Lettice jane Millican Clark Reynolds Story (1830-1911)

Birth:	Oct. 3, 1830
Death:	Jun. 10, 1911
Father: Elijah Millican Mother: Lucinda Wilson Crisp Spouse #1: Ransom Campbell Clark Spouse #2: Almos H. Reynolds

(I don't remember the source of this story as I got it when I was new to genealogy but here it is directly from my notes)
Lettice Jane Millican Clark (Mrs. Ransom) whose picture is on the cover, was born in Missouri in 1830.  She came west in 1843 in a wagon train led by the Applegate Brothers.  Her family took up a Donation Claim near Lafayette, Oregon. 

She was married in 1845 to Ransom Clark who had also come across the plains in 1843 with Lt. John C. Freemont's expedition.  They lived in various places in Southern Oregon, among them was Linn County where they operated a hotel.

Later, Mr. Clark located a Donation Claim in the Walla Walla Valley on the Yellowhawk and Russell Creek Rivers, but because of Indian trouble white people were not allowed to settle here immediately, and he died before he had time to prove up on his claim.

After the Indian trouble had subsided, Mrs. Clark with her twelve-year old son Charles, and two younger children came to the Walla Walla Valley from Oregon and took up residence in the log cabin which Mr. Clark had built.  (This cabin is now located in the Pioneer Village section of Fort Walla Walla Museum complex).

Mrs. Clark operated the farm until 1861, when she was married to Almos H. Reynolds and moved into the town of Walla Walla.  At the time of her death in 1911, she was planning to move back into the cabin on Donation Claim. 

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The marriage of Mr. Reynolds was solemnized on the 23d of May, 1861, when he was united to Miss Lettice J. Clark, maiden name Millican, the widow of Ransom Clark, who first crossed the plains to Oregon with Fremont, in 1843. Mrs. Clark was a resident of Walla Walla at the time of her marriage to Mr. Reynolds, and this city still continues to be her home.

She is held in the highest esteem as one of the venerable pioneers of the county. By her marriage to Mr. Clark she became the mother of three cliildren, Charles, born August 29, 1846; William, April 9, 1857; and Lizzie, August 19, 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds became the parents of two sons,Harry A., who was born October 14, 1863, and who is now one of the prosperous agriculturists of the county: and Allen H., of whomm more extended mention is elsewhere made.

Source: Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1909) (Public Domain)
Vol I Page 310
Author: William Denison Lyman, 1852-1920
History; Columbia County (Wash.)
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company