ogden had sent Nez Perce escorts to bring the refugees to Lapwai, Rev. and Mrs. Spaulding and family, Mr. Canfield, Rev. Gray and others.
     New Year’s Day, 1848, the ransomed and few others in all nearly a hundred, embarked in bateaux, belonging to the Hudson Bay Company and rowed out into the Columbia, leaving the Indians and danger behind and this time fate befriended them, for no sooner had they reached the middle of the river than the Indians hearing the Colonel Cornelius Gilliam with volunteer troops was on his way from the Willamette Valley to punish them, rode in great numbers to the banks and demanded that they return, but the redmen were too late, the prey had eluded their grasp and was gone forever.  No, not forever, for Mr. Canfield returned later to help the volunteers chastise his enemies.
     The journey to Vancouver in an open boat in winter, was attended with much suffering and many hardships.  The portages at The Dalles and Cascades were made, by the men carrying the boats on their shoulders and the women and children walked.  In the latter case the distance is six miles.  The endurance of those people is almost incomprehensible.  Soon after reaching Oregon City, Mrs. Canfield gave birth to a child, but it lived but a few days.
     Not withstanding all the hardships endured by this couple, they both lived to a good old age in their California home in Sonoma County and strange as it may seem, Mr. Canfield carried the bullet in his back that he received at the massacre, all his life and it was not the cause of his death.
     Many years later Oscar Canfield returned here and went to see Chief Timothy.

     `Do you remember, a long time ago, taking a man across Snake River, who had no money and gave you his vest?' he asked him.
     `Dr. Whitman man?’ he asked.
     `Yes.’
     `Timothy remembers.’
     `Well that man was my father, and you saved his life.  If you will tell me how much you charged for taking a man across the river at that time, I will pay it and interest up to today.’
     `Halo,’ the chief replied.
     `Me, close tum tum,’ he said.  `But Dr. Whitman my close friend.  Me close tum tum.  Man my friend.’  And no amount of urging could induce the Indian to take pay for his service.
     `Well them,’ said Mr. Canfield, `I would like to make you a present,’ and offered him a gold piece.
     `My friends give me present yes, but pay halo.’
     The amount seemed insignificant to Mr. Canfield and he offered him some tobacco and as long as Timothy lived he always received a present of tobacco one a year or oftener.’  [We’ll All Go Home In The Spring, collected and compiled by Robert A. Bennett, Pioneer Press Books, Walla Walla, WA 1984]

Notes for SALLIE ANN LEE:
Sally Ann Canfield, released by Indians after Whitman massacre; arrives Fort Vancouver [Oregon Spectator, Jan 20 1848 p.2:4

1860: Annally, Sonoma Co, CA; William D. Canfield, 50, farmer, $7000 $3000, VT; Sally A., 40, VT; Oscar, 22, farmer, PA; Albert, 15, IA; Ellen Salsbury, 29, VT; Claria Knowles, 20, IL; William H., 2, CA; Charles Gearing, 34, farm laborer, Prussia; John Jones, 22, farm laborer, IL; Charles Potter, 11, VT; Louisa, 16, Indian, domestic, CA

1870: Analy, Sonoma Co, CA; Wm Canfield, 59, farmer, VT; Sarah, 59, VT

1880: Analy, Sonoma Co, CA; W.D. Canfield, 70, farmer, VT CT Mass; Sally Ann, 70, wife, VT CT CT

Children of WILLIAM CANFIELD and SALLIE LEE are:
                   i.    NATHAN LEE2 CANFIELD, b. 07 Jul 1829, Arlington, Bennington Co, VT; d. 18 Feb 1835, Arlington, Bennington Co, VT.
                  ii.    ELLEN S. CANFIELD, b. 05 Jun 1831, Arlington, Bennington Co, VT; d. 12 Jul 1865, CA; m. UNKNOWN SALISBURY.

