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.