"Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon." Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling,
publisher, 1884.  pg. 485.
 
JOEL C. INMAN
     Was born in Madison county, Alabama, and is now about sixty years of age.
When quite young he had the misfortune to lose his parents, when he resided with
relatives in Franklin county, Missouri, about eight years.  On April 2, 1852,
accompanied by his wife and three children, our subject crossed the plains to
Oregon, where they arrived, after enduring many hardships, the loss of one
child, and most of his stock, in October of that year.  Coming direct to Lane
county, Mr. Inman took up the donation claim on which he resides, comprising
three hundred and twenty acres, to which he has added five hundred and sixteen
more, making in all an estate of eight hundred and thirty-six acres of fine
land.  He married, March 4, 1846, Miss Sophia J. Hinton, and has a surviving
family of ten children, viz:  William C., John T., Joel T., Sarah J., Joseph S.,
Varian Alice, Warren W., Benjamin P., Emily Elizabeth Annie, Charles W.  A view
of Mr. Inman's residence will be found in this work.
 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.