Notes for ELLEN S. CANFIELD:
Hellen (sic) Canfield, age 16, released by Indians after Whitman massacre; arrives Fort Vancouver [Oregon Spectator, Jan 20 1848 p.2:4

1860: Annally, Sonoma Co, CA; William D. Canfield, 50, farmer, $7000 $3000, VT; Sally A., 40, VT; Oscar, 22, farmer, PA; Albert, 15, IA; Ellen Salsbury, 29, VT; Claria Knowles, 20, IL; William H., 2, CA; Charles Gearing, 34, farm laborer, Prussia; John Jones, 22, farm laborer, IL; Charles Potter, 11, VT; Louisa, 16, Indian, domestic, CA

2.              iii.    OSCAR FITZALLEN CANFIELD, b. 08 Mar 1838, Springfield, PA; d. 08 Oct 1926, Idaho County, ID.

3.              iv.    CLARISSA CANFIELD, b. Oct 1840, IL; d. Aft. 1910, Sonoma Co, CA.

                  v.    SYLVIA ANN CANFIELD, b. 07 Feb 1842, Fairfield, Jefferson Co, IA; d. 04 Feb 1854, Sonoma Co, CA.

4.              vi.    ALBERT CANFIELD, b. 18 May 1845, Oskaloosa, IA; d. Abt. 1880.

                vii.    WILLIAM D. CANFIELD, b. 03 Feb 1848, Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR; d. 05 Jul 1849, San Francisco, Sonoma Co, CA.

               viii.    JULIA CANFIELD, b. 03 Aug 1850, San Francisco, Sonoma Co, CA; d. 06 Aug 1850, San Francisco, Sonoma Co, CA.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  OSCAR FITZALLEN2 CANFIELD (WILLIAM D.1) was born 08 Mar 1838 in Springfield, PA, and died 08 Oct 1926 in Idaho County, ID.  He married CYNTHIA ANN MAPLE 1861.  She was born 06 May 1845 in OH, and died 20 Dec 1929 in Kootenai Co, ID.

Notes for OSCAR FITZALLEN CANFIELD:
Oscar Canfield, age 9, released by Indians after Whitman massacre; arrives Fort Vancouver [Oregon Spectator, Jan 20 1848 p.2:4

1860: Annally, Sonoma Co, CA; William D. Canfield, 50, farmer, $7000 $3000, VT; Sally A., 40, VT; Oscar, 22, farmer, PA; Albert, 15, IA; Ellen Salsbury, 29, VT; Claria Knowles, 20, IL; William H., 2, CA; Charles Gearing, 34, farm laborer, Prussia; John Jones, 22, farm laborer, IL; Charles Potter, 11, VT; Louisa, 16, Indian, domestic, CA

Land claim #6234 Sonoma Co, CA; Oscar F. Canfield Aug 20, 1878; E1/2NW S7 T10 R13W; Mt Diablo Meridian; SWNE S7 T10 R13W; NWNW Lot 1 S7 T10 R13

1880: Dist 24, Spokane Prairie, Kootenai, ID; Oscar F. Canfield, 42, farmer, PA VT CT; Cyntha, 35, OH NJ OH; Mary, 14, CA; Sherman, 10, CA; Sally A., 8, CA; Berton, 6, CA; Charles O(liver), 4, CA; Nathan, 1, Wash Terr;  James Morris, 74; boarder, wood chopper, NY; Summers (?) Daniels, 23, assistant, farm labor, VA

1900: Dist 125, Forks, Idaho Co, ID;
Household #213 Sherman Canfield, Jul 1868, 31, m-1, CA PA OH; Eva, wife, Apr 1873, 27, m-1, 0-0, NE Can Can
Household #230 Oscar Canfield, Mar 1838, 62, m-39, PA VT VT; Ann, May 1845, 55, m-39, 7-7, OH NJ OH; Augusta Cooper, dau, Mar 1873, 27, s, CA; Oliver, son, Dec 1875, 24, s, CA; Joseph (L.) Canfield, Oct 1878, 21, s, WA PA OH
Household #231 Oscar B. Canfield, head, Mar 1874, 26, m-0, CA PA OH; Clara, wife, Jun 1874, 26, m-0, 0-0, unk unk unk; Ella Maple, grandmother, Apr 1818, 82, wd, 3-2, OH GR SC

