Flint, Isaac A.

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Isaac Flint was born in Chenango County, NY the youngest son in a family of three. He started his career as a farmer at the age of eighteen. In 1844 he entered the ministry and continued preaching until 1889. He left New York and traveled to Michigan and stayed a short time. In 1836 he migrated to Wisconsin where he took up a claim. By 1844 he had moved to Missouri and had married. In 1845 he and his wife crossed the plains with a team of oxen. Their party was one of the first to cross the Sierra Nevada Mountains with carts. They wintered in Sonoma County, CA . In 1846 Flint went to Oregon and remained in the Willamette Valley. After exploring the Pacific Northwest he was attracted by the gold mines of California where he stayed for three years. He was divorced from his first wife in 1851. He travelled to Wisconsin where he met and married his second wife, Emeline L. Phinney in 1853. After their marriage, they crossed the plains to the Pacific Northwest. They later settled in Yakima, WA where he became the minister of the First Christian Church. When he passed away in 1891, he was survived by his wife and six children.

From the description of Isaac A. Flint's diary, 1849-1851. (Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State). WorldCat record id: 311593473

Isaac Flint was born in Chenango County, New York.

He crossed the plains to California in 1847, moved to Oregon shortly thereafter, and lived in the Umpqua Valley. He later travelled to Wisconsin, returned to Oregon, and finally settled in Yakima, Washington, where he became the minister of the First Christian Church.

From the description of Isaac A. Flint diary, 1849. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 54359186

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