FEBRUARY 3, 1959
Brice McCormick, 83, one of Klamath County's most colorful figures of the water transportation era, died in Hillside Hospital. He had been in good health up to a short time before his death. He was 8 years old when he arrived in Oregon from Hays City in Kansas where he was born in Ellis County, in 1875. In 1888 his family moved to the Klamath County area from the Portland area, settling at Keno where his father began work in the old sash mill, later to become the McCormick Mill. Mr. McCormick became a lumberjack and steam boat pilot and captain. His father bought the first of the Klamath Basin riverboats, the Mayflower, later renamed the Canby.
Brice McCormick helped move freight by boat before the railroad came into the region. The family's boats operated on the Klamath River and Klamath Lake for more than 20 years.
During his more than 68 years in the county, Mr. McCormick helped put through the Green Springs Highway and other highways now in use. He was also famous as a fiddler for many years, and during the early days hunted waterfowl for marketing.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nell McCormick, daughters, Mrs. Hazel Gregg of Mercer Island, Washington, Mrs. Winnifred Gall of Orange, Calif., one son, Brice McCormick of Seattle, sisters Mrs. Tena McKimens and Mrs. Laura Brennen, and one brother Lyle, all of Klamath Falls, also two grandchildren.
FEBRUARY 3, 1959
Brice McCormick, 83, one of Klamath County's most colorful figures of the water transportation era, died in Hillside Hospital. He had been in good health up to a short time before his death. He was 8 years old when he arrived in Oregon from Hays City in Kansas where he was born in Ellis County, in 1875. In 1888 his family moved to the Klamath County area from the Portland area, settling at Keno where his father began work in the old sash mill, later to become the McCormick Mill. Mr. McCormick became a lumberjack and steam boat pilot and captain. His father bought the first of the Klamath Basin riverboats, the Mayflower, later renamed the Canby.
Brice McCormick helped move freight by boat before the railroad came into the region. The family's boats operated on the Klamath River and Klamath Lake for more than 20 years.
During his more than 68 years in the county, Mr. McCormick helped put through the Green Springs Highway and other highways now in use. He was also famous as a fiddler for many years, and during the early days hunted waterfowl for marketing.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nell McCormick, daughters, Mrs. Hazel Gregg of Mercer Island, Washington, Mrs. Winnifred Gall of Orange, Calif., one son, Brice McCormick of Seattle, sisters Mrs. Tena McKimens and Mrs. Laura Brennen, and one brother Lyle, all of Klamath Falls, also two grandchildren.
Family Members
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Bertha Florence McCormick Padgett
1870–1924
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Winnie McCormick Morgan
1872–1912
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Jennie Georgianna McCormick Inman
1873–1955
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Jessie Gwendolen McCormick Mills
1877–1945
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Laura Etta McCormick Brennen
1879–1960
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Grace Dare McCormick Reeder
1881–1946
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Glenn Wilson McCormick
1884–1930
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Trenna May "Tena" McCormick McKimens
1887–1965
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Thomas McCormick Jr
1890–1939
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Lyle Dale McCormick
1892–1972
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Madge Hazel McCormick Puckett
1894–1918
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