Frank Mathias, born in about 1826 in Pennsylvania, and pioneer of 1853. He was a prominent figure of the Puget Sound community for a number of years and was living in Seattle and working as a carpenter in the early 1870s.
John Walker Grim, born June 16, 1820 in Ohio, pioneer to Oregon in 1847. Married Frances Emeline Geer and lived in Aurora, Oregon. In 1849, he became a member of the first territorial legislature of Oregon; in 1850, he became county commissioner and acted as probate judge, and was reelected in
He also served as State Senator in 1858-66 and 1878-82. He died near Aurora on January 18, 1892.
Charles Park Hogue, born January 1, 1847, in McComb, Illinois. He and his family were pioneers to Oregon in 1852. He was the son of James P. and Sarah, and lived in Linn County in 1860. In 1880, he and his family were living in Portland and he worked as a bookkeeper. Charles was the uncle of Harry Wildey Hogue, a well-known lawyer in Portland.
Amos Hoyt Morgan, born December 15, 1836, in Elmira, New York. He came to Salem, where he married Malinda (Minnie) Emily Boon on February 22, 1865. They resided in Portland for about 30 years before his death in March of 1897. He was in the wholesale commission business with Reuben Weeks, and also served as the Collector of Internal Revenue in his district from 1874 to 1879. They had two sons, Fred P. and Frank, and a daughter, Lena (McClement).
Thomas Nesmith, who was born in New Hampshire, October 5, 1810, and was the brother of James Willis Nesmith, Oregon Senator. Thomas married Rocse North on March 27, 1838, and lived in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. He died November 19, 1885.
The second wife of John Hearst Foster, pioneer of 1847. Louisa Matilda Burkhart (born 1836 in IL) was first married (July 9, 1855) to David M. Thompson (1833-1879), a harness maker, and had two children: Harriet "Hettie" Louise (m. Templeton) and Edward Lewis Thompson. She lived most of her life in Albany, Oregon.
Rev. Richard Miller, Baptist minister, who was born in Virginia in 1798. He emigrated from Missouri to Oregon in 1847 and settled on a farm near Yamhill. He suffered from poor health for half of his life, which interfered with his preaching. His wife, Nancy, died in 1863, and he followed suit in 1878.
Edward Hamilton, born in Culpepper County, Virginia, was Captain of the Volunteers in the Mexican War (1846-1848), Secretary of the Oregon Territory (1850-1853) and a Multnomah County judge for eight years.