3782 FRANK BENJAMIN OATMAN

3782 FRANK BENJAMIN⁸ (Harvey B.⁷, Harry B.⁶, Lyman⁵, George⁴, George³, John², Johannes¹) son of Harvey Benjamin and Lucy Jane (Hadley) Oatman, was born 3 February 1859 in the Rogue River Valley near Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon, died 4 February 1917, in Talent, Jackson County, Oregon, and was buried 5 February 1917 in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Talent. His death was due to heart failure, and he died at the Dr. McFadden ranch at the outskirts of Talent where he was ranch manager.

In 1870 he was living with the Benjamin F. Reeser family in Phoenix. He married Nida Jane Sheets on 12 February 1901 in Jacksonville. She was born 26 December 1872 in Meade County, Kentucky, and moved to Oregon at age 16 with her parents, Elliot and Patsy Sheets. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Medford and a charter member of the Talent Rebekah Lodge. She moved to Portland in 1959 to be with her daughter, Lucie Nolan, and died there 10 February 1964. She is buried in the family plot in Wagner Creek Cemetery.

Children of Frank Benjamin and Nida Jane (Sheets) Oatman:

6290 Lucile M., b. 28 Jul 1902, Talent, OR; d. 28 May 197__; m. Clarence Ralph Nolan in 1932; he was b. 5 Oct 1905, d. 1966. Children, surname Nolan:

A Richard Ralph, b. 5 Oct 1933, Lostine, OR; m. 1) Bertha _____; div. 2) Delores , who was b. 11 Jun 1940. Children, surname Nolan:

I Linda Irene, b. 1954; m. Michael Marshall, now dec'd

II Patricia Ann, b. 1956; m. Norman Nomie. Children, surname Nomie:

a Habib, b. 1980

b Angie, b. 3 1982

III Sandra Lynn, b. 1958; m. Bizad Johnson, who was b. 1954. Children, surname Johnson:

a Jamie, b. 1985

b Ryan, b. 1987

IV Brenda Carol, b. 1959; m. Eric Eichelberger, b. 3 Dec 1957. Children, surname Eichelberger:

a Kaitlin, b. 1988

b Evan Nolan, b. 1990

6291 (Daughter), b. 14 Feb 1904; d. 15 Feb 1904, Ashland, Jackson Co., OR

6292 William F., b. 21 Apr 1905, OR; d. bef 1964 (not listed as surviving child)

6293 Harry Lee, b. 11 Nov 1908, Medford, OR; d. 31 Jan 1985; bur. 5 Feb 1985, Eagle Point National Cem., Eagle Point, Jackson Co., OR. Cem. records indicate he served in the U. S. Army as a private, and resided at Talent, OR.

Source: Research by Barbara Hawthorne

1920 census, Talent, Jackson Co., OR

Information from Patty Nomie, July 1991

Death cert of "Female", b/d 1904, to Frank Benjamin and Nida S. Oatman Early Birth Records of Jackson Co., OR 1863-1910

1920 census, Jackson Co., OR

Democratic Times, Jacksonville, OR 1904

Medford Tribune, 4 Feb 1917

Medford City Directory 1930-31

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