" ... Mr. Foren was married, on December 17, 1888, at the Chico Hotel, to Mrs. Helen J. (Woodruff) Bingham, who was born at Blue Hill, Maine. She was raised at Machias, and was the daughter of William Otis and Jane D. (Snowball) Woodruff, farmers of Maine, of old New England families who were pioneers of that country. The Woodruff and Bingham families were among the founders and first settlers of Machias, and were prominent in the upbuilding of that region. Members of these families served in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Foren's grandfather, Otis Woodruff, was a farmer, and her great-grandfather Jonathan was a surveyor who surveyed much of the land in the State of Maine; he was also a large land-owner. Mr. and Mrs. Foren have one child, Eugene Edwin, who is an engineer in the employ of the Mammoth Copper Mine at Kennett..." Source: "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 1160-1161, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 30 May 1926, Sunday page 5: Chico Matron Dies. Chico, May 29. – Mrs. Helen J. Foren, 69, a native of Maine and a resident of Chico for the last 36 years, died yesterday. She is survived by the widower, Eugene Foren, and a son, Eugene, Jr., of Long Beach.
69-year-old Helen J. Woodruff Foren was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on June 2, 1926.
" ... Mr. Foren was married, on December 17, 1888, at the Chico Hotel, to Mrs. Helen J. (Woodruff) Bingham, who was born at Blue Hill, Maine. She was raised at Machias, and was the daughter of William Otis and Jane D. (Snowball) Woodruff, farmers of Maine, of old New England families who were pioneers of that country. The Woodruff and Bingham families were among the founders and first settlers of Machias, and were prominent in the upbuilding of that region. Members of these families served in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Foren's grandfather, Otis Woodruff, was a farmer, and her great-grandfather Jonathan was a surveyor who surveyed much of the land in the State of Maine; he was also a large land-owner. Mr. and Mrs. Foren have one child, Eugene Edwin, who is an engineer in the employ of the Mammoth Copper Mine at Kennett..." Source: "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 1160-1161, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 30 May 1926, Sunday page 5: Chico Matron Dies. Chico, May 29. – Mrs. Helen J. Foren, 69, a native of Maine and a resident of Chico for the last 36 years, died yesterday. She is survived by the widower, Eugene Foren, and a son, Eugene, Jr., of Long Beach.
69-year-old Helen J. Woodruff Foren was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on June 2, 1926.
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