5-12-2003

     I will be happy to add your corrections and additions to this list, but only if they relate to my kin.  Your comments are welcome.
 

     The surname list below is by no means complete, but it will allow you to "jump" to the major family group.  Many other surnames are included in the lists of children and their spouses.  I will update this data as I uncover information about these people.  There is a link in each family group that will take you to my WorldConnect Project [sic] (RootsWeb.Com) GEDCOM that opens in a new window.  You have posted your GEDCOM on WCP, haven't you?

     In my WCP GEDCOM all persons born after 1910 (and known or assumed to be still living), will show up as "Living - Surname", and all data will be blanked.  You have posted your GEDCOM on WCP, haven't you?

     I have been told by one person that they removed their GEDCOM from WCP because they were overwhelmed by the e-mail that resulted from it.  I thought that was the idea.  You have posted your GEDCOM on WCP, haven't you?

     I have been contacted by many cousins who have provided me with update information for my family tree because of my WCP GEDCOM.  You have posted your GEDCOM on WCP, haven't you?  And then again, I get questions from people who DO NOT publish their GEDCOMs after they find me on WCP.  You have posted your GEDCOM on WCP, haven't you?  I do reply to all of these e-mails, but...  You have posted your GEDCOM on WCP, haven't you?

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• Surnames A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z
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• ALLEN, Isaac / MILLER, Margaret     BROWN, Elam / MILLER, Margaret 1846  added  1-28-03
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• ALLPHIN, William Thomas  / WHITE, Louvica 1847
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• ANDERSON, James / SIMPSON, Eleanor * 1846  added  2-3-03
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• BAIRD, William C. / McBRIDE, Margaret Ann 1853?
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• BILYEU, William / COKER, Diana 1852  added  1-31-03
• their son
• BILYEU, John Martin VanBuren / WASSON, Hannah J. 1852  added  3-10-03
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• BILYEU, John Long / WORKMAN, Nancy Frances 1853  added  3-10-03
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• BLAKELY, Capt. James / DICK, Sarah * 1846
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• BROWN, Hugh Leeper / BROWNING, Clarissa * 1846 and Brownsville, Oregon
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• BURNETT, Peter Harderman / ROGERS, Harriet B. 1843  added  1-28-03
• his brother
• BURNETT, George Washington  / YOUNGER, Sidney Ann 1846  added  1-28-03
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• CAPLES, Joseph / LAFFER, Mary  1849  NEW  5 11-03
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• CHAMBERS, Rowland / KING, Sarah 1845
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• CHANDLER, Daniel / DOTY, Martha ANN  1850  NEW  5-11-03
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• CLAYTON, Ashford / HARPER, Jemima 1853
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• CONGER, Enoch / HALL, Pamelia 1852 OR 1853
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• COOLEY, Miller Wisdom / HILL, Elizabeth C. 1853
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• COOPER, William B. / HIGGINS, Susan 1848
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• COURTNEY, Levi / ASHBAUGH, Mary Anne * 1868
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• COURTNEY, John B. / RITCHIE, Agnes Bolton 1845
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• COYLE, James / BOSWELL, Maria 1851  added  3-10-03
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• CROOKS, John Turley / EVERMAN, Demercy 1848   added  2-1-03
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• CROWLEY, Solomon Kimsey / FULKERSON, Hannah Rebecca 1855  added  3-8-03
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• CURRIN, Hugh / YOUNG, Diona 1845  added  2-1-03
• his brother
• CURRIN, George / WADE, Lydia Ellen 1845  added  2-1-03
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• DAVIS, David Daniel / DONAHOE, Hanna 1847
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• DAVIDSON, James / AMENT, Amelia 1847
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• DRINKARD, William / WILSON,Martha Ann 1865
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• FIELDS, Hugh and William 1845
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• FORD, Nineveh / SIMPSON, Martha Jane * 1843
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• FUDGE, Adam / WHITAKER, Rachel 1847  added  2-1-03
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• FULKERSON, James Monroe / MILLER, Mary Ramsey 1847
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• GAINES, Willis / CROWLEY, Louisa 1852  added 3-8-03
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• GROSHONG, William / INMAN, Amelia 1853  added  3-2-03
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• HAWKINS, Henry / CROFTON, Martha 1845
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• HELM, William / SCROGGAN, Martha Ann 1845
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• HERREN, John Daniel  / ROBBINS, Theodoshia Ann 1845
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• HOUK, Jacob Jr / COURTNEY, Sarah Jane * 1868  my Paternal great grandfather
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• INMAN, Joel Cowan / HINTON, Sophia Jane 1852   added  2-2-03
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• ISHAM, James Jefferson / WYNN, Clarrisa 1852
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• ISON, John / MESSERSMITH, Elizabeth  1853  NEW  5-11-03
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• JORY, James Sr / STEVENS, Mary 1847
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• KEIZUR, Tomas Dove / GURLEY, Mary 1843
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• KIMSEY / SIMPSON families * 1846
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• KING, Nahum Amos / NORTON, Serepta 1845
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• KIRK, Alexander / SWEETEN, Sarah 1846  added 3-10-03
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• LEABO, Noah  / GILLETTE, Unicy 1862  added  3-5-03  corrected 3-10-03
• their sons
• LEABO, James Roland / LEE, Emily Armine 1846  added 3-5-03
• LEABO, Isaac Jasper / LEWIS, Mary 1846  added 3-5-03
• LEABO, John G. / ELLISON, Nancy 1852  added 3-5-03
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• LEWIS, Jeremiah V. / CORBIN, Narcissa    LEWIS Jeremiah V. / BLAKELY, Catherine 1845
• more
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• LEWIS, Fielding / MOORE, Lucinda 1852
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• MATHENY, Daniel / COOPER, Mary 1843  added  1-30-03   this includes Walt's Aunt Charlotte!
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• MAZINGO, William M. / INMAN, Mary Elizabeth 1870 - 1873  added  3-4-03
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• McBRIDE, James / MILLER, Mahala  1844  NEW  5-11-03
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• McCALLISTER, John / SMITH, Mahala 1853
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• McCLAIN, William / OAKLEY, Malinda 1847
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• McHARGUE / MONTGOMERY 1847   added  2-8-03
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• MEEKER, John D. / MILLER, Lydia 1848   added 3-3-03
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• MILLS, Elkanah / WISDON, Laurinda Vianna 1847  added  1-28-03
• his brother
• MILLS, William / TEAGUE, Elzira  1850-51  added  1 -28-03
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• MONTGOMERY, John / MOORE, Ellen * 1849
• his son
• MONTGOMERY, Canada C. / BLAKELY, Eleanor * 1849/1846
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• MUNKERS, Benjamin Franklin / CROWLEY, Mary Polly * 1846
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• MUNSELL, Alfred / SCOVILLE, Sarah Martha 1861-4   Revised 2-8-03
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• NELSON, George Stephen / CRAWFORD, Margaret 1844
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• NOBLE, William Sherman  / SULTZBERGER, Sarah Margaret 1850
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• OLDS, Aaron Knight / BARNEY, Annette Amanda  1852  NEW  5-11-03
• his brother
• OLDS, Ruel Reed / PERKINS, Elmira  1844  NEW  5-11-03
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• OSBORN(E), Josiah / FINDLEY, Margaret 1845
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• PHILPOTT, William Jones / DARBY, Sarah R. 1851
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• PIKE, James P. / TROXEL, Mary  1854  NEW  5-12-03
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• PRINGLE, Clark Spencer / SAGER, Catherine Carney 1844   CORRECTED  2-2-03
• more
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• REES, Willard Hall / HALL, Amanda Malvina Fitzallen  1844   added  2-1-03
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• ROBBINS, Nathaniel / ROBBINS, Nancy 1852  (two different Robbins; Cousins)
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• SAGER, Henry / CARNEY, Naomi 1844  added  2-2-03
• more
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• SAVAGE, Morgan R. / BRISBIN, Frances Ann  1846   added  2-1-03
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• SIMPSON family * 1846
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• SIMPSON, Thomas Knight / BUFF, Rosanna  1851  NEW  5-11-03
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• SMITH, Doctor / SCOTT, Nancy 1847
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• SNODERLY, Jacob  / LETT, Quintina Arminda 1852  added  1-31-03
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• STANTON, Benjamin F.  / BALDWIN, Matilda 1852 or 1853
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• TILLOTSON, George / CLARK, Mary 1852
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• TROXEL, Frederick B. /  1859  NEW  5-12-03
• his brother
• TROXEL, Carter / KIRKENDALL, Rebecca Ann  1859  NEW 5-12-03
• their sister and mother
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• TRULLINGER, Daniel / JOHNSON, Elizabeth Amanda 1848  added  3-2-03
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• TYCER, Lewis / WRIGHT, Sarah Angeline 1853
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• WALLACE, William T. / HERREN, Theodoshia Ann  1845  added  2-1-03
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• WAYMIRE, John Randalph / ARBO, Clarissa H. 1845
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• WEBB, James / FINCH, Christina  1847   added  3-3-03
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• WHITE, Edward Newton / BURKHART, Catherine Jane  1845  added 2-9-03
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• WILLIAMS, John  / CLARK, Naoma 1845
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• WOOD, Hiram  / NORRIS, Martha Ann 1852  added  2-1-03
• his brother
• WOOD, William  / [_____], Rebecca  1852  added  2-1-03
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• WOODSIDE, Thomas / WHITE, Anna 1847
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• YOUNGER, Littleton Purcell / SAMPSON, Elizabeth  1853 1846  added   1-28-03
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• to be continued

     Nineveh Ford, my great great grandfather, was the first of my ancestors to cross the Oregon Trail.  In 1878 he was interviewed  in Salem, Oregon by a writer who's name is given as only "AB".  The result of that interview is the narrative called The Pioneer Road Makers/Builders.  In his narrative Nineveh relates his experiences while traveling from Independence, MO to Oregon City, OR.  He failed to mention that his younger brother, Ephraim Ford, was with him.

     You'll notice that his name is spelled "Ninevah" in the photo above.  It is spelled this way by many people, but HE spelled it "Nineveh".  I have copies of his signature on many documents, and it is spelled "Nineveh" on his tombstone.

     In 1848 Nineveh married Martha Jane Simpson who's family came to Oregon in 1846.  Ephraim married Martha Jane Garrison in 1851.

     Catherine Carney (Sager) Pringle was 9 years old when her family started across the Oregon Trail.  On the way she gained a sister, and lost both parents.  She also had a leg crushed when she fell from a wagon, and it ran over her.  She was at the Whitman Mission when the Indians killed the Whitmans and her two brothers.  Click on her image to read her story; a small sample of it is below. (this link repaired 4-29-01) Click on her name to go to her entry in my GEDCOM.
 

My father was one of the restless ones who are not content to remain in one place long at a time. Late in the fall of 1838 we emigrated from Ohio to Missouri. Our first halting place was on Green River, but the next year we took a farm in Platte County. He engaged in farming and blacksmithing, and had a wide reputation for ingenuity. Anything they needed, made or mended, sought his shop. In 1843, Dr. Whitman came to Missouri. The healthful climate induced my mother to favor moving to Oregon. I(E)mmigration was the theme all winter, and we decided to start for Oregon. Late in 1843 father sold his property and moved near St. Joseph, and in April, 1844, we started across the plains. The first encampments were a great pleasure to us children. We were five girls and two boys, ranging from the girl baby to be born on the way to the oldest boy, hardly old enough to be any help.

     Jeremiah V. Lewis   Winnifred Lewis did not cross the Oregon Trail in 1845 (she wasn't born until 1890), but her grandfather Jeremiah V. Lewis  and his first wife (Narcissa Corbin) did.  Jerimiah married Catherine Blakely November 30, 1862 in Linn Co., OR.  Catherine crossed the Oregon Trail with her parents in 1846.
 

1 Jeremiah V. Lewis b: 1820 d: 27 JAN 1883
  + Narcissa Corbin b: 1818 d: 1860            Married: 25 MAR 1841 in Anderson Co., KY
    2 John Corbin Lewis b: 1842 d: 1917
      + Ann Maria Lapham
    2 Elizabeth Ann Lewis b: 1843
      + George W. Young
  + Catherine Blakely b: 21 MAY 1837 d: 16 APR 1917   Married: 30 NOV 1862 in Linn Co., OR
    2 Belle Lewis b: 18 SEP 1863 d: 26 MAY 1874
    2 Minor Lewis b: 2 MAY 1864 d: 6 SEP 1934
      + Susannah Evaline Barnes b: ABT. 1864
        3 Winnifred "Winnie" Lewis b: 1890
          + Mason Wittenberg
            4 Herman Wittenberg
            4 Mason Wittenberg
            4 Ralph Wittenberg
            4 Robert Wittenberg
            4 Living Wittenberg
    2 America Lewis b: 1866
    2 Charles Henry "Hank" Lewis b: 1869
    2 Elmer Lewis b: 22 DEC 1876 d: 18 JUN 1877
    2 Ralph Lewis b: 22 DEC 1876 d: 13 JUN 1878
    2 Fred V. Lewis b: NOV 1882 d: 6 JUN 1930

     Josiah and Margaret (Findley) Osborn(e) with 3 small children, headed west in 1845.  Along the trail Alexander (below) joined them.  One of the daughters died the following year at the Whitman Mission from measels.  Josiah and Margaret had six additional children in Oregon.
 
 

     Alexander Rogers Osborn(e) (son of Josiah and Margarete Findley Osborn(e)) was born along the Oregon Trial in what is now Wyoming.  Here is my connection to this family:

     1 John Courtney d: BEF. 1781
       + Isabella X
         2 John Courtney b: ABT. 1773 d: BET. 1851 - 1859
           + Susannah Carter b: 17 MAR 1790 d: 28 JAN 1869
             3 Levi Courtney b: 13 JAN 1811 d: 7 JUL 1885
               + Mary Anne Ashbaugh b: 29 APR 1814 d: 29 NOV 1883
                 4 Sarah Jane Courtney b: 23 NOV 1841 d: 29 MAY 1912
                   + Jacob Jr Houk b: 25 FEB 1835 d: 15 APR 1903
                     5 William Ellsworth "Alec" Houk b: 20 OCT 1868 d: 22 APR 1939
                       + Nora May Montgomery b: 5 FEB 1875 d: 4 FEB 1953
                         6 George Douglas Houk b: 4 JUN 1909 d: 6 NOV 1966
                           + Helen Edna Rulaford b: 23 JAN 1908 d: 11 JUL 1997
                             7 Cecil Charles Houk b:  1939
         2 James Courtney b: 1767
           + Lydia X
             3 John B. Courtney b: 1797 d: 12 SEP 1847
               + Agnes Bolton Ritchie b: 11 MAY 1795 d: 28 SEP 1880
                 + Alexander Findley b: 1790
                  4 Margaret Findley b: 30 JAN 1815 d: 24 NOV 1873
                     + Josiah Osborne b: 1 MAY 1809 d: 19 OCT 1880
 

     1 Josiah Osborne b: 1 MAY 1809 d: 19 OCT 1880
       + Margaret Findley b: 30 JAN 1815 d: 24 NOV 1873  photo
         2 Nancy Anna Osborne b: 24 MAY 1840 d: 20 AUG 1929  photo
           + Andrew F. Kees b: 9 DEC 1817    Married: 31 JUL 1860  photo
         2 Sylvia Jane Osborne b: 1841 d: 24 NOV 1846
         2 John Law Osborne b: 1844 d: JAN 1848
         2 Alexander Rogers Osborne b: 5 AUG 1845  born on Oregon Trail
           + Satirah A. McDowell         Married: 18 APR 1867

           children born in Oregon
         2 Narcissa Osborne b: ABT. 1849 (twin) photo
         2 Melissa Osborne b: ABT. 1849 (twin)    "
           + Reuben Stinnot          Married: 21 OCT 1869
         2 Wilson Osborne b: ABT. 1851
         2 Melinda Osborne b: ABT. 1853
         2 Margaret Osborne b: ABT. 1856
         2 Lelia Lela M. Osborne b: ABT. 1857
           + Nathaniel Roberts         Married: 21 APR 1880
 

     Benjamin Simpson was the son of my great great great grandfather William Simpson.  William and his wife, Mary Kimsey Simpson must have had their hands full bringing their children and their families across the Oregon Trail.  One daughter,  Cassia Casey Simpson Kimsey, died on the journey; leaving a husband and 6 year old daughter.  Nineveh Ford married William's daughter Martha Jane Simpson June 15, 1848 in Marion County, OR.
 

     Samuel Leonidas Simpson (son of Benjamin and Nancy Simpson), was only 6 months old when his family crossed the Oregon Trail.

click on the tree for his family history 

     Captain James & Sarah (Dick) Blakely  The city of Brownsville, Oregon was founded in part by Captain James Blakely.  He is #22 in my Ahnentafel; my great great grandfather.  James and Sarah had five children (1 to 11 years of age) when they crossed the Oregon Trail; they would have six more in Oregon.
 

Hugh L.  and Clarissa (Browning ) Brown

     Hugh Leeper Brown married Clarissa Browning 11 NOV 1829 in Knox Co., TN.  He was Captain Blakely's uncle, and the city of Brownsville, Oregon is named after him.  If you click on the trees above you can read the BROWNING  and BROWN FAMILY HISTORIES (collected and edited by Clint Joyce and Cecil Houk).  This is sort of a family tree with additional tid bits about these families.

Stature rates 'Mother Symbol' status
by JOHN TERRY

     The widow Brown crossed the Oregon Trail at age 66.  She was in the company of two of her children and their families.  Her 77 year old brother-in-law, John Brown, traveled with her!

