Could someone possibly answer two questions for me:
Does David Newsom (d. 18 Jan 1882) have a marked grave in Newsom Campground/Cemetery, and
was Nusom Road in North Howell named after David Newsom?
Many thanks.

Was David Newsom the father of Samuel J. Newsom who went to crook county in the 1870's?

Yes, my information shows that David Newsom had ten children, one of whom was Samuel J. Newsom, b. 13 Mar 1834. I know nothing more, however, about Samuel.
I only recently discovered that David Newsom was the brother of my g-g-g-grandfather, John Newsom, and I am therefore very interested in learning more about David's life in Oregon. Do you have further information on his son, Samuel?

From "Oregon Geographic Names", 6th Edition, by Lewis A. McArthur:

"Newsome Creek, Crook Countyy): Newsome Creek east of Post was named for Samuel J. Newsom who was born in Springfield, Illinois on Mar. 13, 1834 and came to Oregon with his parents, David and Mary Newsom, in 1851. Newsom lived in Marion County then moved to eastern Oregon in the 1870's. He was a prominent rancher in the vicinity of Post and later developed Newsom's Addition to the City of Prineville. The superfluous terminel 'e' is fixed by current usage. For a short biography, see 'Illustrated History of Central Oregon, p. 786."

Go to www.oregonpioneers.com and under the heading "Settling of Oregon and It's Pioneers" go to 1851. There is a researcher listed for the Newsom family. My McClure family came in 1851 also. Check out www.oregongenweb.org, then Crook Co. The Mrion county site is pretty worthless. Hopefully someone else here in Marion County will come up with some of the information you are looking for.

Thanks very much for this!

Nusom Road runs along the north edge of the Newsome properties. The spelling on the 1878 atlas was Newsome. Other documents give Newsom and other spellings.

I would be surprised if the road was named for anyone else.

The DLC information is: Twp 06S Range 01W, Sections 17, 18, 19, 20 Newsom, David and Polly (Newsom?) OROCAA 001311 1866 5/1/1866 1850 D 1851 29 Oct 1851 No. 1850 Newsom, DaVid, Marion Co; b 1805, Greenbriar Co, Va (W. Va); SC 29 Oct 1851; m Polly 12 July 1827, Monroe Co, Va (W.Va). Aff: Lyman D.
Hall, Mathew Morrison, Joseph Cox, John J. Tucker.

Pat
in Tucson

More info from www.oregonpioneers.com:

NEWSOM CAMPGROUND:
Established []. Located: T6S R1W 20. In the North Howell Prairie area NE of Salem, OR.
For additional information see: Capital Journal, June 27, 1935 4:4 Landmark Lore; David Newsom: The Western Observer 1805-1882 p.9

For help with at least the first reference, do to the following link for research help. Sorry I don't have time to do it myself at the moment. I belong to the Willamette valley genealogical society and the volunteers do good work!

http://www.osl.state.or.us/home/Gen/wvgs.html

Many, many thanks to you both, Pat and Linda, for this additional information! This is all very helpful to me.