Roseburg, Or, April 17.—(special.) Margaret Imbler, whose funeral took place here Monday, crossed the plains in 1852, leaving Boone County, Indiana in March, and arriving in Portland in the fall of that year. Mrs. Imbler and her husband later settled on a donation land claim between what is now Roseburg and Winchester. Later they moved to a ranch on the South Umpqua, near the Conn Ford. Mr. Imbler died here in 18?7. She was born in Morgan County, Ohio March 4, !827. Three daughters and a son survive her; Mrs. F. Cope, of San Francisco; Mrs. Edith Waite, of Portland; Mrs. Frank Skipton, of Albany, at whose home Mrs. Imbler died, and Warren S. Imbler, of St. Johns, Washington.

18 Apr 1919; Paper: Oregonian - Submitted by K. Torp