Turner Richardson Roundtree, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War in Illinois. He was born in Kentucky in 1795, the eldest child of Dudley Roundtree. He married Mary "Polly" Ferguson on January 12, 1815, in Hardin County, Kentucky. In 1830, they removed to Illinois, and in 1852 they came west to Oregon, quickly settling on Boistfort Prairie, Lewis County, Washington Territory. He apparently made a small fortune there, but died on the Steamer "Carrie Davis," on a return trip from Claquato, on March 21, 1868.