All my relations; (#4) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Margarita - This is a new set of kids I haven't sent you yet... just remembered them! Three kids who traveled the Oregon Trail from Missouri to Oregon in 1850: Thomas Jefferson HOWELL who at 9 years old traveled with his family in 1850; he was born on 9 Oct 1841 in Cooper County, Missouri. Hanna Ann Rebecca HOWELL was 11 years old, she was born on 17 Dec 1839 in Cooper County, Missouri. Sarah Catherine HOWELL (my ancestor), was 17 years old and was born on 7 Feb 1833 in Millerstown, Perry County, Pennsylvania. She later married another Oregon Trail pioneer, Martin GILLIHAN who traveled the Oregon Trail in 1844 and later panned for gold in California! Two other siblings who were adults in 1850 were; John Benjamin HOWELL born in 1830 and Joseph HOWELL born 1828. All of these children had parents Benjamin H HOWELL who was born in 1794, and Elizabeth MATHEWS HOWELL who was born in 1805. There is said to be several other children that died before adulthood. They all arrived in Oregon on 28 Sept 1850 spending the winter near Hillsboro, Oregon and later settling on Sauvie Island in Portland, Oregon, farming and raising livestock. This HOWELL family lived in the famous BYBEE-HOWELL House on Sauvie Island in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, build in 1856, site of the oldest house in Multnomah County, not far from where Lewis and Clark set up camp on this then-primitive island. This famous house is now owned and maintained by the Oregon Historical Society and includes a childrens Museum. See Web pages; http://www.odot.state.or.us/eshtm/bybee.htm Rose Terry @>,--'--- OREGON-TRAIL Mail List MOM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oooO Oooo || || +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ { Current publications available at: } http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=rosess { http://stores.half.com/rosesss } { Rose Terry @>,--'--- _ RMTerry@prodigy.net } +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~000~~~~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ ( @ @ ) || \ / || ||| || 0ooo Give your children these two things - One is roots, the other, wings.