As I conclude this series, I’ve learned that between 1870 and 1938, at least eleven Thrush relatives are buried in the Hultin-Thrush Cemetery. Having already discussed seven interments, this final part focuses on four others: Two previously identified (in Part 3) and two discovered while writing the series.
Previous posts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
John Jacob Baughman (27 Oct 1883 – abt. 1924)
One of John Thrush’s great-grandchildren posted information to Find a Grave identifying John Jacob Baughman as someone buried in the cemetery. John Jacob’s half-sister, Bertha Brown, lived in Randolph with her husband, Richard, John Thrush’s son. By 1924, both of John Jacob’s parents were dead and another of his other siblings, George, was living in Randolph. Whether John Jacob was also living in the area or visiting at the time of his death, the Thrush family claimed his body and buried him in the family cemetery.
Mary L. Hutchinson (1866 – Mar 1870)
As noted in Part 3, one of Clementine Thrush’s children from her first marriage died because of “catching her hair on fire.” I’ve found only one record about this child (copied below), and it strongly supports the family story. “Mary L. Hutchinson” appears to be the girl remembered as “Catherine Mary Hutchison.” She was four years old when she died in Mar 1870, in Coos County, Oregon; her cause of death is identified as “burned.” She appears to have been the first member of the Thrush family to die in Randolph.
William “Billy” Hutchinson (abt 1864 – 21 May 1889)
The Bandon Historical Museum obituary collection contains an entry for “Wm Hutchison,” whom I recognized as another of Clementine’s children from her first marriage. A fireman on the Dispatch, he fell from the boat and drowned in the Coquille River. A lengthy newspaper story describes what happened that fateful day, including the return of Billy’s body to Randolph for burial.
Lenard Tennison Hultin (22 Jan 1920 – 15 May 1922)
When searching archival newspapers, I came across another story about a Thrush descendant who had drowned: Lenard, a son of Adolph R. Hultin (son of Lydia Thrush and Adolph H. Hultin). A local newspaper describes the accidental death and states that the child was “buried on the home place.”
If you have any further information about the cemetery or those interred there, please contact me or leave a comment below.
Source Citations
c. 1910. postcard, publisher, and photographer unknown. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steamer_Dispatch_on_Coquille_River,_Oregon,_circa_1910.jpg#file.
“Bandon Recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910, May 27, 1898, Image 1 « Historic Oregon Newspapers,” 1898. https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn93051610/1898-05-27/ed-1/seq-1/.
“The Coquille Valley Sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003, June 02, 1922, Page 6, Image 6 « Historic Oregon Newspapers,” 1922. https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn96088222/1922-06-02/ed-1/seq-6/.