A cabinet card photograph of Francesca Reinig Dekum in a wood frame. She wears a dark dress with fabric-covered buttons and a ruffled collar. She has a plaid scarf tied at her neck. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "From Mss 535, Francesca Reinig Dekum, wife of Frank Dekum. Died, Portland, Oregon, 1872-3. Born nr. Heidelberg, Germany (ap. 1830)." Note: genealogical records indicate that Dekum was born in about 1840 and died in 1878.
Transcription from front: “Gov. Geo. L Curry & w - 18__.” Transcription from back: “Letter from George Curry to W.H. Rees, March 31, 1874. ‘I send you in answer to your request a photography of wife and self from a picture at the time I held office, 1855. It is the only one we have.’ (Chloe Boone is his wife).”
Frances Akin Clark, circa 1873. First married Dr. William Johnson, then C. O. Clark, then Winthrop A. Rowe. Daughter of James and Eliza Akin, who arrived in Portland in the fall of 1852.
James Duval Holman, father to Frederick V. and George, among others. He married Rachel Hixson (Summers). He is credited with being one of the founders of Pacific City, Oregon, but lived in Portland in 1857.
Laura F. (Kelly) Turner (1847-1919)(wife of Enoch, married in 1867) and (Moriah/Maria) Emily Kelly (1851-1940), daughters of Clinton and Moriah (Crain) Kelly.
