Lucinda (Mason) McCormack
Dec. 12, 1915; Oregonian, p 50 (photo)
"Pioneer of 1853 Passes at Brownsville"
Corvallis, Or., Dec. 11

   Mrs. Lucinda Mason McCormack, whose death occurred December 3, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Tycer, Brownsville, Or., was one of the first white women who ever lived in the Alsea Valley, Benton County. Born in Ohio in 1839, she crossed the plains to Oregon in 1853 with her parents and 11 other children.

   Mrs. McCormack was married in 1857 and with her husband moved to Alsea the following year. Mrs. McCormack was the mother of six children, five of whom survive her. They are: Hardy, Ira and Fred McCormack and Mrs. Laura Boles, of Benton County, and Mrs. Ella Tycer, of Brownsville.