Robert ELDER and wife Catherine, with 4 children arrived in Oregon--1850 Listed in their household 1850 census was one SAMUEL BECK age 16. Anyone know who he was? Living in the southern part of the state of Oregon---FLIPPIN, HAY(ES or S), COOK, MORRIS, SANDSBERG. We do not know for sure exactly how they arrived in Oregon, but it was early. Fort Hayes, south of Grants Pass was where the Hay family settled first.