Ebey family papers [microform] 1849-1918.

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Ebey family papers [microform] 1849-1918.

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Diaries, correspondence, financial records, photographs, and legal documents and scrapbooks concerning the overland journey from Missouri to Washington, frontier and pioneer life, politics, mining and Indian wars in Washington Territory, especially Whidbey Island. Also includes a diary and papers of Isaac Neff Ebey, as well as papers of other family members. Major correspondents include Francis A. Chenoweth, George W. Corliss, Isaac Neff Ebey, Elwood Evans, Edmund Claire Fitzhugh, Selucius Garfielde, Granville Owen Haller, William Winlock Miller, Henry Roeder, J.J.H. Van Bokkelen, William Henson Wallace, and George Frederick Whitworth.

4 35 mm. microfilm reels: negative.

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Miller, William Winlock, 1822-1876

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General William Winlock Miller was appointed surveyor of customs at Port Nisqually in 1851 and traveled overland from Illinois to Oregon arriving at Puget Sound in October. He settled in Olympia where he was twice elected mayor. Acting Governor Mason appointed Miller quartermaster general during the 1856-57 Indian wars. From the description of Accounts, 1845-1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126628 William Winlock Miller (1822-1876): Surveyor and Inspector of Revenue f...

Ebey, Winfield Scott, 1831-1865

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The Ebeys were early white settlers on Whidbey Island in Washington state. Isaac Ebey took out a claim on Whidbey Island, Washington in 1850, becoming the first permanent white settler there. The rest of the Ebey family made the overland journey from Missouri to Washington to join him there in 1854, including his wife and children, his parents, and his brother Winfield. He was elected to the Oregon territorial legislature in 1852, and drafted the bill that established Ki...

Fitzhugh, Edmund Claire.

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Chenoweth, Francis C.

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Corliss, George W.

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Whitworth, George Frederick, 1816-1907

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In 1853 George Whitworth, a minister in the Ohio Valley, set off for the Western frontier to establish a college that would provide a “good English education and a thorough religious training.” Fifty families joined his mission trek to the Northwest. By the time they reached Oregon, only Whitworth’s family had persisted. It was 30 years before he was able to revive his dream of establishing a college. “In 1883, in the village of Sumner, in Washington Territory, George Whitworth founded Sumner Ac...

Garfielde, S. (Selucius), 1822-1883

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Selucius Garfielde was a Delegate from the Territory of Washington. Selucius was born in Shoreham, Vermont on Dec. 8, 1822. He moved to Galipolis, Ohio and then to Paris, Kentucky where he worked in the newspaper trade. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1849. Garfielde immigrated to California in 1851 where he served as a member of the State House of Representatives. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1854. He practiced law in San Francisco, CA. In 1857, he...

Wallace, W. H. (William Henson), 1811-1879

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Haller, Granville O. (Granville Owen), 1820-1897

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United States Army officer, Washington State pioneer and businessman, Granville Owen Haller (1819-1897) was born in York, Pennsylvania, the last of five children. Haller served in the Seminole War and the Mexican War, and attained the rank of captain before he was stationed in the Pacific Northwest, where he actively fought Native Americans in the 1854 campaign against the Snake Indians and the 1855 Winnass Expedition. He also participated in the occupation of San Juan Island during the boundary...

Ebey, Isaac Neff, 1818-1857

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Van Bokkelen, J, J. H.

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Roeder, Henry, 1824-1902

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Farmer and sea captain of Whatcom County, Washington. Henry Roeder was born in 1824. He traveled overland to the Pacific coast, where he was a sea captain and a farmer. He died in 1902. From the guide to the Henry Roeder papers, 1850-1877, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections) ...

Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898

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Elwood Evans was born about 1828. By the early 1850's he was living in Olympia, WA. He was one of the first attorneys to practice in Olympia. As one of the early pioneers of Thurston County, WA, he was very active in political life holding many local offices. He was elected to the first Legislative Assembly in Washington Territory. In December 1862, he was appointed Secretary of Washington Territory and served William T. Pickering, Governor. Because his appointment wasn't accompanied by a bond, ...