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| BARSTOW, Joseph May 30, 1915; Oregonian, p 9 "Joseph Barstow Buried" Oregon City, Or., May 29 |
| Joseph Barstow, who died at the Portland Oddfellows' Home Thursday,
was County Assessor of Clackamas County 35 years ago and was closely associated with the political history and the development of the North Willamette Valley in pioneer days. He was 86 years old. Mr. Barstow crossed the plains in 1851 and first settled in Canemah. While living there he worked as a purser on several Upper Willamette steamers but a few years after his arrival he took up a homestead at Stafford. In 1880 he was elected County Assessor on the Republican ticket and at the end of his first term was re-elected by a large majority. Following his two terms he spent a number of years here as Deputy Assessor. Later he moved to the Wilhoit district. His wife died more than 30 years ago and one son, Butler Barstow, was killed near Wilhoit in a logging accident six years ago. One son living at Colfax, Wash., and two daughters, Mrs. William Berg, of Wilhoit, and Mrs. Joseph Day, of Grangeville, Idaho, survive. The funeral was held yesterday at Stafford and interment was made in the Stafford Cemetery. |