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Thomas Cook History: The Tale of the Father of Modern Tourism

Last updated: March 21, 2021 - Written by Jessica Norah 42 Comments

Do you know who Thomas Cook was and what contribution he made to the history of travel? Perhaps you have heard the name, seen it on the travel agencies that still carry his name, or maybe you’ve even taken a Thomas Cook tour. But my guess is that, like me, you don’t know too much about the man or how he fits into the history of travel.

Thomas Cook was a passionate man who was born into a world where most working class people worked long 6-day weeks and never traveled more than 20 miles from their home towns. Thomas would begin work at age 10, laboring in a vegetable garden for 1 penny per day; but with a lot of determination and hard work, this working class man would eventually build one of the largest travel companies in the world.

This post is dedicated to the memory of Thomas Cook and his role in history and will give you a good overview of Thomas the man, Thomas the travel pioneer, and a glimpse of what it was like to travel in the Victorian age.

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Who was Thomas Cook?

Thomas Cook was born in 1808 in the small town of Melbourne, England but would be best known for his time living in Leicester. He would finish his schooling at age 10 to begin working, often for only a penny a day, to help support his family.

Throughout his life, Thomas Cook would work as a Baptist preacher, carpenter, furniture maker, printer, publisher, political advocate, and travel organizer. As a Baptist preacher, he would walk thousands of miles and earned so little that he often worked in the dark to conserve candles and oil.

After seeing the effects of drunkenness at an early age, Cook believed that alcohol abuse was one of the major roots of the many social problems in the Victoria era and would spend much of his time and talents supporting the Temperance movement in England for the rest of his life. In fact, Cook’s beginnings as a travel organizer would come about because of his temperance beliefs.

In 1841, he would arrange for a special train to take over 500 people from Leicester to Loughborough to attend a temperance meeting. For 1 shilling, passengers got round trip train travel, band entertainment, afternoon tea, and food. Not a bad deal!

T he Birth of Thomas Cook & Son

Then in 1845, he would organize his first railway excursion for profit, and the following year he would begin offering trips outside England to Scotland, a country that captivated Cook and would remain one of his favorite destinations. For many of his early passengers, this was their first time aboard a train and the furthest distance they’d ever traveled from their home.

His trips kept getting bigger and in 1851, Thomas got the chance to organize railway travel and travel accommodations for people from the provinces to travel to London to attend the Great Exhibition orchestrated by Prince Albert. Thomas would transport over 150,000 people to London during the 6 months of the exhibition. This was one of the largest events in England and one of the largest movements of people within Britain!

Up until this point in time, most people in the provinces would be unlikely to travel to a town 20 miles away, let alone to the city of London. It must have been quite a shock for many people, who likely had never attended an event bigger than a county agricultural fair, to witness the Great Exhibition, where many of the greatest industrial inventions of the time were on display, in the bustling capital city of London.

His early tours would be marketed towards the working class, but later his company would go on to escort more middle class passengers and even organize travel for royalty, the military, and other important figures given his increasing reputation for being able to efficiently organize travel.

Interestingly, a large percentage of Cook’s travelers would be single or unescorted women who likely would not have been able to travel on their own (remember these are the days of Gone with the Wind ), but being part of an escorted tour provided them with both protection and independence.

Cook would rapidly expand operations, escorting tours throughout Europe, North America, and even led the first commercial tour around the world. But perhaps no destination was more sacred to Thomas than his tours to Egypt and the Middle East. Here Thomas could witness firsthand the Biblical lands he had read and preached about all his life, and spending time in the Holy Land was truly a realization of many of his dreams as a young man.

A Man with Many Personal Obstacles and Struggles

Although Thomas Cook & Son would thrive and go on to become one of the largest travel agencies in the world, things did not work out as well for Cook in his personal life. Thomas’ father died when he was very young as did his stepfather, and young Thomas was left to be raised by his widowed mother.

As an adult, he would suffer the tragic sudden death of his only daughter Annie—a young woman on the cusp of marriage—who shared a close relationship with her parents. Thomas’ wife would suffer a long period of ill health following her daughter’s death, eventually dying and leaving Thomas alone with his own failing health that left him almost blind.

In his later years, he had a very strained relationship with his only son and business partner John Mason Cook. Thomas felt that he was being pushed aside in his own company and eventually John Mason Cook would take over all operations from his father. The father and son never truly reconciled and spent very little time together towards the end of his life.

While Thomas’ poor health and eyesight made it increasingly difficult, he continued to be active in travel and temperance activities until near the end of his life. His son would continue to expand the travel business.

What was it like to Travel During the Victorian Era?

Thomas lived during the reign of Queen Victoria—the Victorian era—and while romantic imaginings of spending time aboard the famous Oriental Express, sailing on luxury White Star Line steamships, and staying in grand palatial hotels may have been partially true of the wealthiest of travelers, these are far from the accommodations you could expect as a working class or middle class traveler.

Before widespread railway transport, the stagecoach reigned as the quickest way to get around and only the wealthy could afford such conveniences. So poorer people often walked, hitched rides on the back of wagons and carts, or, if lucky, rode a horse or donkey. In the early days of railway travel, third class train accommodations were open wagons, some without seats, where passengers would have to worry about the wind, sun, dust, locomotive smoke, and glowing hot embers.

During Cook’s travels—particularly his early trips—you would need to worry about germs and disease as very little was understood about germs at the time and the lack of widespread refrigeration and hot water heightened the chances of disease. Restaurants, flush toilets, and even running water were not staples in Great Britain, let alone the rest of the world. Communication was slow and done primarily by postal mail, sometimes taking weeks to confirm reservations or transmit a message back home.

However, things were not all bad. During Thomas’s life so much would change that would make travel faster, cheaper, and more comfortable than ever before. Improvements in the postal service, use of the steam engine, opening of the Suez canal, and the great expansion of the railways would make it possible for Thomas Cook to accomplish things that would not have been possible a generation before him.

Thomas Cook’s tours, with their discounted organized group rates, made it possible for a lot of working and middle class people to travel for the first time.  Cook believed that travel could help educate and enlighten people who, like him, often did not have a proper school education, eliminate prejudices and bigotry, and be a healthy leisure alternative to visiting pubs, gambling halls, and whorehouses.

However, these new travel opportunities for the lower classes was not something that was widely appreciated by many of those in the upper classes of society. Until the nineteenth century, popular tourist destinations were almost exclusively the playground of the wealthy who could afford the time away and expensive cost of travel. The upper classes did not want to mix with the lower classes when traveling.

As Thomas Cook and others began to offer affordable excursion tours to popular destinations such as English country homes (e.g., Chatsworth House), the Rhine River valley, the French Riviera, Egyptian pyramids, and the Swiss Alps, wealthy travelers complained about what they saw as a bunch of uncouth, uneducated common people invading their exclusive travel paradises.

They criticized Thomas Cook and the excursion travelers, and this criticism likely wounded Thomas, who although he strongly believed in the right for all people to be able to travel, he also strived to be accepted by the upper echelons of society. Despite his success, he never was accepted by the upper classes as he was not of gentle birth, but was a working man and a Baptist in a country still largely controlled by wealthy Anglicans.

However, despite all the criticism, the demand for discounted organized travel would only continue to increase. The number of travelers from London who crossed the Channel to continental Europe rose from 165,000 in 1850 to 951,000 by 1899. Travel agencies and organized travel were here to stay.

Why Thomas Cook was a Travel Pioneer

Thomas Cook was a travel pioneer who built one of the largest travel businesses in the world, a business that started very humbly as a way to transport travelers to nearby temperance meetings. Thomas was able to “organize travel as it was never organized before” and with the help of the railways and the steam engine, he was able to do it on a scale that would have never before been possible.

Although not the first to come up with most of the ideas, Thomas would make things like travel vouchers, traveler’s cheques, and printed guidebooks common and widespread. Cook would use his talents as a printer to print travel advertisements, bulletins, magazines, guidebooks, and train timetables.  In fact, Thomas Cook Continental Timetables would be published from 1873 to 2013 (last edition was published in August 2013) and were for many decades considered the bible for European train travelers.

His religious fervor would make him seek out exotic locations such as the Middle East and his determination would lead to Thomas Cook & Son opening offices around the world. Perhaps his greatest legacy is that he helped make it possible for a new group of people to engage in leisure travel. Cook understood well the drudgery of hard work and trying to support oneself on a meager income, and his tours provided working and lower middle class people the opportunity to explore a world they could have only have read about otherwise.

The Thomas Cook & Son name continued to exist as a travel company, offering travel tours until 2019. The company traded for 178 years. But it had not been a family-run business by the Cook family since the 1920’s when Thomas Cook’s grandsons, Frank and Ernest, sold the company to the Belgian Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grands Express Européens, operators of most of Europe’s luxury sleeping cars, including the Orient Express .

In the 1940’s it would become state-owned by the British Transport Holding Company. It would continue to change hands over the years. In 2001, it would become owned solely by C&N Touristic AG, one of Germany’s largest travel groups, who renamed the company, Thomas Cook AG.

Thomas Cook became one of the world’s largest travel agencies and the oldest in the UK. Its famous slogan developed by advertising expert Michael Hennessy: “Don’t just book it….Thomas Cook it” became well-known around the world.

The Bankruptcy and Closure of the Thomas Cook Travel Agency in 2019

Sadly, the travel agency and airline that carried the Thomas Cook named declared bankruptcy in September 2019, leaving about 150,000 British travelers “stranded” all over the world (as well as a number of other nationalities). Perhaps the most devastating effect has been the immediate loss of thousands of jobs for people in the UK and abroad.

The travel agency, however, was properly insured and protected and most of those who booked a trip can apply for a refund, and those left “stranded” on trips were repatriated by the UK. It was the largest repatriation effort since World War 2.

In October 2019, it was announced that all the Thomas Cook travel agency offices in UK will be taken over by Hays Travel and rebranded under their name. Most of the reopened offices are being staffed by former Thomas Cook employees. Hays Travel is now the largest independent travel agency in the UK, and you can read more about them here .

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on all sectors of the global travel industry and Hays Travel was forced to close its travel offices in the UK for a large part of the year. Many of the former UK Thomas Cook offices have now been permanently shuttered and many of the employees who had been rehired were sadly made redundant. You can read more about that here .

Although the future of the Thomas Cook name in travel may be uncertain, I would be very surprised if the name does not continue to be associated in some way with a travel agency.

In fact, although all the UK based companies have stopped trading, some Thomas Cook owned resorted, like Cook’s Club are still operating. Some of its subsidiaries in some other countries are still trading as normal but are also in danger of closure.

What I Learned from Reading about Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook was a quite extraordinary self-made man. He had so many occupations and business ventures and so many setback and failures, even declaring bankruptcy at one point, but he was so persistent and never gave up. He was a passionate man who fought for his Baptist faith, beliefs in equality for all people, and for temperance.

In addition to being impressed by the determination and innovativeness of Thomas Cook himself, I was also quite intrigued in the ways that travel has changed and the ways it has not. We have come a long way since Thomas Cook escorted his first tour as we can travel so much lighter, faster, and more conveniently than would have seemed possible to Victorian age travelers who would accept unheated train cars, month-long ocean crossings, and hotels without hot water.

Cook, a teetotaler until his death, would likely be shocked by the tourism industry’s promotion of sun, sea and sex and the partying and drinking associated with many travel destinations. Indeed, many of these locations are the most popular destinations for British travelers on package holidays.

However, some things have not changed very much. Criticisms of organized travel remain with the notion that independent travel is better and people love to make the subjective “traveler” versus “tourist” distinction.  There are also still locations that remain primarily the playgrounds of the wealthy although never like during the Victorian age. Travel remains class segregated as those who can afford to do so can fly in first class seats, dine in the finest restaurants aboard ships, and sleep in the best cabins with little need to spend much time with other class passengers.

One of the things that I found perhaps the most interesting was the destinations promoted by Thomas Cook still remain, with few exceptions, major tourist destinations today. The country house of Chatsworth House is one of the most notable country houses in England today and people are still flocking to the Scottish highlands, Paris, Rhine River Valley, Swiss Alps, Egypt, the ancient city of Petra, Australia, and most of the other destinations promoted by Thomas Cook in the 1800’s.

While things have changed in some ways beyond recognition, many of the world’s wonders and great destinations continue to awe visitors as they must have awed those first pioneer tourists led by Thomas Cook.

Want to Learn More about Thomas Cook and Victorian Age Travel? 

Resources about Thomas Cook (I used these in writing this article) :

-Hamilton, Jill. (2005). Thomas Cook: The Holiday Maker . The History Press.

-Piers Brendon. (1991). Thomas Cook – 150 Years of Popular Tourism . Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd.

-Withey, Lynne. (1997). Grand Tours and Cook’s Tours – A History of Leisure Travel, 1750 to 1915 .  William Morrow & Co. [This book focuses on a broader view of the history of travel including a lot of attention to Thomas Cook tours and their impact on tourism]

-A great Wikipedia link to some of Thomas Cook’s Traveler Handbooks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook%27s_Travellers_Handbooks

Another book related to Thomas Cook on my to-read list:

-Swinglehurst, Edmund. (1974).  The Romantic Journey – The Story of Thomas Cook and Victorian Travel . Pica Editions.

So what do you think about Thomas Cook and the Victorian Age of Travel? If you are interested in another article on travel during the Victorian age, check out our post on t wo American women who race around the world in less than 80 days .

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Baskin Post author

February 28, 2024 at 3:26 am

Wow, so fascinating to read about the history of Thomas Cook, the visionary behind modern tourism. I definitely learned a lot from this about how His legacy continues to shape travel and hospitality industries, very educational post!

Jessica & Laurence Norah Post author

February 28, 2024 at 10:20 am

Thanks for taking the time to comment and glad to hear you enjoyed our article on Thomas Cook. And yes his contributions to the travel industry can definitely still be seend today!

Best, Jessica

Chandra Gurung Post author

May 9, 2023 at 4:15 am

Very interesting post, thanks for the great travel History !!

May 13, 2023 at 8:06 am

Hi Chandra,

Glad you enjoyed our post on Thomas Cook, thanks for taking the time to comment!

Karim Post author

October 29, 2022 at 3:01 pm

Thanks for your blog post on Thomas Cook, very helpful, nice to read.

October 31, 2022 at 10:04 am

Thanks for taking the time to comment, glad you enjoyed our post on Thomas Cook and a bit of the history of the man and his company 😉

Jeanne Gisi Post author

May 24, 2022 at 1:06 pm

While cleaning out some boxes filled with mementos of my travels over the years, I came upon an Itinerary prepared by Thos. Cook & Son for a 6 week European trip in 1965 for my parents & I (I was 13)! It was so fascinating to see the level of detail for each stop, which included England, France, Italy, Spain & Germany; and the beautiful cover & fancy paper used to produce the itinerary. I went looking on the internet to see if they were still in existence & found your blog, which I found so informative about the founder & the many iterations the company had gone through. Probably the most amazing detail in this itinerary was discovering that for hotels in 4 different cities, train rides, rental car & private transport for the entire trip was shown at $328 per person! Astounding! Appreciated reading your historical information about this venerable company.

May 25, 2022 at 5:10 am

So glad you enjoyed our article on the history of Thomas Cook.

Oh, wow, that must be wonderful finding old treasures from your family travels. I love things like that. And yes a 6 week trip for $328 per person (about $3,000 per person in today’s money) would still be a good value today for all that was included for a 6-week trip. And it would have taken longer to put together an itinerary then as the travel agent would have needed to call or mail for inquiries and reservations rather than clicking buttons on a computer.

Yes, Thomas Cook has gone through a lot in recent years. Hays Travel purchased most of the Thomas Cook offices/stores and hired back a lot of the staff in 2019. But then of course the COVID-19 pandemic came soon after, and many of the stores have since re-closed and a number of people had to be let go. For example, our local travel store (in Bath, England) went from a Thomas Cook to a Hays Travel to being empty again in about a year’s time. It will be interesting to see what will happen with traditional travel agencies like this as international travel goes back to 2019 levels and if they will continue to flourish in the face of online competitors.

Ruth Deeks Post author

March 21, 2021 at 8:39 am

Very interesting. My parents who were Baptist missionaries in India had told me that Thomas Cook was a Baptist and gave a special rate to missionaries travelling by boat to and from India, the journey taking 5 weeks approx. I am talking about the 1930s to 1950s. What a shame the The Thomas Cook co. was sold out of the family and went bankrupt.

March 21, 2021 at 9:05 am

Glad you enjoyed our article on Thomas Cook and the history of his travel business. He is an interesting man combining his religion with travel.

Yes, it is sad that the Thomas Cook business went bankrupt. Sadly, the UK travel company which took over most of the Thomas Cook offices in the UK, Hays Travel, has now had to close many of these offices in 2020 due to the coronavirus. This has also sadly left many of the former Thomas Cook employees, many of which were then re-hired by Hays Travel, without a job again. It’s been a very tough couple of years for UK travel agents. Hopefully, 2021 will be a better year for them.

Uwingabire Faustine Post author

November 28, 2020 at 1:03 pm

Hello I was inspired by the theory of Thomas Cook, but wanted to know above all that why was he important in tourism industry?

November 29, 2020 at 7:05 am

Glad you enjoyed our post on Thomas Cook and learning about his life. Hopefully you found your answer about why Thomas Cook was important in the tourism industry from the article. But if not, I’d go back and read the “Why Thomas Cook was a Travel Pioneer” section as that covers a good summary of his achievements related to travel and his importance in the tourism industry.

If you have any further questions, please let me know!

Seba Campos Post author

July 30, 2020 at 6:49 pm

Hi! I am a tourism student from Argentina, I really liked your article and it was extremely revealing for me. I’m working on the Thomas Cook story.

Do you have any information about his family? Why did they decide to sell the company? Why did your son remove him from the company? Thank you so much!

August 1, 2020 at 5:28 am

Glad that you are finding my article helpful in writing your paper on Thomas Cook.

If you are looking for additional information, I’d recommend checking out one of the books about Thomas Cook such as this one by Jill Hamilton published in 2005. The books will give you more details and context than you’ll find online. You should be able to buy it online through Amazon or ebay.

The Thomas Cook company website used to have some good historical information but that information has all been removed since Thomas Cook closed in the UK.

Hope that helps, Jessica

Colin Post author

October 6, 2019 at 5:41 am

Hi Jessica, I was just searching about Thomas Cook after the recent bankruptcy as I was one of the people affected. Luckily for us, we were not on the tour and it was booked several months away, so it seems all will be well in terms of getting our money back. We also have plenty of time to rebook our holiday, so we are luckier than most.

What a great post and what a detailed history of Thomas Cook and his travel company. I have used Thomas Cook to book holidays for years and never knew anything about Thomas Cook, the man or his background. This was a very interesting read!

October 6, 2019 at 6:09 am

Sorry to hear that you were one of the people affected by the Thomas Cook bankruptcy and closure. But I am happy to hear that it sounds like you will receive a full refund for your booked trip and will have plenty of time to rebook your holiday.

So glad you enjoyed our post. Yes, the history of Thomas Cook as a person is very interesting and he was definitely a pioneer in the field of tourism. I am sure the Cook name will continue to be associated with a travel company in one way or another in the future since it is so well recognized worldwide.

Happy travels, Jessica

Eran Post author

December 26, 2018 at 10:21 pm

Hi, Great post! Towards the end of it you mention that a lot of things haven’t changed in travel. However, I think in recent years, with the rise of low-cost flights, now tourism is more reachable to all segments than ever before…

December 27, 2018 at 3:37 am

Hi Eran, Yes, it is amazing how much hasn’t changed and in other ways how much things have changed since the time of Thomas Cook!

I do think that low cost travel has enabled more people to travel, but in more recent times it is probably more due to better economic conditions in countries than things like budget airlines, as we are seeing huge increases in the number of travelers from places like India, China, and Latin America. Travel for leisure is commonplace in many countries, but still remains something for those with money as much of the world’s population can not often afford to travel internationally for leisure. According to Hans Rosling, it is estimated that only the richest 1 billion people in the world live where they can easily afford airplane tickets, and 2 billion people spend less than $2 a day.

Interesting to look at travel from a global perspective as it can be easy for Western people to take it for granted.

Alok kumar mandal Post author

August 17, 2018 at 8:15 am

very interesting and useful facts about Mr. Cook…

August 17, 2018 at 11:32 am

Hi Alok, Yes, Thomas Cook was an interesting man and we the see the effects of his legacy on modern travel all over the place, especially since we are now living in the UK. Best, Jessica

Bryant Kerr Post author

November 4, 2017 at 10:08 pm

I have a old traveling trunk that have the names Colonel Thomas Cook and Sons the other name is Lieutenant Colonel Rodger Young military number 03443 79 New Delhi does anyone know anything about this trunk

November 7, 2017 at 8:29 am

Hi Bryant, I don’t know anything about the trunk, but there is a fairly well-known American from Ohio that was in the military named Rodger Wilton Young although not sure if he was ever in New Delhi. There was also a Thomas Cook who served at the Addiscombe Military Seminary in 1837. But the Thomas Cook & Sons are probably just the ones that arranged the travel so you’ll probably have better luck tracking down Young. Best of luck!! ~ Jessica

Taranath Bohara Post author

January 31, 2017 at 5:09 am

I love this guy Thomas Cook, who helped bring affordable tourism to the world. Many people are involved and have followed his principles. He was a great who taught the lesson of tour and travel. Great blog post!

January 31, 2017 at 6:20 am

Hi Taranath, Thanks for taking the time to comment. Yes, I really love the story of Thomas Cook and I don’t think a lot of people know the influence he had on the modern tourism industry but at least his name is still carried on in the company he founded. Glad you enjoyed our article! Best, Jessica

LOUIS GEEN Post author

January 31, 2017 at 9:11 am

Could this be the same man? I am a Freemason and a member of the Port Natal Masonic Lodge in Durban, South Africa. The Lodge is almost 160 years old, having been consecrated on 12th August 1858. According to our records Thomas Cook was Master of the Lodge during the Masonic year 1883 – 1884. The Lodge is in possession of a beautiful oil painting of Thomas Cook that was donated by him to the Lodge. Until I discovered Thomas Cook’s name in the Port Natal Lodge’s records, I was not aware that the Father of Modern Tourism resided in South Africa. Could our Thomas Cook be the same man that turned tourism into the industry it has become?

January 31, 2017 at 10:22 am

Hi Louis, How interesting and thanks for commenting again on this post! It is possible of course as Thomas Cook lived from 1808-1892, but I don’t think that Thomas Cook was a freemason and I don’t remember reading about him spending time in South Africa. Thomas Cook is a fairly common name. However, I am no expert, and to find out for sure, I’d contact the Thomas Cook Group and they should be able to easily verify if the painting is of the same Thomas Cook of the travel agency. Let me know if you have any difficulty contacting them and I’d love to hear what you find out even if it turns out to be another Thomas Cook! Best Jessica

Tim Post author

June 7, 2016 at 7:22 am

Thanks for all this information on Thomas Cook! I am looking to for copy of one of the recommended books on Amazon!

travelcats Post author

June 13, 2016 at 7:30 am

Hi Tim, You are very welcome for the information on Thomas Cook. Amazing story and an important person in modern travel history and the current state of tourism. Good luck finding the book! ~ Jessica

Kerstin Post author

May 24, 2016 at 6:43 am

Meanwhile, Diccon Bewes has written a book on Cook’s Grand Tour of Switzerland, which I highly recommend to anybody interested in Victorian era travel: Slow Train to Switzerland , ISBN 9781857886092.

May 24, 2016 at 7:27 am

Hi Kerstin, Thanks for that book recommendation. I have not read it but it does have good reviews and I think it would be great for those readers interested in Thomas Cook tours to Switzerland or early mass tourism to the Alps! Best, Jessica

Louis Geen Post author

November 12, 2014 at 1:26 am

Thomas Cook was certainly an interesting character. Another interesting fact about this amazing man is that he was a Freemason and that he was Master of the Port Natal Lodge in Durban, South Africa, from 1883/1884. The Lodge now 156 years old, still exists and has in its possession a beautiful oil painting of Thomas Cook in its original gilded frame, which he donated to the Lodge.

November 15, 2014 at 9:28 am

Hi Louis, I did not know this. I don’t recall any reference to the freemasons or even South Africa during my readings and research on Thomas Cook. Do you have a reference for this for those interested in reading more about this? I couldn’t find any info about the lodge online.

Nic Post author

November 7, 2013 at 9:03 am

The quotes from Thomas Cook are great.

November 7, 2013 at 10:14 am

Agreed:) I really like the one in the green box.

Meghan Post author

November 6, 2013 at 6:24 pm

This is so interesting! I’m always so fascinated by stories about travel in the past. I recently learned that it wasn’t until the last few centuries that people began traveling for pleasure. I’ve even read that in some parts of the world, people think it is a little strange for a person to travel just because, and not for some business or personal errand. But all this information I never knew. I’ve never even heard of Thomas Cook until now. Thanks for sharing!

November 7, 2013 at 10:12 am

I know, it is so interesting to read about travels in prior centuries. That’s interesting about how some people see travel as strange today but I imagine in places where people have very little money, leisure travel is not much of a possibility.

bevchen Post author

November 5, 2013 at 11:51 pm

I knew only some of this. It’s very interesting!

November 6, 2013 at 7:20 am

Yes, it is a fascinating history.

Meredith Post author

November 5, 2013 at 9:52 pm

Wow, I had no idea! I’d heard the name but didn’t fully realize the history behind it. I feel like I owe him a big thank you! Even now there are some places in the world that would’ve been difficult for me to see without a tour group. Fascinating!

November 6, 2013 at 7:19 am

Yes, there are definitely several places in the world that make more sense with organized travel or travel guides than on your own. Thomas Cook’s company actually also helped people book unecorted independent travel and just made all the travel arrangements, allowing people to do it on their own. BTW, did you see how he was also captivated by Scotland (made me think of you).

Kate Post author

November 5, 2013 at 5:19 pm

Not only am I amazed I didn’t know any of this, but I am fascinated as to how much history there really is behind Thomas Cook!

November 5, 2013 at 7:21 pm

Yes, it really is an interesting history. The British, like Thomas Cook, were really the pioneers that started the modern tourism industry. It didn’t hurt that the British Empire stretched across the world:)

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Thomas Cook and the Invention of Mass Tourism in Victorian Britain

Harry Sherrin

03 mar 2022.

After its inception in the mid-19th century, the travel agency Thomas Cook pioneered the development of mass tourism, launching the world’s first travel guidebooks, package holidays and round-the-world tours.

Thomas Cook grew from humble beginnings, carrying temperance activists to meetings by train in the English Midlands, into a vast multinational company. In the 19th century, its tours catered to increasingly wealthy Victorians during the height of the British Empire , successfully championing a travel revolution.

But in 2019, Thomas Cook declared bankruptcy. It was the world’s oldest and longest-serving tour operator at the time, having existed for more than a century and a half and endured world wars, economic crises and the rise of the internet.

Here’s the story of Thomas Cook and the advent of global mass tourism.

Temperance trips

Thomas Cook (1808-1892), a devout Christian and advocate of the temperance movement, organised a one-day rail excursion for a temperance meeting in 1841. The trip, on 5 July, involved a train journey between Leicester and Loughborough, courtesy of an arrangement with the Midland Counties Railway Company.

Cook continued this practice over the following years, organising railway journeys for temperance activist groups around the Midlands of England. In 1845, he organised his first for-profit excursion, in the form of a trip to Liverpool for passengers from three locations – Derby, Nottingham and Leicester.

For this tour, Cook crafted a passengers’ handbook, now widely considered a precursor to the popular travel guidebook that would be produced to accompany travel excursions for decades to follow.

Branching out to Europe

English tourist agent Thomas Cook and party in the ruins of Pompeii, Easter 1868. Cook is seated on the ground, just to right of center, in this carte-de-visite photograph.

Image Credit: Granger Historical Picture Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

By the 1850s, Cook had his sights set further afield than England. For the Paris Exposition of 1855 , for example, he organised guided trips from Leicester to Calais.

That same year, he also oversaw international ‘package’ tours, carrying parties from England to various cities in Europe, including Brussels, Strasbourg, Cologne and Paris . These excursions offered passengers everything needed to sustain them on their journeys, including transport, accommodation and meals.

By the 1860s, Cook’s sporadic temperance trips had grown into a profitable mass tourism operation – thought to be the first in global history. In response to his newfound success, Cook opened his first high-street store in London’s Fleet Street in 1865.

That same year, the London Underground opened as the first subterranean railway in the world. London was the most populous city on the planet at the time, and the enterprises of the British Empire saw wealth pouring into mainland Britain. With this came disposable income and, by extension, more Britons willing to spend large sums on international holidays.

For Cook, business was booming.

Going global

After tackling Europe, Thomas Cook went global. Now a father-son business comprising Thomas Cook and his son, John Mason Cook, the tour agency launched its first US tour in 1866. John Mason guided it personally.

A few years later, Thomas Cook escorted passengers on the company’s first trip to North Africa and the Middle East, stopping in Egypt and Palestine.

Tourism for Britons at the time was intimately tied to the endeavours of the British Empire. As British armies entered Egypt and Sudan in the late 19th century, so too did tourists, traders, teachers and missionaries, eager to capitalise on the newfound accessibility of far-flung nations and the relative safety offered by the presence of British forces there.

Thomas Cook and Son was even responsible for delivering military personnel and mail to British Egypt in the late 19th century.

1872 marked a huge moment in the history of Thomas Cook and indeed global tourism. That year, Thomas Cook escorted the first known round-the-world tour. The lengthy excursion, which lasted more than 200 days and covered nearly 30,000 miles, was targeted at wealthy Victorians – those with the time, funds and proclivity to see the world’s many cultures.

In that decade, Thomas Cook also helped invent the traveler’s cheque: the company offered a ‘Circular Note’ to its passengers which could be exchanged for currency around the world.

In the 1920s, Thomas Cook and Son launched the first-known tour through Africa. The excursion lasted some 5 months and took passengers from Cairo in Egypt down to the Cape of Good Hope.

Conquering air and sea

John Mason Cook took over primary leadership of the company in the 1870s, overseeing its continued expansion and the opening of various new offices around the world.

With this expansion came the launching of Thomas Cook’s company-owned steamers in the late 19th century. In 1886, a fleet of luxury steamers opened to passengers, offering cruises along the Nile.

A Thomas Cook flyer from 1922 advertising cruises down the Nile. This kind of travel has been immortalised in works such as ‘Death on the Nile’ by Agatha Christie.

Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Thomas Cook eventually took to the skies in the 1920s, overseeing its first guided tour involving air travel in 1927. The trip carried 6 passengers from New York to Chicago, and also included accommodation and tickets for a Chicago boxing fight.

Into the modern era

During World War Two , Thomas Cook was briefly enlisted to assist with the ‘enemy mail service’, essentially the covert delivery of post from Allied regions to occupied territories.

The company went on to change hands several times during the 20th century, yet it managed to stay afloat despite various buyouts, economic crises and the rise of online travel agents.

In 2019, Thomas Cook was handed a bill of some £200 million by the Royal Bank of Scotland and other financial institutions. Unable to source the funds, the company declared bankruptcy.

At the time, Thomas Cook was responsible for more than 150,000 holiday-goers abroad. When the company collapsed, new arrangements had to be made to return every stranded customer home. The UK Civil Aviation Authority, which assisted with the repatriation efforts, called it the largest-ever peacetime repatriation in British history.

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The History of Advent

Trails across Wyoming: The Oregon, Mormon Pioneer and California Routes

Whether it was Manifest Destiny, itchy feet, religious freedom, conquest, breathing room, riches, adventure, the desire to “see the elephant,” draft-dodging, cheap land or other motivations, 19th-century America looked to the vast expanses of the West to ease its national growing pains. The bold took what most acknowledged as the journey of a lifetime and headed west. Long-used trading and hunting routes blazed by American Indians and fur traders soon were worn deep and wide by the passage of thousands of wagons and perhaps millions of animals.

The Oregon, Mormon Pioneer and California trails all cross Wyoming in the central and most popular corridor of this migration. The trails followed the North Platte and Sweetwater rivers west to South Pass, after which they divided into various routes bound for Oregon, Utah or California. As many as half a million people may have traveled this corridor in the 19th century. To many, the environments of the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains and Great Basin seemed like another planet, full of strange and alien landscapes.

Emigration routes were scouted by trappers, traders, the military and early pioneers in the 1810s-1840s. As the West was settled, destinations multiplied, necessitating a complex network of routes. Emigrants sought out better routes as the immense traffic on the main routes strained natural resources of the fragile steppes and desert. Isolated wagon tracks across the West quickly grew into a far-reaching capillary system.

The Oregon/Mormon Pioneer/California Trails have been studied and assessed according to the National Trails System Act of 1968 and have been designated as National Historic Trails. Designation as a National Historic Trail (NHT) is essentially an honorary distinction, providing little protection for any of the routes. However, this identification does expressly recognize the national significance of these routes and allows the federal government to assist with studying and educating the public about these important places. The act further allows the federal government limited authority to acquire portions of these trails from willing sellers.

The Oregon NHT describes the primary routes used between 1841-1848 to emigrate between Missouri and Oregon, although there was traffic along these paths before 1841 and well after 1848. The designation suggests there are roughly 2,000 miles in this route. Some of the greatest usage of these roads occurred during the Civil War period (1861-1865) as the trails swelled with homesteaders and those avoiding conscription. Emigration along this route by covered wagon was recorded into the 1920s.

The Mormon Pioneer NHT commemorates the 1846-1847 migration of the Mormons from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah. Some of these routes were used by Mormons to make their trek—“gathering to Zion,” they called it—as late as 1868. The length of the designated trail is estimated at 1,300 miles. The routes taken by the earliest Mormon companies were almost completely within existing segments of the Oregon and California trails. The pioneer Mormon companies of 1847, for example, completed the backbreaking work begun a year earlier by the California-bound Donner Party on the trail through Emigrant Canyon, east of Salt Lake.

The California NHT is a complex of trails that links Iowa and Missouri with California and Oregon. This designation includes major cutoffs and alternate routes and is estimated to include 5,700 trail miles. California was already a major emigration destination before the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848. The next few years saw the heaviest traffic in trail history, and that traffic multiplied the number of paths. Many routes branched off to Oregon as well. The Cherokee and Overland Trails, both of which crossed what’s now southern Wyoming, were omitted from the original California Trail NHT system. These important routes are being considered for inclusion as of spring 2021.

Estimating the lengths of these trails is complicated. Emigrant roads were notorious for flooding, landslides, insufficient grass for livestock, fire damage, avalanches or other impediments to travel. Hence the trails braided into a myriad of alternate routes by which emigrants evaded these problems. Additional complications arose from alternates established in the search for easier, quicker routes. Major physical barriers, such as rivers, playas, hills, ridges, swamps and mountains, often divided the trails into a spider web of interconnecting ruts.

Wagon routes often were chosen for the availability of water and fodder for the beasts of burden whose muscles powered migration. Concerns about the speed of travel sometimes resulted in use of “dry” routes for short segments, chancing that water could be obtained before the livestock died of thirst. Extensive traffic, drought, snow accumulations or wildfires along a particular route could create dangerous shortages of food for the livestock. For these reasons, routes often were associated with important settlements, forts or trading posts.

The South Pass of the Rockies, first discovered by Robert Stuart and his Astorians in November of 1812, was the great gate through which the bulk of emigration flowed. A massive geological event allowed a 20-mile-wide segment of the crest of the Rocky Mountains to slip down between gigantic faults in present southwestern Wyoming, creating South Pass. So gradual was the rise to the Continental Divide at South Pass that many emigrants were unaware they had gone over it until they reached Pacific Springs, almost three miles west of the crest, where the waters clearly flowed westward. John C. Fremont’s 1845 published maps and descriptions of this great gap in the Rockies stirred public interest in this route. In the 19th century “seeing the elephant” was a term that described taking part in a great adventure, or seeing the remarkable. Many emigrants came to consider crossing South Pass the crossing of the elephant’s spine.

While emigrants and their beasts were capable of Herculean feats to overcome steep hills and flooding rivers, the wisest travelers tried to keep heroic efforts to a minimum. Routes were selected that reduced the dangers to the livestock and allowed the animals to pull their loads with the least amount of strain day after day. These trails wind their way through the gentlest portions of rough terrain. While the emigrants chose each route’s position within the landscape, it was the livestock, seeking to reduce their own energy expenditure, that created the precise location of the ruts. A modern visitor to the trail ruts will recognize this by the sinuous pathways worn into the soils.

Emigrants timed their travel to make early use of the spring grasses while avoiding perilous fall snows. Leaving too early meant less food for the livestock. Leaving too late might result in getting trapped in the mountains. Once the journey was begun, travel went at a steady pace, balancing the condition of the animals against the risks of going too slowly. Perhaps the greatest tragedy resulting from slow progress on the trails was the ill-fated Donner-Reed Party of 1846-1847, which took too long negotiating a new cutoff and became trapped by fall snows in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Resorting to cannibalism to survive, the Donners became a prime example of the need for speed.

Overland travel was not for the poor of health or wealth. Outfitting a trip of several months demanded planning, strength, supplies and good luck. There were few markets or stores along the route, especially in the early years. Even in well-supplied wagon companies, the hunting and gathering of food along the way was essential. A burgeoning industry of emigrant guide publications helped would-be travelers decide which routes to take and what to bring.

Before the construction of the transcontinental railroad, emigrants set out from jumping-off places in Missouri and Iowa singly, in small groups and in sprawling trains of wagons and livestock. These assemblages often separated and recombined along the route. Disharmony among travelers often resulted in the splintering of wagon companies and occasional fatal violence. Traveling together offered advantages, especially when confronting equipment breakage, food shortages, security issues, difficult terrain and general emergencies. The military often merged passing emigrant companies into larger trains to provide protection against Indians.

Wagon companies tended to function as mobile democracies or, sometimes, patriarchies. Often companies elected their captains. Some had formal articles to guide behavior of the group. Each company was responsible for providing for its own welfare, laws, security and organization. Crimes committed along the trail were tried by informal courts, with judges and juries selected by the members of the wagon company. Marriages, births, funerals, sharing of resources and assignment of tasks all were managed by the emigrants through their leadership or by direct votes. Some trains, such as Mormon or governmental ones, had a hierarchy and rules imposed by church or other authorities.

By modern standards, the speed of livestock-powered travel along the emigrant roads was glacial, averaging 12-15 miles per day. With great effort and lightening of the loads, ox-drawn wagons could make 20 miles for short periods. Mule and horse trains made better time. At two miles per hour, laden mules might traverse as much as 25 miles in a day. Emigrants generally walked alongside the wagons. Riding was reserved for the sick or infirm. The journey from Missouri to the West Coast usually took several months. When stagecoach service with horse relays became available, coaches and their passengers were likely to cover 60-70 miles per day. On April 3, 1860, the first Pony Express mail run using relays of horses and riders completed the trip to California in an astonishing ten and one-half days.

Travel was dangerous. Diseases such as cholera, measles and smallpox ended thousands of journeys. Accidents, starvation and natural disasters further whittled away at the wagon companies. The threat of violence also hounded them. While conflict with Indians played a large role in the psyche of the emigrants, the travelers were far more likely to suffer at the hands of fellow emigrants or non-Indian occupants of the trail corridor. For example, one of the most substantial losses of life occurred in 1857 at Mountain Meadows in southern Utah Territory when a train of Arkansans was attacked by Utah militia dressed as Indians. It is impossible to know how many emigrants died along the trails. There likely were tens of thousands deaths. Most of those unfortunates lie buried near the trails in unmarked graves.

The list of those associated with events along the emigrant trails reads like a Who’s Who of the history of the West. Many frontier celebrities spent significant time on the trails in Wyoming. Mountain men Jim Bridger , William Sublette,  Kit Carson , John C. Fremont— the so-called Pathfinder—and U.S. Army Engineer Frederick Lander, Mormon patriarch  Brigham Young , scout and showman  William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody ,  Gen. George Crook ,  Gen. Patrick Connor , Crazy Horse,  Red Cloud , Chief Washakie, and writers Sir Richard Burton and Mark Twain all played their parts in the trail story.

Wyoming’s Trails

The main routes tell but a portion of the emigrant trail story for Wyoming. The originally established routes were supplemented by numerous additions, and the trail routes also became mail and telegraph routes, military and freight roads. The trail routes influenced the routes of their replacements, the Union and Central Pacific railroads. The Oregon and California NHTs have main routes, with ruts sometimes exceeding 100 feet in width, supplemented by miles of trail braiding, cutoffs, and alternates. Below are a small sample of the cutoffs and named alternates in Wyoming.

Sublette Cutoff —This shortcut, pioneered by Caleb Greenwood in 1844, started near the western margin of South Pass and continued to Fort Hall on the Snake River in present southeast Idaho. The route had an extended dry drive but eliminated the long journey farther south to Fort Bridger. During the California gold rush such cutoffs were especially desirable as gold-seekers often chose time-saving paths.   

Hastings Cutoff  —This cutoff plays a major role in the story of the famous Donner-Reed Party of 1846-1847. Promoted by Lansford Hastings in the emigrant guide he wrote before the route was scouted, the Hastings Cutoff promised to reduce the trip to California by weeks and many miles. The route, however, is a few miles longer than the regular California Trail routes and its rugged nature created inescapable delays. This cutoff starts near Fort Bridger, Wyo. and rejoins the California Trail west of Elko, Nev. The Donner Party was trapped by snow near Truckee Lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and resorted to cannibalism. Roughly half the company died from all causes. Not surprisingly, the Hastings Cutoff was almost completely avoided by subsequent emigration. But the segments blazed by the Donners into what became Salt Lake City were followed in large part by the Mormon pioneer companies of 1847 and became a major thoroughfare to the metropolis.

Cherokee Trail  —With the news of the discovery of gold in California, companies of gold miners joined the rush to the gold fields. Avoiding Asiatic cholera, which ravaged the travelers following main trails, several companies of Cherokees from what’s now Oklahoma blazed routes northwest from the Santa Fe Trail to the California Trail in 1849 and 1850. The routes enter Wyoming from Colorado and join the main Oregon-California routes between modern Farson, Wyo. and Fort Bridger.

Lander Trail /Road  —Between 1857 and 1858 railroad builder Frederick Lander constructed a wagon road leading directly from South Pass to Fort Hall, Idaho. This route—more than 250 miles long— was one of the first federally constructed roads west of the Mississippi River. The Lander Road was designed, in part, to funnel emigrant traffic away from Salt Lake City and the perceived dangers of attack by the Mormons during the nearly bloodless Utah War of 1857-1858. Lander’s route became a popular alternative to the previously established routes to Fort Hall.

Pony Express Trail  —In 1860 and 1861, this fourth NHT-designated trail operated through South Pass. This route also used many of the same ruts as the other National Historic Trails. The Pony Express became one of those iconic events in westward expansion that still captures the American imagination. Its short-lived run ended with the completion of the transcontinental telegraph system.

Overland Trail  —In 1862, the Postmaster General of the United States decided to move the overland mail route from the Oregon-California trail along the North Platte and Sweetwater rivers in what’s now Wyoming to a more southern route thought to be less susceptible to Indian attack. This route through Bridger Pass followed segments of the Cherokee Trail system established earlier. The mail route led through Colorado Territory and entered what’s now Wyoming near Virginia Dale, rejoining the main trails near Fort Bridger. Army commanders scrambled to find troops to garrison the stage stations, realizing they had to protect the new route as well as the old trails. In 1865, Indians burned stage stations along roughly 200 miles of the road. They sacked and burned the station and small town at Julesburg, Colorado Territory., twice, despite the presence of a nearby fort. The Overland Trail became a popular emigration, freight and stagecoach route and was used until the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869.

There are many other named and unnamed alternates and cutoffs throughout Wyoming, and dozens of stage and freight roads which partially incorporate or otherwise connect with segments of emigrant routes. Like the main emigrant trails, each is a unique and fragile relic of America’s westward expansion.

• Bagley, Will. So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California 1812-1848. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010.
• Dary, David. The Oregon Trail: An American Saga. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
• Doyle, Susan Badger. Journeys to the Land of Gold. Helena, Mont.: Montana Historical Society, 2000.
• Ecelbarger, Gary. Frederick W. Lander: The Great Natural American Soldier . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
• Fletcher, Patricia A., Jack Fletcher and Lee Whitely. Cherokee Trail Diaries: 1849-- A New Route to the California Gold Fields & 1850--Another New Route to the California Gold Fields. Sequim, Wash. Fletcher Family Foundation, 1999.
• Franzwa, Gregory M. The Oregon Trail Revisited. Saint Louis: Patrice Press, 1997.
• Johnson, Kristin, ed. Unfortunate Emigrants: Narratives of the Donner Party. Logan: Utah State University Press, 1996.
• Stegner, Wallace. The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail. New York: McGraw Hill, 1964.
• Stewart, George R. The California Trail: An Epic with Many Heroes. New York: McGraw Hill, 1974.
• Unruh, John D. The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1860. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1979.

Illustrations

• Pioneer photographer William Henry Jackson, who first traveled the Oregon Trail as a youth in 1866, painted this watercolor of wagons passing Independence Rock in 1936. Courtesy William Henry Jackson Collection , Scotts Bluff National Monument.
• The photo of South Pass is by Barbara Dobos, president of the Alliance For Historic Wyoming.
• The photo of the monument at South Pass , placed in 1906 by Ezra Meeker, is by L.A. Jansen. The photo of winding trail between South Pass and Pacific Springs is by Terry Del Bene. All images used with thanks.

First Rail Line in Pennsylvania

The excitement that came with the discovery of anthracite coal in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania (now known as Jim Thorpe) in 1791 faded a little as businessmen wondered how to get the heavy material to market in other parts of the Commonwealth. At the time, horse- or ox-drawn wagons and river barges were the only options. Near what is now Chester, PA, the first quarry tramway in Pennsylvania (known as the Leiper Railway ) was created. It is considered the first railroad, although it relied on horses or mules for power. Freight was put on rails, which were much smoother than the rutted dirt roads of the time.

In the early to mid-1820s, canals were dug, which helped alleviate road traffic and get around river hazards, but it was the creation and refinement of the steam engine that helped Pennsylvania businesses boom.

On Independence Day, 1828, Charles Carroll began construction of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which became the first common carrier in the United States. One year later in Honesdale, PA, the Stourbridge Lion , a steam engine imported from England, was the first to run on commercial railroad tracks in the country, but it was too small to move significant amounts of freight over the Allegheny Mountains. It took people tinkering with the steam engine design over many years to perfect the railroad industry.

Pennsylvania had numerous railroad firsts, including:

• In 1833, the first railroad tunnel in the Western Hemisphere was built east of Johnstown.
• In 1837, the first-ever sleeping car was on a train on the Cumberland Valley Railroad line between Harrisburg and Chambersburg.
• In 1844, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad became the first line in the United States to carry one million tons of freight in a year.
• In 1845, the first iron railroad bridge in the United States opens on the Philadelphia & Reading near Manayunk.
• In 1867, the first domestic steel rails are rolled by the Cambria Iron Works in Johnstown and installed on the Pennsylvania Railroad.

To view a comprehensive timeline of rail in Pennsylvania and the United States, click here .

Name: First Iron Rails

Region: Valleys of the Susquehanna

County: Montour

Marker Location: US 11 in Danville at Mahoning Creek

Dedication Date: May 12, 1947

, The Romance of Steel (New York: Books For Libraries Press), 1971.

D. H. B. Browser , Danvill, Montour County, Pennsylvania: A Collection of Historical and Biographical Sketches (Pittsburgh, PA: Lane S. Hart), 1881 (Reprinted 1976, Unigraphic, Evansville, IN).

Frank W. Diehl , A History of Montour County, PA (Berwick, PA: Keystone Publishing Co.), 1969.

Douglas Allen Fisher , Epic of Steel (New York: Harper and Row), 1963.

Arthur Toye Foulke , My Danville, Where the Bright Waters Meet (North Quincy, MA: The Christopher Publishing House), 1969.

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The Pioneer: The Little Locomotive That Could

In October 1848, a small group of Chicagoans witnessed the  Pioneer  locomotive’s inaugural run as it pulled from the city’s first railway station. CHM director of exhibitions Paul Durica writes about the winding journey it took to find its way to the Chicago History Museum.

The  Pioneer  locomotive endures as the historical artifact that could. Despite often being overshadowed by larger and more dynamic objects, it has managed to appear (with some modifications to its appearance over the years) at every significant Chicago fair and festival from the 1880s through the 1940s, including both the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and the 1933–34 A Century of Progress International Exposition, before finding its forever home at the Chicago History Museum.

As the first locomotive to operate within the city, the  Pioneer  has long remained, in the words of one commentator, the “historic symbol of the coming of the railroads” to Chicago and the nation, transforming both in challenging and enduring ways. A small group of Chicagoans witnessed the  Pioneer  on its inaugural run as it pulled from the city’s first railway station, near the intersection of present-day Canal and Kinzie Streets, 175 years ago this October. Whether they regarded what they witnessed with optimism, skepticism, or some mix of the two was not recorded.

That first ride on the rails of the still-under-construction Galena and Chicago Union Railroad stretched as far as Des Plaines, Illinois, transporting a group of prominent citizens one way and the same group along with some grain, back to Chicago. Bought second-hand (though with no bill of sale, the origin of the Pioneer remains unknown; it was likely manufactured c. 1840 for an eastern railroad company), the  Pioneer  was replaced within a decade by bigger, faster, more powerful locomotives as first the Galena and Chicago Union and then other railroad lines expanded throughout the 1850s. As the  Chicago Tribune  described that first run a century later, this “little event in October 1848. . . was the forerunner of a mighty development that ultimately made Chicago the greatest railroad center in the world.”

In 1883 Chicago celebrated being the “center” of the railroad industry by hosting the National Exposition of Railway Appliances. One of the featured exhibits was the Pioneer , which had from about 1858 to 1874 been used solely for company and construction work and was now deteriorating in a train yard. Given a fresh coat of paint, its significance supported by the memories of retired engineers, the Pioneer  had pride of place at the Exposition, but this was a prelude to the exposure it soon received at one of the most significant events in Chicago history.

This year marks the 130th anniversary of the World’s Columbian Exposition, the first Chicago world’s fair, an event invested in celebrating the past even as it looked toward the coming twentieth century. At the fair, in the Transportation Building designed by Louis Sullivan, the only one among the fourteen main structures not inspired by the classical past, stood that relic of Chicago, the Pioneer , “a funny-looking contrivance as compared with the great locomotives now in use,” according to the  Tribune . There to tell its story was John Ebbert, who claimed to be its first engineer as well as an eyewitness to its arrival via the Great Lakes on the brig  Buffalo . Ebbert’s stories of the early days of rail entertained visitors from around the world and established the Pioneer  as an important symbol of this history. Today a variation of this experience at the World’s Columbian Exposition survives in an interactive display in the Museum’s Chicago: Crossroads of America exhibition.

From the World’s Columbian Exposition, the Pioneer  embarked on a long, winding journey that would take it, among other places, to the Columbian Museum (today’s Field Museum), the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, A Century of Progress world’s fair, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair.

It wouldn’t arrive at the Chicago Historical Society until 1972 and would, along with the 1892 L Car, become one of two large artifacts in  Chicago: Crossroads of America  when it opened in 2006.

There’s one small problem with this whole long story: the Pioneer visitors know may not have pioneered anything. The Pioneer  isn’t named in any documents until 1856, when it appears in a Galena and Chicago Union inventory, and there were other locomotives in the company’s stock that fit the description of the one that first left the station in October 1848 (the exact date of which is somewhat disputed by historians). The Pioneer ’s history rests solely upon the reminisces of old railroad workers, first taken down in the 1880s and 1890s. “A bill of sale, a contemporary newspaper story, an old diary entry, any scrap dating back to October 1848 might settle the question,” writes John H. White in his survey of the documentary evidence surrounding the Pioneer from 1976. “Perhaps some industrious scholar will one day find the missing information.”

But perhaps having witnessed so much of the city’s history in the last 175 years, where this humble locomotive began its journey and whether it was the first really doesn’t matter anymore?

• “All Are of Interest: Exhibits to Be Seen in the Transportation Building,” Chicago Daily Tribune , April 30, 1893.
• Paul Angle, “Chicago’s First Railroad,” Chicago History , vol. 1, no. 12 (Summer 1948).
• Philip Hampson, “Chicago Railroad Fair Opens Today,” Chicago Daily Tribune , July 20, 1948.
• Patrick McLear, “The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad: A Symbol of Chicago’s Economic Maturity,” J ournal of the Illinois State Historical Society , vol. 73, no. 1 (Spring 1980).
• John H. White Jr., The Pioneer: Chicago’s First Locomotive (Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1976).

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Visions of Empire: The Quest for a Railroad Across America, 1840–1880

Currier & Ives, "The Express Train," lithograph, 1870. From the private collection of James Brust.

Theodore R. Davis, "Group of Workmen on the Union Pacific Railroad," 1867, from Harper's Illustrated Weekly Magazine. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Alfred A. Hart, "Locomotive 'Gov. Stanford,'" ca. 1865. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Currier & Ives, "American Railroad Scene—Snowbound," lithograph, date unknown. From the private collection of James Brust.

New exhibition highlights 200 original items from The Huntington’s collections—most never before on public display

In a petition submitted to the U.S. Congress on Jan. 29, 1845, New York merchant Asa Whitney proposed one of the most audacious ventures in American history: the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, spanning two-thirds of the North American continent. In bold and stirring words, describing how such a rail network would revolutionize “the entire commerce of the world,” Whitney urged the federal government to underwrite the ambitious project.

Whitney’s vision, although neither the first nor the last of its kind, ignited the imagination of many Americans and embedded the notion of a transcontinental railroad in the ongoing national debate about the young republic’s destiny. Over the next four decades, many similar visions, ranging from the wildly improbable to the immensely practical, would captivate popular attention and enthusiasm, even after the completion of the first transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869.

To tell the story of this extraordinary achievement and its implications, The Huntington will mount a major exhibition, “Visions of Empire: The Quest for a Railroad Across America, 1840-1880,” running from April 21 through July 23 in the MaryLou and George Boone Gallery. The exhibition coincides with the sesquicentennial of the passage of the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862.

Drawn from the Library’s splendid holdings about railroading in America, the exhibit will remind viewers that the monumental achievement of spanning the continent was not merely a story of high adventure in the trans-Mississippi West but an epic of national development that unfolded during much of the 19th century.

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Peter J. Blodgett, The Huntington’s H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western American History, speaks about goals and themes of “Visions of Empire: The Quest for a Railroad Across America, 1840–1880,” an exhibition that coincides with the sesquicentennial of the passage of the Pacific Railroad Act and takes on the development of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States.

Using displays of original letters, diaries, photographs and other rare materials, “Visions of Empire” begins by highlighting the ambitious efforts to promote the transcontinental railroad in the 1840s. It then follows the progress of surveyors and engineers as they worked their way westward during the 1850s in search of feasible routes. It will also point out the opposition on the part of some Americans to deploying government resources toward such an enterprise. Eventually becoming entangled with the national crisis over slavery, the idea of a transcontinental railroad only came to fruition as Lincoln and his Republican Party, reeling from the secession of the Southern states, launched major new initiatives to reinvigorate economic, political, and social ties that would hold the country together.

The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862, one of the centerpieces of that effort, made support for the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads possible through government bonds and public land grants. “Visions of Empire” recounts the unremitting struggles of these ventures in the face of many obstacles, not least of which were the challenging geography and the resistance of indigenous peoples such as the Sioux and the Cheyenne.

Among the treasures on display will be illustrated diaries from a young American civil engineer helping to build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and a young British army officer exploring the Southern Great Plains by wagon; original letters written by surveyors, engineers and financiers pushing the first transcontinental to completion; copies of the first guide books produced for passengers on the first transcontinental excursions; and original maps that document America’s continental expansion. Also on view will be magnificent photographs by Andrew J. Russell and Alfred A. Hart of the titanic efforts required to build the first transcontinental line, and a rich array of original railroad posters and broadsides promoting the economic opportunities and the scenic wonders of the Far West.

The exhibition will be rounded out through the assistance of three lenders—James Brust, the California State Railroad Museum, and Jay Last—with artifacts such as hand tools used by railroad laborers, a payroll sheet for Chinese employees of the Central Pacific Railroad, advertising cards for clipper ships carrying goods and passengers to Gold Rush California, a unique copy of a map depicting the burgeoning American railroad network in the aftermath of the Civil War, and a set of three original Currier & Ives lithographs presenting American railroads in vibrant color.

“Visions of Empire” follows the impact of the developing web of railroads through the 1870s and 1880s on everything from agriculture and immigration to politics and finance to tourism and leisure. It illuminates the creation of an entirely new “built environment” on the American landscape, the mobilization of massive industrial and financial resources, and the alteration of the relationship between private enterprise and governments on all levels.

A Closer Look

Could you send a text message in 1862? See an adventure unfolding in 3D? Walk across the continent in a single day? Visitors can get a closer look at the world of early railroad and telegraph technology in an augmented learning space adjacent to the "Visions of Empire" exhibition. The room will allow visitors to make personal connections to the materials on display in unique and engaging ways. Highlights include a stereograph viewer for looking at early three-dimensional photographs of railroad construction, a hand-on Morse code station, and a "walkable" map of the United States tracing the route of the iron horse.

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The Iron Horse in the Garden: Railroads and the Western Environment, the Southern Pacific Story May 7 (Monday) 7:30 p.m. Historian Richard Orsi, author of Sunset limited: the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 , discusses his continuing research into the ambiguous environmental legacy of western railroads. Although the source of great havoc in wilderness landscapes, farmlands and cities, these enterprises also encouraged more modern and balanced environmental practices and more “sustainable” human relationships with nature. A book signing follows the talk. Free; no reservations required. Friends’ Hall.

Lecture Series May 10, 17, and 24 (Thursdays) 10–11:30 a.m. Join curator Peter Blodgett for a three-part lecture series that will include topics such as the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, the influence of railroads on America’s visual culture, and the promotion by railroads of tourism in the 19th-century American West. Each illustrated talk will be followed by a discussion in the gallery. Members: $55. Non-Members: $65. Registration: 626-405-2128.

Curator Tour June 7 (Thursday) 4:30–5:30 p.m. Join curator Peter Blodgett for a private tour of the exhibition and gain insights into The Huntington’s unparalleled resources of letters, diaries, tourist guidebooks, travel narratives, railroad posters, and stereographic photographs. This exceptional collection of materials illuminates the remarkable changes wrought in the United States by the transcontinental railroad. Members: $15. Non-Members: $20. Registration: 626-405-2128.

Preschool Series: Ticket to Travel May 9, 16, 23, and 30 (Wednesdays) 10 a.m.–noon Pack your bags for an adventure into the world of railroads as we embark on an exploration inspired by the exhibition. With instructor Laura Moede, each class includes a visit to the garden or gallery, art projects, stories, and more. Fee includes one accompanying adult. Ages 3–4. Members: $85. Non-Members: $95. Registration: 626-405-2128.

After-School Adventures: All Aboard! May 23 (Wednesday) 3:30–4:30 p.m. Travel back to the days of steam engines and railroads. Using stories and art activities and a visit to the exhibition, young engineers will journey into the world of travel in this class led by instructor Laura Moede. Ages 5–6. Fee includes one accompanying adult. Members: $15. Non-Members: $20. Registration: 626-405-2128.

Teen Workshop: A Taste of Art—American Culinary Tour May 26 (Saturday) 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Explore the role the railroad played in American dining habits while viewing the exhibition. After a visit to the gallery with chef and art educator Maite Gomez-Rejon of ArtBites, teens can learn some basics in the kitchen while preparing comforting American cuisine inspired by 19th-century cookbooks. Ages 14–17. Members: $60. Non-Members: $70. Registration: 626-405-2128.

A Taste of Art: Nineteenth-Century America June 16 (Saturday) 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Join Maite Gomez-Rejón of ArtBites and explore the role the railroad played in the development of eating and dining habits in America. After the gallery conversation, prepare American comfort food inspired by 19th-century cookbooks. Members: $80. Non-Members: $90. Registration: 626-405-2128.

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Diary of Lester Hulin: He crossed the plains in 1847 arriving in Oregon over the Applegate Trail. Mr. Hulin was an educated man and illustrated his diary with pencil sketches which are reproduced. There is a 4x5 mat print of Mr. Hulin. (Reprinted)

Autobiography of James Addison Bushnell

Narrative of John Corydon Bushnell

Diary of John J. Callison: The Callison family came from Scotland to America, living in Virginia, Kentucky and Hancock County, Illinois. This diary contains 10 pages, with a large print of the first page of the diary. John Callison died of cholera Aug. 23, 1852 and his family continued on to the Willamette Valley. Included is a geneaology of the Callison family.

Narrative of Basil N. Longsworth

Journal of Andrew S. McClure (2 versions)

Narrative of Benjamin Franklin Owen

Diary of Charlotte Emily Stearns: She was the wife of Bynon J. Pengra. Came to Oregon in 1853. Descended from Isaac Stearns who came to New England with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Fine 4x5 print of Mrs. Pengra as a young woman. Geneaology of her family. (Reprinted)

Diary of Agnes Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart

"Biographa" of Adam Zumwalt

Organizational Journal of an Emigrant Train of 1845 Captained by Solomon Tetherow: It also contains an account of the trail trip and family genealogy. A picture of Solomon Tetherow and family genealogy is included. (Reprinted)

Journal of George Belshaw: This journal describes the wagon train trip from Indiana to Oregon during the months of March thru September. Contains a picture and short family history. 56 pages. (Reprinted)

Diaries of Henry Clay Huston: Rare 1856 Rogue River Indian War Journal; also a diary kept on Huston's trip back to Indiana via the Isthmus and return to Oregon 1859-60. Author was an exceptionally well educated observer and writer. Huston's family history and author's picture included.

Civil War Period in Oregon - Elijah Lafayette Bristow Letters: Reproduction of a most unusual set of letters from Mr. Bristow's copy book, discussing with relatives and friends such things as politics, business in early Oregon and freighting to the Idaho mines.

