Listers Found this interesting history of LAPHAM who settled in DAYTON, Washington. Someone on our list knows about John Corbin LEWIS in the following list. Very nice website with lots of "new" Oregon Trail surnames and incidents. http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinn/1853/1853pg10.html home page http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinn LAPHAM, James R. - b. 3 Oct. 1811, Erie Co., N.Y.; served with Capt. Joseph Bailey's Company, 23 Oct. 1855 to 6 Feb. 1856, and in Capt. W. H. Latshaw's 2nd Bn., 13 Feb. to 9 June 1856 against Rogue River Indians; wounded at Hungry Hill; was living Dayton, Wash., after 1869, where he died in 1901. LAPHAM, Maria (Nichols) - m. James, March, 1834; d. 12 Sept. 1853, as the wagons following Elijah Elliott entered the Harney Valley, possibly at mouth of Pine Creek, in Ore.; buried five miles west, probably vicinity of Rattlesnake Creek. Children: Emily or Louise (both names given by Lapham descendents) - b. abt. 1838; d. abt. 1854, Springfield, Lane Co., Ore. Maria Ann - b. 15 Aug. 1846, Lenawee Co., Mich.; m. John Corbin Lewis, 21 Jan. 1865, at the home of George F. Colbert, Linn Co., Ore. (John was b. 1 Feb. 1842, Ky., coming to Ore. in 1845 with his parents.) John and Maria Ann Lewis moved to Dayton, Wash., area where descendants reside now. Maria d. Jan., 1942, Dayton. Laura in Seattle ADKINS, GALLOWAY, HALES, FUDGE, FINE, JOHNSON, KIRBY, TEEL, TURNER, GIBSON, PORTER