This is my connection to Tabitha Moffatt Brown

1 Clark Brown b: 25 JAN 1771 d: 12 JAN 1817
  + Tabitha Moffatt b: 1 MAY 1780 d: 4 MAY 1858
    2 Pherne Tabitha Brown b: 22 MAR 1805 d: 21 MAY 1891
      + Virgil Kellogg Pringle b: 29 JUL 1804 d: 24 MAR 1887
        3 Clark Spencer Pringle b: 17 APR 1830 d: 19 OCT 1914
          + Catherine Carney Sager b: 15 APR 1835 d: 8 AUG 1910
            4 Sanford Stanley Pringle b: 29 DEC 1866 d: 20 SEP 1904
              + Mary Elizabeth "Lizzy" Houk b: 5 MAY 1866 d: 12 NOV 1929

1 Jacob Jr Houk b: 25 FEB 1835 d: 15 APR 1903
  + Sarah Jane Courtney b: 23 NOV 1841 d: 29 MAY 1912
    2 William Ellsworth "Alec" Houk b: 20 OCT 1868 d: 22 APR 1939
      + Nora May Montgomery b: 5 FEB 1875 d: 4 FEB 1953
        3 George Douglas Houk b: 4 JUN 1909 d: 6 NOV 1966
          + Helen Edna Rulaford b: 23 JAN 1908 d: 11 JUL 1997
            4 Cecil Charles Houk b:  1939
              + Rachel Ellen Fisher b:  1947
    2 Baxter Franklin Houk b: 28 JAN 1860 d: 18 AUG 1925
      + Ella Clyde Mitchell b: 28 NOV 1869 d: 23 APR 1921
    2 Mary Elizabeth "Lizzy" Houk b: 5 MAY 1866 d: 12 NOV 1929
      + Sanford Stanley Pringle b: 29 DEC 1866 d: 20 SEP 1904
    2 Margaret Lovena "Maggie" Houk b: 30 JUL 1873 d: 1 AUG 1951
      + Asa S. Baker b: 30 JUL 1873 d: 25 JUL 1968

     William and Sarah Noble crosed the Oregon Trail in 1850.  Their daughter Margaret married Samuel Courtney in 1868; his family crossed in 1845.  I'm still working on this family so I don't have birth dates for all members, and there are others I have yet to connect.  Click on his name to go to William's entry in my GEDCOM.  Click here to view my collection of Noble photo's.

     William and Martha Ann (Willson) Drinkard, with four children, crossed the Oregon Trail in 1865.  The family grew by seven after they reached Linn County.  I am related to this family by marriage.

     1 William Drinkard b: 3 APR 1835 d: 2 SEP 1887
       + Martha Ann Willson b: 14 OCT 1835 d: 19 SEP 1918
            born in Missouri
         2 James Oscar Drinkard b: 15 JUL 1855 d: 19 AUG 1915
         2 John Quincy Drinkard b: 1 APR 1857 d: 11 APR 1934
         2 Flora Bell Drinkard b: 6 SEP 1859 d: 22 JUN 1944
         2 William Joseph Drinkard b: 1 FEB 1862 d: 22 DEC 1930

             born in Oregon
         2 Annie Ellen Drinkard b: 6 FEB 1866 d: 1 DEC 1945
         2 George Washington Drinkard b: 2 JUN 1868 d: 15 DEC 1952
         2 Robert Lee Drinkard b: 17 AUG 1870
         2 Luther Edgar Drinkard b: 5 FEB 1873
         2 Homer Drinkard b: 24 JUN 1874 d: 6 SEP 1936
         2 Etta May Drinkard b: 2 MAR 1876
         2 Harriet "Hattie" Drinkard b: 9 AUG 1877

     Levi and Mary (Ashbaugh) Courtney married in Ohio October 24, 1838.  They moved to Minnesota with five children; then on to Iowa where they had another daughter, Florence.

   Sarah Jane Courtney (the oldest daughter), married my great grandfather Jacob Houk March 10, 1859 in Minnesota.  They moved to Iowa in 1860, and in 1868 crossed the plains to the Willamette Valley of Oregon.   Sarah and Jacob made these moves with her family members.  The others moved to the Walla Walla area of Washington in 1871, but Sarah refused to move again.  My grandfather, William Ellsworth Houk, was born 20 days after Jacob and Sarah arrived in Linn Co., Oregon.  You can read about that in HISTORY OF A PIONEER FAMILY(written by her sister Florence Courtney Melton who also made the trip to Oregon at the age of about ten.  She celibrated her eleventh birthday on the trail).

1868 1 Levi Courtney b: 13 JAN 1811 d: 7 JUL 1885
1868   + Mary Anne Ashbaugh b: 29 APR 1814 d: 29 NOV 1883
1868     2 Sarah Jane Courtney b: 23 NOV 1841 d: 29 MAY 1912
1868       + Jacob Jr Houk b: 25 FEB 1835 d: 15 APR 1903
*            3 William Ellsworth "Alec" Houk b: 20 OCT 1868 d: 22 APR 1939
n/a            + Nora May Montgomery b: 5 FEB 1875 d: 4 FEB 1953
n/a              4 George Douglas Houk b: 4 JUN 1909 d: 6 NOV 1966
n/a                + Helen Edna Rulaford b: 23 JAN 1908 d: 11 JUL 1997
n/a                  5 Cecil Charles Houk b:  1939
n/a                    + Rachel Ellen Fisher b:  1947
1868     2 Jacob Hiram Courtney b: 10 DEC 1839 d: 2 JAN 1916
?          + Margaret Porter b: 1837 d: 1907
1868     2 Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Courtney b: 30 DEC 1843 d: 6 NOV 1922
1868           + William F. Cluster b: 8 FEB 1831 d: JUN 1915
1868     2 Levi Baxter Courtney b: 14 APR 1846 d: 18 JAN 1916
?          + Ella Eliza Buttram b: 5 MAR 1854 d: 22 APR 1943
n/a      2 William Larence Courtney b: ABT. 1849 d: ABT. 1850
1868     2 Florence Emma\Emily Courtney b: 30 SEP 1857 d: 3 JAN 1926
n/a        + James Moran Melton b: 10 JUL 1849 d: NOV 1895

* Technically, William Houk crossed in 1868 as he was born three weeks
after Jacob and Sarah arrived in Linn Co., Oregon.

1 Peter Hardeman Burnett b: 15 NOV 1807 d: 16 MAY 1895
  + Harriet B. Rogers b: ABT. 1810 d: 1879
    2 Dwight Jay Burnett b: 23 MAY 1829 d: BET. 1879 - 1921
      + Mary Susan Wilcox b: ABT. 1830
    2 Martha Burnett b: 29 APR 1834
      + Caius Tacitus Ryland b: 1826
    2 Romietta Jewett Burnett b: 14 FEB 1835 d: 15 MAR 1910
      + William Thompson Wallace b: 22 MAR 1828 d: AFT. 1900
    2 John May Burnett b: 4 FEB 1837 d: 21 JUL 1916
      + Ellen Theresa Casey b: 27 APR 1863 d: 25 MAR 1925
    2 Armistead L. Burnett b: 7 OCT 1839 d: 1862
      + Flora M. Johnson b: ABT. 1840
    2 Sallie Constantia Burnett b: 27 SEP 1841 d: 24 MAY 1861
      + Francis Poe b: ABT. 1840

MATHENY, Charlotte (1838-1926): m'd 1852 KIRKWOOD, Charlotte; d/o Daniel and Mary (Cooper) Matheny; Into The Eye of The Setting Sun by Charlotte Matheny Kirkwood is a reminiscence of the emigration of 1843 and early Oregon. It is available through Marion County Historical Society and descendant Don Rivara [email protected] [?]

1 Daniel Matheny b: 11 DEC 1793 d: 1 FEB 1872
  + Mary Cooper b: 23 FEB 1800 d: 29 SEP 1856
    2 Adam Matheny b: 20 DEC 1820 d: 7 NOV 1895
?    + Sarah Jane Layson b: 27 MAR 1827 d: 20 JAN 1847
    2 Elizabeth Matheny b: 26 MAR 1823 d: 15 OCT 1899
      + Henry Hewitt b: 19 NOV 1822 d: 15 JAN 1899
        3 Ann Eliza Hewitt b: 19 DEC 1841
    2 Isaiah Matheny b: 2 DEC 1826 d: 9 MAR 1906
?    + Emeline Allen b: ABT. 1833 d: 11 OCT 1903
    2 Daniel Matheny b: 5 JAN 1829 d: 1890
?    + Margaret E. McDonald d: 24 MAY 1863
    2 Mary Matheny b: 24 APR 1832 d: 1906
?    + Joseph M. Garrison b: 11 FEB 1813 d: 14 JAN 1884
    2 Jasper Matheny b: 4 AUG 1834 d: 15 JUN 1893
?    + Mary Ring b: 29 MAR 1836 d: 26 DEC 1852
    2 Charlotte Matheny b: 5 MAY 1838 d: 25 NOV 1926
?    + John Kirkwood b: 4 MAY 1828 d: 19 APR 1915

     I don't know much about these families as I write this.  My connection is through Sarah Woodside who's father died on the Oregon Trail in 1847 (see 1847 below).  I don't know if John Fulton Ford knew my great great grandfather, Nineveh Ford who also crossed in 1843; or if they were related.  Click on Thomas' name to go to his entry in my GEDCOM.

1 Willard Hall Rees b: 17 SEP 1819 d: 19 JAN 1903
  + Amanda Malvina Fitzallen Hall b: 20 AUG 1828 d: 10 DEC 1915
         All Hall children born in Oregon
    2 Olivia Rebecca Rees b: 2 APR 1849 d: 5 NOV 1932
      + Thomas Smith
      + James William Welch b: 7 JUL 1842 d: 23 SEP 1921
    2 Elizabeth E. Rees b: 23 SEP 1851 d: 1933
      + William Monroe Hendershott b: 21 OCT 1845
    2 Anna R. Rees b: 18 FEB 1852 d: 21 APR 1949
      + John S. Clark b: 4 FEB 1848 d: 28 JUN 1921
    2 Lora Amanda Rees b: 12 SEP 1853 d: 21 AUG 1951
      + Charles Henry Day b: 11 DEC 1855 d: 6 OCT 1936
    2 David Crawford Rees b: 6 MAR 1855
      + Flora Smith b: 1 MAR 1863
    2 Thomas Hall Rees b: 11 NOV 1856 d: 28 AUG 1925
      + May Foster b: 3 NOV 1869 d: 15 FEB 1901
    2 Harry Loren Rees b: 27 MAR 1859 d: 1951
      + Felicia Blake
    2 Park Alva Rees b: 20 FEB 1861 d: 31 JAN 1953
      + Lillian Zander b: ABT. 1861
      + Carrie Judson b: ABT. 1861
    2 Willard Hamilton Rees b: 24 OCT 1866 d: 1 NOV 1945
      + Grace A. Barbow b: 1886
    2 Clara Augusta Rees b: 6 MAY 1868 d: 22 JUL 1907
    2 Lillie May Rees b: 1 MAY 1870 d: 28 NOV 1885
    2 Priscilla F. Rees b: 21 FEB 1872 d: JAN 1967
      + Augustus Wright b: ABT. 1870 d: ABT. 1905
 

1 Joseph Caples b: 1803 d: 1881
  + Mary Laffer b: ABT 1805 d: AFT 1844
    2 Charles Green Caples b: 22 MAY 1832
      + Lucinda L. McBride b: ABT 1836
        3 Willie Caples
        3 Dell Caples
        3 Margaret Caples
        3 Fred Caples
        3 Byron Caples
    2 Mary Caples d: 1871
    2 Hezekiah Caples b: MAY 1838 d: 27 NOV 1918
      + Minerva J. Bonser b: 21 FEB 1854
        3 Harry H. Caples b: 11 OCT 1870
        3 Ralph Caples b: JUN 1875
        3 Arthur Garfield Caples b: AUG 1878
        3 Hugh J. Caples b: JAN 1886 d: 1947
          + Ida Adaline Leroy b: 30 NOV 1877 d: 4 DEC 1970

1 James McBride d: 18 DEC 1875
  + Mahala Miller b: 26 SEP 1811 d: 23 FEB 1877
    2 Martha McBride b: ABT 1831
      + X Adams
        3 Loring Adams
        3 Emma Adams
          + X Williams
    2 John R. McBride b: 22 AUG 1832 d: 20 JUL 1904
    2 Alvina J. McBride b: ABT 1836
      + X Butler
    2 Lucinda L. McBride b: ABT 1836
      + Charles Green Caples b: 22 MAY 1832
        3 Willie Caples
        3 Dell Caples
        3 Margaret Caples
        3 Fred Caples
        3 Byron Caples
    2 Nancy E. McBride b: ABT 1837
      + X Dolman
    2 Mary McBride b: ABT 1838
    2 Emily L. McBride b: ABT 1841
      + X Yeargain
    2 Judith W. McBride b: ABT 1843
      + X Smith
    2 Louisa A. McBride b: ABT 1844
      + X Woods
    2 Thomas A. McBride b: ABT 1847
    2 James H. McBride b: ABT 1848
    2 Susan E. McBride b: ABT 1850
      + X Giltner

1 Ruel Reed Olds b: 3 AUG 1811 d: 11 NOV 1883
  + Elmira Perkins b: 23 JAN 1817
    2 Eli P. Olds b: ABT 1836
      + Minerva X b: ABT 1845
    2 Nelson Olds b: ABT 1838
    2 Elzina Olds b: ABT 1842
    2 Emmitt Olds b: SEP 1845 d: 1914
      + Elizabeth Ann Messinger b: OCT 1857 d: 1937
    2 Burzilda Olds b: 5 FEB 1848 d: 13 JUN 1917
      + John William Messinger b: 2 APR 1846 d: 26 JUL 1920
        3 Edgar G. Messinger b: 13 AUG 1868 d: 1947
          + Lena C. Peetz b: MAR 1877 d: ABT 1947
            4 Edwin T. Messinger b: MAR 1896 d: 1901
            4 Minnie Messinger b: JUN 1897 d: ABT 1967
            4 Carl Messinger b: 25 DEC 1898 d: 12 APR 1976
        3 Otis Benjamin Messinger b: 9 JAN 1870 d: 10 OCT 1929
          + Sarah Adeline Sutton b: 18 APR 1876 d: MAR 1947
            4 Lola Ethel Messinger b: 16 MAY 1894 d: 2 NOV 1920
              + Ray Charles Harris b: 22 MAY 1894 d: SEP 1977
    2 D. J. Olds b: 12 FEB 1857
    2 May Theresa Olds b: 20 SEP 1860 d: 10 NOV 1885
      + Charles Brawner Taylor b: 16 APR 1855 d: 4 MAY 1907

     George and Margaret Nelson, with five children, left Missouri to cross the Oregon Trail in 1844.  One son, William, died along the way.

¹ Pearl Read is my connection to this family.  She was a granddaughter of Canada Montgomery who crossed in 1849; he was my great grandfather.  (see 1849 below) top

     In 1845 William Helm and Martha Ann Scoggan Helm and their eight children headed west on the Oregon Trail.  I do not know of any deaths in this family while making the journey.  It should be noted that William Fletcher Helm married Elizabeth Marie Sager who's family crossed the year before.  She gained a sister, but lost both of her parents, on the Oregon Trail.

     Click on William's name below to go to his entry in my GEDCOM.  Go up to the photo of Catherine Carney Sager Pringle to read her story or click here.

     In 1845 John B. Courtney crossed the Oregon Trail with his family.  John was killed in 1847 by a falling tree.  This happened while he was on his way to Oregon City for supplies.
 

     This is my connection to John B. Courtney (1st cousin 4 times removed):

     1 John Courtney d: BEF. 1781
       + Isabella X
         2 John Courtney b: ABT. 1773 d: BET. 1851 - 1859
           + Susannah Carter b: 17 MAR 1790 d: 28 JAN 1869
             3 Levi Courtney b: 13 JAN 1811 d: 7 JUL 1885
               + Mary Anne Ashbaugh b: 29 APR 1814 d: 29 NOV 1883
                 4 Sarah Jane Courtney b: 23 NOV 1841 d: 29 MAY 1912
                   + Jacob Jr Houk b: 25 FEB 1835 d: 15 APR 1903
                     5 William Ellsworth "Alec" Houk b: 20 OCT 1868 d: 22 APR 1939
                       + Nora May Montgomery b: 5 FEB 1875 d: 4 FEB 1953
                         6 George Douglas Houk b: 4 JUN 1909 d: 6 NOV 1966
                           + Helen Edna Rulaford b: 23 JAN 1908 d: 11 JUL 1997
                             7 Cecil Charles Houk b:  1939
                               + Rachel Ellen Fisher b:  1947
         2 James Courtney b: 1767
           + Lydia X
            3 John B. Courtney b: 1797
               + Agnes Bolton Ritchie b: 1795
                 4 Isabella Courtney b: 1828 d: 1897
                   + John McNeil b: 1820
 

     This is the family as I have it.  I do not know when the spouses of the Courtney children arrived in Oregon, but I do know that Isabella married John McNeil in Oregon in 1850.  Click on John's name to go to my GEDCOM entry for him.

     1 John B. Courtney b: 1797 d: 12 SEP 1847
       + Agnes Bolton Ritchie b: 11 MAY 1795 d: 28 SEP 1880
         2 Mary Jane Courtney b: 1819
           + Caleb Rogers
         2 Isaac Courtney b: 1821
           + Elizabeth Waggoner
         2 Lydia Courtney b: 1824
           + Thomas Morgan
         2 John R. Courtney b: 1826
           + Caroline Buel
         2 Isabella Courtney b: 1828 d: 1897
           + John McNeil b: 1820
         2 William F. Courtney b: 1832
           + Lucinda Coyle  crossed in 1851 (see below)
         2 James Harvey Courtney b: 1833
         2 Daniel C. Courtney b: 1836
         2 Samuel M. Courtney b: 1845
           + Margaret E. Noble b: 1845  crossed in 1850
 

n/a     1 Joseph Fields d: 1833  died in MO
n/a       + Ann Currin b: BEF. 1812 d: 1832  died in MO
1845    2 Hugh Fields b: 28 DEC 1828 d: 26 NOV 1901
1853      + Sidney Younger b: 17 OCT 1838 d: 17 MAY 1889
n/a           3 Ann Fields b: 3 AUG 1856 d: 6 AUG 1863
n/a           3 Emily Fields b: 21 NOV 1859 d: 15 JAN 1880
1845    2 William Fields b: BET. 1832 - 1833 d: 3 MAY 1861
1846      + Catherine Blakely b: 21 MAY 1837 d: 16 APR 1917   my connection
                  Catherine's second husband was Jeremiah V. Lewis
n/a            3 Marion Francis Fields b: ABT. 1855 d: 1 FEB 1878
n/a            3 Martha Ann Fields b: 7 OCT 1856 d: 24 DEC 1940
n/a             + Vannison "Van" Genser b: 1853 d: 4 JUL 1931
n/a                4 Maude Genser b: AFT. 1887
n/a                4 Margaret Genser b: AFT. 1887
n/a           3 Mary E. Fields b: ABT. 1858
n/a           3 Flora C. Fields b: BET. 1859 - 1860
n/a           3 William H. Fields b: ABT. 1861 d: 9 JUL 1904

     I don't have a lot of data on this family yet, but I'm working on it.

