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Year: 1920 Roll: T625_1491 Race: W Page: 1A State: Oregon ED: 3 County: Benton Image: 593 Township: Bellfountain
Larkin, James P 56 OR IA IA farmer
Ida M. wife 43 OR IA OR
Chris H. son 16 WA OR OR
R. Harold son 14 WA OR OR
Delmer F. son 11 WA OR OR
Jenkins, Elmer J. son-in-law 26 TX TX TX laborer
Merle H. grandson 5 OR TX WA
Opal I. grand-dau 3 5/12 OR TX WA
Francis W. grandson 1 2/12 OR TX WA
Starr, Leander J. father-in-law 74 IA IA IA miner
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1930 United States Federal Census > Oregon > Benton > Monroe > District 25, Pacific Hwy, West Side
48/50 LARKIN, James P. owns 67 md at 24 ID IA IA Farmer Dairy Farm
Ida M. wife 60 md at 17 OR IA OR
STARR, Leander J. f-i-l 84 div. IA OH IA
JENKINS, Merle H. gr-son 15 S OR TX WA
Wayne F. gr-son 11 S OR TX WA
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Name: Larkin, James
County: Benton
Death Date: 29 Jul 1941
Certificate: 108
Spouse: Ida
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Bellfountain Cemetery
LARKIN, Infant son, Row 7,SS, On stone with John (brother), 1902, In memory of our darlings
LARKIN, Adaline, Row 7,SS, 1854~ 1941
JACKSON, Byron, Row 7,SS, On stone with Orlena & John Jackson, Next to Larkins, No dates
JACKSON, Orlena, Row 7,SS, On stone with Byron & John Jackson, Next to Larkins, No dates
JACKSON, John, Row 7,SS, On stone with Byron & Orlena Jackson, Next to Larkins, No dates
LARKIN, James P., Row 7,SS, Next to Ida May Larkin, 1 Mar 1863~29 Jul 1914,
One worthy of remembrance
LARKIN, Ida May, Row 7,SS, Next to James P. Larkin, 1870~ 1950,
One worthy of remembrance
LARKIN, Chris H., Row 7,SS, Pvt, 361st Inf 91st Div, Next to Ida May Larkin, 1903~ 1945
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WPA Historical Records Survey - Benton Co, OR
Mark Phinney
Interviews - L
James C. LARKIN
May 23, 1939
Mr. LARKIN was interviewed at his farm home about two and one half miles north of Motiri-je on the west side of Pacific Highway. The address is on Route 3, from Junction City. Mr. LARKIN has but limited information about his family and was unr-ertaiti about dates. He said:
"My father, Abel LARKIN, and his brothers, Perry and Matthew, came from Iowa to Oregon sometime in the 'fifties and settled near Sheridan in Polk County. Some time before 1890 Perry went to the Palouse country in eastern Washington and was a pioneer there. After coming West father became a preacher of the United Brethren Church and preached at various places in Polk County. The United Brethren Church then operated chiefly in rural districts and father preached at many places and received little salary. He had to work on a farm to make a living. He preached more or less all over the Willamette Valley. One time when he had been on a circuit in Linn County, at the end of three years they were more than a thousand dollars behind in his salary.
"My mother was Mary McClure. Two of her brothers, John and Charles, were among the first settlers in the Hood River - The Dalles section of eastern Oregon. My mother's children were Orleana, myself, and Ed. After mother's death, father was married twice and his children by these marriages were Molly, Charles, Edith and Winnie. (Note- This interview should be compared with that given by Mrs. A. LARKIN of Bellfountain, last wife of Abel LARKIN.)
"In 1875, when I was about twelve years old, my father left Polk County and came to this part of the state. He took a homestead in the vicinity of Houck Mountain, just over the line from Benton County in the northern part of Lane County. After that he did not travel so much but preached at places that could be reached from home. After he got too old for farming he retired to Bellfountain, where he died.
"I received my first schooling at a country school this side of Sheridan. The instructions there was little and poor. When we came to this county I attended school at the Alpine and Bellfountain districts. The only teachers I recall clearly are Dick NICHOLS and his older brother Alfred. The NICHOLS were fine people. Dick is still living on the old place.
"In 1832 when I was nineteen I went to my Uncle who was living near Garfield, Washington, and I stayed in eastern Washington and Idaho until 1910. I helped build the first hotel in Garfield. I was getting two dollars and a half a day on that job, when I gave it up and started working in Joe KENT'S blacksmith shop for ten dollars a month, to learn the trade.
"In 1884, with Martin JACKSON and Hezekiah BROWN, I went prospecting on the Coeur D'Alene River in Idaho. We were totally inexperienced in mining and when we found some rich quartz samples we did not appreciate their worth. We had but little money to start with and that was about gone. We debated whether to file on the mine or give it up. Two young fellows, the WARD boys from Montana, were camped near us. They told us the discovery did not amount to anything, and that our samples were worthless, but at the same time by careless inquiries learned about the location of our find. We finally decided not to file and as soon as we had taken our tools from the prospect and it was open to others the WARDS filed on it. The claim later sold for $125,000. Hezekiah BROWN came back to the Willamette Valley and became a Methodist preacher.
"After I had been in eastern Washington a few years I came back to the Valley for a wife and married Ida M. STARR, whom I had known when I was a boy here. She was the daughter of Leander STARR and Fannie COYLE. Her grandfather STARR had settled about a mile north on Monroe in 1846, and the COYLEs had settled just east of Monroe in 1852. Grandfather Samuel STARR was the first sheriff of Benton County. Our children were Josie, Artis, Emil, Avery, Chris, Harold and Delmar. They are all living about here.
"After I married I farmed on Rock Creek in the southern part of Spokane County, Washington. My house was in Washington and the wood shed was over the line in Idaho. That was on the border of the Indian Reservation. In that same country was a George HARRIS, the son of my mother's sister. He was married to the daughter of one MASTERS. MASTERS and HARRIS were members of a gang of horse and cattle thieves. They would run stock off and drive them to Montana where they could be sold. Luke RAWLS, who lived in the 'Hole-in-the ground' on Rick Creek just above Rock Lake was the deputy sheriff who finally arrested Ed HARRIS and brought him to Spokane. When RAWLS took his prisoner to a hotel in Spokane he was met at the head of the stairs by MASTERS and HARRIS' wife armed with revolvers. I do not know whether anyone was killed in the affair, but RAWLS shot it out with them and held his prisoner.
"In 1910, under the urging of our aging parents, wife and I came back to the Willamette Valley, where we have since lived. I have chiefly followed dairying. I find the Valley a pleasanter place to live but not so good a place to make money in.
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Contact: Joanne Hodges <joanne@bigskytel.com>
Name: James Pendleton LARKIN
Birth: 1 Mar 1863 in Boise,Ada,Idaho,USA
Death: 29 Jul 1941 in Monroe,Benton,Oregon,USA
Burial: Bellfountain,Benton,Oregon,USA
Father: Abel LARKIN b: 3 Jan 1839 in Canton,Fulton,Illinois,USA
Mother: Mary Frances MC CLURE b: Abt 1843 in ,,Missouri,USA
Marriage 1 Ida May STARR b: 11 Feb 1870 in Monroe,Benton,Oregon,USA
Married: 11 Dec 1886 in of Monroe,Benton,Oregon,USA
Children
Josie Irene LARKIN birth b: 14 May 1888
Elsie Lea LARKIN birth b: 18 Jan 1890 in of Bellfountain,near Monroe,Benton County,Oregon
James Ertis LARKIN birth b: 1893
Emile Emery LARKIN birth b: 20 Apr 1895 in Fairfield,Spokane,Washington,USA
Avery Alva LARKIN birth b: 1897
Hazel Gertrude LARKIN birth b: 25 Mar 1899
Chris Hubert LARKIN birth b: 1903
Ralph Harold LARKIN birth b: Abt 1905
Delmar Francis LARKIN birth b: 22 Aug 1906 in Colville,Stevens,Washington,USA
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Dorothy C. Burt
27321 Reese Creek Rd.
Monroe, OR 97456

