Unidentified male member of Morton family

Charles W. Nagle

William S. Powell, born at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on September 22, 1832, to Dr. John and Mary (Scoles) Powell. In 1852, he came to Oregon, landing in Portland on the steamer 'Multnomah' on October 4th. He was a carpenter in the early years and, in 1855, married Helen C. Hill, a step daughter of Stephen Coffin. In 1864, he raised Company D, First Oregon Infantry, of which he was named Captain. After time in Eastern Oregon, he was mustered out in 1866 and returned to Portland, where he purchased an interest in Oregon Iron Works. After disaster struck that business, he went to Dayton and worked in sawmilling for 16 years. He returned to Portland to open a grocery and commission business with J. J. Shipl(e)y. He and Helen had six children, three of whom survived well into adulthood: Mary L. (Shipl(e)y), Charles A., and Frankie (Haseltine). He died January 24, 1918, a number of weeks after falling and breaking his hip.

Sophia Christina Taylor, born in July 1849, in Harrison, Ohio, to Peter and Sarah Sophia Taylor. She married Irving W. Pratt, born in New York, in 1874, and they settled in Portland. Her family had come via the Isthmus from New York to Oregon in 1854. She and Irving had seven children, six of whom survived to adulthood. A teacher in Portland schools for many years, Sophia died April 1, 1911, in Portland.