Oregon Pioneers of 1840

compiled by Stephenie Flora
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This list is compiled from a variety of sources. Any additions or corrections would be most appreciated. If you wish to be listed as a family researcher for a particular family please contact me using the comments option at the bottom of the page.

Family Histories of the French Canadians can be found at Ancestors of the French Canadians to Oregon prior to 1842 by Raymonde Gauthier

ILLINOIS PARTY:
Forming in 1839 was a small company from Quincy, Illinois. Included in the party were Alvin T. Smith, a carpenter; Rev. Harvey Clarke and Rev. Philo B. Littlejohn. As Rev. Clarke could not overtake the brigade of the American Fur Company that started in 1839, he traveled to Quincy late that winter and induced Mr. Smith to join the company with the intent of starting an independent mission among the Oregon Indians. The members of the party were all newly married and began their journey with two wagons. At Independence, Henry Black, a frontiersman, joined them as a driver. Members of the Illinois Party are noted in the list below with an *IP:

PEORIA PARTY:
Another party that had formed in 1839 was the Peoria Party. Disagreements and hardships took their toll and many members of the party turned back. The ones that continued on formed into two separate parties. Some proceeded under the leadership of Farnham while the remaining adventurers followed Robert Shortess. Those who followed Thomas J. Farnham, for the most part, reached the Oregon Country in 1839. Those following Robert Shortess wintered over and arrived in 1840. Those members who arrived in 1840 are indicated below with a *PP:

GREAT REINFORCEMENT:
A large portion of the Great Reinforcement of 1840 became residents of what is now known as Salem, and the vicinity thereof sometime during the years 1840-41. At the time the entire Willamette settlement consisted of not more than about forty men, chiefly with Indian wives and half-breed children, from what is now Butteville, on the north, to the settlement of present day Salem, on the south; all except four or five settlers at or near the present town of Wheatland, and a few in Chehalem valley, were located on the east side of the river, within a small portion of the present county of Marion.

By late summer, the population in the Valley includes: "American settlers, twenty-five of them with Indian wives, 36; American women, 33; children 32; lay members, Protestant Missions, 13; Methodist Ministers, 13; Congregational, 6; American Physicians, 3; English Physicians, 1; Jesuit Priests, including DeSmet, 3; Canadian French, 60. Total Americans 137; total Canadians, including Priests, 63. Total population, not including Hudson's Bay Company operatives within what now is a portion of Montana, and all of Idaho, Washington and Oregon, 200."

ABERNETHY, George (07 Oct 1807-02 May 1877): m. 1830 Ann Pope, came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party of Methodist missionaries; elected governor of the provisional government in 1845 and 1847; merchant at Oregon City; laid out town of Butteville.

"First and only Provisional Governor of Oregon (1845-1849), pioneer churchman and merchant, was born and educated in New York City and had training in commercial pursuits. In 1830 he married Anne Pope and in 1839, with wife and two children joined the Jason Lee missionary forces, coming to Oregon to assume financial management of the Methodist Mission on the Willamette. Journeying by ship Lausanne, around Cape Horn, the party arrived June 1, 1840. For 20 years his operations centered at Oregon City, first as manager of Mission store, and later as merchant and mill operator; he early became the leading businessman of the Pacific Northwest. While temporarily absent on a business trip to the Sandwich Islands, he was elected first Provisional Governor. He was reelected in 1847, his executive services terminating in 1849, when Oregon established its government as a territory. Governor Abernethy's business career at Oregon City came to a sudden end in 1861, when a disastrous flood of the Willamette wiped out his physical property and practically ruined him financially. He once owned the island at the Willamette Falls long known as Governor's Island but now called Abernethy Island. Removing to Portland, he engaged in mercantile and commission business. For a time he was in charge of the Methodist Book Concern and was a well-known figure on Portland streets." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 1]

*2: ADAMS, Thomas: a Chinook who went to the east with Lee returned to Oregon on the Lausanne. BROOKS, the other Chinook who went with Lee had died in the States.

*2: ALTGEIER, Niclaus or Nicholas: A valley resident by late summer 1840. He left for California with the US Exploring Expedition in 1841.

