Aitken family papers [manuscript], 1843-1970.

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Aitken family papers [manuscript], 1843-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/751453607

Collection includes: Diary of trip from Iowa to Oregon by James Akin, 1852; Overland diary of William Vita James Johnson, 1852, with notes, 1852-1859; Correspondence of William Vita James Johnson, 1843-1862; Letters to F. S. Akin from Ben Selling, 1893-1894; Autobiography of F. S. Akin, 14 pp.; Correspondence of Alva Aitken, 1907-1970; Aitken, Johnson and Richey family genealogy; Minutes and other papers of the Fagot Club, 1900-1901.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8126671

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Fagot Club (Portland, Or.)

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Aitken family.

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Aitken is variously spelled Akin, Aikens or Aitkens. From the description of Aitken family papers [manuscript], 1843-1970. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 751453607 ...

Akin, F. S.

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Selling, Benjamin, 1852-1931

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Benjamin Selling, the son of German Jewish parents, was born in San Francisco, California on April 29, 1852. Migrating with his family to Portland, Oregon in 1862, Selling attended the Portland Academy and worked for a number of years in his father's general merchandise store. He later established several successful businesses of his own, including Akin, Selling & Company (a wholesale boot and shoe business), Moyer Clothing Company, and Ben Selling, Clothier. Selling went on to serve in the ...

Aitken, Alva

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Johnson family.

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Johnson, William, 1823-1864

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Born in Dryden, New York in 1829. Married Frances Aitken. Came to Oregon in 1852 and settled in Washington County. Died of bronchitis at Umatilla Reservation in 1862. From the description of Diary, 1852-1859. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31962348 ...

Richey family.

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