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raising. The men of 1847 were not like those of 1 843

City, and edited the Gazette. He several times filled the office of c ity teo*^, anef about 1870 was elected justice of the peace, which office he held until failing health drove him to San Bernardino, where he died in 1872

William Allphin, a native of Kentucky, was born Nov. 17, 1777. On be coming of age he removed to Indiana, settled at Indianapolis, and engaged m tZ manufacture of brick, furnishing the material for the walls of the > state - housTin that city. In 1837 he removed to Illinois, and 10 years later to Ore- gon where he kiated in Linn County, 8 miles east of Albany. He was twice a member of the territorial legislature, and held several other offices to which he wS elected by the people" He died October 1876, within 13 .months of the age of 100 years, leaving a memory revered Corvalhs ^^ &**>> Albany Weekly Register, Dec. 11, 1876; Salem Statesman, O ct 13 187 6

AN Locke born in Virginia in 1810, moved to Mo. in 1820, and to Oregon in 1847 He was among the late arrivals of that year, 'having suffered mcSble hardships.' He settled in Benton County a few mi esm > rt h ot

OCt Robert 87 Houston, born in Madison County, Kentucky, February 1793

removed to Shelby County Ohio, in 1805, and resided there uaM ^to

k 1827 he married Miss Mary Brown, having by her b child en. J™*™^&

in Ohio he served as associate ustice for 7 years, and filled other stations oi

^i.twith credit On reaching Oregon in September 1847, he selected a farm

n UnnC^X"'^ he resicfed till his death in September 1876 surrounded

v h r c hildrenand grandchildren, and esteemed by all He lived long in the

enj^mentorthe simple pleasures of country life, as he had desired. Albany

htate Rights Democrat, Sept. 15, 1876 r v . TpTmesgee Nov

Leander C Burkhart was born in Hawkins County, Last lennessee, l^ov. 1 4 1823 Emigrating to Oregon in 1 847, he settled in Linn County m company with his father and a numerous relationship, amassing a large fortune with- It losing his high reputation for integrity, being possessed of a sterling worth acknowledged by all men. He died at his residence half a mile east of Albany,

N ° Samue r i Laughlm was born in South Carolina in 1791, removed to Missouri in 182? where he resided until 1847, being twice married, and having 7 chil- dren bv each wife, an equal number of boys and girls.

Mrs Asenalh M Luelling Bozarth, daughter of Henderson LueUing, came

wither iTarens to Oregon from Indiana in 1847- She was the mother of

7l children 4sons and 7 daughters, 10 of whom survived her. She died at

he home of her husband, John S. Bozarth, on Lewis River, Cowlitz County,

wSereX had resided 22 'years, on the 30th of November, 1874, aged 40 years.

XT/ffird ^ttfed 18 ^ what is now Hubbard Station in Marion ( 'ountv in the spring of 1848. Mrs Margaret Hubbard died at her home in tlT^MbS??, 1879, aged 68 years. She was f. native of Ky but rnarried Mr Hubbard in Mo. After marriage she resided m Pike County, 111. married Mr riuooar wedding would have been cele-

^t^ ^^^^^^^^^^ Portland Grecian,

^wi ah Prison was born in Harrison Co., Ky., which county was named aflitSr He was for several years in the Rocky Mountains with ^l^s^tlettle^n South Salem in 1847, where he died at the age of 7fi vpars. Mav 27 1877. Portland Standard, June 1, IS //.

Joseph Merr 11 born in Ross Co., Ohio, Nov. 15, 1818 removed with his

ItTr, Til at the aee of 10 years, returned to Ohio when he attained his

nl^ftyTand ^ed^ene^year a Miss Freeman of Chillicothe, the cere-