ARMSTRONG, Pleasant (1810-24 Aug 1853): m'd 1845 SMITH, Jane; respected citizen of Yamhill County when he was killed by Indians in 1853 during the Rogue River Indian War; trapper who married the sister of Francis Fletcher's wife

"Coming to Oregon in 1840, was a member of the small company which built and sailed the 'Star of Oregon' from the Willamette River to San Francisco in 1841-42. In 1842 he settled and farmed in Yamhill County and was a member of the celebrated Champoeg Meeting of 1843. He was a volunteer in the Rogue River Wars, and was killed in action near Evans Creek, Jackson County. His body was never recovered and was believed destroyed by his red killer. In 1845 Armstrong married Jane Smith, daughter of Alvin T. Smith, for whom a Sioux brave once offered twenty horses." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 11]

BABCOCK, Ira L. Dr. (c1808-1888): and wife and one child; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; was a physician, judge, and executive in Oregon; following Ewing Young's death intestate, he was made Supreme Judge with probate powers, a position he held for two years; in 1843 he spent a year with his family in the Sandwich Islands; upon his return he was again elected Supreme Judge, holding that office till he left Oregon in November 1844.

"Artic explorer, physician, public official, and philanthropist, was born at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. He was son of Dr. John Barclay, a physician. He received his early education from his brother James, a school teacher. He attended Edinburgh University, but before completing his course, in the capacity of a surgeon, he joined the expedition to search for the missing Sir John Ross Arctic exploring party of 1831. The rescue vessel, however, was wrecked and all but young Barclay and a handful of others wre lost. Returning to the University, he completed his studies,, then entered the Royal College of Surgeons, London, from which he graduated in 1838. The next year, with the wanderlust in his veins, he entered the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company, and was sent to Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, 1840. He remained in company employ as physician and surgeon for ten years. In 1842, at the fort, he married Maria Pambrun, daughter of Pierre Pambrun, then chief trader of the company in the Columbia district. Prior to leaving Hudson's Bany Company service in 1850, Dr. Barclay built the now celebrated Barclay House at Oregon City, where he lived the rest of his life. Here he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. As a physician he ministered to local townspeople and to settlers in remote districts; it is recalled that he responded to all calls, regardless of means or weather, traveling by boat or horse, as circumstances demanded. At the same time, as a good citizen, his response to civic calls was whole hearted; his public activities were many. From 1853, to the date of his death, he was Clackamas Co., coroner. He was City School Superintendent for 13 years; mayor of Oregon City for seven years and City Councilman for nine years. He was among Oregon's most highly regarded early citizens." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 20]

BIDDLE, Harriet Byren (02 Feb 1817-01 Dec 1902): m'd 05 Feb 1835 CAMPBELL, Hamilton; d/o Benjamin Robert and Mary Ann (Capell) Biddle; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

BLACK, Henry (1819- ): m1. 1841 [], Lizette; m2. 1848 [], Mary A.E.; former trapper; he drove a wagon for the ailing A.T. Smith from Green River to Ft. Hall; left the Willamette Valley with the US Exploring Expedition in September of 1841 and returned the next year with a herd of cattle.

BREWER, Henry B.: came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne with his wife via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party.

BREWER, Henry B. Mrs.: arrived with husband on ship Lausanne with Jason Lee missionary party

CADWE::, Emeline (21 Aug 1815 -01 Aug 1866): m'd 1837 CLARKE, Harvey Rev.; d/o James Cadwell; buried Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon

CAMPBELL, Hamilton (12 Jun 1812-12 Jun 1863 ): m'd 05 Feb 1835 BIDDLE, Harriet; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne with his wife and one child via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; died in Mexico; burial location unknown

"Artisan and mission worker, was born in Virginia, the son of Robert Campbell. In 1835 he married Harriet B. Biddle, of Virginia, and with one daughter came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne, becoming a member of the Willamette Mission above Champoeg in 1840. Campbell assisted in building the 'Parsonage', had charge of the Mission Indian School, and had control of the stock, which he bought when the Mission was discontinued, thus gaining thesobriquet 'Cow' Campbell. In 1849 he engraved the dies used in coining the 'beaver' money, in 1854 he engaged in the photographic business in Corvallis and later in San Francisco. Campbell went to Mexico in 1862, becoming Superintendent of Mines in Guaymas, where he was murdered by bandits." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 41]

CAMPBELL, Mary Dilena (09 Nov 1838- 21 May 1910): m'd 1850 BARNHART, William Henry; d/o Hamilton and Harriet (Biddle) Campgell; arrived with parents on ship Lausanne; buried Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

