1st MARRIAGE - to Edward J. Soulsby
[divorced: Soulsby, Malinda F. vs Soulsby, E. J., 14 Apr 1870, Yamhill Co., Oregon]
1870 OR CENSUS - Melinda Johnson, age 22, b. Indiana, is enumerated with John Johnson, age 63, occupation farm laborer, b. Kentucky, along with daughter Nancy [Nanta] Solsby, age 1, b. Oregon. Also enumerated in the home is David Johnson, age 20, occupation farm laborer, b. Indiana.
2nd MARRIAGE - John Hendershott of Marion County and Francis [Frances] M. Johnson were married Oct. 8, 1874 by Hartwell Hurley, County Judge, at the home of K. B. Mercer, with K. B. Mercer and D. A. Johnson as witnesses.
3rd MARRIAGE - to J. R. Putman, circa 1882

1880 OR CENSUS - Melinda Hendershott [Hendershot], age 29, b. Oregon, is enumerated with husband John, age 52, occupation farmer, b. New York, along with Leila [Lelah], age 4, b. Oregon, Parvin, age 3, b. Oregon, and Orville, age 6 months, b. Oregon.
1900 OR CENSUS - Fannie [Frances] Hendershott, age 52, widowed, mother of 3 children 2 of whom are living at the time of the census, occupation dressmaker, b. Dec 1847 in Indiana, is enumerated as the mother-in-law in the home of John Kingsley, age 41, occupation tinner, b. Sept 1858 in California, and his wife of 6 years, Nanta, age 31, mother of 1 child, b. Oct 1868 in Oregon, and their daughter Mildred, age 4, b. Apr 1896 in Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - Re birthplace: obituaries and death certificate state Iowa; 1880 census states Oregon, and 1900 census record gives Indiana as her place of birth.
DISCREPANCY - Re birthdate: 1900 census gives birthdate as Dec 1847; two different obituaries give birthdate as May 1847.

OSBH DC #147 (Multnomah Co., Portland) - F. M. Putman, b.18 May 1847 in Iowa, d. 23 Jan 1907 in Portland, Oregon (Good Samaritan Hospital) at the age of 59 years, name of father Johnson. usual residence Goldendale, Washington, interment Salem, Oregon, informant, J. R. Putman of Portland, Oregon.

Frances M. Putman, a pioneer resident of this city, died at Good Samaritan hospital yesterday following an operation for cancer of the stomach. She came to this state in 1852, settling in Douglas county. In 1875 she became the wife of John Hendershot and two years after his death in 1880 was married to J. R. Putman of Goldendale, Washington. Mrs. Putman was born in Iowa on May 18, 1847, and is survived by her husband and four children, Mrs. J. S. Kingsley and Mrs. J. S. Hutchinson of this city, Parville [Parvin] and Orville Hendershot of Seattle, Washington. D. A. and George Johnson, two well-known residents of Goldendale, are brothers of decedent, and Mrs. J. M. Long of Salem is a sister. The funeral will be held tomorrow from Ericson's undertaking parlors.
Chapman Scrapbook

FRANCES M. PUTMAN DEAD
Pioneer of 1852 Succumbs at Hospital After Operation
Frances M. Putman, a pioneer of 1852, died after an operation at the Good Samaritan Hospital yesterday. Cancer of the stomach was the cause. She leaves a great number of friends and relatives in every portion of the state. She was born in Iowa on May 18, 1847, and her maiden name was Frances Johnson. When she was 3 years old the family started for Salt Lake in prairie schooners and arrived in that city after five months on the road. The party rented for a few months and then set out for California. They lived there for two years and in the fall of 1852 went to Douglas County, Or. In 1854 they settled in Salem and in that town she became the second wife of John Hendershot in December 1875 [sic - Yamhill Co., 1874]. Mr. Hendershot died in 1880 and the widow left Salem and came to Portland. Two years later she married J. R. Putman, of Goldendale, Wash., and resided in that city until taken ill recently.
Besides her husband she is survived by four children - Mrs. J. S. Kingsley and Mrs. J. S. Hutchinson, of Portland; Parvin and Orville Hendershot, of Seattle; two brothers, D. A. and George Johnson, of Goldendale, and a sister, Mrs. J. M. Long, of Salem.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from Erickson's undertaking establishment, but the place of interment has not yet been decided upon.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 24 Jan 1907, pg 11

In Portland, Oregon, Wednesday, January 23, 1907, Frances M. Putnam, aged 58 years, The remains will arrive in Salem on the 11 o’clock train this morning and funeral services will be held from the Salem Undertaking Parlors, 383 Court street, at 2 o’clock p.m. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Deceased was formerly a resident of Salem, the wife of John Henderson who died in this city.
Weekly Oregon Statesman 25 Jan 1907 5:7

Frances M.
Wife of
J. R. Putman
Former wife of
John Hendershot
Died Jan. 23, 1907
Aged 59 years

LR
DAR pg 84
Yamhill County Marriages [Oregon], 1863-1876, pg 54
Oregon Historical Records Index (Oregon State Archives)
1870 OR CENSUS (Yamhill Co., McMinnville, FA #172)
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Eola, ED #104, pg 11C )
1900 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co., Portland, pg 10B)
Chapman Scrapbook
Oreg 24 Jan 1907, pg 11
WOS 25 Jan 1907 5:7