Philomath College was chartered November 1865, as the United Brethren School for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and California. The name combines two Greek words meaning love of learning. The building’s center structure was completed in . . . — — Map (db m122509) HM
On May 11, 1861 Reuben and Mary Jane
Holmes Shipley, former negro slaves,
deeded from their farm purchased from
Charles Bales’ donation land claim, the
original plot for this cemetery.
Buried in Lot 10 are Reuben Shipley, Mary
Jane Shipley . . . — — Map (db m118083) HM
During the first year of the Civil War, Reuben and Mary Jane Shipley donated land to establish this cemetery for the burial of both black and white people. The Shipleys were former enslaved laborers who arrived by wagon with their owners. Mary . . . — — Map (db m234519) HM
Mount Union Cemetery is situated on Reuben and Mary Jane Shipley, one of Oregon's earliest Black pioneer couples. Reuben was born into slavery in Kentucky and was brought to Oregon by his enslaver, Robert Shipley, in 1853. In return for driving . . . — — Map (db m234513) HM