CLARK, Chloe A.: m'd 1840 WILLSON, William Holden Dr.; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; assigned as a teacher at Puget Sound in 1840; teacher at Oregon Institute in 1844 in Salem

CLARKE, Harvey L. (02 Oct 1807- 25 Mar 1858): m'd 1837 CADWELL, Emeline; independent missionary; he and his wife traveled with the missionary party; stayed at Kamiah with the Asa B. Smiths through September 1841; buried Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon

"Misionary and educator, was born in Chester, Vermont, and came to Oregon with his wife, Emeline in 1840. He taught briefly at the Methodist Mission on French Prairie, and later at a site on Tualatin Plains that became the city of Forest Grove, where he took up a land claim. In 1844 he organized Congregational churches at that point and at Oregon City. A gift of 200 acres made by him for Tualatin Academy under his kindly educational guidance grew into Pacific University. He took part in the celebrated Champoeg meeting, and was Chaplain of the first provisional legislature. In 1849 he taugh briefly at the Clackamas County Female Seminary, Oregon City. He was the father of three children." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 41]

*PP: COOK, Amos (08 Jan 1816-03 Feb 1895): m'd 1853 SCOTT, Mary Frances; s/o Thomas and Lucy (Pease) Cook; member of Peoria Party that started in 1839; after split of party at Bent's Fort he accompanied Shortess party; wintered at Fort Davy Crockett on the Green River; continued journey in spring with Robert Newell as guide to Ft. Hall; after three weeks joined a company taking furs to Ft. Walla Walla; arrived at Ft. Vancouver May 1840; settled in Yamhill Co; buried Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon

"Peoria Party pioneer of 1840, was born in Maine, the son of Lucy Pease and Thomas Cook. While living in Illinois, he listened to Jason Lee lecture, and with other high spirited young men started from Peoria in 1839, full of ambitions and bearing a flag 'Oregon or the Grave'. With three of the original party of 19, he reached Fort Vancouver, after which he took a claim in the Yamhill country. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the American party, voting with them at Champoeg, May 2, 1843, and serving as constable. He engaged briefly in mercantile business at Lafayette, built several buildings there, worked for a time on river boats at Oregon City, then retired to his farm for the rest of his life. In 1853 he married Mary Frances Scott; they had five children." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 61]

COUCH, Capt. John H. (1811-1870): m'd FLANDERS, Caroline E.; a representative of the Cushing family in Massachusetts

"COUCH, JOHN H.--Born in Newburyport, Mass., February 21, 1811; became a sailor and made many voyages during the years preceding 1839. Entered the Columbia River in the spring of 1840 on board the brig Maryland. Arrived again in the Willamette in 1843 in com mand of the brig Chenamus, of Boston. Remained in this country and kept a store in Oregon City until 1845, in that year removing to Portland and taking up a land claim which forms a large part of that city. Was appointed treasurer of the Provisional Government of Oregon, but went to the Eastern States in 1847. In August, 1849, he arrived at Portland again in the bark Madonna, of New York. Locating permanently in Portland, he filled the positions of county treasurer, county commissioner, pilot commissioner, port warden, and U. S. inspector of hulls. Became very widely known in the State. Died January 19, 1870." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p.603-4]

"Mariner-merchant and financier, was first to recognize Portland as natural head of ocean-going navigation on the Willamette. Born at Newburyport, Mass. he went to sea at 15 years and later became master of brig Maryland, arriving at Oregon City in 1840. He returned in 1842 on brig Chenamus, with stock of goods, located on Portland land claim and engaged in mercantile business until 1847. Was Provisional treasurer 1845-1847; and in 1845 was member of company founding Oregon Spectator. Returning east in 1848, he again returned to Portland in 1849, as captain of bark Madonna. During succeeding years he was inspector of hulls at Portland, port warden, pilot commissioner, and county commissioner. Captain Couch was fianancially interested in may Portland enterprises, donating site for Union Depot, aiding in county endeavors, and giving to needy individuals. He married Caroline Flanders, who was a sister of George H. Flanders, and was survived by four daughters. A Portland street, lake and building were named for him." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 64]

CRAIG FAMILY RESEARCHER
CRAIG, William: m'd Nez Perce, Isabel; an experienced mountain man who left the service of the American Fur Company and settled on the Tualatin Plains in 1839 or 1840; was a companion of Larison; in August of 1840 settled near Spalding at Lapwaii; took the Spalding family in after the Whitman Massacre

CREE, Marguerite: m1. CHROCHIERE, []; m2. DUBOIS, Andre; came west with second husband

CROCHIERE, Joseph ( - 1849): came west with mother and stepfather; died in California gold fields 12 Sep 1849.

