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 764 THE CITY OF PORTLAND dent of Helena, Montana, where lie is ])resiilcnt of the Montana VVesleyan Uni- versity ; and Mrs. Martha Brown, who is living eight miles from Vancouver. In 1900 Mr. Tenney was again married, his second union being with Sarah llulett, of Vancouver. He is one of the best known farmers of this section, having for almost a half century been idenlitied with the as^ricultural interests of Clarke county, and his success proves what can be accomplished by indefatigable energy inielligently directed. RT. REV. CHARLES SCADDING. Rt. Rev. Oiarles Scadding, Episcopal bishop of Oregon, was born in Toronto, Canada, Xovember 25, 1861. He bes^an his ministry as curate with the Rev. V. S. Rainsford at St. George's church in New York city, and was for three years in charge of St. George's chai)el on Stanton street, one of the most crowded tenement districts in the world. He afterward served as rector of Trinity church at Toledo, Ohio, for five years and of Emmanuel church at La Grange, Illinois, for ten years. Dr. Scadding came to Oregon on the 12th of October, 1906, having been elected third bishop of this state by the diocesan convention which met in June of that year. He was consecrated at Emmanuel church in l.a Grange, Illinois, on the Feast of St. .Michael and .Ml. gels in 1906, and came to Port- land as successor to Ijishop Benjamin Wistar Morris, who died on the eve of Palm Sunday in that year. MRS. ANiA HAMILTON. .'mong the pioneer women now living in Oregon few can claim precedence of Mrs.. na Hamilton. As a child she first saw the si)ot where the city of Portland now stands, and at that time a solitary log cabin was the only evi- dence of human occupation. Great trees filled the valley and only a few brave settlers had taken up their homes along the streams where now are to be seen all the evidences of an advanced civilization. She has literally seen the city rise out of a wilderness and she has personally known hundreds of men and women prominent in early times who have long since passed from the stage. Mrs. Hamilton was born at Burlington, Iowa, February 9, 1842. Her par- ents, Dan ford and Mary Jane (Curtis) P.alch, were natives of Ohio, but they were married in Iowa and crossed the plains in 1847. There were forty ox teams in the train and the hardships of the journey were much more severe than those ordinarily experienced. The party was attacked by Indians, but un- der the leadership of an experienced pioneer the savages were driven off and a great danger was averted. While on the trail a son was added to uie lamny. ette and went into cam]). Location was made at a s])ot in the woods which Mrs. Hamilton identifies as the corner of Front and Washington streets. Early in the following spring Mr. Balch moved out on the jilains to a log cabin owned by a Mr. Wilkins, a farmer, who gave employment to the newcomer. In 1848 he accompanied the general movement of the able-bodied men to the newly dis- covered placer mines in California, returning in 1849. The death of Mrs. Wilkins brought additional responsibilities, a family of children being thus left motherless, and with the true pioneer spirit Mrs. Balch took charge of these children imtil other arranijcments were made. In the fall of 1850 Mr. Balch I'uilt a log caliin near what is now the corner of Twenty-seventh and Northrup streets and there the family lived for a number of years. He died in i860 and his wife departed this life fifteen years later. They had nine children: Anna,
 * t the end of seven months the weary travelers entered the valley of the Willam-