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Hi, yes, I have a few names. William Edgar Carlon, Charles "Dick" Carlon are a
couple of names that may help.
I met a man who also has Carlon family in Oregon and he had done a tremendous amount of
work on the Carlon family history. He is much more knowlegeable on this than I am and was
very willing to share information that he did have. If you'd like his email address,
let me know and I can send it to you.
I don't know about the spelling difference between Carlon and Carlan - I imagine that
they both come from the same place at some point. It looks like the Carlons came over
from Ireland and several versions of the name came about when they came to the U.S..
There was a Carlon who was the fire department chief in Bend, OR, and I believe one in
Eugene or Medford some time back -- they are both in my family's history. You can
find information on them on local historical websites.