• Married: 11 DEC 1886 in Monroe, Benton Co, OR

1. Josie Irene LARKIN b: 14 MAY 1888 in WA
2. Elsie Lee LARKIN b: 28 JAN 1890 in Bellfountain, Benton Co., OR
3. James Ertis LARKIN b: 28 APR 1893 in Garfield, Spokane Co., WA
4. Emile Emery LARKIN b: 20 APR 1895 in Fairfield, Spokane Co., WA
5. Avery Alva LARKIN b: 5 MAY 1897 in Boise, ID
6. Hazel Gertrude LARKIN b: 25 MAR 1899 in Bellfountain, Benton Co., OR
7. Chris Hubert LARKIN b: 7 OCT 1903 in Bellfountain, Benton Co., OR
8. Ralph Harold LARKIN b: 7 AUG 1905 in Bellfountain, Benton Co., OR
9. Delmar Francis LARKIN b: 27 AUG 1908 in Bellfountain, Benton Co., OR

1. Title: Oregon Death Records
   Abbrev: Oregon Death Records
   Note:
   Source Media Type: Book
2. Title: Benton County Cemetery Records, Vol III
   Abbrev: Benton County Cemetery Records, Vol III
   Note:
   Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Bellfountain
   Text: LARKIN, James P., Row 7,SS, Next to Ida May Larkin, 1 Mar 1863~29 Jul 1914,
   One worthy of remembrance
3. Title: WPA Historical Records - Interviews
   Abbrev: WPA Historical Records - Interviews
   Note:
   Source Media Type: Manuscript
   Page: Malinda Frances (Fannie) Starr