Transcription from back: “Elder Geo. Wills. Father of Reuben, grandfather of Nellie. Wife of Elder George was Sarah Jane, daughter of Springer Peacock.”
Transcription from front: “Mrs. John R. Thompson, boarding house, 1864.” Transcription from back: “ Mrs. J. R. Thompson, manager Thompson’s Boarding House, 185 Front Corner Madison.”
Transcription from back: “Hon. William Wallace Thayer (Governor). Crossed the plains 1862. Sixth governor of State of Oregon 1878-1882. Chief Justice of Oregon State Supreme Court 1888-1890. See “History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon” page 278.”
Transcription from back: “Terry, Chester N. Sec. Of the Grand Lodge of I.O.O.F. 1856. Secretary of the Constitutional Convention, Salem, Sept. 18, 1857. Presented by Mrs. S. C. Dyer, Salem. Rec. No. 270.”
Transcription from back: “Mrs. Lucy (Carter) Tanner, 1852. Pioneer of 1852 from vis . Wife of Elisha Swift Tanner, also a pioneer of 1852. Went to Eastern Washington with her husband many years ago where she spent the rest of her life.”
Transcription from back: “Elisha Swift Tanner, 1852. Pioneer of 1852 from __ via ___. Married Miss Lucy Carter, also a pioneer of 1852. Went to Eastern Washington many years ago where he spent the rest of his life.”
Transcription from back: “Jamie Frenchmen Smith, a friend of Mama’s who was in school with her at the seminary in Ore. City. Her father-in-law had a foundry in Ore. City in the early days. Her husband was her stepbrother.”