Papers, 1846-1962 (bulk 1860-1905).

Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...

Mitchell, Israel

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Israel Mitchell, a grand-nephew of Daniel Boone, was born in Kentucky in 1796. He moved to Oregon Territory in 1847 as part of a wagon train. There Mitchell had a variety of jobs from civil engineer to judge, until he was elected to the legislature of the state. He died near Portland, Oregon in 1873. From the description of Manuscripts of Israel Mitchell, 1857-ca.1924. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 298468788 ...

Painter, Marguerite

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Swan, Alberta

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Squire, Watson C. (Watson Carvosso), 1838-1926

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Watson C. Squire was born in 1838 in New York and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1859. He was principal of the Moravia Institute in New York when the Civil War began. Over the next two years he fought as a Union soldier in the New York Volunteers 19th Infantry Regiment and served at Harper's Ferry under Gen. Nathaniel Banks. Following his graduation from Cleveland Law School in 1862, he answered the call for more men, raised the 7th Independent Company of Ohio Sharpshooters, and was commi...

Painter, Caroline Mitchell

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Ferry, Elisha P. (Elisha Peyre), 1825-1895

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Mitchell, John Hugh

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J. Mitchell owned a general mercantile store on French Prairie in the Willamette Valley. The site later became part of the town of Gervais. Accounts appear for several well-known citizens, such as Henry Failing, William Barlow, Antoine Lucier, and H. D. Boon. From the description of J. Mitchell account books, 1860-1881. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 36995911 John Mitchell was the agent for American Prisoners of War during the War of 1812. ...

United States. General Land Office

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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...

Flanders, Lizzie

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Jacobs, Orange, 1827-1914

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Orange Jacobs (May 2, 1827-May 21, 1914) was a delegate from the Territory of Washington. He was born near Genesee Valley, New York. He moved with his parents to Michigan Territory in 1831. He attended the common schools, Albion (Michigan) College and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. By 1851 he had studied law, been admitted to the Bar and established a practice in Sturgis, MI. In 1852 he crossed the Plains and settled in Jacksonville, Jackson County, OR where he continued to practice la...

Cornelius, Thomas R.

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Thomas R. Cornelius (1827-1890), emigrated to Oregon from Mississippi with his family in 1845 as a member of the Meek party. He participated in the Cayuse War of 1847-48 and the Yakima War of 1855-56 and served in the Oregon State Legislature for twenty years. In 1861 he was made a colonel by the U.S. War Department and ordered to raise a volunteer regiment, the Oregon First Cavalry, which he commanded at Ft. Walla Walla until his resignation the next year. From the description of Pa...

Stevens, Hazard, 1842-1918

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Lawyer, army officer, and public official from Massachusetts. From the description of Hazard Stevens family papers, 1835-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77939719 Attorney and military officer. From the description of Hazard Stevens papers, circa 1861-circa 1930. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 61660950 From the description of Hazard Stevens manuscript map depicting Battle of James Island, circa 1890-1900. (Washington State Univers...

Kress, John Alexander, 1839-1933

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Painter, William Charles, 1830-1900

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Government employee, clerk, carpenter, and farmer, of Washington State. From the description of Papers, 1846-1962 (bulk 1860-1905). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925093 ...

Painter, Roy

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Swan, Emily, -approximately 1864

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Painter, Charles

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