McMicken family papers 1828-1921.

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McMicken family papers 1828-1921.

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Papers of five families: the William McMicken, Gilmore Hays and John Goldsbury Parker families of Washington Territory, the Jared Ostrander family of Wisconsin, and the Asa Wells family of New York. Includes Coorespondence mainly relative to the family of William McMicken. Also: correspondence, financial records, legal documents, diaries, genealogical materials, and photographs relative to the western campaigns of the Civil War, the Sioux Indian War of 1862-1865, and the Gilmore Hayes and John Goldsbury families, 1828-1921; sketches and watercolors by Helen Parker McMicken. Major correspondents include Rowena Ostrander McMicken, Helen Parker McMicken, Maurice McMicken, Maude McMicken Tibbals, Cornelia Elizabeth Weld, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Arthur Armstrong Denny, James Tilton, William Smith King, Obadiah Benton McFadden, William Winlock Miller, and William Windom.

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McMicken family

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McMicken, Helen Parker.

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Weld, Cornelia Elizabeth.

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Tibbals, Maude McMicken.

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Ostrander, Jared F., d. 1874.

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King, William Smith.

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Tilton, James C. (James Charles)

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James Tilton was surveyor general of Washington Territory, 1854-1861, and adjutant general during the Indian War of 1855-56. From the description of Indian War Correspondence, 1855-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126631 ...

Parker, John Goldsbury, 1829-1909.

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Windom, William, 1827-1891

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U.S. senator and representative from Minnesota, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and lawyer. From the description of William Windom correspondence, 1865-1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981400 William Windom was born in Belmont County, Ohio, on May 10, 1827, the son of Hezekiah and Mercy Spencer Windom. In 1837 the family moved to Knox County, Ohio, where Windom was admitted to the bar in 1850. He commenced practice in Mount Vernon, Ohio and was elected Kno...

Hays, Gilmore, 1810-1880.

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United States. Army. Minnesota (Volunteers). 10th Regiment.

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McMicken, William, 1827-1899

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American pioneer family. The 1878 wedding of Herbert McMicken and Helen Parker links together the five pioneer families represented in the collection: the McMickens, the Parkers, the Ostranders, the Wells, and the Hays. (Rowena Wells married Jared Ostrander, their daughter Rowena married William McMicken, their Son Herbert married Helen Parker (who was a descendent of Gilmore Hays), and their daughter Maude married H.L. Tibbals.) John G. Parker lived in Olympia, Washingt...

McMicken, Herbert.

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Wells, Asa, d. 1854.

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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...

McMicken, Rowena J. Ostrander.

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Denny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899

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Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862

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Graduate of West Point who served in Mexican War. Indian agent, Governor and delegate to Congress for Washington Territory. Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee in 1860. Major General in Union Army and killed at Chantilly, Va. in 1862. From the description of Letter, Aug. 9, 1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662318 Born 1818 in Andover, Mass.; graduate of West Point; served in Mexican War, 1846-47; Indian agent for Washing...

McFadden, Obadiah Benton.

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McMicken, Maurice

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