Carl J. DeArmond, born 18 January 1877, Maryville, TN.  Died 22 October 1943, Salem, OR. (resided at Independence, OR).  He is buried at Mount Crest Abby, Salem, OR.  He arrived in Oregon in 1878 with family members.  Initially the family settled on a farm near Albany, OR, but later they settled on a farm in the Suver Community.  The farm was owned first by his brother Oliver, then his brother Edgar before taking over the farm. On 3 November 1920 he married Beatrice Pierce at Corvallis, OR.  He and Beatrice settled on the farm that he already owned in the community of Suver on Suver & Airlie Road.  In 1942 his farm was purchased by the U. S. Government to be used as part of the Camp Adair cantonment area.  They later purchased another farm near Oak Point and Greenwood, Polk County, OR.

In November 1941, Carl DeArmond was elected as chairman of the Land Use Committee of Polk and Benton counties.  This committee was set up by local farmers to work with local land owners and the U. S. Army concerning the proposed U. S. Army cantonment.   There were many disagreements with government land appraisals and prices offered.  Over just a few months farms were taken over by the U. S. Army for the Camp Adair cantonment area in Airlie, Suver and Wells.  Many of the farmers, not all of them, while upset about losing their homes, were generally accepting of their situation, considering it their “patriotic duty.”

Beatrice Ivy Pierce DeArmond, born 30 May 1897,Ten Mile, OR.  Died 18 January 1967, Salem, OR.   She was a teacher at Polk County, OR, when she met and married Carl DeArmond. After Carl’s death she remarried James H. Jennings.

Children: Imolean B. (1922-2004).  She married William Clifford Frazer on 16 March 1944 at Independence, OR.

Carleta Jane (1924-1996).  She married Walton Duane Appelman on 26 April 1946 at Corvallis, OR.  Children: Molly, Judy, Thomas.  Judy married Michael Lee Reser in 1992 at Beaverton, OR.

The DeArmond family– Imolean, Mrs. Beatrice DeArmond, Carleta, Mr. Carl DeArmond, at a farewell barbecue dinner June 7, 1942 which they hosted for 750 neighbors on their 500-acre farm south of Monmouth.  In addition to the barbecue, there were a musical program and talks by Governor Charles A. Sprague and others.  They had to vacate their home of 50 years, as did many other farmers, to make way for its development of the 60,000-acre Camp Adair cantonment.  Source: Oregon Historic Photograph Collection, Salem Public Library, Salem, OR.  Photo ID 8112.

Carl J. DeArmond, his wife Beatrice and daughters Carleta and Imolean

Carl J. DeArmond, wife Beatrice and daughters Imolean and Carleta in front of the home which they had to vacate for the construction of Camp Adair, north of Corvallis, in 1942.  Source: Oregon Historic Photograph Collection, Salem Public Library, Salem, OR.  Photo ID 8115

Some of the 750 neighbors invited to the farewell picnic at the Carl J. DeArmond acreage north of Corvallis. Source: Oregon Historic Photograph Collection, Salem Public Library, Salem, OR.  Photo ID 8123.