The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Records database shows a Marion M. Aldrich being issued a land title on March 5, 1906, for 155.7 acres of parts of T2N R7E Section 17 (the northeast slopes of Aldrich Butte), under the 1862 "Homestead Entry Original".

The 1880 Skamania County census lists the family of "M.G. Aldrich", age 47, school teacher, and "Margaret J. Aldrich", age 35, wife/house keeping, and their three sons and one daughter. One of the sons is Marion Aldrich, age 8. Mr. M.G. Aldrich's obituary appeared in the November 15, 1909 "Morning Oregonian".

"CIVIL WAR VETERAN AT REST. -- The funeral of Matthew Gray Aldrich, veteran of the Civil War and a member of Sumner Post, No.12, G.A.R., was held yesterday morning from his late home, at Tremont Station on the Mount Scott line. Services were conducted by his comrades of Sumner Post, and interment was made in Multnomah Cemetery. Mr. Aldrich was 76 years old. During the war he was a member of Company A, Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry, and made a creditable record. His widow and four children survive him. The children are: Logan W. Aldrich, of Salem; Stanley M. Aldrich, of Table Rock, Wash.; Marion M. Aldrich, of Scotts Mill, and Mrs. Rosa Marguerite Jahr, of Douglass, Arizona. Mr. Aldrich lived in Multnomah County for 30 years, following farming until 15 years ago, when he retired." Source:    "Morning Oregonian", November 15, 1909, courtesy Historic Oregon Newspapers Archives, Univeristy of Oregon Libraries, 2016.

In 1893 Stanley and Marion Aldich lived in Cape Horn, Washington.

"Stanley and Marion Aldrich of Cape Horn, are in the bearberry bark business, getting it and preparing it for the market. We believe the price paid for it when dried is $55 per ton." Source:    "The Dalles Weekly Chronicle (The Dalles, Or.), July 7, 1893, courtesy Historic Oregon Newspapers Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, 2016.

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