Mrs. Ailcy E. Deakins, the mother of 13 children, 12 of whom are
still living, was buried in the Clackamas cemetery today.
The funeral was held in the Clackamas Methodist Church.
Mrs. Deakins died Tuesday
afternoon at 76 years, after a long illness. She was born in Missouri
and came to Clackamas County
several years ago. |
Mrs. A. E. Deakins, an Oregon pioneer of 1850, died at her home
at Clackamas February 23. In 1895 she moved to Clackamas
County.
Mrs. Deakins crossed the plains by ox team with her parents when
but a child. Her father, Mart Prine, on his arrival in
Oregon, settled on a donation land claim near Scio, Linn County.
Mrs. Deakins was married to Thomas Deakins in 1855 and had 13
children, 12 of whom are living, Mrs. Martha Jame, Dayton, Wash.;
W. F. Deakins, Bismarck, N. D.; D. B. Deakins, Lacomb, Or.; H.
R. Deakins, Rose Lodge, Or.; D. M. Deakins, St. Johns, Or.; J.
M. Deakins, Newberg, Or.; Mrs. Polly Oberle, Carlton, Or.; Charles
Deakins, Clackamas, Or.; Alford Deakins, Rock Creek, Colo.; P.
Deakins, Rose Lodge, Or.; Miles Deakins, Clackamas, Or., and Mrs.
Rachel Pochert, Tacoma, Wash. |