DAVID, Almira: m'd 1839 RAYMOND, William Wakeman; came to Oregon of the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with reinforcements for the Willamette Mission; was a teacher

*2: DAVIS, George: was described as a lone drifter in seach ofland; joined the missionary party at Ft. Laramie and went with them to Oregon.

DEBELL, Sarah Ruhamah (01 Jan 1816-08 Jan 1909): m1. 01 Jan 1834 FROST, Rev. Joseph Henry; m2. 01 Jan 1866 BEGGS, Rev. Stephen R.; surname also seen as Dibbell, Dibble; buried Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, Woodford County, Illinois; arrived with her husband on the ship Lausanne as missionaries to the Oregon country

"Jesuit missionary, was born in Belgium, where he was educated at Malines Seminary. He came to America in 1821, where he continued priestly studies, and following ordination and several years in Europe, entered the missionary field in the American West, particularly in Oregon. From 1840 on his field included the Pacific Northwest, where, with the aid of early Catholic fathers, he established numerous missions. He ofted acted as mediator between reds and whites, but was not always tolerant to those of a different faith. Nevertheless, his charming address and genial manner made his well liked." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 72-3]

DOUGHTY, William (1812-1872): m'd 1842 SHOSHONE, Mary; free trapper who accompanied Kilbourn (of the Peoria Party) to Oregon in the summer of 1840; by autumn, he and his Indian wife had settled in the ex-trapper community near Willamette Falls.

DUBOIS, Andre (1803- ): m1. 1840 CREE, Marguerite; first wife died on claim Sep 1846; m2. JEFFRIES, Josette

FARNHAM, Thomas Jefferson (1804-13 Sep 1848): m'd 1836 BURHAMS, Eliza Woodson; buried San Carlos Cemetery, Monterey, Monterey County, California

"Western traveler and writer, was born in Vermont or Maine, and became an attorney in Peoria, Ill., prior to 1839. In that year he listened to Jason Lee lecture on Oregon and joined the Peoria Pary of 19, serving as captain. After many desertions, four men and Farnham completed the overland trip to Fort Vancouver. While in Oregon, a petition written by him and signed by local American settlers, was carried back to the U. S. calling for federal protection. He continued to the Sandwich Islands and Monterey, Calif. His extensive study, Travels in the Great Western Prairies, 1843, is a colorful and important contribution to Western Americana. He married Eliza Woodson Burhams in 1836; they had three children. He lived for a time in Illinois, but died in San Francisco." [Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning p. 73]

