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The immigration of 1847 from its numbers and general competency materially assisted in the develop-

19 he removed with his parents to Ind., where he married Sarah ^u^ond. Oct 15 1817. In 1835 he went west as far as Louisa Co., Iowa where he resided until 1847, when he came to Oregon and settled in Polk Co in the Spring of 1S48, where he lived till his death, November 14, 18/1. Id., Nov.

^M^Emmeline Buell Blair, wife of T. R. Bto, and ^™JJ l ™ Buell was born in Tippecanoe Co., Ind., Feb 29, 1829. fehe marneci Mi Blair in Oregon in 1850; and died July 6, 1877, leaving several children. Id.,

Al^ Mr 9 sM 8 ™retMcBride^Yood 3 , born May 27, 1809, inTenn was a daughter of £fC and Nancy McBride The family removal to M^rnn 1816 where Margaret was married to Caleb Woods m 1828 and emigrated with him to Oregon, in company with her brother Dr James McBride and his amlv The sons of this marriage were two, George Lemuel Woods, who wS governor of Oregon for one term, and James C Woods, merchant. She was governoioi wi .8 y 2? l871 c T b Woods has since re-

died at her home m Polk Co., Jan. z/, 10/1. v, sided at Columbia City on the Columbia river. Id., *eb. ^o, l&/ 1.

^Pn^min E Stewart youngest of 11 children, was born near Newark, Ohio April 8 1815 He was Apprenticed to a saddler, and engaged m this busTnefsTt Pmdley, Hancock c£ where he m^ried Ann C™ £•«>£*£ tember 28 1837. Before coming to Oregon he lived tor several years m Putnam Co Ohio He settled finally in Yamhill Co., on a farm, where he ^dTiniuneTreceived by a fall, on "the 18th of Aug., 1877, leaving a wife anrl 3 sons and 3 daughters. Id., Sept. 6, 18/7. -'

taS. Hurfofd, wife of Joseph K. Hurford born m Va tad at Port- land in the 5Sth year of her age Aug. 19, 1877. ,/M» 23. Ug*

Joseph Jeffers was born in Washington, D C October! '- '"Y'a*? movea to Wheeling Va., in 1825, and was married to.Sarah Crawford of that place, November 19 1829. He moved to Burlington, Iowa, in 183/, where he be- Sim a Keeled exhorter of the Methodist church On going to Orego, he

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Tf nB whence ^emigrated to Canada, where he participated in the patriot w^f of 183 8, having 8 commanded a gun in one of fm \attles, and i^a.d to have been a colonel. After the insurrection he fled to the United State, to escape arrest. He was employed in a flouring mill at t™" some

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'"i'JI^loiiroe Hodges was born in Melburne Co., S. C Dec. 18, 1788. In IS, he married Catherine Stanley of N. C. He served in .he , war of 181 and fought under General Jackson at Horse Shoe Bend. In 1817 he moved