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Peter Scholl, a relative of Daniel Boone, was born in Clarke County, Kentucky, in 1809. He emigrated with his family to Illinois as a teenager, and in 1828, he married Elizabeth Cowhick, with whom he had six children. Scholl twice volunteered for military service against Native peoples, first in 1827 during a conflict with the Ho-Chunk people, and again in 1831 during a conflict with members of the Sauk and Mesquakie. In 1847, Scholl and his family emigrated to Oregon, residing briefly in Milwaukie before establishing a donation land claim on the Tualatin River in what is now the community of Scholls in Washington County. Scholl established a ferry, known as Scholl's Ferry, an important crossing on the river. Around 1870, he sold and moved to Portland, where he remained until his death in 1872; Elizabeth Scholl died the same year.
Sources: "Peter Scholl," Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Association, fifteenth annual reunion, 1887, pages 70-73; death notice in the Oregonian, November 25, 1872, Page 2, column 2; entry for Scholls, Washington County, in Oregon Geographic Names, by Lewis A. McArthur and Lewis L. McArthur, seventh edition (Oregon Historical Society Press: Portland, Oregon, 2003), page 853.
Due to the fragility of the notebook, researchers are asked to use the digitized version
Scholl family notebook, Mss 400, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The collection was initially described in an online catalog record around 2010. Description was expanded and revised to conform to current standard in 2024, during digitization of the notebook.
Handwritten notebook containing biographical information about the Scholl family, including a record of births, marriages, and deaths. The notebook was begun by Peter Scholl around 1850 and appears to have been continued by other relatives after his death in 1872. In addition to information about the family, the notebook includes poems and hymns; medicinal remedies; and notes about the weather, travel, farming, and the Bible. Some information about friends of the family is also listed. Three clippings concerning laws related to concealed weapons and fish and game are glued to the inside back cover. In addition to the original notebook, the collection includes copy photographs and typescript transcriptions of pages containing genealogical information about the Elledge family; these were made by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
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