     "Mr. Fletcher was among the very earliest of the settlers of Oregon, being here two years before the establishment of the Provisional government, and has consequently seen the great development of this state and coast form its earliest inception; and he has himself been one of the most active to induce the progress of the last fifty years. He was born in Yorkshire, England, March 1, 1814, and, at the age of fourteen years, crossed the water to Ontario, Canada, and afterwards to Peoria, Illinois. In 1839, in company with Amos Cook and others, he started for Oregon.
An interesting bit of his life's history is the chapter dating from the spring in which he left Peoria. It was then and there he heard Reverend Jason Lee, who had been to Oregon, lecture upon the then almost unknown Pacific Northwest; and he was fired with a resolve to come to the land of the setting sun. A company of sixteen men was formed, of whom our subject was the most conspicuous. They started early in May and went to Independence, Missouri, where they exchanged their wagons for pack animals, and after one week's delay went forward upon their trip across the mountains, deserts and plains to Oregon. After traveling about one hundred and fifty miles, they saw their first Indians, a sight which so weakened two of the party that they turned back. The party traveled on the Sante Fe' route and met Sublette's company returning from the Rocky Mountains to St. Louis with furs. Two men who joined them at Independence had been over the route before, and led the party through a vast plain of three days' travel, which was the feeding ground of numerous herds of buffalo that did not seem to be more wild than a band of domestic cattle that had been raised on the range. In fact the party had to send one man ahead to drive the buffalo out of the way so that the pack animals could be driven along the trail.
     At the junction of the Santa Fe' and Fort Bent roads the party separated, thirteen men going to Santa Fe', and the rest, eight in number; among whom was our subject, going to the Fort on the South Platte. There they tried to get a guide for the rest of the journey but were unable to do so, and so remained there two months. During their stay at the fort they hunted buffalo; and one day while away from camp some Indians came and stole the most of their best horses.
In September four of the party, Amos Cook, James Holman, Ralph Kilborne and Mr. Fletcher, started with a trading party for Brown's Hole on Green river, where they wintered, not having been able to get a guide or to proceed. there they met Doctor Newell, chief trader, and wife, William Doty, Jack Lanison and Joe Meek, besides several others. In the latter part of February the entire party started for Fort Hall, taking up two months' time on the trip, which could have been made in twelve days of summer weather. Some days only four or five miles could be traveled. Streams were crossed on the ice; and wherever they could find the snow blown off from the steep hillsides they would stop to let their animals graze. Long before they got through their stock of dried buffalo meat gave out. They had nothing to eat; and, as there was no game to kill, they bought a fat dog of Doctor Newell's wife, which they killed and ate. Finally they met some friendly Indians, form whom they purchased some buffalo meat, and arrived at Fort Hall not much the worse for their rough experience. There they remained awhile, recruiting themselves and horses until a party of traders arrived from Fort Boise, who after a short stay returned, our party accompanying them.
     From Fort Boise they proceeded to The Dalles under the guidance of an Indian. From there they proceeded down the Columbia to Vancouver, where Doctor McLoughlin gave them a hearty welcome. From there they went down the river six miles, swam the stream with their stock to Sauvie's, went from there to the Tualatin Plains, and thence to the Yamhill river where Lafayette now stands. Here they crossed the river and went to where Wheatland was afterwards built, going into camp on January 7, 1840, having been thirteen months on the way from Peoria. The party remained on the Willamette River until the fall of the year, when Fletcher and Cook went back to the Yamhill. When the town of Lafayette was laid off, they settled and remained there, rearing families and becoming leading men of their section.
In 1843 Mr. Fletcher married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Andrew D. and Polly Smith. He passed from earth October 7, 1871, at the age of fifty-eight years, greatly mourned by his family and deplored by the community. He left a widow, six sons and two daughters, all of who are now living. A man of great natural force of character, of frontier kindliness and generosity, he was known everywhere during the early days." [History of the Pacific Northwest, Vol 2 p. 356] [Men of Champoeg by Caroline Dobbs p. 100-1]

FROST, John (1836- ): s/o Rev. Joseph and Sarah Frost; arrived with parents on ship Lausanne; John is shown in the 1850 census as 14 years old so he would have been in the Oregon country in 1840 and is probably the son that was mentioned as accompanying his parents

FROST, Joseph Henry Rev. (25 Mar 1805-26 Nov 1866): m'd 01 Jan 1834 DeBELL, Sarah Ruhamah; s/o George Pepperell and Agnis (Green) Frost; buried Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, Woodford County, Illinois

"Methodist missionary, was born in Rochester, N. Y., and following training for the ministry, came to Oregon by boat [the ship Lausanne] in June, 1840. That year he established a mission at Clatsop Plains. Much of his work was in active cooperation with Daniel Lee. Resigning his field in Feb. 1843 [due to ill health], he returned East in August. The following year, in collaboration with Daniel Lee, he wrote and published "Ten Years in Oregon, a history of Oregon missions. His wife and son accompanied him to the Oregon field." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 94]

HINES, Gustavus Rev. (1809-1875): came to Oregon with his wife and his wife's sister, Mrs. C.N. Perry, on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; elected secretary at 1841 settlers meeting to draft constitution and code of law; was visiting at Champoeg in 1843; raised the daughter of Jason Lee; returned east; led a party out in 1853; buried at Lee Mission Cemetery in Salem, OR

*PP: HOLMAN, Joseph (1815-1880): m1. 1841 PHELPS, Almira; m2. 1875 BUSS, Libbie; member of Peoria Party that started out in 1839; after split of party at Bent's Fort he accompanied Shortess party; wintered at Fort Davy Crockett on Green River; accompanied party guided by Robert Newell to Ft. Hall; arrived at Fort Vancouver May 1840; merchant at Salem; director of Willamette Woolen Mfg Co; one of first breeders of purebred sheep; promoted the raising of flax seed for linseed oil; built Chemeketa Hotel and the Holman block in Salem; buried in Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion Co, OR

