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Jacob Ish Farm Ledger
A name index to an 1875-81 ledger of Jacob Ish's farm accounts, purchased on eBay, now archived at the Southern Oregon Historical Society. Bold page numbers are pages dedicated to the account of the person indexed.

W. A. & Co. 10,26,56,70,99,181,189
Acock 8,53
William Acock 21
Adams 123
J. W. Adams 71
Dr. G. H. Aiken 144,158
Alden Fruit Drying Company 25
Allen & Roth 142
Allison 2
Amerman 9,50
Haskel Amy 104
S. Amy 104
Anderson see
Wagner, Anderson & Co.; Bybee, Anderson & Co.,193,223
Quint Anderson 87,112,182
William Angle 94
Angle 60
James Armpriest 9,10
Armstrong 18
Mark Armstrong 53
Arnold 79
Ezra Arnold 54
A. M. Asbury 100
Ashland 34,71,183
Ashland Woolen Mills 43,47,127
Atkinson 162
Ed Autenreith 124
L. B. 47,51
John L. Badger 129
Samuel Badham 66
Baggs 59,161
Joseph Baggs 46
Bailey 23
Frank Ball 6
Barneburg 161
Barneburg & Kincaid 72

Fred Barneburg 121

G. T. Barr 83
Beach & Platter 11,24,70
Jay Beach 125
Thomas Beall 178
Beckdall Bros. 122
Isaac Beckdoldt 88
Beecher (horse) 226
Beek on Sticky 179
Beekman 8,104
C. C. Beekman 115
Beggs 50
Joseph Beggs 161
I. T. Bell 87

J. R. N. Bell 189

Bellinger 75

E. Bellinger 160
Ed Bellinger 151
M. Bellinger 76,160

Benedick 70
Benson 79
John L. Benson 78
J. W. Berry 120
Jack Berry 116
John Bilger 160
John Bilger Estate 31
Mrs. Bilger 31
Birdsey see
Shannon & Birdsey,71
James Birdsey 12
Allen Bish 179
Thomas Bish 6
Bishop see 
Crain & Bishop
H. Blecher 172
Henry Blecher 150,173
Bones & Co. 13,37
S. Bowden 38
Bowles 147
David  Boyle 181
Joseph Brandley 118
Brannon 8
John Brannon 20,54,189
Breckenfield 54
Brooks 82,178,183
Brooks on Desert 178

E. C. Brooks 156
Brown 86
E. W. Brown 67
Henry R. Brown 101
John Brown 110
R. H. Brown 171
Buck Lake Swamp Land Co. 141
H. Buck 23
Peter Busha 74
Quinn Butler 54
Bybee 89,118,174
Bybee, Anderson & Co. 63,70,71,223
Bybee & Ish 63
Bybee, Walker & Co. 130,177
W. Bybee 224
William Bybee 61
,223
W. S. Caldwell 193
California 
Stage Company 8,50,153,172
C. H. Calkins 82
Cameron 147
Camp & Co. 12

H. Camp 72
S. Camp 72

Cardwell 16
James A. Cardwell 144,158
Carlin see
Wright & Carlin
Carll 153
Carr 14

Carter 144
Cary 40
William Cary 1

Caton see Ish & Caton, 144
Milo Caton 37
Center 69,130
J. E. Center & Grigsby 97
Samuel Center 45,60
William Center 99

Mrs. Mary Chambers 16
William Chambers Jr. 53
William Chambers Sr. 148
Samuel Chelister 149
Circus 2
Clark see
West & Clark
H. Clark 159
Henry Clark 84,183,189
Manuel Clark 164
A. Coakley 107
Mrs. Coakley 63,68,71
,223
J. B. Coats 145
S. Cohn 120
Coleman 80,155
Collins 78
James S. Collins 104
Doctor Colvig 158
W. Colwell 132
John Connally 93
B. S. Conner 2,152
William Contner 137
H. F. Cook 130
Nick Cook 105
Cornell 117
H. Cornell 160
Courtney & Griffin 65
William F. Courtney 65
Cox 8
Joseph Cox 36
William Cox 99,138,158

