NOTES:
Name of father Benjamin Franklin McLench
Maiden name of mother Mary Almira Gray
1860 OR CENSUS – F.G. McClinch [sic] (6y, b Oregon) enumerated with B.F. (35y, b Maine, occupation farmer), M.A. (34y, b Vermont), M.E. (4y, b Oregon) and A.E. (1y, b Oregon)
1870 OR CENSUS - Frank McLench, age 16, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Benj., age 44, occupation farmer, b. Maine, and Mary, age 44, b. Vermont, along with Lizzie, age 14, b. Oregon, and Alice, age 11, b. Oregon.
1880 OR CENSUS – Frank G. McLench (26y, b Oregon, occupation farmer)
MARRIAGE - Frank McLench, over 36 of Polk Co & Mrs Amanda Hobbs, over 37, m 21 Jan 1890 at house of H.H. Ragan by A.C. Fairchild, MG. Aff: H. Holden. Wit: H.H. Ragan & D.W. Mathews.
1900 OR CENSUS – Frank G. McLench (b Aug 1853, Oregon, married 10y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Amanda (b Feb 1852, Illinois, mother of 1 child) and step-son William E. Hobbs (b May 1882, Illinois); also with family was boarder Abraham McGunion (b Nov 1841, New York, single)
1910 OR CENSUS – Frank G. McLench (56y, b Oregon, married 20y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Amanda C. (58y, b Illinois, mother of 1 child)
1920 OR CENSUS – Frank McLench (66y, b Oregon, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Amanda C. (67y, b Illinois)
1930 OR CENSUS – Frank G. McLench (76y, b Oregon, married at age 36y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Amanda C. (78y, b Illinois, married at age 38y)
NOTE – wife Amanda was born 21 Jan 1852 in Effingham co, Illinois, daughter of Isaac and Frances Leith. She married first 3 July 1881 in Effingham co, Illinois, to Emory Hobbs [Illinois Statewide Marriage Index]. She died 27 Mar 1932 in Polk co, Oregon, and was buried next to her parents in Salem Pioneer Cemetery [OSBH DC 1932 Polk co #27]
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