Mary Emma was the 7th of 11 children born to Rev. Thomas Starns and Susan Lewis. The family came by wagon train to Oregon in 1876, arriving in Monroe, Oregon at the home of her grandparents who had come to Oregon 23 years earlier. Mary Emma's father obtained a homestead in Sherman County.
In 1885, Mary Emma married Francis "Frank" Willard Van Patten, who farmed a homestead in a nearby section. Mary Emma had the first ladies' bicycle in Sherman County. It was a high wheeler. She was good with a rifle and shot predators that threatened her chickens and turkeys. She traded with the Indians from the camp on the John Day River. She had pet canaries and warblers. She made and sold butter and helped with births in the area. She had a green thumb and raised houseplants,
The Van Pattens had four children. Jennie Rowena died of scarlet fever at the age of 2. The other children were Helen "Bee," Lena Estell "Rachel," and Frances Edwina. In 1899, Frank sustained a skull fracture and died from a fall while cleaning the Biglow well. In 1900, Mary Emma married widower William Macnab. William and Mary Emma had a son, Louis Bernard "Barney" Macnab.
In 1885, Mary Emma married Francis "Frank" Willard Van Patten, who farmed a homestead in a nearby section. Mary Emma had the first ladies' bicycle in Sherman County. It was a high wheeler. She was good with a rifle and shot predators that threatened her chickens and turkeys. She traded with the Indians from the camp on the John Day River. She had pet canaries and warblers. She made and sold butter and helped with births in the area. She had a green thumb and raised houseplants,
The Van Pattens had four children. Jennie Rowena died of scarlet fever at the age of 2. The other children were Helen "Bee," Lena Estell "Rachel," and Frances Edwina. In 1899, Frank sustained a skull fracture and died from a fall while cleaning the Biglow well. In 1900, Mary Emma married widower William Macnab. William and Mary Emma had a son, Louis Bernard "Barney" Macnab.
Mary Emma was the 7th of 11 children born to Rev. Thomas Starns and Susan Lewis. The family came by wagon train to Oregon in 1876, arriving in Monroe, Oregon at the home of her grandparents who had come to Oregon 23 years earlier. Mary Emma's father obtained a homestead in Sherman County.
In 1885, Mary Emma married Francis "Frank" Willard Van Patten, who farmed a homestead in a nearby section. Mary Emma had the first ladies' bicycle in Sherman County. It was a high wheeler. She was good with a rifle and shot predators that threatened her chickens and turkeys. She traded with the Indians from the camp on the John Day River. She had pet canaries and warblers. She made and sold butter and helped with births in the area. She had a green thumb and raised houseplants,
The Van Pattens had four children. Jennie Rowena died of scarlet fever at the age of 2. The other children were Helen "Bee," Lena Estell "Rachel," and Frances Edwina. In 1899, Frank sustained a skull fracture and died from a fall while cleaning the Biglow well. In 1900, Mary Emma married widower William Macnab. William and Mary Emma had a son, Louis Bernard "Barney" Macnab.
In 1885, Mary Emma married Francis "Frank" Willard Van Patten, who farmed a homestead in a nearby section. Mary Emma had the first ladies' bicycle in Sherman County. It was a high wheeler. She was good with a rifle and shot predators that threatened her chickens and turkeys. She traded with the Indians from the camp on the John Day River. She had pet canaries and warblers. She made and sold butter and helped with births in the area. She had a green thumb and raised houseplants,
The Van Pattens had four children. Jennie Rowena died of scarlet fever at the age of 2. The other children were Helen "Bee," Lena Estell "Rachel," and Frances Edwina. In 1899, Frank sustained a skull fracture and died from a fall while cleaning the Biglow well. In 1900, Mary Emma married widower William Macnab. William and Mary Emma had a son, Louis Bernard "Barney" Macnab.
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