Margaret Bounds

1822 - 1888  (66 years)

• Name	Margaret Bounds  [1]
  Birth	30 Jan 1822	Campbell Co, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Apr 1888	Kittitas Valley, Kittitas Co, Washington
  Burial	Thorp-Splawn Pioneer Cem, Kittitas Co, Washington
  	"Thorp-Splawn family cemetery, a place well known in the family and visited often. The last time I was there was about a year ago." email from Ken Burrell 7/10/2014 Thorp-Splawn Pioneer Cemetery Kittitas County Washington USA This family cemetery is on the north side of I-90 in a field that can be seen from the interstate. There are two Splawn and two Thorp graves, plus 12 unmarked graves. Ten of the 12 are decendants of F. M. Thorp, and two are unidentified. The marked graves are Dulcena Helen and Violet Vivian Splawn, and Fielden M. and Margaret Thorp." There are two big stones that can be seen from I 90, and there are three (four?) small white stones in front of the two large ones, each only bearing inittials or one word. C. A. (Charles Aarmenus) Splawn's name is on one of the stones...the only mention that he may be buried here. It is his wife and a daughter that are buried here. The writing on the big stones: ? Margaret, "wife of F.M. Thorp" (Jan 30, 1822 - April 30, 1888), "aged 66 years 3 mos" ? Fielden M. Thorp (April 13, 1822 - Feb 11, 1893) -- the base says "F.M. Thorp" ? Dulcena Heelen [sic] Splawn, "wife of C.A. Splawn" (April 28, 1844 - May 6,1871), "27 years 8 days" -- the base says "C.A. Splawn" ? Violet Vivian Splawn (May 6, 1885 - Jan 24, 1887) A small white stone: M.T. [ = Margaret Bounds Thorp] findagrave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2363407
  Person ID	I7260	Roots
  Last Modified	15 May 2015

  
  

  Father	John Bird (or James B.) Bounds,   b. 1799, Tennessee d. 26 Jun 1869, Lane Co, Oregon (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lovelady,   b. 1803, White Co, Tennessee d. 13 Nov 1846, Oregon Trail (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	1820	White Co, Tennessee
  Family ID	F710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fielden Mortimer Thorp,   b. 13 Apr 1822, Howard Co, Missouri d. 11 Feb 1893, Kittitas Valley, Kittitas Co, Washington (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1842	Holt Co, Missouri   [1]
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza headstone Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, Oregon
  		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
  		Gorman, Eliza obit Corvallis, Oregon furnished by Patricia Benner
  		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
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza timeline includes 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census
  Children	+ 1. Dulcena Helen Thorp,   b. 28 Apr 1844   d. 6 May 1871, Yakima Co, Washington (Age 27 years) + 2. Leonard Luther Thorp,   b. 16 Oct 1845, Independence,Polk Co, Oregon d. 2 Oct 1926, Yakima Co, Washington (Age 80 years) + 3. William Willis Thorp,   b. 1847, Independence, Polk Co, Oregon d. Aft 1920, of, Enatie, King Co, Washington (Age > 74 years)   4. Benjamin Thorp,   b. Abt 1848, Oregon d. Aft 1849 (Age ~ 2 years)   5. Robert Thorp,   b. Abt 1849   d. Aft 1850 (Age ~ 2 years) + 6. Bayless Beauford Thorp,   b. 1850, Independence, Polk Co, Oregon d. 27 Dec 1887, Nasches River, Yakima Co, Washington (Age 37 years) + 7. Melissa Francis Thorp,   b. May 1852, Oregon d. Aft 1900, of, West Kittitas, Kittitas Co, Washington (Age ~ 48 years)   8. Mary F. (or A.) Thorp,   b. Abt 1854, Oregon d. Bef 1904 (Age ~ 49 years) + 9. Adelia Ellen Thorp,   b. 20 Mar 1854, Polk Co, Oregon d. 19 May 1925, Okotoks, Alberta, Canada (Age 71 years)   10. Julia Olive Thorp,   b. Abt 1858   d. Aft 1904 (Age ~ 47 years)   11. Milton A Thorp,   b. Abt 1860, Oregon d. 10 Jul 1878, Yakima Co, Washington (Age ~ 18 years)   12. Rufus Clifford Thorp,   b. 3 Apr 1862, Moxee, Yakima Co, Washington d. Aft 1863 (Age > 2 years)
  Family ID	F3040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 30 Apr 1888 - Kittitas Valley, Kittitas Co, Washington Burial - - Thorp-Splawn Pioneer Cem, Kittitas Co, Washington  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Bounds, Margaret Thorp

  
  

• Sources

  [S301] Karl Kiser (KSquared77).