Helen Stewart Diary: A recently discovered account by a young girl of travel from Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1853. Includes a genealogy of the Stewart family. This is a companion diary to the stories by her sisters, Agnes and Elizabeth Stewart, published as No. 9 by this Society.

Letters of Joseph and Esther Brakeman Lyman: Rare description of 1853 experiences on trip to Oregon in the Lost Wagon Train. Pictures of writers and genealogy of Brakeman and Wadsworth families.

Reuben Ellmaker (Oelmacher) Letters, 1854-1860: Written from Iowa to his brother Enos Ellmaker, who emigrated to Oregon Territory in 1853. Bound therewith is a genealogy of the Oelmachers beginning in 1652 and a short one of the Fisher family of Kentucky and Missouri. In addition is a most interesting "Autobiography" of Enos Ellmaker, edited by his son, Amos. Pictures of Reuben Ellmaker, writer of the Letters and of Enos and wife Elizabeth Fisher Ellmaker are included.

Samuel Handsaker: Autobiography, Diary, Reminiscences, 1853. Includes autobiographical sketch published in Pioneer Life, 1908; diary, 1853, from the Alton (Ill.) Telegraph; Reminiscences of Rogue River War; Pioneers of Umpqua ... An anecdote.

McClure, John Hamilton: How We Came To Oregon - Narrative Poem. (Includes History of the Bruce Family, written by Major William Bruce.)

Journal of Catherine Amanda Stansbury Washburn - Iowa to Oregon in 1853.

Eakin, Stewart Bates, Jr. A Short Sketch of a Trip Across the Plains by S. B. Eakin and Family 1866.

Goltra, Elizabeth J. Journal of Her Travels Across the Plains in the Year 1853.

Woodworth, James. Across the Plains to California in 1853.

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St. Joseph Companies: In early May 1845, the Oregon bound emigrant companies starting from the the St. Joseph, Mo area totaled, according to the St. Joseph paper, 223 wagons, 954 persons, with 545 firearms, 9,425 cattle, and 108 horses and mules. John Clark was hired as pilot for the journey to the junction with the Independence-to-Oregon trail. The elected captains for the companies from the St. Joseph rendezvous were:

[1]: Captain William G. T'Vault, left St. Joseph, Missouri with [according to Bancroft 61 wagons and 300 persons]. John Waymire was lieutenant and James Allen was sergeant.

[2]: Captain Solomon Tetherow with 66 wagons and 293 persons. Hardin D. Martin was lieutenant. They organized under the name "Savannah Oregon Emigrating Society" with Rev. William Helm, chairman and Rev. Lewis Thompson, secretary. Records kept by the company indicate that there were 100 armed men, 293 persons [63 females over 14, 56 under 14, 68 males under 16], 66 wagons, 170 guns and pistols, 1,022 cattle (398 oxen, 624 loose cattle); 74 mules and horses.

[3]: Captain Abner Hackleman, left St. Joseph, Missouri [note: sometimes confused with son Abram/Abraham Hackleman who came in 1847 *6] with approximately 52 wagons, 214 persons and 666 head of cattle and a few horses. This company organized under the name "New London Emigrating Company".

The companies leaving from Independence traveled to about three miles from the Kansas near the bank of the Big Soldier creek, where, by prearrangement, the "main company" was to organize, and elect officers. It was estimated that there were approximately 233 wagons, 421 males, 138 females, 448 children [totaling 1007 persons], 3,261 cattle, and 182 horses. On May 15th, Dr. Presley Webb was elected Captain and Stephen H.L. Meek was retained as pilot for $2.50 per wagon. On May 19th a reorganization took place and the company was divided into three divisions. Each division would take a turn traveling in advance for a week at a time. Captain Presley was to accompany whichever train was in the lead; but each division was to choose its own officers.

[4] Capt. Presley We lch, left Independence, Missouri

[5] Capt. Joel Palmer, left Independence, Missouri

[6] Capt. Samuel K. Barlow, left Independence, Missouri

[7.] Capt. Samuel Parker, left St. Joseph, Missouri

[8] Capt. Lawrence Hall, left Independence, Missouri

[9] Capt. Levin English & Capt. John Stewart, left Independence, Missouri

[10] Capt. William McDonald, left Independence, Missouri

[11] California Party led by Capt. John Henry Brown, Capt Grigsby and Capt. Ide. One of the trains which started from Independence, MO but traveled apart from the "main company" consisted of 38 wagons and approximately 1,000 head of loose cattle. The train was reportedly under the direction of John Henry Brown, a seasoned traveler from California, who had gone to live among the Cherokees in 1840, then journeyed overland to California in 1843 with a party of Cherokee fur traders. After returning east in 1844 he had joined the emigrant party for a return trip to California. Capt. Brown led the company as far as Fort Laramie where he was replaced by Capt. William B. Ide. *5, *8

[12] California Party led by Capt Swasey and Capt Todd

Oregan Overland: Three Roads of Adversity by Ross Smith; an indepth study of the 1845 Meek Cutoff and the Riggs family who traveled it

ADAMS FAMILY RESEARCHER: ADAMS, Elizabeth "Betsey" (27 Jul 1811-13 Jul 1880): m'd 09 Nov 1826 CORNELIUS, Benjamin Sr.; d/o Thomas and Mary (Davis) Adams; buried Harrison Cemetery , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

ADAMS, John (16 Mar 1834-1884) m'd 01 Oct 1854 ADAMS, Elizabeth; s/o Thomas and Sarah (Cornelius) Adams; moved with parents to Yolo County, California in 1848;   *3 Meek Cutoff

ADAMS, Mary Jane (1829- ): m'd 19 Jan 1847 CHRISMAN, Gabriel; d/o Thomas and Sarah (Cornelius) Adams; *3 Meek Cutoff

ADAMS, Missouri Ann "Puss"   (1838- ): m'd DALLAS, James; d/o Thomas and Sarah (Cornelius) Adams; moved with parents to Yolo County, California in 1848; *3 Meek Cutoff

ADAMS, Sarah B. (1831- ): m'd c1848 HARBIN, Madison M.; d/o Thomas and Sarah (Cornelius) Adams; moved with parents to Yolo County, California in 1848; *3 Meek Cutoff

ADAMS, Thomas (18 Mar 1788-16 Feb 1882): m1: 15 Nov 1809 DAVIS, Mary "Polly"; m2. 02 Nov 1826 CORNELIUS, Sarah Francis; emigrated to California in 1848 *2; *3 Meek Cutoff

ADAMS, Thomas Jr. (1826- ): m'd: [   ], Martha; s/o Thomas and Sarah (Cornelius) Adams Sr moved with parents to Yolo County, California in 1848 *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

ADAMS, Wilson (1828- ):  s/o Thomas and Sarah (Cornelius) Adams Sr;*3 Meek Cutoff

AKINS, Francis H. (c1817- ):

ALLEN, Anna (19 Oct 1839-1914): m'd 25 Nov 1854 NEWTON, Isaac H.; m2. LAYTON, John; d/o Hirand and Nancy (Davis) Allen; buried Mt. Union Cemetery, Philomath, Benton Co

ALLEN, Anna Marie (26 Mar1822-30 Sep 1905): m1. 25 Dec 1843 KING, Stephen; m2. 1853 KING, Solomon;; *3 Meek Cutoff

ALLEN, Benjamin (c1827-29 Oct 1861): m'd c1848 HOWARD, Sarah Ann;  married in California; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

ALLEN, Cyrus Albert (19 Sep 1843-Jul 1922): m'd 09 Mar 1867 CALDWELL, Margaret; s/o James and Hannah (Riggs) Allen; *3 Meek Cutoff

ALLEN, Eliza (1802-1861): m'd 15 Feb 1821 PETERSON, Henry J.; *3 Meek Cutoff

ALLEN, Hiram (20 Apr 1806-28 Dec 185?): m1. 15 Jan 1838 DAVIS, Nancy; m2. 1850 BROWN, Mrs. Lucinda (COX)

ALLEN, James Miller (02 Oct 1821-01 Mar 1887): m1. 19 Nov 1841 RIGGS, Hannah Jane; m2. 1860 BUTLER, Sarah E.; *3 Meek Cutoff

ALLEN, Joseph (1838- ): s/o Hiram and Nancy (Davis) Allen

ALLEN, Martha (1840- ): d /o Thomas and Sarah (Cornelius) Adams Sr

ALLEN, Rachel E. (1842- ): m'd 15 Jun 1858 STOUT, George W.; d /o Thomas and Sarah (Cornelius) Adams Sr

ALLISON, Nelson (c1807- ): born c1807 Maryland; no information after 1859

ALLRED, Eliza Ann : d/o Grant and Rebecca (Walker) Allred; accompanied maternal grandparents (William and Rachel Walker)  to Oregon after parents death;*3 Meek Cutoff

ALLRED, Joseph (1833- ): m'd 04 Sep 1853 MARTIN, Mary; s/o Grant and Rebecca (Walker) Allred; accompanied maternal grandparents (William and Rachel Walker) to Oregon after parents death;*3 Meek Cutoff

ALLSOP, James : moved to California in 1848

ALTWOOD, Purvine : abandoned claim at Champoeg

ALWARD, Sarah (1776-1850): m'd CRAFT, William; *3 Meek Cutoff, widow who walked across the plains at age 69; this may actually be Sarah Allred

ANDERSON, Mary Ann (02/07 Dec 1820- ): m1. 1836 SAPPINGTON, James M.; m2. 1847 ROWLAND, Jeremiah

ANDERSON, Nancy C. (20 Jul 1803-11 May 1859): m'd 28 Apr 1824 RIGGS, James Berry

ARAM, Thomas : may be same Thomas Aram that died in Washington County in 1850

ARBO, Clarissa H. (11 Feb 1822-14 Sep 1869): m'd 15 Mar 1838 WAYMIRE, John Rudolph; buried Dallas Cemetery, Dallas, Polk County, OR; *3 Meek Cutoff

ARMSTRONG, James S .: abandoned claim at Champoeg September 1847

ATHERTON, Nancy (1794-11 Apr 1864): m'd WHITE, Edward III; buried Locke Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton County, OR; d/o  [  ] and Margaret (Whitehead) Atherton; husban died prior to emigration*3 Meek Cutoff

ATHERTON, Phoebe (17 Oct 1816-24 Oct 1904): m'd 1836 STEPHENS, Thomas Fulton; born Hancock County, OH and died Hillsboro, Washington County, OR; d/o Ezra and Ellen (Campbell) Stephens; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

AVERILL, James (c1827- ):  a James AVERELL, 23, is found living in Nevada City, Placer Co., CA, where he lists his occupation as "trader".  He is living with two other men also born in NY who list themselves as traders.  It appears after arriving in Oregon he moved onto CA.

AVERY, Joseph Conant (09 Jun 1817-16 Jun 1876): m'd 13 Mar 1841 MARSH, Martha; Joseph came alone in 1845 and  his family joined him in 1847; crossed the plains in 1845, spent winter in Oregon City; settled Benton Co spring of 1846; engaged in mercantile business in 1849-1872; died after a lingering illness of several months; buried by Masonic fraternity of which he was a member

"Founder, first merchant and postmaster of Corvallis, was born at Punckhammock, Pa.  Completing his education at Wilkesbarre, he removed to Illinois in 1839.  In 1841 he married Martha Marsh and four years later emigrated to Oregon, where he settled on property at the mouth of Marys River, in the upper Willamette country.  Here he operated a ferry across the Willamette, planting and harvesting crops, and built a log granary.  He went to the California mines in 1848, and in 1849, with gold acquired there, purchased a stock of goods, returned and opened the first store at townsite he surveyed and platted on his claim; this new community he called Marysville, later Corvallis.  In 1853 he was appointed postal agent for territories of Oregon and Washington.  He represented Benton County in territorial legislature, serving two terms.   He was father of 12 children. " [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 15]

AXTEL, Ruth (17 Apr 1804-08 Apr 1888): m'd 15 May 1821 CONDIT, Alvah

BABLE, Frederick : Frederick Babel July 1846 Clatsop County claim abandoned, filed 25 Sep1847 Lewis County, WT, no trace after 1847 (surname may actually be Baber)

BABER, Granville Henderson (14 Feb 1817-1898): m1. 30 Mar 1843 KNOX, Elizabeth Jane; m2. KRAUSE, Wilhelmina; Granville was born Bedford County, VA and died Washington County, OR; buried Forest View Cemetery, Forest Grove, Washington County, OR

"BABER, G. H.--Born in Bedford County, Virginia, February 14. 1817; came to Oregon in 1845, and remained in Oregon City until the following year, when he moved to what is now Linn County. The gold excitement in California called him to that State in 1848; he mined three months with great success, on the American River.   Returned to Oregon in 1849; in 1851 was elected county judge of Linn County, and served one term; lived in Napa County, California, in the year 1868, but again returned to Oregon, and is now a resident of Forest Grove, Washington County. The judge has been married twice; first, in 1843, to Miss Elizabeth J. Knox, who died in 1874; and in 1875, to Miss Minnie Krauss. He has one child Livern Hayward." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.631

BACON, John M. (27 Oct 1822-10 Jan 1891): m'd 16 Mar 1851 NEWMAN, Rachel W.;  born NY and died 10 Jan 1891; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, OR; emigrant of 1843 who returned east and emigrated again in 1845; helped Samuel K. Barlow pioneer Barlow Road past Mt. Hood;  26pp manuscript in Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA. *8

"BACON, J. M.--Born in Buffalo, New York, October 27, 1822; came to Oregon in 1845. Occupation, postmaster and merchant at Oregon City. Wife's previous name, Rachel Newman. Children: Robert D., Theodore A., Ella I., James J., May A., Laura E., Lennie E., Elmer J., Oscar J., Grant C., Herbert B., and Claude M., five of whom are deceased." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.631]

BACON, Philip A. (1820- ): possibly brother of John M. Bacon, b. NY, no additional information found

BAGGAS, Henry: *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff; [see BOGGUS, Henry]

BAILEY, Holland (b.1822-25 Feb 1857): m'd 24 Oct 1851 MCCOLLUM, Elizabeth  

BAILEY, Mary E. (05 Sep 1821-04 May 1903): m'd 06 Apr 1841 GESNER, Reuben Alonzo; born KY and died Salem, Marion County, OR; buried Salem Pioneer Cemetery , Salem, Marion County, OR; *3 Meek Cutoff

BAILEY, Thomas (c1789- ): born in KY, may be father of Hollen and Mary E. Bailey

BAIRD, Nancy (1799-c1875): m1. 1821 NORTHRUP, John L.; m2. 1859 GILBERT, Griffith; m3. HILLERY, John; m4. 1870 DAVIS, Thomas

"DAVIS, MRS. NANCY--Born in Saratoga, New York, in 1799. She married John L. Northrop in Onondaga County, in that State, in 1821, her family name being Baird. She came with him to Oregon and they settled at Glencoe, Washington County. Their children are Perrin, Harvey, Sarah, and Charlotte. Mrs. Northrop married Thomas Davis at Glencoe, in 1870, with whom she is still living, at Mountain Dale, Washington County." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.635]

BAKER FAMILY RESEARCHER: BAKER, Alfred (1844-1929): m'd 1878 BAKER, Mary Jane (BROWN) (1851-1922); married in Pacific Co, WA; m'd widow of his brother, John Wesley Baker; s/o George and Rebecca (Sunderland) Baker

BAKER, George McNamee (1807-12 Feb 1895): m1. 17 May 1829 SUNDERLAND, Rebecca; m2. 27 Jan 1848 DUNCAN, Nancy

BAKER, Ibba (15 Sep 1806-25 Mar 1869): m'd 02 Apr 1823 TETHEROW, Solomon; Ibba was born Andrew County, MO and died 25 Mar 1869 Polk County, OR; buried Fircrest Cemetery, Monmouth, Polk County, OR

BAKER, Isabella (1836-1916): m'd 03 Jul 1851ALDERMAN, Orlando; d/o George and Rebecca (Sunderland) Baker; buried Alderman Cemetery, Polk County, OR

BAKER, John Wesley (1831-bef 1878 ): m'd Mar 1866 BROWN, Mary Jane; s/o George and Rebecca (Sunderland) Baker

BALDWIN, Alfred (1816- ) : shoemaker; took Meek Cutoff *8; *1: MSS #291 2pp typescript

BANNING, Mary (18 Apr 1813-02 Jun 1882): m'd 21 Mar 1841 KEES, Morgan; buried Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery, Lebanon, Linn County, OR

BARBER, Mary (1808-1880): m'd 15 Apr 1831 WILLIAMS, Charles Austin; buried Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery, Brownsville, Linn County, OR

BARLOW FAMILY RESEARCHER: BARLOW, Elizabeth Jane (11 Aug 1830-01 Dec 1898): m'd 18 Apr 1847 HEDGES, Absalom Fouts; d/o Samuel and Susnnah (Lee) Barlow; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, OR

BARLOW, James K. . (28 Jan 1826-20 Jul 1866): m'd 06 Apr 1848 LARKINS, Rebecca K.; s/o Samuel and Susannah (Lee) Barlow; buried Barlow Pioneer Cemetery, Barlow, Clackamas County, OR

BARLOW, John Lawson (25 May 1828-08 Mar 1879): m'd 10 Oct 1851MILLER, Mary A.; Js/o Samuel and Susannah (Lee) Barlow; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, OR

"BARLOW, JOHN L.--Born in Marion County, Indiana, May 25, 1828; came to Oregon in December, 1845. Merchant by occupation. Died at Oregon City, March 8, 1879. Wife's previous name, Mary E. Miller. Children: Margaret J., Samuel (deceased), James W., Frank T., Ada (deceased), and Netta N." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.631]

BARLOW, Samuel Kimbrough (04 Dec 1794-15 Jul 1867): m1. 06 Aug 1820 LEE, Susannah; m2. 26 Oct 1853 GARRISON, Elizabeth (SHEPARD); buried Barlow Pioneer Cemetery, Barlow, Clackamas County, OR; *1: MSS#1087, 7pp reminiscence

"Pioneer road-builder, was leader of the wagon train that in 1845 explored the immigrant trail across the Cascades south of Mt. Hood.  A Kentuckian, he came to Oregon chiefly out of disappointment over Henry Clay's failure in his efforts for the presidency.  Barlow, with his family of four children and wife, Susannah Lee, joined the Oregon migration in Illinois--some 5000 strong.  Reaching The Dalles and the supposed end of the wagon road, Barlow, a man of confidence and self-will, determined to try the untried, and in company with William Rector, his family, and a few others--19 adults, besides children--struck out through the mountains for the Willamette settlements.  'God never made a mountain that he didn't make a way to get over it.', was his belief.  The start was made in early October and after ten weeks of arduous struggles Oregon City was reached on Christmas Day. but the wagons had been left behind in the mountains.  The following year Barlow and Philip Foster obtained a charter for the development of this 80 mile route, and thereafter many immigrants entered Oregon by the Barlow Road.  It became a toll road in 1846, but proved unprofitable since many of those using it lacked their payment price and in after years forgot to pay the tolerant keeper.  In 1848 he purchased the donation claim of Thomas McKay, on the Willamette above Oregon City, which he sold to his son William four years later.  Samuel Barlow was an independent Whig, moral and honest but generally unconventional.  He died at Canemah and was buried on the old Barlow homestead." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 21]

BARLOW, Sarah (30 Apr 1821-18 Jul 1894): m'd 17 Feb 1839 GAINES, Albert Pendleton; d/o Sanuel and Susannah (Lee) Barlow; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, OR

BARLOW, William (16/26 Oct 1822-13 Jun 1904): m1. LARKINS, Rachel; m2. 25 Mar 1852 ALLEN, Martha Ann (PARTLOW); s/o Sanuel and Susannah (Lee) Barlow; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, OR

"Founder of Barlow townsite, railroad contractor, farmer and merchant, was the son of Susannah Lee and Samuel K. Barlow of Barlow Road fame.  Arriving at Oregon City on Christmas eve, 1845, he soon busied himself in a number of enterprises.  In 1852 he bought from his father the land claim on which the community was to stand.  Thereafter he speculated in land; and in the 1850s operated steamboats on the upper Willamette; in 1851 with his brother-in-law, Absalom Hodges, he constrcuted the steamer Canemah, fourth steamboat built above Willamette Falls.  During the 1860s he resided at Oregon City, where he engaged in the mercantile business, returning to his Barlow farm in 1870.  At that time Ben Holladay was building the Oregon to California Railroad and Barlow secured railroad construction contracts from him amounting to $100,000.  In 1891, in partnership with his son Cassius, he platted the town of Barlow, but only a few lots were sold.  Early in Barlow's residence on this property, he planted and avenue of walnut trees from the road to his house, to please his wife Martha Ann Allen, who he married in 1852.  Previously twice-married, she brought to him one child by her first husband and two by her second.  Three more children resulted.  Barlow's early education was limited to winter attendance at public schools in Indiana." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 21]

BARNES, Caleb (1818- ):  b. 1818 Canada, Citizenship awarded 01 Sep 1856 Clackamas County; had DLC Washington County

BARNES, Cyrus : Cyrus Barnes 04 Sep 1846 Vancouver WA, Indian War Pension #102; *3 believed to have take Meek Cutoff

BARRY, W.D .: in Santa Clara, CA 1850-1876

BATY, Andrew Jackson (10 May 1818-09 Mar 1892): m'd 08 Dec 1849 YOUNG, Mary; settled Clackamas County

BAYLEY, Bishop Asbury (29 Feb 1834-07 Apr 1887):  never married; born Clark County, OH;  buried Fairview Pioneer Cemetery, Tillamook, Tillamook County, OR; s/o Daniel and Elizabeth (Munson) Bayley; *3 Meek Cutoff

BAYLEY, Caroline Elizabeth (02 Mar 1827-12 May 1916): m1. 25 Dec 1847 DORRIS, Felix; m2. 1872 WATTS, K.W. Dr.; born Clark County, OH; buried Masonic Cemetery, Lafayette, Yamhill County, OR; d/o Daniel and Elizabeth (Munson) Bayley; *3 MeekCutoff

"BAILEY [sic-BAYLEY] , CAROLINE E.--Born in Ohio in 1827; came to Oregon with her parents; was married first to Mr. Dorris, by whom she had George P., Alice S., James T., and Sidney 8. In 1872 she married Dr. J. W. Watts.   Resides now at Lafayette, Yamhill County." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.631]

BAYLEY, Daniel Dodge (08 Jan 1801-29 Mar 1893): m1.14 Feb 1824 MUNSON, Elizabeth; m2. 30 Dec 1857 WATKINS, Celia; born Grafton County, NH; buried Fairview Pioneer Cemetery, Tillamook, Tillamook County, OR; *3 believed to havetaken Meek Cutoff

BAYLEY, Delphine (1841-1929): m1. NIXON, Robert; m2. BUTHER, Philip; m3. 1880 WHALEN, Thomas J.; buried Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, OR; d/o Daniel and Elizabeth (Munson) Bayley; *3 MeekCutoff

BAYLEY, Iola (14 Feb 1838- ): m1.30 Aug 1851 WOLFE, Marcellus; m2. 1867 HANDLEY, Thomas B.; d/o Daniel and Elizabeth (Munson) Bayley; *3 MeekCutoff

BAYLEY, Mianda Nancy (06 May 1829-04 Oct 1918):m.02 Aug 1846 SMITH, Sidney; buried Masonic Cemetery, Lafayette, Yamhill County, OR; d/o Daniel and Elizabeth (Munson) Bayley; *3 Meek Cutoff

BAYLEY, Timothy (1825-1856): suicide by poison; s /o Daniel and Elizabeth (Munson) Bayley; *3 MeekCutoff

BAYLEY, Zeruiah (11 Jun 1836-24 Jun 1922): m'd 27 Jul 1853 LARGE, Francis;buried Forest View Cemetery, Forest Grove, Washington County, OR; s /o Daniel and Elizabeth (Munson) Bayley; *3 MeekCutoff

BEALE, William: this possibly William Beale of the 1843 emigraton

BEAN, James Riley (19 May 1823-12 Ap 1899): m'd 19 Sep 1850 HENDERSON, Margaret Jane; buried Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, WA;  *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

BEAUCHAMP FAMILY RESEARCHER: BEAUCHAMP, Elizabeth A. (18 Aug 1818-15 Jan 1867): m'd 10 May 1842 ROGERS, John Page; d/o Stephen and Elizabeth (Tubman) Beauchamp

BEAUCHAMP, James Tubman (13 Mar 1804- 1845): m'd DURBIN, Adeline; crippled when a wagon wheel that was stuck gave way and ran over his leg; died of gangrene from the injury

BEAUCHAMP, Letha Jane (10 Aug 1834- Oct 1879): 10 Aug 1849 FOSTER, Isaac M.; d/o Stephen and Elizabeth (Tubman) Beauchamp

BEAUCHAMP, Mary E (1845- ) : d/o James and Adaline (Durbin) Beauchamp

BEAUCHAMP, Matilda Ann (16 Dec 1835-02 Dec 1935): m'd 30 May 1851 FORDICE, William Harrison; d/o James and Adaline (Durbin) Beauchamp; died in Asotin Co, WA

BEAUCHAMP, Stephen A. (07 Nov1779-aft 1869): m'd 07 Jan 1800  TUBMAN, Elizabeth Ann; died in California

BEAUCHAMP, Susan R. (30 Mar 1822-28 Mar 1868 ): m'd 29 Jul 1849 HALL, William F;  d/o Stephen and Elizabeth (Tubman) Beauchamp

BELCHER, Lewis F. (c1820-1856): b. c1820 PA, d. 1856 Monterey, California (murdered; 21 May 1846 was in Clackamas County, to California 1847

BELDEN, Rachel (1829-1910): m'd 15 Sep 1863 BROOKS, Nathan; black slave girl that accompanied the Delany family to Oregon; was named Belden after her first master; did house and garden work and served as companion for Mrs. Delany who had long been practically an invalid; 1850 census shows Newton Delany, mulatto, b. 1847 OR and it is assumed it is the son of Rachel and Daniel Delany Sr.;  Rachel filed suit on the estate of Delany on behalf of her son for $1000; buried Salem Pioneer Cemetery , Salem, Marion County, OR;

BELDON, H ( - 1845): from Caldwell, MO, died on trail

BELIEU FAMILY RESEARCHERS: BELIEU Elizabeth J. (24 Jan 1839-08 Aug 1905): m'd 13 Nov 1851 HODGES, Calaway; *3 Meek Cutoff; d/o Leander and Sarah (Liggett) Belieu

BELIEU, Jesse Green (07 Mar 1837-04 Dec 1916): m'd 15 Jun 1871 POWELL, Mary Ann; s/o Leander and Sarah (Liggett) Belieu; *3 Meek Cutoff

BELIEU, Jonathan Westley Asbury (24 Sep 1841-29 Dec 1919): m'd 24 Dec 1863 DENNISON, Lavinia C.; s/o Leander and Sarah (Liggett) Belieu;  *3 Meek Cutoff;

BELIEU, Leander Newton Rev. (c1814-15 Aug 1849): m'd 15 Dec 833 LIGGETT, Sarah; *3 Meek Cutoff; brother, Michael emigrated in 1848/49; buried on Angel Island off of CA

BELIEU, Martha Angeline (18 Dec 1834-25 Feb 1937): m'd 22 Aug 1850 CARTER, Tolbert; buried North Palestine Cemetery, Benton Co, OR; d/o Leander and Sarah (Liggett) Belieu; *3 Meek Cutoff

BELIEU, Rebecca E. (24 Jan 1839-08 Aug 1905 ): m'd 14 Nov 1857 HODGES, Calloway; d/o Leander and Sarah (Liggett) Belieu; *3 Meek Cutoff

BELKNAP, William (c1825- ): b. c1825 PA; 10 Mar 1846 Clackamas County claim abandoned

BELL, George W. : 11 Nov 1845 Clackamas County claim voided; left Clackamas County 1849, wife reportedly died on Trapper's Trail in 1845

BELL, Sarah "Sally" (c1797-1875): m'd 1813 O'KELLY, Nimrod; several of her sons came west in 1852

BENNETT, William Harden (18 Apr 1823-03 Sep 1886): m'd 22 Feb 1849 HALL, Lucy Jane; s/o H.C. and Airiadna (Ebert) Bennett; *3 Meek Cutoff

BENTLEY, Samuel (c1823-Jul 1853): born England, died Polk County, Oregon

BERRY, William H. (1819-Mar 1875): m'd 05 Jun 1848 COFFIN, Mary

BETTS, George Washington (1827- ): m1. 02 Jul 1854 FRIER, Hettie F.; m2. 1862 VAUGHN, Elizabeth; was stationed at Columbia Barracks, Clark County, Oregon 1845 and 1850; married in Washington County, Oregon; merchant in Washington County

BIGELOW FAMILY RESEARCHER:    BIGELOW, Emma : m'd 10 Oct 1842 SMITH, Coleman D.; d/o Daniel and Emma (Johnston) Bigelow; twin sister of Sarah E. Bigelow; continued on to Oregon; moved to Sonoma, CA sometime after 1856

BIGELOW, Sarah Ellis : m'd c1840 FLINT, Isaac A.; m2. 1847 COOPER, James; m3. 1860 HARRIS, Granville; d/o Daniel and Emma (Johnston) Bigelow; twin sister of Emma Bigelow; Sarah and her husband Isaac had left their eldest son, Eugene, with Sarah's brother, Daniel, in Milwaukee, WI.  The Flints cutoff for California where John Sutter issued Isaac Flint a fianza (permission to remain in California).  They went to Bales' Rancho Carne Humana (near Yountville, still there) where Flint helped build the mill (Bale's Mill) still there and a state historic landmark.  James Clyman records meeting them there in his journal.  After the winter of 1846, Isaac Flint went north to Oregon carrying letters to Fremont from Bale and others seeking to bring him and his company of riflemen back to California to take part in a rebellion against the Mexican government.  Flint stayed in Oregon.  Sarah Flint and their son, Purdy, left Bale's Rancho for Sonoma.  In 1847 Alcalde Lillburn Boggs filed a notice of abandonment and impending divorce on Sarah Flint's behalf (against Isaac Flint), saying he would grant Sarah a divorce in six weeks.  Sarah was pregnant with James Cooper's child and she married Cooper sometime shortly after the divorce notice, but a record of decree has not been found (Alcalde or mayor's divorce action was ad hoc and; California territory was officially continuing to use Mexican law and there was no divorce in Mexican California).     In 1856 Sarah's husband James Cooper was murdered in Sonoma.  US census data has Sarah, James and their children there from the first census.  Their children were Thomas Spriggs Cooper, John Rose Cooper and Barbara Cooper (my great grandmother).  Sometime after the murder Purdy Flint, Sarah's son, appeared unannounced in Sonoma, offering to help his mother.  He had walked down from Oregon.  Around 1860 Sarah married Granville Harris.  She was pregnant with his child when he left her.    

BIRD, Clarissa (30 Aug 1842-04 Feb 1915): m'd RANSON, Hiram Clingman; d/o Henry and Margaret (Hussey) Bird; buried Smith River Cemetery , Smith River, Del Norte County, California

BIRD, Henry Morris (15 Dec 1815-20 Aug 1873): m'd 30 Sep 1841 HUSSEY, Margaret Jane;  buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

BIRD, Mary E. (23 Jun 1844-19 Feb 1874 ): m'd 1869 JAMES, William S.; d/o Henry and Margaret (Hussey) Bird; buried Lone Fir Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

BLACKBURN, William (14 Feb 1814-25 Mar 1867): m'd Jul 1859 MEAD, Harriet; living in California by 1859 when he married Harriet Mead; s/o Margaret (Drew) Blackburn; buried Evergreen Cemetery , Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California

BLACKER, John H. (1811- 27 Oct 1890): m1.; m2. 1853 HIGGINBOTHAM, Mrs. Hannah;(Shields); s/o Luke Henry and Rebecca Ann (Albin) Blacker; buried Butteville Cemetery , Butteville, Marion County, Oregon

BLAIR, Thomas Rainey (19 Oct 1818-10 Mar 1884): m'd 11 Jun 1850 BUEL, Emaline; orphaned at 8 years of age, settled in Polk County, Oregon

BOGGAS, Henry: found intermittently under Baggas, Boygus, Boggus,etc was one of 15 men who made up the company that discovered the "Southern Route" aka the Scott-Applegate Trail into Oregon in 1846

BOLAN FAMILY RESEARCHER : BOLAN, Andrew J. (c1825-23 Sep 1855): m'd 11 Feb 1849 SHORT, Jerusha; killed 23 Sep 1855 in Washington Terriotory by Yakima Indians

BOLDS, Charles (12 Feb 1822-14 Oct 1917): m'd 29 Jun 1853 COLEMAN, Margaret J.; m2. CROSS, Dorcas (Fairman); Charles was born 27 Feb 1822 KY and died 14 Oct 1917 Clackamas County, OR; s/o Raphael and Ruth (Brown) Bolds;  buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, OR

"War Veteran Is Dead--Charles Bolds Resident of Oregon Since 1845-- Three Children and Six Stepsons Survive--Nonagenarian-Funeral to Be at Oregon City.--With the death Sunday night of Charles Bolds, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland's oldest pioneer and Oregon's oldest Indian War veteran has passed over the Great Divide. He was born in Springfield, Ky. February 27, 1822 and came to Oregon in October 1845, making his residence at what is now Linnton. In 1847-1848 he fought in Captain Thompson's company in the Cayuse Indian war and was active in other Indian uprisings which took place between The Dalles and the Blue Mountains in those perilous pioneer days. Shortly after he arrived at Linton Mr. Bolds changed his residence to Oregon City and had resided there the greater part of his life, although he lived in Portland at different times.  He was first married to Mrs. Margaret Coleman, who died some years later. Several years after her death he married Mrs. Dorcas Cross.  He is survived by three children- Mrs. M.C. Welch, Mrs. Josephine Hayne and Edward Bolds, besides six stepsons- Caleb, Elmer, Dell, Charlie, Harvey and Frank Cross. Funeral services will be held at Oregon City. The date has not been set." [Oregonian, Portland, OR, Tuesday, October 16, 1917, p.15]

BOND, Rev. James (14 Feb 1821-18 Feb 18049) : m'd 17 Oct 1842 JEWETT, Laura; s/o John and Sarah (Chastain) Bond;  emigrated in 1845, returned east with Joel Palmer and emigrated again in 1847; Baptist minster and farmer; helped organize the Clatsop Plains Baptist Church at Skipanon; organized a Sunday school at Astoria; had a farm near Youngs Bay on the Lewis and Clark River; killed in accidental shooting by Philip Gearhart on Feb 18, 1849 in Clatsop Co, OR; parents and siblings came to Oregon in 1853

BONNETT, Catherine (1812-02 Oct 1845): m'd c1830 BUTTS, John;  d/o Lewis and Mary (Linger) Bonnett; died 02 Oct 1845 on Meek Cutoff at crossing of Deschutes river; buried Tygh Valley , Wasco County, Oregon  *3 Meek Cutoff,

BONNEY FAMILY RESEARCHER: BONNEY, Alva William (15 Nov 1826-02 Jan 1846): s/o Truman and Pelua (Townsend) Bonney; cutoff for CA; died at Sutters Fort, California

BONNEY, Ann (1840-16 Mar 1846): d/o Jarius and Jane (Elkins) Bonney; d/o Jarius and Jane (Elkins) Bonney; cutoff for California; died at Sutters Fort, California

BONNEY, Benjamin Franklin (25 Nov 1838-23 Sep 1926): m1. 1864 RHODES, Catherine M.; s/o Jarius and Jane (Elkins) Bonney; cut off for California

BONNEY, Bradford Sherwood (30 Aug 1825-10 Jul 1904): m1. 29 Jan 1848 DIMICK, Alzina Clarinda; m2. FRISBIE, Agnes G.G. Mrs.; s/o Trumanand Pelua (Townsend) Bonney; buried Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn, Marion County, OR; cutoff for CA;

BONNEY, Edward (23 Mar 1832-27 Mar1846): s/o Jarius and Jane (Elkins) Bonney Jr.; cutoff for California; died at Sutters Fort, California

BONNEY, Ellen Francisco (12 Jan 1846-08 Mar 1915): m'd 29 Jan 1865 BIDWELL, Myron; d/o Jarius and Jane (Elkins) Bonney Jr.; born at Sutters Fort, California

BONNEY, Emily E. (27 Jan 1842- ): m'd 10 Jun 1858 BROYLES, Samuel; d/o Jarius and Jane (Elkins) Bonney Jr.; cutoff for California

BONNEY, George W. (05 Jul 1822- ): m'd [], Lucinda; s/o Truman and Pelua (Townsend) Bonney; cutoff for California; living in Columbia Falls, Montana by 1903

BONNEY, Hannah Saphronia (1820-1897): m'd 1837 SHERWOOD, John; d/o Truman and Pelua (Townsend) Bonney; cutoff for California

BONNEY, Harriet Newell (10 Nov 1833-11 Jul 1879): m'd 05 Mar 1851 HARRIS, William; d/o Jarius and Jane (Elkins) Bonney Jr.; cutoff for California

BONNEY, Jarius (14 Oct 1792-16 May 1856): m1. 11 Jan 1814 LARNED, Irena; m2. 1832 ELKINS, Jane; s/o Jarius and Anne (Brown)Bonney Sr.; buried Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn, Marion County, OR; cutoff for CA

"BONNEY, JAIRUS--Jairus Bonney, with his wife Jane, and their six children, crossed the plains from Illinois to California in 1845, and in the following year came to Oregon. The survivors of the family are the mother, Jane Bonney, who is aged seventy-five years; Martha (Bonney) Rhodes, aged forty-eight; B. F. Bonney, aged forty -six; Emily (Bonney) Broyles, of Wasco County; and Ellen (Bonney) Bidwell, aged thirty-eight, of Drain, Douglas County. The latter is said to have been the first child born in California of parents who were American citizens, the mother and her two first named children live in Clackamas County." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.652]

BONNEY, Laura Ann (1836- ): m'd STRONG, James; s/o Truman and Pelua (Townsend) Bonney; cutoff for California

BONNEY, Lydia Ann (15 Feb 1834-30 Jun 1914): m1. 18 Oct 1849 COOLEY, Eli C.; m2. 31 Dec 1889 WOOD, Amon; d/o Truman and Pelua (Townsend) Bonney; cutoff for California

BONNEY, Miriam (14 Aug 1831- ): m'd 24/27 Jan 1847 HIBLER, George Franklin; d/o Truman and Pelua (Townsend) Bonney; cutoff for California

BONNEY, Martha Jane (0 Jan 1837-24 Jun 1928): m1. OGLESBY, Samuel; m2. RHOADES, George Franklin; d/o Jarius and Jane (Elkins) Bonney Jr.; cutoff for California

BONNEY, Sarah Ann (c1816- ): m'd 1837 MINIER, Abraham Townsend; cutoff for California

BONNEY, Sarah Ann (24 Feb 1828- ): m1. 25 Mar 1846 SANDERS, Allan; m2. BOYNTON, E.; d/o Truman and Pelua (Townsend) Bonney; cutoff for California

BONNEY, Truman Lawrence (14 Feb 1835-22 Jul 1915): m'd 09 Mar 1861 BAKER, Tennessee; s/o Jarius and Jane (Elkins) Bonney Jr.; cutoff for California

BONNEY, Truman Augustus (24 Apr 1796-27 Oct 1868): m'd 03 Aug 1818 TOWNSEND, Pelua; s/o Jarius and Anne (Brown) Bonney Sr.; buried Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn, Marion County, OR; cutoff for CA

BONNEY, Wales B. (26 Jun 1799-10 Jun 1887): came in 1845; cutoff for California; decided to return east in the spring of 1846 where, apparently, he elected to stay and raise his  family; on his return he was entrusted with a bag of letters for the states and managed to hang onto them even though he was robbed by Indians; the relationship to the other Bonney's is not known

BONNEY, Wiswell J.H. (1839-1862): s/o Truman and Pelua (Townsend) Bonney; cutoff for CA

BOON FAMILY RESEARCHER : BOON, Henry Daniel (1839-15 Jan 1888): m1. 1859 MUNKERS, Frances; m2. 1870 JONES, Duenna; buried Salem Pioneer Cemetery , Salem, Marion County, OR; s/o John and Martha (Hawkins) Boon

"BOON, H. D.--Was born in Iowa in 1840; came to Oregon with his father, J. D. Boon; resides in Salem, Marion County, and is a dealer in books, stationery, etc. Married Miss Duenna Jones in 1869, and has five children Enimett R., Daisy, Cora, Shelby, and an infant." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.632]

BOON, John Daniel (08 Jan 1817-18 Jun 18641): m'd 1840 HAWKINS, Martha J.; buried Salem Pioneer Cemetery , Salem, Marion County, OR

"BOON, J. D.--Born and reared in Ohio; then came to Oregon and settled in the Willamette Valley, where he farmed for some time, after which he went into the mercantile business in Salem, and carried it on for several years. Was elected to a territorial office, and when Oregon became a State, was chosen the first State Treasurer.   Married Miss Martha J. Hawkins, by whom he had seven children." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.632]

"Last Territorial and first State printer, was a Methodist minister who came to Oregon from Ohio in 1845.  Elected treasurer in 1855, he served continuously (except for one year) until 1862.  Thereafter he was a Salem merchant, and at various times an official in early telegraphy, transportation, and industrial enterprises designed for Oregon's betterment.  His wife was the former Martha J. Hawkins;  they had three (sic-7 children) children.  He died at Salem. " [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 32]

BOON, John Lee (02 Aug 1843-31 Oct 1904): m'd 1868 LAWSON, Annie M.; s/o John and Martha (Hawkins) Boon; died San Fancisco County, California; buried San Francisco National Cemetery , San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

BOON, Melinda Emily (10 Sep 1845-28 Dec 1917 ): m'd 27 Feb 1865 MORGAN, Amos Hoyt; d /o John and Martha (Hawkins) Boon; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

BOOSTER, Daniel : thought to have returned east in 1846

BOR ST, Joseph (15 Oct 1822-29 Oct 1885): : m'd c1854 ROUNDTREE, Mary Adeline; settled in Washington; buried Mountain View Cemetery , Centralia, Lewis County, Washington

"Borst left imprint on Centralia--By LARRY ZANDER--Chronicle Staff Writer--Joseph Borst came across the plains of mid-America in 1845 when he was a young man of 25. When he settled in what is now Centralia he was to leave an imprint on the history of the area, and now a wellknown park at the location of his first home is his namesake. Joseph Borst was-born 154 years ago today, Oct. 17, 1821, in the Schoharie Valley of New York State.  He crossed the nation to the Northwest with the Ford family for whom' Fords Prairie has. been named..  Joseph had become "sweet" on one of ford's daughters but that union was not to be and the young man was nearly heart-broken.. But good fortune was still to be his. Mary Adeline, his future bride, got her first glimpse of her husband to be when he came to her father's sawmill on Black River to buy lumber.  In 1854, when she was but 16 and he 33, the two were married. In the fall of 1855, the new couple, with their six-week-old baby, rushed to a partially completed stockade that was later to be known as Fort Borst.  It was near the site of the presentday park. The blockhouse from the fort rests in the park today.  The expected skirmishes with nearby Indians never came to pass and not long after their arrival at the fort, Joseph Borst began to construct for his family what was to become one of the finer homes far and wide..  Although Borst was spared battle with Indians in the Centerville area, he had had his share of skirmishes with them earlier.  He was captured by hostile Indians in British Territory where he had gone in the early 50s to search for gold. He had been one of the '49ers in California prior to going north.  He had also fought in the Cayuse War in 1848 in an attempt to avenge the Whitman Massacre. He had enlisted with every able-bodied man in the territory and his company of Oregon riflemen had been stationed at Fort Waters at Waiilatpu." [ The Daily Chronicle, Centralia, Washington, Friday. October 17.1975]

BOTTAN, John : claim filed in Clackamas County abandoned

BOWMAN, Nathaniel: emigrated in 1845, appears to have returned east in 1846 and led out a party of 12 wagons in 1847; *3 Meek Cutoff

BOYLE, Hannah (31 Mar 1811-01 Sep 1887): m1. c1829 DICKERSON, Henry M.; m2. 1842 MORRIS, Simeon C.; m3. WATT, James; first husband died 17 Sep 1834 in Boone county, IN; moved to IA in 1840; to Yamhill County, OR in 1845; d/o Abraham Boyle; sister of Dr. James W. Boyle listed below

BOYLE, James Whitten Dr. (15 Aor 1815-06 Jul 1894):m'd 12 May 1846 FORD, Josephine; s/o Abraham Boyle

"BOYLE, JAMES W., M.D.--Born in Virginia in 1815; studied medicine in St. Louis, and graduated from the medical college there. In 1845 he crossed the plains to Oregon, and practiced in this State until his death, which occurred in 1864. In Polk County, in 1846, he was married to Miss Josephine Ford, daughter of Col. Nat. Ford; by that marriage there are five children living, namely, Hannah, Rena, James, William, and Charles. The family still resides on their old donation claim near Dixie, Polk County." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.632]

BOZARTH, Christopher Columbus (01 Jan 1832-01 Nov 1912): m1. 10 Jun 1863 VAN BIBBER, Rhoda Ruth (JOHN) ; m2. 1865 GOODWIN, Olive; Marion County, MO and died Woodland, Cowlitz County, WA; s/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozorth; an account of the trip across the plains written by C.C. Bozorth appeared in the Feb 10, 1893 issue of the Cathlamet Washington Gazette (reprinted in Genealogical Forum of Oregon Monthly publication Dec 1964)

BOZARTH, Emma Caroline (15 Mar 1842-17 Apr 1919): m'd 24 Apr 1858 THING, George M.; born Mahaska County, IA and Portland, Multnomah County, OR; d/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozarth

BOZARTH, John Shaw (24 Mar 1824-17 Mar 1882): m'd 09 May1850 LEWELLING, Asenath M.; born Marion County, MO and died Woodland, Cowlitz County, WA; born s/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozarth; settled Clark Co, WA area

BOZARTH, Julia Ann (19 Mar 1834-1863 ): m'd 19 Mar 1857 STEPHENS, Benjamin; born Marion County, MO and died Washington; d/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozarth

BOZARTH, Lorana Ellen (22 Sep 1828-03 May 1880): born Marion County, MO and Waitsburg, Clackamas County, Oregon; d/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozarth

BOZARTH, Mary Ann (1822-1860): m. 05 Jan 1845 STRONG, Solomon; born 01 Mar 1822 Marion County, MO and died Cowlitz County, WA; d/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozarth

BOZARTH, Millie Willis (05 Dec 1838-02 Feb 1883): m'd LEWIS, Frederic Lee; born Marion County, MO and died 02 Feb 1883; d/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozarth

BOZARTH, Owen Willis (16 Aug 1820-15 Feb 1875): m1, 05 Feb 1853 WILLIAMS, Judith Ann; m2. 1873 GILSON, Elizabeth (JOHN); born Marion County, MO and died Woodland, Cowlitz County, WA; s/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozarth; an agriculturist; settled in southern part ofWashington

BOZARTH, Sarah Ann (10 Dec 1825-1873 ): m'd 23 Sep 1847 WALKER, Ellis; d/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozarth

BOZARTH, Squire (11 Jan 1792-16 Mar 1853): m'd 11 Jul 1816 WILLIS, Mildred Hoard; born Hardin County, KY and died Woodland, Cowlitz County, WA; s/o John and Sarah (Shaw) Bozorth; mentioned in "Historical and Genealogical Record of the Bozarth Family, From Landing in America to 1918"; in earlier records the Bozorth name appears most often as Bozarth, in more recent times it is found used interchangeably with Bozorth

BOZARTH, Squire Junior (19 Jul 1836-14 Apr 1905): m'd 18 Jun 1857 JOHN, Cynthia Ann; born Marion County, MO and died Woodland, Cowlitz County, WA; s/o Squire and Mildred (Willis) Bozarth

BRADLEY, John (c1820- ): born c1820 Ireland, abandoned provisional land claims in Oregon and went to Washington Territory; died in Yamhill County

BRADSHAW, Julian (c1820- ): born c. 1820 in Ohio; to California in 1845, to Oregon in 1846 but returned to California where is is enumerated in the 1850 Sacramento, California census

BRASSHAM, William R. (c1822- ): born c1822 Kentucky, lived in San Jose, California 1850-1856)

BRIGGS, B.F .:  probably returned east with John Howell in 1846

BRINGAR, Mary ( c1800-1897): m'd 26 Jun 1826 FLOURNOY, Hoy B.; buried Lookingglass Community Cemetery , Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon; Hoy Flournoy returned east and emigrated west again; it is in question whether Mary accompanied her husband west in 1845 or whether she came with him at a later time.  There are several emigration years associated with the family including 1850 and 1853.

BRISTOW FAMILY RESEARCHER:       BRISTOW, Elijah (28 Apr 1788-19 Sep 1872): m'd 07 Nov 1812 GABBERT, Susan; s/o James and Delilah (Elkins) Bristow; cutoff for California in 1845; wife and children (except for Henry) joined him in 1848; buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery , Pleasant Hill, Lane County, Oregon

"First settled in Lane County and founder of the communicty of Pleasant Hill, came to Oregon from California in the spring of 1846.  Born in Virginia, he was accustomed by long residence in mountainous regions to the rugged life of a woodsman, and as an expert hunter and rifleman distinguished himself as a sharpshooter in War of 1812 and the Creek Indian War.  He went from Kentucky to Illinois, living there nearly 23 years, when he crossed the plains to California in 1845.  In June, 1846, with Eugene F. Skinner, Capt. Felix Scott, and William Dodson he explored the upper Willamette Valley country, seeking a home location, and selecting a site between the Coast and Middle forks of the Willamette.  This, because of the beauty of the landscape, he called Pleasant Hill, later donating land for the first school and first church in Lane County.  Here with his family he remained the rest of his life, admired and respected.  The father of several sons and daughters by his wife Susannah Gabbart, whom he married in 1812; he died at age 73.  He and his wife sleep in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, on land first theirs." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 35]

     "The first white settler within the present boundary lines of Lane county was Elijah Bristow, who here cast his lot in June, 1846. From that date until about the year 1850, all of the facts of much of the incident of its early settlement clusters around this individual; so much so, that, for the present, our account of it during the above period will necessarily take on much of the traits of a personal narrative.     This pioneer settler was born in Virginia in April, 1788, emigrating early in manhood to Kentucky and thence to Illinois. Imbued with a spirit of adventure inherited from his ancestors and fostered by his early associations, he was ever restless under the influences of thickly settled districts and soon determined to push farther westward, crossing the plains in 1845. Going first to California, he was dissatisfied with that country and came overland to Oregon the following spring, 1846. In June of that year, accompanied by Eugene F. Skinner, Captain Felix Scott, and William Dodson, Mr. Bristow started up the Willamette valley in search of a location suitable for the settlement of a large and increasing family. Their route was up the west side of the valley and after passing the Luckiamute river, not a white man's habitation was found; thence going south to the end of their journey. The country through which they traveled was one of the most beautiful on the northwest coast of the Pacific, and habitated as it was in all the luxurious freshness of nature, was peculiarly fascinating to these intrepid explorers.     On arriving at a point between the Coast and Middle Forks of the Willamette river, on a low rolling ridge, sparsely covered with oak, fir and pine timber, ever since know as Pleasant Hill, Mr. Bristow's eye was attracted towards the panorama of mountain and vale stretching out before him that reminded him of a like scene in far-off Virginia, where he was born. He halted and raised his hat, allowing the cooling breeze, fresh from the near rolling Pacific to play at will through his thin gray locks, he exclaimed: 'This is my claim! Here I will live, and when I die, here shall I be buried!'     The party then camped at a spring near by and repairing to a grove of firs, cut the logs, erected what was in those early times termed a claim cabin, and which stood as a sign to all comers that here had a white man filed his intentions, so to speak, of becoming a settler upon the public domain. This was the first cabin erected within the present limits of Lane county.     Mr. Bristow next measured off and marked his claim of six hundred and forty acres of land, the amount usually claimed by early settlers in a new country, which was done by stepping around the track, the marking being accomplished by blazing the trees adjacent to the lines and driving stakes at the corners. Mr. Dodson then marked off a claim for himself, south and east from and adjoining that of Mr. Bristow, while Capt. Scott appropriated one on the west, but this afterwards abandoned and took one up on the south bank of the McKenzie river, opposite the mouth of the Mohawk, upon which he finally settled.     As the party returned, on their way down the valley, Eugene F. Skinner, the remaining comrade, took up a claim where Eugene City, the county seat, now stands." [Illustrated History of Lane County by A.G. Walling p.475]

BROWN, Charles (16 Jan 1813-aft 1874): m'd 1845 LEWIS, Margaret; buried Waitsburg City Cemetery , Waitsburg, Walla Walla County, Washington

BROWN, Horace M . (30 Jun 1820-11 Jan 1884): m'd 1861 RANDALL, Mary S.; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

BROWN, John Henry (21 Dec 1810-Apr 1905): m'd Dec 1846 PELL, Hetty C., ,married in 1846 in California, wife left him in 1847;

BROWN, Susanna H. (04 Nov 1822-14 Nov 1919): m'd Jan 1842 HALE, Milton; buried Masonic Cemetery , Albany, Linn County, Oregon

BROWNING, Ruthinda : m'd 15 Nov 1842 CORNELIUS, Isaac; husband died 14 Oct 1846 Clackamas County, Oregon

BRUNSEY, Mahala (10 Apr 1822-Nov 1893): m'd 21 Aug 1842 TUSTIN, William I: settled in San Francisco, California

BRYAN, Abner :(17 Mar 1802-08 Jun 1892)  m1.Marion Thomas; m2. ADAMS, Mrs;(lydia (Swaim);  first wife died  within 9 miles of the South Pass; Abner settled on Yuba River in California.

BRYAN, John Wiseman (1837-27 May 1916): s/o Abner and Marion (Thomas) Bryan; settled in California

BRYAN, Thomas Jefferson (1842-09 Jun 1906): m'd KEEP, Cora Leona (divorced); s/o Abner and Marion (Thomas) Bryan; settled in California

BUCK, Heman S. (13 Aug 1830-11 Mar 1880): m'd 1868 CHASE, Sarah Miranda; s/o William and Olive (Charles) Buck; died in Tulare County, California

BUCK, Rothilda E. (1828-1894): m'd 25 Jul 1846 CAMPBELL, John G.; Rothilda was born 14 Oct 1828 and died 21 Jul 1894 Clackamas County, OR; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, OR; d/o William and Olive (Charles) Buck

BUCK, William Wentworth (19 Jan 1804-1886): m1. 1826 CHARLES, Olive; m2. 1843 HURD, Jane E.

"BUCK, WILLIAM W.--Born in Cayuga County, New York, January 19, 1804; came to Oregon in 1845. Is now a retired merchant and resides at Oregon City. He was married twice; his first wife s previous name was Olive Charles, and that of his second, Jane Hurd. His children's names are R. E., Hannah S. (deceased), Marion E., Charlotte L., and Fannie H." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.632]

BUCKLEY, Spencer : returned east with Joel Palmer in 1846

BUDROE/BUDROW, F .: in lawsuit Girtman vs Budrow in Clackamas County Court 28 May 1846; may have returned east

BUFFUM, William Gilbert (25 Jan 1804-25 Mar 1899): m'd 27 Nov 1827 THURMAN, Caroline; s/o Stephen and Hannah (Sewell) Buffum

"BUFFUM, WILLIAM G.--Is a resident of Amity, Yamhill County, and a farmer by occupation. Born in Vermont, June 25, 1804; moved to Ohio at eleven years of age and resided there until 1825; then went to Illinois, and from thence to Missouri in 1841; four years later came to Oregon.   Married, in 1828, Miss Caroline Thurman." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.632]

BULLOCK, W.W .: *3 Meek Cutoff. reportedly organized a party to look for the Blue Bucket gold but did not find it

BUNCH, Mahala Amy/Anna (1800-06 Nov 1879): m'd 19 Dec 1822 SIMMONS, Samuel; d/o Israel and Rachel (Goodwin) Bunch Jr.; settled Marion County, Oregon

BUNTON, Keziah (12 Jan 1823-15 Mar 1849): m'd c1839 WOODCOCK, Williston D.; settled Clackamas County

BURBAGE, Ezekiel (1788-22 Nov 1857): m'd 05 Aug 1820 PREDWISE, Elizabeth;  died at Marquam, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

BURBAGE, Olive Wise (17 Mar 1824-26 Feb 1893): m'd 06 Nov 1842 MARQUAM, Alfred; died at Marquam, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

BURCH, Benjamin Frankin (02 May 1825-24 Mar 1893): m'd  06 Sep 1848 DAVIDSON, Eliza Ann; s/o Samuel and Eleanor (Lock) Burch; father of 7 children with only one surviving to adulthood;  buried Burch Pioneer Cemetery , Rickreall, Polk County, Oregon

"BURCH, BENJAMIN F.--Born in Chariton County, Missouri, May 2, 1825. Crossed the plains to Oregon when twenty years old, and the next year assisted in opening the Applegate route to incoming settlers. In the Cayuse war he served as adjutant, and in the Yakima war commanded a company of   volunteer troops. In 1857 he had a seat in the Constitutional Convention; was a member of the first State Legislature, and was State Senator in 1868, 1870, and 1884, being president of that body in the former year. Married Miss Eliza A. Davidson, September 6, 1848, the daughter of Hezekiah Davidson, and herself a pioneer of 1847. The pair have had two children, of whom one, Benjamin F. Burch, Jr., is now living." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.633]

"Pioneer school teacher, military officer and public official, was born in Missouri, the son of Eleanor Lock and Samuel Burch.  Coming to Oregon in 1845, he located in Polk County, whee he tutored the children of Jesse Applegate and neighbors, later teaching the first school in the county and onfe of the earliest in Oregon.  He was a member of the Applegate-Scott trail party; served in Cayuse and Yakima Wars, attaining rank of captain; and was member of Oregon Constitutional Convention, 1857.  He was state senator, 1867 and 1870, supt. of state penitentiary, 1877; and receiver of Oregon City land office, 1887.  Married Eliza Davidson of Kentucky, in 1847." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 38]

BURDEN, Henry (22 Dec 1824-23 Apr 1848): volunteer in early Oregon Indian Wars; died in Polk Co; s/o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden

BURDEN, Job (10 Sep 1796-27 Dec 1866): m1. 01 Apr 1820 CHERRY, Temperance; m2. 24 May 1854 WILSON, Nancy; died in Polk Co, Oregon

BURDEN, John (15 Jul 1839-14 Jul 1866): died Polk Co, Oregon; s/o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden

BURDEN, Julia (19 Sep 1833-16 Jan 1918): m'd 26 Aug 1853 KIRK, William Riley; buried Brownsville, Linn Co, Oregon; was second wife of William Kirk; d /o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden

BURDEN, Levi (17 Jan 1827-12 Dec 1901 ): m'd  20 Aug 1850 EADS, Sarah; s/o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden

BURDEN, Louisa (10 Jan 1829-19 Aug 1850): died Polk Co, Oregon; d/o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden

BURDEN, Lucinda (23 Dec 1822-21 Apr 1880 ): m'd 07 Jul 1847 MCLEOD, Donald; d/o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden

BURDEN, Mary Elizabeth (08 Jan 1836-04 Aug 1914): m'd 18 Jul 1850 EATON, Jesse W.; d/o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden; settled in Wasco Co (now Sherman Co) east of the Deschutes River in Eaton's Precinct; provided land for the Wasco Methodist Cemetery where they are buried

BURDEN, Nancy A . (01 Feb 1844-09 Jan 1934 ): m'd 27 Jul 1863 EARHART, Rockey Preston; d/o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden

BURDEN, Sarah (18 Dec 1820-24 Jul 1872): m'd 29 Mar 1838 HUSSEY, Nathan Jr.; d/o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden; died Grande Ronde, OR

BURDEN, William (08 Apr 1833-27 Oct 1901): m'd 23 Jul 1857 KIRK, Margaret Elizabeth; s/o Job and Temperence (Cherry) Burden

BURGESS, Thomas H (1824-04 Nov 1895).: note that this may be Dr. Thomas H. Burgess, b. 1824 Kentucky and died 04 Nov 1895 Bernalillo County, New Mexico; he appears to have gone on to California where he was a surgeon in the California Battalion in the Mexican-American war that lasted 1846-1848.

