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Charles Sauljoni was ili'owiied iu the WiUaiuetle river near Eugene City, October, 1875.

John F. Tayhir never had a home, but lived among the old settlers, dying at tlie age of 7b, and buried at public charge, an exception generally in his habits to his old companions.

Samuel Whitley, resided on the southern border of Marion county — a native of Virginia — and died September, 1868, age 80 yeai-s.

William S. Barker, a cabinetmaker, settled at Salem, where he died July 2, 1869, having been a respected citizen of Oregon tor 22 years.

William Whitney, a native of Stately, Huntingdonshire, England, born iu 1808, at the age of 19 married Elizabeth Taylor, of Bourne, Lincolnshire, and moved to the United States iu 1832. Their iirst residence was in Pennsylvania; and from there they removed to Indiana, and in 1847 joined the emigi-ation to Oregon, having at this time a family of six children. AVhitney settled in Marion county, and in 1848 went to the California mines and met with good success. He died at Butteville, June 1st, 1878, three years after his wife, who died April 4, 1875.

Rev. P. J. McCormick, who came to Oregon in the ship L'Etoile du Matin, be- fore mentioned, was a man of very plain parts, and of an Irish family of not the very best blood. On ai-riving at Oregon City, he was stationed there for some time, where he was compelled to perform every menial service, even to washing his linen, though a man of accomplishments. Falling ill from this cheerless way of living, he was ordei'ed to the uplands of Chile, where he resided twenty years ; thence returning to Oregon, he resided there until his death in 1874, w-ell known for his talents and virtues. Portland Bulletin, December 14, 1874.

William McKinney w'as born in Howard county, Missouri, August 20, 1820. In April, 1847, he married Matilda Darby, and started with the immigrations for Oregon, settling in Marion county. He died October 20, 1875. leaving a family of eleven children to whose welfare he was truly devoted. In losing him the community lost a good citizen. Portland Oregonian, November 6, 1875.

James Pulton, born at Paoli, Orange county, Indiana, in 1816, emigrated to Missouri in 1840, and to Oregon in 1847. His father laid out the town of Paoli, and with Blackstone, Hallowell, Lindley, and Hopper, built the half-moon fort at that place in General Harrison's campaign. Settled in Yamhill county where he remained for ten years, when he removed to Wasco county, where he died in 1896. He saw service in the Yakima Indian war of 1855-56. A number of his ancestors served in the Revolutionary war. He sensed one term in the legislature.

Ephraim Adams, born in New Jersey in 1799, removed in 1835 to Ohio, in 1839 to Missouri, and thence to Oregon with his family. Located in Yamhill county, he spent the remainder of a long life in Oregon, dying January 15, 1876, at McMinnville, respected and regretted by his acquaintances of twenty-nine years. Oregon Statesman, Jan. 22, 1876.

H. L. Aikin, born in England in 1818, emigrated with his parents to the United States in his childhood. At the age of 29 he left Illinois, where his father was settled, to go to Oregon. He chose a residence in Clatsop county, where he lived a man of note in his community, dying at Astoria in April, 1875, leaving three immediate descendants, a son and two daughters, his wife having died be- fore him. Portland Oregonian, April 24, 1875; Oregon City Enterprise, April 23, 1875.

Isaac W. Bewley, began the westward movement by leaving Indiana for Mis- souri in 1837, and thence on to Oregon. He is the brother of John W. Bewley of La Fayette, Indiana, and of Rev. Anthony Bewley. who w'as hanged by a southern mob in Texas, at the breaking out of the rebellion, for his fearless advocacy of human rights. Mr. I. W. Bewley settled on a farm in Tillamook county, Oregon, about as near sunset as any spot in the United States. Lafayette (Ind.) Bee, in Portland Oregonian, Oct. 31