Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 603.

EMELINE CLARKE

     Born in Lowville, New York; married Rev. Harvey Clarke in Independence,
Missouri, in 1838.  They set out for Oregon two years later, to do missionary
work among the Indians.  They stopped at Waiilatpu, upon their arrival in
August, until the next year, when they located at Tualatin, and eventually at
Forest Grove.  Here they lived the most of their lives, excepting one year spent
in teaching at the Methodist Mission below Salem.  Mr. Clarke died in 1858; Mrs.
Clarke, August 1, 1866.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.