BURKHART, Cariolanus Domarus "Crill" (08 May 1821-07 May 1881): m'd 04 Jul 1850 GOFF, Caroline Lavinia; s/o John and Rebecca (Baltzell) Burkhart; buried Riverside Cemetery , Albany, Linn County, Oregon

"John Burkhart was quite taken with the tales coming from the Oregon Territory in the mid 1840’s, but wanted more “proof” before uprooting his family one last time and, at the age of 60, relocating with his wife as far West as one could go at that time. He asked his eldest sons to go to the Oregon Territory the following year, returning with information that would help him make his final decision. Crill and Raymond came along with the Abner Hackleman group in 1845. When they returned sometime in 1846, they were full of glowing reports of the Pacific Northwest. I believe that my 3x great grandfather was so amazed that he decided to make one last journey Westward." [Kathie L. Webb Blair]

BURKHART, Raymond Sanderson (02 Feb 1817-28 Oct 1888): m1. 23 Jun 1842 WASSOM, Elizabeth; m2. SCOTT, Mary; s/o John and Rebecca (Baltzell) Burkhart; buried Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery , Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon

BURNETT, Colman (1820-18 Mar 1885): m'd 11 Jun 1845 MORRIS, Mrs. Nancy Mary (English); married on the trail to Oregon on Platte River in Kansas Territory

BURNS, Ann Sca ndlin (17 May 1817-10 Jun 1906): m1. 25 Jan 1838 MCTIMMONDS, Lambert; m2. 1879 SYLVESTER, John; d/o Michael and Ann (Scandlin) Burns; born County Donegal, Ireland \; buried Smith Cemetery , Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon

BURNS, John : in suit with Saml Bentley 05 Jan 1846; may have returned east

BURNS, Rhoda Boone (1811-04 Jun 1886): m'd 11 Jul  1829 T'VAULT, William Green; niece to Daniel Boone; d/o Edward & Elizabeth (Boone) Boone; buried Jacksonville Cemetery , Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

BURROWS, Mary Ann (c1827-1860): m'd 14 Jun 1844 LEWIS, Charles J.; buried Lewis Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon

BUTLER, Isaac (13 Jul 1820-01 Jun 1904): m1. 14 Mar 1845 TUCKER, Tabitha J.; m2. 1872 MOORE, Mrs. Polly (Tidwell); buried Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, father of 15 children; *3 Meek Cutoff

"BUTLER, ISAAC--Born in Alabama in 1820; came to Oregon and settled near Hillsboro, Washington County, which is his present place of residence, and farming is his occupation. He married Tabitha J. Tucker in 1845, and fifteen children are the fruits of this marriage." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.633]

BUTTS, Annice "Annie"(02 Jun 1843-18 Oct 1923): m'd 13 Nov 1859 MCCLANAHAN, Isaac Newton; d/o John and Catherine (Bonnett) Butts; buried Mountain View Cemetery , Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon

BUTTS, Festus (17 Apr 1838-08 Jan 1918 ): m'd 30 Mar 1892 DUNN, Susie; s/o John and Catherine (Bonnett) Butts; buried Mount Hope Cemetery , Baker City, Baker County, Oregon

BUTTS, Jacob (19 Jun 1839-10 Feb 1925): m'd 14 Feb 1867 DIXON (aka DICKSON), Sarah; s/o John and Catherine (Bonnett) Butts; buried Mount Hope Cemetery , Baker City, Baker County, Oregon

BUTTS, John (1810-1890): m1. 1830 BONNETT, Catherine; m2. EVANS, Jane Mrs.; name also seen as BOTT; died Washington County, burial location unknown; *3 Meek Cutoff

"BUTT [S] , JOHN--Born in Virginia in 1810, and lived there until 1836. He was married in 1836 (sic). In 1845 he started for Oregon and his wife died while on the way, and he came on to Washington County, Oregon, with his children. His principal occupation since arriving in this State has been farming. He held the office of county treasurer two years. At present he lives with his son Wilcox, at Forest Grove." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.633]

BUTTS, Lewis (c1832-17 Sep 1880): m'd 29 Nov 1862 CONSTABLE, Mary Elizabeth; s/o John and Catherine (Bonnett) Butts;

Note: an article in  The Record-Union, Sacramento, California, Wednesday, September 22, 1880 states "David Butts, an old pioneer, died in Washington county, Or., Monday, from the effects of a fall"  This may or may not refer to Lewis Butts

BUTTS, Mary Ann (1836-06 Jun 1896): m'd 1854 WILCOX, Sanford; d/o John and Catherine (Bonnett) Butts; buried Hills Cemetery , Gaston, Washington County, Oregon

BUTTS, Melva (02 Dec 1840-10 Jun 1928): m'd 12 Jun 1856 MCKINNEY, Elijah; d/o John and Catherine (Bonnett) Butts; buried Crystal Lake Cemetery , Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon

BUTTS, Sarah (c1844- ): m'd 1860 HALL, Benjamin E.; d/o John and Catherine (Bonnett) Butts; buried Hills Cemetery , Gaston, Washington County, Oregon

BYBEE FAMILY RESEARCHER: BYBEE, Anne Elizabeth (22 Dec 1844- 08 May 1885): m'd 1864 PAYNE, Joel William; d/o James and Julia (Miller) Bybee; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon*3 Meek Cutoff

BYBEE, James F . (16 Jun 1818-14 Jan 1901): m'd 03 Jul 1842 MILLER, Julia Ann; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

BYBEE, Robert Emmet 01 Apr 1843-25 Feb 1893): m'd 1869 STARKEY, Ellen E.; s/o James and Julia (Miller) Bybee;; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CALDWELL, Gerald Banks (c1825-1919): m'd 1852 WILLIAMSON, Martha Elizabeth, s/o Barclay and Margaret (Farrier) Caldwell; mother and siblings emigrated in 1846; buried Sparlin Cemetery , Williams, Josephine County, Oregon

CAMBY, Thomas Dr. (04 Apr 1789-19 Feb 1886): settled in Thurston County, Washington; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff; Note: name sometimes seen in records as Canby.  The misinformation on this family is abnundant

CAMBY, Russell Dore (21 Dec 1820-12 Jul 1891): s/o Samuel and Mary (Paratin) Canby; settled Thurston County, Washington;  buried Grand Mound Cemetery , Rochester, Thurston County, Washington; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff; may have returned east and returned in 1852 with brother, Charles

CAMERON, James : believed to have cutoff for California

CANTRELL, John (12 Nov 1820-04 Nov 1907): m1. 05 Oct 1851 RAY, Martha J.; m2. c1870 WARD, Mrs Susan J. (Crews); s/o Joseph and Elizabeth (Mulkey) Cantrell;  buried Knox Cemetery , Crook County, Oregon

CAPLINGER, Anna D ora (21 Jan 1845-04 Aug 1932): m'd SCOTT, William Martin; d/o Jacob and Jane (Woodsides) Caplinger;  buried Helix Cemetery , Helix, Umatilla County, Oregon

CAPLINGER, Arthur m'd: ,

CAPLINGER, Anna D. (1845- ): d/o Jacob and Jane (Woodside) Caplinger

CAPLINGER, Emily S. (17 Mar 1842-16 Aug 1863): 22 May 1862 SAUNDERS, William W.; d/o Jacob and Jane (Woodsides) Caplinger; buried Stipp Memorial Cemetery , Macleay, Marion County, Oregon

CAPLINGER, Henry Crider (28 Jun 1843-14 Aug 1919): m'd 23 May 1892 DUFF, Luellen; s/o Jacob and Jane (Woodsides) Caplinger; died Umatilla County, Oregon

CAPLINGER, Jacob Crider (12 Aug 1815-19 Jun 1904): m'd Apr 1841 WOODSIDE, Jane; s/o George and Mary (Crider) Caplinger; buried Stipp Memorial Cemetery , Macleay, Marion County, Oregon

CAPPS , Benjamim Perry (08 Apr 1838- 05 Apr 1875): s/o Isaac and Jemima (Hubbard) Capps, left for California with family c1848 and returned to Oregon in 1851, settled Clackamas County

CAPPS, Francis Marion "Frank" (19 Jan 1842-1904): m'd WELSCH, Emma Robinson; s/o Isaac and Jemima (Hubbard) Capps, left for California with family c1848 and returned to Oregon in 1851, settled Clackamas County

CAPPS, Isaac (06 Dec 1808-06 Jan 1873): m'd 09 Feb 1832 HUBBARD, Jemima; s/o Isaac and Jemima (Hubbard) Capps, left for California with family c1848 and returned to Oregon in 1851, settled Clackamas County

CAPPS, John (09 Jun 1836-30 Mar 1862): m'd 13 Feb 1861 CRAIGHEAD, Mary Elizabeth; s/o Isaac and Jemima (Hubbard) Capps, left for California with family c1848 and returned to Oregon in 1851, settled Clackamas County

CAPPS, Mary Jane (25 Mar 1844-07 Aug 1865): m'd FOREMAN, Stephen W.; d/ o Isaac and Jemima (Hubbard) Capps, left for California with family c1848 and returned to Oregon in 1851, settled Clackamas County

CAPPS. Sarah )25 Mar 1844-29 Jul 1846): d /o Isaac and Jemima (Hubbard) Capps, left for California with family c1848 and returned to Oregon in 1851, settled Clackamas County

CAPPS, Stanford (24 Nov 1832-24 Aug 1874 ): s/o Isaac and Jemima (Hubbard) Capps, left for California with family c1848 and returned to Oregon in 1851, settled Clackamas County, in later years moved to Idaho

[5] CARD, William N .; took out provisional land claim 21 Jul 1846 Clackamas County, it was void 17 Aug 1846 and further information not found:

[7] CARMACK, Ann (1838- ): m1. 02 Apr 1851 CHAPPELL, Charles; m2. LOVELETT, George; d/o Joseph and Polly (Eldridge) Carmack

[7] CARMACK, [son]. (1825-c1848): s/o Joseph and Polly (Eldridge) Carmack

[7] CARMACK, Hanna Melvina (1841-1882): m'd 18 Feb 1861 CHAPPELL, Samuel; d/o Joseph and Polly (Eldridge) Carmack

[7] CARMACK, James R. (22 Mar 1830-12 Feb 1864): m'd 29 Dec 1852 DAVIS, Elizabeth;  s/o Joseph and Polly (Eldridge) Carmack; settled Polk County, buried Burch Pioneer Cemetery , RIckreall, Polk County, Oregon

[7] CARMACK, Joseph Commodore Decatur (1806-30 Mar 1855): m1. 09 Sep 1824 ELDRIDGE, Mary Ann "Polly"; m2. 07 Jan 1847 DAVIS, Mrs. Lovisa; settled Polk County; thought to be buried there in unmarked grave

[7] CARMACK, Louisa "Lettie" Jane (c1827-23 Oct 1894): m'd. 07 Jan 1847 MCDANIEL, Elisha; d/o Joseph and Polly (Eldridge) Carmack

[7] CARMACK, Odessa (1836-May 1853): m'd 18 Nov 1851 DAVIS, John;  d/o Joseph and Polly (Eldridge) Carmack

CARNES, Joseph: See KEARNS, Joseph

CARPENTER, Lydia B. : m1. 1820 ELLIOTT, John; m2. HALL, [ ]

CARSON, David "Uncle Davey" (1800-Sep 1852 ): m'd c1844 [unknown], Letitia "Tisha" (a black girl); s/o James and (Smith) Carson

CARSON, Letitia (1814-18 Feb 1888): m'd: c1844 CARSON, David Capt.; (black girl ); buried Stephens Cemetery , Myrtle Creek, Douglas County, Oregon

CARSON, Martha Josephine (1845-17 Jul 1911 ): m1. 1863 BIGHAM, Solomon; m2. 1865 LAVODOUR, Narcisse; m3. c1895 CARPENTER, Charles; d/o David and Letitia Carson; buried Athena Cemetery , Athena, Umatilla County, Oregon

[4] CARTER, George Dr .: cut off for California where he remained

[2] CARTER, Lucinda (02 Jul 1810-04 Nov 1879): m1. 13 Mar 1828 MCWILLIAMS, John; m2. 31 Aug 1834 WILSON, William G.(died on trail); m3. 04 Jun 1847 HILL, David; m4. 06 Dec 1850 SIMMONS, Wheelock;  buried Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CATCHING FAMILY RESEARCHER: [2] CATCHING, Benjamin Holland (1811-19 Jul 1894): m'd Aug 1833 MURRAY, Lavina; s/o John and Jane (Warren) Catching; buried Mountain View Memorial Gardens , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff;

[2] CATCHING, Eliza (c1842- ): d/o Benjamin and Lavina (Murray) Catching; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff;

[2] CATCHING, George W. (c1838- ): s/o Benjamin and Lavina (Murray) Catching; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

[2] CATCHING, Joel Parker (20 Dec 1842-26 Aug 1894): m'd 17 Dec 1863 EVANS, Mary Eliza; buried Missoula Cemetery , Missoula, Missourla County, Montana;  *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

[2] CATCHING, John (1779-1845): m'd 24 Dec 1907 WARREN, Jane;  died on trail, s/o Seymour and Rachel (Thompson) Catching; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

[2] CATCHING, John Samuel (18 Sep 1820-1898): m'd 10 May 1847 WILSON, Margaret; s/o John and Jane (Warren) Catching; buried Riddle Cemetery , Riddle, Douglas County, Oregon; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff;

[2] CATCHING, John Samuel (30 May 1840-09 Aug 1889): m'd 13 Nov 1863 LEVERICH, Rhoda; s/o Wiliam and Angeline (Yates) Catching; buried Canyonville Cemetery , Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

[2] CATCHING, Louisa Frances (07 Nov 1843-08 Feb 1911 ): m'd HUGHES, Samuel Vinton.; d/o Benjamin and Lavina (Murray) Catching; buried Tahoma Cemetery , Yakima, Yakima County, Washington; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

[2] CATCHING, Mary (1827-1859): m1. POMEROY, Franklin; m2. LINGENFELTER, Josiah; d/o John and Jane (Warren) Catching; buried Forest View Cemetery , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

[2] CATCHING, Mary Jane (1840- ): m'd 1858 DIXSON, Watson E.; d/o Benjamin and Lavina (Murray) Catching; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff;

[2] CATCHING, William M. (1837-1898): s/o Benjamin and Lavina (Murray) Catching; buried Mountain View Memorial Gardens , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

[2] CATCHING, William R. (1844- ): m'd 26 Feb 1873 BECKWORTH, Susan; s/o William and Angeline (Yates) Catching; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

[2] CATCHING, William Warren (12 Mar 1813-10 Oct 1874): m'd 15 May 1838 YATES, Angeline F.; s/o John and Jane (Warren) Catching; buried Riddle Cemetery , Riddle, Douglas County, Oregon;  *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CENTER FAMILY RESEARCHER: CENTER, Jonathan E. (1828- ): m'd: 20 Feb 1862 JOHNSON, Amanda E.; s/o Ebenezer and Mary (Fetter) Center; *3 Meek Cutoff

CENTER, Lucy (1830-c1847): never married; d/o Ebenezer and Mary (Fetter) Center; died young in Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CENTER, Rachel (14 Apr 1819-24 Dec 1890): m1. 04 Feb 1835 TULL, Aaron; m2. 01 Nov 1841 POWELL, Theophilus; m3. 23 Jul 1862 ROOP, Jacob; d o Ebenezer and Mary (Fetter) Center; buried Rock Creek Cemetery , Canby, Clackamas County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CENTER, Samuel (1821-30 Dec 1888): m'd 20 Jun 1845 EVANS, Elizabeth; s/o Ebenezer and Mary (Fetter) Center; buried Jacksonville Cemetery , Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CHAMBERS FAMILY RESEARCHER: CHAMBERS, Andrew Jackson (23 Nov1825-25 Apr 1908): m'd BUCKNER, Rebecca; s/o Thomas and Letitia (Dalzell) Chambers;  buried Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum , Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington

CHAMBERS, David Jefferson (10 Jun 1820-04 Mar 1896): m'd 08 Apr 1845 HARRISON, Elizabeth; settled Pierce County, Washington; buried Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum , Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington

CHAMBERS, James Washington (06 Sep 1817-11 Jul 1877): m'd 09 Mar 1845 SCOGGIN , Mary (Greene); Mary was a widow with 5 children; settled Washington County, buried James W. Chambers burial site , Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon

CHAMBERS, James (17 Sep 1844-17 Aug 1883): m'd KISOR [also seen as KIZER], Clarinda G.; s/o Rowland and Sarah (King) Chambers; buried Kings Valley Cemetery , Kings Valley, Benton County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CHAMBERS, John (08 Aug 1831-04 Oct 1877): s/o Thomas and Letitia (Dalzell) Chambers, buried Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum , Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington

CHAMBERS, Latitia Ann (1837-1856): d/o Thomas and Letitia (Dalzell) Chambers; buried Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon

CHAMBERS, Margaret Ann (17 Dec 1842-1881): m'd 1859 BAGLEY, Orthello; /o Rowland and Sarah (King) Chambers; buried Hilltop Cemetery , Independence, Polk County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CHAMBERS, Mary Jane (05 Nov 1828-02 Jul 1918): m'd DOUGHERTY, William P; d/o Thomas and Letitia (Dalzell) Chambers; . buried Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County , Washington

CHAMBERS, Rowland (12 Mar 1813-06 Jan 1870): m1. 17 Aug 1841 KING, Sarah; m2. 22 Feb 1846 KING, Louisa; s/o Joseph and Miss (Noonamaker) Chambers;buried Kings Valley Cemetery , Kings Valley, Benton County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

"CHAMBERS, ROLAND--Born in Madison County, Ohio, in 1813, and coming to Oregon in 1845,   settled at King's Valley. He built the King's Valley mill in the summer of 1854. His occupation was milling and farming. He married Sarah King, in 1841, who died September 3, 1845; married Lovisa King in 1846. Children Martha, Margaret, James, William, Jackson, John, Franklin, Henry, Ordelia, Samuel, Lydia, Rebecca, Jnlia, Lincoln, Anna, and Alice." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.633-4]

CHAMBERS, Thomas J. (-2 Apr 1823-25 Dec 1911): m'd MCALLISTER, America; s/o Thomas and Letitia (Dalzell) Chambers; buried Tahoma Cemetery , Yakima, Yakima County, Washington

CHAMBERS, Thomas McCutcheon (15 Nov 1795-28 Dec 1876): m1. 1816 DALZELL, Latitia; m2. c1853 LARSON, Agnetta; emigrated with nine wagons, 70 head of cattle and eighteen head of horses; settled prairie southeast of Olympia which bears his name; later located near Steilacoom at the mouth of what is now known as Chambers Creek; here he built a lumber and flour mill ; buried Steilacoom Masonic Cemetery , Steilacoom, Pierce County, Washington; Chambers Family Story

CHAMBERS, Thompson McLain (11 Jun 1834-16 Nov 1916): m'd 1863 PACKWOOD, Esther; s/o Thomas and Letitia (Dalzell) Chambers; buried Roy Cemetery , Roy, Pierce County, Washington

CHAMNESS, Harriet (12 Jan 1840-19 Mar 1919): m'd 06 Oct 1856 MOSER, Alonzo, d/o Israel and Lavina (Davis) Chamness;  buried Miller Cemetery , Silverton, Marion County, Oregon

CHAMNESS, Israel (1810-11 Aug 1860): m1. DAVIS, Lavina; m2. 22 Sep 1850 CLOCK, Mrs. Catherine B. (Cornelius); died in Marion County, Oregon, burial location unknown but probably Miller Cemetery, Silverton, Marion County, Oregon

CHAMNESS, Joseph M. (28 Oct 1838-aft 1910 ): m'd 14 Jan 1858 NORDYKE, Rachel;s /o Israel and Lavina (Davis) Chamness; thought to have died in Marion County, burial location unknown but probably Miller Cemetery, Silverton, Marion County, Oregon

CHAMNESS, Mary Elizabeth (May 1837-09 Jan 1926): m'd 16 May 1856 DUNAGAN, Willis, d/o Israel and Lavina (Davis) Chamness;  buried Miller Cemetery , Silverton, Marion County, Oregon

CHAMPION, Joseph C. (1813-23 Aug 1891): never married; settled Tillamook County, Oregon;  buried IOOF Cemetery and Mausoleum , Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon

[2] CHARLTON, Joseph (10 Aug 1824-31 Dec 1894): m'd 30 Nov 1842 MILLER, Margaret Catherine; s/o Silas and Lydia/Lucy (Claybrook) Charlton; buried Pioneer Cemetery , Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington; *3 Meek Cutoff

[2] CHARLTON, Sarah Nancy (02 Oct 1844-10 Mar 1923 ): m'd 20 Dec 1860 LAMSON, Henry Ward; d/o Joseph and Margaret (Miller) Charlton; died at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Marion County, Oregon; buried Masonic Cemetery , Coquille, Coos County, Oregon *3 Meek Cutoff

CHARLTON, Silas (c1785-05 Oct 1866): m'd 27 Nov 1812 CLAYBROOK, Judia Lucy/Lydia; s/o Abraham and Elizabeth (Terrell) Charlton; died Sauvies Island, Washington County, Oregon, burial location unknown; *3 Meek Cutoff

CHERRY, Temperance (11 Sep 1800-19 Oct 1851): m'd 01 Apr 1820 BURDEN, Job; died Polk County, Oregon, burial location unknown

CHURCH, Maria (c1791- ): m'd c1824 MCCHRISTIAN, Patrick; not know at this time if she was in emigration of 1845

CLARK, Esthere (1806-1862): m'd 1829 SHORT, Amos M.; platted the town of Vancouver, WA

CLARK, Martha (20 Apr 1797-Apr 1849): m1. 19 Jan 1814 CHANCE, Elijah; m2. 12 Feb 1826 ENGLE, William Styles; d/o John and Ann (Willett) Clark; burial location unknown; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CLARK, William Dewey (30 Oct 1806/9-09 Dec 1892): m'd 17 Oct 1848 JACKSON, Mrs. Phoebe Orinda (Stewart); s/o James and Clarissa (Dewey) Clark; buried Cameron Cemetery , Nez Perce County, Idaho

CLEMMONS, G.: returned in 1846 with Clyman

CLEVELAND, John : had a provisional land claim in Clackamas County 10 Sep 1846, probably returned east

CLEVENS, John Montgomery:   provisional land claim 28 Apr 1846 Lewis County, Washington Territory, abandoned

CLEVENS, Pierre: provisional land claim 28 Apr 1846 Lewis County, Washington Territory, abandoned

CLINKINBEARD, James Lyburn (10 Nov 1819-05 Feb 1897): m'd 19 Aug 1849 HOLMAN, Mary Ann; s/o Jonathan and Sarah (Smart) Clinkinbeard; buried Cleveland Cemetery , Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon

[3] CLOCK, James (01 May 1815-14 Sep 1849): m'd c1841 CORNELIUS, Catherine B. Note; surname originally may have been Klock but shown in most Oregon records as Clock

[3] CLOCK, John Adam (04 Jun 1844- ): living with mother and stepfather (israel Chamness) in 1850 Marion County, Oregon Census; Note;surname originally may have been Klock but shown in most Oregon records as Clock

[3] CLOCK, Mary Catherine (04 Jun 1844-25 Sep 1874): m'd 1861 THORP, Joseph Thomas; living with mother and stepfather (israel Chamness) in 1850 Marion County, Oregon Census; Note; surname originally may have been Klock but shown in most Oregon records as Clock

[3] CLOCK, Sarah (1842-1865): m'd 1861 THORP, James Riley; l iving with mother and stepfather (israel Chamness) in 1850 Marion County, Oregon Census; Note; surname originally may have been Klock but shown in most Oregon records as Clock

COCHRANE, David (1803- )

COCHRANE, Francis (19 Jan 1810-15 Oct 1878): m'd 11 Oct 1827 WAYMIRE, Frederick A.; d/o David and Rhoda (Dement) Cochrane

COCHRANE, Hannah (29 Jan 1815-15 Sep 1872): m'd c1832 MCNAMEE, Job; d/o David and Rhoda (Dement) Cochrane; *3 Meek Cutoff

COGSWELL, John (14 Feb 1814-13 May 1907): m'd 28 Oct 1852 GAY, Mary Frances; s/o James and Mary (Stratton) Cogswell; crossed the plains to California in 1845, to Oregon in 1846; 1849 went to California seeking gold where he did well; returned to Pennsylvania with his gold in 1850 where he had it minted; crossed the plains again in 1851; buried Mary Gay Cogswell Pioneer Cemetery , Creswell, Lane County, Oregon; One Woman’s West, Recollections of the Oregon Trail and Settling the Northwest Country by Martha Ga9y Masterson 1838-1916 edited by Lois Barton, Spencer Butte Press, Eugene, Oregon 1986

COLE, William D. (1823-1903): m'd 25 Mar 1847 MCNARY, Rosanna Mary; buried Jacksonville Cemetery , Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon

COLEMAN, Caroline (31 Dec 1837-22 Apr 1882): m'd 05 Oct 1855 HOWARD, William; d /o Michael and Josephine (Wagner) Coleman; settled Colman/Kolmer Valley, Sonoma County, California

COLEMAN, John (1836-25 Feb 890) s/o Michael and Josephine (Wagner) Coleman; died in 1890 shot by a neighbor; settled Colman/Kolmer Valley, Sonoma County, California

COLEMAN, Josephine (06 Jan 1830-20 Aug 1912): m'd BENITZ, Wilhelm; d/o Michael and Josephine (Wagner) Coleman; settled Colman/Kolmer Valley, Sonoma County, California

COLEMAN, Michael (04 Oct 1804-11 Feb 1858): m'd 18 Sep 1828 WAGNER, Josephine; born in Endingen,, Baden, Germany where he was known as Michael Kolmer, came to USA c 1832 and settled in North Carolina; settled Colman/Kolmer Valley, Sonoma County, California;   Kolmer/Coleman Family history

COLVER, David m'd: , Elizabeth

COLWELL, Nathaniel W. (1809-Dec 1862 ): m'd 1842 ROGERS, Sarah Ann; wife stayed in New York with her parents, Nathaniel divorced Sarah 24 Dec 1846 Oregon; printer for Oregon Spectator newspaper; Democratic candidate for Salem Mayor in 1857; died Polk County, burial location unknown

COMER, Elizabeth : m'd c 1845 SMITH, Adam; was divorced May 1847 OR

COMFORT, Edwin Bertrand (1815-03 Dec 1896): m'd 1844 HOLLAND, Elvira Bally; buried Arlington Masonic Cemetery , Arlington, Gilliam County, Oregon

CONDIT, Aldridge (1840- ):

CONDIT, Alvah (1800-1883): m'd 1821 AXTELL, Ruth; s/o David Condit; settled in Clatsop Co where he died; brother of Philip who emigrated in 1854

COOK, Delilah (1829- ): m'd 1847 FRAZIER, William B.

COOK, Francis Marion (1839- ): m'd 1857 EDGAR, Mary J.

COOK, George (c1816- ):

COOK, Isaac (1793-1876): m'd 1815 ROBERTSON, Sarah

COOK, James W. (1809-1879): m'd 1839 LEWIS, Nancy Jane

COOK, Mary P. (1816-1881): m1. 1839 SKINNER, Eugene Franklin; m2. PACKARD, N.L.

COOK, Thomas (1825- ): m'd 1853 Amanda

COOK, William (1819- ):

COOK, William [brother of Isaac]

COOLEY FAMILY RESEARCHER: COOLEY, Christopher Columbus (06 Aug 1809-13 Nov 1885): m'd 1834 OFFICER, Nancy R.; *3 Meek Cutoff ; buried Hubbard Cemetery , Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon

COOLEY, Elijah "Eli" Casey (08 Feb 1821-26 Aug 1882): m'd 1849 BONNEY, Lydia Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff; buried Belle Passi Cemetery , Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon

"COOLEY, E. C.--Born in Missouri in 1812; crossed the plains in 1845 and locatedin Oregon City, but eventually removed to Woodburn, Marion County. Was married in 1849 to Lydia Bonney. Their children were B. F., Laura E., and Mary E." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.634]

COOLEY, Evaline (1844-Oct 1845): died at the Dalles Oct 1845; *3 Meek Cutoff ; burial location unknown

COOLEY, Evaline (1807-1878): m'd 1828 OFFICER, James; *3 Meek Cutoff

COOLEY, Helen Miriam (01 Feb 1841-03 Sep 1829): m'd 1859 HUBBARD, William Cannon; *3 Meek Cutoff ; buried Claggett Cemetery , Keizer, Marion County, Oregon

COOLEY, Jackson L. (27 Mar 1816-16 Aug 1884): m'd 1851 DIMICK, Harriet L.; *3 Meek Cutoff ; buried Hubbard Cemetery , Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon

COOLEY, James Harvey (15 Nov 1835-21 Dec 1894): m'd 1859 JONES, Mary Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff ; buried Union Hill Cemetery , Sublimity, Marion County, Oregon

COOLEY, Martha Loren (1839-1902): m'd 1856 MATTISON, Foster Sylvester; *3 Meek Cutoff

COOLEY, Mary Jane (1844- ): m'd MELVIN, Andrew; *3 Meek Cutoff

COOLEY, Mathias (28 Aug 1837-08 Dec 1915): m'd 1868 SMITH, Willimina; s/o Cornelius and Dolly [White] Cooley but came west as foster son of William and Lucinda Wilson; *3 Meek Cutoff ; buried Silverton Cemetery , Silverton, Marion County, Oregon

COOLEY, Robert Franklin (28 Jan 1837-08 Apr 1916): m'd 1860 HUBBARD, Rebecca Ellen; *3 Meek Cutoff ; buried Hubbard Cemetery , Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon

COON FAMILY RESEARCHER: COON, Jacob Leslie Rev. (1829-1900): m'd 1851 MILLER, Sarah; s/o Michael and Elizabeth (Kelly) Coon; came to Oregon in 1845 as a lad of about 18, liked what he saw and talked the rest of the family into following [note: birth date above may be in error. See 1847 and 1850 for other family members.]

COOPER, Susan ( -1845): m'd c1839 KING, John; died in raft accident on Columbia; *3 Meek Cutoff

COOPER, William

CORBIN, Narcissa (1818-1866): m'd 1841 LEWIS, Jeremiah

CORBLEY, Washington

CORNELIUS FAMILY RESEARCHER: CORNELIUS, Aaron Miller (08 Nov 1832-c1929): m'd 1855 MANN, Elizabeth J.; s /o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; died Oakland, Alameda County, California

CORNELIUS, Aaron Samuel (1831-aft 1880): m'd 22 Oct 1857 NORDYKE, Martha; s /o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; 1880 census living in Canyon City, Grant County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, Absalom (01 Mar 1798-17 Apr 1880): m'd 1818 COTTON, Elizabeth; s/o George and Katherine (Hiett) Cornelius; buried Twin Oaks Cemetery , Turner, Marion County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, Absalom H ie t (02 Jan 1839-14 Apr 1924): m'd 1868 POWELL, Lavina;  buried Masonic Cemetery , Albany, Linn County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, Alizina (c1827-c1889 ): m'd 1849 WOODCOCK, Williston Dixon. d/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius

CORNELIUS, Benjamin Jr. (13 Jan 1831-05 Jul 1881): m'd 1851 MCKINNEY, Rachael;  headstone Mountain View Memorial Garden , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon; actually buried at Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Oregon with wife Rachel; *3 Meek Cutoff

CORNELIUS, Benjamin Sr. (09 Feb 1802-13 Dec 1864):m'd 1826 ADAMS, Elizabeth; buried Harrison Cemetery , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CORNELIUS, Catalina (06 Nov 1825-26 Nov 1901): m'd 1843 MORRIS, James M.; d/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; buried Cloverdale Cemetery , Turner, Marion County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, Catherine B . (06 Nov 1825-26 Nov 1901): m1. c1841 CLOCK, James; m2. CHAMNESS, Israel; d/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; died in Marion County, Oregon of tuberculosis

CORNELIUS, David (17 Jun 1845-04 Jul 1845): s/o George and Mary (Morris) Cornelius; died on Nebraska Plains; probably twin to Lydia Cornelius

CORNELIUS, Elizabeth (04 Jul 1835-Apr 1863): m'd 1851 MORRIS, William; d/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; buried Pleasant Grove Condit Cemetery , Turner, Marion County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, Frances Elizabeth (19 Feb 1845-28 May 1882): m'd 1864 DARETY, Israel B.; buried Old Scotch Church Cemete ry, Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CORNELIUS, George E. (30 Jan 1822-01 May 1872): m'd 1844 MORRIS, Elizabeth;  s/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; buried Burt Cemetery , Dixonville, Douglas County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, Greene B (11 Jan 1837-07 Nov 1910): m'd 1860 PARKER, Amanda L.; s/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; buried Twin Oaks Cemetery , Turner, Marion County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, Hannah Ann (31 Swx 1836-17 Feb 1911): m'd 1854 FREEMAN, Robert; d/o Benjamin and Elizabeth (Adams) Cornelius; buried West Union Cemetery , Washington County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CORNELIUS, Isaac Cotton (1820-14 Oct 1846): m'd 1842 BROWNING, Ruthinda; s/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius

CORNELIUS, Jesse (1829-1895): m1. 1854MILLS, Julia Ann; m2. 1868 INGLES, Caroline; buried Harrison Cemetery , Forest Grove, Washington County, OR;*3 Meek Cutoff

"CORNELIUS, JESSE--Born in Howard County, Missouri, in 1829; is a farmer by occupation, and lives four miles northwest of Hillsboro, where he has resided since his arrival in the State. He married Julia Mills in 1854, and Caroline Freeman in 1868; his children are John W., Thomas E., Rachel A., Eliza J., Julia A., Edwin C., Margaret E., Benjamin D., Hettie, and Jesse." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.634]

CORNELIUS, John H. (1839-13 Oct 1846 ): died Clackamas County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, John Henry (05 Feb 1843-16 Jan 1920): m'd 1866 FREEMAN, Mary Ellen; s/o Benjamin and Elizabeth (Adams) Cornelius; buried Cornelius Methodist Cemetery , Cornlelius, Washington County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CORNELIUS, Lydia Ann (17 Jun 1845-03 Jul 1845): d/o George and Elizabeth (Morris) Cornelius; died on Nebraska plains; probably twin to David Cornelius

CORNELIUS, Mary Ann (06 Nov 1823-19 Dec 1904 ): m'd CABLE, John;  d/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; buried Pleasant Grove City Cemetery , Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah

CORNELIUS, Mary Davis (01 Nov 1832-24 Sep 1878): m'd 1851 IMBRIE, James F.; buried Old Scotch Church Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon; *Meek Cutoff

CORNELIUS, Moses (08 Nov 1832- ): s/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; died young, twin to Aaron; probably died prior to emigration

CORNELIUS, Rebecca Jane (29 Nov 1829-30 Sep 1862): m1. 1845 SCOTT, John; m2. 1847 RINEARSON, Peter;  d/o Absalom and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cornelius; buried Mountain View Cemetery , Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, Sarah Jane (14 Feb 1847-14 Apr 1870): m'd 1865 MCKINNEY, Jasper Newton; d/o Benjamin and Elizabeth (Adams) Cornelius;  buried Harrison Cemetery , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon

CORNELIUS, Sarah Frances (08 Jun 1809- ): m'd: 1826 ADAMS, Thomas; d/o Jesse and Ann (Adams) Cornelius; *3 Meek Cutoff

CORNELIUS, Sidna C. (08 Jan 1841-18 Oct 1910): m'd 1856 KANE, William; d/o Benjamin and Elizabeth (Adams) Cornelius; buried Mountain View Memorial Gardens , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

CORNELIUS, Sophia Sarah (Sep 1843-16 Sep 1927): m'd 1865 PARKER, Newton Orlando

CORNELIUS, Thomas Ramsey (16 Nov 1827-24 Jun 1899): m1. 17 Feb 1850 WILKES, Annie Florentine; m2. 12 Apr 1866 SMITH, Missouri Alice; buried Cornelius Methodist Cemetery , Cornelius, Washington County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

"CORNELIUS, T. R--Born in Missouri in 1827; is the son of Benjamin Cornelius.   He came with his parents to Oregon, and three years later entered the Cayuse war as a volunteer and was in all the actions with the Indians during that war. In 1855 he enlisted in the Yakima war and served as captain of a company three months when Col. Nesmith resigned and he was elected to fill the vacancy, and held that position during the remainder of the war. In 185 ft was elected to the Territorial Council, and served until the State was admitted; was then sent into the State Senate and elected to every session of the Legislature until 1876, but was out one term during the war, when himself and two others were authorized by   President Lincoln to raise a cavalry regiment for the United States service. He was elected colonel of the regiment. The regular troops being ordered east, Col. Cornelius was placed in command of the post at Walla Walla in 1862; during the summer he resigned and returned to his home. He has twice served as President of the Senate. In 1876 he resigned public duties and returned to private life. In 1872 he had removed from his farm to the town of Cornelius, in Washington County, it having been laid out the preceding year and named for the colonel. A large warehouse had been built in 1871 and the railroad was built through the town in 1872. The colonel opened a store there in 1872, which is now conducted by his son, Thomas S., and his son-in-law, G. H. Shaw. The colonel was married in 1850 to Miss Florentine Wilkes, by whom he had six children; she died in 1864; he married again in 1866 to Miss Missouri A. Smith. The colonel is now a resident of Cornelius; owns three farms aggregating eleven hundred and forty -eight acres, and two unimproved farms of three hundred and sixty acres, a saw mill, warehouse, and store." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.634-5]

"Indian fighter and farmer, ws born in Missouri, and in 1845, came with his parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Cornelius, to Oregon.  They located on land four miles north of what later became the town of Cornelius, named for Thomas.  Following news of the Whitman Massacre he enlisted to fight in the Cayuse Indian War, after which he went to the California gold fields.  Bakc in Oregon in 1849 he married Florentine Wilkes, and filed on 640 acres of land which then became his home until 1871.  When the Yakima Indian War broke out in 1855 he again enlisted, as captain, but was soon elected colonel.  He served notably.  He served in the territorial council 1856-57, then in the state senate until 1876.  Moving into the town of Cornelius in 1872, he opened a general store, and owned also a sawmill, warehouse, and three farms aggregating 1500 acres.  He married a second time in 1866, to Missouri Smith.  He had six children by his first wife." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 63]

CORNELIUS, William Nelson (31 Mar 1834-1902):m'd 1867 BARRETT, Amanda S.J.; buried Harrison Cemetery , Forest Grove, Washington County, OR; *3 Meek Cutoff

COTTON, Elizabeth (02 Dec 1797-28 Nov 1881): m'd 1818 CORNELIUS, Absolom;  buried Twin Oaks Cemetery , Turner, Marion County, Oregon; d/o Isaac and Mary Ann (Stevens) Cotton

COURTNEY, Daniel C. (1836- ):

COURTNEY, Isaac (1821- ): m1. 1844 WAGGONER, Elizabeth; m2. 1864 HULL, Elizabeth

COURTNEY, Isabella (1828-1897): m'd 1850 MCNEIL, John

COURTNEY, James Harvey (1833- ): never married

COURTNEY, John B. (1797-1847): m1. []; m2. 1818 RITCHIE, Agnes Bolton "Nancy"; killed by a falling tree while on the way to Oregon City; s/o James and Lydia Courtney

COURTNEY, John R. (1826-1902): m'd 1849 BUEL, Caroline

COURTNEY, Lydia B. (1824-1894): m'd 1847 MORGAN, Thomas

COURTNEY, Mary Jane (1819-1894): m1. 1848 ROGERS, Caleb; m2. KEES, Elmore; m3. GAGER, Rev.

COURTNEY, Samuel M. (1845- ): m'd 1868 NOBLE, Margaret E.

COURTNEY, William F. (1832- ): m'd COYLE, Lucinda

COWAN, Thomas (1805-c1880): *3 Meek Cutoff

COX FAMILY RESEARCHERS: COX, Anderson (1812-1872): m'd 1836 WALTER, Julia Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff

COX, Isham (1812- 1877): m'd 1834 JOHNSTON, Mary Ann; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

COX, Johanna (1838-1915): m'd CANNON, Sylvester; *3 Meek Cutoff

COX, Lewis (1837-1905): m'd 1858 BOND, Caroline; *3 Meek Cutoff

COX, Margaline (1844- ): m'd ELIM, A. J.; *3 Meek Cutoff

COX, Martha Jane (1836- ): m'd 1851 HALL, William; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

COX, Matilda (1845-1927): m'd PRESTON, William G.; *3 Meek Cutoff

COX, Philip W. (1841- ): m'd 1864 KITCHISON/FUDGE, Julia; *3 Meek Cutoff; parents settled at Albany, Linn Co; moved to Whitman Co, WA in 1869; father of (Arthur, Anderson, Minnie, Alma, and Carrie)

COX, Sarah Jane (1843- ): m'd LOONEY, John B.; *3 Meek Cutoff

COX, Richard Franklin (1840- ): m'd LYNCH, Lucy; *3 Meek Cutoff

COX, Susanna Depue (1817-1906): m'd 11 Dec 1834 MELDRUM, John; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

COX, William (1838-1917): m'd *3 MORE, Mellissa Ann; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

COY, John M. m'd: ,

CRABTREE FAMILY RESEARCHERS: CRABTREE, Elizabeth "Betsy" (17 Jul 1840-07 Apr 1931): m1. 1861 GRIFFEN, Isaac Newton; m2. 22 Jan 1899 GAINES, Samuel Washington; d/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

CRABTREE, George (12 Dec 1825-22 Sep 1857): m'd 1851 TURPIN, Marcella M.; s/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree;  buried Crabtree Cemetery , Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon

CRABTREE, Hiram (24 Oct 1832-28 May 1904): s/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree ; 1870 was mining in Idaho; by 1900 was living next to brothers in Miles City, Custer County, Montana; found dead in his cabin by neighbor but no burial location found

CRABTREE, Isaac (28 Sep 1834-28 Apr 1913): s/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

CRABTREE, James Porter (22 Nov 1837-26 Jul 1909): m'd 1865 BURTENSHAW, Eliza Ellen; s/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

CRABTREE, Jasper (22 Oct 1845-23 Jul 1891): m'd PRIOR, Ruth Harriet; born while family was descending Columbia river in Oregon; twin to Newton; s/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

CRABTREE, Job (07 Mar 1829-27 Jun 1919): s/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

CRABTREE, John J . (20 Jun 1800-28 Mar 1892): m'd 22 Feb 1825 YEARY, Malinda; s/o Job and Rebecca (Smythe) Crabtree; father of 15 children; settled in Linn County, Oregon; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

"CRABTREE, JOHN J.--Is a resident of Scio, Linn County, and a farmer by occupation.   Born in Lee County, Virginia, June 20, 1800; married in 1825,Melinda Geary, a native of Kentucky, born in 1808; their children were George, Peggy [Margaret], Job, William, Hiram, Isaac, James, Polly,Betsy, Becky, Jasper and Newton (twins), Phoebe, Virginia, and Martha. Twelve of them are yet alive, and Mr. Crabtree has a long list of grandchildren. Since 1846, he has resided on his farm at Scio; he is of English extraction and of old Revolutionary stock." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.635]

CRABTREE, Margaret (07 Jun 1827-29 Jun 1859): m'd 1848 SMALLMAN, Sampson; d/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree; buried Miller Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

CRABTREE, Newton (22 Oct 1845-28 Nov 1929 ): m1. 01 Oct 1871 WILSON, Frances Caroline; m2. 1920 BANN, Mrs. Theodoshia Emmaline (HIGGERSON) born while family was descending Columbia river in Oregon; twin to Jasper; s/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

CRABTREE, Rebecca J. "Becky" (04 Sep 1842-17 Nov 1937 ): m1. 20 Mar 1862 RANDALL, Chester E.(divorced); m2. 17 Jun 1876 MORRIS, Andrew Buford; d/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree; [Note: The Rebecca Crabtree that married Abraham Lowdon came in 1853 and was the d/o Job Crabtree.]; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

CRABTREE, William (08 Dec 1830-18 Nov 1890): m'd 07 Sep 1854 SUMPTER, Elizabeth s/o John and Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree; buried Spangle Cemetery , Spangle, Spokane County, Washington

CRAFT, Charles (1803-1869): m'd 1829 JORDAN, Rebecca; born 10 Sep 1803 Lycoming County, PA and died 23 Jul 1869 Salem, Marion County, OR; s/o William and Sarah (Alward) Craft; *3 Meek Cutoff

CRAFT, Emaline Malinda (1835- ): m'dPRINGLE, Octavius; d/o Charles and Rebecca (Jordan) Craft;*3 Meek Cutoff

CRAFT, Sarah Elizabeth (1829-1907): m1. 26 Aug 1846 WATT, Joseph; m2. 15 Nov 1877 SMITH, Fabritus R.; born 03 Nov 1829 Carroll County, VA and died 14 May 1907 Salem, Marion County, OR; d/o Charles and Rebecca (Jordan) Craft; *3 Meek Cutoff

CRAFT, Virginia (1843-1863): nevermarried; born 1843 Iron County, MO and died 1863 Salem, Marion County, OR; d/o Charles and Rebecca (Jordan) Craft;*3 Meek Cutoff

CRAFT, William Amos (1832-1914): m'd1852 VANICE, Amanda; born 1832 VA and died 1914 Seattle, King County, WA; s/o Charles and Rebecca (Jordan) Craft; *3 Meek Cutoff

CRAIG, Willamina (1817-1883): m1. 1839 MEALY, James; m2. WILLIAMS, Enos; Willamina, OR names for her

CRAMER, Caroline (1812-1867): m'd 1830 CUNNINGHAM, Joseph; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CRANDALL, Elizabeth m'd: PERRY, William Francis; *1: MSS#1135 4pp

CREIGHTON, Nathaniel M. (1820-1851): m'd 1846 SNYDER,, Susan F.

CROCKER, Jane Bourne (1809-1875): m'd 1826 LEMMON, John

CROFTON, Martha "Patsy" (c1794-c1855): m'd 1810 HAWKINS, Henry; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

CROFTON, Thomas (c1832- ):

CROCKER, Jane Bourne m'd: LEMMON, John

CROMWELL, Harvey: *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CROW, Eli C. (1828- ):

CUFFY, Abram (c1800- ): black man who accompanied James & Nancy Cook

CULBERTSON, William (1804-1865):

CULLY, Thomas (1810-1891): m'd 1850 JONES, Rebecca; divorced in 1880; buried Lone Fir Cemetery, Multnomah Co

CUMMINS, Sarah J. : *1: MSS#1508, 61pp

CUNNINGHAM, John (c1838-1855): killed by Indians in Southern Oregon

CUNNINGHAM, Joseph (1795-1878): m'd 1830 CRAMER, Caroline; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CUNNINGHAM, Lucinda Elizabeth (c1836-1877): m'd c1855 HOWARD, Harlin; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CUNNINGHAM, Olivia Druscilla (1840-1911): m'd 1859 PURDIN, William Whitfield; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CUNNINGHAM, Philander (1831- ): m'd 1856 REDING, Henrietta; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CUNNINGHAM, Sarah (c1833- ): m'd HARRIS, Leonard W.; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CUNNINGHAM, Virginia Jane (c1843-1859): *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

CUNNINGHAM, William :

CURRIN, George (1812-1879) : m'd 1852 WADE, Martha Lydia

CURRIN, Hugh F. (1803-1874): m'd 1849 YOUNG, Diona

CUTLER, Benjamin (1829- ): m'd ROBINSON, Jane

D'ARMON, Esther (1823-1893): m'd 1839 TAYLOR, James; d/o Samuel and Esther D'ARMON

DALY, David R.S. (1817- ):

DALZELL, Latitia (15 Aug 1795-17 Sep 1852): m'd 1816 CHAMBERS, Thomas McCutcheon; settled Steilacoom, Pierce County, Washington; buried Steilacoom Masonic Cemetery , Steilacoom, Pierce County, Washington

DAVDEN, William P. ( -1891): buried Camas Valley Cemetery, Douglas Co

DAVIDSON, Albert Franklin (1819-1890): m'd 1851 MUNKERS, Mary Elizabeth

DAVIDSON, James Orville (1823-1846):

DAVIESS, Abraham : *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

DAVIS, Albert G. (c1828- ): m'd 1851 SMITH, Mary Ann

DAVIS, Amos (1830- ): m'd 1857 TURNER, Cornelia

DAVIS, Charles C . m'd: ,

DAVIS, Elizabeth Crock m'd: ,

DAVIS, G. ( -1845):

DAVIS, John (1825- ): m'd 1846 MORELAND, Margaret Jane; [note: John also on some lists as Jehu]

DAVIS, Jonas (1827- ): m'd 1852 POLLARD, Deborah Ann

DAVIS, Joseph (1801- ): m1. 1823 HANKEY, Catherine; m2. [], Agnes

DAVIS, Joseph Jr. (1824- ):

DAVIS, Nancy (1806-1849): m'd 1838 ALLEN, Hiram

DAVIS, Ruben (1829- ): m'd: 1859 CUNNINGHAM, Elizabeth

DAWSON, Barbara Ann (1845- ): m'd SAILING, Archibald; d/o William and Mary (Searcy) Dawson; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

DAWSON, Phoebe Elizabeth (1843- ): m'd HALL, John; d/o William and Mary (Searcy) Dawson; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

DAWSON, William (1816-1889): m1. 1842 SEARCY, Mary E.; m2. 1864 Rash BAKER, Nancy (widow of Levi Rash); *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

"DAWSON, WILLIAM--Born in Scotland, December 31, 1816, and left that country for America in 1838. Proceeded to Missouri and followed the occupation of farmer in that State until 1843, when he started for Oregon and arrived on the Pacific coast 1846, and settled on a farm in Yamhill County. In 1876 he moved to Monmouth, where he has since been engaged in the business of grocer, and druggist. Mr. Dawson served as county commissioner of Yamhill County before and after Oregon was organized as a State, and was United States commissioner of that county seven years. He was married to Miss Mary E. Searcy in 1843, and six children were the fruits of this union, namely Phoebe E., Ann, Margaret, Amanda, Ella, and Lou.   His wife dying, he married again in 1864, and one other child was born to him, named William." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.655]

DAY FAMILY RESEARCHER: DAY, Almira: m1. WARD, Jeremiah Parker; m2. Henry Saffron; parents and sister came by Isthmus of Panama; unknown if she accompanied them or came via trail

DAY, William P. (1822-1891): m'd 1851 FITZHUGH, Phoebe; buried Camas Valley Cemetery, Douglas Co

DEEDS, Phoebe (1806- ): m'd 1836 EDGAR, William

DEHAVEN, Sarah Ann (1830- ): m'd HAGEY, Mathias

DELANY FAMILY RESEARCHER: DELANY, George (1832- ): m'd DAY, Olive; s/o Daniel and Elizabeth (McGhee) Delany

DELANY, James (1834- ): s/o Daniel and Elizabeth (McGhee) Delany

DEWELL, Benjamin (1823-1903): m'd 1850 ELLIOTT, Celia H.

DICKERSON, Margaret Ann (1834- ): m'd 1848 DUPUIS, Edward; d/o Henry and Hannah (Boyle) Dickerson; came to Oregon with mother and stepfather

DICKERSON, Mary (1805- ): m'd 1824 JEFFREYS, Thomas Mathew

DICKERSON, Mary Jane (1830-1915): m1. 1846 HENDRICKS, Abijah S.; m2. GRIFFIN, Joseph; d/o Henry and Hannah (Boyle) Dickerson; a native of WV, Mary Jane came to Oregon with her mother and stepfather; settled in Yamhill Co; mother of 7 sons, she taught the first school in Yamhill county and took her pay in potatoes or anything to eat; she died at McMinnville and is buried in the Masonic cemetery at Lafayette, Yamhill Co, OR

DICKEY, John K. (1821-1872): m'd 1847 OFFICER, Martha Ann

DICKSON, John (1837- ): m'd NEWVILLE, Ellen; s/o Joshua and Eleanor (Lewis) Dickson *4, *10

DICKSON, Joshua (1805-1878): m'd 1836 LEWIS, Eleanor

DICKSON, Mary E. (1838- ): m'd 1856 WILCOX, George W.; d/o Joshua and Eleanor (Lewis) Dickson; mother of 8 children *4,*10

DICKSON, Nathaniel (1845- ): m1. 1869 WILLIAMS, Rebecca; m2. 1872 BAKER, Sarah E.; s/o Joshua and Eleanor (Lewis) Dickson; Nathaniel was reportedly born while family was enroute *4,*10

DICKSON, William J. (c1840- ): m'd 1872 VINSON (VINCENT), Sarah Ann; s/o Joshua and Eleanor (Lewis) Dickson

DILLON, [] ( - 1845): m'd c1840 EVANS, Elizabeth; *3 died at the beginning of the trail

DILLON, Polly Amelia (c1841- ): *3 Meek Cutoff

DIXON FAMILY RESEARCHER: DIXON, James (1841- ):

DIXON, John (1834- ):

DIXON, Mary Ann (1844- ):

DIXON, William Fooks (1811-1899): m1. 1833 ROUND, Julia Ann; m2. ELGIN, Martha A. Mrs.; co-founder of Corvallis, OR

DOAK FAMILY RESEARCHER: Note: although some sources have listed the Doak family as possibly being on the Meek Cutoff it has since been proved that they did not take that route. See Clarborne Campbell Walker letter

DOAK, Andrew Jackson (1816-1880): m1. 1838 MCCONNEL, Mary Rebecca; m2. 1856 HALE, Elizabeth;

DOAK, Cynthia Jane (1841-1914): m1. []; m2. []; m3. [];

DOAK, James Thomas (1844-1906): m'd BRYANT, Melinda;

DOAK, Josiah (1840-c1907):

DOAK, Mr .:

DOAK, Mrs .:

DOAK, Thomas :

DOCKERAL, William

DODDRIDGE, Rachel (1772-1849): m'd 1805 WALTER, William; d/o Phillip and Mary (Markel) Doddridge

DODSON, William (1804-1887): m1. 1853 LITTRELL, Sarah; m2. KELLY, Mary

DONALDSON, Janette (1828- ): m'd 1815 PUGH, William Sr.; last name also seen as DONELSON

DORNTE, C .:

DORRIS, Felix G. (1824-1916): m'd 1846 BAYLEY, Caroline E.; *3 Meek Cutoff

DOVE, Bethuel (1814- ): m'd 1842 STORY, Rachel

"DOVE, BETHUEL--Born in Ohio in 1814; married in 1842 to Rachel Story; their children are E. P., Elizabeth, C. J., John, Andrew, David, and Bethuel C. Came to Oregon and settled in Polk County. Mr. Dove has a fine farm and cultivates it. Post office address, Salem." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.635]

DOVE, Edmund P. (c1842- ):

DOVE, Richard (c1844- ):

DOWDEN, James (same as DAVDEN, James??):

DOYLE, David S. (1833-1882): m'd SNEED, Minerva

DURBIN FAMILY RESEARCHER: DURBIN, Adaline (1815- ): m1. BEAUCHAMP, James Tubman; m2. Nov 1848 FOSTER, John T

DURBIN, Casper J. (1822-1905): m'd 1849 DRAPER, Julia Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff

DURBIN, Daniel (1832-1893): m'd 1854 SMITH, Sarah Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff

DURBIN, Frances A. : m'd 1843 MARTIN, John Jr.; *3 did not take Meek Cutoff

DURBIN, Isaac (1832- ): m'd c1855 KAYS, Olive; *3 Meek Cutoff

DURBIN, John (1793-1897): m'd 1821 FITTING, Sarah; *3 Meek Cutoff

DURBIN, Mary Jane (1835- ): m'd 1856 STARKEY, Amos; *3 Meek Cutoff

DURBIN, Ruth Ann (1839- ): m'd 1856 BARKER, Richard A.; *3 Meek Cutoff

DURBIN, Sarah Ann (c1827- ): m'd STURGIS, George; *3 Meek Cutoff

DURBIN, Solomon (1829- ): m'd 1854 ELGIN, Martha Sophia; *3 Meek Cutoff

DUVAL, Franklin

DYER, Moses True : see 1852

EARL FAMILY RESEARCHER: 3) EARL, Ellen (1832- ): m1. MILLER, Samuel; m2. VAUGHN, William;  d/o Joseph and Margaret (Gibson) Earl Sr.

3) EARL, Frances Jane (1815-1847): m'd 1839 UMPHLET, Stanley; d/o Joseph and Margaret (Gibson) Earl

3) EARL, John (1813-1898): m'd 1842 STRIETHOFF, Frances; s/o Joseph Sr. and Margaret (Gibson) Earl

3) EARL, Joseph (1825- ): m'd 1851 POWELL, Jemima ; d/o Joseph and Margaret (Gibson) Earl Sr.

3) EARL, Joseph Sr . (1789-1845): m'd c1812 GIBSON, Margaret

3) EARL, Margaret (01 Apr 1829-15 Feb 1891): m1. 29 Jan1852 MCFADDEN, William Henry; m2. 07 Feb 1877 BOOTHBY, Reason Rounds; d/o Joseph and Margaret (Gibson) Earl Sr.; divorced first husband when he was in prison, emigrated west with her parents and siblings

3) EARL, Nancy (1830- ): m1. 1847 SMITH, Simeon (divorced); m2. 1856 IVY, John; d/o Joseph and Margaret (Gibson) Earl Sr.

3) EARL, Robert (1835-1915): m'd 1852 POWELL, Lourana; s/o Joseph and Margaret (Gibson) Earl Sr.

3) EARL, William (1823-1863): m'd 1846 WOODS, Louisa; s/o Joseph and Margaret (Gibson) Earl Sr.

EATON, Mary A. (1804- ): m'd 1829 PITMAN, Lee Monroe; *3 Meek Cutoff

EATON, Jesse W . (1826-1902): m'd 1850 BURDEN, Mary E.; *3 Meek Cutoff

EDGAR, Daviss (1842- ):

EDGAR, Durenda (c1842- ):

EDGAR, Farlotty (c1839- ):

EDGAR, George (1838- ):

EDGAR, Jane (1837- ):

EDGAR, Jasper (1844- ):

EDGAR, Leonard (1840- ):

EDGAR, Mary (1836-1903): m'd 1857 COOK, Francis Marion

EDGAR, Moses (1806- ): m'd 1835 MORKEY, Susan

EDGAR, Rancon (c1844- ):

EDGAR, William (1810- ): m'd 1836 DEEDS, Phoebe

EDMUNSON, John H . (c1816-1868): m'd 1850 SHRUM, Euphamia A.; actually emigrant of 1848

EIKENBURY, Samuel :

ELKINS FAMILY RESEARCHER: ELKINS, James Edward (1822-1917): m'd 1851 ZUMWALT, Lucy Jane; *3 Meek Cutoff

"ELKINS, J. E.--Born in Virginia in 1822; came to Oregon and settled in the Luckiamute Valley. His present residence is Monmouth, and occupation, farming. He married Lucy J. Zumwalt in 1851, and their children s names are John, William D., Anna, Eliza, Lorenzo, and Laura E." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.635]

ELKINS, Jane (1809-1889): m'd 1830 BONNEY, Jarius; as a small child she was left for dead after an Indian attack; the Elkins family rescued and raised her

ELLIOTT, Alberon R . (c1826- ):

ELLIOTT, Celia H . (1835- ): m'd 1850 DEWELL, Benjamin

ELLIOTT, Commodore F . (c1831- ):

ELLIOTT, Elizabeth Jane (1841- ):

ELLIOTT, Emsley A. (c1828- ):

ELLIOTT, George Wilden (1826- ):

ELLIOTT, James (1845- ): born while family crossing plains

ELLIOTT, John (1798-1854): m'd 1820 CARPENTER, Lydia B.

ELLIOTT, Thomas C. (c1839- ):

ELLIOTT, William B. (1798-1876): m'd 1821 PATTON, Elizabeth; cut off for CA, arrived at Sutter's Fort with Grigsby-Ide train; settled in and around Napa and Sonoma, CA; was involved in the Bear Flag Revolt in CA; died in Upper Lake, CA

ELLIOTT, William M . (c1840- ):

ELLIS, Mrs.

ELLIS, Mary A. (1845-1845): born while family on trail; died age 2mo

ENGLE FAMILY RESEARCHER: ENGLE, Augustus (1837-1880): m'd ARMPRIEST, Margaret Elizabeth; s/o William and Martha (Clark) Engle;  buried Adams Cemetery , Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon*3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

ENGLE, Christophe r (c1834-1859): m'd 1857 ARMPRIEST, Nancy Jane; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

ENGLE, Mary Ann (08 Jan 1823-24 Apr 1911): m'd 05 Feb 1841 VICKERS, Andrew Jackson; d/o William and Esther Engle;  buried Miller Cemetery , Silverton, Marion County, Oregon; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

ENGLE, Malvina (1827-1906): m'd 1846 WHITLOCK, Mitchell; buried Miller Cemetery , Silverton, Marion County, Oregon;*3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

ENGLE, Samuel (30 Jan 1831-01 Mar 1902): m'd 16 Nov 1854 DUNIWAY, Nancy Hanna; buried Molalla Memorial Cemetery , Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

ENGLE, Sarah (c1829-1854): m'd  03 Feb 1848 REES, George;  probably died in Clackamas County, Oregon; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

ENGLE, William Styles (1789-1868): m1. 1816 BUTT, Mary; m2. 1824 HAYES, Mrs. Esther Downing;; m3. 1826 CLARK, Martha; m4 1851 ENGLE, Susan; s/o Joseph and Sarah (Edmondson) Engle; buried Miller Cemetery , Silverton, Marion County, Oregon*3 Meek Cutoff

ENGLISH FAMILY RESEARCHER: ENGLISH, Benjamin (1814- ): m'd 1833 DURBIN, Perlina

ENGLISH, Benjamin F. (1842- ):

ENGLISH, Charles (1840- ):

ENGLISH, Daniel (1836- ):

ENGLISH, David (1834- ):

ENGLISH, Delila (1827-1908): m'd 1842 HENDRICKS, William P.

ENGLISH, Hiram (1819-1852): m'd 1846 [], Louisa C.

ENGLISH, Levin Nelson Jr . (1832-1917):

ENGLISH, Levin Nelson Sr. (1788-1876): m1. 1812 TUCKER, Mary; m2. 1851 TATE, Mary

ENGLISH, Malinda (1812- ) : m'd FOSS, Joseph H.

ENGLISH, Malinda Jane (1844- ): m'd 1860 RIGGS, Rolin Benton

ENGLISH, Mary (1842- ): m'd 1856 SNOOKS, Liberty

ENGLISH, Mary Nancy Agnes  (16 Dec 1821-c1875): m1. 24 Sep 1837 MORRIS, Jeremiah (c1815-1844); m2. 11 Jun 1845 BURNETT, Colman; married Coleman Burnett on trail to Oregon; d/o Levin and Mary (Tucker) English

ENGLISH, Nathan (1816-1848): emigrant of 1847.  Not associated with Levin English family as some family histories state.