JEANGRAS, Jean (1802-1856): m'd 1844 [ ], Olive; left the 1840 Rendezvous bound for Oregon with the Robert Newell party; settled Marion Co

JUDSON FAMILY RESEARCHER
JUDSON, Adelia (1811-1890): m1. 1839 OLLEY, James; m2. LESLIE, David Rev.; d/o Lewis and Sally (Hubbell) Judson; came around Cape Horn in 1840 with missionary party as missionary and teacher; d. of paralytic stroke; buried at Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion Co, OR

JUDSON, Helen Cooper (1834-1903 ): m'd MCCLANE, John B.; d/o Lewis and Elmira (Roberts) Judson. After her arrival in Oregon she settled with her parents at the mission below Salem. She later moved to Salem where she spent the remainder of her life. In 1843 she married John Burch McClane. About five years before her death she was thrown from a buggy and was paralyzed on the left side from that time on. In 1902 she took another fall that further weakened her condition. Helen was the last survivor of the missionary ship. She died Oct 1, 1903 and is buried at Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion Co, OR along with her husband and other family members

JUDSON, Leonard Bowdish (1832-1898): m1. 1855 Matheny, Margaret; m2. DURFIELD, Marrietta; s/o Lewis and Elmira (Roberts) Judson; buried at Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion Co, OR

JUDSON, Lewis Hubbell Rev. (1809-1880): m1. 1831 ROBERTS, Elmira; m2. 1846 HAWKINS, Nancy; s/o Lewis and Sally (Hubbell) Judson; member of the Methodist "Great Reinforcement" that came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn; on board of trustees and was chairman of committee to draw up by-laws for Oregon Institute; after Mission was reorganized in 1844 he bought the mills near the Mission for $6000; became surveyor for Marion County; buried in Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion Co, OR

*PP: KILBOURNE, Ralph L. (1810-1879): m'd POPE, Maria; member of the Peoria Party; after the split of the party at Bent's Fort he accompanied the Shortess party; wintered at Fort Davy Crockett on the Green River with Cook, Holman and Fletcher; traveled to Ft. Hall with Robert Newell as guide; accompanied a company taking furs to Ft. Walla Walla; arrived at Ft. Vancouver May 1840; helped build the "Star of Oregon" in 1841; sailed with it to San Francisco in 1842; settled in NAPA Co, CA; died at Rutherford

LANKTON, Orpha: m. MCKINNEY, [ ]; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party

LARISON, John (1804- ): m. 1843 Nez Perce, Eleanor; free trapper who left the service of the American Fur Company and settled on the Tualatin Plains; usually a companion of William Craig; arrived with his wife and the Craigs in the Clearwater area in August of 1840;settled near Lapwaii, much to the annoyance of Rev. Spalding who disliked trappers

LEBRETON, George W.: arrived on the brig Maryland, under the command of Capt. John H. Couch; described as intelligent, energetic New Englander, small man

LITTLEJOHN, Philo B.: m'd SADLER, Adeline; independent missionary arrived with his wife; settled on Tualatin Plains

*2: MCCERY: listed as a Willamette farmer in 1840; possibly ex-trapper Michel Cere (roster, Gray)

MEEK, Helen Mar (c1838-1847): d/o Joseph L. Meek; was left with the Whitmans in Oct 1840 by her father when her mother abandoned them; was still living there when the Whitman Massacre took place; died from illness shortly after Hannah Louise Sager; her father never forgave the Cayuse for her death; father participated in the hanging of the participants after they turned themselves in.

MEEK, Joseph L. (1810-1877): m1. [ ]; m2. 1841 NEZ PERCE, Virginia; 1829 joined Sublette; 1830 was trapping with Jim Bridger and Jedediah Smith; Aug 1840 started from Fort Hall with Robert Newell, Caleb Wilkins and Francis Ermatinger enroute to Whitman's Mission at Walla Walla; settled on Tualatin Plains in 1840; described as tall, imposing, bronzed, commanding in voice.