Land Claim #4403, Oscar Canfield, Idaho County, ID; Jan 30, 1906

Forest Cemetery, Kootenai County, ID:
Canfield, Ann, b. 05-06-1845, d. 12-20-1929, s/s Oscar
Canfield, James A, b. 03-01-1846, d. 12-11-1920, s/p Mary
Canfield, Oscar F, b. 03-08-1838, d. 10-08-1926, s/s Ann

 

Children of OSCAR CANFIELD and CYNTHIA MAPLE are:

Notes for MARY CANFIELD:
"Granddaughter of Massacre Escape Dies--Couer D'Alene--
     Mrs. Mary Canfield Ferrell, 87, granddaughter of the only white man to escape the Whitman Massacre Nov. 29, 1847, died here Tuesday.  She had been ill about a week.    Mrs. Ferrell's father, Oscar F. Canfield, as a boy of 12 also escaped death in the massacre at Waiilatpu, near Walla Walla, Wash., when the Indians struck down missionary Marcus Whitman and his white male followers.
   The former Mary Canfield was 12 years of age in 1878 when her parents moved to the present city of Couer d'Alene which was the same year Fort Coeur d'Alene was established.  The family homesteaded here and for many years Canfield furnished beef for the soldiers at the fort
   Mrs. Ferrell regarded Couer d'Alene as her home for the last 75 years.  She lived for a time in California with her grandparents.  After her marriage to William Ferrell, she lived at Ferrell, Idaho on the St. Joe River.  Her husband established the town more than 50 years ago.
   Mrs. Ferrell often related how her grandfather was able to hide in the willows near the Whitman mission for three days after the massacre.  He walked for nine days and nights to the Spalding Mission at Lapwai, Idaho after that for help." [Walla Walla Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA November 24, 1953 p.5:6]

iii.    SHERMAN CANFIELD, b. Jul 1868, Sonoma Co, CA.

iv.    SALLIE AUGUSTA CANFIELD, b. Mar 1873, Sonoma Co, CA.

v.    OSCAR BERTON CANFIELD, b. Mar 1874, Sonoma Co, CA.

vi.    CHARLES OLIVER CANFIELD, b. Dec 1875, Sonoma Co, CA.

vii.    NATHAN JOSEPH CANFIELD, b. Oct 1878, Washington Territory.

1870: Salt Point, Sonoma Co, CA, July 23, 1870; Oscar Canfield, 30, rancher, $600 $1000, PA; Cynthia, 25, keeping house, OH; Augusta, 7, CA; Mary, 3, CA; Sherman, 11/12, CA

1880: Dist 24, SpokanePrairie, Kootenai, ID; Oscar F. Canfield, 42, farmer, PA VT CT; Cyntha, 35, OH NJ OH; Mary, 14, CA; Sherman, 10, CA; Sally A., 8, CA; Berton, 6, CA; Charles O(liver), 4, CA; Nathan, 1, Wash Terr;  James Morris, 74; boarder, wood chopper, NY; Summers (?) Daniels, 23, assistant, farm labor, VA

1900: Dist 125, Forks,Idaho Co, ID; Household #230 Oscar Canfield, Mar 1838, 62, m-39, PA VT VT; Ann, May 1845, 55, m-39, 7-7, OH NJ OH; Augusta Cooper, dau, Mar 1873, 27, s, CA; Oliver, son, Dec 1875, 24, s, CA; Joseph Canfield, Oct 1878, 21, s, WA PA OH

3.  CLARISSA2 CANFIELD (WILLIAM D.1) was born Oct 1840 in IL, and died Aft. 1910 in Sonoma Co, CA.  She married JAMES H. KNOWLES.  He died Aft. 1880 in Sonoma Co, CA.

4.  ALBERT2 CANFIELD (WILLIAM D.1) was born 18 May 1845 in Oskaloosa, IA, and died Abt. 1880.  He married MATILDA BAKER. 

 

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