ENGLISH, Rebecca (1825- ): m'd 1839 SMITH, James Preston; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

ENGLISH, Robert (c1830- ):

ENGLISH, Sarah (1838- ):

ENGLISH, Thisley (1845- ): born while family on trail; female

ENGLISH, Warren (1843- ):

ENGLISH, William (1818-1845): m'd c1839 SPEARS, Rosetta; William died on trail

EUSTICE, Raymond (c1825- ):

EVANS FAMILY RESEARCHER: EVANS, Alexander (c1805-1849): m'd MCKINLEY, Jane

EVANS, Eleanor (c1829- ): m'd 1847 MAUZY, William

EVANS, Elizabeth (1824- ): m1. c1840 DILLON, []; m2. 1845 CENTER, Samuel; *3 Meek Cutoff

EVANS, George:

EVANS, Harvey :

EVANS, Isaac (1831- ): m'd 1851 GIBSON, Elizabeth

EVANS, Joseph (c1836- ):

EVANS, Nancy Jane (1839- ): m'd 1854 WHITCOMB, Levi

EVANS, Sarah (c1842- ): m'd 1857 REEVES, William

EVERTS, Henry :

FANNING, Levi (1809-1888): *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FANNING, Mrs. (1781-1881): *3 widow, believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FANNING, Elizabeth (c1789- ): m'd 1814 LIGGETT, Jonathan; *3 Meek Cutoff

FANNO, Augustus (1804-1884): m1. c1841 FERGUSON, Martha; m2. 1851 DENNY, Rebecca Jane

FARRIER FAMILY RESEARCHER: FARRIER, Ambrose (1841-1901): m'd 1870 FITZGERALD: Sarah A.

FARRIER, Andrew Bird (1838-1920): Never married

FARRIER, Anna (1844-1924): m'd 1858 CROOKS, Aaron H.

FARRIER, Elizabeth (1829-1914): m'd 1848 MCCOY, John

FARRIER, George W . (1833-1883): m'd 1862 ALPHIN, Allie Ann McClain

FARRIER, James David (c1800-c1847): m'd c1830 MICHAEL, Phoebe

FARRIER, Jemima (1835-1906): m'd 1855 UMENHOFFER, William

FARRIER, Phoebe (c1805-1875): m1. c1830 FARRIER, James David; m2. ALLPHIN, William

FARRIER, William (1831-1872): m'd 1854 BROOKS, Ann Elizabeth

FARWELL, Charles :

FARWELL, Richard :

FERGUSON, Martha ( -1846): m'd c1841 FANNO, Augustus

FETTER FAMILY RESEARCHER: [5] FETTER, Mary (1789-06 Aug 1857): m'd 12 Dec 1813 CENTER, Ebenezer; husband died 11 Feb 1835 Edgar County, Illinois, traveled to Oregon with her children and settled in Marion County; was buried on the DLC of her son-in-law, Theophilus Powell in Waldo Hills, Marion County, Oregon (grave has been lost over time); *3 Meek Cutoff

FICKLE, Absalom/Abraham (1780- ): m1. WHITE, Christina; m2. 1838 HOPKINS, Julia Ann

FICKLE, Elizabeth (1809-1880): m'd 1828 HAMPTON, Jacob; *3 Meek Cutoff

FICKLE, Julia Ann (1823-1915): m'd 1840 WILCOX, Ralph; *3 Meek Cutoff

FIELD, James Jr. (c1823-1903); *1: MSS#520 51pp; *3 Meek Cutoff; drived for Capt. J.B. Riggs; wrote one of the major chronicles of the '45 migration

FIELD, Samuel (1824- ): m'd 1850 [], Matilda Jane

FIELDS, Hugh (1828-1901): m1. 1855 YOUNGER, Sidney (1838-1889); m2. 1891 SKILLMAN, Dora; brother of William Fields

"FIELDS, HUGH--Lives at Brownsville, Linn County, engaged in farming and stock-growing. Was born in Grayson County, Virginia, December 28, 1828, and was married May 10, 1855, to Miss Sidney Younger.   Their children Annie and Emma are both deceased." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.636]

FIELDS, William (1833-1862): m'd 1854 BLAKELY, Catherine; brother of Hugh Fields

FINCH, George B. (1825- ): m'd 1873 HUNTER, Lavinia June Mrs.

FINDLEY FAMILY RESEARCHER: FINDLEY, Elizabeth (1805-1874): m'd 1824 GRIFFITH, Elisha Norris

FINDLEY, James "Alexander" (c1828-1848): s/o David Sr. and Janet (Ritchie) Findley; returned to IN in 1846 and returned west in 1847 with family; died near Oregon City in Jan of 1848 of pneumonia

FINDLEY, Joseph S. (1814-1846):

FINDLEY, Margaret (1815-1873): m'd1834 OSBORNE, Josiah; d/o Alex and Nancy Agnes (Ritchie) Findley; survivor of Whitman Massacre of 1847

FINDLEY, William C. (1812- ): m'd BLACKBURN, Maria; wife did not come in 1845; *1: MSS#494 1 Vol

FINDLEY, William Ritchey (1820-1890): m'd 1852 TEMPLETON, Margaret Elizabeth; s/o David Sr. and Janet (Ritchie) Findley; emigrated with brother, James Alexander Findley; returned to IN in 1846 and returned west with family in 1847

FISHER, Ann E liza (12 Sep 1839-11 Feb 1924): m'd 23 Jun 1864Latourette, Lyman David Cornwall [sister's widower]; [some records indicate husband's name was Lyman Dewitt Clinton Latourette] ; d /o Ezra and Lucy (Taft) Fisher; buried Mountain View Cemetery , Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

FISHER, Charles :

FISHER, Ezra Rev . (06 Jan 1800-01 Nov 1874): m1. 07 Feb 1830 TAFT, Lucy; m2. 27 Jun 1854 MILLARD, Mrs. Amelia (AVERY); s/o Aaron and Rebecca (Moore) Fisher; buried in Pioneer Cemetery , The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon

"Pioneer Baptist missionary and teacher, was born in Wendall, Mass., the son of Aaron and Betty (Moore) Fisher.  Educated at Amherst College and Newton Theological Seminary, he was ordained in 1830, and arrived at The Dalles, where he preached his first Oregon sermon, Dec., 1845.  Appointed exploring missionary for Oregon (1851), he was co-founder of Oregon City College; moved to The Dalles (1861), where he preached his last sermon Oct. 18, 1874; Supt. of Schools, Wasco County (1873-74).  He was twice married: (Feb. 7, 1830) to Lucy Taft, by whom he had five children; and (June 27, 1854) to Mrs. Amelia Millard.  He died at The Dalles." [The Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p.85]

FISHER, Ezra Timothy Taft. (05 Feb 1835- 10 Feb 189 ): m'd 27 Dec 1856 STOUT, Hanna Gaylord; s /o Ezra and Lucy (Taft) Fisher; buried Riverside Cemetery , Albany, Linn County, Oregon

FISHER, Francis Wayland (26 May 1848-28 Mar 1901): m'd RASMUSSON, Meta Christine; s /o Ezra and Lucy (Taft) Fisher; buried Mountain View Cemetery , Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

FISHER, Lucy Jane Gray (10 Dec 1831-25 Jan 1864): m. 27 Sep 1851 LATOURETTE, Lyman David Cornwall [some records indicate husband's name was Lyman Dewitt Clinton Latourette]; d/o Ezra and Lucy (Taft) Fisher; buried Mountain View Cemetery , Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

FISHER, Sarah Josephine (05 Sep 1843-25 Nov 1912): m'd 29 Jun 1865 HENDERSON, James Aarchibald; d /o Ezra and Lucy (Taft) Fisher; buried Mountain View Cemetery , Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

FITCH, Samuel (c1819- ):

FITTING, Sarah (1801-1892): m'd 1821 DURBIN, John; *3 Meek Cutoff

FITZGERALD, Sarah Campbell (1792- ): m'd 1817 MILLER, Robert Emmett; *3 Meek Cutoff

FLEMMING, John (1795-1872): *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FLETCHER, William :

FLINT FAMILY RESEARCHER: FLINT, Eugene (1841- ):

FLINT, Isaac A. (1816-1892): m1. c1840 BIGELOW, Sarah E.; m2. 1853 PHINNEY, Emeline L.; Isaac and Sarah Flint had left their eldest son, Eugene, with Sarah's brother, Daniel, in Milwaukee, WI.  The Flints cutoff for California where John Sutter issued Isaac Flint a fianza (permission to remain in California).  They went to Bales' Rancho Carne Humana (near Yountville, still there) where Flint helped build the mill (Bale's Mill) still there and a state historic landmark.  James Clyman records meeting them there in his journal.  After the winter of 1846, Isaac Flint went north to Oregon carrying letters to Fremont from Bale and others seeking to bring him and his company of riflemen back to California to take part in a rebellion against the Mexican government.  Flint stayed in Oregon.  Sarah Flint and their son Purdy left Bale's Rancho for Sonoma.  In 1847 Alcalde Lillburn Boggs filed a notice of abandonment and impending divorce on Sarah Flint's behalf (against Isaac Flint), saying he would grant Sarah a divorce in six weeks.  Sarah was pregnant with James Cooper's child and she married Cooper sometime shortly after the divorce notice (Alcalde or mayor's divorce action was ad hoc and; California territory was officially continuing to use Mexican law and there was no divorce in Mexican California).     Flint wrote a journal of a trip returning to Oregon after a trip down to the California gold fields that is published by University of Mississippi press.  In 1852 Isaac Flint came back down to Sonoma and, according to a WPA oral history, kidnapped Purdy.  Bancroft's history of Oregon says Flint traveled from Oregon in 1852 to Panama, crossed the Isthmus, made his way across the Gulf of Mexico, up the Mississippi and back to Milwaukee where he claimed his other son, Eugene (I'm surmising Eugene was with Sarah's brother who is the only Bigelow family member who remained in Milwaukee, father and brothers returning to Nova Scotia about the same time Sarah and Isaac set out for St. Louis and then West).    Flint's either not knowing Sarah had divorced him, or not accepting the validity of the divorce he had filed for divorce from Sarah in 1851 or 1852 in Oregon.  Isaac married Emeline Phinney while in WI.  Isaac, Emeline, Eugene and Purdy walked back to Oregon.  The Flints settled in Oregon and Flint supported himself as a carpenter and pastored a church.  

FLIPPIN FAMILY RESEARCHER: FLIPPIN, James Allen (1825- ): m'd 1852 PATTON, Jane Amanda; accompanied his uncle Robert Hull; *3 Meek Cutoff;

FLOURNOY, Hoy B . (1793-1871): m'd 26 Jun 1826 BRINGAR, Mary; crossed the plains in 1845; freighted from Stockton to the mines during gold rush; took $10,000 in gold dust to MO which set off a wave of emigration; crossed the plains again in 1853, settling in Douglas Co, OR; it s unclear if family accompanied him in 1845, there are multiple date of emigration for his children (Adeline, Thomas, Paulina, Jones H., Roland H., Mary Jane and Mary Ann); listed at Lookingglass Community Cemetery , Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon

FLOURNOY, Thomas (24 Jun 1824-20 Jan 1891): m1. 21 Oct 1847 NEAL, Elizabeth; m2. 31 Aug 1854 KIFER, Laurentie; s/o Hoy and Mary (Brinegar) Flournoy

FORCE, George W . (1820-1898): m'd 1848 WOLF, Susan

FORD FAMILY RESEARCHER: FORD, Elizabeth Ann (1840- ):

FORD, Fernando C. (1844- ):

FORD, Harriet J. (1826- ): m'd WILLIAMS, []

FORD, Josephine m'd: BOYLE, James Whitten Dr.

FORD, Nancy Missouri (1842- ):

FORD, Sidney S. (1801-1866): m'd 1823 SHAW, Nancy; *2: several black people came with Ford including two men, one woman and some children; Ford settled near Centralia, WA.

FORD, Sidney Jr. (1829- ):

FORD, Thomas J. (1832- ):

FORREST, Cordelia Caroline (1829-1886): m'd 1846 STAATS, Stephen

FORREST, Elizabeth Ellen (1838-1888): m'd 1855 DAY, Jesse N.

FORREST, John M . (1808-1865): m'd 1827 RHEA, Anna Bell

FORREST, John Randolph (1838-1912): m'd 1867 HUTTON, Julia M.

FORREST, Lewis Cass (1834-1897): *2: never married

FORREST, Martha Ann (1844-1897): m'd 1859 DAY, Nicholas F.

FORREST, Moses B . (1827-1858): m'd 1855 NELY, Madelia

FORREST, Richard A. (1832-1877): m'd 1856 ASLONE, Martha

FORREST, Sarah Jane (1835-1917): m'd 1850 JEFFREYS, Woodson

FORREST, William Harrison (1842- ): m'd 1867 DODSON, Martha

FORRESTER, Ellen Jane m'd: ,

FORRESTER, Thomas m'd: ,

FOSS FAMILY RESEARCHER: FOSS, George (1840- ): s/o Joseph and Malinda (English) Foss

FOSS, John (1838- ): s/o Joseph and Malinda (English) Foss

FOSS, Joseph H . (1809- ): m'd 1830 ENGLISH, Malinda

FOSS, Margaret Ann (1844- ): m'd 1859 SCOTT, William P.; d/o Joseph and Malinda (English) Foss

FOSS, William Hartfellers (1833-1914): m1. 1857 SHIRTS, Rhoda E.; m2. []; m3. []; m4. []; s/o Joseph and Malinda (English) Foss

FOSTER, Ambrose D. (1816-1860): m'd 03 Feb 1836 REDDIN, Zerrelda Emmemine; s/o Rev.John and Nancy Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, Andrew (1789-1865): m'd 29 Dec 1817 SMITH, Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, Catherine M. (c1829-c1851): m'd bef 1847 ARTHUR, Robert;  d/o Rev. John and Nancy Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff ;

FOSTER, Isaac (1829-1856): s/o Andrew and Elizabeth (Smith) Foster;

FOSTER, Isaac M. (1819-1893): m'd 25 Aug 1849 BEAUCHAMP, Letha J.; s/o Rev. John and Nancy Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff; Catherine Foster, the daughter of Isaac married 1866 Frederick Severs and her information is sometimes confused with that of her aunt listed above

FOSTER, James: (c1827- ): s/o Rev. John and Nancy Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, James (1828-1909): m'd Dec 1849 CURRIER, Elizabeth; s/o Andrew and Elizabeth (Smith) Foster; *3 Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, John (1822-c1899): m1. 20 Jun 1846 LLOYD, Mary; s/o Andrew and Elizabeth (Smith) Foster; *3 Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, John (Rev) (1792-1868): m'd 15 Aug 1814 [   ], Nancy m2. BUCHANAN, Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, John T . (1822-1901): m'd Nov 1848 BEAUCHAMP, Adeline; s/o Rev. John and Nancy Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, Mariah (1834-1859): m'd 1850 CURRIER, Jacob Manly;  s/o Andrew and Elizabeth (Smith) Foster

FOSTER, Martha Ann (1841- ): m'd 1858 PEDIGO, Henry/James; d/o Ambrose and Zerrelda (Reddin) Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, Mary Jane (1844- ): m'd 1863 SHARROCK, George W.; d/o Ambrose and Zerrelda (Reddin) Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, Melissa Elizabeth (1823-1894): m'd 09 Mar1845 WHEELER, Solomon; d/o Rev. John and Nancy Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, Nancy (c1797-1870): m'd FOSTER, Rev John; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, Nancy Elizabeth (1837- ): d/o Ambrose and Zerrelda (Reddin) Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, Reason Savage (1818-1908): m1. 1846 MARTIN, Eliza Jane (divorced 1847); m2. 16 Aug 1848 NOLAND, Margaret; *3 Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, Thomas W . (1833- ): s/o Rev John and Nancy Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOSTER, William G . (1830- ): m'd 1853 [], Cynthia A.; s/o Rev. John and Nancy Foster; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

FOWLER, B .:

FRAZIER FAMILY RESEARCHER: FRAZIER, George E. (1824- )

FRAZIER, William : originally emigrant of 1843 who apparently returned east and emigrated again in 1845

FROST, Mr . ? m'd: ,

FRYER, Absalom H. (1814- ): m'd 1838 MCCULLOCH, Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

FRYER, John J. (c1841- ): *3 Meek Cutoff

FRYER, Martha J . (1845- ): born enroute to Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

FRYER, Mary A. (c1839- ): *3 Meek Cutoff

FRYER, Thomas J. (c1843-1933 ): *3 Meek Cutoff

FULLER, Abigail m'd: ,

FULLER, Arnold Wesley (1802-1875): m1. c1823 GREENE, Sarah; m2. 1848 LEWIS, Maryanne; *3 Meek Cutoff

FULLER, Dyer (1842- ): *3 Meek Cutoff

FULLER, Henry (1829- ): m'd 1850 WILLIAMS, Malissa Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff

FULLER, Jasper (1836- ): *3 Meek Cutoff

FULLER, Malinda (1827-1887): m'd 1846 KING, Amos N.; *3 Meek Cutoff

FULLER, Marion (1840- ): *3 Meek Cutoff

FULLER, Price (1826- ): m1. 1846 KING, Abigail; m2. MCMANN, Martha; *3 Meek Cutoff

FULLER, Samuel (1832- ): m'd 1853 CARLIN, Ellen Jane; *3 Meek Cutoff

FULLER, Tabitha (c1824-1845): died enroute to Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

FULTON, William (1807- ):

GAINES, Albert Pendleton (1810-1895): m'd 1839 BARLOW, Sarah; *7:

GAINES, Amanda Susannah (1840- ): m'd RHINEHART, [] *7:

GAINES, Jennie Clarissa (1842-1922): m'd 1864 CURREY, George Byron; *7:

GAINES, Samuel Lee (1844- ): *7:

GALLAHER, Elmore (1828-1856): m'd SNYDER, Harriet

GALLAHER, James Jackson (1842-1911):  James was born 12 Jun 1842 and died 22 May 1911; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, WA

GALLAHER, Joseph M . (1833- ): m'd 1857 KEES, Mary Ann

GALLAHER, Mary J. (1838- ): m'd 1854 RICHARDSON, Andrew

GALLAHER, Morgan Kees (1844-1863): Morgan was born 09 Aug 1844 and died 26 Jul 1863; buried Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery, Lebanon, Linn County, OR; s/o William and Sarah (Kees) Gallaher

GALLAHER, Oliver C. (1830-1916): m'd 1861 MEALY, Mary E.; Oliver was born 15 Dec 1830 and died 02 May 1916; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, WA

GALLAHER, Thomas Jefferson (1840-1893): m'd 1865 JUNKIN, Rebecca Elizabeth

GALLAHER, William C. Jr. (1835-1915):

GALLAHER, William Crawford (1803-1877): m1. 07 Aug 1827 KEES, Sarah Amy; m2. 1856 MCCOY, Lydia;  William was born 22 Dec 1803 and died 27 Jun 1877 Linn County, OR; buried  Rosehill Cemetery, Buroker, Walla Walla County, WA

GANT, Reuben (1818-1916): m1. 1846 GOODRICH, Nancy; m2. 1892 SPEEDIE, Elizabeth Jane

GARRISON, Lewis (1845-1912): m'd 1871 TONEY, Abby

GARRISON, Nancy Ann (1842- ): m'd 1861 HEMBREE, Wayman Clark

GARRISON, Pliney Crynes (1818-1849): m'd 1839 ROGERS, Martha Ellen

GEER, Joseph Carey Jr. (01 Feb 1825-12 Jan 1909): m;d 01 May 1867 TEVENAR, Clara; s/o Joseph and Mary (Johnson) Geer Sr; parents and siblings emigrated in 1846 and 1847; drove wagon for Samuel Barlow; some list him on Meek Cutoff  but if he stayed with Samuel Barlow he would not have been on the cutoff

GEORGE, Abel (1825- ): m'd 1848 THURSTON, Elizabeth

GESNER, Alonzo (1842-1912): m'd 14 Oct 1875NEAL, Rhoda W.; born 02 Mar 1842 Cole County, IL and died 06 May 1912 Salem, Marion County, OR; s/o Reuben and Mary (Bailey) Gesner; buried Salem Pioneer Cemetery , Salem, Marion County, OR;*3 Meek Cutoff

GESNER, Mary Elizabeth (1843-1859): never married; born 05 Mar 1843 Cole County, MO and died 26 Jan 1859 Brownsville, Linn County, OR; buried White Cemetery, Harrisburg, Linn County, OR; *3 Meek Cutoff

GESNER, Reuben Alonzo (1814-1888): m'd 1841 BAILEY, Mary; born 17 May 1814 New York and died 26 Mar 1888 Salem, Marion County, OR; buried Salem Pioneer Cemetery , Salem, Marion County, OR; *3 Meek Cutoff

GIBBS, John (c1819- ):

GIBSON, Margaret (1798-1850): m'd c1812 EARL, Joseph Sr.

GILDEA, William Brown (1820-1846):

GILLETTE, Joel H. : *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

GILMORE, C . m'd: ,

GLASGOW FAMILY RESEARCHER: GLASGOW, Thomas W . (1825-c1878): m1. c1847 PATKANIM, Julia; d/o Indian Chief Patkanim]; m2. c1859 HORN, Ellen; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff; later returned east

GLASER, William : *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

GLENN, Mahala (1824-1905): m'd 1843 WILKES, Archibald G.

GODFREY, Robert (c1822- ): m'd 1855 LANE, Frances

GOODRICH FAMILY RESEARCHER: GOODRICH, Carmi (1792-1860): m1. TOLBERT, Rachel; m2. 1820 HALL, Margaret Thompson "Peggy"

GOODRICH, Carmi (1838- ): m'd 1861 MATHENY, Melissa

GOODRICH, Harriet (1836-1893): m'd 1856 CHARLTON, Joseph J.

GOODRICH, Henry (1821- ):

GOODRICH, Irene (1831- ): m'd ZUMWALT, Christopher

GOODRICH, John (1843- ): m'd ADDY, Elizabeth

GOODRICH, Lydia Ann (1834- ): m'd WORDEN, G.W.

GOODRICH, Nancy (1827-1865): m'd 1846 GANT, Reuben

GOODRICH, Sarah/Sally Ann (1829- ):

GOODRICH, William (1825-1894): m1. 1851 CLARK, Rachel; m2. 1854 BARNES, Sarah

GREEN, Mary (1809-1890): m1. 1828 SCOGGIN, Woodson; m2. 1845 CHAMBERS, James Washington

GREENE, Sarah ( -1845): m'd 1823 FULLER, Arnold Wesley; *2: Sarah died enroute to Oregon in Kansas Territory

GORDON FAMILY RESEARCHER: GORDON, Eliza (1831- ): d/o Hugh and Jane (Hicklin) Gordon

GORDON, Harvey (1828- ): s/o Hugh and Jane (Hicklin) Gordon

GORDON, Hugh : m'd 1827 HICKLIN, Jane

GORDON, James (1832- ): s/o Hugh and Jane (Hicklin) Gordon

GORE, Adeline (1839- ):

GORE, Henry (1842- ):

GORE, J.B. :

GORE, Jane (1845- ): born enroute to Oregon

GORE, William B. (1811-1894): m'd 1837 MORGAN, Margaret

GOULDER, William A. ; *3 Meek Cutoff

GRAHAM, Thomas :

GRANT, [this may actually be GANT]

GRAZER, Jacob (1825-1886): m'd 1852 GRIFFIN, Lucy; listed in Brazen Overlanders of 1845 and Genealogical Material in Donation Land Claims as emigrant to Oregon but he did not arrived in US from Germany until 1847.  The abstract of Donation Land Claims may have been a misreading of his year of arrival due to difficult-to-read documents and was then carried forward into other sources.  A biography mentioning one of his daughters and his obituary both state he was a pioneer of 1849.

GREENE, Mary ( 11 Aug 1809-21 Mar 1890): m1. 1828 SCOGGIN, Woodson Avery; m2. 09 Mar 1845 CHAMBERS, James, buried Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon

GREENWOOD, Caleb m'd: ,

GREGSON, James (1822- ): m'd 1843 MARSHALL, Elizabeth

GRIFFITH, Calvin C. (1828-1907): m'd 1855 LENSIBAUGH, Lydia

GRIFFITH, Delilah Elizabeth (1839-1911): m1. 1858 BARRETT, Richard Adam;m2. 1885 REUTER, Edward

GRIFFITH, Elisha Emory West (1841- ): m'd 1861 STOUT, Sarah Ann

GRIFFITH, Elisha Norris (1803-1871): m'd 1824 FINDLEY, Elizabeth

GRIFFITH, Frances (c1832- ): m'd HUDSON, David

GRIFFITH, James A. (c1805-1868): m'd c1826 ROGERS, Elizabeth

GRIFFITH, James Marion (1843-1936): m1. 1869 MILLER, Martha McCallister; m2. 1930 CLARK, Elizabeth Brown

GRIFFITH, Mary (c1834- ):

GRIFFITH, Mary Melvina (1836- ): m1. 1859 COUYE, John B.; m2. WATERS, []

GRIFFITH, Nancy (c1830- ): m'd c1846 TAYLOR, W.E.

GRIFFITH, Sarah Ann Isobelle (1832-1916): m'd 1848 HAWKS, William

GRIFFITH, William Norris (1825-1901): m'd 1850 SPORES, Nancy

GRIGSBY, Angeline (c1830- ): m'd EDGINGTON, William

GRIGSBY, Calily (c1833- ): [*2: male]

GRIGSBY, Franklin F. (c1822- ):

GRIGSBY, Grandville W. (c1829- ):

GRIGSBY, John (1806-1876):

GRIGSBY, John N. (c1831- ):

GRIGSBY, Mary J . (c1835- ):

GRIGSBY, Nancy A . (c1841- ):

GRIGSBY, Sylvester (c1837- ):

GRIGSBY, Wiley (c1839- ):

GRIMES, Amelia (1802-1886): m'd 1820 WELCH, Abraham; d/o Joshua and Eleanor Grimes

GROOM, Cynthia Ann (1804-1887): m'd 1824 HALL, James Elliott; *3 Meek Cutoff

GROUNDS, Basil (c1827- ):

GROVER, Caleb M. (1818- ):

HACKLAND, Croft :

HACKLEMAN, Abner (1802-1846): m'd: 1824 LINES, Elizabeth; led a wagon train to Oregon in 1845, returned to Iowa in 1846 to get his family and died there 30 Oct 1846. His son, Abram, then came to Oregon in 1847.

HAGEY, Eliza (1845- ): d/o Mathias and Sarah (Dehaven) Hagey

HAGEY, Mathias (1822-1892): m'd 1844 DEHAVEN, Sarah Ann; s/o Andrew and Catherine (Grimes) Hagey

HAIGHT, Silas m'd: ,

HAKE, William:

HALE, Milton (06 Sep 1821-14 Dec 1911): m'd Jan 1842 BROWN, Susannah H.; s/o William and Sarah (Borders) Hale

"HALE, MILTON--Born in Mercer County, Kentucky, September 6, 1821. Was the first settler in Linn County, on the Santiam River, and built the first ferry on that stream said ferry being now owned by Ashby Pierce. He is now a farmer by occupation, and lives near Albany. Married Miss Susanna Brown in 1843, by whom he has had eleven children, only four of whom are alive." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.636]

HALE, Sarah Ann (13 Sep 1843-1852): d/o Milton and Susannah H. (Brown) Hale 

HALL FAMILY RESEARCHER: HALL, Adeline Eglentine (1834-1913): m1. 1849 VAUGHN, Andrew J.; m2. 1855 HERREN, Noah F.; d/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Albert Galetain Wilson (1836-1853): s/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Allen Whitchal (c1829- ): m'd c1863 IMBLER, Frances; s/o Lawrence and Lucy (White) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Amanda Malvina Fitzallen (1828-1916): m'd 1847 REES, Willard Hall; d/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, America Francis (1841-1899): m'd 1856 REES, McDonough Bainbridge; d/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Benjamin Franklin (1826-1904): m'd 1854 JOHNSON, Mary Ann; s/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Berryman (c1835- ): s/o Lawrence and Lucy (White) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, David (c1831- ): s/o Lawrence and Lucy (White) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Elisha (1845-1845): died in the Cascades; d/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Florinda Davidson (1832- ): m1. 1848 LAWTON, George; m2. 1857 PUGH, William Porter; d/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, George (c1839- ): s/o Lawrence and Lucy (White) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, James (c1841- ): s/o Lawrence and Lucy (White) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, James Elliott (1798-1870): m'd 1824 GROOM, Cynthia Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, James Christopher Columbus (1838-1915): m'd 1866 GARRISON, Mary Elizabeth; s/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, John B. (1827- ): m'd 1846 TARBOT, Mary L.; s/o Lawrence and Lucy (White) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, John H. :

HALL, Lawrence Gray (1800-1867): m'd  19 Sep1822 WHITE, Lucy Davidson; *3 Meek Cutoff ; b. 14 Mar 1800 Bourbon County, Kentucky, died 11 Feb 1867 Portland, Oregon; married in Monroe County, Kentucky 19 Sep 1822; settled Beaverton, Oregon; Cedar Mills News

HALL, Lucy Jane (1832-1925): m'd 1849 BENNETT, William H.; d/o Lawrence and Lucy (White) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Margaret Thompson "Peggy" (1802-1866): m. 1820 GOODRICH, Carmi

HALL, Mary E. (c1837- ): m'd 1873 ELLIS, D.W.; d/o Lawrence and Lucy (White) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Nancy Evaline (1830-1905): m'd 1847 HERREN, William J.; d/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, Washington:

HALL, William C. (1843-1857): s/o James and Cynthia (Groom) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HALL, William F . (1825- ): m'd 1849 BEAUCHAMP, Susanna R.; s/o Lawrence and Lucy (White) Hall; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMILTON, Adam Smith (1832-1925): m1. 1854 INGRAM, Melissa Jane; m2. 1865 FOUNTAIN, Elizabeth Ann Hays; s/o Robert and Rebecca (Wilson) Hamilton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMILTON, Harriet (1834- ): m'd 1850 MATHENY, Adam; d/o Robert and Rebecca (Wilson) Hamilton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMILTON, Henry Bordean (1844- ): s/o Robert and Rebecca (Wilson) Hamilton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMILTON, James Preston (1840- ): s/o Robert and Rebecca (Wilson) Hamilton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMILTON, Martha Alean (1838- ): not in 1850 census; d/o Robert and Rebecca (Wilson) Hamilton; may not have accompanied family in 1845

HAMILTON, Mary Jane (1830- ): not in 1850 census d/o Robert and Rebecca (Wilson) Hamilton; may not have accompanied family in 1845

HAMILTON, Rebecca Jane (1839-1918): m'd 1857 THOMPSON, David; d/o Robert and Rebecca (Wilson) Hamilton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMILTON, Robert Wilson (1805-1880): m'd 1829 SMITH, Rebecca; *3 Meek Cutoff ; died 29 Jun 1880 Lane County, Oregon

HAMILTON, William (c1813-1851): m'd TAYLOR, Melissa

HAMILTON, William Porter (1836- ): s/o Robert and Rebecca (Wilson) Hamilton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMPTON, Andrew Jackson (1844-1907): m'd SMITH, Frances Elizabeth s/o John and Elizabeth (Fickle) Hampton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMPTON, Elizabeth (1835-1923): m'd 1851 RIGGS, Milton S. d/o John and Elizabeth (Fickle) Hampton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMPTON, James F . (1833- ): s/o John and Elizabeth (Fickle) Hampton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMPTON, Jesse (1824- ): m'd 1854 ARNOLD, Hester Ann

HAMPTON, Jesse Green (1840-1907): never married s/o John and Elizabeth (Fickle) Hampton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMPTON, John Douglas (1831-1899): m'd 1854 MOORE, Mary Eleanor s/o John and Elizabeth (Fickle) Hampton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMPTON, John Jacob (1804-1882): m'd 1828 FICKLE, Elizabeth; settled in Yamhill county before moving to Lake Co and then to Lane Co; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMPTON, Liliburn (c1829-1847): d/o John and Elizabeth (Fickle) Hampton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMPTON, Mary A. (1838-1859): m'd 1855 CALDWELL, Stanley Alexander d/o John and Elizabeth (Fickle) Hampton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HAMPTON, Ralph (c1842- ): died young; may have died before emigration d/o John and Elizabeth (Fickle) Hampton; *3 Meek Cutoff

HANCOCK, Samuel (1819-1883): m'd 1854 CROCKET, Susan; *3 Meek Cutoff; settled Whidbey Island, WA

HANNAH, Adolphes "Dolph" Brice (1822- ): m'd 1874 Wilcox (STEWART), Kate E; wagon driver for the wife of General McCarver, went to Puget Sound in 1847; to the CA gold fields in 1848 where he used $3500 in gold dust to start a warehouse in Sacramento, elected sheriff in Sacramento; fought in Indian War of 1855; elected to Oregon legislature in 1858; was US Marshall in 1860 per Jon Ridgeway

HARDISON FAMILY RESEARCHER: HARDISON, Amanda Melvina (1831- ): m'd 1849 THESSING, John

HARDISON, Angelo (1841- ):

HARDISON, Gabriel (1802-1867): m'd 1824 SLATER, Barbara

HARDISON, John David Shield (1827- ):

HARDISON, Mary Jane (1843- ): m'd MCFARLAND, Rev.

HARDISON, Melissa Permelia (1836-1918): m1. 1851 LOCKE, Harrison P.; m2. MASTERSON, James; d/o Gabriel and Barbara (Slater) Hardison

HARDISON, Peter Slater (1839- ): m'd 1867 MILLER, E.J.

HARDISON, Sylvester (1833- ):

HARDISON, Walton Mortime r (1829-1897): m'd 1858 CHAMBERS, Marietta

HARPER, Edward :

HARRIS, Eliza (1832-1845): died on Meek Cutoff of mountain fever; d/o Phillip and Sarah (Taylor) Harris; *3 Meek Cutoff

HARRIS, Eliza Shepherd (1808-1878): m'd 1826 JOHNSON, Hezekiah Rev.; d/o Oliver Harris who was one of the first familys to settle in the Highland County, OH area;  a copy of a diary written by Oliver Harris can be seen at Highland County,OH .  

HARRIS, Ellen (1845- ): m'd 1861 ROWELL, Zibbie; m2. ROSS, []; born in Rocky Mtns.; d/o Phillip and Sarah (Taylor) Harris; *3 Meek Cutoff

HARRIS, Jane (1830-1857): m'd 1843 JOHNSON, Hiram; *3 Meek Cutoff

HARRIS, John: *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HARRIS, Leonard W . (1814-1890): m'd 1851 CUNNINGHAM, Sarah R.; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HARRIS, Mary E .: *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HARRIS, Phillip Ingersol (1808-1892): m'd 1827 TAYLOR, Sarah; *3 Meek Cutoff

HARRIS, Rhoda A. (1843-1936): m1. RICHARDSON, []; m2. BOTHWELL, James; d/o Phillip and Sarah (Taylor) Harris; *3 Meek Cutoff

HARRIS, Stephen Morton (1841-1923): m1. SHATTUCK, Virginia; m2. SLAUGHTER, Mary; s/o Phillip and Sarah (Taylor) Harris; *3 Meek Cutoff

HARRIS, William Melvin (1835- ): died in eastern Oregon while prospecting; s/o Phillip and Sarah (Taylor) Harris; *3 Meek Cutoff

HARRISON, Elizabeth (27 Oct 1828-04 Mar 1896): m'd 08 Apr 1845 CHAMBERS, David Jefferson; settled Pierce County, Washington; buried Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum , Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington

HARRISON, William Rev. ( -1845): drowned at The Dalles

HARRITT FAMILY RESEARCHER: HARRITT, Jesse (1818-1888): m'd 1846 LEWIS, Julia Franklin; *3 Meek Cutoff; *1: MSS#947 16pp

"HARRITT, JESSE--Born in Indiana in 1818. Started for Oregon in 1844, went as far west as the Mississippi River and laid over until the next year, when he completed his travels. Went to Polk County the year of his arrival. Made an excursion to California in 1848 but returned to Oregon in the succeeding year. Has resided in Polk County ever since. Occupation, farming. Lives two miles from Salem on his old donation claim. Married Miss Julia F. Lewis in 1846. Children John W., Caroline A., Byron W., and Elmer E." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.636]

HART, Harrison B. (1818-1899): never married; s/o Thomas and Nancy (Bain) Hart

HART, John P . (1844-1924): m1. MORRISON, Sarah J.; m2.  SHAW, Mary Elizabeth; died in Pacific County, Washington;  s/o Thomas and Mary (Thompson) Hart

HART, Mary (c1840- ): m'd LEWIS, Benjamin F.; d/o Thomas and Mary (Thompson) Hart

HART, Sarah J . (c1842-1872): m'd RIGGS, Green Berry;  d/o Thomas and Mary (Thompson) Hart

HART, Thomas B . (c1843-1884): listed as insane in several of census records; died at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Marion County, Oregon;  s/o Thomas and Mary (Thompson) Hart

HART, Thomas (1788-1874): m1. 09 Jan 1812 BAIN, Nancy (-c1828); m2. 14 May 1829 THOMPSON, Mary (c1804-c1849): m3. 20 Nov 1851 RIGGS, Rachel

HARVEY FAMILY RESEARCHER: HARVEY, Amos (1789-1877): m'd c1832 RAMAGE, Jane H.

"HARVEY, AMOS--Born in Pennsylvania, March 29, 1799; was of Quaker extraction, and was reared in the State of his nativity. Came to Oregon and settled on the present site of Portland, but afterwards removed to Yamhill and then to Polk County, where he took a donation land claim. Married in Pennsylvania to Jane Ramage, by whom he had a large family, four children still surviving. These are- Eleanor (Mrs. Denny), James (now in Eastern Oregon), Mary (Mrs. Robbins), and Jane (Mrs. Kelty). The mother died in 1866, and Mr. Harvey followed her in 1877."   [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.636]

HARVEY, Eleanor (1838-1922): m'd DENNEY, Robert W.

HARVEY, James R . (1840-1922): m'd 1868 BURNETTE, Florence M.

HARVEY, Job E. (1833- ): m'd 1854 [], Ellen

HARVEY, Mary Margaret (1845-1931): m'd 1864 ROBBINS, J.H.

HARVEY, Sarah E. (c1836-1867): m'd 1855 KELTY, John D.

HARVEY, Sidney (1843- ):

HASKELL, Susan G. : m'd 1820 IDE, William Brown

HAWK, William m'd: ,

HAWKINS FAMILY RESEARCHER : HAWKINS, America (c1832- ): d/o Henry and Martha (Crofton) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Edward H. (1842-): m1. 1866 NORTON, Susan C.; m2. 1882 TAYLOR, Mary; s/o Zachariah and Nancy (White) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Elizabeth (c1835- ): m'd 1853 WILKES, Jessie C. d/o Henry and Martha (Crofton) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Henry (1790-1878): m1. 1810 CROFTON, Martha "Patsy"; m2. 1857 [], Elizabeth; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Henry Jr .: s/o Henry and Martha (Crofton) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Laura (1840-1845): died enroute to Oregon d/o Zachariah and Nancy (White) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Martha : m'd BOON, John D.

HAWKINS, Martha (1837-1893): m'd 1851 PYBURN, Frank; d/o Zachariah and Nancy (White) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Mary J. (1835-1870): m'd 1850 WHEELER, James; d/o Zachariah and Nancy (White) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Nancy (c1828- ): m'd 1846 JUDSON, Lewis Hubbell d/o Henry and Martha (Crofton) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Nancy (1844-1885): m1. FORD, James; m2. 1875 WIGGLE, Peter; d/o Zachariah and Nancy (White) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Samuel Simpson (1833-1907): m'd 1858 CAHOON, Cynthia; s/o Zachariah and Nancy (White) Hawkins; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HAWKINS, Susan (c1812-c1873): m'd 1835 STROUD, David D.

HAWKINS, Zachariah (1812-1845): m'd 1832 WHITE, Nancy; s/o Henry and Martha (Crofton) Hawkins; one story relates that he was believed to have been killed by Indians near Glenns Ferry, ID while out hunting with George Hinshaw, however, the diary of   Claiborne Campbell Walker diary states that on Aug 27 Hawkins with sick with cold on lungs, by the next day he was worse and expected to die.  The notation of Aug 29 states that Z. Hawkins died 20 minutes after 7:00 leaving a wife and 5 children.

HAWKS, William (1824- ): m'd 1848 GRIFFITH, Sarah Ann Isobelle

HELM, Asbury Coke (1845-1901): m1. 1868 PAYTON, Josephine; m2. 1879 PAYTON, Belle A.; s/o William and Martha (Scoggin) Helm; *3 Meek Cutoff

HELM, Dillard :

HELM, George Waller (1825-1902): m1. 1846 HENDERSON, Julia Ann; m2. 1866 KELSEY, Miranda G.; s/o William and Martha (Scoggin) Helm; *3 Meek Cutoff

HELM, John Wesley (1829-1849): m'd 1847 PETERSON, Sarah S. s/o William and Martha (Scoggin) Helm; *3 Meek Cutoff

HELM, Joseph Benson (1836-1857): m'd 1857 SNIDER, Harriet M. Mrs. s/o William and Martha (Scoggin) Helm; *3 Meek Cutoff

HELM, Mary Jane (1842-1923): m'd 1860 CARTWRIGHT, John C. d/o William and Martha (Scoggin) Helm; *3 Meek Cutoff

HELM, Richard Watson (1839-1927): m'd 1864 BARGER, Eliza s/o William and Martha (Scoggin) Helm; *3 Meek Cutoff

HELM, William F. Rev. (1800-1890): m'd 1824 SCOGGAN, Martha Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff

HELM, William Fletcher (1834-1914): m'd 1855 SAGER, Elizabeth Marie s/o William and Martha (Scoggin) Helm; *3 Meek Cutoff

HELMICK, Henry (1822-1877):  m'd 1845 STEEPRO, Sarah; s/o Adolph and Katherine (Tackenberg) Helmig; buried Fircrest Cemetery, Polk Co; name also seen as HELMIG

"HELMICK, HENRY--Born in Pennsylvania in 1832;came to Oregon and settled in Washington County. Present residence, Monmouth, Polk County, and occupation farming and stock-raising. He married Sarah Steepson in Iowa in 1845, and their children s names are Lewis, James, Harmon, Mary C., and William H. When Mr. Helmick arrived in Oregon, he, with a company of others, came down the Columbia River on a raft, which also contained all their goods.   The raft was wrecked at the Cascades and one man was drowned and all their property lost." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.637]

HENDERSON, Alvin Musette (1836-1909): Never married; s/o James and Nancy (Hughart) Henderson; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, James Oden (1829-1865): m'd 1851 MOORE, Martha E. "Patsy"; s/o James and Nancy (Hughart) Henderson; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, Jesse Cloyd (1802-1867): m1. 1827 HUGHART, Nancy [divorced 1843 MO]; m2. 1846 MOORE, Elizabeth Mrs. [widow of Alfred Moore]; m3. 1857 RANSOM, Nancy Mrs.; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, Joseph (1815- ): m'd 1841 HOLMAN, Nancy; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, Julia Ann (1830-1891): m1. 1846 HELM, George Waulor; m2. 1864 HACK, Truman L.; d/o James and Nancy (Hughart) Henderson; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, Margaret J. (1833-1917): m'd BEAN, James Riley; d/o James and Nancy (Hughart) Henderson; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, Martha "Anna " (1808-1846): m'd 1827 HUGHERT, Joseph T.

HENDERSON, Martha Frances "Frankie" (1840-1915): m'd 1857 COLLARD, John Joseph; s/o James and Nancy (Hughart) Henderson; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, Mary Ellen (1831-1869): m'd 1848 ROGERS, James William; d/o James and Nancy (Hughart) Henderson; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, Nancy Elizabeth (1838-1873): m'd 1856 FOSTER, James Barber d/o James and Nancy (Hughart) Henderson; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, Oliver Perry (1843-1939): m'd 1872 SMITH, Mary; s/o Joseph and Nancy (Holman) Henderson; *3 Meek Cutoff

HENDERSON, William ( -1845):

HENDERSON, William (c1814- ):

HENDRICKS, Francis (1845- ): born while crossing plains

HENDRICKS, James (1843- ):

HENDRICKS, William P. (1816- ): m'd 1842 ENGLISH, Delila

HENDRICSON, William Firman (1824- ): m1. 1848 JACKSON, Sarah

HENNING, Charles W. (1823- ): *3 name appears in diary of prospector A.S. McClure as person who had come through in 1845;

HEPPAS, Jemima ( -1845): m'd STEPHENS, Emmor Jefferson Sr.; Jemima died on the Platte River in NE

HERBERT, Adam (1838- ):

HERBERT, Amos (1840- ):

HERBERT, George Fry (1815-c1868): m'd 1837 [], Elizabeth A.

HERBERT, George W . (1830- ):

HERBERT, James C. (1845- ):

HERBERT, Joshua (1801-1851): m'd 1829 SMITH, Elizabeth

HERBERT, William H. (1842- ): m'd 1865 COON, Mary E.

HERMAN, Jacob :

HERREN FAMILY RESEARCHER: HERREN, Berthia B. (1827-1862): m'd 1846 CLARK, Daniel; d/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, Daniel G . (1824-1908): m'd 1854 WESTFALL, Rebecca C.; *3 Meek Cutoff; nephew of John Herren

HERREN, Daniel S. (1829- ): m'd 1852 CATON, Susan Sebena; s/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, Elizabeth C. (1845- ): m'd 1865 HASTY, John A.; s/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, James R. (1842- ): m'd MCCULLOCH, Amanda s/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, John C. (1828- ): m'd 1853 SHARP, Elizabeth; s/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, John Daniel (1799-1864) : m'd 1822 ROBBINS, Theodocia Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff; *1: MSS#224 4pp

HERREN, Levi M . (1835- ): m'd 1860 MATHEWS, Martha Ellen E.; s/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, Martha Ann (1837- ): m'd 1853 CATON, Nathan T.; d/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, Mary Jane (1831- ): m'd 1851 KEIZUR, John Brooks; d/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, Noah Fowler (1833- ): m'd 1855 HALL, Adeline Eglentine; s/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, Perry L. (1840- ): m'd 1858 HAVIRD, Selvinia Ann; s/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, Susannah Rush (1826-1906): m'd 1841 WALLACE, William T.; d/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

HERREN, William Jackson (1824-1891): m'd 1847 HALL, Nancy Evaline; s/o John and Theodocia (Robbins) Herren; *3 Meek Cutoff

"HERREN, W.J.-- Born in Henry County, Kentucky, January 17, 1824; came to Oregon in 1845, settling in Marion County. Present residence, Salem; occupation, manager of the Salem flouring mill company. Married, in 1847, Evelina Hall, by whom he had David, Bertha (deceased), Albert, George, Willard, and Edward. Mr. Herren, in 1875, built the Farmers1 Warehouse and managed it until 1882 when it was sold to the present flouring mill company. He has held several public offices, and has been a man of note for many years." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.637]

HESS, Daniel (c1829-1878): m'd 1853 LEE, Phebe Catherine

"HESS, DANIEL--Born in Kentucky in 1829; came to the Pacific coast in 1845, and lived in California until coming to Oregon. He then settled at East Chehalein, Washington County, and was employed as a farmer and mechanic until his death, which occurred in 1878. He married Catherine Lee in 1853, and she now lives at Dundee, Yamhill County. Their children s names are Samuel, Mrs. L. Hess, Eugene L., John F., William F., Mrs. P. I. Martin, Alice and Ada F." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.695-6]

HESS, James (1842- ): m'd 1878 BRANSON, Alice

HESS, John Henry (1802-1873): m'd 1831 MILLER, Sibbie

HESS, John J. (1836-c1870): m1. DUVAL, Sarah Susan

HESS, Minerva (1845- ): m'd 1858 OLDS, Eli

HESS, Nancy (c1832- ): m1. 1846 CHAMBERLAIN, John; m2. 1847 LAYFIELD, David; m3. SIMPSON, []

HESS, William (1834- ): m'd 1858 OLDS, Elzenia

HERRICK, Byron B. (1828- ): m'd STANLEY, Elizabeth

HIBBERT, William (1822-1847):

HIBBARD, Elizabeth (1820-1902): m'd 1839 PHILLIPS, John; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HICKLIN, Jane (1801- ): m'd 1827 GORDON, Hugh; name also shown as Heckling

HILDEBRAND, Paul (1823-1895): m'd 1846 TETHEROW, Evaline; *3 Meek Cutoff

"HILTIBRAND, PAUL--Born in Adams County, Ohio June 7, 1823; moved to Kentucky in 1832, to Missouri in 1842. -Then came to Oregon and settled in Luckiamute Valley, where he still lives, and his occupation is farming and stock-raising. He married Evaline Tetherow, in Polk County, Oregon, in 1846, and their children's names are Lavenia, Iba E., James, and John W." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.637]

HINSHAW FAMILY RESEARCHERS: HINSHAW, George (c1815-1845): unmarried; s/o Elias and Sarah (Williams) Hinshaw; killed by Indians near Glenns Ferry, ID; found by brother after he did not return from hunting trip with a friend, he had been scalped and tortured;  his friend (believed to be Zachariah Hawkins) was never found

HINSHAW, Isaac (1813-1873): m1. 1838 COX, Mary Coon; m2. 1850 BUELL, Melissa; s/o Elias and Sarah (Williams) Hinshaw;* Meek Cutoff

HINSHAW, Luke (1819-1883): m'd 1851 MCKINNEY, Isabella; s/o Elias and Sarah (Williams) Hinshaw; died In Lincoln Co, WA;* Meek Cutoff

HINSHAW, Sanford (1841-1931): m'd 1878 CHILDERS, Elma C.; s/o Isaac and Mary (Cox) Hinshaw; * Meek Cutoff

"HIASHAW [sic-Hinshaw], SANDFORD--Born in Warren County, Indiana, 1841; came to Oregon from Missouri and settled in Luckiamute Valley. Present residence, Mill Creek, Polk County, and occupation, farming. He married Elma C. Childers in Dallas, Polk County, in 1878, and their children s names are Isaac, Emma, and Stella." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.638]

HINSHAW, William Lucas (1823-1890): m1. [ ], Nancy; m2. 1858 LEDINGTON, Mary Elizabeth; m3. c1863 [ ], Rachel; s/o Elias and Sarah (Williams) Hinshaw; * Meek Cutoff; by 1850 was enumerated in the 1850 Madison Co, IA census where he is also shown in the 1860 and 1870 census; it is reported he crossed plains to Oregon several times; William died at Toledo, Oregon in 1890 and is buried in the Toledo cemetery.

HIPES, Mr. ; * believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HIPES, Emily : see OLNEY, Emily; seems to be some confusion over whether this is Emily Olney that married Henry Marlin in 1846 after husband's death.

HOEN, Francis :

HOLCOMB, Stephen A . (1822-1901): m'd 1850 LEE, Amanda

HOLLAND, Alamanzer (1829-1873): m'd 1856 HALL, Ann Eliza

HOLLAND, Elvira Bally (02 Apr 1826-16 Mar 1904): m1. 23 Mar 1844 COMFORT, Edwin Bertrand; m2. 1900 BIER, Nicholas

HOLLAND, Francis S. (1823-1867): m'd 1852 WILLIAMS, Leah "Letty"

HOLLAND, John W. (c1815- ):

HOLLAND, Joshua (1797-1849):

HOLLAND, Maryette (c1844-1846):

HOLLIDAY, J.B. :

HOLMAN, Francis Dillard (1831-1899): m'd MCBRIDE, Mary

HOLMAN, Henrietta (1826- ): m'd 1846 HYDE, H.H.; d/o John and Elizabeth (Duval) Holman; *3 Meek Cutoff

HOLMAN, Isaac N. (1829- ): s/o John and Elizabeth (Duval) Holman; *3 Meek Cutoff

HOLMAN, Mary Anne (1833-1879): m'd 1849 CLINKENBEARD, James Lyburn; d/o John and Elizabeth (Duval) Holman; *3 Meek Cutoff

HOLMAN, Nancy (1817-1907): m'd 1841 HENDERSON, Joseph; d/o John and Elizabeth (Duval) Holman; *3 Meek Cutoff

HOLMAN, Susan Frances (1821- ): d/o John and Elizabeth (Duval) Holman; *3 Meek Cutoff

HOLMAN, Woodford Carpenter (1824- ): s/o John and Elizabeth (Duval) Holman; *3 Meek Cutoff

HOOD FAMILY RESEARCHER: HOOD, Andrew Clyde (1802-1874): m'd 1827 MCCANN, Ann

HOOD, Caroline (1835- ): m'd 1852 RALSTON, Joseph R.; d/o Andrew and Ann (McCann) Hood

HOOD, Rebecca (1831- ): m'd 1849 COOKE, C.W.; d/o Andrew and Ann (McCann) Hood

HOOD, Sarah Jane (1839-1900): m'd 1858 MYERS, John; d/o Andrew and Ann (McCann) Hood

HOOD, Thomas (c1802-1855)

HOOD, Thomas Benton (1842- ): s/o Andrew and Ann (McCann) Hood

HOOD, William (1768-1857):

HOSFORD, Chauncy Osborn (1822-1913): m'd 1849 GLOVER, Acenith; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

HOSFORD, Erwin F. (1820-1892): m'd 1857 EMMETT, Mary; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

"HOSFORD, E. F.--Born in Green County, New York, in 1820; came from Indiana to Oregon and lived until the following year in Yamhill County; then, in 1846, went to California and volunteered in the Mexican war. Returned to Oregon in 1849, and settled in Polk County, near Salem, on a farm, and still resides there. Married Miss Mary Emniett in 1857, by whom he has had seven children Lucia, Walter S., Olive, William, Stella (deceased), Minnie, and Ethel." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.638]

HOOVER, Ellen Rose (1795- ): m'd 1821 WOOLEY, Jacob

HOPKINS, Julia Ann : m'd 1838 FICKLE, Absalom/Abraham

HOWARD, Charles T. (1841- ): m'd SANDERS, Mary

HOWARD, Daniel B. (c1843- ):

HOWARD, Francis (c1829- ):

HOWARD, John (c1833- ):

HOWARD, Richard R. (1797-1865): m'd 1828 TURNER, Cynthia

HOWARD, Sarah (c1836- ): m'd OFFICER, []

HOWARD, William (c1831- ):

HOWE, Elizabeth Ann (1825- ): m'd 1842 HOWELL, John Ewing

HOWE, Elizabeth : m'd HOWLAND, John Smith

HOWELL, John Ewing (1806-c1885): m'd 1842 HOWE, Elizabeth Ann; *1: MSS#659 68pp

HOWLAND, Charles Edgar (1844- ):

HOWLAND, Cornelia Elizabeth (1842- ):

HOWLAND, John Smith (1809- ) : m'd HOWE, Elizabeth

"HOWLAND, JOHN S.--Lives at Oregon City and is a farmer by occupation; he was born in Kent, England, in 1809; married Elizabeth Howe and their children are Cornelia, Charles, Henry E., Lenora, Alfred T., Mary E., Levina, John, Maggie and May (twins), and Edward. The first three named are deceased." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.638]

HUBBARD, Jemima (17 Mar 1817-06 Jan 1892): m'd 09 Feb 1832 CAPPS, Isaac; d/o David and Hannah (Morrow) Hubbard; cut off to California in 1845 with family and moved into Oregon in 1851, settled Clackamas County

HUBER, Noah F. ( -1858): m'd c1846 [], Mary Emily

HUDSON, Andrew J. (1837- ):

HUDSON, David (1820- ): m'd 1847 GRIFFITH, Frances

HUDSON, Elizabeth (c1843- ):

HUDSON, Julia (c1841- ):

HUDSON, Lucinda (1823- ): m'd 1842 YORK, John

HUDSON, Martin (c1839- ):

HUDSON, Spencer (c1835- ):

HUDSON, William (1810-1866): m'd c1834 SMITH, Sarah

HUGHART, David E. (1830-1855): s/o Joseph and Martha (Henderson) Hughart; *3 Meek Cutoff

HUGHART, Eliza J. (1828-1849): m'd 1848 SMITH, Greenberry; d/o Joseph and Martha (Henderson) Hughart; *3 Meek Cutoff

HUGHART, Joseph T. (1804-1886): m1. 1827 HENDERSON, Martha "Anna"; m2. 1851 HICKLIN, Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

HUGHART, Martha Ann (1833-1895): m'd 1851 WILES, John; d/o Joseph and Martha (Henderson) Hughart; *3 Meek Cutoff

HUGHART, Mary F. (1839-1856): d/o Joseph and Martha (Henderson) Hughart; *3 Meek Cutoff

HUGHART, William T. (1836-1857): s/o Joseph and Martha (Henderson) Hughart; *3 Meek Cutoff

HULIN, Lester m'd: ,

HULL, George :

HULL, Joseph Jr . (1813-1896): m1. JAMES, Sarah Ann; m2. 1840 CAZEL, Susan

HULL, Margaret J. : m'd 1850 GRANT, Ethan A.

HULL, Robert (c1807-1890): *3 Meek Cutoff; uncle of Joseph Allen Flippin

HULL, Robert Mrs. ( -1845): *3 died on Meek Cutoff

HULL, Thomas :

HUNT, Henry (c1842- ):

HUNT, Phinias R. : m'd c1841 MITCHELL, Mary Ann

HUNT, Virginia (c1846- ):

HURD, Jane E. (c1825-1893): m'd 1843 BUCK, William Wentworth

HURD, Sophronia Ann (c1815-1845): m'd 1833 TERWILLIGER, James; died Upper Cascades of Columbia River; *3 Meek Cutoff

HUSSEY FAMILY RESEARCHER: HUSSEY, Christopher J. (1844- ): s/o Nathan and Sarah (Burden) Hussey

HUSSEY, Elizabeth Jane (1845-1872): born in OR; d/o Nathan and Sarah (Burden) Hussey; died Yamhill Co, OR

HUSSEY, Margaret Jane (05 Apr 1821-04 Oct 1894) m'd 1841 BIRD, Henry; d/o Nathan Hussey;  buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

HUSSEY, Nathan Jr . (1815- ): m'd 1838 BURDEN, Sarah; s/o Nathan Hussey Sr

HUSSEY, Nathan Sr. (1785-1857): m'd 1803 STEWART, Mary

HUSSEY, Norman J. (1842- ): s/o Nathan and Sarah (Burden) Hussey

HUSSEY, William Henry Harrison (1840- ): s/o Nathan and Sarah (Burden) Hussey

HUTCHINS, Isaac (1816- ): m'd 1837 [], Sarah F.; actually emigrant of 1853

HUTCHINS, Sarah F. (c1818- ): m'd 1837 HUTCHINS, Isaac

IDE FAMILY RESEARCHER: IDE, Daniel Webster (1835- ):

IDE, Ellen Julia (1830- ):

IDE, James Madison (1822-1878):

IDE, John Truman (1840- ):

IDE, Lemuel Henry Clay (1837- ):

IDE, Mary Eliza (1825- ):

IDE, Sarah Elizabeth (1827- ): m'd HEALEY, Lucien

IDE, Susan Catherine (1832- ):

IDE, Thomas Crofton :

IDE, William Brown (1796-1852): m'd 1820 HASKELL, Susan G.

IDE, William Haskell (1824- ):

IMBRIE FAMILY RESEARCHER: IMBRIE, James F. (10 Feb 1818-23 Oct 1887): m'd 15 Apr 1851 CORNELIUS, Mary Davis; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff ; died in a wagon accident at The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon; buried Old Scotch Church Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon

"IMBRIE, JAMES--Mr. Imbrie s native State was Ohio, where he was born in 1818.   Coming to Oregon, he settled in Washington County, and is now a resident of Hillsboro. His occupation is farming and stock-raising.   He married Miss Mary Cornelius in 1851. Children: James J., Lizzie, Josephine, Thomas, William C., and Nellie." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.659]

INGALLS, David C. (1808-1880): m'd 1839 [],

INGALLS, David C. Mrs.

INGALLS, Sylvester G. (c1841- ):

INGLES/ENGLES FAMILY RESEARCHER: INGLES, Benjamin Reno (1843-1885): m'd 1871 MILLS, Mary Ellen; d/o DeWitt and Margaret (Wooley) Ingles; *3 Meek Cutoff

INGLES, Caroline (1845- ): m1. 1859 FREEMAN, Clark; m2. 1869 CORNELIUS, Jesse; d/o DeWitt and Margaret (Wooley) Ingles; *3 Meek Cutoff

INGLES, Catherine Jane (1839- ): m'd 1853 DELETTS, Jackson; d/o DeWitt and Margaret (Wooley) Ingles; *3 Meek Cutoff

INGLES, Dewitt Clinton (1813-1859): m'd 1836 WOOLEY, Margaret Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

INGLES, William Styles (1840-1900): m'd 1870 MARSH, Mary Elizabeth; d/o DeWitt and Margaret (Wooley) Ingles; *3 Meek Cutoff

JABELLE, Isaac :

JACKSON, Elizabeth (1816-c1854): m1. c1832 MOORE, Alfred; m2. 1846 HENDERSON, Jesse

JACKSON, George W. (1825- ): m1. 1849; m2. 1855 HALPRUNER, Caroline V.

JACKSON, James ( -1848): *3 Meek Cutoff

JACKSON, Martha (1815-1912): m'd 1835 SIMPSON, Isaac Middleton; *3 Meek Cutoff

JACKSON, Mary (1844- ):

JACKSON, Susanna (1845- ):

JACKSON, Thomas J. (c1820-1853):

JACKSON, Thomas P. (1819- ): m'd 1842 [], Zamzy Ann

JACKSON, Zamzy Ann (1824- ): m'd 1842 JACKSON, Thomas P.

JANES, Clarissa "Sarah" (1817-1893): m'd 1839 NELSON, John B.

JASPER, Gideon m'd: JONES, Genilla

JEFFREYS FAMILY RESEARCHER: JEFFREYS, James K. Polk (1844- ):

JEFFREYS, John T. (1830-1867): m'd 1851 BURCH, Mary E.

JEFFREYS, Oliver (1837-1864): m'd 1864 NELSON, Mary F.

JEFFREYS, Sarah Jane "Annie" (1832-1876): m1. 1851 MONROE, John; m2. 1869 GLOVER, Francis M.

JEFFREYS, Solomon (1835-1904): m1. 1868 BOYLE, Mary; m2. ANDERSON, Sarah E.

