John, his wife, four daughters and a son journeyed from Marion county Iowa by ox cart in 1862. They first settled in northern California and two years later in 1864 moved to Oregon settling in the Umpqua river valley near Roseburg. His wife Catherine died in 1875 and he married Mary Ellen Davis in 1875. Children are Rachel Cain of Carlton OR, Mary Woodruff of Oakland OR, Alice Dilly of North Yakima WA, John M. Newman of Myrtle Point OR John was a member of the United Brethren church until recent years when he transferred to the Methodist church.
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