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Ref: What I Saw in California by Edwin Bryant; Introduction by Thomas D. Clark: Edwin Bryant’s funeral servicewas on Dec. 17, 1869 at Christ Church, Louisville, KY. Following the funeral service, his body was embarked on astrange odyssey, twelve years in Louisville’s Cave Hill Cemetery; in 1881the body was reburied in the company’sreserve section; and in 1888 the body was exhumed and moved to its final resting place at Spring Grove Cemetery;Cincinnati, OH.(65) Ref: Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia: a.k.a. opium tincture is an alcoholic herbal preparationcontaining 10% opium and 1% morphine.(66) See notes (61) & (67).(67) Ref: Septimus Riley Moutray information – Donner Party Rescuer…: Riley Septimus Moutray was a teamsterfor Fielding Lard, whose daughter, Mary Lucy, he married en route. Riley was born Nov. 26, 1824 to the parentsJames H. Moutray and Mary Higginbotham. Riley Septimus Moutray died Dec. 7, 1910 at Santa Clara, CA.Septimus Moutray & Mary Lucy Lard were married on the way to California, June 14, 1846: Children: Ida, Jimmie,William Elliott, Satira D., Fielding, Marcella, Mary M., Theodosia, George Riley, Nancy B., and Minnie.(68) Ref: Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains by Joel Palmer: Joel Palmer left Oregon City March 5, 1846for his return to the States. He intended to overtake seven others, who had left earlier, at Dr. Whitman’s station. “Ashort distance below the forks of Platte we met a company of forty-one wagons, under the command of a Mr.Smith……etc.” “This was on the 18th of June.”(69) Old French origin: - intestines or “innards”: In times of deprivation all parts of the animal wereutilized, liver, heart, lungs, intestines, etc. The lungs were referred to as “lights” because when boiled or used instew, the pieces would float on the surface.(70) The term is of French origin and means masterpiece.(71) Ref: Hastings Family Genealogy Page: Lansford Warren Hastings was born in 1818 in Knox Co., OH, the sonof Dr. Waitstill Hastings and Lucinda Wood. He died in 1868 (reportedly at sea en route to Brazil). He married (1)Catherine Mc Cord born aft.1819; (2) Charlotte Catherine Toler (born abt. 1825) in July 1848; and (3) Janice‘Jennie’ Mendenhall born aft. 1819. Lansford wrote The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California, published in1845. The only member of his family to support the Confederacy, he helped found a Confederate refuge in Braziland his guidebook The Emigrants’ Guide to Brazil was published in 1866. Children of Lansford W. Hastings andCharlotte Catherine Toler: William H; b. July 1849; Isobel b. 1852; Henry Clay b. 1853, d. 1854; Irving B. b. 1855;Amelia b. 1857; Henry T. b. 1860; and Charlotte b. Aug. 10, 186.(72) Thornton alludes to the Baron von Munchausen, an 18th century German officer, who was known forembellishing the stories of his life and experiences.(73) Ref: John Brisbin 1781-1846 – Brisbin Family History& Genealogy…. Morgan R. Savage, the son of PeterSwinburn Savage &
Dorintha Shaunce, was born Feb. 13, 1825 at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL, and died Sept 7, in Summit, Benton Co.,OR.(74) Thornton is evidently in error here. The “Miss Dunbar”who married Morgan Savage, was Frances Ann Brisbin,a sister of Rice Dunbar’s wife (Jane Brisbin).RootWeb’s WorldConnect Genealogy Site User Home Pages – Jackie Savage....: Frances Ann Brisbin (daughter ofJohn Brisbin) was born Oct. 17, 1828 in Morgan Co., IL. Frances Ann Brisbin married Morgan R. Savage on thetrail on June 18, 1846. Children: Martha Jane born Mar. 30, 1847; James William born Sep. 26, 1848; GeorgeWashington born Dec. 8, 1853, died Jul. 15, 1935; Charles A. born Mar. 14, 1856; Adaline A. born Mar. 20, 1858;Lydia Ann born Sep. 1, 1860; Dolly L. born Sep. 16, 1862; Mary Catherine born Apr. 10, 1865; Elizabeth Almaborn May 30, 1867; Thomas Jefferson born Nov. 17, 1869; and Ellen born Sep. 27, 1872.(75) Ref: Oregon Republican League October 2006: Johann Henry Croisan born 1817 in Neufahrn, Oberbayern, andBayern, Germany died Sept. 14, 1875 in Salem, Marion, Oregon. On Jun. 18, 1846 (near Ft. Laramie), he marriedMary Ann Hall, who was born 1830 in Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, died Jun. 9, 1912 in Salem, Marion, Oregon.Children: Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" born 1846 O.T., George Henry born 1849 O.T., Carolina Carrie born Nov 1851O.T., Edward Marion born Mar. 27, 1855 O.T., Clara born 1863 OR, & Henriette born OR.(76) Mary Ann Hall was a distant relative of Morgan and James D. Savage through their step-mother, CharlotteHassler.(77) Ref: Jessie Fremont: The son of John Pryor and Ann Beverly Whiting; John Charles Fremont was born Jan. 21,1813 at Savannah, GA, and died at New York, NY Jul. 13, 1890. On Oct. 19, 1841 he married Jesse Benton(daughter of Jesse Hart Benton, the. powerful Senator from Missouri & husband of Elizabeth Preston Mc Dowell).Children: Elizabeth Benton ‘Lilly’ b. Nov. 15, 1842, died in 1919; Benton b. Jul. 24, 1848 d. 1848 St. Louis; JohnCharles Jr. b. Apr. 19, 1851; Anne Beverly b. Feb. 1, 1853 Paris, France, d. July 11, 1853 Washington DC; andFrancis Preston ‘Frank’ b. May 17, 1855 Washington DC.(78) Lefalophodon John Torrey: John Torrey 1796-1873: The first professional botanist in the New World, Torreypublished extensively on the North American flora, advocated the "natural system" of classification that wasreplacing Linnaeus’artifical system, and collaborated with his disciple Asa Gray for many years.(79) Ref: Liatris scariosa – On Line: family: asteraceae: Liatris belongs to the aster family, witheach flower head having only fluffy disk flowers (resembling “blazing stars”) and no ray flowers. ... Common namesfor native Liatris scariosa wildflowers include Eastern blazing star, Devil’s Bite, Nieuwland’s blazing star, NewEngland blazing star and Virginia blazing star.(80) Ref: Wikipedia Botanical Dictionary: Family Asclepiadacea “(1753), the milkweeds, is a genus ofherbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species. It previously belonged to thefamily Asclepiadaceae, but this is now classified as a subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane familyApocynaceae.”(81) Ref: Biographical history of botany of St. Louis…. Dec.1908 – Edwin C. James early botanist: Edwin C. Jameswas born in
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