JEFFREYS, Thomas Mathew (1803-c1849): m'd 1824 DICKERSON, Mary

JEFFREYS, Woodson (1826-1880): m'd 1850 FOREST, Sarah Jane

JEFFRIES, S. M . m'd: ,

JENNINGS FAMILY RESEARCHER: JENNINGS, Berryman (1807- ): m1. 1833 WHITE, Lucinda; m2. 1850 POPE, Martha Mrs.; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

"JENNINGS, BERRYMAN--Born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, June 16, 1807; resides near Oregon City, and is a farmer by occupation. Has been married twice, the first wife's name having been M. White, the second, Martha Pope. The children were Edward T., Charles H., Ella A., Ada C., William B., May E., John F., and Lillie M." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.677]

J ENNINGS, Edward Thomas (1836- ): m'd 1880 FETTER, Maud

JENNINGS, Hulda (1812-1894): m'd 1831 WHITE, Samuel Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

JENNINGS, Mary Ann (1809-1846): m'd 1830 MCCARVER, Morton M.; husband came in 1843; Mary Ann traveled with sister and family; *3 Meek Cutoff

JENNINGS, Sarah (1797-1857): m'd 03 Feb 1820 SMITH, James Sr.

JOBE FAMILY RESEARCHER: JOBE, Noah (1825-1905): m'd 1851 GARWOOD, Lydia

Hezekiah JOHNSON FAMILY RESEARCHER: JOHNSON, Amanda E . m'd: CENTER, Jonathan

JOHNSON, Amy (1845- ):

JOHNSON, Charles M. Dr. (1797- ): m'd 1824 RUDE, Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, Charles Wesley (c1839- ): 1861 HAWN, Melissa Jane; m2 1878 WALKER, Lucinda; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, Charlotte (1841-1873): m'd 1866 WADE, Owen

JOHNSON, Christopher Newton (c1836- ): m'd [], Louisa M.; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, Franklin (1836- ): *1: MSS#1508 40pp

JOHNSON, Hezekiah Rev . (1799-1866): m'd 1826 HARRIS, Eliza Shepherd; sent by American Baptist Mission to Oregon; buried in Clackamas Co Cemetery; *1: MSS#1508 36pp

"JOHNSON, HEZEKIAH--Born in Maryland in 1798. He was sent as a missionary to the Pacific Coast by the Baptist denomination, and died at Oregon City in 1866. His wife s previous name was Eliza Shepherd.   Children Martha (deceased), Mary E., Olive, William C., Tappan (deceased), Franklin, Julia A., Hugh (deceased), Charlotte, Hugh (deceased), Lucetta (deceased), Amy, Albert (deceased), Hezekiah and Noble S. (deceased)." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.638]

JOHNSON, Hiram (1820-1891): m'd 1843 HARRIS, Jane; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, James W . (c1827- ): never married; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, John m'd: TAYLOR, Phoebe A.

JOHNSON, John Freeman (c1829-1868): m'd 1851 [] , Nancy E.; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, John G. (1816-1877): m'd 1854 TAYLOR, Phoebe; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, Julia A. (1839-1890): m1. ; m2. MCNARY, H. L.

JOHNSON, J.W. (c1823- ):

JOHNSON, L. James (c1843- ):

JOHNSON, Mary Elizabeth (c1842-1919): m'd 1854 LEWIS, Benjamin Franklin; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, Mary Evelyn (1829-1896): m'd 1850 WINSTON, James Jr.

JOHNSON, Olive (1832- ): m'd 1846 DEMENT, William Clement

JOHNSON, Robert H . (c1845- ):

JOHNSON, Sarah Ann (1825-c1861): m1. 1848 DAVIS, Coswell; m2. HILL, Joseph; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, Susannah (1826-1917): m'd 1843 PETERSON, Asa H.; d/o Eli and Susanna (Martin) Johnson; *3 Meek Cutoff

JOHNSON, Thomas F . m'd: ,

JOHNSON, William Carey (1833-1912): m'd 1868 DEVORE, Josephine; s/o Hezekiah and Eliza (Harris) Johnson; was on Oregon senator

"JOHNSON, W. CAREY--Was the son of the Reverend Hezekiah Johnson (g. v.). He was born in Frankfort, Ohio, October, 1833; was employed in Oregon City, first as clerk in a store, and afterwards as compositor in the printing offices of the Spectator and Argus newspapers.   He studied law in 1855, and was admitted to the bar in the following year; in 1857 he ran on the Republican ticket for the Legislature. Subsequently he held the offices of city attorney, recorder, and treasurer of Oregon City, which has been his home for nearly forty years. Was elected district attorney in 1862, and State Senator four years after. Is a strong advocate for schools, and equally active in forwarding religious enterprises. His time is mainly taken up with the profession of the law. Mr. Johnson married Josephine Devore, December 25, 1808, and they have four children Balfe D., Nello D., M. D., and an infant boy." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.638-9]

JOHNSTON, Diana (c1830-c1845): killer winter of 1845 while load a gun *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

JOHNSTON, John : *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

JOHNSTON, Mary Ann (1816-1890): m'd 1834 COX, Isham; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

JONES, Amanda (c1841- ): *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

JONES, Martha E. (1837- ): m'd 1853 ARMSTRONG, Abner E.; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

JONES, Mary m'd: SCOTT, Prior

JONES, Michael (c1804-1894): *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

JONES, Michael Mrs . ( -1845): *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

JONES, Morris (c1843- ): *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

JONES, Miss (c1828-1845): died on trail; d/o Michael Jones; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

JORDAN, Rebecca (1809-1882): m'd 1829 CRAFT, Charles; d/o Amos and Sarah (Davis) Jordan; *3 Meek Cutoff

JUNKIN, Sarah (1814-1883): m'd 1835 MCCOY, John

KEARNEY, Capt . m'd: ,

[6] KEARNS, Aley Jane (13 Nov 1831- ): d/o Joseph and Jane (Stillwell) Kearns

[6] KEARNS, Cassandra (18 Feb 1828-07 Mar 1895): m'd 21 Oct 1857 SHRUM, Thomas Eugene; d/o Joseph and Jane (Stillwell) Kearns; buried Wimberly Cemetery , Douglas County, Oregon

[6] KEARNS, George W . (28 Aug 1838- ): s /o Joseph and Jane (Stillwell) Kearns

[6] KEARNS, John Stillwell (25 Jul 1826-07 May 1900): s /o Joseph and Jane (Stillwell) Kearns; buried Lone Oak Cemetery , Stayton, Marion County, Oregon

[6] KEARNS, Joseph (1800-25 Nov 1859): m'd STILLWELL, Jane Jensey; settled Marion County; name seen as Carnes/Kerns/Kearnes

[6] KEARNS, Joseph (08 Jun 1833- ): s /o Joseph and Jane (Stillwell) Kearns

[6] KEARNS, Peter (01 Mar 1830-13 Oct 1889): s /o Joseph and Jane (Stillwell) Kearns; buried Roseburg IOOF Cemetery , Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon

KEES, Elmore D. (1812-1859): m1.; m2. 1851 COURTNEY, Mary Jane; Elmore was born 26 Aug 1812 and died 24 Mar 1859; buried Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery, Lebanon, Linn County, OR; s/o Jacob and Mary (Jones) Kees

KEES, Morgan (1814-1866): m'd 1841 BANNING, Mary; Morgan was born 25 May 1814 and died 07 Mar 1866; buried Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery, Lebanon, Linn County, OR

KEES, Sarah Amy (1810-1856): m'd 1827 GALLAHER, William; Sarah was born 10 Dec 1810 and died 21 Apr 1856; buried Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery, Lebanon, Linn County, OR

KELLOGG, Joseph m'd: ,

KENDALL, Jehial S. (1816-1888): m'd 1853 TAYLOR, Mary Ann; returned east and emigrated again in 1847

KENDALL, Thomas Simpson (1809-1870): m'd 1833 WILLIAMS, Nancy

KENT, Rudolphus : cattle driver for John Ridgeway family; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

KETCHUM, Frederic (c1828- ): m'd 1850 SMITH, Josephine; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

KETCHUM, John : *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

KEYES, Robert Caden : to CA

KIDNEY, George :

KILLIN, Benton (1842- ): m'd 1873 HOOVER, Harriet

KILLIN, George (c1844- ):

KILLIN, John (1792-1867): m'd 1836 ULAM, Frances

  "John Killin family of Clackamas County, Oregon---John Killin was born in Pennsylvania in 1792 and married Frances Ulam, b. 1813. They moved to Illinois where Mr. Killin was superintendent of the   construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In 1842 they went   to Iowa and purchased land and farmed there until the spring of 1845, they crossed the plains to Oregon, with their children.  They settled on a donation land claim on the 29 Mar 1847 in Clackamas County, Oregon of 640 acres.    They traded a yoke of oxen for the 640 acres of choice land, the only improvement on it being a cabin. John knew Abraham Lincoln, at Springfield and was a strong Union man. He died in October 1867. A son, Thomas, in 1863 enlisted in Company G. First Oregon Cavalry. Served one year at Fort Vancouver, and was later stationed among the Snake River Indians. In 1866 he was discharged. His three   brothers, Andrew, Benton and George also served in the Union Army.   There are many of these descendants in Oregon yet. �     [Above information furnished by Ruth Wainwright of Albany, Oregon   to Linn County Historical Society Newsletter, The Heritage, December 1990, p.3]

KILLIN, Martha "Marcia" Catherine (1837- ): m'd 1852 JONES, Fielding

KILLIN, Thomas B. (1839- ): m'd 1867 ADAIR, Milay A.

KILLINGSWORTH, James :

KIMSEY, James m'd: ,

KING FAMILY RESEARCHER: KING, [] (1845-1845): s/o John and Susan (Cooper) King; died in raft accident on Columbia; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, A . m'd: LUMSDEN, A.

KING, Abigail (1829-1857): m'd 1846 FULLER, Price; d/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Amos Nahum (1822-1901): m'd 1846 FULLER, Malinda; s/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Electra (1842-1845): d/o John and Susan (Cooper) King; died in raft accident on Columbia; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Hopestill (1815-1893): m'd 1839 NORTON, Lucius Carolus; d/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Isaac (1819-1866): m'd 1847 VAN BIBBLER, Almeda J.; s/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, John (1813-1845): m'd c1839 COOPER, Susan; died in raft accident on Columbia; s/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Lovisa (02 Mar 1828-03 Dec 1889): m'd 22 Feb 1846 CHAMBERS, Rowland; d/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; buried Kings Valley Cemetery , Kings Valley, Benton County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Lucretia : * emigrated in 1853

KING, Luther (1840- ): m'd 1866 LADD, Caroline; s/o John and Susan (Cooper) King; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Lydia (1831- ): m'd 1847 WILLIAMS, Jonathan L.; d/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Nahum Amos (1783-1856): m'd 1807 NORTON, Sarepta; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Rhoda Ann (1835-aft 1905): m1 1850 PHILLIPS, John; m2. c1856 SOMERS, Eli; d/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Sarah "Sally" (25 Jul 1823-03 Sep 1845): m'd 17 Aug 1841 CHAMBERS, Rowland; d/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; after her death her husband married her sister, Lovisa King;buried Sarah Chambers Grave , Beulah, Malheur County, Oregon;  *3 Meek Cutoff

KING, Solomon "Sol" (1833-1913): m'd 1853 ALLEN, Anna Marie; s/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; *3 Meek Cutoff; *1: MSS#1508 4pp

KING, Stephen (1818-1852): m'd 1843 ALLEN, Anna Marie; s/o Nahum and Serepta (Norton) King; *3 Meek Cutoff

KINNEY, A .:

KINNEY, Jim :

KINNEY, Sam : returned east in 1846

KIPLING, Thomas Pisk : settled WA

KIRKWOOD, Joseph :

KITCHEN, William family : *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff; although listed in at least one source as Kitchen it is believed to have actually been the Catching family

KLOCK : see Clock

KNIGHT, Thomas (c1820- ): m'd 1854 HAINES, Serena; to CA

KNIGHTON FAMILY RESEARCHER: KNIGHTON, Elizabeth J . m'd: ,

KNIGHTON, Henry Montgomery (1818-1863): m'd 1841 MARTIN, Elizabeth

KNIGHTON, Josephine S . (c1842- ): never married; d/o Henry and Elizabeth (Martin) Knighton

KNIGHTON, Lassella F . (c1844- ): m'd STRUVE, []; d/o Henry and Elizabeth (Martin) Knighton

KNOTTS FAMILY RESEARCHER: KNOTTS, Caroline (1845-1924): m'd CORNELIUS, []; d/o William and Sylvia (Wilsey) Knotts

KNOTTS, Justina (1838-1917): m'd 1853 NEWTON, Norris P.; d/o William and Margaret (Barrett) Knotts

KNOTTS, William (1805-1855): m1. c1826 BARRATT, Margaret M.; m2. 1844 WILSEY, Sylvia D.; settled near present day Corvallis; the original farm is still family owned; family started in 1845 and completed journey in 1846; was first Benton Co clerk

KNOX, Alexander Smith (1825- ): m'd 1850 PARRISH, Mary Ann Springer; s/o James and Letetia (Smith) Knox

KNOX, daughter (c1838- ): m'd WALLACE, []

KNOX, Elizabeth Jane : m'd BABER, Grandville; d/o James and Letetia (Smith) Knox

KNOX, Ellis (1831- ): m'd c1858 [], Zeilda; s/o James and Letetia (Smith) Knox

KNOX, George (1830- ): s/o James and Letetia (Smith) Knox

KNOX, James (1788-1874): m'd 1813 SMITH, Letetia

KNOX, Mary Margaret (1836- ): m'd 1851 CHAMBERS, Matthew Carey; d/o James and Letetia (Smith) Knox

KNOX, Rebecca Ann (1821-1891): m1. SPAULDING, []; m2. 1846 HAIGHT, Silas; d/o James and Letetia (Smith) Knox

KNOX, Samuel Bell (1843- ): m'd c1857 [], Rachel; s/o James and Letetia (Smith) Knox

KUYKENDALL, William :

LAMBERSON, Elizabeth (1842- ): m'd WATTS, Francis H.T.; d/o Timothy and Sarah (Strieby) Lamberson

LAMBERSON, Henry Clay (1844-1920): m'd 1866 PERRY, Sarah Elizabeth; s/o Timothy and Sarah (Strieby) Lamberson

LAMBERSON, John Lewis (1840- ): m'd FRANTZ, Susannah Catherine; s/o Timothy and Sarah (Strieby) Lamberson

LAMBERSON, Lucinda (1837-1921): m'd 1853 MCKAY, Malcome; d/o Timothy and Sarah (Strieby) Lamberson

LAMBERSON, Samuel (1832-1902): m'd 1853 ARMSTRONG, Mary Jane; s/o Timothy and Sarah (Strieby) Lamberson

LAMBERSON, Timothy (1809-c1880): m1. 1831 STRIEBY, Sarah; m2. 1851 GARDNER, Ann R.

LAMBERSON, Timothy (1835- ): s/o Timothy and Sarah (Strieby) Lamberson

LANGFORD, Margaret (c1807- ): m'd 1828 STANLEY, Thomas

LASATER, John (1826- ): m'd 1853 [], Lucinda M.

LASATER, Rebecca (1812-1865): m'd 1828 SIMPSON, Rice W.; *3 Meek Cutoff

LAX, Jane (1842- ): m'd 1841 PENTLAND, Robert

LAYFIELD, David (1812-c1870): m'd 1847 [], Nancy Ann

LAYTON FAMILY RESEARCHER: LAYTON, Mary Ann (1803-1870): m'd 1826 NOBLE, Henry J.; *3 Meek Cutoff

LEABO, Catherine m'd: FISH, Walter

LEAHY, Daniel ( -1875):

LEDFORD, Eli (c1820-1859): m'd 1858 WALKER, Sarah Jane; there are several Ledford families that used these names but although some lists indicate these individuals came in 1845 there is no evidence at this point to indicate that they did

LEDFORD, George T. (1824-1915): m1. 1865 WOODEN, Jane; m2. 1877 MCLOUD, Mary; there are several Ledford families that used these names but although some lists indicate these individuals came in 1845 there is no evidence at this point to indicate that they did

LEE, Amanda (c1821- ): m'd LEE, George Washington; maiden name and married name were both Lee

LEE, Anna F. (c1843- ): d/o Washington and Amanda (Lee) Lee

LEE, George "Washington" (c1812- ):m'd 1836 LEE, Amanda; "Washington" Lee was born in VA and was married to Amanda Lee in Saline Co, MO in 1836.   George Washington Lee was registered for the 1840 presidential election in Salt Pond Twp., Saline Co., Missouri. . By 1850 they have a large family and had settled in the Oregon Territory in Clark Co, now part of Washington State. By 1860 they had moved to Northern CA where they settled in Cache Creek Twp, Yolo Co, CA. Most of their descendants are now spread out between northern and southern CA.

LEE, John (c1841- ): s/o Washingtonand Amanda (Lee) Lee

LEE, Susannah (1793-1852): m'd 1820 BARLOW, Samuel K.

LEE, William (c1845- ): s/o Washington and Amanda (Lee) Lee

LEMMON, Elizabeth Crocker (1839-1927): m'd 1862 DAVIS, Charles C.; d/o John and Jane (Crocker) Lemmon

LEMMON, John (1800-1870): m'd 1826 CROCKER, Jane Bourne

LEMMON, John Leander (1845- ): s/o John and Jane (Crocker) Lemmon

LEMMON, Lemuel (1836-1915):

LEMMON, Philander Thomas (1842- ): s/o John and Jane (Crocker) Lemmon

LEMMON, Sarah Jane (1828- ): m1. 1845 WALDEN, Benjamin; m2. CUMMINS, R. Dr.; d/o John and Jane (Crocker) Lemmon

LEVENS, Isaac (1822- ): m'd 1850 WHITEAKER, Ellen

LEVENS, James E. :

LEVENS, Thomas (1821- ): m'd 1847 [], Matilda

LEWIS FAMILY RESEARCHER: LEWIS, Ben :

LEWIS, Charles (1819-Nov 1855): m'd 14 Jun 1844 BURROWS, Mary Ann; s/o John W. and Eliza Lewis; relationship [if any] to John Lewis family is not known; buried Lewis Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon

LEWIS, Catherine (c1818- ): m'd c1836 LEWIS, John B. *4

LEWIS, daughter (c1829- ): m'd WHITE, []; d/o [] and Nancy (Brookes) Lewis; came to Oregon with mother and stepfather, James McNary *4

LEWIS, daughter (c1844-1845): d/o Haman and Mary (Moore) Lewis *4; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

LEWIS, David Runyon (1814-1894): m'd 1832 REDDEN, Mary; s/o John and Elizabeth (Stout) Lewis; father of 10 children; buried Smith/Lewisville Cemetery, Polk Co *10

LEWIS, David William (1845-1925): m'd 1869 WILLIAMS, Susan A.; s/o David and Mary (Redden) Lewis; father of 8 children; buried Smith/Lewisville Cemetery, Polk Co *4,*10

LEWIS, Eleanor V. (1815-1875): m'd 1836 DICKSON, Joshua; d/o John and Elizabeth (Stout) Lewis; mother of 9 children *4, *10

LEWIS, Elizabeth Ann (1833-1915): m'd 1850 BOONE, Daniel Miller; d/o David and Mary (Redden) Lewis; died in Spokane, WA. *4, *10

LEWIS, Elizabeth Ann (1843- ): m'd 1859 YOUNG, George W.; d/o Jeremiah and Narcissa (Corbin) *10; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

LEWIS, George (c1844- ): s/o John B. and Catherine Lewis *4

LEWIS, Haman C.T. (1809-1889): m'd 1839 MOORE, Mary *4; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

LEWIS, Jeremiah V. (1820-1880): m1. 1841 CORBIN, Narcissa; m2. 1862 Fields, Catherine BLAKELY [widow of William Fields]; s/o John and Elizabeth (Stout) Lewis; Jeremiah died in wagon accident while driving a freight wagon *4.*10

LEWIS, John B . (c1815- ): m'd c1836 [], Catherine *4

LEWIS, John Corbin (1842-1917): m'd 1864 LAPHAM, Ann Maria s/o Jeremiah and Narcissa (Corbin) Lewis; buried Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, WA *4, *10

LEWIS, John Douglas (1785-1854): m1.; m2. 1811 STOUT, Elizabeth; m3. Miller, Julia Ann ALDERMAN [widow of Capt. Joseph Miller]; ODLC was in Polk Co [not Washington Co as sometimes stated]; s/o Jeremiah and Magdalene (Douglas) Lewis; buried at Locke Cem, Lewisburg, Benton Co, OR beside 2nd wife. [*4 incorrectly lists John W. Lewis and wife Eliza as the parents of the 1845 Lewis family] *10

LEWIS, John Emire (1843- ): m'd 1865 SIMPSON, Elizabeth Jane; s/o David and Mary (Redden) Lewis [*4 lists as John N. Lewis]; believe that John Emire was named John Nehemiah Lewis, after his maternal grandfather, Nehemiah Redden. He appears in 1850 Oregon Census as John N. but in later years he appears as John E. and his obituary and death certificate both show him as John Emire Lewis. It is supposed that for whatever reason he changed his name. *10

LEWIS, Julia Franklin (1827-1888): m'd 1847 HARRITT, Jesse Rev.; d/o [] and Nancy (Brookes) Lewis; came to Oregon with mother and stepfather, James McNary *4; *3 Meek Cutoff

LEWIS, Margaret May (1826-1903): m'd 1845 BROWN, Charles; married on trail to Oregon; d/o John and Elizabeth (Stout) Lewis; 1850 Clackamas Co, 1870 Umatilla Co; later moved to Waitsburg, WA;  buried Waitsburg City Cemetery , Waitsburg, Walla Walla County, Washington

LEWIS, Maria (c1842- ): d/o John B. and Catherine Lewis *4

LEWIS, Martha Jane (1835-1913): m'd 1850 SMITH, John H.; d/o David and Mary (Redden) Lewis; mother of 9 children; buried Smith/Lewisville Cemetery, Polk Co. *4, *10

LEWIS, Mary Ann Elizabeth  (1830-): m'd 1848 FULLER, Arnold d/o John and Elizabeth (Stout) Lewis; mother of 11 children; buried in Locke Cemetery, Lewisburg, Benton Co *10

LEWIS, Mary Catherine (1841-1920): m'd 1856 ALLEN, William Franklin; d/o David and Mary (Redden) Lewis; mother of 11 children; buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, near Philomath, OR; *4,*10

LEWIS, Nancy Jane (1818-1894): m'd 1839 COOK, James William; d/o John and Elizabeth (Stout) Lewis; buried Locke Cemetery, Lewisburg, Benton Co *4, *10

LEWIS, Sarah (c1837- ): d/o John B. and Catherine Lewis *4

LIGGETT FAMILY RESEARCHER: LIGGETT, Alexander (1788-1864): m1. [], Rachael; m2. 1855 HAPPENSTALL, Barbara Mrs.; settled in Benton Co; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, Elijah (1827- ): m'd 1852 MULKEY, Mary; s/o Alexander and Rachael Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, Hannah (1829- ): d/o Alexander and Rachael Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, John W. (1843-1873 ): s/o William and Julia (Sampson) Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff ; buried near Lewisburg/Corvallis, OR

LIGGETT, Johnathan W.A (1823- ): s/o Alexander and Rachael Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, Jonathan (1790-1868): m'd 1814 FANNING, Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff ; buried Smith Cemetery, Polk Co, OR

LIGGETT, Joseph (1831-1892 ): m'd 1853 SLUTH, Elizabeth; s/o Jonathan and Elizabeth (Fanning) Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, Martha (1835-1902): m'd 1855 PEARCE, John; d/o Alexander and Rachael Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, Mary J. (c1841- ): d/o William and Julia (Sampson) Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, Mary "Polly" (c1817- ): m'd 1849 TAYLOR, Benjamin; d/o Alexander and Rachael Liggett; Benjamin and Mary were later divorced but still show up in 1860, 1870 and 1880 census; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, Phoebe (1833- ): m'd 1851 KELSEY, Joseph; d/o Alexander and Rachael Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, Rachael Mrs. ( -1845): m'd LIGGETT, Alexander; died after reaching The Dalles on Oct 12, 1845; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, Sarah Jane (1816-1894): m1. 1833 BELIEU, Leander Newton Rev.; m2. 1850 JACK, Nathaniel Daniel; m3. 1861 AVERILL, Henry James Cropsey; d/o Jonathan and Elizabeth (Fanning) Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff; buried Pioneer Cemetery, Brownsville, Lane Co, OR

LIGGETT, Thomas S. (1823-1850): m'd 1848 ZUMWALT, Nancy; s/o Jonathan and Elizabeth (Fanning) Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, William K. (1844- ): s/o William and Julia (Sampson) Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff

LIGGETT, William P . (1821-1851): m'd 1840 SAMPSON, Julia Ann; s/o Jonathan and Elizabeth (Fanning) Liggett; *3 Meek Cutoff; buried in Liggett Family Cemetery near Airlie, Polk Co, OR 

LINDSAY, Calvin (c1842- ): s/o John and Susan Lindsay

LINDSAY, Edgar (c1832- ): s/o John and Susan Lindsay

LINDSAY, Jasper (c1838- ): s/o John and Susan Lindsay

LINDSAY, John (c1840- ): s/o John and Susan Lindsay

LINDSAY, John H. (c1800- ): m'd [], Susan

LINDSAY, Minerva (c1837- ): d/o John and Susan Lindsay

LINDSAY, Tilford (c1830- ): s/o John and Susan Lindsay

LINDSAY, William (c1828- ): s/o John and Susan Lindsay

LINGENFELTER, Josiah W. (1816- ): m'd 1850 CATCHING, Mary; Note: Josiah changed name to LINN; wife was widow of Franklin Pomeroy; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

LLOYD FAMILY RESEARCHER: LLOYD, Abner Thomas (1827-1886): m'd 1853 REXFORD, Jane; s/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; *3 Meek Cutoff

LLOYD, Albert Gallatin (1836-1915): m'd 1858 JASPER, Lois; s/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; *3 Meek Cutoff

LLOYD, Eliza L . (c1831-1853): m'd c1848 MILLER, William; d/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; *3 Meek Cutoff

LLOYD, Jane : d/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; did not come west

LLOYD, John (1796-1877): m1. 1823 WALKER, Nancy; m2. 1857 SNELLING, Adelia; *3 Meek Cutoff

LLOYD, John Calvin (1838-1922): s/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; *3 Meek Cutoff

LLOYD, Julia (c1834- ): d/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; *3 Meek Cutoff

LLOYD, Malinda (c1833- ): d/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; *3 Meek Cutoff

LLOYD, Mary Ann (1825-1854): m'd 1846 FOSTER, John; d/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; *3 Meek Cutoff

LLOYD, Nancy Jane (1829- ): m'd 1846 REEVES, Thomas D.; d/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; *3 Meek Cutoff

LLOYD, William Walker (1841-1874): m1. DAVIS, Lucinda; m2. 1869 GOODMAN, Mary F.; s/o John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd; *3 Meek Cutoff

LOCKE FAMILY RESEARCHER: LOCKE, Harrison Porter (1812-1882): m'd 1851 HARDISON, Melissa Permelia; returned east and emigrated again in 1850; settled on DLC in Polk Co; died in Polk Co, OR;  buried Locke Cemetery, Benton Co, OR; reportedly worked for Hudson Bay company prior to leading wagon trains to OR

LOGAN, Kenneth :

LOGSDON, Mary Elizabeth (1838- ): m'd 1853 FARELL, William Levi; d/o [] and Sarah (Switzler) Logsdon; came to Oregon with mother and stepfather; moved to Texas after marriage; *3 Meek Cutoff

LOULARD, Mr .:

LOWNSDALE FAMILY RESEARCHER: LOWNSDALE, Daniel Hillman (1803-1862): m1. 1826 OVERFIELD, Ruth; m2. 1850 GILLIHAN, Nancy Mrs.; co-founder of Portland; tanner, real-estate developer, philanthropist; first wife died before the emigration to Oregon; married his second wife in Oregon; note that, although this name is often found spelled "Lounsdale", the correct spelling is "Lownsdale".

"LOWNSDALE, DANIEL H.--Born in Marion County, Kentucky, April 8, 1803. Married, at the age of twenty-three, Miss Ruth Overt!eld, and removed to Gibson County, Indiana. Here his wife died in 1830, leaving three children a boy ( J. P. O. Lownsdale, of Portland), and two girls.   After traveling in the south and in Europe, he set out for Oregon in 1845; arriving late in the year, he immediately took a land claim near the site of Portland, then a wilderness and untrodden by whites. This claim is now known as the Amos King claim, and adjoined that of Lovejoy and Pettygrove. In 1848 he purchased the site of Portland from F. W. Pettygrove, paying five thousand dollars doubtless then an extravagant price. In 1850 he married Mrs. Nancy Gillihan and had by her two children M. O. Lownsdale, now of Portland, and Mrs. Ruth Hoyt, of Columbia County.   Mr. Lownsdale held several public positions, among them that of U. S. Postal Agent in Fillmore s administration; and he also had a seat in the Legislature. Died May 4, 1862." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.639]

LYLE, John Eakin (1815-1862): m'd 1846 SCOTT, Ellen; s/o William and Jane (Eakin) Lyle

MAHEN, Christopher (c1826- ): m'd [], Margaret

MAHEN, Margaret (c1822- ): m'd MAHEN, Christopher

MAHEN, William (c1843- ): s/o Christopher and Margaret Mahen

MALEWAY, Capt . m'd: ,

MALLORY, James : *3 Meek Cutoff

MARBLE, Abner (1840- ): s/o John and Hester Marble

MARBLE, Hester (c1820- ): m'd 1837 MARBLE, John

MARBLE, James (c1844- ): s/o John and Hester Marble

MARBLE, John (1810- ): m'd 1837 [], Hester

MARBLE, John (c1842- ): s/o John and Hester Marble

MARK FAMILY RESEARCHER: MARK, Alexander Kesterson (1822-1895): m'd 1854 JORDAN, Sarah Jane; s/o John and Frances (Forester) Marks

MARK, Eliza Jane (c1835- ): m'd 1851 PEEBLES, J.C.

MARK, John R. (1795- ): m'd 1818 FORESTER, Frances

MARK, Samuel Forrester (c1833-1904): m'd 1858 ABBOTT, Mary Ann

MARLIN FAMILY RESEARCHER: MARLIN, Henry (1822-1890): m'd 1846 OLNEY, Emily Johnson; millwright; built one of the earliest commercial sawmills at Astoria; moved to Klicitat and then to The Dalles, then later to Crab Creek; *3 Meek Cutoff

MARQUAM, Alfred (1817-1887): m'd 1842 BURBAGE, Olive Wise; *3 Meek Cutoff

MARQUAM, George W . (1844- ): m'd COVEY, Mina; s/o Alfred and Olive (Burbage) Marquam

MARQUAM, Mary Jane (1843- ): m'd ALBRIGHT, Daniel; s/o Alfred and Olive (Burbage) Marquam

MARQUAM, William :

MARSH, Edmund (1818-1881): returned east in 1846 and brought family back to Oregon

MARSHALL, Anna Hughes : m1. MARSHALL, John; m2. 1846 SMITH, James

MARSHALL, Elizabeth (1824- ): m'd 1843 GREGSON, James; d/o John and Anna (Hughes) Marshall

MARSHALL, Henry (c1826- ): s/o John and Anna (Hughes) Marshall

MARSHALL, Henry C. (1823- ):

MARSHALL, John (c1833- ): s/o John and Anna (Hughes) Marshall

MARSHALL, Mary Ann (c1834- ): s/o John and Anna (Hughes) Marshall

MARTIN, Charles G . (1811- ): m'd 1851 ROGERS, Rachel

MARTIN, Eliza Jane (c1836- ): m'd FOSTER, Resin D.; d/o John and Malinda (Smith) Martin; *3 Meek Cutoff

MARTIN, Elizabeth (1826- ): m'd 1841 KNIGHTON, Henry Montgomery

MARTIN, Emily (c1842- ): m'd HOWELL, []; d/o John and Malinda (Smith) Martin; *3 Meek Cutoff

MARTIN, Hardin D. (1810- ): m'd 1838 SEARCY, Eveline; *3 Meek Cutoff

MARTIN, John (1825- ): m'd 1843 DURBIN, Frances A.

MARTIN, John (c1844- ): s/o John and Malinda (Smith) Martin; *3 Meek Cutoff

MARTIN, John D . (1800-1884): m'd 1834 SMITH, Malinda; *3 Meek Cutoff

MARTIN, Lucy Ann (1806-1889): m'd 23 May 1821 OWNBEY, Nicholas ; born 27 Nov 1806 Kentucky and died 19 Sep 1889 Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon; buried Alder Slope Cemetery, Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

MARTIN, Mary (c1840- ): m1. 1853 ALLRED, Joseph; d/o John and Malinda (Smith) Martin; *3 Meek Cutoff

MARTIN, Melissa Rebecca (1845- ): m'd PRESSLEY, Anthony; d/o John and Frances (Durbin) Martin

MARTIN, William F . (1835- ): m'd [], Harriet; nephew of Hardin D. Martin; orphan son of G.T. Martin; *3 Meek Cutoff

MASON, J. C . m'd: ,

MAXON FAMILY RESEARCHER: MAXON, Clarinda (c1839- ): m'd 1856 ZEUK, Isaac; d/o Silas and Mary Maxon

MAXON, Edwin R . (c1842- ): s/o Hamilton and Arabella Maxon

MAXON, George W . (1845- ): s/o Silas and Mary Maxon

MAXON, Hamilton Jordan Goss (1813-1884): m'd 1841 TAYLOR, Arabella Clementine; buried in Dry Creek Cemetery near Eagle, Ada Co, ID

MAXON, James WIlliam (c1845- ): m'd 1892 LAYDEN, Margaret E.; s/o Hamilton and Arabella Maxon

MAXON, Jordan O'Bryan (c1840-1932): s/o Hamilton and Arabella Maxon

MAXON, Mary (c1820- ): m'd c1838 MAXON, Silas

MAXON, Zeralda H . (c1841- ): m'd 1860 W.H. DeLay; d/o Silas and Mary Maxon

MAXON, Silas David (c1815- ): m'd c1838 [], Mary Eliza

MAXON, Sylvanus H. (c1843- ): m'd 1865 IRBY, Amanda; s/o Silas and Mary Maxon

MCAULAY, Donald : settled WA

MCCANN, Ann (1805-1886): m'd 1827 HOOD, Andrew; buried Mt. View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR; Ann served as a midwife and frontier medicine woman; family legend states that Ann was from a "titled family" and Andrew was a "commoner" so they ran away, boarded a ship, were married in St. Johns, Newfoundland and went to Quebec; they later moved down into the states and finally emigrated westward; per Nancy Pullman, Hood Family Researcher at [email protected]

MCCARVER, Mary Ann (1842-1919): m'd 1858 HURLEY, Richard H: d/o Morton and Mary Ann (Jennings) McCarver; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCCARVER, Thomas Jennings (1833-1881): m'd 1852 GOODLIVE, Mary; s/o Morton and Mary Ann (Jennings) McCarver; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCCHRISTIAN, Owen (c1835- ): s/o Patrick and Maria (Church) McChristian

MCCHRISTIAN, Patrick (c1796- ): m'd 1825 CHURCH, Orpha "Maria"; moved with family to Sonoma County, CA after a short time

MCCHRISTIAN, Patrick R . (1825-1888): m'd 1857 MCMENAMIN, Sarah; s/o Patrick and Maria (Church) McChristian

MCCHRISTIAN, Richard (c1841- ): s/o Patrick and Maria (Church) McChristian

MCCHRISTIAN, Silvester (c1839- ): s/o Patrick and Maria (Church) McChristian

MCCHRISTIAN, William M . (c1836- ): s/o Patrick and Maria (Church) McChristian

MCCLAIN, Daniel :

MCCLAIN, James W . (1822- ): m'd 1848 SIMPSON, Alcy

MCCLURE, William :

MCCONNEL, Mary Rebecca (1826-1854): m'd 1838 DOAK, Andrew Jackson; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCCORD, John :

MCCORMICK, James :

MCCORMICK, John :

MCCOY, James Barton (1842-1914): m'd DANIELS, Elizabeth; s/o John and Sarah (Junkin) McCoy

MCCOY, George Junkin (1837- ): m'd FORGEY, Nancy; s/o John and Sarah (Junkin) McCoy

MCCOY, John (1814- ): m'd 1835 JUNKIN, Sarah; *1: MSS#1166 12pp

MCCOY, John Frederick (1844-1921): m'd 1871 SMITH, Evie Ellen; s/o John and Sarah (Junkin) McCoy

MCCOY, Margaret (1820-1860): m1. 1837 MEALY, Washington Blain; m2. STOCKTON, Francis B.; sister to John

MCCOY, William (c1818- ):

MCCULLOCH, Elizabeth (c1820-1896): m'd 1838 FRYER, Absalom H.; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCCULLOCH, George :

Nathaniel G. MCDONALD FAMILY RESEARCHER: MCDONALD, Alexander (1843- ): s/o Nathaniel and Rebecca (Munkers) McDonald

MCDONALD, Benjamin (1845- ): s/o Nathaniel and Rebecca (Munkers) McDonald

MCDONALD, Dorcas (1813- ): m'd 1839 MCDONALD, James

MCDONALD, James (1812- ): m'd 1839 [], Dorcas

MCDONALD, Mary (1841- ): d/o Nathaniel and Rebecca (Munkers) McDonald

MCDONALD, Miles (c1810- ): m'd 1855 GALLOWAY, Mary

MCDONALD, Nathaniel Green (1818-1893): m'd 1838 MUNKERS, Rebecca Jane; s/o Alexander and Isabel (Baker) "McDaniel"; surname was McDaniel when he was born but his father changed the name to McDonald c 1825 for reasons that are unknown at this time

MCDONALD, William : Capt. of Independence group; Returned east in 1847

MCDOUGAL, George ( -1872): came w/o family; returned east where he died

MCDOWELL, James ( -1849): m'd PYLES, Margaret

MCDOWELL, Maggie A . (c1842- ): m'd HUNT, [ ]

MCGHEE, Elizabeth (c1793-1867): m'd 1820 DELANEY, Daniel Sr.

MCINTYRE, Horace J. (1820- ): m'd 1842 MILLER, Narcissa

MCINTYRE, Sarah (1843- ): d/o Horace and Narcissa (Miller) McIntyre

MCKIMMEY, Nathaniel (c1822- ):

MCKINLEY, Alexander : m'd PACKWOOD, Martha; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCKINLEY, James (1827- ): m'd 1849 JOHNSON, Charlotte; s/o Alex and Martha (Packwood) McKinley

MCKINLEY, Jane (1806- ): m1. EVANS, Alexander; m2. BUTTS, John

MCKINNEY, Charles C. (1830-1902): m'd BARTON, Mary E.; s/o William and Henry Ann (Walter) McKinney; *3 Meek Cutoff

"McKINNEY, CHARLES--Born in Indiana in 1830; left that State eight years later, went to Iowa and remained there until 1845, when he came to Oregon, traveling by way of Meek s celebrated cut-off. His occupation is farming, and he possesses real estate in Hillsboro, Washington County, his present residence and post-office address." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.640]

MCKINNEY, Daniel (c1805-1864): never married; s/o James and Nancy (Sherry) McKinney; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCKINNEY, Isabelle (1831- ): m'd 1851 HINSHAW, Luke; d/o William and Henry Ann (Walter) McKinney; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCKINNEY, James (1796-1867): m'd 1819 LITTLE, Mary "Polly"; family came later; s/o James and Nancy (Sherry) McKinney; came alone, family joined him later; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCKINNEY, James Montgomery (1834- ): m'd 1887 MCNAL, Mrs.; s/o William and Henry Ann (Walter) McKinney; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCKINNEY, Jasper Newton (1839-1919): m'd 1865 CORNELIUS, Sarah Jane; s/o William and Henry Ann (Walter) McKinney; *3 Meek Cutoff

"McKINNEY, J. N.--Born in Iowa in 1838; his first place of residence in Oregon was in Washington County, and his present residence is at Hillsboro, in that county, where he keeps a feed and livery stable. He married Miss Cornelius in 1866 and they have five children." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.640]

MCKINNEY, Rachael (1833-1918): m'd 1851 CORNELIUS, Benjamin Jr. d/o William and Henry Ann (Walter) McKinney; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCKINNEY, Sarah Jane (1841- ): m'd 1850 CALDWELL, A.P.; d/o William and Henry Ann (Walter) McKinney

MCKINNEY, William (1802-1889): m'd 1828 WALTER, Henry Ann; s/o James and Nancy (Sherry) McKinney; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCKINNEY, William Jr. (1836-1924): m'd 1865 POLSON, Sarah Jane s/o William and Henry Ann (Walter) McKinney; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCLIN FAMLY RESEARCHER: MCLIN, Alvis G . (1842- ): s/o William and Mary (Simpson) McLin

MCLIN, David (1845- ): s/o William and Mary (Simpson) McLin MCLIN, Lafayette (1844-1910): s/o William and Mary (Simpson) McLin MCLIN, William (1818-1873): m1. 1841 SIMPSON, Mary Ann;  m2. 1848 BEAL, Rosannah; m3. 1867 MCCLAIN, Emily Caroline; s/o Frederick and Frances (Bourne) McLin

MCLORD, Joseph :

MCMILLEN FAMILY RESEARCHER: MCMILLEN, James Harvey (1823- ): m1. 1850 WISE, Margaret; m2. 1852 BARTON, Tirza; s/o Joseph and Ruth (Gannett) McMillen; James was a mill wright

MCNAMEE, Adam "Mac" (1841- ): never married; s/o Job and Hannah (Cochrane) McNamee; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNAMEE, Emaline (1844-1845): d/o Job and Hannah (Cochrane) McNamee; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNAMEE, Frances (1837-1893): m'd 1856 NORTHRUP, Edward J.; d/o Job and Hannah (Cochrane) McNamee; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNAMEE, Job (1812-1872): m'd c1832 COCHRANE, Hannah; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNAMEE, Moses Dimit (1839-1905): m'd CORBIN, Elizabeth; s/o Job and Hannah (Cochrane) McNamee; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNAMEE, William G . (1843-c1846): s/o Job and Hannah (Cochrane) McNamee; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY FAMILY RESEARCHER: MCNARY, Alexander (1798-1860): m'd 1824 STOCKTON, Ladocia; s/o Hugh and Elizabeth (Lindsay) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

"McNARY, ALEXANDER--Born in Kentucky in 1800; moved to Indiana and thence to Illinois, and from there to Oregon; settled in Polk County and set out the first peach orchard in that county. While in Illinois he married Miss L. Stockton, by whom he had five children. Those now living are Sarah, Hugh M., and Alexander W; and the deceased are Nancy C., and Davis." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.640]

MCNARY, Alexander W. (1832-1898): m1. 1857 GRUBB, Celta; m2. 1874 MILLER, Eleanor J. (ALLEN); s/o Alexander and Ladocia (Stockton) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

"McNARY, ALEXANDER W.--Born in Illinois in 1833; is the son of the preceding, and came with his father to Oregon. Lived in Polk County, engaged in stock-raising and farming.   Served in the Yakima war as a volunteer under Captain B. F. Burch. Married Miss Seatta Grubbs in 1857, and by her had two children Elizabeth and Ella. That lady died in 1862, and in 1874 Mr. McNary married Mrs. E. J. Miller, and by her has one child, named Archie A.   Mr. McNary lives at Eola, and is the oldest settler of that place.   That village was first settled by William Durand about 1849, was laid out in 1851, and called Cincinnati, and was once proposed as the State Capital." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.640]

MCNARY, Davis Stockton (1838-1862): s/o Alexander and Ladocia (Stockton) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Eliza (1831- ): m'd 1858 PHILLIPS, Francis Marion; d/o James and Elizabeth (Sharp) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Elizabeth (1836-1861): never married; d/o James and Elizabeth (Sharp) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Harriet Vanneva (1819-1879): m'd 1847 SMITH, Alanson Perry; d/o James and Elizabeth (Sharp) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Hugh Linza (1829-1883): m1. 1854 CLAGGETT, Mary Margaret; m2. JOHNSON, Julia; s/o James and Elizabeth (Sharp) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Hugh Miller (1827-1891): m'd 1854 FRIZZELL, Catherine; s/o Alexander and Ladocia (Stockton) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

"McNARY, HUGH M.--Born in Illinois in 1827; removed to Missouri, and later crossed the plains to Oregon. Went direct to Polk County with his father, Alexander McNary, and took a donation claim near Eola.   His occupations have been stock-raising and farming. In the interest of the former pursuit he spent seventeen years following 1859 in Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory, returning to Polk County in 1876. Was county commissioner of Klickitat County for four years.   Married in April, 1854, Miss Catherine Frizzell. Children: Sarah, Lena, Anna, Lillie, Angelo, Lawrence, Hugh, and Wilson." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.641]

MCNARY, James (1790-1871): m1. 1818 SHARP, Elizabeth; m2. 1841 BROOKES, Nancy M. Lewis; s/o Hugh and Elizabeth (Lindsay) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Nancy M. (c1800- ): m1. LEWIS, []; m2. Brookes ; m3. 1841 MCNARY, James; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, John W . (c1828-1850): *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Julia Franklin : m'd 1846 HARRITT, Jesse; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Nancy Catherine (1835-c1861): m'd 1851 ALLEN, John Ceton; s/o Alexander and Ladocia (Stockton) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Rachel Emaline (1821-1889): m'd 1848 LASSWELL, Isaac; d/o James and Elizabeth (Sharp) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Rosanna (1827- ): m'd 1847 COLE, William D.; d/o James and Elizabeth (Sharp) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNARY, Sarah Elenore (1825-1901): m'd 1846 SHAW, Alvah C. Riggs; d/o Alexander and Ladocia (Stockton) McNary; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNEMEE, Adam (1841-1919): born 17 Sep 1841 MO and died 29 Mar 1919; s/o Job and Hannah Cochrane; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNEMEE, Emeline (1844-1845): born 25 Dec 1844 MO and died 1845; d/o Job and Hannah Cochrane; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNEMEE, Frances (1837-1893): m'd 11 May 1856 NORTHRUP, Edward J.; born 04 Nov 1837 Ray County, OH and died 1893 Portland, Multnomah County, OR; d/o Job and Hannah Cochrane; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNEMEE, Job (1812-1872): m'd 1832 COCHRANE, Hannah; born 14 Oct 1812 OH and died 01 Oct 1872 Portland, Multnomah County, OR; *3 Meek Cutoff

"McNEMEE, JOB--Settled on the site of Portland in 1845, and after the foundation of that city attempted to acquire title to the land as a donation claim; was unsuccessful after carrying the matter through several courts. Died in Portland October 1, 1872." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.641]

MCNEMEE, Moses Dimil (1839-1905): m'd CORBIN, Elizabeth; born 11 Oct 1839 Fairfield County, OH and died 1905 Portland, Multnomah County, OR; s/o Job and Hannah Cochrane; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCNEMEE, William G. (1843- ): born 08 Apr 1843; s/o Job and Hannah Cochrane; *3 Meek Cutoff

MCTIMMONDS FAMILY RESEARCHER: MCTIMMONDS, Alexander m'd: ,

MCTIMMONDS, Charles m'd: ,

MCTIMMONDS, Erastus C . m'd: ,

MCTIMMONDS, Henry C. (1843- ): s/o Lambert and Ann (Burns) McTimmonds

MCTIMMONDS, James B . (1841- ): s/o Lambert and Ann (Burns) McTimmonds

MCTIMMONDS, Jane (1839- ): d/o Lambert and Ann (Burns) McTimmonds

MCTIMMONDS, Joseph m'd: ,

MCTIMMONDS, Lambert (1797-1878): m'd 1838 BURNS, Anne Scanlon; settled Polk Co

MCTIMMONDS, Thomas H. (1845- ): d/o Lambert and Ann (Burns) McTimmonds

MCWILLIAMS, Mary Helen (1830-1919): m'd 1847 MOORE, Michael; d/o John and Lucinda (Carter) McWilliams; came to Oregon with mother and stepfather; *3 Meek Cutoff

MEALY FAMILY RESEARCHER: [aka MALEY, MEALY, MEALEY]   MEALY, Agnes Louisa (1844-1911): m'd 1863 ROGERS, Christopher; d/o Washington and Margaret (McCoy) Mealy

MEALY, James (1816-1847): m1.; m2. 1839 CRAIG, Willamina

MEALY, Maria (1836- ): d/o James and [first wife] Mealy

MEALY, Mary Elizabeth (1840-1880): m'd 1861 GALLAHER, Oliver C.; d/o Washington and Margaret (McCoy) Mealy

MEALY, Samuel (1838-1889): m'd 1871 FARRAR, Elizabeth S.; s/o Washington and Margaret (McCoy) Mealy

MEALY, Washington Blaine (1809-1853): m'd 1837 MCCOY, Margaret; s/o Samuel and Margaret (Blaine) Mealy; came from IL, settled in Muddy Creek in Linn Co; served as representative from Linn Co in State Council (Senate) 1849-1852; father of 7 children; physician

MEEK, Stephen Hall Lettuck (1805-1889): m'd 1845 SCHOONOVER, Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

MEEKER, John m'd: ,

MEERES, Mr .:

MELDRUM FAMILY RESEARCHER: MELDRUM, George McDonald (1837- ): s/o John and Susanna (Cox) Meldrum

MELDRUM, Henry m'd: ,

MELDRUM, John (1808-1889): m'd 11 Dec 1834 COX, Susanna Depue; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

"MELDRUM, JOHN--Born in Kentucky, March 27, 1808. His ancestors were of Scotch descent, and are traceable back to the times of Robert the Bruce and William Wallace. Rev. Wm. Meldrum, the father of John, originated the American line, he coming to the United States in 1804, and settling in Kentucky.   John Meldrum lived subsequently in various western States, and on December 11, 1834, married Susanna Depew Cox, in Green County, Illinois. The pair celebrated their golden wedding the fiftieth anniversary in Oregon City in 1884. Their children have been Margaret Octavia (Mrs. W. S. Moore, of Klamath County, Oregon), George McDonald (deceased), John William, Mary Relief (Mrs. D. P. Thompson, of Portland), Sarah Mabry (Mrs. F. O. McCown, of Oregon City), Charles Westley (deceased), Edwin O. (deceased), Henry, Susan Frances (deceased), and Helena. The five first-named were born before the family removed to Oregon, the others subsequently.   They came with the emigration of 1845, and soon after settled at Oregon City. Mr. Meldrum s occupation was farming." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.641]

MELDRUM, John W. (1839-1919): m'd 1872 POPE, Georgiana

"MELDRUM, JOHN W.--Born near Burlington, Iowa, December 17, 1839; and came to Oregon with his parents in 1845. Resides near Oregon City, and is a farmer and deputy U. S.. surveyor. Married Miss Georgia Pope, and there were born to them Charles E., Willie (deceased), Eva S., and D. Thompson." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.641-2]

MELDRUM, Margaret Octavia (1836-1919): m'd 1854 MOORE, William S.; d/o John and Susanna (Cox) Meldrum; born 14 Feb 1836 IL and died 29 Sep 1919; buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

MELDRUM, Mary Relief (1842- ): m'd 1861 THOMPSON, David P.; d/o John and Susanna (Cox) Meldrum

MELDRUM, Sarah Mabry (1845- ): m'd 1865 MCCOWN, Ferdinand O.; d/o John and Susanna (Cox) Meldrum; born 15 Mar 1844 Burlington, Des Moines County, Illinois and died 22 Sep 1932 Berkeley, Alameda County, California, buried Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

MELVIN, William : *3 Meek Cutoff

MESSERSMITH, William : see William Mercer Smith

MIDDLETON, Thomas (c1828- ):

MILLER/BYBEE FAMILY RESEARCHER: MILLER, Eliza Ann (1834- ): m'd 1851 ORCHARD, P.; d/o James Miller *4; Eliza is not d/o James and is actually believed to have emigrated in 1851

MILLER, Isobel (c1829- ): d/o James Miller; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MILLER, James : *4; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MILLER, James Napper Tandy (1826- ): m'd 1852 AWBREY, Elizabeth Ann; s/o Robert and Sarah (Ferguson) Miller; *3 Meek Cutoff

MILLER, John F . (1825-1901): m'd 1849 HOCKSON, Zerilda; s/o Robert and Sarah (Ferguson) Miller; *3 Meek Cutoff

MILLER, John Riley (1841-1902): m'd 1862 HESS, Virginia Rowley *4; believed to have actually emigrated in 1851 *10

MILLER, Julia Ann (22 Jan 1820-10 Jan 1899): m'd 03 Jul 1842 BYBEE, James Francis. d/o Robert and Sarah (Ferguson) Miller; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

[2] MILLER, Margaret Catherine (13 Jan 1824-16 Mar 1913): m'd 30 Nov 1842 CHARLTON, Joseph C.; d/o Robert and Sarah (Ferguson) Miller; *3 Meek Cutoff

MILLER, Nancy M .: m'd 1834 WALKER, Jesse; d/o Robert and Sarah (Ferguson) Miller; *3 Meek Cutoff

MILLER, Narcissa M . (1822- ): m'd 1842 MCINTYRE, Horace J. ; d/o Robert and Sarah (Ferguson) Miller

MILLER, Parthena Elizabeth (22 Apr 1831-05 Jun 1849): m'd 05 Feb 18049 1849 MENZIES, James; d/o Robert and Sarah (Ferguson) Miller; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

MILLER, Robert E . (1832- ): s/o Robert and Sarah (Ferguson) Miller; *3 Meek Cutoff

MILLER, Robert Emmett (1785-18 Mar 1856): m'd 01 Apr 1818 FERGUSON, Sarah Campbell; buried Jacksonville Cemetery , Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

MILLER, S. A. m'd: ,

MILLER, Sarah E . m'd: MILLER, William P.

MILLER, Sibbie (1812- ): m'd 1831 HESS, John Henry

MILLER, William P. (12 Mar 1836-25 Sep 1895): m'd 21 Sep 1864 RAFFETY, Sarah E.; s/o Robert and Sarah (Ferguson) Miller; buried Oak Hill Memorial Park , San Jose, Santa Clara County, California; *3 MeekCutoff

"MILLER, WILLIAM P.--Born in Missouri, March 12, 1836, of parents who were farmers. The family came to Oregon and settled at first in Washington County, removing to Sauvie's (Sauveur's) Island a year later.   From thence they went, in 1855, to Jackson County, and W. P. served in the war against the Indians in that year. Col. Miller led the band of prospectors who discovered the placers of John Day, Powder, and Burnt rivers in 1861. He lived in the Yakima Country from 1869 until 1877, returning then to The Dalles. He was appointed warden of the State prison in 1878. Married Miss Sarah E. Raffety September 21, 1864." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.642]

MINIER, Abraham Townsend (1807- ): m'd 1837 BONNEY, Sarah Ann; started for OR with the Bonney family but diverted to CA at Fort Hall; the Bonney's came to OR in 1846 but the Minier family did not remove to OR until 1849; while in CA Abraham hunted and sold the meat, made shoes and moccasins from the hide and sold them and was employed by Capt. Sutter to harvest his grain; Mr. Minier made the first grain cradle in CA

MINIER, Ruth Ann (1846-1882 ): d/o Abraham and Sarah (Bonney) Minier; born in CA

MINIER, Sarah Rebecca (1844-1915): m1. 1865 CONLEE, John J.; m2. CHRISTENSEN, Andrew S.; d/o Abraham and Sarah (Bonney) Minier

MINIER, William (1838-1905): m'd 1863 ADAIR, Mary Jane; s/o Abraham and Sarah (Bonney) Minier

MINOR, Allen (c1825-1871):

MITCHELL FAMILY RESEARCHER: MITCHELL, Mary Ann (c1823-1905): m1. c1841 HUNT, Phinias R.; m2. 1849 ADDY, Robert; came to Oregon with first husband and small son; settled in Marion Co in the area of what is now Hubbard; first husband went to CA during gold rush of 1849 and died there; her second husband, at the age of 60 disappeared in 1880 and was presumed dead; buried at Champoeg, Marion Co, OR; *3 Meek Cutoff

MITCHELL, William:

MOIST, James :

MOIST, Joseph (1823-1893): m'd 1849 RALSTON, Elizabeth Jane

MONROE, John A. (1823- ): m'd 1851 KINNEY, Rebecca Ann

MONROE, William C. : *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MOOR, Henry (1844- ): s/o Oliver and Hester Moor

MOOR, Henry (c1833- ): s/o Sylvannus and Nancy (Pettibone) Moor

MOOR, Hester Ann (1825- ): m'd 1843 MOOR, Oliver

MOOR, Marcia (c1817- ): m1. 1850 HAILY, William; d/o Sylvannus and Nancy (Pettibone) Moor

MOOR, Oliver (1819-1874): m'd 1843 [], Hester Ann; s/o Sylvannus and Nancy (Pettibone) Moor

MOOR, Sylvannus E . (1796-c1880): m'd 1815 PETTIBONE, Nancy Paine

MOORE, Alfred ( -1845): m'd c1832 JACKSON, Elizabeth

MOORE, Alfred Jefferson (1840- ): m'd 1864 DAVIS, Rachel A.; s/o Alfred and Elizabeth (Jackson) Moore

MOORE, George (c1825-1871): came with J.D. Boon

MOORE, James M . (1835-1909): m'd 1856 CORNWALL, Narcissa; s/o Alfred and Elizabeth (Jackson) Moore

MOORE, John : cattled drover for Knighton family; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MOORE, Martha E . (1833- ): m'd 1851 HENDERSON, James O.; d/o Alfred and Elizabeth (Jackson) Moore

MOORE, Mary (1821-1889): m'd 1839 LEWIS, Haman; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MOORE, William H . (1843- ): m'd 1877 NELSON, Annie; s/o Alfred and Elizabeth (Jackson) Moore

MOORE, William Rev . ( -1845): *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MORELAND, Francis M. : s/o Zachariah Moreland; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MORELAND, Margaret Jane: m'd 1846 DAVIS, Jehu; d/o Zachariah Moreland; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MORELAND, Zachariah : [had 3 girls under 14 and 4 boys under 16 in 1845]; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MORELAND, Zachariah Mrs .: *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

MORGAN, Benjamin (1830- ): m'd 1853 CUNNINGHAM, Jane; s/o Edward and Mary (Shirley) Morgan

MORGAN FAMILY RESEARCHER: MORGAN, Catherine (1844- ): m'd DUNN, []; d/o Edward and Mary (Shirley) Morgan

MORGAN, Edward (1797-1872): m1.; m2. 1828 SHIRLEY, Mary

MORGAN, Edward (1824- ): m'd 1853 NETTLES, Nancy; s/o Edward and Mary (Shirley) Morgan

MORGAN, Frances (1812- ): m'd 1835 MORGAN, William

MORGAN, George (1838- ): s/o Edward and Mary (Shirley) Morgan

MORGAN, Isaac :

MORGAN, Isabelle (1836-1889): m'd 1853 ENYART, Peter S.; d/o Edward and Mary (Shirley) Morgan

MORGAN, Jane (c1840- ): d/o William and Frances Morgan

MORGAN, Julia Ann (1842- ): m'd FREEMAN, []; d/o Edward and Mary (Shirley) Morgan

MORGAN, Leander (1844- ): s/o William and Frances Morgan

MORGAN, Margaret (1816- ): m'd 1837 GORE, William H.

MORGAN, Mary (1833- ): d/o Edward and Mary (Shirley) Morgan

MORGAN, Shirley m'd: ,

MORGAN, Silas (1842- ): s/o William and Frances Morgan

MORGAN, Thomas (1822- ): m'd 1847 COURTNEY, Lydia

MORGAN, William Henry Harrison (1840-1929): m'd 1864 ORCHARD, Sarah E.; s/o Edward and Mary (Shirley) Morgan

MORGAN, William S. (1818-1854): m'd 1835 [], Frances

MORKEY, Susan (1813- ): m'd 1835 EDGAR, Moses

MORRIS, Anna (c1842-c1876 ): m'd 24 Aug 1858 EADS, Henry William; d/o Jeremiah and Mary Nancy Agnes (English) Morris; father died prior to emigration, came with mother who married Coleman Burnett on the trail 11 Jun 1845

MORRIS, daughter (1844- ): d/o James and Catalina (Cornelius) Morris

MORRIS, Elizabeth (28 Oct 1827-05 May 1871): m'd 1844 CORNELIUS, George E.; buried Cloverdale Cemetery , Turner, Marion County, Oregon

MORRIS, George W . (1843- ): m'd 1865 [], Sarah J.; s/o Simeon and Hannah (Boyle) Morris

MORRIS, Hiram (c1838- ): s /o Jeremiah and Mary Nancy Agnes (English) Morris; father died prior to emigration, came with mother who married Coleman Burnett on the trail 11 Jun 1845

MORRIS, James M. (1824- ): m'd 1843 CORNELIUS, Catalina

MORRIS, Simeon C . (1811-1851): m'd 1842 BOYLE, Hannah

MULKEY, Johnson (1808-1862): m'd 1835 BROWN, Susan; came alone in 1845, returned east in 1846 and brought family in 1847

[2] MURRAY, Lavina Hervey (27 Jul 1815-07 Sep 1860): m'd Aug 1833 CATCHING, Benjamin Holland; buried Mountain View Memoria Gardens , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

NEALY, Matthew M. (1816-1871): m'd 1847 COLLINS, Jane E.

