William Rumley
June 15, 1919; Oregonian, p 5
"Slave Has Homestead"
Gold Beach, June 14

   William Rumley, colored, 89 years old, who is the oldest settler in Curry county, has proved up  on a homestead far up the Rogue river.  Rumley was born in Slavery and came west with his eleventh master in the gold rush of '49 in California.  He later came to Oregon and settled in Curry county in 1867.
   He was one of the early-day miners and Indian fighters.  He is probably the oldest man who ever attempted to prove up on a homestead.