Transcription from back: “Alvin T. Smith was born in Connecticut in 1800; removed to Illinois in 1840; married that year; went to Whitman Mission for the winter of 1840-41; went to Forest Grove in 1841; followed farming; Congregationalist; postmaster at West Tualatin, 1851-3, afterwards Forest Grove; died, 1885--hence 85 years old; Was at Champoeg May 2, 1843.”
Transcription from back: “Mrs. Clara Vinson Swafford, 1852. Oct. 10, 1920. As a young woman she lived in the family of Arthur Warner, near Oregon City - He was a pioneer of 1853 - for a number of years.”
Transcription from back: “Julius Augustus Stratton, Lawyer. Oregon pioneer of 1853. Brother of Rev. C. C. Stratton, Methodist Minister and Riley E. Stratton, Lawyer and Judge (circuit). Grad Willamette University.”
Transcription from back: “Mrs. Sarah Tait Stevenson, 1853, B. April 12, 1811. Pioneer of 1853. Mrs. John W. Stevenson. Photograph taken during the 1860s.”
Transcription from back: “Ann Maria Stephenson, wife of Robert E. Stephenson. Born: Jeffersonville, Indiana March 31, 1826. Died: Portland, Oregon. Ca, 1885. Acc. No. 983D009.”
Transcription from back: “James B. Stephens, pioneer of 1844. Rec’d Sept. 21, 1928, from Mrs. Sarah D. Eastman Hollister [undecipherable], a neighbor of Mr. Stephens in 1869-79.”
Transcription from back: “Cultural School, Built in 1873 & vacated in 1883 to make room for Portland Hotel. Portland Hotel Block. Public School Portland.”
Transcription from back: “April 1883, Residence Henry L. Hoyt, NW Cor. 7th (now Broadway) & Alder. Grandma Millard (Mrs. Justin Millard (Mary C.)), mother-in-law of Capt. H. L. Hoyt, Louise Hoyt Cook.”
