Allen Hash
1823 - 1908 (85 years)
Generation: 1
1. Allen Hash was born in Mar 1823 in Grayson County, Virginia; died on 4 Mar 1908 in Jefferson County, Oregon; was buried in Gray Butte Cemetery, Culver, Jefferson County, Oregon. Other Events:
- Census: 1850, Ray County, Missouri
- Census: 1860, Butter, Benton County, Oregon
- Census: 1870, Peoria, Linn County, Oregon
- Census: 1900, Haystock, Crook County, Oregon
Notes:
Note on Find a Grave:
Allen Hash
Allen Hash was born in Virginia in 1819. He and his wife Elizabeth were living in Shedd, Oregon when their daughter Arminta was born in 1855. They were in Missouri when their daughter Martha Ann was born in 1847. When Arminta was about 15 years old they came East of the Cascade Mountains and settled on Coon Creek in the Grizzly area of Wasco County (later Crook and then Jefferson County).
Allen, also called John by his family, and Elizabeth raised a family of five girls: Jane Huston, Martha Ann Strait, Arminta Evans, Etta Chitwood and Mary Ellen Garrett.
By 1900 Allen and Elizabeth were probably divorced. Elizabeth was living with Jeff D. Evans family in McKay Precinct in Crook County and Allen was living in the Haystack Precinct in Crook County. Their daughters Mary Allen, wife of James Harlan Garrett, and Etta, wife of Pleasant Chitwood, were both deceased.
In 1907 Allen made his will. He left Arminta and Jane $1.00 each and his daughter Martha Ann was to receive the remainder of his estate. The children of Etta and Mary Ellen petitioned the Court to get their mother's share of the Estate.
Martha Ann Strait appears in the 1910 Crook County Census and was either divorced or widowed.
Allen died March 4, 1908 and is buried in the Gray Butte Cemetery. He left an estate but did not have a grave stone ... only a small grave marker that said only "Alln Hash".
Note on Find a Grave:
Hash, Allen, File C-49, Case #259, Testate, died march 4, 1908 in Crook County, Oregon. Heirs: Sarah Jane Huston, daughter, age 72, Rochester, Oregon, Martha Ann Strait, daughter, age 64, Lamonta, Crook County, Oregon, Armeta Evins [Evans], age 57, Mitchell, Oregon. Grandchildren of Hash: children of deceased daughter Ellen Hash Garret: Anna Sumner, age 35, Youngs, Oregon, James Garrett, age 33, Hay Creek, Oregon, Donald Garrett, age 23, Salem, Oregon, Ethel Garrett-Clark, age 20, Hay Creek, Oregon. Also, Ina Chitwood-Cranch, age 21, Colfax, Washington, Roy Chitwood, age 24, Grizzly, Oregon, Fay C. Chitwood, who are the children of deceased daughter Etta Hash Chitwood. Will was signed in Crook County, Oregon and witnesses were Fred A. McDowell, of Culver, Oregon and D. W. Barnett, also Culver, Oregon. Martha Ann Strait was named Executrix of Estate. Number of pages: 68.
Obituary - March 12, 1908
ALLEN HASH FOUND DEAD IN HIS CABIN
Aged Pioneer Dies Alone at Mining Camp Near Hay Creek
The body of Allen Hash, one of the pioneer settlers on Willow Creek, was found in his mining camp on Hay Creek last Wednesday by a boy who carried his supplies. The old man lived at the camp alone and on the last trip of the young man who carried his supplies, a week or more prior to the day the body was found, he had complained of having a bad cold and a touch of the grippe. He was not feeling badly enough, however, to go out to one of the neighboring ranches, and said he thought he would be all right in a day or so. When the boy returned on his next trip, he found the body, Mr. Hash having been dead for several days.
Mr. Hash was one of the oldest settlers of the Willow Creek country, and was 93 years old at the time of his death. He was the father of the late Mrs. J. H. Garrett of Cross Keys. The body was interred in Grey Butte cemetery last Friday.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28666414/allen-hashFamily/Spouse: Betsy Phipps. Betsy (daughter of Isaiah Phipps and Sarah Ann Howell) was born about 1818 in Grayson County, Virginia; was buried in Isaiah Phipps Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Allen married Elizabeth Edwards on 28 Jul 1939 in Ashe County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was born on 24 Dec 1821 in Grayson County, Virginia; died on 3 Jan 1908 in Rochester, Thurston County, Washington; was buried in Grand Mound Cemetery, Rochester, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]