NELSON, Elizabeth (c1843- ): d/o John and Clarissa (Janes) Nelson

NELSON, Jasper (c1841- ): s/o John and Clarissa (Janes) Nelson

NELSON, John B . (1817-1893): m'd 1839 JANES, Clarissa "Sarah"

NELSON, Margaret (c1840- ): d/o John and Clarissa (Janes) Nelson

NELSON, Thomas (1845- ): s/o John and Clarissa (Janes) Nelson

NEWMAN, George (c1841-1869): s/o Samuel Newman; *3 Meek Cutoff

NEWMAN, John W . (1829- ): m'd 1851 TETHEROW, Edith Elizabeth; s/o Samuel Newman; *3 Meek Cutoff

NEWMAN, Mary (1807-1868): m1. 1825 NEWMAN, Samuel Rev; m2. 1850 BLANTON, Isaac (?); *3 Meek Cutoff

NEWMAN, Rachel W . (1833-19020: m'd 1851 BACON, John M.; d/o Samuel Newman; *3 Meek Cutoff

NEWMAN, Rebecca (1831-1867): m'd 1846 NEWELL, Robert; d/o Samuel Newman; *3 Meek Cutoff

NEWMAN, Samuel Rev. ( -1848): m'd 1825 [], Mary; *3 Meek Cutoff; killed by Indians in the gold fields of CA

NIGHTENGEL, Gideon R .: went to CA in Feb 1846 after arriving in OR

NIXON, Delphine m'd: NIXON, Robert

NOBLE FAMILY RESEARCHER: NOBLE, E. (1835-1845): s/o Henry and Mary Ann (Layton) Noble: *3 Meek Cutoff

NOBLE, Henry J. (1805-1885): m'd 1826 LAYTON, Mary Ann; s/o Alex Noble; *3 Meek Cutoff

NOBLE, Henry J. Jr. (1832-1907): m'd 1857 BOYLES, Martha; s/o Henry and Mary Ann (Layton) Noble; settled in Yamhill County; father of 12 children; *3 Meek Cutoff

NOBLE, John (1827-1845): s/o Henry and Mary Ann (Layton) Noble; *3 Meek Cutoff

NOBLE, Mary (1833-c1865): m'd 1851 RICHASON, John; d/o Henry and Mary Ann (Layton) Noble; *3 Meek Cutoff

NOBLE, Nancy (1842- ): m'd 1857 NELSON, Thomas Benton; d/o Henry and Mary Ann (Layton) Noble; *3 Meek Cutoff

NOBLE, Rebecca Jane (1830-1852): m'd 1847 STOLEY, Israel; d/o Henry and Mary Ann (Layton) Noble; *3 Meek Cutoff

NORTHRUP, E. J. Mrs ::

NORTHRUP, Harvey (1831-1908): m1. 1853 CRUSEN, Martha; m2. 1859 DAVIS, Sarah; m3. 1907 KELLER, Susie Mrs.; s/o John and Nancy (Baird) Northrup

NORTHRUP, John L . (1795-1859): m'd 1819 BAIRD, Nancy;

NORTHRUP, Mary (c1829- ): d/o John and Nancy (Baird) Northrup

NORTHRUP, Perrin Glover (17 May 1824-22 May 1904): m'd 12 Mar 1857 MILLER, Rachel; s/o John and Nancy (Baird) Northrup

NORTON FAMILY RESEARCHER: NORTON, Cyntha (1850-1850): d/o Lucius and Hopestill (King) Norton; listed in some sources as b. 1845 but believed to have been born in 1850 and died soon after birth

NORTON, Dulancey C. (aft 1822-1845): d/o Solomon and Cynthia (Knapp) Norton; died of black measles on the plains

NORTON, Harriet (aft 1822-1845): d/o Solomon and Cynthia (Knapp) Norton; drowned in Columbia River

NORTON, Isaac (1842-1922): m1. 1867 HARRIS, Olive; m2. Mrs. Lizzie Buffam; s/o Lucius and Hopestill (King) Norton; *3 Meek Cutoff; buried at Kings Valley Cemetery, Benton Co, OR

NORTON, Lucius Carolus (1818-1859): m'd 1839 KING, Hopestill; s/o Solomon and Cynthia (Knapp) Norton; *3 Meek Cutoff; buried at Kings Valley Cemetery, Benton Co, OR

NORTON, Sarepta (1791-69): m'd 1807 KING, Nahum; *3 Meek Cutoff; d/o James and Dulany (Howe) Norton; buried on farm near Wren, OR

NORTON, Wiley (1844-1933): m'd 1865 ZUMWALT, Nancy Ann; s/o Lucius and Hopestill (King) Norton; *3 Meek Cutoff; died in Polk Co, OR; buried at King Valley Cemetery, Benton Co, OR

O'BRIEN, Hugh :

O'CONNOR, William :

O'KELLY, Nimrod (c1780- ): m'd 1813 BELL, Sally

OFFICER FAMILY RESEARCHER: OFFICER, Eli Casey (1831-1896): m1. 1851 HOWARD, Sarah; m2.; m3.; m4.; s/o James and Evaline (Cooley) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OFFICER, Francis Marion "Frank" (1839- ): m'd TARTER, Louise Mary; s/o James and Evaline (Cooley) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OFFICER, James (1801-1893): m'd 1828 COOLEY, Evaline G.; s/o Thomas and Susan (Dillon) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OFFICER, John E. (1835- ): m'd 1857 TRULLINGER, Sarah; s/o James and Evaline (Cooley) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OFFICER, Joseph Thomas (c1841- ): d/o James and Evaline (Cooley) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OFFICER, Martha Ann (1828-1884): m'd 1847 DICKEY, John K.; d/o James and Evaline (Cooley) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OFFICER, Missouri (1845-1916): m'd 1876 SNYDER, Allen P. d/o James and Evaline (Cooley) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OFFICER, Nancy Evaline (1843-1931): m'd 1860 WYLAND, Aaron; d/o James and Evaline (Cooley) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OFFICER, Nancy R ebecca (20 Mar 1811-21 Aug 1880): m'd 1834 COOLEY, Christopher Columbus; buried Hubbard Cemetery , Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon

OFFICER, Robert V. (1837-1916): m'd 1859 BUNTON, Viana; s/o James and Evaline (Cooley) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OFFICER, Susan Mary (1833-1911): m'd 1847 VAUGHAN, William Hatchette; d/o James and Evaline (Cooley) Officer; *3 Meek Cutoff

OLNEY FAMILY RESEARCHER: OLNEY, Benjamin : brother of Nathan and Orville Olney

OLNEY, Emily Johnson (1824-1911): m1. HIPES, []; m2. 1846 MARLIN, Henry; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

OLNEY, Nathan (1824-1866): m1. 1847 HALLICOLA, Annette [Wasco Indian]; m2 1857 SINCLAIR, Mrs.; m3. first wife; brother of Benjamin and Orville Olney; *3 Meek Cutoff; was emigrant of 1843 who returned east and emigrated again in 1845

OLNEY, Orville (c1832- ): m'd 1859 [], Ellen [Indian]; brother of Benjamin and Nathan Olney

OSBORNE, Alexander Rogers (1845- ): s/o Josiah and Margaret (Findley) Osborne; survivor of Whitman Massacre of 1847

OSBORNE, John Law (1844-1848): s/o Josiah and Margaret (Findley) Osborne; survivor of Whitman Massacre  of 1847

OSBORNE, Josiah (1809-1880): m'd 1834 FINDLEY, Margaret; s/o [] and Annie (Lyons) Osborne; survivor of Whitman Massacre  of 1847

OSBORNE, Nancy (1840- ): m1. 1860 KEES, Andrew; m2. JACOBS, []; d/o Josiah and Margaret (Findley) Osborne; survivor of the  Whitman Massacre  of 1847

OSBORNE, Sylvia Jane (1841-1846): d/o Josiah and Margaret (Findley) Osborne; survivor of Whitman Massacre  of 1847

OSBURN, W.T . (c1823- ): made several trips across plains as well as to CA.

OWEN, Catherine (c1844- ): m'd 1861 GOODALL, Nathan; d/o Robert and Ellen Owen

OWEN, Margaret Ellen (c1843- ): m'd 1860 MINER, Horace J.; d/o Robert and Ellen Owen

OWEN, Robert ( -c1846): m'd c1842 [], Ellen; wife died fall of 1844 in MO; Robert died after reaching Oregon Territory; daughters Catherine and Margaret shown as heirs of DLC in Yamhill Co

OWNBEY FAMILY RESEARCHER: OWNBEY, Jesse (1824-1914): m'd 07 Dec 1848 JASPER,Elizabeth Cooper; s/o Nicholas and Lucy Ownbey; born 10 Jul 1824 Cooper County, Missouri and died 25 Aug 1914 Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon; buried Cove Cemetery, Cove, Union County, Oregon *3 Meek Cutoff   Jesse Marion Ownbey; made several trips east

OWNBEY, John (1827-1852): s/o Nicholasand Lucy Ownbey; born 25 Sep 1827 Cooper County, Missouri and died Aug 1852 Benton County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

OWNBEY, Lucy J. (1844-1881): m'd 05 Oct 1865 ELLIOTT, John; d/o Nicholas and Lucy Ownbey; born 05 Aug 1844 Buchanan County, MO and died Jun 1881 Union County, Oregon;

OWNBEY, Mary (1839-1927): m1. 08 Jan 1854 JASPER, William C.; m2. c1876 BAIRD/BEARD, Mr.; m3. 07 Jul 1878 BORMAN, Edwart T.; m4. 28 Sep 1909 BLAKE, Albert H.; m5. 30 Sep 1912 HENDERSON, Samuel B.; d/o Nicholas and Lucy Ownbey; born 10 Jun 1839 Buchanan County, MO and died 9 Dec 1927 Baker County, Oregon; buried Mt. Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Baker County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

OWNBEY, Nicholas (1794-1873): m'd 23 May 1821 MARTIN, Lucy Ann; born 21 Feb 1794 Rutherford County, North Carolina and died 13 Jan 1873 Cover, Union County, Oregon; buried Cove Cemetery, Cove, Union County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

OWNBEY, Nicholas (1842-1889): m'd 01 Feb 1866 ZEVELY, Louisa J.; s/o Nicholas and Lucy Ownbey; born 01 Feb 1842 Buchanan County, Missouri and died 13 Jan 1889 Union County, Oregon; *3 MeekCutoff

OWNBEY, Powell (1834-1918): m1. 04 May 1873 WHITELY, Anna; m2. 1886 [   ], Henrietta J.; s/o Nicholasand Lucy Ownbey; born 22 Feb 1834 Morgan County, Missouri and died 6 Jan 1918 Retsil, Kitsap County, Washington; buried Washington's Veteran's Home Cemetery, Retsil, Kitsap County, Washington; *3 Meek Cutoff

OWNBEY, William (1831-1891): m'd 02 Dec 1852LANGSTON, Martha Jane; s/o Nicholas and Lucy Ownbey; born 08 Oct 1831 Cooper County, Missouri and died 21 Jan 1891 Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

OXFORD, Rebecca Ann (c1785-1845/6): m1. c1816 WOODS, Samuel; m2. 12 Apr 1837 GRAY, Mahlon (aka Malchi); m3. 22 Apr 1843 STREITHOFF, John Yost; emigrated with third husband; some reports say she died on the trail but it is believed this is wrong and she died shortly after arrival.  One of her stepdaughters (Julia Ann Streithoff) died January 1846 and it is believed Rebecca Ann died around the same time.  So far records to confirm either theory have not been found.

PACKWOOD FAMILY RESEARCHER: PACKWOOD, Ann (c1844-c1903): d/o John and Abigail (Tinder) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Charles (1816-1866): s/o Elisha & Mary (Burnette) Packwood; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff; controversy over whether he actually came in 1845 or not

PACKWOOD, Chiletha Emma (1841- ): m'd BARNETT, Marcelus; d/o Elisha and Paulina (Prothero) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Elisha (1805-1876): m'd 1832 PROTHERO, Paulina; s/o Elisha and Mary (Burnette) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Elkanah (1843-1845): s/o Elisha and Mary (Prothero) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Isaac (c1840- ): s/o John and Abigail (Tinder) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, James (1820-1849): s/o Samuel and Esther Isobel (McKinley); *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, John Ira (1804-1879): m1. 1831 TINDER, Abigail; m2. c1853 STAMPS, Jane; s/o Elisha and Mary (Burnette) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Judy : m1. GILLETTE; m2. MUNZ, William; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Larkin : *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Lucinda (1835-): m'd PROCTOR, Frank; d/o John and Abigail (Tinder) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Malinda (1837-1913): m1. SMITH, George W.; m2. NIXON, Thomas; m3. GAILLAC, Charles; d/o John and Abigail (Tinder) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Margaret "Peggy" (1832-1921): m'd 1845 SHASER, George W.; note* source #4 lists last name as SHASSER which may be the result of the old fashioned double "f" looking like "s"; d/o John and Abigail (Tinder) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Martha : m'd MCKINLEY, Alexander; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Mary (c1838- ): m'd c1865 PACKWOOD, William H.; d/o John and Abigail (Tinder) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Orpha (1833- ): d/o John and Abigail (Tinder) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Robert Tait : *3 Meek Cutoff m'd: ,

PACKWOOD, Samuel Tait (1832-1910): m'd 1861 WARDLE, Matilda; s/o Elisha and Paulina (Prothero) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PACKWOOD, Samuel Tate (1842- ): m'd 1860 HOLMES, Margaret F.; s/o John and Abigail (Tinder) Packwood; *3 Meek Cutoff

PALMER, Joel (1810-1881): m1. CAFFEY [Coffey?], Catherine; m2. DERBYSHIRE, Sarah Ann; Joel came alone in 1845, returned for family in 1846 and came west with family in 1847

"PALMER, JOEL--Born in Canada, in 1810, of parents who were residents of New York; moved in early life to Indiana, and resided there for many years, becoming in 1844 a member of the State Legislature.   In the spring of 1845 he set out for Oregon, arriving in the fall of the year. His errand was to view the country; and so well was he pleased, that in the following year he returned home, proposing to bring out his family. In 1847 the Palmer emigration took place accordingly, which derives its name from his leadership, which he attained from his knowledge of the way. A large number of people constituted the party, among whom were Messrs. Geer and Grim, of Marion County, the Grahams and Collards, and Christopher Taylor, of Yamhill, and others. Arriving again in Oregon, General Palmer took up a donation claim upon the Yamhill River, and laid out the town of Dayton. When the Whitman massacre occurred he joined the volunteer forces and was chosen quartermaster and commissary general, and served throughout the Cayuse war, thus earning the title of general.   Subsequently he held the position of Superintendent of Indian Affairs. For several terms he was a member of the Legislature, and in 1870 was Republican candidate for Governor of Oregon, but was defeated. He was twice married, and his second wife and seven of their children survived him. Gen. Palmer died June 9, 1881." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.642-3]

PARKER, Amanda L. (1836-1920): m'd 1860 CORNELIUS, Greene B.; d/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker; *3 Meek Cutoff

PARKER, George L . (c1842- ): m'd USHER, Mary; s/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker; *3 Meek Cutoff

PARKER, Gideon Jasper (1839- ): m'd JONES, Genella; s/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker; *3 Meek Cutoff

PARKER, James Luther (1845-1845): s/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker

PARKER, Newton Orlando (1834- ): m'd 1865 CORNELIUS, Sophie S.; s/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker; *3 Meek Cutoff

PARKER, Priscilla (c1832- ): m'd WHITMAN, Perrin d/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker; *3 Meek Cutoff

PARKER, Samuel (1806-1886): m1. c1828 SUTTON, Elizabeth; m2. 1846 SPEARS, Rosetta; *3 Meek Cutoff; *1: MSS#1508 16pp

PARKER, Samuel (1845-1845): born and died at The Dalles d/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker; *3 Meek Cutoff

PARKER, Sarah Sutton (1829-1917): m'd 1846 JACKSON, John B.; d/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker; *3 Meek Cutoff

PARKER, Susan Kale (c1838- ): m'd FERREL, George W.; d/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker; *3 Meek Cutoff

PARKER, Virginia (c1844-1845): d/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Sutton) Parker; *3 Meek Cutoff

PARKER, William G. (1824- ): m'd 1847 [], Lucinda

PARKINSON, James (c1807- ):

PARKINSON, William B .

PARTLOW, Martha Ann : m'd TULL, William

PATCH, Sanford : *3 Meek Cutoff; returned east and died there

PATTERSON, Abraham (1817-1872): m'd 1844 [] , Lovey: *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

PATTERSON, J. ( -1845): *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

PATTERSON, John (1814-1869): m1. [] ; m2. 02 Jun 1853 STOUT, Sarah Ann

PATTERSON, Lovey ( -c1854): m'd 1844 PATTERSON, Abraham; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

PATTERSON, Martha (1845- ): m'd 1865 LEE, John H.; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

PATTON, Charles :

PATTON, Elizabeth (c1802-1869): m'd 1821 ELLIOTT, William B.

PAYNE, Caleb J . m'd: TONEY, Malinda

PENTLAND, Anna (1842- ): d/o Robert and Jane (Lax) Pentland

PENTLAND, Robert (1820- ): m1. 1841 LAW, Jane; m2. c1877 REYNOLDS, Elizabeth Mrs.

"PENTLAND, ROBERT--Born in Newcastle, England, in 1820; came to the United States in 1844 and joined the Oregon immigration of the succeeding year.   Arriving on the Willamette, he took charge of a grist mill at Oregon City belonging to George Abernethy, and continued therewith until 1849, when he paid a visit to California. Settled next on a donation claim near Albany, and engaged in flour milling and merchandising at that place. In 1855 he become a partner with Abernethy and Leander Holmes in the purchase of the Linn City property at the Willamette Falls. They erected the largest flouring mill in Oregon; at the same time Mr. Pentland owned an interest in the Portland water works with Stephen Coffin. In 1860 the Linn City improvements were destroyed by fire, and as soon as the transportation works were renewed by Mr. Pentland in company with Colonel Kelly, the great flood of 1861-62 washed all away. Mr. Pentland then removed to The Dalles and engaged in business for fifteen years, building, among other structures, two flouring mills.   In 1878 he purchased the flouring mill at Scio, Linn County, and now runs it besides a sash and door and furniture factory. Married Miss Jane Law at Newcastle, England, in 1841. She died in 1875, and the next year he wedded Mrs. Eliza E. Reynolds, a native of Maine. Has two children living Mrs. S. L. Brooks, of The Dalles, and E. C. Pentland, of Alkali, Wasco County." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.643]

PERKINS, Ann (c1808- ): m'd 1827 RECTOR, William Henry

PERRY, Frank C . (1844- ): m'd 1864 MCNULTY, Ellen; s/o William and Elizabeth (Crandall) Perry

PERRY, William Francis (1818-1886): m'd 1843 CRANDALL, Elizabeth

PESENGER, John H .:

PETERS, Jason (1820-1894): m'd 1852 WRIGHT, Eleanor C.; *3 Meek Cutoff

PETERS, Noah :

PETERS, Philip (1822- ):

PETERSON FAMILY RESEARCHER: PETERSON, Asa H . (1822-1897): m'd 1843 JOHNSON, Susannah B.; s/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff;

"PETERSON, ASA H.--Is an Eclectic physician and dentist, residing in Lebanon, Linn County. Born in Lewis County, West Virginia, April 12, 1822; came overland to Oregon, and in the year following his arrival, settled in Linn County, on the north side of Peterson's Butte, so named for his family. He was a descendant of John Paul Jones, of Revolutionary fame. Our subject is coroner of Linn County, his name having been placed on both the Republican and Democratic tickets. Married Susanna Johnson, a native of Kentucky; born November 16, 1826; and their children are David H., Lawson J., Melissa J., and Walter C," [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.643]

PETERSON, David H. (1844-1929): m'd POWELL, Rachel Arminta; s/o Asa and Susannah (Johnson) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff

PETERSON, Eliza (c1840- ): m1. 1870 BALES, Alfred; m2. WALKER, []; d/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff

PETERSON, Granville (1843-1845): s/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; died on Green River

PETERSON, Henry J. (1800-1864): m'd 1821 ALLEN, Eliza; *3 Meek Cutoff

"PETERSON, HENRY J.--Born in Virginia; came from Iowa to Oregon and settled in Linn County; took a donation claim and became a farmer; was elected to the Territorial Legislature in 1 848 and served one term.   He was a descendant of John Paul Jones, of revolutionary fame.   Died in 1864." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.644]

PETERSON, Henry J. Jr . (1838- ): s/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff

PETERSON, Laura (1834- ): m'd 1851 KETCHUM, Walter; d/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff

PETERSON, Lydia M . (1824-1876): m'd 1847 PARRISH, Gamaliel; d/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff

PETERSON, Marshall Lawrence (1832-1895): m'd 1858 CURL, Paulina; s/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff; [note: there was another Marshall Peterson who m'd [], Maggie A.G.; these two individuals are often mixed up per Dallas Carley, Peterson Researcher]

PETERSON, Martha (1836-1907): m'd 1862 BARNES, Charles O.; d/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff

PETERSON, Sarah Susanna (1830-1869): m1. 1847 HELM, John Wesley; m2. 1851 BROOKS, Caleb; d/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff

PETERSON, William A . (1826-1894): m'd 1853 SMELSER, Eliza Ann; s/o Henry and Eliza (Allen) Peterson; *3 Meek Cutoff

"PETERSON, W. A.--Lives in Albany; has been a farmer; was born in Virginia in 1828; married, in 1852, Miss Eliza Smelser, who died in 1867; by her he had five children." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.644]

PETTIBONE, Nancy Paine (c1796- ): m'd 1815 MOOR, Sylvannus E.; d/o Oliver Pettibone

PHILLIPS, Alonzo :

PHILLIPS, John (1814-1892): m'd 1839 HIBBARD, Elizabeth; s/o John and Mary (Church) Phillips; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

"PHILLIPS, JOHN--Born in Wiltshire, England, in 1814; came to America in 1834 Resided for a time in Florida, and was in government employ during the Semiriole war. Lived in New Orleans and St. Louis successively, and came to Oregon in 1845. Settled on a donation claim in Spring Valley, Polk County, where he now lives. Married Miss Elizabeth Hibbard, in New Orleans, in 1839, and had eleven children, of whom the following are alive, namely John E., Charles, Samuel, Hannah, Amelia (now Mrs. Basey, of Salem); Mary J. (now Mrs. Martin, of Weston); Elizabeth J. (now Mrs. McCurly, of Umatilla); Cornelia (now Mrs. Claggett, of Independence)." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.644]

PHILLIPS, John E. (1844-1928): m'd SKAIF, Jennie; s/o John and Elizabeth (Hibbard) Phillips; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

PHILLIPS, Sarah Ann (1842-1871): m'd DANE, Edward; d/o John and Elizabeth (Hibbard) Phillips; *4 lists husband as Edwin Dane; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

PHILLIPS, Thomas :

PIERCE, Mr . ( -1845): killed by Indians while crossing plains

PIERCE, M. N. : *3 Meek Cutoff

PITMAN, Albany (1845- ): d/o Lee and Mary Pitman; *3 Meek Cutoff

PITMAN, Catherine Lucia (1841-1873 ): m'd 1856 SAVAGE, James Henry; d/o Lee and Mary (Eaton) Pitman; *3 Meek Cutoff

PITMAN, George W . (1828-1857): m'd 1851 WHITE, L. A.; s/o Lee and Mary (Eaton) Pitman ; *3 Meek Cutoff

PITMAN, Lee Monroe (c1798-1880): m'd 1829 [] , Mary; *3 Meek Cutoff

PITMAN, Lloyd (1836- ): s/o Lee and Mary Pitman; *3 Meek Cutoff

PITMAN, Lucius (1832- ): m'd 1864 WOOLEN, Julia s/o Lee and Mary (Eaton) Pitman ; *3 Meek Cutoff

PITMAN, Mary Jane (1839- ): m'd 1853 COX, John T. d/o Lee and Mary (Eaton) Pitman ; *3 Meek Cutoff

PITMAN, Virginia (1843- ): m'd 1858 BURFORD, Thomas F.; d/o Lee and Mary (Eaton) Pitman ; *3 Meek Cutoff

PITMAN, William (1834- ): s/o Lee and Mary Pitman; *3 Meek Cutoff

POE, Alonzo Marion (1827-1866): m'd 1863 HARTSHORN, Emma M.; to Wash Terr in 1846; to CA in 1862 Alonzo Marion Poe biography by Leon J. Lyell

POLLARD FAMILY RESEARCHER: POLLARD, Celia (1838- ): m'd MANSFIELD, D.; d/o Zacharia and Susan Pollard

POLLARD, Debra (1836- ): m'd DAVIS, []; d/o Zacharia and Susan Pollard

POLLARD, Henry (1833- ): s/o Zacharia and Susan Pollard

POLLARD, Richard Henry (1822- ): m'd 1851 MILLER, Matilda Ann; s/o Roger Pollard; note that Brazen Overlanders of 1845 by Wojcik lists Richards father as Zachariah. This is an error (per research done on the Pollard family by Doug Houk [deceased] and available through Cecil Houk at [email protected]). This individual is actually an emigrant of 1847

POLLARD, Susan (c1798-1869): m'd 1820 POLLARD, Zacharia

POLLARD, William ( -1893): *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

POLLARD, Zachariah (1799-1882): m'd 1820 TERRELL, Susan

POLLOCK, Thomas (1816- ): m'd [], Jane; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

POLLY, Henry B. (1822-1886): m'd 1852 NYE, Druscilla

POMEROY, Franklin ( -1850): m'd c1842 CATCHING, Mary; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

POMEROY, John:

POMEROY, Lydia Jane (1844- ): m'd 1858 CRANDALL, Kenyon;  d/o Franklin and Mary (Catching) Pomeroy; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

POOLE FAMILY RESEARCHER: POOLE, James Richard (1819-1868): was raised by Mr. and Mrs. William G. Buffum

PORTERFIELD, Harvey (1823- ): m1. 1853 ALEXANDER, Martha; m2. GALBRAITH, Mattie

POST, Jerome B . (1819- ): m'd [] , Rosa; came alone in 1845 and returned later for family

POTTER, Elizabeth (c1828- ): d/o John Potter

POTTER, John (c1795-1851):

POTTER, Lucy Ann (c1829- ): d/o John Potter

POTTER, M.J . (c1839- ): d/o John Potter

POTTER, Rebecca (c1835- ): d/o John Potter

POTTINGER, William :

POWELL, Isaac (1843- ): m'd 1870 CULVER, Adelia; s/o Theophilus and Rachel (Center) Powell; *3 Meek Cutoff

POWELL, J. M . m'd: ,

POWELL, Mary Ann "Polly" (1841-1903): m1. ROBERTS, William H.; m2. 1875 MILLER, G.R.H.; d/o Theophilus and Rachel (Center) Powell; *3 Meek Cutoff

POWELL, Theophilus (1792-1859): m1. []; m2. 1840 CENTER, Rachael; *3 Meek Cutoff

PREDWISE, Elizabeth (11 Sep 1789-22 Nov 1853): m'd 05 Aug 1820 BURBAGE, Ezekiel;  died at Marquam, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

PRESTON, George C .:

PRICE, Larkin (1823- ): m1. 1845 SIMPSON, Harriet; m2. WATERS, Sarah

PRIOR, Mr. :

PROTHERO, Samuel (1788-c1890): m'd 1812 LEWIS, Esther; came west with Packwood family; *3 believed to have been on Meek Cutoff

PROTHERO, Paulina (1816-1891): m'd 1832 PACKWOOD, Elisha; *3 Meek Cutoff

PUGH, Amanda Anne "Mandy" (1833-1911): m'd WHEELER, E. E.; d/o William and Janette (Donelson) Pugh; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

PUGH, Andrew (c1838-1845): s/o William and Janette (Donaldson) Pugh;  died near Forest Grove in late 1845 or early 1846;*3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

PUGH, Andrew F . (1843- ): s/o William Porter Pugh; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

PUGH, Janette  (1836-1845): d/o William and Janette (Donelson) Pugh; died near Forest Grove late 1845 or early 1846; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

PUGH, David Hall (1833-1912): m'd 1860 ENTZ, Catherine; s/o William and Janette (Donaldson) Pugh; *3 believedto have taken Meek Cutoff

PUGH, John M. (1820- ): m'd 1851 CLAGGETT, Sarah Ann "Sallie"; s/o William and Janette (Donaldson) Pugh;*3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

PUGH, Mary "Polly" (1816- ):  m'd: CRAWFORD, (Unknown)

PUGH, Sarah N. "Sally" (1814- ): m'd 1832 SMITH, Alvis; d/o William and Sarah (White) Pugh; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

PUGH, Silas George (1830-1909): m'd 1857 ROSE, Sarah; s/o William and Janette (Donaldson) Pugh; *3 believedto have taken Meek Cutoff

PUGH, Son #1 ( -1845): s/o William Porter Pugh; died enroute at Big Sandy River in Wyoming

PUGH, Son #2 ( -1845): s/o William Porter Pugh; died enroute at Big Sandy River in Wyoming

PUGH, William David (c1790 -1846): m1. c1811 WHITE, Sarah; m2. 1815 DONALDSON, Janette; born in South Carolina; first wife died after the birth of their second child; father of Washington M. Pugh and Sarah N. Pugh by first wife; father of  10 children by second wife (Mary, William P. , John M., Eliza, George W., Silas George, Amanda Anne, David Hall, Janette and Andrew); died near Forest Grove January 3, 1846; several of his children stayed in the east and did not emigrate in 1845 with the rest of the family; *3 further research by Pugh researcher, Terence Emmons, concludes this family was not on the Meek Cutoff as mentioned in some sources

PUGH, William Porter Mrs. ( -1845): m'd c1838 PUGH, William Porter Capt. died on trail near Big Sandy River in Wyoming

PUGH, William Porter (1818-1878): m1. c1838 (died on trail near Big Sandy River in Wyoming; m2. 1857 HALL, Florinda Davidson s/o William and Janette (Donaldson) Pugh; *3 further research by Pugh researcher, Terence Emmons, concludes this family was not on the Meek Cutoff as mentioned in some sources  

PYLES, Margaret ( -1883): m1. MCDOWELL, James; m2. TAYLOR, E.C. Dr.

PYLE, James M .:

QUINZE, Ventrilla :

RAMAGE, James (1789-1851): m'd c.1810 HARVEY, Sarah

RAMAGE, Jane H . (1811-1866): m'd c1832 HARVEY, Amos

RAMAGE, John (1791- ):

RANDOLPH, John :

RANSOM, Samue l:

READ, Edward : s/o Thomas Read

READ, Martha : d/o Thomas Read

READ, Nancy : d/o Thomas Read

READ, Thomas M . (1812-1892): m'd 1846 WHITE, Nancy (widow of Zachariah Hawkins)

John Perkins RECTOR FAMILY RESEARCHER: RECTOR, Benjamin Franklin (1831- ): m'd 1857 MAY, Martina; s/o William and Ann (Perkins) Rector

RECTOR, John Perkins (1833- ): m'd 1854 WASHBURN, Mary J.; s/o William and Ann (Perkins) Rector

RECTOR, Ludwell James (1828- ): m'd 1849 STANLEY, Jane; s/o William and Ann (Perkins) Rector

RECTOR, Theresa (1843- ): m1. 1862 STARR, Judson H.; m2. LYNDON, John Weldon; d/o William and Ann (Perkins) Rector

RECTOR, Volney (1836- ): d/o William and Ann (Perkins) Rector

RECTOR, William Henry Jr. (1840- ): s/o William and Ann (Perkins) Rector

RECTOR, William Henry Sr. (1806-1890): m'd 1827 PERKINS, Ann; moved to Santa Rosa, CA in 1850s

REDDEN, Mary (1810-1897): m'd 1832 LEWIS, David R.; d/o Nehemiah Redden; buried in Smith/Lewisville Cemetery, Polk Co *10

REDDIN, Zerrelda Emmemine (c1818- ): m'd 1836 FOSTER, Ambrose D.

RENSHAW, Hiram :

RHEA, Anna Bell (1811-1866): m'd 1827 FORREST, John M.

RICE, Levi (1814- ): m'd 1839 [], Prudence

RICE, Mary J . (1844- ): d/o Levi and Prudence Rice

RICE, Prudenc e (c1813- ): m'd 1839 RICE, Levi

RICHARDS, Solomon (1820- ): m'd 1842 SAUNDE, Sarah (wife died in 1844); raised by paternal grandfather, James Glasgow

RICHARDSON, Eliza m'd: RICHARDSON,

RICHASON, John D. (c1824- ): m'd 1851 NOBLE, Mary Ann

RIDGEWAY FAMILY RESEARCHER: RIDGEWAY, John (1807-c1871): m'd 1836 WILLSON, Tabitha *4,*6; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

"RIDGEWAY, WILLIAM--Born in Buchanan County, Missouri, September 3, 1842; carne to Oregon and settled at Mill Creek, Polk County, which is still his place of residence; he is a farmer by occupation. In 1878 he married Matilda J. Blair, and they have one child Mary C." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.644]

RIDGEWAY, John Jr . (1841-1914): never married; s/o John and Tabitha (Willson) Ridgeway *4, *6; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

RIDGEWAY, Lindsey (1844- ): s/o John and Tabitha (Willson) Ridgeway *4,*6; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

RIDGEWAY, William (1842- ): m'd 1878 BLAIR, Matilda J. s/o John and Tabitha (Willson) Ridgeway *4,*6; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

RIGGS FAMILY RESEARCHER:   Oregan Overland: Three Roads of Adversity by Ross Smith; an indepth study of the 1845 Meek Cutoff and the Riggs family who traveled it  

RIGGS, Hanna Jane (1825-1860): m'd 1841 ALLEN, James Miller; twin of Milton; d/o James and Nancy (Anderson) Riggs *3 Meek Cutoff

RIGGS, James Berry (1802-1870): m1.1824 ANDERSON, Nancy C.; m2. TAYLOR, Margaret; s/o Scott and Hannah (Berry) Riggs; first postmaster at Salt Creek, Polk Co in 1852; *3 Meek Cutoff  

RIGGS, Louisa M . (1839- ): s/o James and Nancy (Anderson) Riggs; *3 Meek Cutoff

RIGGS, Marion L . (1830-1847): s/o James and Nancy (Anderson) Riggs; first grave in Salt Creek Cemetery, Polk Co; *3 Meek Cutoff

RIGGS, Milton Scott (1825-1893): m'd 1851 HAMPTON, Elizabeth; twin of Hanna; s/o James and Nancy (Anderson) Riggs; *3 Meek Cutoff

RIGGS, Rufus Anderson (1827-1899): m'd1851 NICKLIN, Evaline H. "Mary" s/o James and Nancy (Anderson) Riggs; *3 Meek Cutoff

RIGGS, Silas T . (1836- ): m'd 1857BUTLER, Sarah M.; *3 Meek Cutoff

RIGGS, Silbey Ann (1842-1866): m'd 1860 SMITH, James Washington; d/o James and Nancy (Anderson) Riggs; *3 Meek Cutoff

RIGGS, Washington L . (1833- ): m'd 1849 ROBINSON, Matilda S.; s/o James and Nancy (Anderson) Riggs; *3 Meek Cutoff

RILEY, William :

RINEARSON, Jacob Swain (1814-05 Mar 1900): Never Married; s/o Jacob and Martha (Gulick) Rinearson; was a prominent figure in the early Indian Wars, earning the rank of Major.  He resided for a number of years at Rainier, Columbia County, Oregon; died while visiting relatives in Clackamas County; some sources say he came in 1843 but there is no indication that that is true.

RINEARSON, Peter Mills (06 Feb 1818-12 Nov 1889): m1. 18 May 1847 CORNELIUS, Rebecca J.; m2. 27 Jun 1866 GREAVES, Mrs. Isabella (McDonald); s/o Jacob and Mariah (Gulick) Rinearson; setted in Clackamas County, father of Cornelius O., Sara Jane, Abraham Lewis, Isaac Hewlick, Frank Butler, Mary, Cicero Randolph, Peter Mills and Jacob Rinearson by first wife; father of  Emma Alena, George O., Edward Barnett and Jacob Hayes by his second wife.

"RINEARSON, PETER M.--Born in Butler County, Ohio, February 6, 1819. Came to Oregon in November, 1845. Resides now at Oregon City and is a farmer by occupation. Married twice to Rebecca Cornelius, and to Isabelle McDonald. Children s names Cornelius (deceased), Sarah, Abraham B., Isaac V., Peter M., Jacob (deceased), Cicero, Emma, George, Edward, and Jacob S." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.644]

RINEHART, Alfred (1820- ): m'd 1842 [], Elizabeth

RINEHART, Charles (c1844- ): s/o Alfred and Elizabeth Rinehart

RINEHART, Elizabeth (c1821- ): m'd 1842 RINEHART, Alfred

RISLEY, Jacob Swain (1832-1902): m'd1857 SCHOLL, May

"RISLEY, JACOB S.--Lives near Oregon City, and is a farmer by occupation; he was born in Columbus County, Ohio, in 1832; married Miss Mary S. Scholl, and their children are Charles W., Orville (deceased), John P., Arthur B. (deceased), Elmer S. (deceased), Mary A., and Ralph E." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.645]

RISLEY, Orville (1807-1884): m1. 1832 BALL, Mary Ann; m2. SNYDER, Amelia

"RISLEY, ORVILLE--Lives in Portland, but is a farmer by occupation ; he was born in New York, in 1803, and was twice married; first to Miss Mary Ball, and second to Miss Amelia Snyder. His children are Jacob S., arid Charles M. The latter is deceased." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.645]

RITCHIE, Agnes B. "Nancy" (1795-1880): m1. FINDLEY, Alexander; m2. 1818 COURTNEY, John B.

RITCHIE, John (1809-1877): never married

RITNER  FAMILY RESEARCHER: RITNER, Sebastian R/B . (1812-1887): m'd 1854 RITNER, Sarah (WOODLING); Sarah was the widow of Sebastian's brother, John; *3 Meek Cutoff

"RITNER, S. B.--Born in Switzerland in 1815; came to Oregon and settled in Luckiamute Valley, Polk County. Occupation, farming. He married Sarah Woetling, and their children s names are John, Louis, Sophronia, and Franklin." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.645]

ROBERT, Earl: *1: MSS#793 113pp

ROBERTSON, Sarah (c1802- ): m'd 1815 COOK, Isaac

ROBBINS, Theodocia Ann (1804-1881): m'd 1822 HERREN, John Daniel; *3 Meek Cutoff

"HERREN, DOSHA (ROBBINS)--Born in Henry County, Kentucky, in May, 1804; married to John Herren, in June, 182*2; removed to Indiana and settled in Decatur County, in 1838, but went to Platt County, Missouri, and there resided until 1845, when they came across the plains to Oregon. Located first near Wheatland, but in February, 1846, settled in Marion County, where they continued to reside until their respective deaths. Mr. Herren died March 2, 1864, Mrs. Herren September 15, 1881. Their family included thirteen children seven sons and six daughters ten of whom survived their mother." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.637]

ROBINSON, Aldis A . (1821-1913): m'd 1855 LITTLE, Sarah D; s/o Joel and Celia (Whitaker) Robinson; an article published in 1845 states he was reportedly killed by Indians which is in error.  He was in the Oregon territory until sometime around 1850 when he returned to New York.  A letter to Joseph Lane in January 1855 inquires of affairs in Oregon and states that ill health prevents him from leaving New York.

ROBINSON, Clarinda (c1831- ): d/o William and Susanna (Cannon) Robinson

ROBINSON, James (c1829- ): s/o William and Susanna (Cannon) Robinson

ROBINSON, James B . (1812- ): m'd 1842 WARNER, Melissa H.

"ROBINSON, JAMES B.--Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1824. He came to Oregon and settled near where Hillsboro now stands, in Washington County, and engaged in farming. He married Melissa H. Warner in 1842, and their children's names are Francis M., and George A. Mr. Robinson is deceased, but his wife and children still reside on the old homestead in Washington County." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.645]

ROBINSON, Miriam (1826- ): m1. 1844 THOMPSON, Arthur H.; m2. 1850 TULLER, Jeremiah

ROBINSON, Sara Maria (c1800-1850): m'd 1827 SWITZLER, John

ROBINSON, Thomas G . (1807-1867): m'd c1852 CLARK, Bridget T.

ROBINSON, William (1789- ): m'd 1815 CANNON, Susanna

ROETHER, Charles (c1824-1868): RODGERS FAMILY RESEARCHER: RODGERS, Alexander :

RODGERS, Andrew ( -1847): died in Whitman Massacre

Lewis ROGERS FAMILY RESEARCHER: ROGERS, Ellery (c1844- ): s/o John and Elizabeth (Beauchamp) Rogers

ROGERS, Green Clark (1825-1891): m'd 1847 NELSON, Mary J.; s/o Lewis and Nancy (Richards) Rogers

ROGERS, James William (1821-1895): m1. 1848 HENDERSON, Mary Ellen; m2. 1878 SMALL, Mary A.; s/o Lewis andNancy (Richards) Rogers;

     "JAMES WILLIAM ROGERS, who came to Oregon in 1845, and is one of the most highly respected citizens of Yam Hill county, was born in Indiana, April 13, 1821. His father, Lewis Rogers, was born in Kentucky and reared in Indiana; and the grandfather of our subject, Aquilla Rogers, was one of the pioneer of the state of Kentucky. The ancestors of the family have been prosperous farmers, and mostly members of the Christian denomination. Lewis Rogers married Miss Nancy A. Richards, a native of Indiana, and the daughter of Zadok Richards; this family were Tennesseans.    Mr. Rogers, whose name heads this sketch, was the second of nine children of the above family, and the eldest son. He was brought up on a farm in Indiana. In 1840 he went to Iowa, where he was employed by his father, and put in crops on shares; in 1845, in company with his brother and a brother-in-law, and a neighbor, he started with ox teams and three wagons on the long journey across the continent toward the "sunset land." The journey was successful. After crossing the Missouri river they forded every stream until they reached the DesChutes river, which they crossed by making a raft of canoes lashed together. Indeed, Mr. Rogers enjoyed the journey very much. They killed buffalo and antelope, and the bitter experiences so common on such tedious expeditions were so few and light that he looks back on the whole trip with scarcely any feeling but that of pleasure.    Coming to Yam Hill county, he took a donation land claim a mile and a half southwest of where now stands the beautiful city of McMinnville. (No town was then thought of at that point.) Mr. Cozine and wife were his nearest neighbors. He erected a small log house and began life as a bachelor. After living in this way two or three years he married, December 21, 1848, Miss Mary E. Henderson, the daughter of Jesse C. Henderson, who came to Oregon the same year that he did. He continued to reside upon this farm making improvements and raising stock and grain, being successful and enjoying the respect of many acquaintances.    He had seven children, four sons and three daughters. One died in infancy: J. O. is now employed in the Recorder's office at McMinnville; Jane Ann is the wife of Isaac Collard, and resides near her father; Priscilla E. married Frank Collard, and resides in Washington; Lewis and Frank are druggists in McMinnville; and Thomas is with his brothers in the drug store.    In addition to his other farming, Mr. Rogers has turned his attention to horticulture and is now raising large quantities of choice fruit. The growth of this thriving city of McMinnville has enhanced the value of his property, and from time to time he has disposed of subdivisions of his land, but he still retains 190 acres, on which he settled forty-seven years ago. And during this long period he has been thoroughly identified with every movement intended to build up the interests of the town and vicinity, taking stock in every financial enterprise that he considered a good movement. He was one of the builders of the McMinnville, a steamboat built to convey freight and passengers to and from Portland; he helped organize the Grange, took stock in its enterprises and was its Chaplain for several years. When the Baptist college was started he aided it liberally, and, in fact, he has uniformly exhibited by his deeds his willingness to contribute to the welfare of McMinnville.    Mr. Rogers made a public profession of Christianity in the year 1851. He joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where he still continues [as] a member and Elder, which office he has filled for more than twenty years. He is now in his seventy-first year, in the enjoyment of good health, of active intellect, kind-hearted, social and in every was a worthy citizen and a good representative of the Oregon Pioneers of 1845.    Mrs. Rogers died February 25, 1869, and Mr. Rogers remained single until December 29, 1878, when he married Miss Mary A. Small, a native of southwest Missouri, and the daughter of Henry and Mary A. (McCall) Small; her father was a Kentuckian, and her mother was a native of Tennessee; and her grandfather came from Scotland." [An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon by  Harvey K. Hines, Lewis Pub. Co., 1893, pp 1881-82 contributed by Tracey Saucy]

"ROGERS, JAMES W.--Lives near McMinnville, Yamhill County, and is a farmer by occupation. He was born in Indiana, April 13, 1821; moved to Iowa in 1839; six years later came to Oregon and settled at McMinnville. He married Mary E. Henderson in 1849. She died in 1809, and in 17S he married Mary A. Small. Their children s names are James O., June A.. Priscilla E., Lewis J., Thomas H., Cora B., and Frank." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.645]

ROGERS, John Page (c1817- ): m'd c1843 BEAUCHAMP, Elizabeth

ROGERS, Joseph Berry (1820-1855): m'd 1847 COOK, Letetia

ROGERS, Martha Ellen (1823-1904): m'd 1839 GARRISON, Pliney Crynes; *1: MSS#697 32pp Martha Ellen Garrison

ROGERS, Sarah M . m'd: BURNETT, Glenn O.

ROSS, Sherry (1824-1867): m'd 1851 DEARDORFF, Rebecca F.; raised by William McKinney family; *3 Meek Cutoff

ROULETTE, William R . (c1807- ):

ROUND, Julia Ann (1815-1867): m'd 1833 DIXON, William Fooks

RUDE, Elizabeth (c1800- ): m'd 1824 JOHNSON, Charles M. Dr.; *3 Meek Cutoff

RYAN, James (c1841- ): m'd BLANCHETT, Dennis; s/o William and Susan Ryan

RYAN, Jane Cockerell (1841- ): m'd BLANCHET, Damase; d/o William and Susan (Cockerell) Ryan

RYAN, William (1814- ): m'd c1840 COCKERELL, Susan

SAFFARANS, Henry Dr .: [*4 lists as pioneer of 1845 but records indicate he was actually a pioneer of 1844]

ST. CLAIR, Wayman (c1816-1872): m'd 1851 JOHNSON, Mahala Jane

SAMPSON, Julia Ann (1821- ): m1. 1840 LIGGETT, William; m2. JONES, Marvel M.; *3 Meek Cutoff

SANDERS, Horace (c1823- ):

SANDERS, John :

SAPPINGTON, Eliza Frances (1843-1907): m'd FOUTS, John; d/o James and Mary (Anderson) Sappington

SAPPINGTON, George W. (1841- ): m1. 1864 LAUGHLIN, Mary F.; m2. 1870 ROBINSON, Mary E.; s/o James and Mary (Anderson) Sappington

"SAPPINGTON, GEORGE W.--Son of J. M. Sappington; was born in 1841, and came across the plains with his parents. Since 1846 has lived in Yamhill County; has been a farmer and butcher, and is now a merchant in partnership with James Roberts. Was postmaster four years, but has now resigned. Married Mary F. Laughlin in 1864, who died in 1868, leaving one child. In 1870, he married Miss Mary E. Robinson, and by her has had five children. Residence, North Yamhill." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.645-6]

SAPPINGTON, James M. ( -1846): m'd c1836 ANDERSON, Mary Ann

"SAPPINGTON, JAMES M.--Was a native of Kentucky, and a farmer by occupation. Married Miss Mary A. Anderson, of Kentucky, who died, leaving four children, namely John W., George W., Eliza F., and Sarah P. Mr. Sappington died on the Tualatin Plains in 1846." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.646]

S APPINGTON, John W . (1837- ): m'd 1857 LAUGHLIN, Lucinda; s/o James and Mary (Anderson) Sappington

"SAPPINGTON, JOHN A.--Born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1837; the son of James M. Sappington ; after his arrival in Oregon, settled in Yamhill County ; now lives three miles east of Gaston ; is a farmer by occupation. He married Lucinda Laughlin in 1857, and their children's names are I. M., E. B., Rosa E., W. D., Fanny, Nancy, and Henry H. Mr. Sappington served as justice of the peace in 1880, and was elected to the Legislature in 1882, and served one term. He also served in the Yakima war." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.646]

SAVAGE FAMILY RESEARCHER: SAVAGE, Charles W. (c1827- ): m'd 1854 HULL, Louisa

SAVAGE, William (1826-1896): m1. 1854 BROWN, Sarah; m2. LADY, Mary C.

"SAVAGE, WILLIAM--Born in Oswego County, New York, in 1826; in 1842 moved to Hancock County, Ohio; came to Oregon across the plains, and drove the third wagon of the first train that crossed the Cascade Range, in July, 1846. He settled in Yamhill County; now lives on the Yamhill River, in Polk County, near Sheridan, and his occupation is that of farming and stock-raising. He married Sarah Brown in 1854, and Mary C. Lady in 1883. Their children are-Edison, Gibson, James, Laura, William, Sarah, Austin, and Irving (deceased). Mr. Savage was a member of the Oregon Legislature from Polk County in 1880." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.646]

SAWYER, Jordan : came alone in 1845 and returned east in 1846 to bring back his son Samuel and brother Mark and family in 1847

SAWYER, Mark (1813-1884): m'd c1837 [], Susannah; actually emigrant of 1847

SCHENCK, W.S .:

SCHOONOVER, Elizabeth (1827-1865): m'd 1845 MEEK, Stephen Hall Lettuck *3 Meek Cutoff

SCHOONOVER, Peter (c1805- ): *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SCOGGIN, John Lafayette (c1829- ): came with stepfather, James Chambers and mother, Mary Green Scoggin Chambers; s/o Woodson and Mary (Greene) Scoggin;  Scoggin Family Story

SCOGGIN, Martha Ann (1808-1890): m'd 1824 HELM, William; *3 Meek Cutoff

SCOGGIN, Martha Jane (30 Mar 1838-01 Aug 1920): m'd Nov 1853 COMSTOCK, Croesus Bonaparte came with stepfather, James Chambers and mother, Mary Green Scoggin Chambers ; d /o Woodson and Mary (Greene) Scoggin; buried River View Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

SCOGGIN, Sarah Ann Elizabeth "Lizzie"  (28 Sep 1836-): m1. 03 Jul 1851 WILCOX, Carlos D. m2. 03 Jan 1872 MANNING, Loui; came with stepfather, James Chambers and mother, Mary Green Scoggin Chambers; d /o Woodson and Mary (Greene) Scoggin; buried Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon

SCOGGIN, William Gustavis (13 Oct 1832-Jun 1891): m'd 15 Jun 1853 GRUBB, Amanda Elizabeth; came with stepfather, James Chambers and mother, Mary Green Scoggin Chambers ; s/o Woodson and Mary (Greene) Scoggin;  buried Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon

SCOGGIN, Woodson A. (15 May 1840-28 Mar 1900): m'd 1870 RESNER, Augusta came with stepfather, James Chambers and mother, Mary Green Scoggin Chambers ; s /o Woodson and Mary (Greene) Scoggin; buried River View Cemetery , Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

SCOTT FAMILY RESEARCHER: SCOTT, Angelina (c1844- ): d/o James and Margaret Scott

SCOTT, Ellen (1824-1882): m'd 1846 LYLE, John Eakin; d/o Felix and Nancy (Dent) Scott

SCOTT, Emsley R . (1816- ): m'd 1851 CROSBY, Martha S.

SCOTT, Felix (1786-1858): m1. DENT, Nancy Ann; m2. c1831 CASTILLO, Ellen; s/o David Scott; was father of 22 children

SCOTT, Felix (1829-1879): never married; died 10 Nov 1879 in Arizona

SCOTT, Harriet ( -1846): d/o Felix and Ellen (Cansley) Scott

SCOTT, Harrison (c1839- ): d/o Felix and Ellen (Cansley) Scott

SCOTT, James (1815- ): m'd 1837 [], Margaret

SCOTT, John ( -c1845): m'd 1845 CORNELIUS, Rebecca; died on the Sweetwater

SCOTT, John : to CA

SCOTT, Juliet (1827- ): m'd 1848 SPENCER, William C.

SCOTT, Margaret (c1821- ): m'd 1837 SCOTT, James

SCOTT, Marion (1831- ):

SCOTT, Mary (1821-1913): m'd 1840 STEWART, John; d/o William Scott; *3 Meek Cutoff

SCOTT, Nimrod (1838-1862):

SCOTT, Oliver C . (c1843- ): s/o James and Margaret Scott

SCOTT, Orville (c1842- ): s/o James and Margaret Scott

SCOTT, Prior (1825-1894): m'd 1852 JONES, Mary; wife was brother's widow; *3 Meek Cutoff

SCOTT, Rodney (1842-1911): d/o Felix and Ellen (Cansley) Scott

SCOTT, William J.J. (1824-1896):

SCOTT, William W .:

SCROGGIN: See Scoggin

SEARCY, Eveline (c1811- ): m'd 1838 MARTIN, Hardin D.; *3 Meek Cutoff

SEARCY, Nancy (c1823-1862): m'd 1842 DAWSON, William; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SEARS, Dorcas (c1819- ): m'd c1836 SEARS, John

SEARS, Elizabeth J. (c1837- ): d/o John and Dorcas Sears

SEARS, Frances A . (1843- ): d/o John and Dorcas Sears

SEARS, James B . (c1842- ): s/o John and Dorcas Sears

SEARS, John (c1811- ): m'd c1836 [], Dorcas; family residing in Sacramento, CA by 1850 Census

SEARS, Mary G. (c1840- ): d/o John and Dorcas Sears; m'd bef 1865 LEWIS, George Washington (1842-1922)

SHASER, George Washington (1815-1899): m'd 1845 PACKWOOD, Margaret; *3 Meek Cutoff

SHEAFFER, Peter :

SHANNON, Davis (1811- ): never married; brother of Wesley Shannon

SHANNON, Wesley (1820-1890): m'd 1847 SIMMONS, Elizabeth; brother of Davis Shannon

SHASER, George Washington : see SHAFFER, George Washington

SHAW, Nancy (1806-1898): m'd 1823 FORD, Sidney S.

SHIRLEY, Mary (1810-1875): m'd 1828 MORGAN, Edward

Amos SHORT FAMILY RESEARCHER: SHORT, Alfred D. (1842- ): s/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short

SHORT, Amos Clark (1835-1910): m1. 1853 SMITH, Ann E.; m2. 1901 HARDINGER, Josie L.; s/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short

SHORT, Amos Meade (1810-1853): m'd 1829 CLARK, Esthere

SHORT, Curtis (1830-1840s): s/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short

SHORT, Drusilla (1834- ): m'd BURLINGAME, Henry; s/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short

SHORT, Elizabeth (1843-1844): d/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short; died prior to emigration

SHORT, Grant Hall (1845- ): s/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short

SHORT, Ira (1840-1841): s/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short; died prior to emigration

SHORT, Jerusha (1832- ): m1. 1845 BOLAN, Andrew J.; d/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short

SHORT, Mary B. "Maxie" (1838- ): d/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short

SHORT, Samantha (1837- ): m'd 1853 MORSE, Henry C.; d/o Amos and Estere (Clark) Short

SHRODER, George N. :

SHUCK, James (1822-c1845): m'd 1843 LONG, Mary; s/o Jacob and Susanna (Jones) Shuck

SIGLER, George (1808-c1864): m1; m2. 1854 CONRAD, Laura

SIGLER, William ( -c1849):

SILSIL, George :

SIMMONS, Asa B . (1824- ): m1. 1851 SWEEGLE, Sarah; s/o Samuel and Mahala (Bunch) Simmons

SIMMONS, Daniel m'd: ,

SIMMONS, Elizabeth m'd: SETTLEMIER, M.

SIMMONS, Elizabeth Mahala (1830- ): m'd 1847 SHANNON, Eugene [*4 lists m'd 1847 SHANNON, Wesley]; s/o Samuel and Mahala (Bunch) Simmons

SIMMONS, Frederick m'd: ,

SIMMONS, Grover m'd: ,

SIMMONS, Ida m'd: MACK, Joseph

SIMMONS, J. D. m'd: ,

SIMMONS, John Hawkins (1832- ): m'd HALL, Mary Jane; s/o Samuel and Mahala (Bunch) Simmons

SIMMONS, L. D . m'd: ,

SIMMONS, Mahala m'd: ,

SIMMONS, Ola m'd: JOHNSON, A.

SIMMONS, Redford m'd: ,

SIMMONS, Samuel (1802-c1878): m'd 1822 BUNCH, Mahala A.

SIMMONS, Sylvester C. (1839-1925): s/o Samuel and Mahala (Bunch) Simmons

SIMMONS, William (1828- ): s/o Samuel and Mahala (Bunch) Simmons

SIMMONS, William m'd: ,

SIMPSON, Albert Hezekiah (08 Oct 1843- ): s/o Rice and Rebecca (Lasater) Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

SIMPSON, Alcey (05 Jan 1832-1851): m'd 1848 MCCLAIN, James W.; d/o Rice and Rebecca (Lasater) Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

SIMPSON, Alfred (1839- ): s/o Rice and Rebecca (Lasater) Simpson

SIMPSON, Amos Carl (1836-1845): s/o Isaac and Martha (Jackson) Simpson

SIMPSON, Eliza (1841-1922): m'd 1858 LOUGHARY, Lafayette W.; s/o Isaac and Martha (Jackson) Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

SIMPSON, Henderson (30 Jan 1841-1904): m'd 1860 FAULKENBERRY, Martha; s/o Rice and Rebecca (Lasater) Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

SIMPSON, Isaac Middleton (1803-1877): m'd 1835 JACKSON, Martha; s/o Malachi Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

"SIMPSON, ISAAC N.--Born in Georgia in 1813; moved to Tennessee in 1815, and to Arkansas in 1833. Came overland to Oregon, arriving here with no property but three cows, a mule and a pony, and eight dollars in cash. Settled in the Luckiamute Valley, where he still resides.   Occupation, farming and stock-raising. Married Martha Jackson in Arkansas, in 1835. Children Amos C., Marshall WM Eliza, and Isaac- N." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.646-7]

SIMPSON, Marshall W . (1838-1930): m'd 1859 BEVENS, Joyce A.; s/o Isaac and Martha (Jackson) Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

SIMPSON, Sophia (05 Apr 1837-1922): m'd 05 Mar 1854 HASTINGS, Burres, d/o Rice and Rebecca (Lasater) Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

SIMPSON, Rice W ilson (01 Sep 1808-14 Mar 1883): m'd 07 Oct 1828 LASATER, Rebecca; s/o Malachi Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

SIMPSON, Sophia (1836- ): m'd 1854 HASTINGS, Burris; d/o Rice and Rebecca (Lasater) Simpson; *3 Meek Cutoff

SKINNER, Alonzo A. (1814-1877): m'd c1853 LINCOLN, Eliza

"SKINNER, ALONZO A.--Born in Huron County, Ohio; studied law and was admitted to the bar. Came to Oregon in company with Orville Risley and others, in 1845. In the year after his arrival he was made Circuit Judge of Oregon under the Provisional Government. The salary of this office was originally fixed at $200, but it is said that it was raised to $800 to induce Judge Skinner to accept the place. Peter H. Burnett, afterward Governor of California, was Supreme Judge of Oregon, but resigned because Judge Skinner received the largest salary. Skinner was a Whig originally, but became a Republican on the formation of that party. From 1851 to 1853 he was Indian Agent, and was located in the Rogue River Valley, where he took up the first donation land claim recorded in that section. In 1853 he was candidate for Delegate to Congress, against Joseph Lane, by whom he was badly beaten. From 1862 to 1864 he was clerk of Lane County. He was esteemed a well-read lawyer, modest and unassuming, and of good morals and fine feelings." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.647]

SKINNER, Eugene Franklin (1809-1864): m'd 1839 COOK, Mary P.; s/o John Skinner; Eugene, OR was named after him   Eugene Skinner Letter Letter published in Janesville, Wisonsin newspaper in September 1847

SLATER, Barbara (1806-1885): m'd 1824 HARDISON, Gabriel

SMEED, Hiram N. (1824- 1888): m'd 1849 WOOD, Rachael Jane; *3 Meek Cutoff; buried Riverside Cemetery, Linn Co, OR

James SMITH FAMILY RESEARCHER: SMITH, "Pack Horse" ; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Adam (1828- ): m1. 1841 COMER, Elizabeth; m2. [], Anna; m3. STINSON, Amanda; *3 Meek Cutoff; first wife did not come with him

SMITH, Alanson Perry (1815-1890): m'd 1847 MCNARY, Harriet Vanneva; *3 Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Alexander (c1823-1851): never married; s/o George and Nancy (Hamilton) Smith; *3 Meek Cutoff; died in Honolulu in 1851; emigrated with brother Greenberry

SMITH, Alvis (1808- ): m'd 17/18 May 1832 PUGH, Sarah "Sally" N.; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Benjamin F . (1840- ): s/o James and Elizabeth Smith this family listed in Brazen Overlanders of 1845 as emigrants of 1845 but is in error; this family actually came Southern Route in 1846

SMITH, C.C. : (note: this may be Cordelia Catherine found listed below)

SMITH, Colman D . (1813- ): m'd 1842 BIGELOW, Emma G.