     I don't have a lot of data on this family yet, but I'm working on it.  This family connects (by marriage) to my Montgomery/Moore line (they crossed in 1849).

     Click on John's name to go to my GEDCOM entry for him.
 

The following Wallace children were born in Oregon
    2 Sarah Ellen Wallace b: 1846
    2 Lydia Docia Ann Wallace b: 20 NOV 1848 d: 17 MAR 1927
    2 James Andrew Wallace b: 28 JUN 1852 d: 1 AUG 1912
      + Tacy Anzanetta Conger b: 30 MAR 1857 d: 20 MAR 1910
        3 Charley Wallace b: FEB 1881
        3 Edmund Wallace b: MAY 1883
        3 Nara Wallace b: APR 1885
        3 Jessie Wallace b: MAY 1887
        3 Clarence Wallace b: OCT 1891
    2 Benjamin Theodore Wallace b: ABT. 1856 d: AFT. 1880
    2 Rebecca E. Wallace b: 1856
    2 Daniel Lonegan Wallace b: 28 MAY 1860 d: 15 MAR 1927
      + Arreany Rebecca Thomason b: 30 MAY 1876 d: 16 MAR 1926
        3 William Wiley Wallace
        3 Martha Susan Wallace
          + Axel Peterson Norland
        3 John Rodney Wallace
    2 William Jefferson Wallace b: OCT 1862 d: 16 OCT 1936
    2 Thomas Edwin Wallace b: 4 MAR 1865 d: 28 JUL 1952
      + Julia Dysert b: ABT. 1865 d: 1952

n/a         2 Sarilda Serilda Herren b: 13 SEP 1847 d: 26 DEC 1924 born in Oregon
n/a           + Thomas Sylvester Leonard b: ABT. 1845

     Nahum and Sarepta King lost a son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren on the Columbia River after crossing the Oregon Trail.  My connection to this family is through Larkin Green Price who was the grandson of my great greast great grandfather William Simpson.  The Simpson's were in the 1846 emigration.
 

1845 1 Nahum Amos King b: 25 JUL 1783 d: 28 MAY 1856
1845   + Sarepta Norton b: 12 NOV 1791
1845     2 Sarah King b: 25 JUL 1823 d: 3 SEP 1845     died on Oregon Trail
1845       + Rowland Chambers b: 12 MAR 1813 d: 6 JAN 1870  see next
1845     2 Lovisa King b: 2 MAR 1828 Married: 22 FEB 1846
2nd        + Rowland Chambers b: 12 MAR 1813 d: 6 JAN 1870
n/a          3 Julia Chambers b: 5 NOV 1861
my connection  + Larkin Green Price b: 4 SEP 1856 d: 15 NOV 1924
?        2 Sarepta King b: 18 MAR 1808
1853     2 Lucretia King b: 5 SEP 1809 d: 14 MAY 1860
1853       + Heman S. Halleck d: 27 NOV 1877
1853         3 Amos Nahum King Halleck b: 1845 d: 1920
1853         3 Hopestill Halleck b: ABT. 1836
1853         3 Margaret Halleck b: ABT. 1848
1853         3 Mary Halleck b: ABT. 1848
1853         3 Sarah Halleck b: ABT. 1834
1853         3 Serepta Halleck b: ABT. 1848
1853         3 Sheba Halleck b: ABT. 1828
n/a      2 Dulanny King b: 12 APR 1811 d: 1 OCT 1823
1845     2 John King b: 23 MAR 1813 d: 1845 died in raft accident on Columbia
1845       + Susan Cooper  d: 1845           died in raft accident on Columbia
1845         Electra King  b: 1842 d: 1845        died in raft accident on Columbia
1845         Luther King  b: 1840
?            + Caroline Ladd           Married 1866
1845         boy King      b: 1845 d: 1845        died in raft accident on Columbia
1845     2 Hopestill King b: 7 FEB 1815 d: 16 NOV 1892
1845       + Lucius Carolus Norton b: 26 DEC 1818 d: 6 MAY 1859
?        2 Hannah King b: 30 NOV 1816
1845     2 Stephen King b: 13 JUL 1818
1845       + Anna Marie Allen          Married: 1843 first
1845     2 Isaac King b: 23 NOV 1819
?          + Almeda J. Van Bibber
1845     2 Amos Nahum King b: 29 APR 1822
1845       + Malinda Fuller            Married: 1846
?        2 James Russel King b: 22 JUN 1826
1845     2 Abigail King b: 22 JUN 1829
1845       + Price Fuller              Married: 1846
1845     2 Lydia King b: 19 FEB 1831
?          + Johnathan L. Williams          Married 1847
1845     2 Solomon King b: 26 FEB 1833
1845       + Anna Marie Allen          Married: 1853 second
1843     2 Rhoda Ann King b: 17 APR 1835 d: 16 JAN 1912
?          + John Phillips b: 1830         Married 1850
?          + Eli Summers               Married abt. 1856
 

     Henry and Martha Hawkins lost a son and a granddaughter to the Oregon Trail.  My connection to this family is through Martha Hawkins Pyburn.  Her granddaughter Mildred Sprecher married George Washington Drinkard, and the Drinkard line connects to Canada
Montgomery (my great grandfather).

     1 Henry Hawkins b: 1792 d: 7 JUL 1878
       + Martha "Patsy" Crofton b: ABT. 1794
         2 Zachariah Hawkins b: 6 JAN 1812 d: 12 AUG 1845  died on Oregon Trail
           + Nancy White b: 22 JAN 1815        Married: 17 OCT 1832
             3 Samuel Simpson Hawkins b: 3 OCT 1833 d: 23 APR 1907
               + Cynthia Cahoon              Married: 29 APR 1858
             3 Maryanne Hawkins b: 29 AUG 1835 d: 7 JUL 1870
               + James Wheeler b: 1820        Married: 27 JUN 1850
             3 Martha Hawkins b: 11 OCT 1837 d: 22 JUN 1893
               + Francis M. "Frank" Pyburn        Married: 18 JUN 1851
             3 Laura Emily Hawkins b: 15 FEB 1840 d: 1845  died on Oregon Trail
             3 Edward Harrison Hawkins b: 17 FEB 1842
             3 Nancy Hawkins b: 18 FEB 1844
         2 Martha Hawkins b: 11 MAY 1823
         2 Nancy Hawkins b: ABT. 1828
           + Lewis Hubbell Judson           Married: 1846
         2 America Hawkins b: ABT. 1832
         2 Elizabeth Hawkins b: ABT. 1835
           + Jessie C. Wilkes               Married: 1853
 

     My connection to this family is through Florence C. Montgomery who was the granddaughter of Canada Montgomery (my great grandfather).

     1 John Rudolph Waymire b: DEC 1813 d: 2 AUG 1891
       + Clarissa H. Arbo b: 6 FEB 1822
         2 Minerva Jane Waymire b: 5 DEC 1848 d: 22 JAN 1883
           + William C. Wills
             3 Mary Etta H. Wills b: 4 FEB 1868
               + Lewis Holmes "Lou" Hamilton b: 13 JUL 1863 d: 15 JUL 1944
                 4 George Earnest Hamilton b: 21 NOV 1890 d: 26 MAY 1970
                   + Florence C. Montgomery b: 3 JUL 1891 d: 15 OCT 1961
 

     1 John Rudolph Waymire b: DEC 1813 d: 2 AUG 1891
       + Clarissa H. Arbo b: 6 FEB 1822
         2 Louisa Jane Waymire b: ABT. 1842
         2 Clarissa T. "Mary" Waymire b: 15 DEC 1844
         2 Elvira Waymire b: ABT. 1842
           + M. S. Brown                      Married: 16 JAN 1859

           children born in Oregon
         2 Minerva Jane Waymire b: 5 DEC 1848 d: 22 JAN 1883
         2 S. E. Waymire
         2 Phebe J. Waymire b: ABT. 1852
           + C. H. Cox b: ABT. 1845           Married: 9 AUG 1866
         2 John Andrew Waymire b: 3 JAN 1853 d: 19 JUL 1928   Married: 1880
           + Jennie Christena Palmehn b: 17 MAR 1862 d: 13 MAR 1959
         2 Miranda or Mary A. Waymire b: ABT. 1855
           + W. H. Rubell b: ABT. 1850        Married: 11 APR 1875
         2 Emeline "Emma" Waymire b: ABT. 1859
           + T. J. Burnett b: ABT. 1850        Married: 22 FEB 1876
 

     In 1845 the widow Naoma Clark Williams accompanied three of her children, a daughter in law and three grandchildren to Oregon.  One of the daughters of Elias and Naoma Walter married a McHargue; that is my connection to this family.

     1 John Williams b: 1781 d: 23 FEB 1834
       + Naoma Clark b: 4 MAR 1784 d: 20 JUN 1868
         2 Enos C. Williams b: 24 SEP 1818 d: 24 FEB 1890
           + Willamina Craig b: 17 APR 1817 d: 15 JAN 1883     Married: 24 FEB 1848
         2 Naoma Jeanette Williams b: 22 OCT 1825 d: 11 MAY 1901
           + Elias L. Walter b: 1813 d: 11 APR 1867             Married: 10 OCT 1846
         2 Charles Austin "Auss" Williams b: 15 JUL 1807 d: ABT. 19 FEB 1879
           + Mary "Polly" Barber b: 11 MAY 1808 d: 30 JAN 1880  Married: 15 APR 1831
             3 Mary Jane Williams d: AFT. 1880
             3 Sarah Williams
             3 Ellen Williams b: ABT. 1838
           children born in Oregon
             3 Malvina Williams
             3 John B. Williams b: 1851
             3 Naoma Williams b: 31 AUG 1845 d: 7 FEB 1904

     Rowland and Sarah Chambers, and two small children, crossed the Oregon Trail in 1845.  Sarah died on the trail in Central Oregon.  Rowland married Sarah's sister, Lovisa (Louisa?), in 1846.  She also crossed in 1845.

     My connection to this family ties back to my 3gr grandfather William Simpson by the marriage of Rowland and Lovisa's daughter Julia to Larkin Price; grandson of William Simpson.  Click on Rowland's name to go to his entry in my GEDCOM.
 

1 Rowland Chambers b: 12 MAR 1813 d: 6 JAN 1870
  + Sarah King b: 25 JUL 1823 d: 3 SEP 1845
    2 James Chambers b: ABT. 7 JUL 1842
    2 Margaret Chambers b: 7 SEP 1844
  + Lovisa King b: 2 MAR 1828 top

1 Edward Newton White b: 27 APR 1828 d: 18 JAN 1916
  + Catherine Jane Burkhart b: 1 DEC 1832  d: 26 SEP 1859 Married: 2 JUL 1848 in Oregon Terry.
    2 Cynthia L. White b: ABT. 1852
    2 Adalia A. White b: ABT. 1854
    2 Jeanette "Nettie" White b: ABT. 1857
  + Anna Woodside b: ABT. 1828 d: 18 SEP 1915  Married: 30 AUG 1860 in Marion Co., OR
    2 Bertha White b: AFT. 1860
    2 Jane "Jennie" White b: 24 AUG 1861 d: 27 JAN 1917
      + Samuel William Compton b: 20 MAR 1855 d: 12 MAY 1942  Married: 25 DEC 1877 in Prineville, Wasco Co., OR
    2 Eudocia White b: ABT. 1863
    2 Grant White b: ABT. 1865
    2 Aaron White b: ABT. 1867
    2 Edith White b: 1869
    2 Eleanor "Ellen" "Ella" White b: ABT. 1875
    2 Edward C. White b: ABT. 1878
      + Dessie X
 

 1 Hugh Currin b: 29 OCT 1803 d: 20 NOV 1874
  + Diona Young b: 12 JUL 1827 d: 11 JUN 1908  Married: 29 DEC 1849 in Clackamas Co., OR
    2 George Currin b: 6 OCT 1850
    2 Martha Ann Currin b: 10 OCT 1852
    2 Robert Y. Currin b: 8 MAR 1855
    2 Hugh F. Currin b: 24 MAR 1857
 
 

1 George Currin b: 1812 d: 14 JAN 1879
  + Lydia Ellen Wade b: 12 JUL 1838 d: 16 NOV 1926   Married: 26 DEC 1852 in Clackamas Co., OR
    2 William H. Currin b: 15 MAY 1864 d: 5 MAR 1922
      + Jane M. Buchanan b: 26 SEP 1861 d: 25 DEC 1940

     In 1846 my great great great grandparents William and Mary "Polly" (Kimsey) Simpson packed up the family and left Missouri for Oregon country.  With them were several Kimsey nieces and nephews, and their families.  Some of the Kimsey's went to California, and later on to Oregon.  Click on James' name below to go to his entry in my GEDCOM on WorldConnect Project.  This is my Kimsey - Simpson connection:

     1 James Kimsey b: 1750 d: 1817
       + Mary Crowley
         2 Mary Polly Kimsey b: 7 JUL 1797 d: 2 FEB 1858
           + William Barnett Simpson b: 27 JUN 1793 d: 3 NOV 1858
             3 Martha Jane Simpson b: 19 FEB 1830 d: 8 MAY 1892
               + Nineveh Ford b: 15 JUL 1815 d: 8 MAR 1897
                 4 Martha Jane Ford b: 8 SEP 1859 d: 16 SEP 1933
                   + George A. Rulaford b: 7 DEC 1848 d: 17 JAN 1914
                     5 Cecil Clark Rulaford b: 18 JUN 1881 d: 21 AUG 1963
                       + Edna May Anderson b: 10 NOV 1888 d: 7 JUN 1913
                         6 Helen Edna Rulaford b: 23 JAN 1908 d: 11 JUL 1997
                           + George Douglas Houk b: 4 JUN 1909 d: 6 NOV 1966
                             7 Cecil Charles Houk b:  1939
 

The child of James and Mary (Crowley) Kimsey SR

Mary "Polly" Kimsey
 + William Simpson   m. 13 APR 1813 TN
       Benjamin F. Simpson
          + Elzira Wisdom died in 1841
               John Thomas Simpson
          + Nancy Cooper
               Samuel Leonidas Simpson
               Sylvester Simpson
       Cassia Simpson  (m. Alvis Kimsey below) died on the Oregon Trail
       David Simpson
          + Julia Ann Haven
       Eleanor Simpson
          + James Anderson
       Elizabeth Simpson
          + Nepoleon B. Wisdom
       Harriet Simpson
          + Larkin Price
               William Barnard Price
       James Simpson
       Mary Ann Simpson
          + William MacKlin
       Martha Jane Simpson
       William Barnett Simpson
 

The children of James and Hannah (McCracken) Kimsey JR
Anson Kimsey
Hilah Kimsey
Hulda Kimsey
  + John M. Wilson
 

The children of Samuel and Rachael (Townsend) Kimsey
Alvis Kimsey
Emeranda Kimsey
  + William S. Jones
        Samuel S. Jones
        John Jackson Jones
        Rachel E. Jones
Thomas L. Kimsey

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     James and Eleanor (Simpson) Anderson crossed the Oregon Trail with the Simpson clan in 1846.  Because I don't have b./d. data for the first four children I do not know if they accompanied their parents.  I am the 2nd great grandnephew of Eleanor Simpson Anderson.

1 James Anderson b: 6 FEB 1810 d: 17 NOV 1872
  + Eleanor Simpson b: 15 MAY 1814 d: 24 MAR 1873
    2 Willard H. Anderson
    2 Harriet C. Anderson
    2 Nancy E. Anderson
    2 Hannah E. Anderson
    2 Mary Anderson b: FEB 1833    Married: 22 MAY 1851 in Marion Co., OR T.
      + Milton Jackson Allphin b: 7 NOV 1828  crossed in 1847
        3 Emma Allphin b: ABT. 1863
        3 Thomas Allphin b: ABT. 1865
        3 Milton Joseph Allphin b: ABT. 1867
        3 Martin Eugene Allphin b: ABT. 1869
        3 Mattie B. Allphin b: ABT. 1876
    2 John Perry Anderson b: 1835 d: 1921
      + Sarah J. Havens
        3 James E. Anderson
        3 Louisa Anderson
        3 Elizabeth Anderson
        3 Amy F. Anderson
        3 Flora Anderson
        3 Orey Dell Anderson
        3 Clara M. Anderson b: 1857
          + John E. Stanton b: 4 MAR 1847 d: 1915
            4 J. Henry Stanton b: 1876
            4 William M. Stanton b: 1878
            4 Charles T. Stanton b: 1879
        3 John T. Anderson b: ABT. 1871 d: 1 OCT 1872
        3 Lettie M Anderson b: ABT. 1872
    2 Louisa Anderson b: 1837 d: 1918
      + X Short b: ABT. 1837
    2 Benjamin Thomas Anderson b: 1841 d: 1913
      + Mattie E. M. Ledgerwood b: 1854 d: 1896
        3 Mary E. Anderson
        3 Edna Anderson b: 1880
    2 James Harvey Anderson b: 1843 d: 1929
      + X Shanks
    2 Milton M. Anderson b: 1852 d: 1907  born in Oregon
      + Mary Magdalene Shanks
 

1 Alexander Kirk b: 8 FEB 1805 d: 19 MAR 1877
  + Sarah "Sallie" H. Sweeten b: 14 MAY 1811 d: 29 MAY 1858
    2 Thomas Jefferson Kirk b: 12 AUG 1839 d: 26 JAN 1910
      + Ann Coyle b: 1840
    2 William Riley Kirk b: 18 NOV 1826 d: 24 SEP 1901
      + Sarah W. Eads b: 24 MAY 1829 d: 7 NOV 1852
        3 George Washington Kirk b: 17 JAN 1847 d: 2 APR 1875
 

     Brothers James and Isaac Leabo traveled together across the plains in 1846.  Their brother John would follow them in 1852.  (see my CONNECTIONS below).

