Milton Shannon letter to Joseph Henry Brown [manuscript], 1878 November 6.

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Milton Shannon letter to Joseph Henry Brown [manuscript], 1878 November 6.

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Letter from Milton Shannon, Monroe, Oregon, to Joseph Henry Brown, 1 p, regarding information about Stephen Tarbox, Oregon pioneer of 1843, for use in his obituary.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Shannon, Milton, 1823-1903.

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Tarbox, Stephen, d. 1878.

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Brown, J. Henry (Joseph Henry), 1837-1898

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Joseph Henry Brown, pioneer and historian of Salem, Oregon, was born near Wilmington, Will County, Illinois, in 1837, and came overland to Oregon with his parents in 1847. He served as an apprentice with the Oregon Statesman in Salem in the late 1850s, went to California in 1858, and after various enterprises in The Dalles and elsewhere returned to the printing trade in Salem. He joined the First Oregon Cavalry in 1861 and saw service fighting Indians in eastern Oregon. He served as a clerk in t...