THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON 1811-1912
ELDON E. ANTRIM, who is conducting a thriving grocery business in Hopewell, Oregon, was born near that city, January 26, 1868, a son of Benjamin and Sarah E. (Sawyer) Antrim. His parental grandfather was a pioneer in Logan county, Illinois, building the first brick house at Lacon. The family came from the northern part of Ireland and one of the ancestors, John Antrim, was a member of William Penn's colony. The maternal grandfather was also a pioneer of Logan county, Illinois. He was a native of Virginia and his wife, of Tennessee. Benjamin, the father of Eldon E. Antrim, was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, and was only a small child when his parents removed to Illinois, where he grew to manhood. He crossed the plains in 1849, going direct to Oregon. He spent the winter in Linn City and in 1850 he went to the mines in California, where he remained for thirteen years.
He went through all the hardships and experiences of pioneer life, including participation in the two Rogue River Indian wars and in an engagement was wounded in the head by an Indian bullet but the injury proved to be only a slight one. Being thoroughly acquainted with that region, he was placed on scout duty where he rendered very efficient service. Finally, before the close of the war he purchased(?) one hundred and sixty acres of land near Hopewell, where he lived during the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 19xx. After his arrival on the Pacific coast he married Miss Sarah E. Sawyer, a native of Logan county, Illinois, who had come to Oregon in 1847 with her parents, who located on a donation claim near Hopewell. She died at her home near Hopewell in 1,897. In their family were four children: (Jeorge, who is a farmer residing three miles northeast of Hopewell, Eldon E., of this review; Mary, who is now Mrs. T.E. Armstrong, of Yamhill, Oregon: and Ray L. 01 Tort land.
Eldon E. Antrim was educated in Oregon and attended first the common schools, then Philomath College and later McMinnville College. He remained at home with his parents until he wa.s twenty-one years of age, when he began life for himself by taking charge of a part with his father's farm, which work he continued until ten years ago. He then engaged in the grocery business in Hopewell but after three years he sold this and from 1907 to 1909 was out of business. Then he again engaged in business at Hopewell, where he has now a large stock of groceries and owns his store building and two lots.
In 1889 Mr. Antrim was married to Miss Lela Belle Cooper, a native of Oregon and a daughter of E. S. and Melissa (Stephens) Cooper, both of whom are living in Yamhill county. Mr. and Mrs. Antrim are the parents of four children, Hugh B., Benjamin F., Oscar C, and Metta M., all of whom are at home.
In politics Mr. Antrim is an independent, and fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Amity.
Mrs. Antrim is a member of the United Brethren church. He is recognized as a man of laudable ambition and marked energy, who seldom fails to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.
ELDON E. ANTRIM, who is conducting a thriving grocery business in Hopewell, Oregon, was born near that city, January 26, 1868, a son of Benjamin and Sarah E. (Sawyer) Antrim. His parental grandfather was a pioneer in Logan county, Illinois, building the first brick house at Lacon. The family came from the northern part of Ireland and one of the ancestors, John Antrim, was a member of William Penn's colony. The maternal grandfather was also a pioneer of Logan county, Illinois. He was a native of Virginia and his wife, of Tennessee. Benjamin, the father of Eldon E. Antrim, was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, and was only a small child when his parents removed to Illinois, where he grew to manhood. He crossed the plains in 1849, going direct to Oregon. He spent the winter in Linn City and in 1850 he went to the mines in California, where he remained for thirteen years.
He went through all the hardships and experiences of pioneer life, including participation in the two Rogue River Indian wars and in an engagement was wounded in the head by an Indian bullet but the injury proved to be only a slight one. Being thoroughly acquainted with that region, he was placed on scout duty where he rendered very efficient service. Finally, before the close of the war he purchased(?) one hundred and sixty acres of land near Hopewell, where he lived during the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 19xx. After his arrival on the Pacific coast he married Miss Sarah E. Sawyer, a native of Logan county, Illinois, who had come to Oregon in 1847 with her parents, who located on a donation claim near Hopewell. She died at her home near Hopewell in 1,897. In their family were four children: (Jeorge, who is a farmer residing three miles northeast of Hopewell, Eldon E., of this review; Mary, who is now Mrs. T.E. Armstrong, of Yamhill, Oregon: and Ray L. 01 Tort land.
Eldon E. Antrim was educated in Oregon and attended first the common schools, then Philomath College and later McMinnville College. He remained at home with his parents until he wa.s twenty-one years of age, when he began life for himself by taking charge of a part with his father's farm, which work he continued until ten years ago. He then engaged in the grocery business in Hopewell but after three years he sold this and from 1907 to 1909 was out of business. Then he again engaged in business at Hopewell, where he has now a large stock of groceries and owns his store building and two lots.
In 1889 Mr. Antrim was married to Miss Lela Belle Cooper, a native of Oregon and a daughter of E. S. and Melissa (Stephens) Cooper, both of whom are living in Yamhill county. Mr. and Mrs. Antrim are the parents of four children, Hugh B., Benjamin F., Oscar C, and Metta M., all of whom are at home.
In politics Mr. Antrim is an independent, and fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Amity.
Mrs. Antrim is a member of the United Brethren church. He is recognized as a man of laudable ambition and marked energy, who seldom fails to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.
THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON 1811-1912
ELDON E. ANTRIM, who is conducting a thriving grocery business in Hopewell, Oregon, was born near that city, January 26, 1868, a son of Benjamin and Sarah E. (Sawyer) Antrim. His parental grandfather was a pioneer in Logan county, Illinois, building the first brick house at Lacon. The family came from the northern part of Ireland and one of the ancestors, John Antrim, was a member of William Penn's colony. The maternal grandfather was also a pioneer of Logan county, Illinois. He was a native of Virginia and his wife, of Tennessee. Benjamin, the father of Eldon E. Antrim, was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, and was only a small child when his parents removed to Illinois, where he grew to manhood. He crossed the plains in 1849, going direct to Oregon. He spent the winter in Linn City and in 1850 he went to the mines in California, where he remained for thirteen years.
He went through all the hardships and experiences of pioneer life, including participation in the two Rogue River Indian wars and in an engagement was wounded in the head by an Indian bullet but the injury proved to be only a slight one. Being thoroughly acquainted with that region, he was placed on scout duty where he rendered very efficient service. Finally, before the close of the war he purchased(?) one hundred and sixty acres of land near Hopewell, where he lived during the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 19xx. After his arrival on the Pacific coast he married Miss Sarah E. Sawyer, a native of Logan county, Illinois, who had come to Oregon in 1847 with her parents, who located on a donation claim near Hopewell. She died at her home near Hopewell in 1,897. In their family were four children: (Jeorge, who is a farmer residing three miles northeast of Hopewell, Eldon E., of this review; Mary, who is now Mrs. T.E. Armstrong, of Yamhill, Oregon: and Ray L. 01 Tort land.
Eldon E. Antrim was educated in Oregon and attended first the common schools, then Philomath College and later McMinnville College. He remained at home with his parents until he wa.s twenty-one years of age, when he began life for himself by taking charge of a part with his father's farm, which work he continued until ten years ago. He then engaged in the grocery business in Hopewell but after three years he sold this and from 1907 to 1909 was out of business. Then he again engaged in business at Hopewell, where he has now a large stock of groceries and owns his store building and two lots.
In 1889 Mr. Antrim was married to Miss Lela Belle Cooper, a native of Oregon and a daughter of E. S. and Melissa (Stephens) Cooper, both of whom are living in Yamhill county. Mr. and Mrs. Antrim are the parents of four children, Hugh B., Benjamin F., Oscar C, and Metta M., all of whom are at home.
In politics Mr. Antrim is an independent, and fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Amity.
Mrs. Antrim is a member of the United Brethren church. He is recognized as a man of laudable ambition and marked energy, who seldom fails to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.
ELDON E. ANTRIM, who is conducting a thriving grocery business in Hopewell, Oregon, was born near that city, January 26, 1868, a son of Benjamin and Sarah E. (Sawyer) Antrim. His parental grandfather was a pioneer in Logan county, Illinois, building the first brick house at Lacon. The family came from the northern part of Ireland and one of the ancestors, John Antrim, was a member of William Penn's colony. The maternal grandfather was also a pioneer of Logan county, Illinois. He was a native of Virginia and his wife, of Tennessee. Benjamin, the father of Eldon E. Antrim, was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, and was only a small child when his parents removed to Illinois, where he grew to manhood. He crossed the plains in 1849, going direct to Oregon. He spent the winter in Linn City and in 1850 he went to the mines in California, where he remained for thirteen years.
He went through all the hardships and experiences of pioneer life, including participation in the two Rogue River Indian wars and in an engagement was wounded in the head by an Indian bullet but the injury proved to be only a slight one. Being thoroughly acquainted with that region, he was placed on scout duty where he rendered very efficient service. Finally, before the close of the war he purchased(?) one hundred and sixty acres of land near Hopewell, where he lived during the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 19xx. After his arrival on the Pacific coast he married Miss Sarah E. Sawyer, a native of Logan county, Illinois, who had come to Oregon in 1847 with her parents, who located on a donation claim near Hopewell. She died at her home near Hopewell in 1,897. In their family were four children: (Jeorge, who is a farmer residing three miles northeast of Hopewell, Eldon E., of this review; Mary, who is now Mrs. T.E. Armstrong, of Yamhill, Oregon: and Ray L. 01 Tort land.
Eldon E. Antrim was educated in Oregon and attended first the common schools, then Philomath College and later McMinnville College. He remained at home with his parents until he wa.s twenty-one years of age, when he began life for himself by taking charge of a part with his father's farm, which work he continued until ten years ago. He then engaged in the grocery business in Hopewell but after three years he sold this and from 1907 to 1909 was out of business. Then he again engaged in business at Hopewell, where he has now a large stock of groceries and owns his store building and two lots.
In 1889 Mr. Antrim was married to Miss Lela Belle Cooper, a native of Oregon and a daughter of E. S. and Melissa (Stephens) Cooper, both of whom are living in Yamhill county. Mr. and Mrs. Antrim are the parents of four children, Hugh B., Benjamin F., Oscar C, and Metta M., all of whom are at home.
In politics Mr. Antrim is an independent, and fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Amity.
Mrs. Antrim is a member of the United Brethren church. He is recognized as a man of laudable ambition and marked energy, who seldom fails to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.
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