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Rh the women who were thus led into the wilderness. To her family she left the heritage of a saintly memory.

Of the nine children who started with John Tucker and Anna Scott to Oregon by the ox team route in 1852, three having previously died in infancy, the youngest, William Niell, died en route at the age of four years and, like his mother, was buried by the roadside in what is now Baker county, a few miles from Durkee. The remaining children with their father reached Oregon City late in October, 1852. They pushed on a few miles further up the valley and after sojourning a few weeks at the home of Neill Johnson, of French Prairie, passed on to La Fayette, Yamhill county, where the first home of the family in Oregon territory was set up.

Of the eight surviving children the eldest, Mary Frances, was married August 16, 1853, to Amos Cook, a pioneer of 1840, who died at the family home near La Fayette, Yamhill county, February 6, 1895. His widow is still a resident of Portland. They had six children: Lillian, the wife of W. P. Olds; Agnes, wife of Judge W. L. Bradshaw of The Dalles; Maude, wife of F. P. Young; Pearl, who resides with her mother; and two who died in infancy.

Abigail Jane Scott, the second daughter of John Tucker Scott, was married August 1, 1853, to Benjamin C. Duniway, who died August 4, 1895. They had six children: Clara, who became the wife of D. H. Stearns and died January 26, 1886; WilHs Scott, of Salem, Oregon; Hubert R., of New York; Wilkie C. and Ralph R., both of Portland; and Clyde Augustus, president of the University of Montana at Missoula.

Margaret Anne, the third daughter, was married in April, 1854, to George W. Fearnside and died September 28, 1865, leaving five daughters, of whom the following survive: Mrs. A. B. Eastman, of Vancouver, Washington; Mrs. Charles Smith, of Los Angeles; and Mrs. E. M. Philebaum, of Sunnyside, Washington.

Harvey W. Scott, the oldest son, long editor of the Oregonian and one of the distinguished men of the northwest, is mentioned at length elsewhere in this volume.

Catharine Amanda, the fourth daughter, was born November 30, 1839, and was married June 23, 1857, to John R. Coburn.

Harriet Louisa Scott, the fifth daughter, was born March 9, 1841, and on the 25th of November, 1856, became the wife of William R. McCord. Of their six children four are living: Dora, the wife of L. R. Archer, of Aberdeen, Washington; Jessie, living with her mother in Portland; Myrtle, the wife of Philip Huf of Seattle; and James Sterling, of Portland. Her second husband was Isaac Palmer, who died in 1907.

John Henry Scott, born October 1, 1845, died May 1, 1863, a young man of great promise.

Sarah Maria Scott, born April 22, 1847, was married June 23, 1869, to J. M. Kelty, who died November 24, 190 1. Her four children are Paul R., Carl S., Mrs. Edith M. Alderman and Mrs. Emily Q. Riesland, all of Portland.

John R. Coburn, who, on the 23d of June, 1857, married Catharine Amanda, the fourth daughter of the Scott family, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, July 5, 1830, and when twenty-two years of age came to Oregon territory. For many years he was identified with steamboat building on the Willamette river above the falls, and in business circles as in private life was recognized as a man of industry and probity. He died at Canemah, the family home, July 15, 1868, leaving four daughters, only one of whom is now living, Ada, the wife of Albert Hawkins, of Clarke county, Washington. His other descendants are Dennis Coburn Pillsbury, a grandson, and Jean Catharine Slauson, a granddaughter.

When Catharine A. Coburn, in 1868, was left a widow with four young daughters, and confronted the necessity of earning a livelihood, she took up the work of teaching in a district school in Canemah, Clackamas county, where she remained until 1872. In March of the latter year, she removed to Forest Grove, where she was principal of the public school for two years, and in 1874 she