Oops, Martha traveled the OREGON TRAIL between 1860-65... (not 1852) Rose Terry wrote: > > All my relations; (#2) > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > One kid who traveled the Oregon Trail from Missouri to Oregon in 1852: > > Martha Margaret DENNIS who was called "Peggy" was born on 27 Jun 1849 in > Cedar County, IA. She traveled the Oregon Trail sometime between > 1860-65 possibly with the family of Mr D. and Eliza BALDWIN from Cedar > County, Iowa, who may have been relatives somehow. > > Martha was around 11-16 years old when she travled the Oregon Trail. > Her parents were Isaac and Elizabeth DENNIS. Martha's mother had died > when she was 27 years old in 1854 in Iowa when Martha was just 5 years > old! Her father died in 1886 and had fought in the Civil War. Martha > married when she was just 16 years old to William Henry BILYEU on 27 Jun > 1865 in Linn County, OR after traveling the Trail probably with the > Baldwin family. > > 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. -- 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.