1 James Roland Leabo b: 14 AUG 1823 d: 26 AUG 1895
  + Emily Armine Lee b: 22 JUL 1828 d: 15 DEC 1857
    2 Josiah Leabo b: ABT 1852
    2 Anna E. Leabo b: 1852
    2 Isaac H. Leabo b: 1855
 

     Brothers Isaac and James Leabo traveled together across the plains in 1846.  Their brother John would follow them in 1852.  (see my CONNECTIONS below).

1 Isaac Jasper Leabo b: 13 OCT 1815 d: 13 MAY 1899
  + Mary May 'Polly' Lewis b: 3 OCT 1820 d: 10 SEP 1901
    2 William P. E. Leabo b: 25 AUG 1837 d: 23 AUG 1838
    2 Noah Josiah Leabo b: 25 DEC 1838 d: 18 MAR 1908
      + Amanda Mirilla Snyder
        3 William J. Leabo b: ABT 1859
        3 Isaac Leabo b: ABT 1862
        3 Noah J. Leabo b: ABT 1864
        3 Mary M. Leabo b: ABT 1868
 

     Margaret Miller died in 1884 and is buried at the Martinez Cemetery along with her second husband, Elam Brown.  She married first Isaac Allen in 1817 in Tennessee.  Isaac died enroute from Missouri to California on August 27, 1846. Isaac and Elam Brown were co-captains of a 30 family wagon train that left Clay County, Missouri, April 20, 1846 and reached Sutter's fort on October 10,1846. Elam Brown and Margaret Miller Allen were married in July 1847.

     Elam Brown was born June 10 1797 in Herkimer County NY.  His Scottish parants, Thomas and Elizabeth (Lyons) Brown left there to Berkshire Massachusetts. In about 1804, the family journied over the Allegheny mountains to within about thirty miles of the present Zaneville, Ohio. Elam remained there until, at the age of 21, moved on to Missouri then to Illinois.

1 Morgan R. Savage b: 13 FEB 1825 d: 7 SEP 1904
  + Frances Ann Brisbin b: 17 OCT 1828
        All Savage children born in Oregon
    2 Martha Jane Savage b: 30 MAR 1847
    2 James William Savage b: 26 SEP 1848
    2 George Washington Savage b: 8 DEC 1853 d: 15 JUL 1935
      + Mary Joseph Pike b: 4 NOV 1859 d: 11 DEC 1946
    2 Charles A. Savage b: 14 MAR 1856
    2 Adaline A. Savage b: 20 MAR 1858
    2 Lydia Ann Savage b: 1 SEP 1860
    2 Dolly L. Savage b: 16 SEP 1862
    2 Mary Catherine Savage b: 10 APR 1865
    2 Elizabeth Alma Savage b: 30 MAY 1867
    2 Thomas Jefferson Savage b: 17 NOV 1869
      + Dora A. Miller b: 19 APR 1873 d: 22 MAR 1950
    2 Ida Ellen Savage b: 24 SEP 1872
      + Henry M. Bergen b: ABT. 1870

     The Munkers family traveled with the Simpson and Kimsey families above.  Click HERE to read  Mary Elizabeth Munkers Estes' 1916 account of the trip.  Click on Ben's name to go to his entry in my GEDCOM.

1 Benjamin Franklin Munkers b: 17 APR 1799
  + Mary 'Polly' Crowley b: 1 OCT 1802 d: 7 MAR 1888
    2 Preston Munkers b: 18 NOV 1820 d: 16 OCT 1890
    2 William Riley Munkers b: 12 JAN 1823
    2 Rebecca Jane Munkers b: 22 FEB 1825
    2 John Crowley Munkers b: 30 APR 1827 d: 12 JUL 1915
    2 Francis Marion Munkers b: 4 JUL 1829 d: BET. 1849 - 1850
    2 Benjamin Franklin Munkers b: 22 MAY 1831
    2 Thomas McClain Munkers b: 22 JUN 1833
    2 Mary Elizabeth Munkers b: 8 APR 1836 d: 1916
       + Albert Franklin Davidson b: 2 APR 1819 d: 1890  crossed in 1845 and 1847, m'd 1851
       + John Estes   arrived in Oregon ??  m'd 1857
         2 Benjamin Estes
         2 John Estes
         2 Alice Estes
    2 Isabelle Munkers b: 3 FEB 1840
    2 James Madison Munkers b: 23 DEC 1841 d: JUL 1915
 

This is the connection to me through the Crowley line.

1 Samuel Crowley b: BEF. 1745 d: 10 OCT 1774
  + Elizabeth Strong b: 21 JUL 1744 d: 1817
    2 Mary Crowley b: ABT. 1760
      + James Kimsey b: 1750 d: 1817
        3 Mary Polly Kimsey b: 7 JUL 1797 d: 2 FEB 1858
          + William Barnett Simpson b: 27 JUN 1793 d: 3 NOV 1858
            4 Martha Jane Simpson b: 19 FEB 1830 d: 8 MAY 1892
              + Nineveh Ford b: 15 JUL 1815 d: 8 MAR 1897
                5 Martha Jane Ford b: 8 SEP 1859 d: 16 SEP 1933
                  + George A. Rulaford b: 7 DEC 1848 d: 17 JAN 1914
                    6 Cecil Clark Rulaford b: 18 JUN 1881 d: 21 AUG 1963
                      + Edna May Anderson b: 10 NOV 1888 d: 7 JUN 1913
                        7 Helen Edna Rulaford b: 23 JAN 1908 d: 11 JUL 1997
                          + George Douglas Houk b: 4 JUN 1909 d: 6 NOV 1966
                            8 Cecil Charles Houk b:  1939
    2 John Crowley b: 1767 d: 15 NOV 1847
      + Elizabeth M. McClain b: 1770
        3 Mary 'Polly' Crowley b: 1 OCT 1802 d: 7 MAR 1888
          + Benjamin Franklin Munkers b: 17 APR 1799

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     Sarah Montgomery McHargue was the daughter of my gr gr grandfather, John Montgomery, and he crossed the Oregon Trail in 1849.  As of this date (2-8-2003) I have 437 McHargue's in my GEDCOM!
 

1 James John McHargue b: 6 AUG 1822 d: 6 OCT 1897   see also
  + Sarah Jane Montgomery b: 7 DEC 1823 d: 18 MAY 1897
    2 Mary Ellen McHargue b: 7 DEC 1845 d: 27 DEC 1852

       McHargue children born in Oregon
    2 William McHargue b: 9 JAN 1848 d: 28 FEB 1875
    2 John R. McHargue b: 20 APR 1849 d: 29 APR 1875
    2 James J. McHargue b: 5 FEB 1851 d: 31 OCT 1932
      + Mary Emma Keeney b: 12 OCT 1858 d: 17 AUG 1927
    2 George Washington McHargue b: 27 DEC 1852 d: 17 MAR 1927
      + Mary Ellen "Ella" Walter b: 31 MAR 1858 d: 16 SEP 1940
    2 Robert Henry McHargue b: BET. 24 DEC 1854 - 1855 d: 14 JUN 1940
      + Nancy E. "Nannie" Wright b: 4 APR 1860 d: 19 JAN 1940
    2 Marion Columbus McHargue b: 20 SEP 1857 d: 20 NOV 1858
    2 Catherine Louise "Kitty" McHargue b: 21 JUN 1859 d: 6 APR 1950
      + Joseph Hume b: AUG 1853 d: 24 JUL 1937
    2 Elizabeth Elmira "Betty" McHargue b: 21 JUL 1861 d: 14 JUN 1932
      + James Andrew McFeron b: JAN 1849 d: 15 MAR 1940
    2 Ida Ann McHargue b: 27 NOV 1863 d: 14 JUN 1949
      + George William Hansen b: 1 FEB 1859 d: 4 FEB 1910
    2 Charles McHargue b: 15 MAY 1866 d: 20 NOV 1880
 
 

     It is possible that James Webb’s father, Isham Webb, crossed with him.  Isham died in Oregon in 1853.  Note the Groshong and Trullinger connections.

1 James Webb b: 21 FEB 1821 d: 4 APR 1908
  + Christina Finch b: APR 1821 d: 12 MAY 1897
    2 Mary Elizabeth Webb b: 15 NOV 1842 d: 29 DEC 1916
      + Joseph Groshong b: 17 JAN 1835 d: 23 OCT 1933
        3 Amelia Christina Groshong b: 15 JUN 1859 d: 27 JAN 1922
          + Jasper Trullinger b: 9 SEP 1850 d: 19 FEB 1936
 

1 Adam Fudge b: ABT. 1800 d: 4 JUL 1849
  + Rachel Whitaker b: ABT. 1805 d: 1867
    2 David Fudge b: 1828
      + Melissa Hammer
    2 Elizabeth Fudge b: 1829
      + Jesse Van Bibber Boone b: 1824
        3 Van Daniel Boone b: 22 MAY 1863
          + Emma Jane Ferr b: 7 OCT 1869
    2 John M. Fudge b: 22 JAN 1832 d: 1892
      + Cordelia C. Smith
    2 Maria Fudge b: 1833
      + Norman Scott
    2 Catherine Fudge b: ABT. 1836
    2 James K. Fudge b: 1839
      + Julia Allen Piper
    2 Susan Fudge b: 1840
      + William Jones
    2 William Fudge b: 27 APR 1840 d: 31 JAN 1917
    2 Julia Fudge b: 1841
      + Phillip Walter Cox
      + Robinson Ritcheson
    2 Amanda J. Fudge b: 1843 d: 1915
      + David A. Hedge
    2 Adam Fudge b: 27 JUN 1845 d: 20 MAY 1901
      + Mary Mildred Perkins b: 1845 d: 1934
        3 Grace Fudge b: 16 JUN 1870 d: 16 AUG 1871
 

     Elkanah's brother, William Mills, crossed in 1850-51.

     My connection to this family is through a Wisdom Simpson marriage.

1847  1 Elkanah Mills b: 20 DEC 1818 d: 12 JAN 1893
1847    + Laurinda Vianna Wisdom b: 20 NOV 1818 d: 18 JUL 1900
1847      2 Mary Jane Mills b: 27 SEP 1838 d: 5 MAY 1930
?              + Robert W. Brown
n/a              3 Mary Frances Brown
n/a               + Thomas R. Prather
n/a                 4 Nellie Prather
1847      2 George Washington Mills b: 27 JAN 1840
?              + Lillie Robinson
1847      2 Doctor Napoleon Mills b: 23 MAY 1842
1847      2 John Thomas Mills b: 30 JAN 1844
?              + Mary Prather
1847      2 William Perry Mills b: 9 AUG 1846 d: 9 JUL 1900
?              + Terissa Jane Crystal
 
n/a         2 Joseph Moses Mills b: 15 DEC 1848
n/a           + Lena Gilland
n/a         2 Samuel Thurston Mills b: 22 MAR 1852
n/a           + Rebecca Clark
n/a         2 Nancy Elizabeth Mills b: 8 APR 1854
n/a           + Alfred T. Beall
n/a         2 Mandana Susanna Mills b: 4 OCT 1857
n/a           + Horatio P. Shriver

     Albert Franklin Davidson crossed the Oregon Trail in 1845, and returned home to bring his family west in 1847.  He married Mary Elizabeth Munkers in 1851; she crossed in 1846 (see the 1846 Munkers family above).
 

1847  1 James Davidson b: 30 AUG 1792 d: 16 SEP 1876
1847    + Amelia Ament b: 1 APR 1799 d: 17 AUG 1878
1845      2 Albert Franklin Davidson b: 2 APR 1819 d: 1890
1846        + Mary Elizabeth Munkers b: 8 APR 1836 d: 1916  m'd 1851
n/a             3 Thomas Davidson
n/a             3 Mary Davidson
n/a         2 Lauretta Hannah Davidson b: 11 FEB 1821 d: 9 JAN 1829  died young
1847      2 James Orville Davidson b: 30 MAR 1823 d: 30 AUG 1851
?              + Mary E. Lennville
1847      2 Aurelia Ann Davidson b: 29 SEP 1825 d: 1907
?              + William Swett Barker
1847      2 Charles Henry Davidson b: 29 APR 1828 d: 12 JUN 1909
1847      2 Laurinda Jane Davidson b: 30 DEC 1830 d: 1916
?              + Samuel Goodhue b: ABT. 1830
1847      2 Thomas Luther Davidson b: 14 NOV 1833 d: 1920
?              + Mary Susan Melson
1847      2 Mary Amelia Davidson b: 16 MAR 1836 d: 1842
1847      2 Louisa Frances Davidson b: 16 APR 1840 d: 1905
?              + James Omeara
 

     Thomas Woodside and his family started across the Oregon Trail in 1847; six (including Thomas), would not complete the journey.  My connection actually has a break in it at Samuel Compton, but here it is.  Click on his name below to go to his entry in my GEDCOM.

1 Thomas Woodside b: ABT. 1790 d: 1 AUG 1847
  + Anna White b: 1795 d: 1864
    2 Anna Woodside b: ABT. 1828 d: 18 SEP 1915
      + Edward Newton White b: 27 APR 1828 d: 18 JAN 1916
         3 Jane "Jennie" White b: 24 AUG 1861 d: 27 JAN 1917
           + Samuel William Compton b: 20 MAR 1855 d: 12 MAY 1942
             + Nellie Bramble Kinder b: 13 SEP 1873 d: 22 SEP 1929
               2 Bessie Elnora Compton b: 20 JUN 1900 d: 31 DEC 1985
                 + Jacob Guy Houk b: 23 FEB 1894 d: 18 JUL 1953

1 Jacob Jr Houk b: 25 FEB 1835 d: 15 APR 1903
  + Sarah Jane Courtney b: 23 NOV 1841 d: 29 MAY 1912
    2 William Ellsworth "Alec" Houk b: 20 OCT 1868 d: 22 APR 1939
      + Nora May Montgomery b: 5 FEB 1875 d: 4 FEB 1953
        3 Jacob Guy Houk b: 23 FEB 1894 d: 18 JUL 1953
          + Bessie Elnora Compton b: 20 JUN 1900 d: 31 DEC 1985
        3 George Douglas Houk b: 4 JUN 1909 d: 6 NOV 1966
          + Helen Edna Rulaford b: 23 JAN 1908 d: 11 JUL 1997
            4 Cecil Charles Houk b:  1939
              + Rachel Ellen Fisher b:  1947

     The death dates in red indicate those who died on the Oregon Trail.

1 Thomas Woodside b: ABT. 1790 d: 1 AUG 1847
  + Anna White b: 1795 d: 1864
    2 Anna Woodside b: ABT. 1828 d: 18 SEP 1915
      + Edward Newton White b: 27 APR 1828 d: 18 JAN 1916
    2 Rachel Woodside b: ABT. 1822 d: 21 JUN 1847
      + Daniel Morgan b: ABT. 1820 d: 20 AUG 1850
        3 Thomas Morgan b: 10 APR 1842 d: 11 OCT 1918
          + Mary Elizabeth Rhea b: ABT. 1850
        3 Ann Morgan b: 15 FEB 1844 d: 15 JUN 1899
          + John A. Dickey b: BET. 1835 - 1840
        3 Seth Morgan b: 6 JAN 1846 d: 22 JUL 1915
          + Margaret Jane Hamilton b: ABT. 1850
        3 girl Morgan b: 1847 d: 24 OCT 1847
    2 Jane Woodside b: 11 JAN 1823 d: 27 JUL 1904
      + Jacob Crider Caplinger b: 13 AUG 1815
        3 Emily S. Caplinger b: ABT. 1842
        3 Henry Crider Caplinger b: ABT. 1843
          + Julia A. Cox b: ABT. 1850
        3 Anna D. Caplinger b: 21 JAN 1845
          + William M. Scott b: BET. 1835 - 1845
    2 Jacob Woodside b: 1825 d: ABT. 1864
    2 Mary Woodside b: BET. 1827 - 1828 d: 1847
    2 John Woodside b: BET. 1829 - 1830 d: 1847
    2 Sarah Woodside b: BET. 1830 - 1831
      + Pleasant Cicero Keizur b: 1828
    2 Eleanor Woodside b: BET. 1831 - 1832 d: OCT 1847
    2 Elizabeth Woodside b: BET. 1836 - 1837
      + Charles Goodchild b: BET. 1830 - 1835
 

     William Allphin lost his first wife before he crossed, and his second wife a year after they arrived in Oregon.  He did take a third wife.  To read about the Allphin and McCain families who travel together, click here. [ 1-28-2003  this link is broken]

     Mary Anderson is my connection to this family.  She was the granddaughter of my great great great grandfather William Simpson who crossed in 1846.

     1 William Thomas Allphin b: 19 NOV 1797 d: 7 OCT 1876
       + Louvica White b: ABT. 1799 d: 1837 died in Missouri
         2 Milton Jackson Allphin b: 7 NOV 1828
           + Mary Anderson b: FEB 1833            Married: abt. 1852
         2 Green White Allphin b: 2 MAY 1822 d: 18 MAR 1886
         2 Luke Prior Allphin b: 1824 d: 1900
         2 Thomas Zebulon Allphin b: 10 FEB 1827 d: 7 JUL 1884
           + Louisa McClain b: 15 OCT 1829 d: 2 JUL 1884  Married: 8 FEB 1850
         2 America Allphin b: 17 OCT 1830 d: 28 JAN 1916
           + Preston Bowman b: BET. 1825 - 1835      Married: 11 OCT 1850
         2 Francis Marion Allphin b: 1832 d: 1862
         2 Margaret Allphin b: 15 SEP 1833 d: 21 MAY 1885
         2 Lydia A. Allphin b: BET. 1834 - 1835
           + John Miller Farlow b: ABT. 1828       Married: 28 MAY 1865
       + Zellah Wells  b: 1820  d: 1848  married in Missouri 1841
         2 Rachel Allphin b: 30 NOV 1842 d: 23 MAY 1909
         2 William Woodson Allpin b: 1845 d: 1884
 

     William McClain's wife died two years before he and his children crossed the Oregon Trail; he died three years after they arrived.

