Husband George Tompkins Pollard
Born: 15 Jun 1835 - Linn Co, MO
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Died: 11 Feb 1919 - Huntsville, Columbia Co, WA
Buried: - Waitsburg Cemetery, Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co, WA
Father: Roger B. Pollard ( - )
Mother: Sarah C. Smith ( - )
Marriage: 1860 - Walla Walla Co, WA
Wife Harriet L. Wiseman
Born: 1842
Christened:
Died: 1926 - Huntsville, Columbia Co, WA
Buried: - Waitsburg Cemetery, Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co, WA
Father: John Wiseman ( - )
Mother:
Children
1 F Melissa Pollard
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2 F Ann Pollard
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3 F Mary Pollard
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Spouse: [Unk] Davis ( - )
4 M Oliver W. Pollard
Born: 25 Nov 1867 - Huntsville, Columbia Co, WA
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Died: 18 Jun 1941 - American Falls, Power Co, ID
Buried: - Falls View Cemetery, American Falls, Power Co, ID
Spouse: Unknown ( - )
Spouse: Auril Lusher (1879-1964) 1
Marr: 28 Apr 1911 - Ogden, Weber Co, UT
5 F Etta Pollard
Born: 1870
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Died: 1926
Buried: - Waitsburg Cemetery, Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co, WA
Spouse: [Unk] Peterson ( - )
6 F Bettie Pollard
Born: 6 Jun 1872
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Died: 27 Sep 1874
Buried: - Waitsburg Cemetery, Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co, WA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 F Ella Pollard
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Died: Bef 1918
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8 F Cordelia Pollard
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Died: Bef 1918
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9 M John B. Pollard
Born: 7 May 1882
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Died: 1 Jan 1884
Buried: - Waitsburg Cemetery, Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co, WA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
10 M Frank M. Pollard
Born: 4 Feb 1883 - Columbia Co, WA
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Died: Dec 1967
Buried: - Waitsburg Cemetery, Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co, WA
Spouse: Grace M. [Unk] ( - )
Marr: Abt 1906
11 M Robert M. Pollard
Born: 4 Feb 1883
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Died: Dec 1967 - ? Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co, WA
Buried: - Waitsburg Cemetery, Waitsburg, Walla Walla Co, WA
Spouse: Grace [Unk] (1886-1976)
12 M Roy F. Pollard
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Spouse: Gertrude H. [Unk] ( - )
Marr: Bef 1920
General Notes: Husband - George Tompkins Pollard
Lyman's history of Old Walla Walla Co. Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin Counties, Vol. II, published 1918, pg. 272 - 275
GEORGE TOMPKINS POLLARD.
George Tompkins Pollard is a resident farmer of Columbia county, living on section 6, township 9 north, range 38 east. He is the oldest settler in that district and has been identified with the Inland Empire, its pioneer development and its later progress, since 1855. He was born in Linn county, Missouri, June 15, 1835, a son of Roger B. and Sarah C. (Smith) Pollard. The father was a native of Richmond, Virginia, while the mother's birth occurred in Rockingham county, Virginia. They were married in Shelby county, Kentucky, to which district they had removed in young manhood and womanhood. They began their domestic life in Shelby county, where they remained for a number of years, and about 1820 they established their home in Linn county, Missouri, where they lived for two decades. They afterward moved to the Platte Purchase, settling near St. Joseph, Missouri, where both passed away.
George T. Pollard acquired a district school education in his native state and at sixteen years of age left the parental roof to start out in life on his own account. In the spring of 1852 he crossed the plains with an ox team to California and for three years was engaged in mining on the Cosmos river in what is now Amador county. In July, 1855, he made his way northward into Oregon to visit a brother and while on that visit enlisted in the service to fight the Indians. He took part in the Yakima Indian war and later for three years was engaged in packing supplies for Colonel Rice and Colonel Steptoe and was in the latter's employ when he was defeated by the Indians. Mr. Pollard was in Wallula on the 20th of December, 1855, and on the 22d or 23d participated in the fight with the Indians near Whitman Station. He is the oldest settler now living in this part of the state and there is no one more familiar with every phase of pioneer life and experience than he. His military service made him acquainted with every phase of Indian warfare and later he met all of the hardships and privations incident to the task of developing a new farm. On the 6th of August, 1859, he filed on the homestead where he now lives and upon that place has resided continuously since, covering a period of fifty-eight years. As his financial resources increased he purchased more land from time to time and now owns four hundred and ninety-five acres.
In 1860 Mr. Pollard was united in marriage to Miss Harriet L. Wiseman, of Walla Walla county, who crossed the plains with her father, John Wiseman, in 1852, settling in Linn county, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Pollard became the parents of the following children, namely: Melissa; Ann; John B., who is deceased; Mary; Oliver; Ella; Bettie; Ella and Cordelia, who have passed away; Frank; Robert; and Roy.
In politics Mr. Pollard is independent, never caring to bind himself by party ties. He was appointed a member of the first board of county commissioners after the organization of Columbia county and was a member of the school board for more than thirty years. At different times he has been urged by his friends to accept nomination for various important political offices but has always refused, preferring to do his public duty as a private citizen. He and his wife are members of the Methodist church and their well spent lives have been guided by its teachings. When the state of Washington was yet cut off from the advantages and comforts of the east by the long stretches of sand and the high mountains, he made his way across the plains, braving all the trials and hardships of pioneer life in order to make a home in the Inland Empire, rich in its resources yet unclaimed from the dominion of the red man. As the years have come and gone he has borne his part in the work of general progress and improvement and has been a prominent factor in promoting agricultural development. The days of chivalry and knighthood in Europe cannot furnish more interesting romantic tales than our own western history.
The directions to the Waitsburg Cemetery are: Going through Waitsburg on Main Street, turn at Coppel where the big green sign says Walla Walla and has an arrow pointing the only way to turn regardless which end of town you enter from, turn left on Willard, and right on Lincoln. It is right there near the intersection of Willard and Lincoln and the gate is at that corner of the cemetery.