Sarah Hunsaker Tompkins family papers

Collection

Identifier: Coll871

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials relating to Sarah Hunsaker Tompkins (1847-1942) and her family. This includes a photocopy of her reminiscences about her marriage and move to eastern Oregon, and family photographs. Genealogical materials in the collection include obituaries for Tompkins and her husband, Josephus Tompkins (1838-1928); a list of family members; a biographical sketch of Tompkins' father, Jacob T. Hunsaker (1818-1889); an introduction to an album about the Hunsaker family (the album is not present in the collection); and a 1969 letter by Tompkins' son Forbes Barclay Tompkins (1882-1975), that he sent with some photographs to a relative.

Dates

Creation: circa 1870-2018

Creator

Tompkins family (Family)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical Note

Sarah Ellen Hunsaker Tompkins was born in 1847 near Oregon City, Oregon, the daughter of Jacob T. Hunsaker (1818-1889) and Emily Collins Hunsaker (1820-1874). In 1873, she married Josephus Tompkins (1838-1928) in Oregon City, and the couple subsequently raised cattle in eastern Oregon for several years before returning to Oregon City. The couple had six children: Daniel, Emily, Jacob, Forbes, Morton, and Verna. Tompkins died in 1942; her obituary in the McMinnville Telephone-Register claimed that prior to her death, she had been the oldest living person who had been born in what would become Oregon.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (3 folders in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Photographs, reminiscences, and genealogical materials relating to Sarah Hunsaker Tompkins (1847-1942) and her family. Tompkins was the daughter of Jacob T. Hunsaker (1818-1889), and married Josephus Tompkins (1838-1928) in 1873.