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. 827.
 
BEVENS, Willard P.

   Born in DeKalb County, Missouri; on his arrival in Oregon he settled at
Luckiamute, Polk County; now resides at Buena Vista engaged in farming.  He
married Mary S. Wells in Oregon in 1869, and they have one child, Willard
Easton.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2010 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.