SMITH, Cordelia Catherine (c1844- ): d/o James and Elizabeth Smith this family listed in Brazen Overlanders of 1845 as emigrants of 1845 but is in error; this family actually came Southern Route in 1846

SMITH, E.H. (c1836- ): s/o John and Pelina Smith

SMITH, Eliza A . (c1834- ): d/o James and Elizabeth Smith this family listed in Brazen Overlanders of 1845 as emigrants of 1845 but is in error; this family actually came Southern Route in 1846

SMITH, Eliza (1841- ): d/o Alvis and Sarah (Pugh) Smith; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Elizabeth (c1811- ): m'd 1831 SMITH, James

SMITH, Elizabeth (1800- ): m'd 1817 FOSTER, Andrew; *3 Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Ellen (1842- ): d/o James and Rebecca (English) Smith; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Ezekiel : *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff ; appears as a cattle driver for the Adam Smith group, listed on the Tetherow roster

SMITH, Ezekiel Mrs .: *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, George (c1812- ): m'd c1834 [], Nancy; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff; father of 3 sons and 2 daughters

SMITH, George D . (1824- ): m'd 1853 PELL, Elizabeth; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff; listed as a private with Tetherow Train; shoemaker

SMITH, George W : s/o George Smith; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff ; listed as a private with Tetherow Train; a George W. Smith came in 1846 causing some confusion

SMITH, Greenberry (10 Sep 1820-1886): m1. 1847 HUGHART, Eliza J.; m2. 21 Feb 1850 BAKER, Mary; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff ; emigrated with brother, Alexander Smith

SMITH, Hiram "Red Shirt Smith" (1810-1870): m'd 1835 STONE, Hannah Moore

"SMITH, HIRAM--Born in Dunnville [sic-Dansville?] , New York, and grew to manhood there; removed to Ohio, and in 1845 organized an expedition for Oregon.   Subsequently he crossed the plains six times. In 1862 he went out upon the plains to protect and guide the immigrants of that year.   He resided mainly in Portland and accumulated a fortune. Was very widely known, and was a man of great usefulness and strength of character. Old pioneers will remember him best by his nick name of "Red Shirt Smith".   He died in San Francisco, January 17, 1870. His widow still lives. Her residence is in the city of Portland." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.647]

SMITH, Isaac (c1842- ): s/o George and Nancy Smith

SMITH, Isaac W . m'd: ,

SMITH, James (1833- ): m'd 1857 TAYLOR, Mary Frances

SMITH, James (c1842- ): s/o Peter and Sarah (Lauray) Smith

SMITH, James (1795-27 Jun 1868): m1. 03 Feb 1820 JENNINGS, Sarah; m2. 1866 DUFIELD, Orlena

SMITH, James (1802-1872): m'd 1831 WRIGHT, Elizabeth M.; this family listed in Brazen Overlanders of 1845 as emigrants of 1845 but is in error; this family actually came Southern Route in 1846

SMITH, James A. (c1843- ): s/o John and Pelina Smith

SMITH, James D . (1838- ): s/o James and Elizabeth Smith this family listed in Brazen Overlanders of 1845 as emigrants of 1845 but is in error; this family actually came Southern Route in 1846

SMITH, James E . (c1835- ): s/o George and Nancy Smith

SMITH, James Preston (1819- ): m'd 1839 ENGLISH, Rebecca; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Jennings (1838- ): s/o James and Sarah (Jennings) Smith

SMITH, John (c1814- ): m'd c1835 [], Pelina

SMITH, John S. (c1837- ): s/o George and Nancy Smith

SMITH, Joseph (1827- ): m'd 1848 [], Sarah Ann; s/o James and Sarah (Jennings) Smith

SMITH, Joseph Showalter (1824-1884): see 1844 listing

SMITH, Josephine m'd: KETCHUM, Frederic

SMITH, L.C.V. (c1839- ): d/o John and Pelina Smith

SMITH, L.F. (c1841- ): s/o John and Pelina Smith

SMITH, Len (1840- ): s/o James and Rebecca (English) Smith

SMITH, Letetia (1795-1878): m'd 1813 KNOX, James

SMITH, Levi Lathrop :

SMITH, Levin Nelson (c1840- ): s/o James and Rebecca (English) Smith; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Markham : maybe Malcolm Smith

SMITH, Malinda (1820- ): m'd Sep 1834 MARTIN, John D.; d/o Ezekiel Smith; *3 Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Margaret E . (c1836- ): d/o James and Elizabeth Smith this family listed in Brazen Overlanders of 1845 as emigrants of 1845 but is in error; this family actually came Southern Route in 1846

SMITH, Mariah (1845- ): d/o Alvis and Sarah (Pugh) Smith; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Mary Almira (1820-1854): m'd 1840 TAYLOR, William; d/o James and Sarah (Jennings) Smith

SMITH, Mary A.J . (c1840- ): d/o George and Nancy Smith

SMITH, Mary E . m'd: HERREN, Albert; d/o Simeon Smith

SMITH, Mary Ellen (c1842- ): d/o James and Rebecca (English) Smith

SMITH, Mianda Nancy m'd: SMITH, Sidney

SMITH, Nancy (1835- ): s/o Alvis and Sarah (Pugh) Smith; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, "Pack Horse" : reported by the Herrens to have been with them in finding water on the cutoff.  No further information.

SMITH, Paschal (1823- ): m'd 22 Sep 1851 [], Eliza Ann *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff ; appears he may have returned east and emigrated again in 1851

SMITH, Pelina (c1809- ): m'd c1835 SMITH, John

SMITH, Peter (1801- ): m1.; m2. 1846 LARRIE, Sarah "Sally" E. (THOMAS)

SMITH, Polly (1839- ): s/o Alvis and Sarah (Pugh) Smith; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Rebecca (1811-1874): m'd 1829 HAMILTON, Robert; *3 Meek Cutoff ; died 12 Jul 1874 Linn County, Oregon

SMITH, Rebecca Jane (1825- ): m'd BARGER, John; d/o James and Sarah (Jennings) Smith

SMITH, Samuel F .: m'd [], Mary Ann; was divorced in 1846

SMITH, Sarah Ann (1837- ): m'd 1858 WILSON, John Quincy; d/o Alvis and Sarah (Pugh) Smith; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SMITH, Saul m'd: ,

SMITH, Seth (c1827- ): s/o James and Sarah (Jennings) Smith

SMITH, Simeon (1823-1879): m1. 1847 EARL, Nancy; m2. 1856 BAKER, Nancy; s/o James and Sarah (Jennings) Smith

SMITH, Simon m'd: ,

SMITH, Solomon (1838- ): s/o James and Sarah (Jennings) Smith

SMITH, Solomon m'd: TAYLOR, Jemima

SMITH, Thomas :

SMITH, Thomas (1823- ):

SMITH, Viana (c1844- ): d/o George and Nancy Smith

SMITH, William (1845- ): s/o James and Rebecca (English) Smith; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff ; born enroute to the Willamette Valley

SMITH, William M. "Jim Crow" ( -1854):

SMITH, William Mercer (1826- ): m'd 1851 SETTLE, Rhoda Ann; William changed his name to William M. Smith; s/o Andrew and Justinia (Hale) Messersmith.  His parents came to OR in 1852 and settled near Lebanon.  William was in the 4th Co. 1st Reg. OR Mounted Riflemen during the Cayuse War.  

SNYDER, Jacob Rink (1812-1878): m1. 1850 BRAYTON, Susan H.; m2. 1874 SEARS, Rachel J.

SNYDER, Susan (1824-1921): m1. 1846 CREIGHTON, Nathaniel; m2. c1853 ABBOTT, John F.; came to Oregon with Orville Risley family

SOUTHWOOD, Ruth (1814-1866): m1. 1830 TETHEROW, David; m2. 1850 WILSON, John G.; *3 Meek Cutoff

SPEARS, Rosetta (c1817- ): m1. c1839 ENGLISH, William; m2. 1846 PARKER, Samuel

SPEIL, Harry (c1826-1858): to CA 1846

SPORTSMAN, William : to CA c1846

ST.CLAIR, Waymon (1816-1872): m'd 1851 JOHNSON, Mahala Jane; *3 Meek Cutoff

St.GEORGE, : *1: MSS#1508 3pp

STAATS, Isaac (1814-1888): m'd 1846 WILLIAMS, Orlena M.

"STAATS, ISAAC--Born in Albany, New York, in 1814; came to Oregon and set tled at Luckiamute Valley, where he still resides. Occupation, farming and stock-raising. He married Orlena M. Williams in Oregon in 1846, and their children s names are James M., Henry D., John O., Isaac W., Clarence E., Asa C., and Mary I." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.648]

STAATS, Stephen (1821-1898): m'd 29 Mar 1846 FOREST, Cordelia; *1: MSS#1089 14pp

"STAATS, STEPHEN--Born in Albany, New York, July 16, 1821; removed successively to Kansas (1835), Missouri (1837), and to Oregon (1845). Married Miss Cordelia C. Forrest March 29, 1846, in Polk County, the marriage being the first that ever took place in that county, and, probably, the first on the West Side. Went overland to California in the spring of 1847, taking his family along, the mode of travel being by horse or mule back. Spent some months in that State acting as clerk for Sam Brannan, but returned to Oregon in the fall of 1848, coming in the Sabine, a sailing vessel. Subsequently, Mr. Staats was elected to the Legislature of Oregon. His residence is in Monmouth, Polk County, and occupation, farmer and stock-raiser. The names of his children are John H. (died March 29, 1871), Elizbeth A., Cordelia J., Clara A., Mary C., Cordelia C., Stephen A. D. (died January 21, 1884), William H., Charles S., and Lillie F." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.649]

STAGG, Nicholas (c1819-1872): m'd SHAFEY, Adeline

STANLEY, Elizabeth (c1839- ): d/o Thomas and Margaret (Langford) Stanley

STANLEY, Ellen (1841 -1930 ): m'd SYPHERT, William d/o Thomas and Margaret (Langford) Stanley; died Shoshone Co, ID

STANLEY, James (1829-1887): s/o Thomas and Margaret (Langford) Stanley; buried Stipp Cemetery, Marion Co, OR

STANLEY, Jane (1833-1913): m'd 1849 RECTOR, Ludwell James; d/o Thomas and Margaret (Langford) Stanley; died Los Angeles Co, CA

STANLEY, Thomas (1794- ): m'd 1828 LANGFORD, Margaret; buried Stipp Cemetery, Marion Co, OR

STANLEY, William (1836-1868): s/o Thomas and Margaret (Langford) Stanley; buried Stipp Cemetery, Marion Co, OR

STANSBURY, Zenus N . (c1824- ): m'd 1855 CATTON, Susan Jane

STEEPRO, Harvey (1829-1913): m'd c1853 [], Sarah C.

STEEPRO, Sarah "Sally" (1823-1924): m'd 1845 HELMICK, Henry

STEPHENS, Elizabeth (1834-1902): m'd 1852 ELLIOTT, William Howard; Elizabeth was born 09 May 1834 Jefferson County, IN and died 30 May 1902 Corvallis, Benton County, OR; d/o Emmor and Jemima (Heppas) Stephens; buried Locke Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton County, OR

STEPHENS, Emmor Jefferson (1777-1846): m1. 1801 HANNAL, Elizabeth (Bowles); m2. c1822 HEPPAS, Jemima; s/o Thomas and Jane (Jefferson) Stephens; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

STEPHENS, Emmor Jefferson (1829-1850): s/o Emmor and Jemima (Heppas) Stephens

STEPHENS, Henry Napoleon Bnaparte (1827-1911): m'd BEESON, Martha Adeline; born 14 May 1827 Jefferson County, IN and died 27 Mar 1911 Pacific County, WA;  s/o Emmor and Jemima (Heppas) Stephens; buried Fern Hill Cemetery, Menlo, Pacific County, WA

STEPHENS, John Wright (1831- ): m1 1852 HAWLEY, Ann Eliza; m2. MAYES, Susan Jane; John was born 12 Aug 1831 Jefferson County, IN and died 25 Feb 1904 Pacific County, WA; s/o Emmor and Jemima (Heppas) Stephens; buried Fern Hill Cemetery, Menlo, Pacific County, WA

STEPHENS, John R . (1838- ): s/o Thomas and Phoebe (Atherton) Stephens

STEPHENS, Mary Matilda (1840-1926): m'd 1855 BENNETT, Levi; Mary was born 12 Oct 1840 IN and died 24 Feb 1926 Yamhill County, OR; d/o Emmor and Jemima (Heppas) Stephens; buried Masonic Cemetery, McMinnville,Yamhill County, OR

STEPHENS, Mary Ellen (c1841- ): m'd  d/o Thomas and Phoebe (Atherton) Stephens

STEPHENS, Nancy Ann (c1841- ): d/o Thomas and Phoebe (Atherton) Stephens

STEPHENS, Nancy Jane (1838-1924): m'd CISCO, William Wesley; born 15 Dec 1838 Jefferson County, IN and died 11 Sep 1924 Garwood, Kootenai County, ID; d/o Emmor and Jemima (Heppas) Stephens; buried Rimrock Cemetery, Garwood, Kootenai County, ID

STEPHENS, Sarah Maria (1819-1884): m'd 24 Jun 1841 SWEET, Zara Tousa; *3 Meek Cutoff

STEPHENS, Thoma s ( -1845): died shortly after reaching Portland

STEPHENS, Thomas Fulton (1802-1885): m1. 1828 MATTHEWS, Elizabeth; m2. 1836 ATHERTON, Phoebe; Thomas was born 21 Jul 1802 Virginia and died 13 Apr 1885 Portland, Multnomah County, OR; s/o Emmor and Elizabeth (Bowles) Stephens;  buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

STEPHENS, William Mathews (1831-1916): m'd 1861 DELASHMUTT, Ann Elizabeth; William was born 08 Jul 1831 Jefferson County, IN and died 18 Jan 1916 Forest Grove, Washington County, OR; s/o Thomas and Elizabeth (Matthews) Stephens; buried Forest View Cemetery, Forest Grove, Washington County, OR

STEPHENSON, Millie (1831- ): m'd 1846 NEAL, George

STEVENS, James:

STEVENS, Richard :

STEWARD, Kim m'd: ,

STEWART FAMILY RESEARCHER: STEWART, Archimedes "Kim" (1827- ): m1. GRIMSLEY, Matilda; m2. 1860 WALKER, Margaret J.; s/o John and Mary (Scott) Stewart; *3 Meek Cutoff

STEWART, Calvin N . (1843-1915): m'd c1863 [] , Barbara Ann "Annie"; *3 Meek Cutoff

STEWART, Daniel (1825- ): m'd 1853 FRUIT, Margaret

STEWART, Elizabeth (1838- ): m1. RINGER, L.M.; m2. MCDONALD; d/o John and Mary (Scott) Stewart; *3 Meek Cutoff

STEWART, Hugh (1834-1854): s/o John and Mary (Scott) Stewart; *3 Meek Cutoff

STEWART, John (1799- 1885): m1.; m2. 1840 SCOTT, Mary "Polly"; *3 Meek Cutoff

STEWART, John W . (1841- ): m'd STEWART, Mahala; John married his cousin Mahala who was daughter of James H. Stewart; *3 Meek Cutoff

STEWART, Margaret (c1815-1860): m'd 1832 THARP, Abraham

STEWART, Martha S . m'd: BUCK,

STEWART, Minverva A . (1829- ): m'd 1848 DICE, Elzie C.; s/o John and Mary (Scott) Stewart; *3 Meek Cutoff

[6] STILLWELL, Jane Jincy (1807- ): m'd KERNS/KEARNS, Joseph; settled Marion County, Oregon; believed to be the Jency Kearns buried in Wimberly Cemetery , Douglas County, Oregon

STOCKTON, Ladocia (1802-1875): m'd 1824 MCNARY, Alexander; *3 Meek Cutoff

STONE, Edwin (1823-c1860): m'd 1851 HENDERSON, Mary E.

STORY, Rachel (1818- ): m'd 1842 DOVE, Bethuel

STOTT, P . m'd: ,

STOUT, Elizabeth ( -1852): m'd 1811 LEWIS, John Douglas; buried Lock Cem, Lewisburg, Benton Co, OR *10

STOUT, Lavina m'd: STOUT, Silas M.

STOUT, Silas M . m'd: , Lavina

STREITHOFF, Elizabeth (17 Oct 1828- Feb 1905): m'd 03 Mar 1850 BASEY, William; d/o John Y. and Anna (Hoff) Streithoff; buried Missouri Flat Cemetery , Applegate, Jackson County, Oregon

STREITHOFF, Frances "Fanny" (c1823-1895): m'd 16 Jan 1842 EARL, John Joseph; d/o John Y. and Anna (Hoff) Streithoff; buried Clements Cemetery , Tillamook, Tillamook County

STREITHOFF, John (1826- ): s/o John Y. and Anna (Hoff) Streithoff

STREITHOFF, Johannes "John" Y ost (1789-bef 1870 ): m1. c1816 HOFF, Anna Maria; m2. 22 Apr 1843 GRAY, Mrs Rebecca Ann (Oxford) WOODS.; m3. 16 Nov 1851 MCLAIN, Elizabeth (Vashti) Mrs. (also seen in some files as Elizabeth Vashti Blackington); burial location unknown , Linn County, Oregon; name also seen as Striethoff, Strathoof

STREITHOFF, Julia Ann (1832-1846): d/o John Y and Anna (Hoff) Streithoff

STREITHOFF, Lewis (14 Apr 1823-02 Mar 1884 ): m'd 26 Feb 1854 HARDMAN, Rebecca; s/o John Y. and Anna (Hoff) Streithoff;  buried Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery , Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon

STREITHOFF, Reuben (17 Sep 1819-06 Dec 1870): Never Married; s/o John Y. and Anna (Hoff) Streithoff;  buried Juniper Haven Cemetery , Prineville, Crook County, Oregon

STREITHOFF, Sarah Jane (15 Aug 1837-1913): m'd 14 Oct 1851 ABBOTT, Edward Roland; d/o John Y and Anna (Hoff) Streithoff; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

STREITHOFF, Thomas Edward (1818-15 Apr 1893 ): s/o John Y. and Anna (Hoff) Streithoff; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

STRIEBY, Sarah (1814-1852): m'd 1831 LAMBERSON, Timothy Jr.; d/o Michael and Anna Maria (Rishel) Strieby

STROUD, Amanda (c1837- ): m'd 1851 FRIEDLEY, Joseph P.; d/o David and Susan (Hawkins) Stroud

STROUD, David D . (1810-1887): m'd 1835 HAWKINS, Susan

STROUD, Isaac (c1844-1922): s/o David and Susan (Hawkins) Stroud

STROUD, John (c1835- ): s/o David and Susan (Hawkins) Stroud

STROUD, William (c1839- ): s/o David and Susan (Hawkins) Stroud

STROUD, Zachariah (c1841- ): s/o David and Susan (Hawkins) Stroud

STUART, John m'd: ,

STUMP, David (1819-1886): m'd 1850 CHAMBERLIN, Catherine Elizabeth

"STUMP, DAVID--Born in Ohio in the year 1819; lived for a time in Iowa, and arrived in Oregon in 1845. He settled in Polk County, and took a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres, which he still owns. In 1850 went on a prospecting expedition in Rogue River Valley. In 1874 was elected to serve in the legislature. He has worked as surveyor at times. He was married to Elizabeth Chamberlain in 1850, and has four children Mary A., Joseph S., Katherine B. and John B." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.649]

STUMP, Joseph:

STURGIS FAMILY RESEARCHER: STURGIS, George Washington:  believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SULLIVAN, Isaac M .: *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

SUMMERS FAMILY RESEARCHER: SUMMERS, Abner (1846- ): s/o Thomas and Eliza Summers; born in January 1846 at Whitman Mission after family stopped over for winter

SUMMERS, Eliza (1818- ): m'd 1840 SUMMERS, Thomas

SUMMERS, Jane (1840-1922): m'd 1859 COYLE, James Bunch (pioneer of 1851) d/o Thomas and Eliza Summers

SUMMERS, Thomas (1816-1880): m'd 1840 [], Eliza; left from Peoria Co, IL; stopped at Whitman Mission through the winter of 45-46; Thomas did blacksmithing for Dr. Whitman; left in the spring of 1846 with Josiah Osborn and Isaac Cornelius families; settled in Linn Co, OR

SUMMERS, William (1842- ): m'd 1870 KLUM, Josephine A.; s/o Thomas and Eliza Summers

SUNDERLAND, Rebecca ( -1847): m'd 1829 BAKER, George McNamee

SUTTON, Elizabeth (c1815-1845): m'd c1828 PARKER, Samuel; *3 Meek Cutoff

SWASEY, William F . (c1815- ): to CA

SWEET, Charles B . (1826- ): m1. MOORE Elizabeth S. (divorced Jan 1848); m2. 1852 MCBEE, Catherine; s/o Samuel and Polly Sweet; parents emigrated in 1852 and father died on trail

SWEET, Wallace G . (1843- ): born 14 Oct 1843 in Knox Co, IL; s/o Zara and Sarah (Stephens) Sweet; *3 Meek Cutoff

SWEET, Zara Tousa (1815-1887): m'd 24 Jun 1841 STEPHENS, Sarah Maria; s/o Samuel and Polly Sweet; *3 Meek Cutoff; parents emigrated in 1852 and father died on trail; Zara Sweet migrated back and forth between CA and OR in the early years, finally settling in Lane County where he was a farmer and stock raiser; he is also noted for several inventions including a plow and a spinning wheel; father of four sons (Wallace G., William, Cecil Z. and  Marion J.)

      "SWEET BROTHERS. Three young men, of practical, clear-cut methods and forceful characteristics, are left to represent the name of Sweet, which was that of one of the early pioneers of Oregon, and for many years a resident of Lane county. The sons; Wallace G., Cecil Z. and Marion J., now own three hundred and twenty acres of land in the neighborhood of Point Terrace, Lane county, upon which they have put all the improvements and the intelligent cultivation which have placed their property in the front rank of land-owners in this section of the valley. They are now engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and also exert their energies in the fisheries during the fall of the year, and carry on some logging, all eager to finish honorably and profitably the work which their father undertook as a pioneer.    The father, Z. T. Sweet, is well remembered among the old pioneer element of the country, for he took part in many of the movements which voiced the sentiment of the citizens and advanced the cause of civilization in the west, being the first man in Lane county to raise the flag of the country, for which they were willing to undergo all the hardships and privations incident to the settlement of a new state, and he also raised the first flag in the state of Washington.   Mr. Sweet was born in Pittsburg, Pa., November 2, 1815, and when a young man he started toward the western states, becoming a house-builder and contractor in Ohio. From that state he emigrated to Knox county, Ill., and there met and married Maria Stephens, who was born near Montreal, Canada, September 12, 1819, a representative of a Scotch-Irish family, a member of which served in the war of 1812 and participated in the battle of Lundy's Lane. The young people remained in Illinois until 1845, when they outfitted for the trip across the plains, having three yoke of oxen and necessary supplies. They joined a train composed of one hundred wagons and set out upon the journey which was destined to be full of danger and hardship, and fraught with the perils incident to such an undertaking. Undertaking to shorten the journey by Meek's cut-off, they passed through many perils and nearly starved to death before reaching their destination. They were six months in reaching Oregon, and only seven of the wagons remained together. The first winter in the west was spent in Oregon City and they continued to make that their home until the fall of 1848, when the father went to California and became interested in the future of that fair state.   In the spring of the following year the family removed to the south and the father continued to engage in mining until the spring of 1850, when he returned to Portland, having met with gratifying success in his venture. The same year he located a donation claim of six hundred and forty- acres two miles east of Eugene, Lane county, and engaged in the less strenuous life of a farmer until 1857. Disposing of his property he once more removed to California, purchasing a farm in Sonoma county, where he remained for two years, becoming a resident of Eugene at the expiration of that time, where he engaged in mercantile business. In the fall of 1859 he returned to California, and three years later returned to Oregon and went to the Salmon river mines, his family being left in the city of Eugene. After five months he went to Grande Ronde and remained for two years.  Upon again locating in Eugene Mr. Sweet remained until 1866, when he removed to Yaquina Bay, and made that the home of the family for a year, and then became residents of Davisville, Cal. In the fall of 1869 the family returned to Illinois on a visit, where they remained for five years, at the end of which time they again settled in their last home. In the fall of 1875 they returned to Eugene, and remained until in November, 1878, when Mr. Sweet took up one hundred and sixty acres of land located five miles southwest of Mapleton, of this county, upon which his death occurred, in September, 1892 (sic 1887 per estate records), the mother also dying here. Of the four sons born to them, the oldest is Wallace G., who was born in Knox county, IL., October 14, 1843, and received his education in the public schools of Eugene: he remained with his parents throughout their life and since their death has made his home upon this place. The second son was William, the first white child born in Sacramento, Cal. ; the third son is Cecil Z., who was born in Lane county, Ore., two miles east of Eugene, January 20, 1854, his education being also received in the schools of that city ; the youngest son was Marion J., who was born at Petaluma, Sonoma county, Cal., in 1860, his education being received through the medium of the schools of Illinois while his parents were visiting old scenes. He affiliates with the Woodmen, holding membership with the lodge at Acme. Politically they are in accord, all stanch adherents of the principles of the Democratic party, Marion J. Sweet having served as road supervisor in the interests of the party. [Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley p.1527-1528]

SWITZLER, Cynthia Charity (1836-1881): m1. NYE, John Wirt; m2. SHAW, Benjamin F.; d/o John and Sara (Robinson) Switzler; *3 Meek Cutoff

SWITZLER, Harriet Jane (1844-1913): m'd 1865 NYE, Adam Wirt; d/o John and Sara (Robinson) Switzler; *3 Meek Cutoff

SWITZLER, Jehu Robinson (1831-1908): m1. 1861 NYE, Margaret Eleanor; m2. 1877 KIRKENDALL, Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

SWITZLER, John (1789-1860): m1. 1811 LEE, Elizabeth; m2. 1827 ROBINSON, Sara Maria; *3 Meek Cutoff

�JOHN SWITZLER. No history of Oregon would be complete without the record of John Switzler, who, through pioneer times, was an active and important factor in the work of development and progress, and whose labors proved an excellent foundation upon which to build the later development of the state. He was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1776, and with his parents he emigrated to the United States in the year 1788. His natal year was that in which the Declaration of Independence was written, and it was only five years after the close of the Revolutionary war that he became a resident of the new world, the family settling in Virginia. They came originally from Switzerland, and there is probably not another family of the same name in all the world, those who bear this cognomen being closely related. John Switzler had obtained his education in Germany, and in early life he embarked in merchandising.   Removing westward to Missouri, he established a business of that character, but through going security for others he brought on failure in his own business. He then determined to seek a home in the far west, and in 1845, with the members of his family, he made the overland journey to Oregon, traveling for six months, during which time many hardships and trials were endured by the party. Mr. Switzler came with the intention of locating a donation claim, and on reaching his destination he secured six hundred and forty acres of land where the ferry to Vancouver is now located. His first house was of logs, but soon a better house was erected.   He established a ferry in 1846 and operated it for ten years, or until his death. It was known as Switzler ferry and became an important factor in the transfer business at an early day ; in fact, it was the first ferry operated on the Columbia river, and at his death his son succeeded him in the business, conducting the ferry until they sold out to Mr. Knott, who was the proprietor until the ferry was purchased by the railroad company.      In 1848, when the United States troops were sent to Oregon, there was a great demand for the supplies for the army, and Mr. Switzler and General Wilson, his son-in-law, supplied the wants of the troops, and through their sales became well-to-do. They purchased all of the cattle that emigrants wanted to sell, being prepared to take care of them, and thus, through the raising of stock, they were enabled to supply the troops and other customers with fresh meats.   Not only with early business interests was Mr. Switzler actively connected, but also with many other affairs of importance bearing upon the development and progress of this community. His aid and co-operation   were never sought in vain in behalf of measures for the general good, and along many lines his efforts proved of a most helpful character.     Mr. Switzler was twice married. He first married Elizabeth Lee, and unto them were born three children : Elizabeth, who became the wife of Mr. MIitchell and went to Texas, where her death occurred ; Greenville, who died in Missouri, and Sarah, who became the wife of General Wilson and died in Oregon.   Mrs. Switzler passed away in Virginia and Mr. Switzler then took his children to Missouri to be cared for by a relative there. In that state he was again married, his second union being with Maria Robinson.   By this marriage there were six children Joseph, a farmer, who died in Oregon in 1869, leaving six children, of whom three were sons Jehu, a stock dealer of Umatilla, who has one daughter ; William, a merchant, who died in Pendleton, Ore., leaving three children, Edwin and two daughters ; Cynthia C, who became the wife of W. Nye and died in 1881 about a mile north of Vancouver, leaving seven children, two sons and five daughters ; John, a stockman living in Walla Walla, Wash., who has one son and three daughters ; Harriet, who is the wife of Adam Nye, of Pendleton, and has two daughters and two sons. In 1850 the mother of these children passed away and was buried on the old homestead farm. At the death of his daughter, Mrs. Wilson,. Mr. Switzler took her children to his own home and reared and educated them, they becoming students in the early schools of Portland. He was appointed executor of the estate of General and Mrs. Wilson, and at his death Jehu Switzler was appointed to succeed him. John Switzler built a schoolhouse on his land and hired a teacher to instruct his children and grandchildren. He was very liberal in his donations to the public interests of general importance.   Both he and General Wilson, with whom he was associated in business, greatly assisted the needy emigrants, and they always made it a point to find good homes for the orphan girls who came to this coast. The   Switzlers' household was a very hospitable one, and in it there was exemplified the true pioneer spirit which makes all welcome. Although pioneer conditions existed on every hand, Mr. Switzler courageously faced the situation, overcame the hardships and difficulties with which he was surrounded and made the most of his opportunities.   His labors proved of benefit to his community as well as to himself, and his name should be enduringly inscribed upon the pages of Oregon's pioneer history .� [Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity p.807-8]

SWITZLER, John B. (1839-1924): m'd 1866 SMOOT, Mary Ann; s/o John and Sara (Robinson) Switzler; *3 Meek Cutoff

     "WILLIAM H. SWITZLER, who is engaged in the lumber business and also conducts a ferry at Umatilla, has been a lifelong resident of this county, his birth having occurred in Pendleton, September l5, 1878.   He is a son of ,Iohn B. and Mary (Smoot) Switzler, both of whom were natives of Missouri. They crossed the plains at an early date, the mother locating in California.   The father was but seven years of age when he came west with his father and settled at Switzler Sloughs, opposite Vancouver. Later he went to California where he was married.   He subsequently removed to Montana, and established a pack train service between Umatilla, the head of navigation, and various places in Montana and Idaho. He was thus engaged for several years before he went to Portland which he did previous to his removal to Umatilla county, where he went into the ranching business with two brothers, William and John, under the style of The Switzler Company. He own seven hundred head of horses, although at one time he had several thousand. In Oregon and Washington the Switzler brothers formerly owned about twenty thousand head of horses.   At one time they sold eight thousand head to the Linton Cannery, for two dollars and fifty cents per head. They have always specialized in horses, although they handled some cattle. In 1900 .John R Switzler sold four thousand head of horse in Douglas county, Washington, and he has been disposing of his stock since that time as rapidly as possible.   He has real-estate interests in Walla Walla, Umatilla, Portland and Canada. He resides at No. 337 East Ninth street north, in Portland but his business interests are largely in Umatilla and eastern Oregon. To Mr. and Mrs. John B. Switzler four children were born: Delia, who is the wife of C. R. Farrell, of Sunnyside; Minnie, the wife of Frank Sharpstein. of Walla Walla, Washington; William H., the subject of this review; and Evelina, the wife of H. N. Dryer, of Umatilla.      William H. Switzler passed his youth and boyhood in a manner similar to that of the average country boy of the west, attending school for a short time and assisting his father in whatever way he could. He is associated in business with his father and for the past year and one-half has owned and operated a ferry which plies the river between Umatilla and Plymouth, Washington.   He has also been identified with the lumber business for the past four years. He owns a small ranch across the Columbia river in Washington but his residence is in this county, where he has lived all his life. He displays the same keen judgment in raising and dealing in horses which won his father such remarkable success and his ability is already well recognized. He maintains a careful oversight and general supervision of his lumber interests.      On the 15th of June, 1910, William H. Switzler was married to Miss Ellen O'Connell, a daughter of Joseph O'Connell, deceased.   He is recognized as one of the substantial citizens of Umatilla county, and deserving of the high reputation which he has gained for himself there."   [Centennial History of Oregon by Gaston Vol III p.827-8]

SWITZLER, Joseph Robinson (1829-1865): m1. 1848 WOLF, Mary; m2. 1861 [], Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

SWITZLER, Martha Frances B. (1838-c1856): s/o John and Sara (Robinson) Switzler; *3 Meek Cutoff

SWITZLER, Mary Ann : s/o John and Sara (Robinson) Switzler; *3 Meek Cutoff

SWITZLER, Sarah Mariah (1817-1852): m1. LOGSDON, []; m2. WILSON, General Anthony; m3. 1851 STODDARD, Thomas d/o John and Elizabeth (Lee) Switzler; *3 Meek Cutoff

SWITZLER, William B.G. (1834-1883): m1. 1870 HALE, Elizabeth; m2. O'HEARN, Ellen P.; s/o John and Sara (Robinson) Switzler; *3 Meek Cutoff

SYLVESTER, Edmund :

SYLVESTER, John (1814-1891): m1. 1851 TAYLOR, Mary [widow of Daniel Morgan]; m2. 1879 BURNS, Anne [widow of Lambert McTimmonds]

T'VAULT, Elizabeth (04 Dec 1834-20 Oct 1911): m'd 19 Feb 1855 KINNEY, Daniel M.; d/o William and Rhoda (Burns) T'Vault;   buried Jacksonville Cemetery , Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff  Note: some sources give birth as 04 Dec 1834, headstone says 14 Dec 1832

T'VAULT, George Lycurgus  (12 Oct 1839-07 Jun 1857): s/o William and Rhoda (Burns) T'Vault; settked Jacksonville, Oregon; buried Jacksonville Cemetery , Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

T'VAULT, Marian (1836-1870): d/o William and Rhoda (Burns) T'Vault; *3 Meek Cutoff

T'VAULT, William Green Hamilton (23 Mar 1806-04 Feb 1869): m'd 11 Jul 1829 BURNS, Rhoda Boone; first editor of the Oregon Spectator at Oregon City; later edited The Sentinel at Jacksonville; died of smallpox; buried Jacksonville Cemetery , Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff;  Southern Oregon History by Ben Truwe

TAFT, Lucy (21 Mar 1805-20 Jan 1854): m'd 1830 FISHER, Ezra; buried Mountain View Cemetery , Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

TALLENTINE, Thomas (1810- ): m'd 1845 MURPHY, Agnes

TAYLOR FAMILY RESEARCHER: TAYLOR, Arabella Clementine (1821-1897 ): m'd 1841 MAXON, Hamilton J.G.; d/o James and Sylvania (O'Bryan) Taylor ; died at Boise, Ada Co, ID and is buried in Dry Creek Cemetery near Eagle, Ada Co, ID

TAYLOR, David m'd: ,

TAYLOR, Fred A . m'd: ,

TAYLOR, Ione Elizabeth (c1844- ): m'd WHITE, J.W.; d/o James and Esther (d'Armon) Taylor

TAYLOR, James Colonel (1809-1904): m'd 1839 d'ARMON, Esther; *1: MSS#1006 7pp

TAYLOR, Margaret (1845- ): d/o William and Mary (Smith) Taylor

TAYLOR, Marion m'd: ,

TAYLOR, Mary Ann (1844- ): m1. EVANS, Russell; m2. 1865 BAKER, Thomas; d/o William and Mary (Smith) Taylor

TAYLOR, Melissa (1829- ): m'd HAMILTON, William

TAYLOR, Sarah (1810-1904): m'd 1827 HARRIS, Phillip Ingersol; *3 Meek Cutoff

TAYLOR, Sarah (1841- ): m'd KINGSTON, Thomas J.; d/o William and Mary (Smith) Taylor

TAYLOR, William (1818-1897): m1. 1840 SMITH, Mary Almira; m2. OSWALD, Matilda

TEETERS, Mrs .: widow with several children

TERWILLIGER, Charlotte Ann (1842- ): m1. 1860 MOFFETT, Walter; m2. 1887 CARTRIGHT, C.M.; s/o James and Sophronia (Hurd) Terwilliger; *3 Meek Cutoff

TERWILLIGER, Hiram (1840-1918): m'd 1869 EDWARDS, Mary E.; s/o James and Sophronia (Hurd) Terwilliger; *3 Meek Cutoff

TERWILLIGER, James A. M . (1809-1892): m1. 1833 HURD, Sophronia Ann; m2. 1847 LEE, Philanda; *3 Meek Cutoff

TERWILLIGER, John (1832-1849): s/o James and Sophronia (Hurd) Terwilliger; died in California of quinsy; *3 Meek Cutoff

TERWILLIGER, Lorenzo (1829-1851): s/o James and Sophronia (Hurd) Terwilliger; killed by Indians at Rogue River; *3 Meek Cutoff

TERWILLIGER, Ruth : *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Amos (1827- ): s/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Andrew Jackson (1834-1899): m'd 1854 CROWE, Sophronia; Andrew was born 20 Jun 1834 and died 11 Apr 1899; buried Juniper Haven Cemetery, Prineville, Crook County, OR; s/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, David (c1805-1846): m'd c1830 SOUTHWOOD, Ruth; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, David Atchison (1842-1845): s/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Edith Elizabeth (1835- ): m'd 1851 NEWMAN, John W.; d/o David and Ruth (Southwood) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Ellen (1844- ): m'd 1860 BROYLES, Joel Thomas; d/o David and Ruth (Southwood) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Emily (1840- ): m'd 1856 CHRISTIAN, Harry; d/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Evaline (1828- ): m'd 1846 HILTIBRAND, Paul; d/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, George Washington (1834-1917): m'd 1857 MILLER, Elizabeth; George was born 02 Apr 1834 and died 04 Dec 1917; buried Missouri Flat Cemetery, Applegate, Jackson County, OR; s/o David and Ruth (Southwood) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, John (1838- ): m'd 1869 [], Martha L.; s/o David and Ruth (Southwood) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Lucinda (1830- ): m'd 1847 PARKER, William Glenn; d/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow

TETHEROW, Mary Ann (1831- ): m'd 1849 YARBROUGH, Randal; d/o David and Ruth (Southwood) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Matilda (1832- ): d/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Samuel Houston (1836-1925): m'd 1858 GRIFFITH, Henrietta; Samuel was born Mar 1836 and died 21 Jan 1925; buried Fircrest Cemetery, Monmouth, Polk County, OR; s/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow; *4 lists wifes name as Grifforth

TETHEROW, Solomon (1800-1879): m'd 02 Apr 1823 BAKER, Ibba; Solomon was born 18 Mar 1800 and died 15 Feb 1879 Polk County, OR; buried Fircrest Cemetery, Monmouth, Polk County, OR; s/o Michael and Barbara (Shrum) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Solomon S . (1841-1926): m'd 1865 CROSBY, Nancy Jane; s/o David and Ruth (Southwood) Tetherow; *4 lists wifes names as CROSSLEY; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, Thomas Benton (1838-1918): m'd 1858 MCLOUGHLIN, Martha s/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

"TETHEROW, THOMAS B.--Born in Platte County, Missouri, in 1838; came to Oregon and settled in Polk County. Present residence, Monmouth, and occupation, farming and stock-raising. He married Martha A. McLoughlin in Buena Vista, November 18, 1858, and their children's names are Joseph A., and Minnie E." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.649]

TETHEROW, William Henry (1845- ): s/o David and Ruth (Southwood) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

TETHEROW, William Linn (1842- ): m'd 1861 JOHNSON, Angeline; s/o Solomon and Ibba (Baker) Tetherow; *3 Meek Cutoff

THARP, Abraham (1800-1873): m'd 1832 STEWART, Margaret; arrived Aug 1, 1850

THARP, Amelia Ann (1842- ): m'd 1855 ROADS, Richard; d/o Abraham and Margaret (Stewart) Tharp

THARP, Elizabeth (1836-1885): m'd 1851 YOCUM, Thomas Jefferson; d/o Abraham and Margaret (Stewart) Tharp; mother of ten children

THARP, George (1832-1895): m1. 1853 EATON, Mary Jane; s/o Abraham and Margaret (Stewart) Tharp

THARP, Joseph (1845-1924): m'd 1875 WOOD, Mary Alice; s/o Abraham and Margaret (Stewart) Tharp

THARP, Margaret m'd: ,

THARP, Mary A . (1839-1889): m'd 1852 YOCUM, Hathaway; d/o Abraham and Margaret (Stewart) Tharp; settled with husband in Yamhill county

THARP, Permelia Annie m'd: ,

THOMAS, Alice (1837- ): s/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas

THOMAS, Charles M . (1834- ): s/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas

THOMAS, Frederick (1792-1863): m'd [], Rebecca

"THOMAS, FREDERICK--Was a soldier in the war of 1812; came overland to Oregon at a very early day and settled in the forks of the Santiam River.   Was the first settler on Thomas Creek. Children Sally E., Jesse B., John S., George C., Susan W., Thomas A., Charles M., and J. W." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.649]

THOMAS, George B. (1826-1917): m'd 1853 BILYEU, Rhoda; s/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas

THOMAS, J. Washington (1829- ): m'd 1852 TURNER, Rachel A.; s/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas

THOMAS, Jesse B. : s/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas; may actually be emigrant of 1846

THOMAS, John S . (1823- ): m'd 1850 [], Charlotte; s/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas

THOMAS, Marion (1805-1845): m'd 1831 BRYAN, Abner; died on the trail within 9 miles of South Pass

THOMAS, Rebecca (c1802- ): m'd THOMAS, Frederick

THOMAS, Sally E. (1819- ): m1. 1843 LARRIE, Newton; m2. 1845 SMITH, Peter; d/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas

THOMAS, Susan Ann (1831- ): m'd 1849 MONTGOMERY, Robert F.; s/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas

THOMAS, Thomas A . (1834- ): s/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas

THOMAS, William N .: s/o Frederick and Rebecca Thomas

THOMPSON, Arthur ( -1849): m'd 1844 ROBINSON, Miriam

THOMPSON, Lewis (1809-1897): m'd 1848 SHEADLE, Sarah Ann; *4 says wife named Sarah Elizabeth Cheadle; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

THOMPSON, Mary (c1804-c1849): m'd 14 May 1829 HART, Thomas

THOMPSON, William : *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

THURMAN, Caroline (09 Mar 1814-05 Nov 1895): m'd 27 Nov 1827 BUFFUM, William Gilbert; d/o Henry and Sarah (Terrell) Thurman; settled Yamhill County

THURSTON, Elizabeth (1828- ): m'd 1848 GEORGE, Abel

TINDER FAMILY RESEARCHER: TINDER, Abigail (1809-1851): m'd 1832 PACKWOOD, John Ira; d/o Rev. James and Tabitha (Redding) Tinder; *3 Meek Cutoff

TODD, William Levi (1818- ): s/o Dr. John Todd

TOWNSEND, Plena (1801-1884): m'd 1818 BONNEY, Truman; buried Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn, Marion County, OR;

TRAPP, Christian (c1836- ): s/o John and Cynthia (Travis) Trapp

TRAPP, Francis M. (c1843- ): s/o John and Cynthia (Travis) Trapp

TRAPP, John (1813- ): m'd 1832 TRAVIS, Cynthia

TRAPP, Jonas D . (c1840- ): s/o John and Cynthia (Travis) Trapp

TRAPP, Martha L (c1838- ): d/o John and Cynthia (Travis) Trapp

TRAPP, Mary C . (c1839- ): d/o John and Cynthia (Travis) Trapp

TRAPP, William C . (1834-1857): d/o John and Cynthia (Travis) Trapp

TRAVIS, Cynthia (c1810- ): m'd 1832 TRAPP, John

TRUSDELL, Jane (c1821- ): m'd c1837 TRUSDELL, Jonathan B.

TRUSDELL, John (c1843- ): s/o Jonathan and Jane Trusdell

TRUSDELL, Jonathan B .: m'd c1837 [], Jane

TRUSDELL, Nancy (c1838- ): d/o Jonathan and Jane Trusdell

TRUSDELL, Sarah (c1839- ): d/o Jonathan and Jane Trusdell

TUBMAN, Elizabeth Ann (02 Sep 1781-29 Jul 1865): m'd 07 Jan 1800 BEAUCHAMP, Stephen

TUCKER, Mary (1793-1851): m'd 1812 ENGLISH, Levin Nelson Sr.

TUCKER, Tabitha Jane (31 Jan 1831-27 Mar 1867): m'd 14 Mar 1845 BUTLER, Isaac; buried Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon; mother of 15 children; *3 Meek Cutoff  Note: finad a grave gives birth year as 1828

TULL, William A. (08 Jan 1838-31 Jul 1865): m'd 16 Feb 1865 ROOP, Francis Maria; s/o Aaron and Rachel (Center) Tull; came to Oregon with mother and stepfather Theophilus Powell; buried Rock Creek Cemetery , Canby, Clackamas County, Oregon; *3 Meek Cutoff

TURNER, Cynthia (1810- ): m'd 1828 HOWARD, Richard R.

TUSTIN FAMILY RESEARCHER: TUSTIN, Fernando (04 Jul 1843- ): s/o William and Mahala (Brunsey) Tustin; settled in California

TUSTIN, Mary (c1842-1850): d/o William and Mahala (Brunsey) Tustin; died of fever in California in 1850

TUSTIN, William (20 Dec 1820-08 Feb 1897): m'd 21 Aug 1842 BRUNSEY, Mahala; settled in San Francisco, California

TYRELL, Freeman W. P. (1820-1889): m'd 1850 [], Rebecca Davis; wife was widow of Thomas Prince

ULAM, Frances (1813-1909): m'd 1836 KILLIN, John

UMPHLETTE, Alonzo (1846-1922): s/o Stanley and Jane (Earl) Umphlette

UMPHLETTE, Elle n (1844-1907): m'd KIRKHAM, John Dennis; d/o Stanley and Jane (Earl) Umphlette

UMPHLETTE, Margaret Ann (1840-1934): m'd POWELL, Rev. Stephen Doddridge; Margaret born 17 Sep 1840 Brighton, IA and died 19 Mar 1934 Washington County, OR; d/o Stanley and Jane (Earl) Umphlette

UMPHLETTE, Stanley (1810- ): m1. 1839 EARL, Frances "Jane"; m2. 1849 COOK, Serena; returned east in 1848 and returned in 1850 with second wife and her parents

URBAN, George :

VAUGHAN, William Tyler (1808-1888): m'd 1827 [], Phebe; returned east in 1846 to guide family out in 1847; *3 Meek Cutoff

VAUGHN, Ellen m'd: ,

VICKERS, Andrew Jackson . (1816- ): m'd 1838 ENGLE, Ann; two young daughters aged about 1 and 6 died at Ft. Laramie, Wyo of measles

VICKERS, Ellen (1841-1889): m'd 1858 FOGARTY, Thomas; d/o Andrew and Ann (Engle) Vickers

VOSS, J. H . m'd: ,

WAGGONER, Elizabeth ( -1846): m'd 1844 COURTNEY, Isaac

WAGNER, Josephine (c1812-22 Feb 1865): m'd 18 Sep 1828 COLEMAN, Michael; born in Germany, husband was known as Michael Kolmer in Germany; emigrated to USA c 1832; settled in California

WALDEN, Benjamin (1819-1887): m'd 1845 LEMMON, Sarah Jane

WALDEN, Benjamin F . m'd: ,

WALDEN, Edward Burke m'd: ,

WALDEN, John E. m'd: ,

WALDEN, Martha J . m'd: ALLEN,

WALDEN, Mary A . m'd: BASSETT,

WALDEN, Nathan B . m'd: ,

WALDEN, Peter S . m'd: ,

WALDEN, Rhoda C . m'd: MOORE,

WALDEN, Sarah Marie m'd: ,

WALKER/LLOYD FAMILY RESEARCHER: WALKER, Catherine (c1843- ): d/o John and Lucinda (Wilkes) Walker

WALKER, Clairbourn C. (1819-1902): m'd 04 Jul 1850 PURVINE, Louisa; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff; buried Zena Cemetery, Polk Co, OR; on 1870 census for Klicitat Co, WA; the Doak and Walker family did not take the Meek Cutoff as theorized; a letter written by one of the Claiborne Walker states they came into Oregon City

"WALKER, C. C.--Born in Virginia in 1819; removed with parents to Missouri in 1829, and crossed the plains to Oregon sixteen years later. In 1849 he went to California, accompanied by his brother, W. P.  Walker, also an immigrant of 1845, and labored in the mines for a short time. Took a donation claim in Spring Valley, Polk County, on which he still resides. Occupation, farming and fruit-raising; address, Zena, Polk County. Was married July 4, 1850, to Miss Louisa Purvine, an immigrant of 1848." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.650]

WALKER, Elizabeth Ann (1837- ): m'd BYBEE, William; d/o Jesse and Nancy (Miller) Walker; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALKER, Ellis (1819- ): m'd 1847 BOZORTH, Sarah Ann; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALKER, James William (1836- ): m'd 1866 HARRELL, Mary; s/o Jesse and Nancy (Miller) Walker; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALKER, Jesse (1815-1855): m'd 1834 MILLER, Nancy M.; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALKER, John H. (1819-1892): m'd 1841 WILKES, Lucinda

"WALKER, JOHN H.--Resides three miles southeast of Gaston, Washington County, and is a farmer by occupation. He was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1819; came to Oregon and settled near Forest Grove.   He married Lucinda Wilkes in 1841, and they have five children-William B., Winfield S., Leonard E., Mrs. Louisa Gahey, and Mrs. Lucinda Johnson." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.650]

WALKER, L. S . m'd: ,

WALKER, Nancy (1798-1853): m'd 1823 LLOYD, John; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALKER, Robert (1825- ): m'd 1849 [], Manerva; settled Washington Co

WALKER, Sarah Jane (1842- ): m'd LEDFORD, Eli; d/o Jesse and Nancy (Miller) Walker; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALKER, Thomas (c1830- ): *3 Meek Cutoff

WALKER, Wellington Bolivar (1824-1904): m'd 1849 PURVINE, Catherine; married in Marion Co but by 1870 was residing in Klicitat Co, WA where he was a stockman; Klicitat Co, WA commissioner Nov 1876; lived east of Rock Creek near the Columbia River; *3 Meek Cutoff; the Doak and Walker families did not take the Meek Cutoff as theorized; a letter written by one of the Claiborne Walker states they came into Oregon City

WALKER, William B . (1845- ): s/o John and Lucinda (Wilkes) Walker

WALKUP, Phinias :

WALLACE FAMILY RESEARCHER: WALLACE, Maria Jane (1843-1863): m'd 1858 THOMAS, Norval; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALLACE, William T . (1813-1899): m'd 1841 HERREN, Susannah R.; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALLEY, A. W . m'd: ,

WALTER, Elias L . (1813-1867): m'd 1846 WILLIAMS, Naomi Janet

WALTER, Henry Ann (1806-1898): m'd 1828 MCKINNEY, William; d/o William and Rachel (Doddridge) Walter; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALTER, Julia Ann (1818-1891): m'd 1836 COX, Anderson; d/o William and Rachel (Doddridge) Walter; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALTER, Matilda (1824- ): m1. O'BRYANT, Hugh d/o William and Rachel (Doddridge) Walter; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALTER, Phillip D . (1816-1900): m'd NEVER MARRIED; s/o William and Rachel (Doddridge) Walter; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALTER, Sarah (1812- ): m'd NEVER MARRIED; d/o William and Rachel (Doddridge) Walter; *3 Meek Cutoff

WALTER, William Wells (1827-1906): m'd 1855 MARSH, Charity; s/o William and Rachel (Doddridge) Walter; *3 Meek Cutoff; *1: MSS#739 8pp

WALTER, William (1780-c1868): m'd 1805 DODDRIDGE, Rachel; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAPPING, John :

WARD, Jeremiah Parker (c1823-1848): m'd DAY, Almira

WARD, Thomas M . (1809- ):

WARDEN, Henry (c1825-1850):

WARNER, Melissa H . (c1815- ): m1. 1842 ROBINSON, James B.; m2. STEWARD, Jacob

WARREN, Jane (20 Dec 1789-09 Apr/02 May 1866): m'd  24 Dec 1807 CATCHING, John; d/o John and Parmelia (Love) Warren; buried Riddle Cemetery , Riddle, Douglas County, Oregon

WATT, D. ( -1845):

WATT, Joseph (1816-1867): m'd 1846 CRAFT, Sarah E.; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE FAMILY RESEARCHER: WAYMIRE, Clarissa T. "Mary" (1844- ): d/o John and Clarissa (Arbo) Waymire; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE, Eliza Ann (1839-1862): m'd 1858 TOWNSEND, Thomas; d/o Frederick and Francis (Cochrane) Waymire; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE, Elizabeth (1833-1862): d/o Frederick and Francis (Cochrane) Waymire; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE, Elvira (c1842- ): d/o John and Clarissa (Arbo) Waymire; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE, Frederick A . (1807-1873): m'd 1827 COCHRANE, Frances Chance; s/o Andrew and Easter Waymire; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE, George Washington (1844-1858): s/o Frederick and Francis (Cochrane) Waymire; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE, Jefferson (1845-1845): s/o Frederick and Francis (Cochrane) Waymire; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE, John Rudolph (1813-1891): m1. 1838 ARBO, Claracy H.; m2. [   ], Helen C.; s/o Andrew and Easter Waymire; *3 Meek Cutoff ; John Waymire died 23 Aug 1891 while a patient in the state asylum and was buried in the asylum cemetery. On June 23, 1905 a petition was filed in Polk Co, State of Oregon, to have the body of John Waymire removed from its present place of burial and buried by the side of his deceased wife, Helen C. [sic-Claracy H.]. The petition also asked that the proceeds from the sale of the deceased's land be used to pay the expenses of reinterment and the erection of a monument. On September 12 & 15, 1905 the land was sold and finally John Waymire was removed to the Dallas Cemetery. On June 9, 1906 final settlement of the estate was give [Polk Co. Probate Records]

"WAYMIRE, JOHN--Born in Ohio in 1813, and after living at various times in Indiana, Illinois and, Missouri, and serving as . a volunteer in the Black Hawk war, came to Oregon in 1845. Worked in Portland in 1846, and built the first wharf there. Afterward, moved to Dallas and worked as carpenter. Still resides there. Mr. Waymire has been married three times and has eleven children." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.650]

WAYMIRE, Louisa Jane (1837- ): m'd 1852 HAMM, Charles; d/o John and (first wife) WAYMIRE; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE, Stephen Kennedy (1836-1879): s/o Frederick and Francis (Cochrane) Waymire; *3 Meek Cutoff

WAYMIRE, Stephen Kennedy (1818-1845): m'd 1840 GILMORE, Mahala E.; s/o Andrew and Easter Waymire; came without family; son James A. emigrated in 1853 with maternal uncle

WEISS, Peter m'd: ,

WELCH, Abraham ( -1845): m'd 1820 GRIMES, Amelia

WELCH, Ann M. (c1843- ): s/o Presley and Catherine Welch

WELCH, Bartley C . (1834-1860): s/o Abraham and Amelia (Grimes) Welch

WELCH, Catherine (1808-1905): m'd 1826 WELCH, Presley

WELCH, Emaline (1845- ): m'd CLAPPS, []; d/o Presley and Catherine Welch

WELCH, Henry Clay (1839-1863): s/o Abraham and Amelia (Grimes) Welch

WELCH, J. Mrs . m'd: ,

WELCH, John C . (1837-1892): s/o Presley and Catherine Welch

WELCH, John L . (1826- ): s/o Abraham and Amelia (Grimes) Welch

WELCH, Joshua (1825- ): m'd 1850 SMITH, Olive; s/o Abraham and Amelia (Grimes) Welch

WELCH, Mary E . (c1840- ): m'd 1862 FOSTER, George; s/o Presley and Catherine Welch

WELCH, Oliver Perry (1836-1860): s/o Abraham and Amelia (Grimes) Welch

WELCH, Presley Capt . (1801- ): m'd 1826 [], Catherine

WELCH, Robert N . (1844-1864): s/o Abraham and Amelia (Grimes) Welch

WELCH, William C. (1830-1906): s/o Presley and Catherine Welch

WELCH, Wilson D . ( -c1848): s/o Abraham and Amelia (Grimes) Welch

WETHERBEE, William (1809-1857): m1. ; m2. 1850 MILES, Hannah Mrs.; appears to have came alone

WHEELER, Isaac Newton ( -1849): m1. ; m2. [], Elizabeth

WHEELER, Jacob (1828-1905): m'd 1849 WILLS, Jemima Jane

WHEELER, James (1820- ): m'd 1850 HAWKINS, Mary Ann

WHEELER, John (1845- ): s/o Solomon and Melissa (Foster) Wheeler

WHEELER, Solomon (1814- ): m'd 1845 FOSTER, Melissa Elizabeth; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff ; listed (in error) in the following biography as pioneer of 1844

" WHEELER, SOLOMON.  Is a farmer living at Harris Bridge, Washington County. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1809; settled in Clackamas County on his arrival in the State, in 1844 [sic-1845]. He married Melissa Foster in Missouri, and their children numbered twelve, nine of whom are now living." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.630]

WHEELER, William (1826- ): m'd 1850 ARMPREIST, Mary Ellen; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WHITAKER, Anthony (1815- ): m'd 1842 [], Isabella

WHITAKER, Henry (1845- ): s/o Anthony and Isabella Whitaker

WHITAKER, Isabella (1816- ): m'd 1842 WHITAKER, Anthony

WHITE FAMILY RESEARCHER: WHITE, Edward Milton (c1832- ): s/o Samuel and Hulda (Jennings) White; *3 Meek Cutoff

WHITE, Edward Newton (1827- 1916); m1. 02 Jul 1848 BURKHART, Catherine Jane; m2. 30 Aug 1860 WOODSIDE, Anna; Edward was born 27 Apr 1827 and died 18 Jan 1916; s/o Edward III and Nancy (Atherton ) White; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

"WHITE, EDWARD NEWTON--Born April 27, 1828, in Illinois. Settled in Linn County, Oregon.   Married July, 1848, Miss Catharine J. Burhart [sic-Burkhart] . They had three children Cynthia L., Adalia A., and M. T. Mrs. White died in 1859, and Anna Woodsides became his second wife. Eight children were born to this union, seven being now alive Jane, Eudocia, Grant, Aaron, Bertha, Eleanor, and Edward. Mr. White resides mainly at Prineville, Crook County, being engaged in the stock business." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.650]

WHITE, Eugene D.  