     1 William McClain b: BET. 1793 - 1796 d: 1850
       + Malinda Oakley b: ABT. 1800 d: 1845 in Missouri
         2 Louisa McClain b: 15 OCT 1829 d: 2 JUL 1884
           + Thomas Zebulon Allphin b: 10 FEB 1827 d: 7 JUL 1884  Married: 8 FEB 1850
         2 Amanda McClain b: ABT. 1818
           + Joseph Kelly    Married: 1838 in MO
         2 Caroline McClain b: ABT. 1819 d: 11 OCT 1852
           + Cyrus Pitney b: 28 FEB 1819 d: ABT. 1855  Married: 1843 in MO
         2 Elizabeth Ann McClain b: ABT. 1822
           + George Embreson Young  Married: 1847 in MO
         2 Edmond Carey McClain b: 2 NOV 1825 d: 7 DEC 1917
           + Susan Elizabeth Rupes b: ABT. 1828 d: 4 JUN 1852  Married: 1847 in MO
         2 Rachel Maria McClain b: ABT. 1828
           + Thomas E. Howell b: 4 APR 1824            Married: 16 DEC 1847 in Oregon
         2 James Thomas McClain b: 7 FEB 1832 d: 16 SEP 1909
           + Olive Ogeal Linville b: 30 MAR 1848       Married: 16 OCT 1864
         2 Elvira McClain b: 17 OCT 1836 d: 15 JUN 1876
           + Titus Smith b: 5 APR 1826 d: 25 FEB 1902     Married: 27 AUG 1853
         2 Henry McClain b: BET. 1838 - 1839  died in Missouri
         2 Allie Ann McClain b: 15 SEP 1843 d: 31 JAN 1941
           + Francis Marion Allphin b: 1832 d: 1862      Married: 15 OCT 1857
           + George Washington Farrier b: 23 JUN 1833 d: 1883  Married: 24 JUL 1862
           + Asa Burbank                               Married: 1896
 

     James and Mary Fulkerson, nine children, a son-in-law, one grandson, two of James' sisters and a brother-in-law crossed the Oregon Trail in 1847.  Mary, twenty year old son Frederick, and son-in-law Hiram Dorris died on the trail.  James remarried in 1848 as did his daughter Elizabeth.

     I have at least two connections to this Fulkerson line.  The Leeper middle name of Nancy comes from her maternal grandmother; Mary Leeper a cousin of Hugh Leeper Brown who crossed in 1846.  He connects to my father's side of the family through the Blakely's.  On my mother's side is Alvis Kimsey who lost his first wife on their 1846 crossing.  He connects to me through both the Kimsey's and Simpson's.
[more Fulkerson families]

1847 1 James Monroe Fulkerson b: 28 AUG 1803 d: 31 MAY 1884
1847   + Mary Ramsey Miller b: 18 APR 1800 d: ABT. 14 JUL 1847      died on Oregon Trail
1847     2 Elizabeth Kincaid Fulkerson b: 2 JAN 1824 d: 1891
1847       + Hiram Casey Dorris b: 25 JAN 1818 d: 1847         died on Oregon Trail
1847         3 James Josiah Dorris b: 1 APR 1843 d: 21 DEC 1889
1846       + Alvis Kimsey b: 26 MAY 1816 d: 14 SEP 1865         Married: 28 SEP 1848
 1852                     + Willis Gaines b: 1810 d: 1888  Married 1857
1847     2 Sarah Amanda Fulkerson b: 2 JUL 1825 d: 20 APR 1907
1847       + Ambrose Caine b: 14 MAY 1820 d: 31 DEC 1892  Married: 30 OCT 1845
1847     2 Frederick Richard Fulkerson b: 11 OCT 1827 d: 1 JUL 1847  died on Oregon Trail
1847     2 James M. Fulkerson b: 11 JAN 1827 d: 2 OCT 1834
1847     2 Virginia Ann Fulkerson b: 22 MAR 1828 d: 1904
?          + Joshua McDanial b: 1826                       Married: 1848 in OR T.
1847     2 Margaret Fulkerson b: 4 JUN 1831 d: 1 DEC
?          + Calec Curl b: 1829                            Married: 21 MAR 1850
1847     2 Mary Fulkerson b: 6 AUG 1833 d: 22 DEC 1834
N/A      2 John Fulkerson b: 10 NOV 1835 d: 18 AUG 1837
1847     2 Hannah Rebecca Fulkerson b: 30 OCT 1838 d: 16 SEP 1931
?          + Solomon Kimsey Crowley b: 1 NOV 1833 d: 1915      Married: 22 JUL 1855
1847     2 William Holt Fulkerson b: 23 OCT 1840 d: 5 MAY 1925
1847       + Sarah Jane Craven b: 1845 d: 1900             Married: 21 NOV 1867
?      + Catherine Linville b: ABT. 1800 d: 1885           Married: 9 MAY 1848
 

     Doctor and Nancy Smith crossed the Oregon Trail in 1847.  Doctor (and that was his given name), died in Wyoming; near Fort Hall.  She remarried (John Shotwell Hunt in 1851) in Oregon.  Nancy had 4 children by he first husband (Joseph Wisdom); two of whom I know ended up in the Pacific Northwest.  There are connections between Nancy's children and my Simpson's and Kimsey's.

     1 Doctor Smith b: 28 FEB 1805 d: 1 JUL 1847    died on Oregon Trail in WY
       + Nancy Scott b: 10 MAR 1799 d: 25 MAY 1879
         2 Mandana Smith b: ABT. 1821       Married: bef. 1848
           + Duffield Kimsey b: 6 NOV 1821 d: 5 JUN 1858
         2 Elizabeth Nancy Smith b: 25 JUL 1834 d: 10 OCT 1891
           + George Washington Hunt        Married: 3 AUG 1851
         2 Moses Ira Smith b: ABT. 1830
         2 Francis M. Smith b: 25 JUL 1832
         2 Sarah Ann Smith b: ABT. 1837
           + Daniel Durbin            Married: unknown
         2 Evaline Smith b: ABT. 1840 d: 1840
         2 Doctor Smith b: 12 JUL 1842 d: 26 AUG 1860
 

     James Jory and Mary Stevens were born an married in England.  They came to North America through Canada, and crossed the Orgon Trail in 1847.

     Jory family part of Salem since 1848
     By Susan Tom
     Statesman Journal

     1 James Jory Sr b: 7 AUG 1787 d: 22 SEP 1870  Married: 28 SEP 1812
       + Mary Stevens b: 28 SEP 1792 d: 15 SEP 1875
         2 John Hicks Jory b: 7 JUL 1815 d: 14 JUN 1899  Married: 1 JAN 1846
           + Caroline Budd b: 15 FEB 1820 d: 5 APR 1904
             3 James W. Jory b: ABT. 1846 d: 17 NOV 1910
               children born in Oregon
             3 Daniel H. Jory b: MAY 1848 d: AFT. 1900
             3 Mary A. Jory b: ABT. 1849
             3 Emma E. Jory b: 4 FEB 1851 d: 19 JAN 1937
             3 Thomas Stephen Jory b: ABT. 1852 d: 15 MAR 1882    Married: 28 May 1877
               + Phoebe Lorenda "Lenna" Crooks b: MAR 1858 d: MAR 1936
                 4 Bertha Agnes Jory b: 15 JAN 1879 d: 1 JAN 1946  Married: Abt. 1897
                   + Roy E. Darby b: ABT. 1884 d: AFT. 1946
             3 John C. Jory b: 28 NOV 1854 d: 24 JUL 1878
             3 Hugh F. Jory b: AUG 1855 d: ABT. 1936
             3 Sarah Jane Jory b: 19 NOV 1858 d: 16 APR 1876
             3 Phebe E. Jory b: 21 MAR 1859 d: 14 JUN 1883
             3 Isaac N. Jory b: 24 FEB 1861 d: 16 DEC 1881
         2 Mary Stevens Jory b: 29 JUN 1817 d: NOV 1846
         2 James Jory b: 9 SEP 1820 d: 10 DEC 1905  Married: Abt. 1846
           + Sarah Ann Budd
         2 Elizabeth (Mary) Jory b: 16 JUN 1822 d: 14 DEC 1855    Married: Abt. 1848
           + John Fenn
         2 Henry Jory b: 7 APR 1824 d: 1886
         2 Thomas Jory b: 20 JAN 1826 d: 7 OCT 1912           Married: Abt. 1857
           + Mary C. Leabo
         2 William Jory b: 20 SEP 1828 d: 11 APR 1924         Married: Abt. 1856
           + Jane E. Moore
         2 Mary Jory b: 23 JUL 1831 d: 22 JAN 1833
         2 Hugh Stevens Jory b: 28 NOV 1833 d: 4 JAN 1912       Married: Abt. 1857
           + Mary Budd

     David and Hannah Davis managed to get their eight children and themselves across the Oregon Trail alive!

1 John D. Meeker b: 6 SEP 1822 d: 6 MAR 1883
  + Lydia Miller b: 30 NOV 1824
    2 Sarah Elizabeth Meeker b: ABT 1845
      + Samuel Smith b: ABT 1832
    2 Isaac Meeker b: 1 MAR 1847 d: 26 JAN 1910
      + Melvina Hale b: 28 MAY 1860
      + Mary Elizabeth Groshong b: ABT 1863
    2 William Meeker b: 23 SEP 1849 d: 17 FEB 1903
      + Mary E. Allphin b: 1855
    2 Mary Ann Meeker b: 14 SEP 1852 d: 22 MAR 1922
      + Esaias Oliver Flickinger b: 14 AUG 1844 d: 28 AUG 1896
    2 Melissa Martha Meeker b: 14 SEP 1853 d: 19 MAR 1874
      + Horace Butcher b: 1847 d: 19 FEB 1910
    2 Edward W. Meeker b: 17 JUL 1858 d: 13 MAR 1938
      + Olive Ann Allphin b: 1861 d: 29 APR 1949
 

1 Daniel Trullinger b: 12 FEB 1801 d: 23 JAN 1869
  + Elizabeth Amanda Johnson b: 10 FEB 1805 d: 18 AUG 1886
    2 Nathan H. Trullinger b: 5 JAN 1826
      + Frances Greshen
            2 Gabriel Trullinger b: 2 FEB 1824 d: 15 APR 1905
      + Sarah E. Glover b: 28 OCT 1834 d: 27 JUL 1888
    2 John Corse Trullinger b: 29 JUL 1828 d: 28 APR 1908
      + Hannah Boyle b: 27 OCT 1837
    2 Amanda Trullinger b: 4 SEP 1830
      + John Wright
    2 Mary Jane Trullinger b: 30 SEP 1833
      + Andrew Cutting
    2 Elizabeth Ellen Trullinger b: 3 JAN 1836 d: 12 JUL 1913
      + Harbison Beaumont Morgan b: 1 OCT 1834 d: 5 JAN 1915
    2 Eliza Trullinger b: 16 APR 1838 d: 25 MAR 1915
      + Rene Matoon b: ABT 1834
    2 Evangaline Trullinger b: 16 APR 1838
      + William Lowe
    2 Daniel Perry Trullinger b: 27 APR 1840 d: 1928
      + Emily Wood b: 20 JUL 1854 d: 14 APR 1911
    2 Sarah Trullinger b: 20 JAN 1843

From Gail McCormick, "Our Proud Past, A Compiled History of the Families that Settled at the End of the Oregon Trail," Mulino, OR, Gail J. McCormick Publishing Company, 1992, printed by Maverick Publications, Bend, OR, pp. 63-76:

"The decision to undertake the long journey to Oregon was made by Elizabeth Amanda Trullinger, mother of ten children. Her three oldest sons, Gabriel, 24 (b. 1824, m. Sarah Glover), Nathan H., 22 (b. 1826, m. Frances Greshen), and John Corse, 20 (b. 1828, m. Hannah Boyle), had heard that hunting and fishing were good in the Oregon Territory and were ready to leave when Elizabeth decided it would be best if the whole family went together. The other children were Amanda, 18 (b. 1830, m. John Wright then Mr. Hodson), Mary Jane 15 (b. 1833, m. Andrew Cutting then A.B. Falkner), Elizabeth Ellen, 12 (b. 1836, m. Harbision Morgan), twins Eliza (. 1838, m. Rene Matson or Mattoon) and Evangeline, 10 (b. 1838, m. William Lowe), Daniel Perry, 8 (b. 1840, m. Emily Wood), and little Sara, 5 years old (b. 1843, m. Mr. Todd). Along with Nathan's wife, Frances, and father, Daniel, they set out for Oregon on April 6, 1848, with three wagons. One was drawn by four yoke of oxen. Their entourage included cows, chickens, pigs and several horses. A family had to be quite well-to-do to travel the Oregon Trail as they had to be outfitted in advance for six months of travel.

Elizabeth Amanda John and Daniel Trullinger married on April 27, 1823. She was the daughter of Archibald Johnson, brother of Andrew Johnson, Vice President under President Lincoln. He later became President when Lincoln was assassinated. (Note by TGE: Not true. Andrew Johnson had no brother by the name of Archibald.)

Elizabeth was described as a very wise and determined woman who looked after the health and education of her children. She was also a poet, song writer and herb doctor. Her strong character was an inspiration for her children and grandchildren. Daniel Trullinger, at the age of 22, was a part-time minister for the Christian Church. He was also a farmer in Indiana.

The family arrived in Oregon and took the Barlow Trail from The Dalles. When they arrived at the toll gate, near what is now Rhododendron, they had to pay by promise as they did not have enough money left to pay the toll. They arrived in Oregon City on September 14, 1848, and wintered there.

The first year in Oregon, Gabriel worked in Oregon City at his native trade of cabinet-making. Nathan and Frances headed ten miles south of Oregon City and settled on Milk Creek near what is now Union Mills. They built a cabin and started to cultivate the land. A donation land claim was filed for this land in the Trullinger name.

In 1849, the excitement of the Gold Rush broke. Father Daniel with sons, Gabriel and John Corse, traveled by horseback to California. Daniel, being forty-seven years old, soon found panning gold too hard a work for his age, gave up and returned home.

Gabriel and John stayed for two years and returned home with a small fortune, having sometimes panned $80 per day in gold. John is said to have brought back $18,000.

The United States was offering free land for the claiming in Oregon - 320 acres for single people and 640 acres if you were married. Apprehensive that gold might become overly plentiful and land therefore would become more valuable, Gabriel and John decided to return to Oregon and look for land to settle."
 

From the narration of Fred L. Trullinger at the Trullinger family reunion, August 5, 1956:
"Elizabeth Johnson, one of ten daughters of Archibald Johnson, born in Vitenford County, Tennessee, Feb. 10, 1805, died at Roseburg, Oregon, Aug. 18, 1886, 81 years old. She left a heritage to her descendants that is truly outstanding. We can all be proud of her.

. . . Living on a farm, or ranch, with ten children, and a part-time preacher husband, was a real problem for Grandmother. Few cultivating tools, little, if any money from the contribution box, buying clothes and necessities, was really something. Grandmother with the help of the three older boys and five girls, sheared sheep for the wool for their clothing, washing, spinning and weaving, and hand sewing. Trading eggs for groceries.

This went on until 1847, when the three older boys were ready to leave for the Oregon Country, where they were told was good hunting and fishing. Nathan had married Frances Greshen in the meantime, and Grandmother figured it would be better for all of them to go. So in early spring of 1848, they started out with two wagons, two yokes of oxen, cows, chickens, pigs, and three or four horses. The covered wagon days, traveling ten or twelve miles a day, they joined a wagon train at Mississippi Crossing, and after six months coming in over the Barlow Trail, they wound up at Oregon City, where they lived through the winter of 1848 and 1849."

 

Copy of letter written by Gabriel Trullinger to his brother Daniel, spring of 1848:

Dear brother: Farewell. A long farewell. I have followed you thus far. I can follow you no farther. From the pleasant vales on Deer Creek to the green spot on Coal Creek, thence to the broad plains of Iowa, extending from innocent childhood up to the meridian of life, yea verging towards old age. But at this point our journey through life together must end. We shall see each other no more. My bones must shortly lie beneath some grassy nook of Iowa and yours behind the western hills. But in that day they will be found. Our parents and Andrew lie buried on Graham Creek, our youngest brother near the turbid waters of the Wabash, while our youngest sister lies on the Des Moines. Yet God will bring them all forth. Adieu dear brother, a long adieu. Depart in peace, obey God and love your country and be happy. And remember me when far behind the great hills. And although far removed from each other I hope strangers will act the kinsmans part and bear my body to its long resting place. And when you retire to some lonely spot beside some waterfall and view this address then remember that the hand that wrote it may be still in death. Farewell dear brother, a long farewell.
D.T. from G.T.
 

As Daniel Trullinger was leaving Iowa by covered wagon for the Oregon country, Gabriel was unable to tell his brother goodbye so he wrote this letter. The places mentioned show the family had travelled from Pennsylvania, to Ohio, to Indiana, to Illinois, to Iowa and to Oregon.

1 John Turley Crooks b: 14 SEP 1807 d: 31 JAN 1896
  + Demercy Everman b: 4 OCT 1813 d: 17 SEP 1876
    2 Barton William Crooks b: 11 JUL 1834 d: 17 OCT 1893
      + Virginia Caroline Cranfill
    2 James Andrew Crooks b: 27 NOV 1835 d: 17 MAY 1839
    2 Aaron Harlan Crooks b: 30 JUN 1837 d: 15 MAR 1882
      + Anna Farrier b: 1844
        3 Mae Louise Crooks b: 31 OCT 1868 d: 6 DEC 1953   born in Oregon
          + Henry Lemuel Montgomery b: 13 MAY 1863 d: 20 APR 1945      my connection
                 Henry was the son of Canada C. Montgomery, my gr gr grandfather
    2 Richard Harrison Crooks b: 7 NOV 1838 d: JUN 1915
    2 John Thomas Crooks b: 9 OCT 1841 d: 23 AUG 1902
      + LaVena J. Earnest
      + Josephine Harriett Fisher
    2 Joseph Henry Crooks b: 6 MAY 1843 d: 18 OCT 1918
      + America Jane Warren b: 7 NOV 1857
    2 Abraham Warford Crooks b: 31 AUG 1844 d: 16 FEB 1901
    2 Samuel Thompson Crooks b: 26 DEC 1846 d: 22 MAR 1904
           Crooks children born in Oregon
    2 Mary Jane Crooks b: 22 DEC 1848
      + Abraham H. Miller b: 9 NOV 1840 d: 23 MAR 1892
    2 Martha Ellen Crooks b: 1851
      + Owen Bowen

     William B. Cooper and Susan Higgins  were the parents of Nancy Cooper who married Benjamin Simpson; the brother of my great great great grandfather William Simpson.  I don't know when they departed Missouri to cross the Oregon Trail or if I have all of the Cooper children listed (there are more but I can't put them on the Oregon Trail), but William didn't make it.  He is buried somewhere on the plains on the trail.

