He is married to Ruthanna Butler Montanye.
They got married on October 19, 1842 at Beaver County, Pennsylvania, he was 19 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
Source: James B. Hardin
In 1849, Arabelle's parents [Alexander and Ruthanna] who had been living in Virginia, decided to cross the plains after hearing of the California Gold Rush/ Along the way, Ruthanna became very ill and was bedfast most of the journey. Shortly after the family reached Portland, Oregon, she passed away. Belle's father started stores and trading posts at Lafayette and Eugene, Oregon. He married Charity Christiana Smith, who had a son, John. John later changed his name to Levi Ankeny.
Belle was traveling with her step brother Levi, up the Columbia River on a boat which was taking supplies to Lewiston,Idaho, from Portland, when she met Lt. Darius Bullock Randall. They were married on July 4, 1865. Five children were born to this union.
At the outbreak of the Nez Perce Indian War, Tolo, an Indian woman and friend of the white families, warned them that the Nez perce planned to attack the settlers. Capt. Randall and a group of volunteers defended their families who had gathered in a building adjacent to the school house in Mount Idaho. Capt. Randall was killed on July 5, 1877. On a monument erected at the site of the fort was a plaque: "In memory of Captain Randall, the brave volunteers and pioneers who were fortified here, stood in defence, and fought in the Nez Perce Indian War of 1877". The plaque has been removed for safe keeping. Capt. Randall is buried in the Mount Idaho cemetery, his gravestone reading "D. B. Randall, died July 5, 1877 aged 40 yr 5 mo 23 days".
At the time of her husband's death Belle's children ranged in age from 5 months to 10 years. She married Jay Meyer Dorman at Mount Idaho in May, 1882. They had one daughter, Jaye Meyer Dorman, who was born March 13, 1883. On April 25, 1906, Jaye married Almon E. Randall, a nephew of Capt. D. B. Randall.
Belle's descendants living in Idaho County are her great grandchildren, Almon Eugene Randall and Anne Rosalie Randall Ludvik, and her great great grandchildren, Audrey Randall Glover, Ruby Randall and Leslie Eugene Randall.
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Capt. Alexander P. Ankeny was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and died in Salem, Oregon in 1891.
From the guide to the Alexander P. Ankeny papers, 1865 September 14, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)
Capt. Alexander P. Ankeny was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and died in Salem, Oregon in 1891.
He moved to Oregon in 1850, stopping at the Green River to built a ferry to help emigrants cross. He arrived in Portland in the winter of 1850-1851 and built a house on Oak Street between 1st and 2nd. After a year, he remarried and settled on a farm in Yamhill County. He started a steamboat enterprise in 1860, and was involved in much Columbia River steamboat activity. He commanded the 2nd Company of Yamhill Volunteers in the Indian Wars of 1855-56. In Portland, he built the New Market Theater Block and the Central Block (Front St.) with his partner, A. J. Watson in 1872. He bought and moved to Sterling Mines, where he lived in the last years of his life.
From the description of Alexander P. Ankeny papers [manuscript], 1865 September 14. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 690670886
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MANKENY, ALEXANDER, of Bridgewater, married Ruth Ann Montayne, daughter of Dr. Montayne of Rochester, 19 ult. 16 Nov. 1842. [NOTE: Rochester is just across the Beaver River to the east from Bridgewater. We know that Ruth Ann was Gertrude's sister from Oregon Trail records.]