WHITE, John S . (1828-1886): m'd 1847 LENOX, Elizabeth; *3 Meek Cutoff

WHITE, Lucinda (c1813-c1849): m'd 1833 JENNINGS, Berryman; d/o Edward III and Nancy (Atherton ) White

WHITE, Lucy Davidson (1803-1865): m'd 19 Sep 1822 HALL, Lawrence; *3 Meek Cutoff ; born 03 Dec 1803 Halifax County, Virginia; died 12 Nov 1865 Washington County; married 19 Sep 1922 Monroe County, Kentucky; Cedar Mill News

WHITE, Nancy (1815-1895): m1. 18 Oct 1832 HAWKINS, Zachariah; m2. 1846 READ, Thomas M.; d/o Edward III and Nancy (Atherton ) White; Nancy was born 22 Jan 1815 and died 25 May 1895; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WHITE, Nancy Jane (c1834-1859): m'd 1851 AINSWORTH, J. C.; d/o Samuel and Hulda (Jennings) White

WHITE, Samuel Simpson (1811-1901): m'd 06 May 1831 JENNINGS, Hulda; Samuel was born 14 Dec 1811 and died 06 Jan 1901; s/o Edward III and Nancy (Atherton ) White; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WHITE, William Linn (c1839- ): *3 Meek Cutoff s/o Samuel and Hulda (Jennings) White

WHITLEY, Catharine (c1829- ): d/o Samuel and Catharine (McNary) Whitley; *3 Meek Cutoff

WHITLEY, Eliza (c1826- ): m'd 1852 RICHARDSON, Lewis C.; d/o Samuel and Catharine (McNary) Whitley; *3 Meek Cutoff

WHITLEY, John Harvey (c1826-1859): s/o Samuel and Catharine (McNary) Whitley; *3 Meek Cutoff

WHITLEY, Julia (c1827- ): d/o Samuel and Catharine (McNary) Whitley; *3 Meek Cutoff

WHITLEY, Samuel (1789-1868): m'd 1817 MCNARY, Catharine; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WHITLOCK, Mitchell (1822-1898): m'd 1846 ENGLE, Malvina; *3 Meek Cutoff

WHITLOCK, William: see 1849

WHITLOCK, William Mrs .:

WHITTENBURG, Felix E .:

WICHER, Martha (1807-1881): m'd 1825 WILLIAMS, James Edward; *4 shows name as Wichen; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff (shows name as Wichen also)

WILBUR, Hiram :

WILCOX, Frances (c1844- ): d/o Ralph and Julia (Fickle) Wilcox; *3 Meek Cutoff

WILCOX, Ralph (1818-1877): m'd 1840 FICKLE, Julia Ann; s/o Ralph and Arminta (Lee) Wilcox; *3 Meek Cutoff

"WILCOX, RALPH--Born in Cattaraugus County, New York, in July, 1818, the son of a physician, with whom he studied medicine. Removed to Missouri and practiced. Married Miss Fickels. Removed to Oregon, and in 1846-47 was a member of the Provisional Legislature. In 1851 was a member of the Territorial Legislature and Speaker of the House. From 1856 to 1859 was Register of the Oregon City Land Office. From 1859 to 1869 was judge of Washington County. Served a term in the State Legislature in 1862, and in the next year became clerk of the United States District Court at Portland. Shot himself, and died on April 18, 1877." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.650-1]

WILEY, Richard Evert (1823-1889): m'd 1855 BALDRA, Jane; *3 Meek Cutoff

"WILEY, RICHARD E.--Born in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1823; came to Oregon in 1845; married to Jane Baldra; children Wilbur D., Annie M., William V., Dora A., Ella F., and Benemnaa. Mr. Wiley s present residence is Hillsboro, Washington County, and his occupation is dealing in wines, liquors and cigars." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.651]

WILKES, Archibald G . (1821-1901): m'd 1843 GLENN, Mahala; s/o Peyton and Anna (Dallas) Wilkes

WILKES, Florentine (1830-1864): m'd 1850 CORNELIUS, Thomas R.; d/o Peyton and Anna (Dallas) Wilkes

WILKES, George Washington (1834-1866): m'd 1857 MCBEE, Mary; s/o Peyton and Anna (Dallas) Wilkes

WILKES, Jabez (1832-1917): m'd 1856 JACKSON, Mary Jane; s/o Peyton and Anna (Dallas) Wilkes

WILKES, Jesse Columbus (1823-1856): m1. 1853 HAWKINS, Elizabeth; m2. [], Sarah Jane; s/o Peyton and Anna (Dallas) Wilkes

WILKES, Lucinda (1818- ): m'd 1841 WALKER, John H.; d/o Peyton and Anna (Dallas) Wilkes

WILKES, Marmaduke (c1827-1845): s/o Peyton and Anna (Dallas) Wilkes

WILKES, Peyton (1791-1889): m'd 1815 DALLAS, Anna

WILKES, Samuel P. (1844-1908): m'd 1860 BROWN, Lucy; s/o Archibald and Mahala (Glenn) Wilkes

WILKES, William Gardner (1819-1903): m'd 1840 WILKES, Elizabeth (cousin) s/o Peyton and Anna (Dallas) Wilkes

WILLIAMS, Charles Austin (1808-1879): m'd 1831 BARBER, Mary; born 1807 and died 19 Feb 1879 Linn County, OR; buried Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery, Brownslville, Linn County, OR; s/o [] and Naomi Williams

WILLIAMS, Ellen (c1838- ): d/o Charles and Mary (Barber) Williams

WILLIAMS, Enos Clark (1818-1890): m'd 1848 CRAIG, Wilimina; s/o [] and Naomi Williams; wife was widow of James Mealy; *1: MSS#651 4pp

WILLIAMS, George :

WILLIAMS, James Edward (1803-1865): m'd 1825 WICHER, Martha; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WILLIAMS, John James (1830-1913): m1. 1852 ENGLISH, Sarah; m2. ECKERSLEY, Alice; m3. LARNED, Annie M.; s/o James and Martha (Wicher) Williams; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WILLIAMS, Jonathan Lafayette (1826-1907): m'd 1847 KING, Lydia; s/o James and Martha (Wicher) Williams; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WILLIAMS, Margaret (c1836- ): d/o Charles and Mary (Barber) Williams

WILLIAMS, Mary A . (c1839- ) m'd c1858 DOOLITTLE, Luther M.; d/o James and Martha (Wicher) Williams; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WILLIAMS, Malissa Ann (c1834- ): m'd 1850 FULLER, Henry; d/o James and Martha (Wicher) Williams; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WILLIAMS, Naomi (1784-1869): m'd WILLIAMS, []; was widow when emigrated to Oregon; born 01 Mar 1784 and died 03 Feb 1869 Linn County, OR; buried Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery, Brownslville, Linn County, OR;

WILLIAMS, Naomi Janet (c1827- ): m'd 1846 WALTER, Elias L.; d/o [] and Naomi Williams

WILLIAMS, Orlena Maria (1828-1906): m'd 1846 STAATS, Isaac; s/o James and Martha (Wicher) Williams; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WILLIAMS, P. Wesley (1832- ): m'd SNELLING, Emma; s/o James and Martha (Wicher) Williams; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

"WILLIAMS, P. W.--Born in East Tennessee in 1832. Coming to Oregon he settled in the Luckiamute Valley, and has resided there since. Is a carpenter and farmer. He married Emma Snelling in Benton County.   Children Dora, Minerva, George, Thomas, and Richard." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.651]

WILLIAMS, Sarah (1844- ): d/o Charles and Mary (Barber) Williams

WILLIAMS, Thomas B . (c1841- ): s/o James and Martha (Wicher) Williams; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WILLIAMS, Wayne W . (1845-c1913): m'd 1868 TARTAR, Virginia A.; s/o James and Martha (Wicher) Williams; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WILLIAMS, William Edward m'd: PRICE, America

WILLIAMSON, E. :

WILLIAMSON, Henry :

WILLIS, Mildred Hoard (1802-1856): m'd 11 Jul 1816 BOZORTH, Squire; born 14 Feb 1803 Culpepper County, VA and died 10 Mar 1856 Clark County, WA

WILLSON, Tabitha (1822-1877): m'd 1836 RIDGEWAY, John; buried in Buel-Hinshaw Cemetery, Polk Co, OR; *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

WILSEY, Sylvia D . (1825-1886): m1. 1844 KNOTTS, William; m2. 1856 KEEZE, John

WILSON, General Anthony (1815-1849): m'd 1839 SWITZLER, Sarah Mariah; wife was widow of Mr. Logsdon; *3 Meek Cutoff

WILSON, James Hamilton (1843- ): s/o General and Sarah (Switzler) Wilson; *3 Meek Cutoff

WILSON, John m'd: ,

WILSON, John Greenville (1842- ): s/o General and Sarah (Switzler) Wilson; *3 Meek Cutoff

WILSON, Margaret (1830- ): m'd 1847 CATCHING, John L.; d/o William Wilson; *3 Meek Cutoff

WILSON, Minerva Catherine (1841- ): m'd BOWLES, Jesse T.; d/o General and Sarah (Switzler) Wilson; *3 Meek Cutoff

     "MRS. MINERVA C. BOWLES is a well-known resident of Portland, where she owns a good home and in addition has valuable property interests elsewhere in the state. She is a daughter of Gen. Andrew Wilson, who was a native of Virginia, born in the year 1815. In early life he removed from the Old Dominion Missouri, becoming one of the early settlers of Boone county, that state. There he formed the acquaintance of Mrs. Sarah Switzler Logdon, whom he later made his wife. She was born in 1817 and was also a native of the Old Dominion, but the marriage of the young couple was celebrated in Missouri. They afterward removed to Saline county, that state, where they remained for a short time, when, with the other members of the family, they came to Oregon.      General Wilson was fitting himself for the work of the ministry, thus following in his father's footsteps. He was an only son, and he had moderate financial resources at his command.   He was a graduate of Yale and a gentleman of scholarly attainments, whose influence was widely felt for good. It was through his efforts that the members of the Wilson and Switzler families established homes in the northwest. They journeyed overland with a wagon train numbering about one hundred and fifty people, and it required the entire time from April until October, 1845, to reach their destination. The party started with a large amount of stock and moderate means, and at length reached The Dalles, whence they started in Indian canoes for Portland, but were swamped below the Cascades and spent the first winter in St. Johns. The Wilson and Switzler families located claims side by side.    General Wilson, with remarkable foresight and business capacity, purchased large bateaux and transported people down the river. He also raised a great deal of stock and likewise purchased considerable, and in order to feed his animals he cut large amounts of wild hay. In 1848 Mr. Wilson went to the mines amid the mountains of California and was there stricken with the fever, dying in 1849. He was among the first to cross the mountains into the mining country, and his efforts were noticeably felt in behalf of the general improvement and progress of this Pacific coast district. After the death of the husband and father, the mother remained with her family until 1852. Unto them had been born four children, who reached years of maturity, namely: Mrs. Bowles; John G., who is a resident of San Francisco, Cal., where he is now living; James H., a farmer of the Walla Walla valley, and Sarah, who was born in Oregon and became the wife of A. M. Brown, and died in Vancouver, Wash., in 1880. General Wilson was a young man of marked capability, well fitted to cope with the condition of pioneer life, and his efforts in behalf of the early development and progress of the country were far-reaching and beneficial. He left the impress of his individuality upon the early history of the state, and the community in this part of Oregon acknowledges its indebtedness to him for what he accomplished in this direction. He became quite well-to-do and left considerable property. This includes three hundred and twenty acres of the original tract taken up by the father, and which is now a dairy farm.      Mrs. Minerva C. Bowles was born in Saline county. Mo., October 30, 1841, and was therefore only three and a half years of age when her parents crossed the plains to the northwest, yet she well remembers a heavy hail storm which occurred at that time and which greatly frightened the people in the wagon train. The animals also became desperate, and the men had to put ropes in the horns of the oxen in order to hold them back and keep them from stampeding.   Mrs. Bowles was educated in this state, becoming a student in the Portland Academy. She remained with her parents and grandparents until their respective deaths, and then went to live with her uncles, with whom she remained until August 8. 1861. It was on that day that she gave her hand in marriage to Jesse T. Bowles, who was a pioneer settler of Oregon of 1852. His paternal grandfather was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war and served under General Washington. The old musket which he used was in the possession of Mr. Bowles for many years. Mr. Bowles was born in St. Charles county, Mo., in 1830, and his maternal grandfather was John McKay, a Scotchman, who crossed the Atlantic to America and became a surveyor in this country, accumulating considerable wealth through his efforts in that direction. He built the first brick residence in St. Louis. Jesse T. Bowles was educated in Montgomery county. Mo., where he attended college    He was the son of a farmer and was eighteen years of age when he first came to the coast.   He afterward returned to the east, but again crossed the plains in 1852, and after his marriage followed farming. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and a man of progressive ideas, who took an active interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and substantial development of his community.   He secured a claim located in the macadam road and now forming a part of the site of the Jewish cemetery.      Unto Mr. and Mrs. Bowles were born four children, who reached years of maturity: Charles D., born in 1864, and now an attorney at Vancouver, was educated at the Eugene State University and read law at Portland and in Salem, Ore. He married Almeda Thompson, of Albany, Ore., in 1889, and by his marriage has three sons: Jesse C, Ward R. and Nelson C. John Bowles, born in 1862, was educated in Eugene, Ore., and died in 1882. Annie J., born in 1867, became the wife of Charles N. Johnson, a son of A. H. Johnson, one of the honored pioneer settlers of this state. She has five daughters and one son, namely:: Bertie C. Annie M., Isabelle, Carrie N., Alleyne and Charles N. The Johnson family resides at Forest Grove, where Mr. Johnson is a farmer. Joseph R. Bowles, born in October, 1869, is now engaged in the hardware business in Portland. He was educated in the high school of that city and married Bernice Washburne of Portland.      After living for some time upon the home farm of General Wilson, the Bowles family removed to Vancouver, and in 1883 their present home in Portland was erected upon land purchased by Mr. Bowles. Many changes have occurred since they arrived here. They now rent the home farm, to which they have added from time to time, until it now comprises four hundred and twentv acres of valuable land, and in addition to this the family property comprises twelve acres of land near Mount Taber. Mrs. Bowles is a member of the Pioneers Association of Oregon and also of the Episcopal Church. She is a most estimable lady, who has a wide acquaintance in the state, and certainly deserves mention in this volume.� [Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity p.806-7]

WILSON, William G. (c1808-1845): m1. ; m2. 1834 CARTER, Lucinda H.; second wife was widow of John McWilliams; *3 Meek Cutoff

WILSON, William L . (1832- ): m1. 1854 MYNATT, Hulda N.; m2. 1861 HASKINS, Harriet; *3 Meek Cutoff

WINSTON , m'd: , Mary

WINSTON, Mary E . m'd: WINSTON,

WIRT, Andrew m'd: ,

WITT, James :

WOOD, Joseph (c1801- ):

WOODCOCK, Alzena (c1840- ): m'd  25 May 1873 BUCK/BROCK, Mahlon; d/o Williston and Keziah (Bunton) Woodcock

WOODCOCK, Malissa (c1844- ): d/o Williston and Keziah (Bunton) Woodcock

WOODCOCK, Mary A. (c1842- ): d/o Williston and Keziah (Bunton) Woodcock

WOODCOCK, Williston D . (24 Apr 1817/22-02 Mar 1868): m1. c1839 BUNTON, Keziah; m2. 22 Jun 1849 CORNELIUS, Alizina; settled Clackamas County

WOODFIN, Louisa (c1842- ): d/o Robison Woodfin

WOODFIN, Robison (c1821-1855):

WOODS, Louisa (1825-1894): m1. 1846 EARL, William; m2. 1865 HUMPHREYS, T.M.; came with mother (Rebecca Ann (Oxford) Woods Gray and stepfather, John Y. Striethoff

WOODS, Rachel Jane (1831-1920 ): m'd 1849 SMEED, Hiram N.; came with mother (Rebecca Ann (Oxford) Woods Gray and stepfather, John Y. Striethoff

WOODSIDES, Jane (11 Jan 1823-27 Jul 1904): m'd Apr 1841 CAPLINGER, Jacob Crider; d/o Thomas and Anna Woodsides; buried Stipp Memorial Cemetery , Macleay, Marion County, Oregon

WOOLEY FAMILY RESEARCHER: WOOLEY, Edward (1831-1904): m'd 1855 BROWN, Serelia; s/o Jacob and Ellen (Hoover) Wooley; *4 lists wife as Sarinia (Sarah) Brown; *3 Meek Cutoff

WOOLEY, Ellen (1836-1901): m1. 1855 RAFFERTY, Joseph; m2. 1862 PORTER, Jerome A.; s/o Jacob and Ellen (Hoover) Wooley; *3 Meek Cutoff

WOOLEY, Henry (1830-1904): m'd 1856 GIBSON, Eliza Jane; s/o Jacob and Ellen (Hoover) Wooley; *3 Meek Cutoff

WOOLEY, Jacob (1797-1865): m'd 1821 HOOVER, Ellen Rose; *3 Meek Cutoff 

"WOOLEY, JACOB--Born in New Jersey; from there he went to Ohio, then came to Oregon and settled on the Tualatin Plains, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1868. His wife's previous name was Miss Ellen Rose, by whom he had four children." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.651]

WOOLEY, Margaret Elizabeth (1822-1851): m'd 1836 INGLES, Dewitt Clinton; *3 Meek Cutoff

WOOLEY, Rosanna (1826-1897): m'd 1846 BURTON, Henry Jr.; d/o Jacob and Ellen (Hoover) Wooley; *4 lists husband as Henry Buxton Jr.; *3 Meek Cutoff

YARBROUGH, David (1845- ): s/o John and Mary Yarbrough

YARBROUGH, George W . (c1838- ): s/o John and Mary Yarbrough

YARBROUGH, J.B. (c1822- ): relationship to others not known

YARBROUGH, James M . (1820- ): m'd 1846 SMITH, Mary; s/o John and Mary Yarbrough

YARBROUGH, John Berry (1791- ): m1. ; m2. 1829 [], Mary

YARBROUGH, Mary (c1801- ): m'd YARBROUGH, John Berry

YARBROUGH, Mary (c1841- ): d/o John and Mary Yarbrough

YARBROUGH, Nancy J. (c1832- ): d/o John and Mary Yarbrough

YARBROUGH, Randall (c1823- ): m'd 1849 [], Mary Ann; s/o John and Mary Yarbrough

YARBROUGH, Thomas Jefferson (c1830- ): s/o John and Mary Yarbrough

[2] YATES, Angeline F. (09 Jan 1825-29 Sep 1910): m'd 15 May 1839 CATCHING, William Warren; buried Mountain View Memorial Gardens , Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon;  *3 believed to have taken Meek Cutoff

YEARY, Malinda (07 Mar 1808-30 May 898): m'd 22 Feb 1825 CRABTREE, John J.; settled Linn County, Oregon; buried Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery , Scio, Linn County, Oregon

YORK, David (1845- ): s/o John and Lucinda (Hudson) York

YORK, John (1820-1909): m'd 1842 HUDSON, Lucinda

YORK, William E. (1843- ): s/o John and Lucinda (Hudson) York

ZUMWALT, Christopher Peter (1827-1900): m'd 1849 GOODRICH, Irene; s/o Christopher and Eliza (Keller) Zumwalt; *3 Meek Cutoff; traveled with his guardian, Joseph T. Hughart and family

"ZUMWALT, C. P.--Born in Galloway County, Missouri, August 12, 1827. Settled first in Yamhill County. Resides now on his farm at Perrydale, Polk County. Married Irene Goodrich in 1849. Children John T., C. A., Henry O., May E., Sarah M., Glenn B., William B., Guilford L., Frank, Tamine (deceased), and Fred (deceased)." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.651]

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 240

SMITHSONIAN PRESS

MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology

Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION · WASHINGTON, D.C. 1966

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Contributions from The Museum of History and Technology : Paper 42 The “ Pioneer ”: Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 In the Museum of History and Technology

John H. White

THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD 244

SERVICE HISTORY OF THE “PIONEER” 249

MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE “PIONEER” 251

Figure 1.— The “ Pioneer ,” built in 1851 , shown here as renovated and exhibited in the Museum of History and Technology, 1964. In 1960 the locomotive was given to the Smithsonian Institution by the Pennsylvania Railroad through John S. Fair, Jr. (Smithsonian photo 63344B.)

[Pg 243] John H. White

The “PIONEER”: LIGHT PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE of 1851 In the Museum of History and Technology

In the mid-nineteenth century there was a renewed interest in the light, single-axle locomotives which were proving so very successful for passenger traffic. These engines were built in limited number by nearly every well-known maker, and among the few remaining is the 6-wheel “Pioneer,” on display in the Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution. This locomotive is a true representation of a light passenger locomotive of 1851 and a historic relic of the mid-nineteenth century.

The Author : John H. White is associate curator of transportation in the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of History and Technology.

The “Pioneer” is an unusual locomotive and on first inspection would seem to be imperfect for service on an American railroad of the 1850’s. This locomotive has only one pair of driving wheels and no truck, an arrangement which marks it as very different from the highly successful standard 8-wheel engine of this period. All six wheels of the Pioneer are rigidly attached to the frame. It is only half the size of an 8-wheel engine of 1851 and about the same size of the 4—2—0 so common in this country some 20 years earlier. Its general arrangement is that of the rigid English locomotive which had, years earlier, proven unsuitable for use on U.S. railroads.

These objections are more apparent than real, for the Pioneer , and other engines of the same design, proved eminently successful when used in the service for which they were built, that of light passenger traffic. The Pioneer’s rigid wheelbase is no problem, for when it is compared to that of an 8-wheel engine it is found to be about four feet less; and its small size is no problem when we realize it was not intended for heavy service. Figure 2, a diagram, is a comparison of the Pioneer and a standard 8-wheel locomotive.

Since the service life of the Pioneer was spent on the Cumberland Valley Railroad, a brief account of that line is necessary to an understanding of the service history of this locomotive.

Exhibits of the “Pioneer”

The Pioneer has been a historic relic since 1901. In the fall of that year minor repairs were made to the locomotive so that it might be used in the sesquicentennial celebration at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. On October 22, 1901, the engine was ready for service, but as it neared Carlisle a copper flue burst. The fire was extinguished and the Pioneer was pushed into town by another engine. In the twentieth century, the Pioneer was displayed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904, and at the Wheeling, West Virginia, semicentennial in 1913. In 1927 it joined many other historic locomotives at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s “Fair of the Iron Horse” which commemorated the first one hundred years of that company. From about 1913 to 1925 the Pioneer also appeared a number of times at the Apple-blossom Festival at Winchester, Virginia. In 1933-1934 it was displayed at the World’s Fair in Chicago, and in 1948 at the Railroad Fair in the same city. Between 1934 and March 1947 it was exhibited at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Cumberland Valley Railroad

The Cumberland Valley Railroad (C.V.R.R.) was chartered on April 2, 1831, to connect the Susquehanna and Potomac Rivers by a railroad through the Cumberland Valley in south-central Pennsylvania. The Cumberland Valley, with its rich farmland and iron-ore deposits, was a natural north-south route long used as a portage between these two rivers. Construction began in 1836, and because of the level valley some 52 miles of line was completed between Harrisburg and Chambersburg by November 16, 1837. In 1860, by way of the Franklin Railroad, the line extended to Hagerstown, Maryland. It was not until 1871 that the Cumberland Valley Railroad reached its projected southern terminus, the Potomac River, by extending to Powells Bend, Maryland. Winchester, Virginia, was entered in 1890 giving the Cumberland Valley Railroad about 165 miles of line. The railroad which had become associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1859, was merged with that company in 1919.

By 1849 the Cumberland Valley Railroad was in poor condition; the strap-rail track was worn out and new locomotives were needed. Captain Daniel Tyler was hired to supervise rebuilding the line with T-rail, and easy grades and curves. Tyler recommended that a young friend of his, Alba F. Smith, be put in charge of modernizing and acquiring new equipment. Smith recommended to the railroad’s Board of Managers on June 25, 1851, that “much lighter engines than those now in use may be substituted for the passenger transportation and thereby effect a great saving both in point of fuel and road repairs....” [1] Smith may well have gone on to explain that the road was operating 3- and 4-car passenger trains with a locomotive weighing about 20 tons; the total weight was about 75 tons, equalling the uneconomical deadweight of 1200 pounds per passenger. Since speed was not an important consideration (30 mph being a good average), the use of lighter engines would improve the deadweight-to-passenger ratio and would not result in a slower schedule.

The Board of Managers agreed with Smith’s recommendations and instructed him “... to examine the two locomotives lately built by Mr. Wilmarth and now in the [protection?] of Captain Tyler at Norwich and if in his judgment they are adequate to our wants ... have them forwarded to the road.” [2] Smith inspected the locomotives not long after this resolution was passed, for they were on the road by the time he made the following report [3] to the Board on September 24, 1851:

In accordance with a resolution passed at the last meeting of your body relative to the small engines built by Mr. Wilmarth I proceeded to Norwich to make trial of their capacity—fitness or suitability to the Passenger transportation of our Road—and after as thorough a trial as circumstances would admit (being on another Road than our own) I became satisfied that with some necessary improvements which would not be expensive (and are now being made at our shop) [Pg 245] the engines would do the business of our Road not only in a manner satisfactory in point of speed and certainty but with greater ultimate economy in Expenses than has before been practised in this Country.

Figure 2. — Diagram comparing the Pioneer (shaded drawing) with the Columbia , a standard 8-wheel engine of 1851. (Drawing by J. H. White.)

After making the above trial of the Engines—I stated to your Hon. President the result of the trial—with my opinion of their Capacity to carry our passenger trains at the speed required which was decidedly in favor of the ability of the Engines. He accordingly agreed that the Engines should at once be forwarded to the Road in compliance with the Resolution of your Board. I immediately ordered the Engines shipped at the most favorable rates. They came to our Road safely in the Condition in which they were shipped. One of the Engines has been placed on the Road and I believe performed in such a manner as to convince all who are able to judge of this ability to perform—although the maximum duty of the Engines was not performed on account of some original defects which are now being remedied as I before stated.

Within ten days the Engine will be able to run regularly with a train on the Road where in shall be enabled to judge correctly of their merits.

An accident occurred during the trial of the Small Engine at Norwich which caused a damage of about $300 in which condition the Engine came here and is now being repaired—the cost of which will be presented to your Board hereafter. As to the fault or blame of parties connected with the accident as also the question of responsibility for Repairs are questions for your disposal. I therefore leave the matter until further called upon.

The Expenses necessarily incurred by the trial of the Engines and also the Expenses of transporting the same are not included in the Statement herewith presented, the whole amount of which will not probably exceed $400.00.

These two locomotives became the Cumberland Valley Railroad’s Pioneer (number 13) and Jenny Lind (number 14). While Smith notes that one of the engines was damaged during the inspection trials, Joseph Winters, an employee of the Cumberland Valley who claimed he was accompanying the engine enroute to Chambersburg at the time of their delivery, later recalled that both engines were damaged in transit. [4] According to Winters a train ran into the rear of the Jenny Lind , damaging both it and the Pioneer , the accident occurring near Middletown, Pennsylvania. The Jenny Lind was repaired at Harrisburg but the Pioneer , less seriously damaged, was taken for repairs to the main shops of the Cumberland Valley road at Chambersburg.

Figure 3.—“ Pioneer ,” about 1901 , showing the sandbox and large headlamp. Note the lamp on the cab roof, now used as the headlight. (Smithsonian photo 49272.)

While there seems little question that these locomotives were not built as a direct order for the Cumberland Valley Railroad, an article [5] appearing in the Railroad Advocate in 1855 credits their design to Smith. The article speaks of a 2—2—4 built for the Macon and Western Railroad and says in part:

This engine is designed and built very generally upon the ideas, embodied in some small tank engines designed by A. F. Smith, Esq., for the Cumberland Valley road. Mr. Smith is a strong advocate of light engines, and his novel style and proportions of engines, as built for him a few years since, by Seth Wilmarth, at Boston, are known to some of our readers. Without knowing all the circumstances under which these engines are worked on the Cumberland Valley road, we should not venture to repeat all that we have heard of their performances, it is enough to say that they are said to do more, in proportion to their weight, than any other engines now in use.

The author believes that the Railroad Advocate’s claim of Smith’s design of the Pioneer has been confused with his design of the Utility (figs. 6, 7). Smith designed this compensating-lever engine to haul trains over the C.V.R.R. bridge at Harrisburg. It was built by Wilmarth in 1854.

Figure 4. — Map of the Cumberland Valley Railroad as it appeared in 1919.

Figure 5.— An early broadside of the Cumberland Valley Railroad.

According to statements of Smith and the Board of Managers quoted on page 244, the Pioneer and the Jenny Lind were not new when purchased from their maker, Seth Wilmarth. Although of recent manufacture, previous to June 1851, they were apparently doing service on a road in Norwich, Connecticut. It [Pg 247] should be mentioned that both Smith and Tyler were formerly associated with the Norwich and Worcester Railroad and they probably learned of these two engines through this former association. It is possible that the engines were purchased from Wilmarth by the Cumberland Valley road, which had bought several other locomotives from Wilmarth in previous years. It was the practice of at least one other New England engine builder, the Taunton Locomotive Works, to manufacture engines on the speculation that a buyer would be found; if no immediate buyers appeared the engine was leased to a local road until a sale was made. [6]

Regarding the Jenny Lind and Pioneer , Smith reported [7] to the Board of Managers at their meeting of March 17, 1852:

The small tank engines which were purchased last year ... and which I spoke in a former report as undergoing at that time some necessary improvements have since that time been fairly tested as to their capacity to run our passenger trains and proved to be equal to the duty.

The improvements proposed to be made have been completed only on one engine [ Jenny Lind ] which is now running regularly with passenger trains—the cost of repairs and improvements on this engine (this being the one accidentally broken on the trial) amounted to $476.51. The other engine is now in the shop, not yet ready for service but will be at an early day.

Figure 6.— The “ Utility ” as rebuilt to an 8-wheel engine , about 1863 or 1864. It was purchased by the Carlisle Manufacturing Co. in 1882 and was last used in 1896. (Smithsonian photo 36716F.)

Figure 7.— The “ Utility ,” designed by Smith A. F. and constructed by Seth Wilmarth in 1854, was built to haul trains across the bridge at Harrisburg, Pa.

Figure 8.— The earliest known illustration of the Pioneer , drawn by A. S. Hull, master mechanic of the Cumberland Valley Railroad in 1876. It depicts the engine as it appeared in 1871. ( Courtesy of Paul Westhaeffer. )

The Pioneer and Jenny Lind achieved such success in action that the president of the road, Frederick Watts, commented on their performance in the annual report of the Cumberland Valley Railroad for 1851. Watts stated that since their passenger trains were rarely more than a baggage car and two coaches, the light locomotives “... have been found to be admirably adapted to our business.” The Cumberland Valley Railroad, therefore, added two more locomotives of similar design in the next few years. These engines were the Boston and the Enterprise , also built by Wilmarth in 1854-1855.

Watts reported the Pioneer and Jenny Lind cost $7,642. A standard 8-wheel engine cost about $6,500 to $8,000 each during this period. In recent years, the Pennsylvania Railroad has stated the Pioneer cost $6,200 in gold, but is unable to give the source for this information. The author can discount this statement for it does not seem reasonable that a light, cheap engine of the pattern of the Pioneer could cost as much as a machine nearly twice its size.

Figure 9.— Annual pass of the Cumberland Valley Railroad issued in 1863.

Figure 10. — Timetable of the Cumberland Valley Railroad for 1878.

Service History of the Pioneer

After being put in service, the Pioneer continued to perform well and was credited as able to move a 4-car passenger train along smartly at 40 mph. [8] This tranquility was shattered in October 1862 by a raiding party led by Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart which [Pg 251] burned the Chambersburg shops of the Cumberland Valley Railroad. The Pioneer , Jenny Lind , and Utility were partially destroyed. The Cumberland Valley Railroad in its report for 1862 stated:

The Wood-shop, Machine-shop, Black-smith-shop, Engine-house, Wood-sheds, and Passenger Depot were totally consumed, and with the Engine-house three second-class Engines were much injured by the fire, but not so destroyed but that they may be restored to usefulness.

However, no record can be found of the extent or exact nature of the damage. The shops and a number of cars were burned so it is reasonable to assume that the cab and other wooden parts of the locomotive were damaged. One unverified report in the files of the Pennsylvania Railroad states that part of the roof and brick wall fell on the Pioneer during the fire causing considerable damage. In June 1864 the Chambersburg shops were again burned by the Confederates, but on this occasion the railroad managed to remove all its locomotives before the raid. During the Civil War, the Cumberland Valley Railroad was obliged to operate longer passenger trains to satisfy the enlarged traffic. The Pioneer and its sister single-axle engines were found too light for these trains and were used only on work and special trains. Reference to table 1 will show that the mileage of the Pioneer fell off sharply for the years 1860-1865.

Table 1.—Yearly Mileage of the Pioneer (From Annual Reports of the Cumberland Valley Railroad)

[a] Mileage 1852 for January to September (no record of mileage recorded in Annual Reports previous to 1852).

[b] 15,000 to 20,000 miles per year was considered very high mileage for a locomotive of the 1850’s.

[c] No mileage reported for any engines due to fire.

[d] Not listed on roster.

[e] The Pennsylvania Railroad claims a total mileage of 255,675. This may be accounted for by records of mileages for 1862, 1870, and 1879.

In 1871 the Pioneer was remodeled by A. S. Hull, master mechanic of the railroad. The exact nature of the alterations cannot be determined, as no drawings or photographs of the engine previous to this time are known to exist. In fact, the drawing (fig. 8) prepared by Hull in 1876 to show the engine as remodeled in 1871 is the oldest known illustration of the Pioneer . Paul Westhaeffer, a lifelong student of Cumberland Valley R. R. history, states that according to an interview with one of Hull’s descendants the only alteration made to the Pioneer during the 1871 “remodeling” was the addition of a handbrake. The road’s annual report of 1853 describes the Pioneer as a six-wheel tank engine. The report of 1854 mentions that the Pioneer used link motion. These statements are enough to give substance to the idea that the basic arrangement has survived unaltered and that it has not been extensively rebuilt, as was the Jenny Lind in 1878.

By the 1870’s, the Pioneer was too light for the heavier cars then in use and by 1880 it had reached the end of its usefulness for regular service. After nearly thirty years on the road it had run 255,675 miles. Two new passenger locomotives were purchased in 1880 to handle the heavier trains. In 1881 the Pioneer was dropped from the roster, but was used until about 1890 for work trains. After this time it was stored in a shed at Falling Spring, Pennsylvania, near the Chambersburg yards of the C.V.R.R.

Mechanical Description of the Pioneer

Figure 11.—“ Pioneer ,” about 1901 , scene unknown. ( Photo courtesy of Thomas Norrell. )

After the early 1840’s the single-axle locomotive, having one pair of driving wheels, was largely [Pg 252] superseded by the 8-wheel engine. The desire to operate longer trains and the need for engines of greater traction to overcome the steep grades of American roads called for coupled driving wheels and machines of greater weight than the 4—2—0. After the introduction of the 4—4—0, the single-axle engine received little attention in this country except for light service or such special tasks as inspection or dummy engines.

Figure 12.— The “ Pioneer ” in Carlisle, Pa. , 1901. ( Photo courtesy of Thomas Norrell. )

There was, however, a renewed interest in “singles” in the early 1850’s because of W. B. Adams’ experiments with light passenger locomotives in England. In 1850 Adams built a light single-axle tank locomotive for the Eastern Counties Railway which proved very economical for light passenger traffic. It was such a success that considerable interest in light locomotives was generated in this country as well as in England. Nearly 100 single-axle locomotives were built in the United States between about 1845-1870. These engines were built by nearly every well-known maker, from Hinkley in Boston to the Vulcan Foundry in San Francisco. Danforth Cooke & Co. of Paterson built a standard pattern 4—2—4 used by many roads. One of these, the C. P. Huntington , survives to the present time.

The following paragraphs describe the mechanical details of the Pioneer as it appears on exhibition in the Smithsonian Institution’s new Museum of History and Technology.

The boiler is the most important and costly part of a steam locomotive, representing one-fourth to one-third of the total cost. A poorly built or designed boiler will produce a poor locomotive no matter how well made the remainder of mechanism. The boiler of the Pioneer is of the wagon-top, crownbar, fire-tube [Pg 253] style and is made of a 5/16-inch thick, wrought-iron plate. The barrel is very small, in keeping with the size of the engine, being only 27 inches in diameter. While some readers may believe this to be an extremely early example of a wagon-top boiler, we should remember that most New England builders produced few locomotives with the Bury (dome) boiler and that the chief advocates of this later style were the Philadelphia builders. By the early 1850’s the Bury boiler passed out of favor entirely and the wagon top became the standard type of boiler with all builders in this country.

Sixty-three iron tubes, 1-7/8 inches by 85 inches long are used. The original tubes may have been copper or brass since these were easier to keep tight than the less malleable iron tubes. The present tube sheet is of iron but was originally copper. Its thickness cannot be conveniently measured, but it is greater than that of the boiler shell, probably about 1/2 to 5/8 inch. While copper tubes and tube sheets were not much used in this country after about 1870, copper was employed as recently as 1950 by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns, Ltd., on some small industrial locomotives.

The boiler shell is lagged with wooden tongue-and-groove strips about 2-1/2 inches wide (felt also was used for insulation during this period). The wooden lagging is covered with Russia sheet iron which is held in place and the joints covered by polished brass bands. Russia sheet iron is a planish iron having a lustrous, metallic gray finish.

Alba F. Smith

Alba F. Smith, the man responsible for the purchase of the Pioneer , was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, June 28, 1817. [9] Smith showed promise as a mechanic at an early age and by the time he was 22 had established leadpipe works in Norwich. His attention was drawn particularly to locomotives since the tracks of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad passed his shop. His attempts to develop a spark arrester for locomotives brought Smith to the favorable attention of Captain Daniel Tyler (1799-1882), president of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad. When Tyler was hired by the Cumberland Valley Railroad in 1850 to supervise the line’s rebuilding, he persuaded the managers of that road to hire Smith as superintendent of machinery. [10] Smith was appointed as superintendent of the machine shop of the Cumberland Valley Railroad on July 22, 1850. [11] On January 1, 1851, he became superintendent of the road.

In March of 1856 Smith resigned his position with the Cumberland Valley Railroad and became superintendent of the Hudson River Railroad, where he remained for only a year. During that time he designed the coal-burning locomotive Irvington , rebuilt the Waterman condensing dummy locomotive for use in hauling trains through city streets, and developed a superheater. [12]

After retiring from the Hudson River Railroad he returned to Norwich and became active in enterprises in that area, including the presidency of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad. While the last years of Smith’s life were devoted to administrative work, he found time for mechanical invention as well. In 1862 he patented a safety truck for locomotives, and became president of a concern which controlled the most important patents for such devices. [13] Alba F. Smith died on July 21, 1879, in Norwich, Connecticut.

Figure 13.— Advertisement of Seth Wilmarth appearing in Boston city directory for 1848-1849.

Figure 14.— The “ Fury ,” built for the Boston and Worcester Railroad in 1849 by Wilmarth. It was known as a “Shanghai” because of its great height. (Smithsonian Chaney photo 6443.)

Figure 15.— The “ Neptune ,” built for the Boston and Worcester in 1847 by Hinkley and Drury. Note the similarity of this engine and the Fury .

Figure 16.— The “ Pioneer ” as first exhibited in the Arts and Industries building of the Smithsonian Institution prior to restoration of the sandbox. (Smithsonian photo 48069D.)

[BOILER continued]

The steam dome (fig. 18) is located directly over the firebox, inside the cab. It is lagged and jacketed in an identical manner to the boiler. The shell of the dome is of 5/16-inch wrought iron, the top cap is a cast-iron plate which also serves as a manhole cover offering access to the boiler’s interior for inspection and repair.

Figure 17. —“ Pioneer ” locomotive. (Drawing by J. H. White.)

Figure 18. —“ Pioneer ” locomotive , (1) Safety valve, (2) spring balance, (3) steam jet, (4) dry pipe, (5) throttle lever, (6) throttle, (7) crown bar, (8) front tube sheet, (9) check valve, (10) top rail, (11) rear-boiler bracket, (12) pedestal, (13) rocker bearing, (14) damper, (15) grate, (16) bottom rail, (17) pump heater valve, (18) cylinder lubricator, (19) reversing lever, (20) brake shoe, (21) mud ring, (22) blowoff cock, (23) ashpan. (Drawing by J. H. White.)

A round plate, 20 inches in diameter, riveted on the forward end of the boiler, just behind the bell stand, was found when the old jacket was removed in May 1963. The size and shape of the hole, which the plate [Pg 258] covers, indicate that a steam dome or manhole was located at this point. It is possible that this was the original location of the steam dome since many builders in the early 1850’s preferred to mount the dome forward of the firebox. This was done in the belief that there was less danger of priming because the water was less agitated forward of the firebox.

The firebox is as narrow as the boiler shell and fits easily between the frame. It is a deep and narrow box, measuring 27 inches by 28 inches by about 40 inches deep, and is well suited to burning wood. A deep firebox was necessary because a wide, shallow box suitable for coal burning, allowed the fuel to burn so quickly it was difficult to fire the engine effectively. With the deep, narrow firebox, wood was filled up to the level of the fire door. In this way, the fire did not burn so furiously and did not keep ahead of the fireman; at the same time, since it burned so freely, a good fire was always on hand. The Pioneer burned oak and hickory. [14] For the firebox 5/16-inch thick sheet was used, for heavier sheet would have blistered and flaked off because of the intense heat of the fire and the fibrous quality of wrought-iron sheet of the period. Sheet iron was fabricated from many small strips of iron rolled together while hot. These strips were ideally welded into a homogeneous sheet, but in practice it was found the thicker the sheet the less sure the weld.

The fire grates are cast iron and set just a few inches above the bottom of the water space so that the water below the grates remains less turbulent and mud or other impurities in the water settle here. Four bronze mud plugs and a blowoff cock are fitted to the base of the firebox so that the sediment thus collected can be removed (figs. 17, 18).

The front of the boiler is attached to the frame by the smokebox, which is a cylinder, bolted on a light, cast-iron saddle (not part of the cylinder castings nor attached to them, but bolted directly to the top rail of the frame; it may be a hastily made repair put on at the shops of the C.V.R.R.). The rear of the boiler is attached to the frame by two large cast-iron brackets, one on each side of the firebox (fig. 18). These are bolted to the top rail of the frame but the holes in the brackets are undoubtedly slotted, so that they may slide since the boiler will expand about 1/4 inch when heated. In addition to the crown bars, which strengthen the crown sheet, the boiler is further strengthened by stay bolts and braces located in the wagon top over the firebox, where the boiler had been weakened by the large hole necessary for the steam dome. This boiler is a remarkably light, strong, and compact structure.

BOILER FITTINGS

Few boiler fittings are found on the Pioneer and it appears that little was done to update the engine with more modern devices during its many years of service. With the exception of the steam gauge, it has no more boiler fitting than when it left the builder’s shop in 1851.

Figure 19.— Backhead of the Pioneer . (Smithsonian photo 48069F.)

The throttle valve is a simple slide valve and must have been primitive for the time, for the balance-poppet throttle valve was in use in this country previous to 1851. It is located directly below the steam dome even though it was common practice to place the throttle valve at the front of the boiler in the smokebox. Considering the cramped condition inside the smokebox, there would seem to be little space for the addition of the throttle valve; hence its present location. The dry pipe projects up into the steam dome to gather the hottest, driest steam for the cylinders. The inverted, funnel-like cap on the top of the dry pipe is to prevent priming, as drops of water may travel up the sides of the pipe and then to the cylinders, with the possibility of great damage. After the steam enters the throttle valve it passes through the front end of the valve, through the top of the boiler via the dry pipe (fig. 18), through the front tube sheet, and then to the cylinders via the petticoat pipes. The throttle lever is a simple arrangement readily understood from the drawings. It has no latch and the throttle lever is held in any desired setting by the wingnut and quadrant shown in figure 18. The water level in the boiler is indicated by the three brass cocks located on the backhead. No gauge glass is used; they were not employed in this country until the 1870’s, although they were commonly used in England at the time the Pioneer was built.

While two safety valves were commonly required, only one was used on the Pioneer . The safety valve is located on top of the steam dome. Pressure is exerted on the lever by a spring balance, fixed at the forward end by a knife-blade bearing. The pressure can be adjusted by the thumbscrew on the balance. The graduated scale on the balance gave a general but uncertain indication of the boiler pressure. The valve itself is a poppet held against the face of the valve seat by a second knife blade attached to the [Pg 259] lever. The ornamental column forming the stand of the safety valve is cast iron and does much to decorate the interior of the cab. The pipe carrying the escaping steam projects through the cab roof. It is made of copper with a decorative brass band. This entire mechanism was replaced by a modern safety valve for use at the Chicago Railroad Fair (1949). Fortunately, the old valve was preserved and has since been replaced on the engine.

The steam gauge is a later addition, but could have been put on as early as the 1860’s, since the most recent patent date that it bears is 1859. It is an Ashcroft gauge having a handsome 4—4—0 locomotive engraved on its silver face.

The steam jet (item 3, fig. 18) is one of the simplest yet most notable boiler fitting of the Pioneer , being nothing more than a valve tapped into the base of the steam dome with a line running under the boiler jacket to the smokestack. When the valve is opened a jet of steam goes up the stack, creating a draft useful for starting the fire or enlivening it as necessary. This device was the invention of Alba F. Smith in 1852, according to the eminent 19th-century technical writer and engineer Zerah Colburn. [15]

The two feedwater pumps (fig. 20) are located beneath the cab deck (1, fig. 17). They are cast-iron construction and are driven by an eccentric on the driving-wheel axle (fig. 27). The airchamber or dome (1, fig. 27) imparts a more steady flow of the water to the boiler by equalizing the surges of water from the reciprocating pump plunger. A steam line (3, fig. 18), which heats the pump and prevents freezing in cold weather, is regulated by a valve in the cab (figs. 18, 27). Note that the line on the right side of the cab has been disconnected and plugged.

The eccentric drive for the pumps is unusual, and the author knows of no other American locomotive so equipped. Eastwick and Harrison, it is true, favored an eccentric drive for feed pumps, but they mounted the eccentric on the crankpin of the rear driving wheel and thus produced in effect a half-stroke pump. This was not an unusual arrangement, though a small crank was usually employed in place of the eccentric. The full-stroke crosshead pump with which the Jenny Lind (fig. 22) is equipped, was of course the most common style of feed pump used in this country in the 19th century.

Of all the mechanisms on a 19th-century locomotive, the feed pump was the most troublesome. If an engineer could think of nothing else to complain about, he could usually call attention to a defective pump and not be found a liar. Because of this, injectors were adopted after their introduction in 1860. It is surprising that the Pioneer , which was in regular service as late as 1880 and has been under steam many times since for numerous exhibitions, was never fitted with one of these devices. Because its stroke is [Pg 260] short and the plunger is in less rapid motion, the present eccentric arrangement is more complex but less prone to disorder than the simpler but faster crosshead pump.

Seth Wilmarth

Little is known of the builder of the Pioneer , Seth Wilmarth, and nothing in the way of a satisfactory history of his business is available. For the reader’s general interest the following information is noted. [16]

Seth Wilmarth was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on September 8, 1810. He is thought to have learned the machinist trade in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, before coming to Boston and working for the Boston Locomotive Works, Hinkley and Drury proprietors. In about 1836 he opened a machine shop and, encouraged by an expanding business, in 1841 he built a new shop in South Boston which became known as the Union Works. [17] Wilmarth was in the general machine business but his reputation was made in the manufacture of machine tools, notably lathes. He is believed to have built his first locomotive in 1842, but locomotive building never became his main line of work. Wilmarth patterned his engines after those of Hinkley and undoubtedly, in common with the other New England builders of this period, favored the steady-riding, inside-connection engines. The “Shanghais,” so-called because of their great height, built for the Boston and Worcester Railroad by Wilmarth in 1849, were among the best known inside-connection engines operated in this country (fig. 14). While the greater part of Wilmarth’s engines was built for New England roads, many were constructed for lines outside that area, including the Pennsylvania Railroad, Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Erie.

A comparison of the surviving illustrations of Hinkley and Wilmarth engines of the 1850’s reveals a remarkable similarity in their details (figs. 14 and 15). Notice particularly the straight boiler, riveted frame, closely set truck wheels, feedwater pump driven by a pin on the crank of the driving wheel, and details of the dome cover. All of the features are duplicated exactly by both builders. This is not surprising considering the proximity of the plants and the fact that Wilmarth had been previously employed by Hinkley.

In 1854 Wilmarth was engaged by the New York and Erie Railroad to build fifty 6-foot gauge engines. [18] After work had been started on these engines, and a large store of material had been purchased for their construction, Wilmarth was informed that the railroad could not pay cash but that he would have to take notes in payment. [19] There was at this time a mild economic panic and notes could be sold only at a heavy discount. This crisis closed the Union Works. The next year, 1855, Seth Wilmarth was appointed master mechanic of the Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, where he worked for twenty years. He died in Malden, Massachusetts, on November 5, 1886.

[BOILER FITTINGS continued]

Figure 20.— Feedwater pump of the Pioneer . (Smithsonian photo 63344.)

The check valves are placed slightly below the centerline of the boiler (fig. 18). These valves are an unfinished bronze casting and appear to be of a recent pattern, probably dating from the 1901 renovation. At the time the engine was built, it was usual to house these valves in an ornamental spun-brass casing. The smokestack is of the bonnet type commonly used on wood-burning locomotives in this country between about 1845 and 1870. The exhaust steam from the cylinders is directed up the straight stack (shown in phantom in fig. 27) by the blast pipe. This creates a partial vacuum in the smokebox that draws the fire, gases, ash, and smoke through the boiler tubes from the firebox. The force of the exhausting steam blows them out the stack. At the top of the straight stack is a deflecting cone which slows the velocity of the exhaust and changes its direction causing it to go down into the funnel-shaped outer casing of the stack. Here, the heavy embers and cinders are collected and prevented from directly discharging into the countryside as dangerous firebrands. Wire netting is stretched overtop of the deflecting cone to catch the lighter, more volatile embers which may defy the action of the cone. The term “bonnet stack” results from the fact that this netting is similar in shape to a lady’s bonnet. The cinders thus accumulated in the stack’s hopper could be emptied by opening a plug at the base of the stack.

While the deflecting cone was regarded highly as a spark arrester and used practically to the exclusion of any other arrangement, it had the basic defect of keeping the smoke low and close to the train. This was a great nuisance to passengers, as the low trailing smoke blew into the cars. If the exhaust had been allowed to blast straight out the stack high into the air, most of the sparks would have burned out before touching the ground.

Figure 21.—“ Pioneer ” on exhibit in old Arts and Industries building of the Smithsonian Institution. In this view can be seen the bonnet screen of the stack and arrangement of the boiler-frame braces and other details not visible from the floor. (Smithsonian photo 48069A.)

Figure 22.—“ Jenny Lind ,” sister engine of the Pioneer , shown here as rebuilt in 1878 for use as an inspection engine. It was scrapped in March 1905. ( Photo courtesy of E. P. Alexander. )

Figure 23.— Cylinder head with valve box removed.

Figure 24.— Bottom of valve box with slide valve removed.

Figures 25 and 26.— Cylinder with valve box removed, showing valve face.

The frame of the Pioneer defies an exact classification but it more closely resembles the riveted- or sandwich-type frame than any other (figs. 18, 27). While the simple bar frame enjoyed the greatest popularity in the last century, riveted frames were widely used in this country, particularly by the New England builders between about 1840 and 1860. The riveted frame was fabricated from two plates of iron, about 5/8-inch thick, cut to the shape of the top rail and the pedestal. A bar about 2 inches square was riveted between the two plates. A careful study of photographs of Hinkley and other New England-built engines of the period will reveal this style of construction. The frame of the Pioneer differs from the usual riveted frame in that the top rail is 1-3/4 inches thick by 4-1/8 inches deep and runs the length of the locomotive. The pedestals are made of two 3/8-inch plates flush-riveted to each side of the top rail. The cast-iron shoes which serve as guides for the journal boxes also act as spacers between the pedestal plates.

The bottom rail of the frame is a 1-1/8-inch diameter rod which is forged square at the pedestals and forms the pedestal cap. The frame is further stiffened by two diagonal rods running from the top of each truck-wheel pedestal to the base of the driving-wheel pedestal, forming a truss. Six rods, riveted to the boiler shell and bolted to the frame’s top rail, strengthen the frame laterally. Four of these rods can be seen easily as they run from the frame to the middle of the boiler; the other two are riveted to the underside of the boiler. The attachment of these rods to the boiler was an undesirable practice, for the boiler shell [Pg 264] was thus subjected to the additional strain of the locomotive’s vibrations as it passed over the road. In later years, as locomotives grew in size, this practice was avoided and frames were made sufficiently strong to hold the engine’s machinery in line without using the boiler shell.

The front and rear frame beams are of flat iron plate bolted to the frame. The rear beam had been pushed in during an accident, and instead of its being replaced, another plate was riveted on and bent out in the opposite direction to form a pocket for the rear coupling pin. Note that there is no drawbar and that the coupler is merely bolted to the beams. Since the engine only pulled light trains, the arrangement was sufficiently strong.

RUNNING GEAR

The running gear is simply sprung with individual leaf springs for each axle; it is not connected by equalizing levers. To find an American locomotive not equipped with equalizers is surprising since they were almost a necessity to produce a reasonably smooth ride on the rough tracks of American railroads. Equalizers steadied the motion of the engine by distributing the shock received by any one wheel or axle to all the other wheels and axles so connected, thus minimizing the effects of an uneven roadbed. The author believes that the Pioneer is a hard-riding engine.

The springs of the main drives are mounted in the usual fashion. The rear boiler bracket (fig. 18) is slotted so that the spring hanger may pass through for its connection with the frame. The spring of the leading wheels is set at right angles to the frame (fig. 27) and bears on a beam, fabricated of iron plate, which in turn bears on the journal boxes. The springs of the trailing wheels are set parallel with the frame and are mounted between the pedestal plates (fig. 18).

The center of the driving wheel is cast iron and has spokes of the old rib pattern, which is a T in cross section, and was used previous to the adoption of the hollow spoke wheel. In the mid-1830’s Baldwin and others used this rib-pattern style of wheel, except that the rib faced inside. The present driving-wheel centers are unquestionably original. The sister engine Jenny Lind (fig. 22) was equipped with identical driving wheels. The present tires are very thin and beyond their last turning. They are wrought iron and shrunk to fit the wheel centers. Flush rivets are used for further security. The left wheel, shown in figure 17, is cracked at the hub and is fitted with an iron ring to prevent its breaking.

The truck wheels, of the hollow spoke pattern, are cast iron with chilled treads. They were made by Asa Whitney, one of the leading car-wheel manufacturers in this country, whose extensive plant was located in Philadelphia. Made under Whitney’s patent of 1866, these wheels may well have been added to the Pioneer during the 1871 rebuilding. Railroad wheels were not cast from ordinary cast iron, which was too weak and brittle to stand the severe service for which they were intended, but from a high-quality cast iron similar to that used for cannons. Its tensile strength, which ranged from 31,000 to 36,000 psi, was remarkably high and very nearly approached that of the best wrought-iron plate.

The cylinders are cast iron with an 8-1/2-inch bore about half the size of the cylinders of a standard 8-wheel engine. The cylinders are bolted to the frame but not to the saddle, and are set at a 9° angle to clear the leading wheels and at the same time to line up with the center of the driving-wheel axle. The wood lagging is covered with a decorative brass jacket. Ornamental brass jacketing was extensively used on mid-19th-century American locomotives to cover not only the cylinders but steam and sand boxes, check valves, and valve boxes. The greater expense for brass (Russia iron or painted sheet iron were a cheaper substitute) was justified by the argument that brass lasted the life of the engine, and could be reclaimed for scrap at a price approaching the original cost; and also that when brightly polished it reflected the heat, preventing loss by radiation, and its bright surface could be seen a great distance, thus helping to prevent accidents at grade crossings. The reader should be careful not to misconstrue the above arguments simply as rationalization on the part of master mechanics more intent on highly decorative machines than on the practical considerations involved.

The valve box, a separate casting, is fastened to the cylinder casting by six bolts. The side cover plates when removed show only a small opening suitable for inspection and adjustment of the valve. The valve box must be removed to permit repair or removal of the valve. A better understanding of this mechanism and the layout of the parts can be gained from a study of figures 23-26, 28 (8, 8 A , and 8 B ).

Figure 27. —“ Pioneer ” locomotive . (1) Air chamber, (2) reversing lever, (3) counterweight, (4) reversing shaft, (5) link hanger, (6) rocker, (7) feedwater line to boiler, (8) link block, (9) link, (10) eccentric, (11) pump plunger, (12) pump steamheater line, (13) feedwater pump, (14) wire netting [bonnet], (15) deflecting cone, (16) stack, (17) stack hopper. (Drawing by J. H. White.)

Figure 28. — Rear elevation of Pioneer and detail of valve shifter; valve face and valve. (Drawing by J. H. White.)

Both crossheads were originally of cast iron but one of these has been replaced and is of steel. They run into steel guides, bolted at the forward end to the rear cylinder head and supported in the rear by a yoke. The yoke is one of the more finished and better made pieces on the entire engine (fig. 27). The main rod is of the old pattern, round in cross section, and only 1-1/2 inches in diameter at the largest point.

The valve gear is of the Stephenson shifting-link pattern (see fig. 27), a simple and dependable motion used extensively in this country between about 1850 and 1900. The author believes that this is the original valve gear of the Pioneer , since the first mention (1854) in the Annual Report of the Cumberland Valley Railroad of the style of valve gear used by each engine, states that the Pioneer was equipped with a shifting-link motion. Assuming this to be the original valve gear of the Pioneer , it must be regarded as an early application, because the Stephenson motion was just being introduced into American locomotive practice in the early 1850’s. Four eccentrics drive the motion; two are for forward motion and two for reverse. The link is split and made of two curved pieces. The rocker is fabricated of several forged pieces keyed and bolted together. On better made engines the rocker would be a one-piece forging. The lower arm of each rocker is curiously shaped, made with a slot so that the link block may be adjusted. Generally, the only adjustment possible was effected by varying the length of the valve stem by the adjusting nuts provided. A simple weight and lever attached to the reversing shaft serve as a counterbalance for the links and thus assist the engineer in shifting the valve motion. There are eight positions on the quadrant of the reversing lever.

Figure 29.—“ Pioneer ” on exhibit in old Arts and Industries building, showing the tank and backhead. (Smithsonian photo 48069E.)

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

The cab is solid walnut with a natural finish. It is very possible that the second cab was added to the locomotive after the 1862 fire. A brass gong used by the [Pg 267] conductor to signal the engineer is fastened to the underside of the cab roof. This style of gong was in use in the 1850’s and may well be original equipment.

The water tank is in two sections, one part extending below the deck, between the frame. The tank holds 600 gallons of water. The tender holds one cord of wood.

The small pedestal-mounted sandbox was used on several Cumberland Valley engines including the Pioneer . This box was removed from the engine sometime between 1901 and 1904. It was on the engine at the time of the Carlisle sesquicentennial but disappeared by the time of the St. Louis exposition. Two small sandboxes, mounted on the driving-wheel splash guards, replaced the original box. The large headlamp (fig. 3) apparently disappeared at the same time and was replaced by a crudely made lamp formerly mounted on the cab roof as a backup light. Headlamps of commercial manufacture were carefully finished and made with parabolic reflectors, elaborate burners, and handsomely fitted cases. Such a lamp could throw a beam of light for 1000 feet. The present lamp has a flat cone-shaped piece of tin for a reflector.

The brushes attached to the pilot were used in the winter to brush snow and loose ice off the rail and thus improve traction. In good weather the brushes were set up to clear the tracks.

Figure 30. — Reconstructed sandbox replaced on the locomotive, August 1962. (Drawing by J. H. White.)

After the Pioneer had come to the National Museum, it was decided that some refinishing was required to return it as nearly as possible to the state of the original engine. Replacing the sandbox was an obvious change. [20] The brass cylinder jackets were also replaced. The cab was stripped and carefully refinished as natural wood. The old safety valve was replaced, [Pg 268] as already mentioned. Rejacketing the boiler with simulated Russia iron produced a most pleasing effect, adding not only to the authenticity of the display but making the engine appear lighter and relieving the somber blackness which was not characteristic of a locomotive of the 1850’s. Several minor replacements are yet to be done; chiefly among these are the cylinder-cock linkage and a proper headlamp.

The question arises, has the engine survived as a true and accurate representation of the original machine built in 1851? In answer, it can be said that although the Pioneer was damaged en route to the Cumberland Valley Railroad, modified on receipt, burned in 1862, and operated for altogether nearly 40 years, surprisingly few new appliances have been added, nor has the general arrangement been changed. Undoubtedly, the main reason the engine is so little changed is that its small size and odd framing did not invite any large investment for extensive alteration for other uses. But there can be no positive answer as to its present variance from the original appearance as represented in the oldest known illustration of it—the Hull drawing of 1871 (fig. 8). There are few, if any, surviving 19th-century locomotives that have not suffered numerous rebuildings and are not greatly altered from the original. The John Bull , also in the U.S. National Museum collection, is a good example of a machine many times rebuilt in its 30 years of service. [21] Unless other information is uncovered to the contrary, it can be stated that the Pioneer is a true representation of a light passenger locomotive of 1851.

[1] Minutes of the Board of Managers of the Cumberland Valley Railroad. This book may be found in the office of the Secretary, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pa., June 25, 1851. Hereafter cited as “Minutes C.V.R.R.”

[3] Minutes C.V.R.R.

[4] Franklin Repository (Chambersburg, Pa.), August 26, 1909.

[5] Railroad Advocate (December 29, 1855), vol. 2, p. 3.

[6] C. E. Fisher , “Locomotives of the New Haven Railroad, ” Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin (April 1938), no. 46, p. 48.

[7] Minutes C.V.R.R.

[8] Evening Sentinel (Carlisle, Pa.), October 23, 1901.

[9] Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, Conn.), July 24, 1879. All data regarding A. F. Smith is from this source unless otherwise noted.

[10] Railway Age (September 13, 1889), vol. 14, no. 37. Page 600 notes that Tyler worked on C.V.R.R. 1851-1852; Smith’s obituary (footnote 9) mentions 1849 as the year; and minutes of C.V.R.R. mention Tyler as early as 1850.

[11] Minutes C.V.R.R.

[12] A. F. Holley , American and European Railway Practice (New York: 1861). An illustration of Smith’s superheater is shown on plate 58, figure 13.

[13] John H. White , “Introduction of the Locomotive Safety Truck,” (Paper 24, 1961, in Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology: Papers 19-30 , U.S. National Museum Bulletin 228; Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1963), p. 117.

[14] Annual Report , C.V.R.R., 1853.

[15] Zerah Colburn , Recent Practice in Locomotive Engines (1860), p. 71.

[16] Railroad Gazette (September 27, 1907), vol. 43, no. 13, pp. 357-360. These notes on Wilmarth locomotives by C. H. Caruthers were printed with several errors concerning the locomotives of the Cumberland Valley Railroad and prompted the preparation of these present remarks on the history of Wilmarth’s activities. Note that on page 359 it is reported that only one compensating-lever engine was built for the C.V.R.R. in 1854, and not two such engines in 1852. The Pioneer is incorrectly identified as a “Shanghai,” and as being one of three such engines built in 1871 by Wilmarth.

[17] The author is indebted to Thomas Norrell for these and many of the other facts relating to Wilmarth’s Union Works.

[18] Railroad Gazette (October 1907), vol. 43, p. 382.

[19] Boston Daily Evening Telegraph (Boston, Mass.), August 11, 1854. The article stated that one engine a week was built and that 10 engines were already completed for the Erie. Construction had started on 30 others.

[20] The restoration work has been ably handled by John Stine of the Museum staff. Restoration started in October 1961.

[21] S. H. Oliver , The First Quarter Century of the Steam Locomotive in America (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 210; Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1956), pp. 38-46.

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1964

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402—Price 30 cents.

Adams, W. B., 252

Baldwin, Matthias William, 264

Boston Locomotive Works, 260

Colburn, Zerah, 259

Danforth Cooke & Co., 252

Drury, Gardner P., 260

Eastwick, Andrew M., 259

Harrison, Joseph, Jr., 259

Hinkley, Holmes, 252 , 260 , 263

Hull, A. S., 251 , 268

Smith, Alba F., 244 , 246 , 247 , 259

Stephenson, Robert, & Hawthorns, Ltd., 253

Stuart, J. E. B., 249

Taunton Locomotive Works, 247

Tyler, Daniel, 244 , 253

Union Works, 260

Vulcan Foundry, 252

Watts, Frederick, 249

Westhaeffer, Paul, 251

Wilmarth, Seth, 244 , 246 , 247 , 249 , 260

Winters, Joseph, 244

Transcriber's corrections:

P. 259 : ‘1880 and has been under steam’—was ‘1880 and has been under stream.’

P. 267 : ‘made with parabolic reflectors’—was ‘made with parobolic reflectors.’

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Unfortunately, that is not possible. Train tickets in Russia are not open, so you will need a separate ticket with a particular date for each leg of your trip - for example, you may go all the way from Moscow to Vladivostok, but you will only be able to leave the train for short stops at the railway stations. In case if you would like to explore different cities on the way, you will need separate tickets, for example Moscow – Yekaterinburg, Yekaterinburg – Irkutsk, Irkutsk - Vladivostok. We offer carefully planned private tours that will allow you to visit several cities on your way.

Are there showers aboard Trans-Siberian trains?

Most of the Trans-Siberian trains do not have showers, and there are two WCs per each carriage. Please consider it while planning your trip. We recommend to choose shorter distances (that is, to plan more overnight stops in the cities along the way) to avoid the inconvenience of not showering. Another option is to choose the trip on board a more luxurious train which has all the on-board amenities that one might need.

Are meals included on the board of Trans-Siberian express train?

When traveling with RZD regular trains meals are not included. You can easily buy your meals in the restaurant car.  Another option is to buy local specialties from “babushkas” (grandmothers, or simply Russian old ladies) on the short train stops along the way. This is a very authentic way of getting your meals.

What is the most comfortable way to travel on the Trans-Siberian railroad?

There are luxurious trains on the Trans-Siberian railway that are quite different from regular RZD trains and can be described as 5* hotels on wheels. We offer this type of accommodation on the Imperial Russia train where you can enjoy a full board menu, a shower and a comfortable compartment.

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