MEEK, Virginia: m'd 1838 MEEK, Joseph as his second wife, daughter of Nez Perce Kowesote or Thunder Eyes whom Spaulding called James; Her sister was Kitty M. Newell; buried in Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Cemetery, Hillsboro

MOISAN, Thomas (1809-1888): m'd 1842 LONGTAIN, Harriet; born and raised in St. Jacque parish near Montreal, CN; left Canada in 1838 and wintered in New Orleans; spring of 1839 joined American Fur Company and crossed Rocky Mountains; spring of 1840 left the Company and started for the Willamette Valley; took up land claim; man of good business ability, honest, kind; instrumental in establishing church at Brooks; was an invalid for about 20 years prior to his death

*PP: MOORE, Robert (1781-1857): m1. 1805 CLARK, Margaret; m2. 1851 APPERSON, Jane Gilbert (Tubbs); member of the Peoria Party that started out in 1839; after split of party at Bent's Fort he accompanied the Shortess party for a time; arrived in OR in 1840; by 1841 was living near the mouth of the Columbia; took up DLC in Washington Co but had to relinquish half of it when his wife died before she could emigrate to OR; father of 10 children but only three of these eventually emigrated to OR; was involved in establishment of Provisional Government; served in legislature; unlike many settlers who simply took the land they wanted, he purchased his land from an Indian Chief; his land was on a hillside directly opposite Oregon City and was known as "Robin's Nest" (later became Linn City)

NEWELL, Robert (1807-1869): m1. NEZ PERCE, Kitty; m2. 1846 NEWMAN, Rebecca; m3. 1869 WARD, Mrs.; referred to often as "Doc" Newell; became a trapper at the age of 21 under Sublette in company with Jose Meek, George Ebberts and others; 1840 he served as pilot for a group of missionaries from Green river to Fort Hall where he was paid with a harness and two wagon ( he sold one wagon and one he hired Joe Meek to drive to Walla Walla); accompanied by Caleb Wilkins the small caravan traveled to the Columbia where Newell left his wagon while he continued on to the Willamette Valley (returning the next year he brought the wagon down the Columbia by boat); Newell settled first in the Tualatin Plains near present day Hillsboro, later moving to Oregon City; 1844 he acquired land at Champoeg where he resided for nearly 20 years; Newell played a prominent roll in the forming of the provisional government; he was well read and helped organize the earliest literacy and debating society; was a director of the Oregon Printing Association which published the first newspaper, the Spectator; 1855; operated a river boat operation between Oregon City and Willamette falls with two keel boats he had obtained; served as Captain of a company of 35 men during the Yakima War; 1866 he had sold his land at Champoeg and moved to ID to live near his old friends, the Nez Perces, settling near present day Lewiston; died of heart disease a short time after moving.

OLLEY, James ( - 1842): m'd 1839 JUDSON, Adelia; was a carpenter and joiner from New York; came to Oregon accompanied by his wife on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party

PARRISH, Josiah Lamberson Rev. (1806-1895): m. 1833 WINN, Elizabeth; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; was ordained minister but was also skilled as a blacksmith and harness, wagon and tool maker; 1843 established mission at mouth of Columbia River; 1849 appointed Indian Agent of area from CA to Coos Bay; original trustee of the Oregon Institute [now known as Willamette University]; 1843 helped draw up plans for a provisional government; 1855 was missionary at Gronde Ronde; rode circuit for several years but retired due to ill health

PARRISH, Norman O. (1836-1900): s/o Josiah L. and Elizabeth [Winn] Parrish; well known express man in Salem; suffered with epilepsy most of his life; buried in Lee Mission Cemetery, Salem, OR

PERRY, C.N. Mrs.: reportedly arrived with Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus Hines on the Lausanne in 1840; was sister of Mrs. Hines

PHELPS, Almira: m'd HOLMAN, Joseph; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the reinforcements for the Willamette Mission

POPE: Ann (1811-1884): m'd 21 Jan 1830 ABERNETHY, George; born 10 Sep 1811 England and died 1884 NY

RAYMOND, Abigail: m. 1840 SMITH, Alvin Thompson and began her journey to Oregon on 29 Apr 1840 from Independence, MO. She arrived with her husband and the other 2 missionary couples at Waiilatpu in August; in September 1841, the independent missionaries relocated in the Willamette Valley.]

