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James & Permelia Latimer

James William Latimer
Born | December 20, 1841 (Jefferson, Missouri)
Married | April 9, 1863 (State of Kansas)
Died | October 22, 1904 (Tillamook, Oregon)

Permelia Anna (Jenkins) Latimer
Born | October 8, 1843 (Crawford County, Indiana)
Married | April 9, 1863 (State of Kansas)
Died | April 16, 1920 (Tillamook, Oregon)

James and Permeila Latimer donated a parcel of land from their homestead for a school in 1892. The deed stated that if and when the property was no longer used as a school, it would revert to family heirs.

The first school was a one room building hauled to the site by wagon. An "L" shaped two room school was built around 1900. It was used until the present building was erected with two rooms, to which a third  was added near 1930. The stage was added in the late 1930s. The last classes were held in 1959. The consolidated school district then used the building as a maintenance-repair facility until 1985. A gymnasium building which had been built in the last 1930s was in such bad repair, it was burned in 1989. The school building had deteriorated to the point that serious repairs were seen necessary to keep the property useable. School District No. 9 let the property revert to the heirs of the Latimer family.

There were more than 40 heirs in the family, none of whom lived in Tillamook County. The heirs decided to donate the property to the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Foundation, in memory of the grand and great-grandparents, James and Permelia Latimer. The deed transfer was made in 1989.

Plans were made to turn the building and property into a textile center. Operation of the planned place for fibre-artisans to demonstrate, teach, and produce their crafts was turned over to the Friends of Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in 1991.
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Thomas Henry Goyne & Daisy Evelyn Latimer

Thomas Henry Goyne
Born | 13 October 1864 (Roaring Creek, PA)
Married |1888 (Tillamook, OR)
Died | 4 August 1944 (Tillamook, OR)

Daisy Evelyn Latimer
Born |12 October 1872 (Tillamook, OR)
Married |1888 (Tillamook, OR)
Died | 9 May 1937 (Tillamook, OR)

Thomas H. Goyne was the second teacher at the Wilson River School. He arrived in Tillamook August, 1876. According to public records, Thomas H. Goyne married Daisy Evelyn Latimer in 1888.

Their son, Thomas W. Goyne was an instrumental part in the process of "getting deeds from all the Latimer heirs in favor of the Museum foundation".

"In 1892 the Latimer family donated the land where the present school is located. There is some evidence that the building is which school was conducted was moved from the Buttz place onto the Latimer property. It was a simple structure. An article from the Headlight Herald stated Mr. Goyne described the building in 1896 one of the years he taught there as "a one room building with little furniture, no books, or maps or other equipment." Sometime in that period the name of the school changed from Wilson River School to Latimer School."

"In March 1899 the Headlight Herald reported "The school house is being used so much for meetings it ought to have a new stove, as the old one might be the cause of a fire. It would be cheaper to pay for a new stove, than a new school house. Last school term the children complained of being almost smoked out. Who is gritty enough to start a subscription on a new stove?"

"The ideas of starting a subscription to raise funds for education were in those days. Mr. Goyne describes one of the ways the pioneers responded as follows: "My father taught school in the Latimer home as most teachers did in those days. The teachers were supposed to board at different homes in the district, thus spreading the costs around home in the community. Teachers were paid a very small salary."