Abernethy, George, 1807-1877

George Abernethy was born in New York City on October 7, 1807. He married Anne Cope in 1830 and accompanied Reverend Jason Lee to Oregon in 1840, where he was placed in charge of the mission store at Willamette Falls. Abernethy encouraged lumbering and fisheries and established commercial connections with the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands, California and the Atlantic coast. He was elected provisional governor of Oregon in 1845 and was reelected in 1847. In 1861 a flood wiped out most of his physical property. Afterwards he moved to Portland where he died May 2, 1877.

From the description of George Abernethy papers, 1836-1897. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 35619647

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