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1870 CENSUS: #731, Corvallis, Benton Co, OR:
HYLAND, Benjamin 66, carpenter, NH;
Louisa 20, OR;
George L. 3, OR:
Maria 2, OR
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HYLAND, BENJAMIN State: OR Year: 1860 County: Lane Township: Richasons Precinct Page: 277
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1880 CENSUS: Richardson Pct., Lane Co, Oregon
Benjamin HYLAND Self M Male W 76 NH Farmer MS NH
Louisa HYLAND Wife M Female W 29 OR Keeping House MO MO
Maria HYLAND Dau S Female W 11 OR Goes To School NH OR
Jane HYLAND Dau S Female W 9 OR At School NH OR
Emma HYLAND Dau S Female W 8 OR At School NH OR
Frederick HYLAND Son S Male W 5 OR At School NH OR
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The Oregon Trail Diary of Twin Sisters, Cecelia Adams and Parthenia Blank in 1852, Bert Webber, ISBN 0-936738-48-0. Paper, 85 pages.
Webb Research Group Publishers, P.O. Box 314, Medford, OR 97501. Website: http://www.pnwbooks.com
The editor identifies Captain Hyland as Benjamin Hyland, who came with sons Burnham and Amos. Benjamin was my great-great-great grandfather. He came with three sons, Amos Damon Hyland, Burnham Smith Hyland, and Benjamin F. Hyland.
Amy Seyfried amysf@pacbell.net
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Benjamin and Abigail were married in Mass. They came to Illinois near Chicago (Plainfield) where they bougfht land for so many shillings an acre (less then a dollar). Benjamin was engaged in drawing flour on a canal, near Plainfield. Benjamin had a license to preach in the Free Methodist Church. He left 3 years provisions in the house for his family when he left, but the house burned down and most of these were lost. The family moved into a house that was built of black walnut logs. Benjamin belonged to a band of men who helped the slaves over into Canada, where they would be free. He had a store room built under the floor of his barn where the slaves were kept till he had the opportunity to haul them to Chicago where a man had a boat. He was a grain shipper, but on the sly, he was also loading the boats with slaves and taking them across Lake Michigan to freedom. He had a wagon with a false bottom in the bed. He would haul grain and produce on the top part and slaves in the bottom. Benjamin return to Ill to take the rest of his family by going across the Isthmus of Panama, or around the Horn. Unable to persuade Abigail to come, he departed (by boat) and returned to Oregon were he remarried and raised another family. Benjamin had a store in Scramento, CA from 1874 to 1876, and returned to Cheshire, Oregon in 1876. (MVR, pg 198, IGII,AEHO, VWLO, MDHO)
Father: Amasa HYLAND b: 23 MAY 1760 in Scituate, MA
Mother: Prudence WHITCOMB
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• Married: 23 JUN 1866 in Benton Co, OR ³
• Divorced: 1888 ⁴

1. George L. HYLAND b: ABT 1867 in Benton Co., OR
2. Maria HYLAND b: ABT 1868 in Benton Co., OR
3. Jane HYLAND b: ABT 1871
4. Emma HYLAND b: 02 MAY 1872 in Corvallis, Benton Co, OR
5. Frederick HYLAND b: ABT 1875
6. Charles HYLAND b: 1889

• Married: 07 OCT 1827 in Marshfield, MA

1. Benjamin F. HYLAND b: 17 NOV 1829 in Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH.
2. Burnam Smith Hyland b: 20 SEP 1833 in New Hampton, Belknap Co., NH
3. Amos Damon Hyland b: 11 FEB 1837 in Plainfield, IL
4. Mary Ann HYLAND b: 17 APR 1840 in Plainfield, IL
5. Edward T. Hyland b: 24 MAR 1843 in Plainfield, IL
6. Sylvia M. Hyland b: 24 FEB 1848 in Plainfield, IL

1. Title: 1870 Census Index - OR, Benton County
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2. Title: 1880 Census - OR, Benton County
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3. Footnote: Benton County, OR Marriage Records
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