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Currier died in 1848.Ref: Oregon Pioneer Biographies: Jacob Manley Currier born Feb. 12, 1827 Irsburg, Veermont died. (?): married(1), in 1850 Maria Foster (daughter of Andrew Foster) born April 11, 1834 Coshocton Co., Ohio; died in-1859;married (2), in 1863 Helena Sarah Buchanan.(220) Thornton has borrowed this parable from Deuteronomy 32:11.(221) The preceding verse is from the poem, The Christian’s Home.(222) Ref: Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia: “Chaldea or Chaldaea, ‘the Chaldeans’ of the KingJames Version Old Testament, was a marshy land located in Southern Iraq and Kuwait which came to rule Babylon.Tribes of settlers who arrived in the region in 625–539 BC became known as the Chaldeans.”(223) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: “Anaximander (Ancient Greek c. 610 BC–c. 546 BC) was apre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia; Milet in modern Turkey. He belonged to theMilesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. He succeeded him and became the second master ofthat school where he counted Anaximenes and Pythagoras amongst his pupils.”(224) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: “Thales of Miletus (Greek c. 624 BC – c. 546 BC) was a pre-SocraticGreek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor, and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many, most notablyAristotle, regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition.”(225) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: “Anaxagoras (Greek: Anaxagoras, "lord of the assembly"; c. 500BC – 428 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Born in Clazomenae in Asia Minor, Anaxagoras was the firstphilosopher to bring philosophy from Ionia to Athens. He attempted to give a scientific account of eclipses, meteors,rainbows, and the sun, which he described as a fiery mass larger than the Peloponnese.”(226) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: “Pythagoras of Samos (Greek: Ho Pythagoras ho Samios,"Pythagoras the Samian”, c. 570-c. 495 BC) was an Ionian Greek philosopher and founder of the religiousmovement called Pythagoreanism.”(227) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: “Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparentmagnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derivedfrom the Ancient Greek Seirios ("scorcher"), possibly because the star's appearance was associated with summer.”(228) In 1843, Richard William’s two eldest sons, made the trip to Oregon. Ace Mountain in Douglas Co., Oregonwas named after Asa Williams in 1854. The spelling of the first name has been corrupted for many years.Ref: Emigrants to Oregon 1841 compiled by Stephenie Flora: Asa Williams (1827-1901): married Mary Smith in1815 (son of Richard and Keziah (Huckabee) Williams); 1850 living in Washington Co with parents; by 1860 wasliving in Douglas Co. Children:
Benjamin born in 1818; died in 1852; David born Jul. 7, 1819 Barren KY; died Oct. 7, 1903 Contra Costa, CA;Winifred ‘Winnie’ born in 1825, Martha born in 1829; died in 1917; Samuel born in 1833, Nathan born in 1836;Sarah born in 1839; died in 1905.CHAPTER XIII(229) This verse was taken from John Milton’s, Paradise Lost.(230) Ref: Marriage Pub. 1846: (Marriages Published in the Oregon Spectator 1846 – 1848 Bancroft’s Works – Pg.38 & 39; Pub. 1888). “Aug. 12, T.P. Powers to Mrs. Mary M. Newton – this was the Mrs. Newton whose husbandwas murdered by an Indian in the Umpqua Valley in 1846.” See also notes (158), (167), (168), & (201).(231) Ref: StateMaster Encyclopedia: “Ceanothus L., is a genus of about 50-60 species of shrubs orsmall trees in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. The genus is confined to North America with the center of itsdistribution in California……..the California species are sometimes known as California-lilac.” In the book, UnitedStates Exploring Expedition – 1849 by Charles Wilkes; Ceanothus is described as having sky-blue flowers of adelightful fragrance.(232) Ref: United States Exploring Expedition – 1849 by Charles Wilkes: - a species of laurelwith fragrant leaves.(233) Ref: William Lewis Will & Misc. Notes: “This is the William Lewis who crossed the plains to OregonTerritory in 1843, settling in the Willamette Valley near Junction City (Lewis Pioneer Families by Cook, page1851). He died there in 1882.”(234) No source found for this William Allen. He may be the son of Isaac Allen.(235) Thornton has taken this from the book The Countess Ida – A Tale of Berlin by Theodore S. Fay. TheodoreSedgwick Fay was a lawyer who held numerous diplomatic posts in Germany, Switzerland and England from 1837to 1861. He was born in New York in 1807 and died in 1898.(236) Ref: Encyclopedia Britannica: “In Greek religion, one of the Titans, the supreme trickster, anda god of fire. His intellectual side was emphasized by the apparent meaning of his name, Fore-thinker. In commonbelief he developed into a master craftsman, and in this connection he was associated with fire and the creation ofmortals.”(237) Ref: American Heritage Dictionary: Meaning: an endless & unavailing labor or task.(238) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: George Abernethy was provisional Governor of Oregon from 1845-1849.Elected June 3, 1845, George Abernethy was Oregon's first, and last, provisional Governor. George Abernethy,native New Yorker, born Oct. 6, 1807, was a merchant a Methodist, and a Whig. Generally reasonable, he showedsome autocratic tendencies, as when he personally sent J. Quinn Thornton to the national capital to plead that theUnited States take Oregon in and help against marauding Indians. The
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