Crain see
Ish & Crain
Crain & Bishop 39
J. A. Crain 39,149,160

Cristen & Wise 172
D. Cronemiller 10
Daniel Cronemiller 13
David Cronemiller 13
Josiah Crump 22
J. Culp 183
Riley Cummons 155
Dr. Danforth 62
Davis see 
Green & Davis,48,170
Davis & Linn 23
Davis & Torrey 63,75,76,90,131,194
J. Davis 180
,223
Davison 177
A. Davison 160
Andy Davison 73
James Dawson 181
S. J. Day 131,169,185
Mrs. Dean 223
Robert Dean 135
Delamater 159
N. Delamater 60
Dennis 46
Jasper Dennis 10
R. K. Devinny 69
Thomas G. Devens 163
Dillon 74
H. Doak 184
Dollarhide 183
J. Dollarhide 8
Jesse Dollarhide 90,160
John Dollarhide 19,160
W. Dollarhide 95,128
Pat Donegan 69
Daniel Doty 165
Dowell 38,112
B. F. Dowell 109
James Drum 87
L. J. C. Duncan 59
B. F. Dunlap 104
Sargent Dunlap 29
Durkee 146
Eaton 59,69
William Eaton 111
S. B. Edsall 90
Edward 31,193
W. Edwards 80
Elliott, Jacksonville 67
J. Elliott 148
J. N. Ester 123,173
Eubanks 8,51
John Eubanks 45
Farmer see Thomas & Farmer
Mrs. Farmer 47
Father 192
Patrick Fehely 100
Mac Ferguson 193
Fisher 42,52,77,78,152,159,183,184,186,191,193
N. Fisher 126,159,190
Newman Fisher 79,80
Fitzgerald 48
Mrs. Foster 94
E. D. Foudray 149
John Fountain 117
H. Fox 162
Franklin 4
George Frey 162
Gage & Woods 62
Jesse Gage 130
W. W. Gage 98,104
Elijah Galloway 11
O. Ganiard 78
Gasburg 83
Gasby 75
A. Giddings 18,121
J. Gill 72
Gillett see
Hawkett & Gillett
Gipson 86
Glenn see
Ish & Glenn,100
James T. Glenn 138,160
Gold Hill 38
A. Gordon 160
Alfred Gordon 3
E. E. Gore 171
W. Gore 171
Grain Threshing 223-225
Grange 9
Grants Pass 41,79
Grave Creek 95,128,182
Daniel & George Gray 131
R. A. Gray 42
William Gray 133
Green & Davis 83
Mrs. Greenman 53
Griffin see
Courtney & Griffin; Ish, Griffin & Co.
John Griffin 23
W. Griffin 76
William Griffin 139
Griffith 41
Charles Griffith 15
Grigsby see Center & Grigsby,53
George Grigsby 29
Jeff Grigsby 103
Mrs. Grigsby 27
Charles Grim 106
J. Grossman 160
Fred Grube 48
Gunnison 102
H. H. H. 20

W. H. & Co. 32

Samuel Hall 133
Hamrick 130
Michael Hanley 119
H. K. Hanna 113,113
S. P. Hannah 113
Oliver Harbaugh 47
Harkith 63
Harney 118
Hartley 60,79,84,192

Hartley Bros. 132,184,190

J. T. Hartley 76,159,184,190
T. Hartley 192
Harwick 79,80,82
Hasker see Tabor & Hasker
Hawkett & Gillett 103
Eugene Hawling 92
Fred Heber 108,160
Heckathorn 64,71
J. P. Heembotom 63
Addison Helms 107
Herman Helms 197
James Helms 94
M. Henshaw 5
Herbold 31
Herrin 8
J. S. Herrin 23
E. Hereford 48
Hill 6,27,40,69,111
C. Hill 88,130
Hockernoose see Smith & Hockernoose
John Hockersmith 63
Hoffman 70
William Hoffman 60
Holt 72
Madame Holt 36
Hotel Ashland 70
C. Howard 114
J. S. Howard 114
A. C. Howlett 196
L. Hubert 151
Hudson 128
David Hudson 136
J. Hughes 5
Hull see
Nichols & Hull
George Hurd 160
James Hurd 166
J. Huston 8
Hutchinson 166
Bob Irvin 181
George Isaacs 174
Ish see 
Bybee & Ish,17,18,23,89,96,123,170,171,223,225
Ish & Caton 197
Ish & Crain 195
Ish & Glenn 38
Ish & Jones 72
Ish & Plymale 70
Ish & Smart 17,47
Ish & Upton 32

