This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FdF.2ACEB/268.268 Message Board Post: Sarah, I am not a descendant of your family tree. You may already have the following Information. A Paul Brattain/Bratton was in a wagon train that left the Iowa area in 1852 and traveled to Oregon. My great-great-great grandfather was a member of this party. The party ended in Lane county Oregon.