RAYMOND, William Wakeman (1815- ): m.11839 DAVID, Almira; m2. c1864 PHILLIPS, Elmira; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the reinforcements for the Willamette Mission; settled in Clatsop Co; by 1859 was a Sub Indian Agent and had sold claim; 1864 he and his first wife were divorced; father of six children by his first wife

*2: RICHARDS, G.P. Rev. and Mrs.: arrived on ship Lausanne with 3 children (Bancroft roster) ]

RICHMOND, John H. Dr.: came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; returned to the States with his family in 1842 on the brig Chenamus with Captain Couch.

ROBERTS, Elmira (1811-1844): m'd 1831 JUDSON, Lewis Hubbell Rev.; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with her husband and children as part of the Willamette Mission reinforcements; buried Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion Co, OR

SADLER, Adeline: m. LITTLEJOHN, Philo B. Rev.: arrived with husband; settled on the Tualatin Plains

SENECAL: Gideon (1816-1896): m1. 1844 [ ], Mary Ann; m2. DUCHARME, Lucille; first wife died in 1849

*PP: SHORTESS, Robert (1797-1878): m'd [ ], Ann; member of Peoria Party that started out in 1839; after party split at Bent's Fort he led a party to Fort St. Vrain; fall of 1839 went on to Ft. Davy Crockett on Green River; joined Robert Newell and Joseph Meek who were on way to Ft. Hall; at Ft. Hall joined a French Canadian named Silvertry who was on way to Ft. Walla Walla; they encountered extreme hardship in blizzard conditions but managed to reach their destination; Shortess then proceeded to Whitman Mission and on to the Willamette Valley; arrived at Hubbard's place April 1840; he returned east at some point and emigrated again in 1842; spent later years at Astoria; well educated, farmer, school teacher; had an abiding hatred for HBC; involved in establishment of Provisional Government; was Sub Indian Agent; injured when the "Gazelle", a side-wheel boat docked at Oregon City blew up killing 22 and injuring others; buried in Astoria Cemetery

SMITH, Alvin Thompson (1802- ): m'd 1840 RAYMOND, Abigail; independent missionary who traveled with missionary party; joined Spalding at his Nez Perce station on Clearwater River; 1851 probate judge of Washington Co, OR; 1853 postmaster of Tualatin, OR. *1: MSS#8, 18pp diary typescript in collection at OHS.

WALKER, Joel Pickens (1797- ): brother of reknowned trapper, Joseph Walker; arrived in Willamette Valley with family 13 Sep 1840; went to California with the US Exploring Expedition in Sep 1841; worked as a manager and drover at Sutter's Mill; returned with cattle, and horses and accompanied by Jacob P. Lesse and some former Oregonians while his family returned by ship in 1843; back to California by 1848 where he became politically prominent and was a member of the California Constitutional Convention of 1849; settled in Napa Valley

WALKER, Louisa (1841- ): d/o Joel P. and Mary Young Walker; was born Jan 1841 near Salem.

WALLER, Rev. Alvan F. (1808-1872): m. 1833 WHITE, Elepha; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; built the first Protestant church west of the Rocky Mountains at Oregon City; built the first church in Salem; one of the founders of the newspaper the "Pacific Christian Advocate".

WHITE, Elepha (1811- ): m'd 1833 WALLER, Rev. Alvan F.; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party

WILKINS, Caleb: guided the missionary/settler party from Green River to Ft. Hall. He bought Joel Walker's wagon when the party split between Ft. Hall and Boise; arrived with his wife, a Nez Perce of the Lapwai region, at Waiilatpu in August and settled in the Willamette Valley in September.

WINN, Elizabeth (1811-1869): m'd 1833 PARRISH, Rev. Josiah L.; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; founded an orphan's home in what is now one of the buildings located on the grounds of the Oregon State Hospital in Salem and donated 4.77 acres from her half of their original donation land claim to make up the original part of Lee Mission Cemetery.

YOUNG, Martha: sister of Mary Young; accompanied Joel P. Walker family to OR in 1840

YOUNG, Mary: m. 1823 WALKER, Joel P.; came to Oregon with their four children and her unmarried sister, Martha Young; by the end of September, the Walkers had sown a crop with the aid of Ewing Young and Dr. McLoughlin; Ewing Young hired Joel and his son for occasional work and Martha Young (Mary Young Walker's sister) as a seamstress and laundress.