Ish, Griffin & Co. 137

H. L. Ish 32,33
Jacob Ish 78,160,187
,223,226
R. L. Ish 5,53
William K. Ish 7,33,164

Willie Ish 20,187

Jackson County 182
Dr. Will Jackson 102
Jacksonville 89,153,193
E. Jacobs 113
John 132
Johnson 123
,223
Joseph Johnson 85,174
Hugh Johnston 143
James Johnston 143
Jones see Ish & Jones,181
David R. Jones 124
M. A. Jones 170
Miss Jones 158
W. Jones 181
William R. Jones 170,185,188
Judge 126
H. Judge 159
Henry Judge 179
Justus 8,44
George Justus 38,141
W. Justus 44
William Justus 160
Kahler & Watson 191
Kahler Bros. 165
Kahler 20,31,70,128
W. Kahler 86
Kane 145
Karewski 78,184,195
G. Karewski 159,182
George Karewski 7,59,119
Keenan 151
Harrison Kelly 115
Sargent Kennedy 127
Kerby 19
Kincaid see
Barneyburg & Kincaid,126
Klamath 14,84,183,220,221
Henry Klippel 164
E. K. Klum 28
James Knapp 28
Frank Krause 34,174
Kubli & Wilson 38
Kubli Bros. 165,183
Kaspar Kubli 160,162
Mat Kubli 63
C. Lacy 160
Calvin Lacy 98
J. S. Lacy 160
Lake County 226
Nathaniel Langell 38
Larimore 159
George Larimore 120
Lathrop 200
Law 8,33
Alfred Law 7
Layton 184
Leever 223
Fred Levy 114
B. Lewis 84
Linn see Davis & Linn
Chinaman Linn [Gin Lin?] 57
D. Linn 61,130,160,170
David Linn 45
F. Linn 8
J. H. Linn 55
Little 223
Charles Lowe 134
Lumber Account 96
Fred Luy 114
G. W. Lynch 35
Lyon 135
Machin 63,150
Magee 38,56,83,191
Oliver Magee 192
R. J. Maines 158
James Mann 166
Constantine Magruder 58
J. W. Manning 35,62
W. Manning 62
Marc 86
John Margreter 37
Marion 184
L. S. P. Marsh 175
Martin see
White & Martin,39,80
A. Martin 18,81
Mat 20,64,75,84
Mathews 96
Matney 61
Thomas McAndrew 55
McCully 197
McCuiston 16
James McDonough 19
S. B. McFerrin 174,179,189
McIlwain 8
A. B. McIlwain 34
Thomas McKenzie 199
Pat McMahon 148
William McNew 118
Morris Mensor 127
George Merriman 30,169
Mill Co. 19,23,70,75
Miller 39
B. F. Miller 40
D. C. Miller 104
J. Miller 170
J. N. T. Miller 89
John Miller 157
John Mills 151
,223
Milsap 4
Mingus 50,56,75,136
C. Mingus 160,172
,223
Conrad Mingus 24,128
Mon the Cook [Chinese?] 52,186
Moon 79
A. W. Morris 8,22
James Morton 84
J. Moses 55
Mountain House 50,55
Max Muller 169
Murphy 71
Murphy (on Desert) 93
Dennis Murphy Sr. 20,77
Murray 137
Murry (by Walker's) 131
Jacob Myer 126
F. Naucke 12
Neal 140
J. R. Neil 155,192
Newcomb 102
J. Newman 111
Nichols & Hull 106
George Nichols 96
Thomas Nichols 97
Nickell 69
Charles Nickell 91
D. C. Nickerson 165
George W. Nichols 96
Thomas Nichols 97
Ed Noble 74
George Noble 180,187
Noland 149
Henry Norton 89
George Nurse 62,172
Obenchain 27
M. Obenchain 53
Mrs. Obenchain 66
S. P. Oliver 146
Olwell see
Wagner, Anderson & Olwell,89,170
P. Olwell 27
Orth 53,76
John Orth 18
Bill Owens 173
W. A. Owen 15

Henry Pape 37
Wiley H. Parker 106
T. Parsons 140
Patrons of Husbandry Mill Co. 4,22,70,154
Patterson 160
Pelling 20
John Pelling 54
D. Penegar 55
,223
Martin Peterson 4,112
H. F. Phillips 118
Phipps 50,134
Pres Phipps 169
Phoenix Church 131
Phoenix Mill 14
Cyrus H. Pickens 142
Platter see Beach & Platter
Plymale see
Ish & Plymale,75
Plymale & Ross 70
F. M. Plymale 76