     Barbara, William R., Philomen and Jaly married in Oregon 1850-1860, and I don't know how or when the spouses arrived in Oregon.  It is unknown if Susan remarried.  Click on William's name below to go to his entry in my GEDCOM on WorldConnect Project.

1848 1 William B. Cooper b: ABT. 1788 d: 1848
1848   + Susan Higgins
1846     2 Nancy Cooper b: 29 MAR 1820 d: 4 JAN 1883
1846       + Benjamin F. Simpson b: 29 MAR 1818 d: MAY 1910
1846         3 Samuel L. Simpson b: 10 NOV 1845 d: JUN 1899
1848     2 Barbara Ann Cooper b: 31 JUL 1828 d: 12 JUN 1859
****       + George Henry Murch   Married: 4 JUL 1854 in Lane Co., OR
1848     2 William R. Cooper b: 6 AUG 1831 d: 24 MAR 1911
****       + Sarah E. Guilliford   Married: 9 MAR 1850 in Lane Co., OR
1848     2 Philomen Cooper b: 8 MAR 1834 d: 30 JUL 1865
****       + Elizabeth Cartwright   Married: 9 FEB 1857 in Lane Co., OR
1848     2 Jaly Ann Cooper b: 15 SEP 1841 d: 8 MAY 1916
****       + John Henry Huffner b: ABT. 1841   Married: 6 JUN 1858 in Linn Co., OR

     In 1849 my great great grandfather John Montgomery with his wife Ellen, five children, one son in law and a young granddaughter, left Chariton Co., Missouri for California.  They stayed there until 1851; when they all moved on to Linn Co., Oregon.  Most members of this family stayed in Oregon, but a few went on to Walla Walla Co., Washington.

     This is my connection to John Montgomery.  Click his name (below) to go to his entry in my GEDCOM on Rootsweb's WorldConnect Project.  (When are you going to post your GEDCOM on WorldConnect Project??)

     1 John Montgomery b: 13 OCT 1779 d: 30 APR 1868
       + Ellen Moore b: 25 DEC 1801 d: 29 MAY 1887
         2 Canada C. Montgomery b: 19 JAN 1830 d: 4 JAN 1921
           + Eleanor Jane Blakely b: 2 DEC 1835 d: 11 JUL 1907
             3 Nora May Montgomery b: 5 FEB 1875 d: 4 FEB 1953
               + William Ellsworth "Alec" Houk b: 20 OCT 1868 d: 22 APR 1939
                 4 George Douglas Houk b: 4 JUN 1909 d: 6 NOV 1966
                   + Helen Edna Rulaford b: 23 JAN 1908 d: 11 JUL 1997
                     5 Cecil Charles Houk b:  1939

1849   John Montgomery   13 OCT 1779 - 30 APR 1868
1849   + Ellen Moore b: 25 DEC 1801 in E. TN  m. 13 JAN 1820 in MO

                Their Children

------        1. Nancy Ellen Montgomery b: 4 DEC 1820  Howard Co., MO stayed & died in MO 1912
1847        2. Sarah Jane Montgomery McHargue b: 7 DEC 1823 in Howard Co., MO
1847               + James John McHargue b: 6 AUG 1822 KY  m. 28 OCT 1844  MO  see also
1847                     Mary Ellen McHargue b: 7 DEC 1845 MO  d: 27 DEC 1852 in Brownsville, Linn Co., OR
1852  William & Lucinda Profitt McHARGUE, older brother of James John McHargue
------        3. Anna Montgomery b: ABT. 1824 in Howard Co., MO died in MO
------        4. Infant Montgomery b: ABT. 1826 in Howard Co., MO died in MO
1847        5. Robert J. Montgomery b: 15 SEP 1827 in Howard Co., MO
1846        + Eveline Jane Brown¹  b: 13 OCT 1834   m. 5 MAR 1850 in Brownsville, Linn Co., OR
1849        6. Canada C. Montgomery² b: 19 JAN 1830 in Howard Co., MO
1846            + Eleanor Jane Blakely³ b: 2 DEC 1835 TN   m. 10 MAR 1853 in Brownsville, Linn Co., OR
1849        7. Catharine Ryan Montgomery b: 15 MAR 1834 in Chariton Co., MO
1852             + Lewis Croel McCallister b: 28 MAY 1829 IL   m. 12 FEB 1854 in Brownsville, Linn Co., OR
1853  John & Mahala Smith McCALLISTER parents of Lewis Croel McCallister
1849        8. Samuel Flurry Montgomery b: 21 JAN 1836 in Chariton Co., MO
1852            + Evaline J. Tillotson ⁵  b: 1852 IN   m. 23 JAN 1870 in Polk Co., OR
1849        9. Elizabeth E. Montgomery b: 11 DEC 1842 in Chariton Co., MO
**** ⁴          + T. C. Robinson   b: 1835-40 ?   m. 28 DEC 1856 in Linn Co., OR
1852             + Nathaniel Gray Rice b: 7 SEP 1830 MO   m. 2 JAN 1862 in Brownsville, Linn Co., OR
1849      10. Henry Augustus Montgomery b: ABT. 1843 in Chariton Co., MO
**** ⁴          + Margaret E. Pitt  b: 1852 IA   m. 19 SEP 1867 in Brownsville, Linn Co., OR

¹  Eveline Jane Brown was the daughter of Hugh Leeper Brown
² Canada C. Montgomery was my great grandfather
³ Eleanor Jane Blakely Montgomery, my great grandmother, was the daughter of Captain James Blakely
⁴ I don't know when or how these persons arrived in Oregon
⁵ Her mother, Mary Clark Tillotson, died on the Oregon Trail.  George Tillotson later married the widow Almira (Yale) Moore.

     I do not know how many members of the Chandler family moved west, but John was married 25 DEC 1857 in Dallas, Polk Co., OR.  Daniel is documented to have crossed the plains in 1850.

     My connection to this family is through the mother of Elizabrth Buff, Pharaba Simpson.  Her grandfather, Thomas Simpson, is my 4x great grandfather.  Elizabeth and I are second cousins, 3 times removed.
 

1 James Chandler b: 22 FEB 1800 d: 9 FEB 1879  died in Oregon, but I don't know how or when he arrived there
  + Henrietta Fogarson Kenedy b: 1802 d: 26 MAY 1846  died in Illinois
    2 John Chandler b: 1 APR 1831 d: 7 SEP 1914
      + Elizabeth Buff b: 26 SEP 1841 d: 27 JAN 1922
    2 Daniel Chandler b: 3 FEB 1830 d: 23 SEP 1912
      + Martha Ann Doty
 

     Williams brother, Elkanah Mills, crossed in 1847.

     My connection to this family is through a Wisdom Simpson marriage.
 

    1 William Mills b: 4 JAN 1815 d: 1 AUG 1886
      + Elzira Teague b: 19 MAY 1820 d: 13 MAR 1895
        2 John Russell Mills b: 16 SEP 1837 d: 8 NOV 1903
1846  + Elzira Jane Wisdom b: 11 APR 1845 d: 21 JUN 1932
        2 Nathinial "Nat" Mills b: 7 MAY 1839 d: 1915
?        + Bell Curtley
n/a    2 Francis Mills b: 10 JUN 1842 d: 24 APR 1846  died young
n/a    2 Andrew Mills b: 2 SEP 1850 d: 29 SEP 1850    died young

n/a    2 Rachel J. Mills b: 11 OCT 1854 d: 22 MAY 1936
?        + C. C. Axtell
n/a    2 Mary Ellen Mills b: 23 JUN 1857 d: 8 MAR 1918
?        + George V. Phelps
n/a    2 Anna Mills b: 25 NOV 1859 d: 10 MAR 1910
?        + Ed M. Farquhar

1 Thomas Knight Simpson b: 10 MAR 1816 d: 20 OCT 1853
  + Rosannah Buff b: 1819 d: 5 JAN 1878
    2 Margaret Simpson
      + William Francis
    2 Allen Simpson
      + Margaret Mulkey
        3 Ann Simpson
        3 Mabel Simpson
        3 Percy Simpson
    2 Tabitha Simpson
      + Pitt Hicks
        3 Pitt Hicks
        3 Katherine Hicks
    2 William Simpson b: ABT 1840 d: 2 MAR 1904
      + Kate Hicks
    2 Mary Ann Simpson b: 25 JUL 1848 d: 29 JUN 1878
      + Hiram H. Hicks b: ABT 1852 d: 2 JUN 1886
 

     William F. Courtney is my connection to this family.  He was a 2nd cousin of my great grandmother Sarah Jane (Courtney) Houk who crosed in 1868. (see above)

1 James Coyle b: 1818 d: ABT 1856
  + Maria Boswell
    2 Lucinda Coyle b: ABT 1842
      + William F. Courtney b: 1832 crossed in 1845 (see above)
    2 Ann Coyle b: 1840
      + Thomas Jefferson Kirk
    2 Catherine Coyle b: ABT 1846
    2 Elizabeth Coyle b: ABT 1843
    2 James Coyle b: ABT 1850 d: 1882
 

     William and Sarah Philpott, with two children, crossed in 1851.  I have yet to connect this line of Philpott's to other researchers other than my first cousin, Don Houk.

           children born in Linn Co., Oregon
         2 Ann R. Philpott b: 1853
         2 Thomas Jefferson Philpott b: 14 JUN 1854 d: JAN 1925
         2 Lucy Jane Philpott b: 1857 d: 25 JUN 1888
         2 Theodosia E. "Dasia" Philpott b: 1 JAN 1860 d: 11 SEP 1938

     John's brothers Isaac and James traveled across the plains together in 1846.  He followed them in 1852.  (see my CONNECTIONS below).  Nancy died on the trail, and Isaac and James came to help him.  Isaac and Mary Leabo raised John's children.

1 John G. Leabo b: 1817 d: 1864
  + Nancy Ellison b: 30 NOV d: 1852  died on the Oregon Trail
    2 Mary Catherine Leabo b: 1837 d: 1926
      + Thomas Jory b: 20 JAN 1826 d: 7 OCT 1912
    2 Noah W. Leabo b: 1838 d: 7 DEC 1908
    2 James R. Leabo b: 1843
    2 Achless "Achilles" Leabo b: 1845
    2 Malicy Leabo b: 1847
    2 Eunice E. Leabo b: 1849
    2 Isaac Leabo b: 1851
 

1 Aaron Knight Olds b: 11 MAY 1810 d: 17 JUL 1896
  + Annette Amanda Barney d: NOV 1852
    2 Virginia Olds b: SEP 1834
    2 Charity America Olds b: 9 MAR 1837
    2 Laura Caroline Olds b: 12 AUG 1839
    2 Edward Olds
    2 Theresa Olds b: ABT 1846 d: 5 OCT 1852
    2 Ellenette Olds b: 1 MAY 1849
    2 Edgar Olds b: ABT 20 MAY 1852 d: OCT 1852
  + Martha Jane Garrison b: 3 NOV 1837 d: 24 SEP 1925
    2 Aaron Knight Jr Olds b: ABT 1871
    2 Annette A. Olds b: ABT 1873
 

     Nathaniel and Nancy Robbins lost one child in Kentucky ( Harriet who died in 1815).  Their twelve surviving children followed them to Oregon.  They lost three on the Oregon Trail.  Click on his name below to go to his entry in my GEDCOM.

         2 Mahala Robbins b: 18 JUL 1830 d: 1852  NE or KS, enroute OR
         2 Nathaniel Norval Robbins b: 5 NOV 1832 d: 26 DEC 1926
         2 Zobeda Robbins b: 16 DEC 1834 d: 13 JAN 1925 m:16 OCT 1858 in OT
           + William Sharp b: 1827  in Oregon before 10-16-1858
         2 Nancy Robbins b: 14 AUG 1837 d: 3 AUG 1871 m: 29 JUN 1856 in OT
           + Joseph Barstow   in Oregon before 6-29-1856
         2 Angeline Robbins b: 11 MAR 1841 d: 18 JUL 1862

     It is known that George W. Tillotson's family was in Indiana in 1852; his daughter Evaline was born there.  They headed west in 1852, and Mary died on the Oregon Trail.  George married Almira (Yale) Moore in Oregon in 1853.  George and Almira had at least one daughter.

     Evaline married Samuel Montgomery in 1870.  Samuel (who crossed in 1849), was the son of my great great grandfather John Montgomery.  (see 1849 above)  They settled in Walla Walla County, Washington, and had two children.

     Click on George's name below to go to his entry in my GEDCOM on WorldConnect Project.

     1 George Tillotson b. 1816 NY   d. 1890 Polk Co. OR
       + Mary Clark,  d: 1852 on the Oregon Trail
         2 William Tillotson  b: 1844  d: 6 Mar 1917 WA
         2 Evaline J. Tillotson b: 1852 d: aft. 1873
         + Samuel Flurry Montgomery b: 21 JAN 1836 MO d: 11 JUN 1880 WA
 

     The Isham name started as Isom in England.  My connection to this family is a series of marriages over to the Houk line.

     1 James Jefferson Isham b: 20 JUN 1819 d: 21 APR 1894
       + Clarissa Wynn b: 1822 d: 5 OCT 1855
         2 John Alvin Isham b: 15 MAY 1845 d: 25 AUG 1907
         2 Martha E. Isham d: ABT. 1870
         2 James Thomas Isham b: 28 SEP 1842 d: SEP 1909
         2 Mary Ann Isham b: 1846 d: 1852         died on Oregon Trail
         2 William Uriah Isham b: 7 APR 1850 d: 22 MAY 1922
           born in Oregon
         2 Allen Wynn Isham b: 7 NOV 1853 d: 23 JUN 1933

     Fielding Lewis and his wife Lucinda (along with eight children), headed west in 1852.  Lucinda and four of the children died on the Oregon Trail.

 

Don Houk  1-31-2003 says:
"I just double-checked my records and everyone of the 12 children (except Lydia) arrived in 1852.  There is quite an interesting newspaper article which reports that there were 52 members of the BILYEU family who arrived in the same 1852 wagon train, and it was reported at one time that descendants of these and several other BILYEU families numbered more than any other early Oregon pioneer family.  What were you saying about there not being any TV in those days??? Sure applied to the BILYEU's and the families that their daughters married into including my KINDER line (William KINDER being husband of 2 of the BILYEU girls, Lydia who died in MO and her younger sister Julia who died in Prineville)"
   Don Houk, Tokyo Don Houk 1938

1 William Bilyeu b: 17 MAR 1795 d: 25 JUN 1879
  + Dianna Coker b: 7 JAN 1801 d: 9 MAR 1877
    2 Lydia Bilyeu b: 10 MAR 1818 d: 14 APR 1844 died in MO
      + William Kinder b: 22 JUN 1816 d: 20 APR 1896
    2 Nancy Bilyeu b: 27 JAN 1819 d: 6 FEB 1901
      + William Richmond McCubbins b: 18 MAY 1815 d: 9 FEB 1889
    2 George Bilyeu b: 9 MAR 1820 d: 6 FEB 1898
      + Hester Jane Reed b: 26 FEB 1821 d: 12 JUN 1903
    2 John Martin VanBuren Bilyeu b: 22 FEB 1822 d: 25 OCT 1903  (see below)
      + Hannah J. Watson Wasson b: 19 AUG 1824 d: 24 MAR 1911
    2 Hubbard W. Bilyeu b: 18 DEC 1825 d: 24 MAY 1908
      + Mary Ann Worthin b: 1832 d: 29 APR 1872
    2 Julia Ann Bilyeu b: 10 JUN 1826 d: 18 JAN 1904
      + William Kinder b: 22 JUN 1816 d: 20 APR 1896
    2 Lucinda Bilyeu b: 16 MAR 1828 d: 30 JUL 1904
      + John Bryant b: 1827 d: 1903
      + William Mack
    2 Andrew Jackson Bilyeu b: 7 FEB 1830 d: 19 OCT 1896
      + Susannah Bilyeu b: 10 JUN 1830 d: 3 JAN 1909
        3 Lydia Bilyeu b: 5 MAY 1845 d: AFT 1927
          + William Butler Workman b: 13 AUG 1837 d: 3 FEB 1911
    2 William Jr Bilyeu b: 15 JAN 1832 d: 1907
      + Sarah Catherine Turner b: 9 MAY 1843 d: 17 DEC 1903
    2 Rhoda Bilyeu b: 1835 d: 10 DEC 1913
      + George B. Thomas b: 26 MAY 1826 d: 4 MAY 1917
    2 Peter Bilyeu b: 5 AUG 1837 d: 18 OCT 1901
      + Elizabeth Brenner b: 15 JUN 1843 d: 13 JAN 1921
    2 Martin Van Buren Bilyeu b: 1839 d: 7 OCT 1911
      + Rebecca Ellen Massey b: 1844
 
1 John Martin VanBuren Bilyeu b: 22 FEB 1822 d: 25 OCT 1903
  + Hannah J. Watson Wasson b: 19 AUG 1824 d: 24 MAR 1911
    2 William H. Bilyeu b: 16 OCT 1845 d: 25 MAR 1928
    2 Jacob Bilyeu b: 15 AUG 1847
    2 Diannah Bilyeu b: 28 DEC 1849
    2 Sarah J. Bilyeu b: 25 SEP 1851
    2 Elizabeth R. Bilyeu b: 11 DEC 1853
    2 Lydia Bilyeu b: 17 DEC 1855
    2 George M. Bilyeu b: 8 NOV 1857 d: 17 AUG 1938  married in Oregon
      + Melinda E. Nale b: 4 NOV 1863 d: 11 JUL 1930

     Willis and Louisa Gains, and several children, crossed the plains in 1852.  Louisa died in 1855, and Willis remarried in 1857 Elizabeth Kincaid Fulkerson; she had crossed in 1847.

     These families tie back to my fgr gr gr grandfather William Simpson; he crossed in 1846.

