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Photos | ![]() | Gorman, Hannah and Eliza home
furnished by Patricia Brenner
"Homeowner Patricia Brenner strolls along the outside of the Gorman Corvallis Gazette-Times "A Saved history: Oregon's oldest house owned by black pioneers makes the National Register of Historic Places" Caption: "House, which historians say is the oldest known existing residence in Oregon directly tied to early black pioneers" webiite: http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/a-saved-history-oregon-s-oldest-house-owned-by-black/article_60180ca1-4927-5569-beae-6816ef85da0c.html Furnished by Patricia Brenner |
Documents | ![]() | Gorman, Hannah and Eliza
"A Saved History" A saved history: Oregon's oldest house owned by black pioneers makes the National Register of Historic Places Historic home built by Hannah and Eliza Gorman, mother and daughter, who had crossed the Great Plains to Oregon via the Oregon Trail as slaves of Fielden and Eizabeth Bounds Thorp. Their home survived and was purchased in 2004 by Patricia Benner and her husband Tony Howell. They had the home registered with the National Register of Historic Places. Many many thanks to Patricia Benner for sharing this beautiful story with me to add to the website as part of our family history. (note: Elizabeth Bounds was the niece of this site's owner's gg-grandfather James Lovelady |
![]() | Gorman, Hannah and Eliza
prepared and furnished by Patricia Benner Hannah and Eliza Gorman: 1850 Federal Census when Living with John Thorp in Polk County |
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Last Name, Given Name(s) ![]() |
Died ![]() |
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1 | ![]() | 23 Jan 1936 | Corvallis, Oregon | I7257 |
2 | ![]() | 8 Mar 1994 | Corvallis, Oregon | I36978 |
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