W. J. Plymale 58,98
W. Plymire 175
Poole the Blacksmith 122
Preedy 57,160
James Preedy 198
Pressley 3,45,57,223
Mahlon Purdin 155
John Ralph 5
Randle 192
Ambrose Randle 191
George W. Ratrie 101,182
Reames 2,7,8,9,18,19,20,21,23,26,27,33,39,53,54,67,70,83,103,106,130,150,
158,164,170,173,183,184,186,187,188
,223
Reames & Sachs 49
Reames Bros. 8,17,49,172
Thomas Reames 49
B. F. Reeser 67
Reynolds 42
Rice 17,39,40
Robinson 20
Rogers 33,71
J. W. Rogers 30
James Rogers 150
Roland 113,131
J. T. Roland 132,160
J. T. Rooney 34
Roseburg 160
Ross see
Plymale & Ross,75
J. E. Ross 9
Roth see 
Allen & Roth 81
Patrick J. Ryan 40,47,80,191
Sachs Bros. 42,46
Saltmarsh 79
W. S. Sanborn 101
Sargent 223
George Satterfield 28
Savage 109,112
Saynor 223,224
L. Schideler 160
School House 160
George Schumpf 134
Veit Schutz 122
G. Sears 223
Shannon 71
Shannon & Birdsey 79,82
Mat Shannon 82
Sheep 220-222
Short 149
D. Simon 30
R. Simpson 163
Sisters of Charity 163
Skeeters 182
Thomas Sly 139
Smart see
Wilson & Smart, Ish & Smart,17,55,61
J. H. Smart 43,47
Smith 13,30,69,82,155
Smith & Hockernoose 136
Edwin Smith 140
Lou Solomon 168,169
Spangler 119
William Spangler 85,151
Squires 175
Stearns 147
George Stephenson 18
Pony Stephenson 129
Mrs. Stewart 175
J. H. Stinson 149
Col. Stone 153
Col. E. W. Stone 73,168
Sutherlin 104
J. Swinden 223
Tabor & Hasker, San Francisco 12
Andy Taylor 25
Samuel Taylor 51
Thatcher & Worden 79,116,177
Thomas 69,131,156
Thomas & Farmer 112
I. W. Thomas 56
John N. Thomas 102
Thornton 2
James Thornton 185
John R. Tice 44,160
Tinkham Estate 169
Torrey see
Davis & Torrey
H. F. Torrey 48
J. P. True 124,160
Turner 25
William M. Turner 24
Turpin 88
Upton see
Ish & Upton
W. W. Upton 72
J. M. Vanhorn 105
A. R. Vest 14,160
Wagner 34
Wagner, Anderson & Co. 26
Wagner, Anderson & Olwell 99,154
Jacob Wagner 56
Waldo 4,44
Walker see
Bybee, Walker & Co.
Enoch Walker 98,110
A. J. Walls 156
Walter 196
J. Waltz 160
Warner 145,170,188
Warner Ranch 170
William Warner 223
Watson see 
Kahler & Watson,2
Arthur Watson 145
E. B. Watson 60
J. Watson 223
John Watson 41
Watters 71,176
H. L. Webb 41
J. Weis 68
Chris Weiss 152
John Werlow 117
Werts 16
West & Clark 175
Joseph Wetterer 108
Thomas Whelpley 27
D. Whetstone 160
White & Martin 160
Wilber 170
William White 130
Whitlock 8
George Whitmore 226
Williams 53
F. Williams 183
John Q. Willits 92
Wilson see
Kubli & Wilson
Wilson & Smart 61
A. Wilson 160
Arthur Wilson 145

Jesse Wilson Jr. 177
Wimer 4,9
Capt. Winters 167
Wise see
Cristen & Wise
Witherspoon 103
Woods see
Gage & Woods 62
Woodson 170
James P. Woodson 99
Woolf Ranch 57
George Woolf inside back cover
I. Woolf 173
Isaac Woolf 64,123
Worden see
Thatcher & Worden
Wright & Carlin 33
J. Wright 5
Robinson Wright 116
Thomas Wright 223
Wrisley 8,35
J. B. Wrisley 171
Lewis Zigler 122
William J. Zimmerman 91

  
Last revised February 18, 2021