1 Willis Gaines b: 1810 d: 1888
  + Louisa Crowley b: 1813 d: 26 FEB 1855
    2 James F. Gaines b: 21 MAR 1835 d: 9 AUG 1853
    2 John Wesley Gaines b: 19 NOV 1836 d: 21 AUG 1921
      + Melissa Ann Kimsey b: 8 NOV 1840 d: 20 AUG 1872 married about 1860 (she crossed in 1846)
    2 Mary Elizabeth Gaines b: 20 MAR 1846 d: 1888
      + Francis M. Danials b: 1832 d: 1897 married 1864
    2 Samuel Gaines b: 24 JUN 1843 d: 1934
      + Arthusa A. X
      + Susan South b: ABT 1845 d: 1880  married 1861
      + Elizabeth Crabtree Griffin b: 1840 d: 1931  married 1899
    2 Sarah Gaines b: 1845 d: 1872
    2 Louesa Gaines b: 15 JAN 1851 d: 1 JUL 1872
    2 Rachel Gaines b: 1852
born in Oregon
    2 boy Gaines b: 13 JUN 1853 d: 13 JUN 1853
    2 Wiley Gaines b: 1854
 + Elizabeth Kincaid Fulkerson b: 2 JAN 1824 d: 1891 married in 1857 (she crossed in 1847)
    2 Hiram Gaines b: 27 JUL 1858 d: 8 OCT 1878
    2 Martha Gaines b: 25 AUG 1861 d: 25 AUG 1861
 

1 Jacob Snoderly b: 5 MAR 1810 d: 1889
  + Quintina Arminda Lett b: ABT. 1811 d: 25 JUN 1852
    2 James Houston Snoderly b: 17 MAR 1830
      + Eliza Curl b: 1837
        3 America Irene "Rena" Snoderly b: 10 FEB 1860 d: 26 FEB 1925
          + William Lester Coshow d: 4 NOV 1922
          + Jacob W. Boone
    2 George Washington Snoderly b: 25 JUL 1831
    2 A. H. Snoderly b: ABT. 1833
    2 Elizabeth Caroline Snoderly b: 5 DEC 1834
      + John Curl b: 1832 d: 1920
    2 Susannah Melissa Snoderly b: 7 FEB 1837 d: 1 APR 1898
      + John Ray b: 1834 d: 1910
        3 Francis A. Ray b: ABT. 1858
        3 Henry J. Ray b: 10 JUL 1859 d: NOV 1917
          + Hannah A. Kinder b: 14 APR 1863 d: 27 NOV 1931
            4 Archibald Ray b: BET. 1890 - 1895
              + Leone Montgomery b: BET. 1890 - 1900
            4 Roff Ray b: BET. 1890 - 1900
            4 Maude Ray b: BET. 1895 - 1905
              + Riley W. Montgomery b: BET. 1890 - 1900
        3 Elva Jane Ray b: 3 JUN 1861 d: 11 DEC 1909
          + William R. Pollard b: 19 JUN 1854 d: 1 OCT 1935
        3 George Benton Ray b: 17 AUG 1864 d: 27 APR 1922
          + Minnie A. Kinder b: 7 MAR 1872 d: 4 JAN 1953
    2 America Snoderly b: ABT. 1840
      + X Crowshaw b: ABT. 1839
    2 Laura Ann Snoderly b: 11 SEP 1842
      + X Frost b: ABT. 1841
    2 Nancy Jane Snoderly b: 1845
      + X Smith b: ABT. 1844
    2 Sarah Ellen Harriet Snoderly b: 1847
      + X Smith b: ABT. 1846
    2 John William Snoderly b: 1849 d: 28 SEP 1908
      + Martha Ann Weddle b: 1857 d: 1904
 

1 Hiram Wood b: 1827
  + Martha Ann Norris b: ABT. 1834 d: 5 MAY 1910
    2 Amos Brittain Wood b: 8 NOV 1850 d: 8 OCT 1927
      + Melissa Texana Jane Pike b: 18 MAY 1853 d: 3 JUN 1938
       Wood children born in Oregon
    2 James Abner Wood b: 3 SEP 1852 d: 7 JAN 1936
      + Mary A. Herndon b: 24 FEB 1854 d: 16 DEC 1899
    2 Samuel M. Wood b: 19 DEC 1855 d: 6 MAR 1926
      + Carrie X b: 30 NOV 1864 d: 22 OCT 1940
    2 Pauline Jane Wood b: 8 MAY 1858 d: 7 OCT 1947
      + George William Dixon b: 3 AUG 1857
    2 Hiram Franklin Wood b: 28 MAR 1860 d: 7 JAN 1955
      + Mary Luella X b: 1867 d: 8 FEB 1943
    2 Sarah E. Wood b: 5 JUL 1862 d: 6 JUN 1924
    2 William Lee Wood b: 1 DEC 1864 d: 7 JUL 1931
    2 Henry Wood b: 17 FEB 1866 d: ABT. 1949
    2 Eugene T. Wood b: 19 APR 1870 d: AFT. 1962
    2 Malvesta Wood b: 5 JAN 1874 d: 7 FEB 1879
    2 George Elby Wood b: 4 JAN 1877 d: 23 MAR 1933
 
 

1 William Wood b: 1819
  + Rebecca X
    2 Hiram Wood b: ABT. 1842
    2 James W. Wood b: ABT. 1844
    2 William H. Wood b: ABT. 1845
 

 1 Joel Cowan Inman b: 10 OCT 1824 d: 15 MAY 1902
  + Sophia Jane Hinton b: 16 SEP 1826 d: 2 APR 1893
    2 William Inman b: 1847 d: 1918
    2 Thompson Inman b: 1849 d: 1901
    2 Job Inman b: 1851 d: 1952  died on the Barlow Road
    2 James Inman b: 1852 d: 1859
    2 Eight more children were born in Oregon 1855-1871
 
see: JOEL C. INMAN TO OREGON IN 1852  by Lois Inman Baker, text and photo's
see: The Richardson - Hinton Family GEDCOM by Barbara Herring
 

     I'm not sure which year this family crossed, but it must have been 1852 or 1853.  This family has a loose connection to my Houk line.

     1 Benjamin F. Stanton b: 17 DEC 1813 d: 4 SEP 1888
       + Matilda Baldwin b: 15 MAR 1816
         2 Mary Ann Stanton b: 10 AUG 1838 d: 1922
         2 Margaret Stanton b: 25 MAY 1840 d: 1 DEC 1862
         2 Andrew B. Stanton b: 17 NOV 1841 d: 24 NOV 1891
         2 Elizabeth L. Stanton b: 11 NOV 1843 d: 11 APR 1911
         2 John E. Stanton b: 4 MAR 1847
           + Clara M. Anderson b: 1857         Married: 25 APR 1875
         2 Matilda Jane Stanton b: 19 SEP 1849 d: 8 MAR 1941
           children born in Oregon
         2 Benjamin F. Stanton b: 23 NOV 1851 d: 4 SEP 1853
         2 Adora Belle Stanton b: 21 JUL 1854 d: 3 JUN 1939
         2 Nancy Ann Stanton b: 4 MAY 1857 d: 17 MAR 1922
         2 Missouri Alice "Mary" Stanton b: 11 APR 1859 d: 17 MAY 1943
         2 George B. Stanton b: 30 JUN 1862 d: 15 DEC 1863

1 John Long Bilyeu b: 23 JUL 1824 d: 18 DEC 1892
  + Nancy Frances Workman b: 10 NOV 1828 d: 23 DEC 1927
    2 David Porter Bilyeu b: 23 JUN 1849 d: 18 FEB 1906  married 1872
      + Malinda F. Crabtree d: 1909
    2 Peter R. Bilyeu b: 15 NOV 1850 d: 22 JAN 1927  married 1876
      + Malinda Catherine Reiley b: 17 MAY 1857 d: 22 SEP 1941
    2 George Bilyeu b: 13 MAR 1852 d: OCT 1852

Bilyeu children born in Oregon
    2 Lydia Frances Bilyeu b: 5 NOV 1853 d: 21 SEP 1922
    2 Joseph Bilyeu b: 13 OCT 1855 d: 17 OCT 1935
    2 Sarah Elizabeth 'Beth' Bilyeu b: 25 JUL 1857 d: 28 APR 1940
    2 Jacob 'Jake' Bilyeu b: 15 APR 1859 d: 29 JAN 1937
    2 Rebecca J. Bilyeu b: 15 MAY 1861 d: 27 AUG 1876
    2 Perry Lee Bilyeu b: 24 SEP 1863
    2 Diana Bilyeu b: 22 SEP 1865 d: 24 SEP 1867
    2 Jasper Bilyeu b: 27 NOV 1867 d: 3 MAY 1892
    2 Michael Bilyeu b: 1 JAN 1870 d: 3 JAN 1951
    2 John Nathan 'Bud' Bilyeu b: 15 NOV 1871 d: 23 JUN 1946
      + Emma Catherine Shelton b: 14 APR 1876
    2 Nancy Evelyn 'Nan' Bilyeu b: 21 JAN 1874 d: 6 JUN 1939
 

1 William Groshong b: 11 JUL 1813
  + Amelia Inman b: 15 MAR 1812 d: 19 JUN 1900
    2 Joseph Groshong b: 17 JAN 1835 d: 23 OCT 1933
      + Mary Elizabeth Webb b: 15 NOV 1842 d: 29 DEC 1916
    2 John Henderson Groshong b: 4 JUN 1837 d: 22 DEC 1927
    2 Catherine E. Groshong b: 12 NOV 1839 d: 6 OCT 1866
      + David H. Boles
    2 Margaret Jane Groshong b: 21 MAY 1842 d: ABT 1927
      + Mathew Hoberg
    2 Jacob Nathan Groshong b: 18 AUG 1844 d: ABT 1927
      + Susanna Barnes b: ABT 1851 d: ABT 1923
    2 Daniel M. Groshong b: 12 NOV 1846 d: 28 NOV 1922
      + Harriet Alberta Webb b: ABT 1855 d: ABT 1924
    2 Emily C. Groshong b: 1 MAY 1849 d: 6 OCT 1850
    2 Lavinia Jennine Groshong b: 15 APR 1852 d: 18 NOV 1852
    2 James Monroe Groshong b: 9 DEC 1854 d: 25 FEB 1938
      + Minnie Bell Voorheis b: ABT 1860 d: ABT 1934

    Ashford Clayton and Jemima Harper both came from Perry County, Ohio.  They married in 1847, and in 1853 headed west with two small children.  The two children died along the trail.  Click on his name to go to his entry in my GEDCOM.

      Miller and Elizabeth Cooley crossed the plains in 1853.  John Day Cooley was born as soon as they reached the John Day River; hence the name.  This family connects to me through the James Blakely family who crossed much earlier.

     1 Miller Wisdom Cooley b: 18 DEC 1822 d: 9 SEP 1902
       + Elizabeth C. Hill b: 24 SEP 1825 d: 12 AUG 1916
         2 James Alvin Cooley b: 30 OCT 1844 d: 9 FEB 1914      Married: 21 JUL 1867
           + Matilda Jane Stanton b: 19 SEP 1849 d: 8 MAR 1941
         2 Henry Miller Cooley b: 28 OCT 1848 d: 26 JAN 1923      Married: 17 FEB 1878
           + Florence Howland b: 18 AUG 1858 d: 20 MAY 1923
         2 Janetta C. (Nettie) Cooley b: 2 FEB 1851 d: 31 MAY 1924  Married: 11 OCT 1874
           + Raleigh Scott b: 4 DEC 1851 d: 2 JAN 1920

           Children born in Oregon
         2 John Day Cooley b: 23 AUG 1853 d: 8 JUN 1923         Married: 20 OCT 1878
           + Elizabeth Sarah Inberg b: 13 FEB 1860
         2 Mary Elizabeth Cooley b: 20 OCT 1855
         2 Martha Frances Cooley b: 27 NOV 1857 d: 26 OCT 1922      Married: 5 MAR 1895
           + James W. Morrison b: 5 SEP 1840 d: 21 NOV 1921
         2 Nancy Amanda (Mandy) Cooley b: 29 MAR 1860 d: 15 JUL 1865
         2 Harriet Anne Cooley b: 19 FEB 1862 d: 14 NOV 1881
         2 William Jackson Cooley b: 23 MAR 1864
         2 Aaron Riley Cooley b: 25 NOV 1866

1 John Isom b: 7 OCT 1827 d: 14 MAR 1903
  + Elizabeth Messersmith b: 16 JUN 1825 d: 29 OCT 1906
    2 Sarah Margaret Isom b: 27 JUN 1849 d: MAY 1928
      + Henry Andrew Cleek b: 28 OCT 1830 d: 22 OCT 1909
        3 Francis Varina "Frankie" Cleek b: 21 OCT 1866
          + Charles Samuel Smith b: ABT 1858 d: 30 MAY 1920
          + Robert H. Rogers b: BET 1860 AND 1870
        3 Isom Cleek b: 13 MAR 1868 d: 4 MAY 1955
          + Leora Mary Montgomery b: 12 JUL 1869 d: 6 APR 1962
        3 Hugh Ira Cleek b: MAR 1870
          + Jessie Viola Clayton b: 21 JAN 1867 d: 27 SEP 1932
        3 Roy Cleek b: 8 SEP 1871 d: 7 SEP 1880
        3 Anna J. Cleek b: 29 DEC 1872 d: BEF 1880
        3 Lillian Rose Cleek b: 4 JUN 1886 d: AUG 1977
          + Chester Lee Stevenson b: 16 MAR 1883 d: APR 1978
        3 Charles Cartwright Cleek b: 4 JUN 1886 d: 15 JUL 1967
          + Fern Fox b: BET 1885 AND 1900
    2 Angelina Frances Isom b: 1851 d: 12 APR 1853
    2 Frances Ann "Fannie" Isom b: 26 NOV 1853 d: 4 AUG 1930
      + Anderson Winfield Scott Ward b: 9 SEP 1847 d: 13 DEC 1922
        3 Anna Elizabeth Ward b: 14 SEP 1872 d: 26 JUL 1964
        3 Ida Estelle Ward b: 4 DEC 1874 d: 4 JUN 1963
          + Winfield Warren Allingham
        3 Frank S. Ward b: 4 MAY 1877 d: 30 MAY 1937
          + Ressie Hale
        3 Fred Ward b: 25 FEB 1880 d: 24 AUG 1958
          + Emily Hill
        3 Adah Lois Ward b: 28 FEB 1884 d: 24 DEC 1970
          + Charles Knowland
        3 Clyde Leroy Ward b: 23 AUG 1888 d: 6 SEP 1957
          + Nancy X
          + Jennie Blaser
        3 Carrie May Ward b: 5 MAY 1890 d: 26 MAR 1958
          + Roscoe Neal
    2 Mary Catherine "Kate" Isom b: 12 OCT 1855 d: AFT 1940
      + William S. Skinner b: ABT 1850
    2 Cynthia Cornelia Isom b: SEP 1857 d: 15 OCT 1944
      + James Monroe Ward b: 14 JUN 1853 d: 20 JUL 1921
    2 David Ira Isom b: 16 AUG 1859 d: 1925
      + Sophia Elizabeth Troutman b: ABT 1861
    2 Jefferson Davis Isom b: 4 JUL 1861 d: 10 AUG 1947
      + Mabel Woolen b: ABT 1865
      + Jane Arehart b: ABT 1865
    2 Virginia Lee "Ginny" Isom b: 24 AUG 1863 d: APR 1962
      + Edward J. Lanning b: BET 1855 AND 1860
    2 Alice Varina Varing "Allie" Isom b: 10 JUN 1865 d: 5 OCT 1943
      + Franz H. Pheiffer b: ABT 1860
    2 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Isom b: 15 JUN 1867 d: 13 JUN 1944
      + Frank N. Woods b: BET 1860 AND 1865
    2 John Isom b: 29 JUL 1869 d: 1925
      + Minerva L. Monteith b: BET 1870 AND 1875
 

     I'm not sure when William and Margaret Baird crossed the Oregon Trail, but we do know that Elizabeth was born in Indiana in 1852, and Frances was born in Oregon in 1954.  The Baird's DLC is listed as # 1802 in Lane County, Oregon.  Click on William's name to go to his entry in my GEDCOM.

            born in Oregon
         2 Frances Baird b: 1854 d: BEF. 1940
         2 James Baird b: 1857 d: BEF. 1940
         2 Matilda Baird b: ABT. 1861 d: AFT. 1940

     John and Mahala McCallister crossed in 1853, but their children crossed at various times and all ended up making the trek.

n/a      1 Charles Lee Younger b: 28 DEC 1779 d: 12 NOV 1854  died in MO
n/a        + Sarah Sullivan Purcell b: 1782 d: ABT. 11 JAN 1859      died in MO
1853      2 Littleton Purcell Younger b: 18 JUN 1813 d: 23 JAN 1893
1853        + Elizabeth 'Eliza' Sampson b: 1813
1853          3 Sidney Younger b: 17 OCT 1838 d: 17 MAY 1889
1845            + Hugh Fields b: 28 DEC 1828 d: 26 NOV 1901
n/a                 4 Ann Fields b: 3 AUG 1856 d: 6 AUG 1863
n/a                 4 Emily Fields b: 21 NOV 1859 d: 15 JAN 1880
1853          3 Judy Younger b: 25 SEP 1834 d: 14 NOV 1914
1853          3 Joshua Younger b: ABT. 1836 d: BEF. 1868
1853          3 Charles S. Younger b: 1841
1853          3 Mildred Younger b: 1842
1853          3 Nero Littleton Younger b: 22 JAN 1843 d: 10 MAR 1912
1853          3 Amos Lee Younger b: 16 JAN 1847
1853          3 Eliza Younger b: 1849
1853          3 Sarah Jane Younger b: 12 DEC 1851 d: 20 JUN 1938
1846      2 Sidney Ann Younger b: 25 FEB 1817 d: 26 OCT 1907
1846        + George Washington Burnett b: 18 OCT 1811 d: 25 DEC 1877

