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Millican, Elijah

Elijah Millican, 1843 pioneer to Yamhill County, Oregon. He was born in 1804 in Danielsville, Georgia, and died in Lafayette, Oregon, on August 30, 1887. He was married to Lucinda Crisp and had 11 children.

Moreland, Samuel A. and Julius C.

Brothers, Samuel and Julius Moreland, two sons of Jesse and Susan (Robertson) Moreland, both of whom were born in Tennessee. Samuel was admitted to the bar in Oregon (1863) and practiced law in Portland until he was elected Justice of the Peace (1870). In 1873, he became an editorial writer of The Oregonian newspaper, and in 1881 he became editor of the Evening Telegram. He was later appointed as Police Magistrate, and was working in that capacity when he died suddenly.

Pease, Archibald L.

Archibald L. Pease, son of Captain George Anson and Mildred A. (Moore) Pease, born at Oregon City in 1859. He was trained by his father from an early age and worked for many years for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company on the Willamette and Columbia rivers. He married Ada E. Stevens, of Oysterville, in October of 1880. They had two sons: George Norman and Archie LeRoy. He died in 1919, in Portland, from prolonged illness.

Pratt, Captain L. E.

Captain L. E. Pratt, born in Douglas, Massachusetts, June 18, 1824. He arrived in Oregon, via the Isthmus, in June 1857. He shipped equipment for the first woolen mill on the Pacific Coast via the Horn at the same time that he journeyed. He became the first superintendent of this mill, built in North Salem. The mill was destroyed by fire in the early 1860s. At that time, he abandoned the business, planned and built the Oregon City Woolen Mills in 1864, and then began steamboating with the People's Transportation Company. He was married twice and left three children when he died, in November of 1899.

Robinson, Margaret Carnahan (Wilson)

Margaret Carnahan (Wilson), born February 14, 1793, near Charlotte, North Carolina, who married John Robinson in October 1815. She died at her home near Corvallis, on August 27, 1878. Their children were Elizabeth, Harriet, and Miriam. See John Robinson's photograph for more biographical information.

Guthrie, Sanford

Sanford Guthrie, who drowned in Ruddell Lake near Olympia, Washington. He was the son of Rev. Stephen Guthrie, and brother to Minerva.

Mabie, Zerviah Emeline (Huntington)

Zerviah Emeline Huntington, daughter of Harry Darby and Zerviah (Klinck) Huntington, who was born in Indiana in 1846 and arrived in Oregon Territory in 1852. She married Andrew E. Mabie on April 12, 1864 in Thurston Co., Washington Territory. She was the mother of two children, Fanny and Willie. She died in Monticello, Washington Territory, on August 13, 1872.

Dolph, Joseph N.

City Attorney of Portland in 1864-65, then U. S. District Attorney of Oregon from 1865-68. Oregon State Senator, elected in 1866, representing Multnomah County. He married Augusta E. Mulkey, and had six children.

Beers, Rachel Eliza (Hall)

Rachel Eliza Hall, survivor of the Whitman massacre and first wife of Peter W. Hall. She married Robert Beers in August of 1850. Both were residents of Linn City (now West Linn), Oregon.

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