James Blakely biography [manuscript], circa 1926.

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James Blakely biography [manuscript], circa 1926.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767878202

Photocopy typescript biography of Captain James Blakely, 7 pp, ca. 1926, regarding an overland journey to Oregon, his activities in Oregon and their historical context and genealogical information.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8176877

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Blakely family

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Blakely, James, 1812-1913

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Captain Blakely was born in Lynes County, Tennessee, November 26, 1812, and received his education there. In, 1846, and started for Oregon and arrived at present day Brownsville October 9 of that year. With his uncle, Hugh L. Brown, after whom Brownsville later was named, he took up a donation claim and started Brownsville in 1855. He became with his uncle a member of one of the leading mercantile establishments of that section. Source: https://sites.google.com/site/oreg...