1853 1 Lewis Tycer b: 10 MAY 1806 d: 16 JUN 1883
       + Sarah Angeline Wright b: 22 APR 1814  d: bef. 1846
1853     2 Tennessee Teresa Tycer b: 11 JAN 1834
           + James Preston Lewis b: 17 SEP 1830 d: 18 FEB 1906
1853     2 James Ellis Tycer b: 29 JUL 1830 d: 18 SEP 1912
1853     2 Orville Stansberry Tycer b: 9 JAN 1832 d: 18 SEP 1916
1853     2 Frances Fradena Fredonia "Donna" Tycer b: 15 OCT 1835 d: 22 OCT 1902
1853     2 John William Tycer b: 6 JUN 1837 d: DEC 1888
1846       + Missouri Ann Brown b: 1845 d: 22 FEB 1915

1853   + Jane Frances Sanders b: 11 JAN 1834
1853     2 Mary Susan Tycer b: 29 JUL 1847
1853     2 William Belfield Tycer b: 1852 d: 1853   died on Oregon Trail
         2 Eliza Isabel Tycer b: 6 FEB 1854 d: 25 SEP 1941
           + John B. Williams b: 1851
             3 Roy C. Williams
1853     2 Lewis Berry Tycer b: 6 NOV 1857 d: 25 NOV 1944

           children born in Oregon
         2 Columbus B. Tycer b: 23 DEC 1860
         2 Sanders Ballard "Sim" Tycer b: 6 AUG 1863 d: 15 DEC 1926
         2 Sarah Ellen Ella Tycer b: 5 JUL 1866 d: 22 MAR 1897
         2 George Benton Tycer b: 17 DEC 1868 d: 3 JAN 1941

1852-3  1 Enoch Conger b: 29 JUL 1819 d: 6 AUG 1894
1852-3    + Pamelia Hall b: 11 APR 1826 d: 15 JAN 1915
1852-3      2 Mary Elmira Conger b: 3 MAR 1847 d: 18 APR 1921
?                 + Charles Crowley
1852-3      2 Nancy Chiaretta Conger b: 5 AUG 1850 d: 30 MAR 1894
?                  + Linneaus Nathan Browning b: 14 DEC 1844 d: 16 DEC 1903
1852-3      2 Charles Washington Conger b: 13 DEC 1851 d: 15 JAN 1923
 ?                 + Samantha Scroggins

     James and Mary Pike, their four children and Mary's mother, crossed the plains in 1854.  Mary's brothers, Frederick and Carter crossed later; Frederick in 1859, and Carter

Sarah Brown Troxel b: ABT 1793 d: NOV 1862

1 James P. Pike b: 25 DEC 1822 d: 25 NOV 1895
  + Mary Troxel b: 17 MAY 1819 d: 7 DEC 1891
    2 Lydia Pike b: 17 APR 1846 d: 28 DEC 1932
      + Clinton Arnold b: ABT 1839 d: 1927
        3 Massell Arnold b: ABT 1868
    2 Nicholas Pike b: 19 FEB 1848 d: 12 JUN 1852
    2 John Pike b: 17 OCT 1849 d: 8 JUN 1852
    2 Melissa Texana Jane Pike b: 18 MAY 1853 d: 3 JUN 1938
      + Amos Brittain Wood b: 8 NOV 1850 d: 8 OCT 1927
    2 Jonathan Pike b: 13 SEP 1855 d: 26 MAR 1878  born in Oregon
    2 Cynthia Ann Pike b: 3 SEP 1857 d: 8 MAR 1862  born in Oregon
    2 Mary Joseph Pike b: 4 NOV 1859 d: 11 DEC 1946  born in Oregon
      + George Washington Savage b: 8 DEC 1853 d: 15 JUL 1935
 
 

     Soloman Crowley crossed the plains in 1855, his wife Hannah crossed in 1847.  They were married in Polk County, Oregon, July 22, 1855, and held ODLC #425.

     The Crowley line connects to my gr gr gr grandfather William Simpson.

1 Solomon Kimsey Crowley b: 1 NOV 1833 d: 1915
  + Hannah Rebecca Fulkerson b: 30 OCT 1838 d: 16 SEP 1931
All Crowley children born in Oregon
        2 Solomon Holt Crowley b: 1866
      + Laura Smith b: ABT 1860
    2 Ada Crowley b: 1872
      + David Pewtherer b: ABT 1860
    2 Effie Crowley b: 1875
      + James Craven b: BEF 1870
    2 Mary Crowley b: 1856
      + William Faulk b: BET 1850 AND 1870
    2 John F. Crowley b: 1861 d: 28 AUG 1926
      + Olive Taylor b: ABT 1865
    2 Nancy Crowley b: 1864
      + Milton Taylor b: ABT 1855
    2 Manson Crowley b: MAR 1869 d: 8 JUL 1946
      + Ida Dennis b: MAR 1871 d: 8 MAR 1960
        3 Earl Lee Crowley b: JAN 1891 d: ABT 1950
          + Hazel T. Royce b: 1891
        3 Floyd Crowley b: 1896
    2 Ora Crowley b: 1877
      + Archhibald Walker b: ABT 1855
    2 James Monroe Crowley b: 1858 d: 25 JAN 1909
      + Emma Caine b: BET 1850 AND 1880 d: BET 1850 AND 1880
        3 Douglas Crowley b: ABT 1900

1 Frederick B. Troxel b: 4 MAR 1815 d: 6 OCT 1889
  + Elizabeth Copes b: ABT 1814 d: 11 JUN 1852  died on the trail to Texas
    2 Fletcher Troxel b: 1832 d: 20 AUG 1913
    2 Strawder Troxel b: ABT 1835
    2 Mary Troxel b: ABT 1838
    2 Susan Troxel b: ABT 1840
      + Henry Vincent
    2 Phoebe Troxel b: ABT 1844 d: 25 SEP 1925
      + John Vincent
    2 Maria Troxel
    2 Robert Troxel b: 5 OCT 1846 d: 10 AUG 1929
      + Mahala Rachel Jones b: 21 JAN 1853 d: 22 DEC 1925
    2 Sarah Sally Troxel b: ABT 1849 d: 29 JUN 1852
    2 Frederick Troxel b: ABT 1850 d: 26 JUN 1852
    2 Delilah Troxel b: AFT 1850 d: 22 JUN 1852
Frederick's second wife, married on the Oregon Trail, all Troxel children below born in Oregon
  + Elizabeth Emerick b: 3 DEC 1838 d: 18 OCT 1879
    2 Charles Lewis Troxel b: 1 MAY 1860 d: AFT 1937
      + Georgeanna Hufft d: AFT 1937
    2 William Riley Troxel b: 8 NOV 1862 d: 21 JUL 1906
    2 Henry Clay Troxel b: 29 OCT 1864 d: 3 MAY 1913
      + Minnie Lou Sherman b: 1883 d: 30 DEC 1936
        3 Carrie Myrle Troxel b: 28 JUN 1904 d: 24 AUG 1993
    2 John Berry Troxel b: 29 MAY 1866
    2 General Grant Troxel b: SEP 1869
    2 Josephine Troxel b: ABT 1874
    2 Francis Marion Troxel b: ABT 1876
    2 Willis Orval Troxel b: 16 APR 1879 d: 21 SEP 1879
    2 Thomas Henderson Troxel b: 20 SEP 1879 d: 20 SEP 1879
 

1 Carter Troxel b: 25 FEB 1822 d: 1895
  + Rebecca Ann Kirkendall b: 27 JAN 1828
    2 Bradley Troxel b: 14 SEP 1848 d: 28 JUN 1924
      + Sarah Arnold b: 19 APR 1849 d: 24 FEB 1921
    2 Evan Lewis Troxel b: 12 APR 1850
    2 Joshua Troxel b: 16 MAR 1852
    2 Nicholas Troxel b: 11 FEB 1855
    2 Sarah Troxel b: 24 JAN 1857 d: 8 MAR 1901
      + Thomas Cyrenus Mulkey b: 20 JUN 1854 d: 6 MAR 1912
    2 James A. Troxel b: 3 MAR 1859 d: 14 MAR 1935
      + Melissa Adkins b: ABT 1859
    2 Lydia Ann Troxel b: 25 APR 1861  born in Oregon
      + Harvey Herron b: 1857 d: 1920
    2 John Jefferson Troxel b: 30 APR 1863 d: 20 MAR 1918  born in Oregon
      + Sarah Elizabeth Grooms b: 21 JAN 1869
    2 Carter Arnold Troxel b: 26 AUG 1865  born in Oregon
      + Mary Anderson
    2 Mary Ellen Troxel b: 11 FEB 1868 d: 11 FEB 1868  born in Oregon
 

1861-4 1 Alfred Munsell b: 25 AUG 1825 d: 3 MAY 1893    photo of his grave
1861-4   + Sarah Martha Scoville b: 26 OCT 1829
1861-4     2 Almira M. Munsell b: 12 AUG 1849 d: 13 JAN 1872
1847         + Masach Davis b: 28 FEB 1837 d: 6 MAY 1875  Married: 30 JUN 1867
1861-4     2 John Munsell
1861-4     2 Mary R. Munsell b: 27 OCT 1851 d: 30 OCT 1910
             + George Dreher                          Married: in Oregon
1861-4     2 Martha I. Munsell b: 7 SEP 1853
             + Charlie Sliderburg                     Married: in Oregon
1861-4     2 Henrietta Louisa Munsell b: 27 OCT 1854 d: 10 JAN 1917
             + William L. Hearshel                    Married: in Oregon
1861-4     2 William A. Munsell b: 22 JUN 1856 d: 18 AUG 1856
1861-4     2 Andrew Arthur Munsell b: 11 AUG 1857 d: 8 MAR 1898
             + Mary Anne Tharp b: 1860                Married: 10 NOV 1879
1861-4     2 Horace Austin Munsell b: 15 APR 1859 d: 1 MAR 1931
             + Clara Montgomery                       Married: in Oregon
1861-4     2 Albert Loomis Munsell b: 1 SEP 1861 d: 25 JAN 1917    photo of his grave
             + Susan Elizabeth Crabtree b: ABT. 1861      Married: in Oregon

           Munsell children born in Pacific Northwest
           2 Henry A. Munsell b: 2 OCT 1864 d: 1 MAY 1941
             + Sarah A. Hegley
               3 Lorraine Munsell
           2 George Alvin Munsell b: 8 MAY 1868 d: 24 SEP 1955
             + Emma Jane France b: 1875 d: 11 MAR 1936
           2 Milly Munsell b: 13 SEP 1870 d: 18 SEP 1870
 

1 Noah Leabo b: 11 JAN 1786 d: 25 NOV 1878
  + Unicy Gillette b: 17 JUL 1795
    2 John G. Leabo b: 1817 d: 1864  crossed in 1852
      + Nancy Ellison b: 30 NOV d: 1852  died on the Oregon Trail
        3 Mary Catherine Leabo b: 1837 d: 1926  m'd 1857 in Oregon
          + Thomas Jory b: 20 JAN 1826 d: 7 OCT 1912
        3 Noah W. Leabo b: 1838 d: 7 DEC 1908
        3 James R. Leabo b: 1843
        3 Achless "Achilles" Leabo b: 1845
        3 Malicy Leabo b: 1847
        3 Eunice E. Leabo b: 1849
        3 Isaac Leabo b: 1851
    2 Emily Leabo
      + Willis Tyler
    2 Isaac Jasper Leabo b: 13 OCT 1815 d: 13 MAY 1899
      + Mary May 'Polly' Lewis b: 3 OCT 1820 d: 10 SEP 1901
        3 William P. E. Leabo b: 25 AUG 1837 d: 23 AUG 1838
        3 Noah Josiah Leabo b: 25 DEC 1838 d: 18 MAR 1908
          + Amanda Mirilla Snyder
            4 William J. Leabo b: ABT 1859
            4 Isaac Leabo b: ABT 1862
            4 Noah J. Leabo b: ABT 1864
            4 Mary M. Leabo b: ABT 1868
    2 Anna Leabo b: 1819
      + James Ellison
    2 Ann Leabo b: BEF 1823
    2 Rachel Leabo b: BEF 1823
    2 James Roland Leabo b: 14 AUG 1823 d: 26 AUG 1895
      + Emily Armine Lee b: 22 JUL 1828 d: 15 DEC 1857
        3 Josiah Leabo b: ABT 1852
        3 Anna E. Leabo b: 1852
        3 Isaac H. Leabo b: 1855
    2 Catherine Leabo b: 23 OCT 1825 d: 13 JUN 1899
      + Walter Fish b: ABT 1819
        3 Hellen Fish b: ABT 1845
        3 Eleanor Elsey Fish b: 13 JAN 1846
          + Joseph Parrott
        3 Mary Unicey Fish b: 26 SEP 1847 d: 1925
          + Joseph Gribble
        3 Joseph Josiah Fish b: 5 MAY 1849 d: BEF 11 MAR 1876
        3 Isaac Peter Fish b: 8 FEB 1853 d: 21 AUG 1873
        3 James Milton Fish b: 8 FEB 1853
        3 Rachel Emily Fish b: ABT 1856
          + James W. Ryan
        3 Nancy Roxanna Fish b: 14 MAR 1858 d: 17 JUL 1952
          + Robert Snodgrass Bradley
        3 Martha Linoln Fish b: 18 SEP 1861
          + Frederick Brandon
        3 Judd Sherman Fish b: 20 SEP 1863
          + X X
    2 Josiah Joseph Leabo b: 16 MAY 1830 d: 17 FEB 1904
      + Nancy Elenor Stone b: 14 AUG 1831 d: 18 SEP 1889
        3 Unicy C. Leabo
          + X Wiser
          + William Marcus
        3 Unicy Mary Jane Leabo b: 8 DEC 1849 d: 15 AUG 1941
          + George Washington McBee b: 8 NOV 1846 d: 17 JAN 1933
 

     Mary Elizabeth Inman is the 4th cousin of Joel Cowan Inman who crossed in 1852 (see above).  This family connects, by marriage, to my Montgomery line.
 

1 William M. Mazingo b: 22 APR 1842 d: 7 APR 1927
  + Mary Elizabeth Inman b: 26 DEC 1844 d: 19 SEP 1929
    2 William Henry Mazingo b: ABT 1868  m'd in Oregon
      + Ida Elaine Cannon b: 12 AUG 1882 d: 15 SEP 1938
    2 Andrew D. Mazingo b: 28 APR 1870 d: 4 JUN 1934
      + Jettie A. Unknown   m'd  abt 1899  divorced 1901
      + N. J. Unknown  m'd abt 1905  divorced 1919
      + Nora Daisy Ladue  m'd 1921

Mazingo children born in Oregon
    2 Ida Belle Mazingo b: ABT 1873 d: 15 SEP 1938  m'd 1889
      + Elmer C. Thomas d: 19 APR 1939
    2 Kathleen Ann Mazingo b: ABT 1877  m'd 1895
      + Lauren Ben Thomas b: ABT 1871
    2 Jenette Helen Mazingo b: ABT 1879
      + Unknown Mathews
    2 Eliza Jane Mazingo b: 19 FEB 1883 d: 31 JAN 1914  m'd 1899
      + Frank Robert Whitford Gray b: 19 JUL 1870 d: 7 APR 1930
 

More to come

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AWR, Geesh! You get everything!!!
DS
 

Keep up the good work Cecil l;-)
D
 
Thank you Cecil.
MD
 

     I am a descendant of Oregon trail pioneers.  My ancestors came west over the Oregon Tail in 1862/1863.  The surnames are Wisdom and Gess.  Two Gess boys settled in Boise, Idaho while the Wisdom family traveled on to Baker City, OR.  I have been researching my family for about 7-8 years.  Are you adding to your web site or is it only for your own lines?
LS

Of course your ancestors and mine were at least well acquainted with each other, if not actually related (that part remains to be seen).  Since my Hursts and Grays had no other way to keep warm in the winter or pass the time on pleasant summer evenings, they added dozens to the population base every time someone married and managed to have descendents marry into just about every early Oregon family that passed their way. Thus, like you I am related to a large portion of the Pacific Northwest. Your ancestors frequently pop up in records pertaining to mine -- especially those who made the move from Linn and Benton Counties to Crook and Wasco Counties.

Whether we're related or not, I enjoy your updates and appreciate what you are doing by making the information so accessible. Keep up the good work!
CD
 

 

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The history of the trail is an appropriate topic for discussion
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queries, books, etc. - these are all welcome! Western states
involved would mostly be Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming,
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1 Canada C. Montgomery b: 19 JAN 1830 d: 4 JAN 1921
  + Eleanor Jane Blakely b: 2 DEC 1835 d: 11 JUL 1907
    2 Henry Lemuel Montgomery b: 13 MAY 1863 d: 20 APR 1945
      + Mae Louise Crooks b: 31 OCT 1868 d: 6 DEC 1953
        3 Florence C. Montgomery b: 3 JUL 1891 d: 15 OCT 1961
    2 Nora May Montgomery b: 5 FEB 1875 d: 4 FEB 1953
      + William Ellsworth "Alec" Houk b: 20 OCT 1868 d: 22 APR 1939
        3 George Douglas Houk b: 4 JUN 1909 d: 6 NOV 1966
          + Helen Edna Rulaford b: 23 JAN 1908 d: 11 JUL 1997
            4 Cecil Charles Houk  This is me

1 James Crooks
  + Elizabeth Warford
    2 John Turley Crooks b: 14 SEP 1807 d: 31 JAN 1896
      + Demercy Everman b: 4 OCT 1813 d: 17 SEP 1876
        3 Aaron Harlan Crooks b: 30 JUN 1837 d: 15 MAR 1882
          + Anna Farrier b: 1844
              4 Phoebe Lorenda "Lenna" Crooks b: MAR 1858 d: MAR 1936
                + Thomas Stephen Jory b: ABT 1852
              4 Mae Louise Crooks b: 31 OCT 1868 d: 6 DEC 1953
                + Henry Lemuel Montgomery b: 13 MAY 1863 d: 20 APR 1945

1 Mary Stevens b: 28 SEP 1792 d: 15 SEP 1875
  + James Jory b: 7 AUG 1787 d: 22 SEP 1870
    2 John Hicks Jory b: 7 JUL 1815
      + Caroline Budd b: 15 FEB 1820
        3 Thomas Stephen Jory b: ABT 1852
          + Phoebe Lorenda "Lenna" Crooks b: MAR 1858 d: MAR 1936
    2 Thomas Jory b: 20 JAN 1826 d: 7 OCT 1912
      + Mary Catherine Leabo b: 1837 d: 1926