Jim, Interesting! Thanks for the info. Marilyn S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Tompkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 11:14 AM Subject: Re: The Book of Remembrance > >This first wagon train list has a "J.M. Hudspeath" on board. An earlier > >list had him (I presume) as "J.M. Hedspeth." I'm wondering if this might be > >the ancestor of the elusive Rebecca Hedgepath (or Hedgepeth, or Hedgpeth). > > >Look familiar to anyone? > > > >Marilyn S. > >Chelan > > > Yes he does. Although the Book of Remembrances spells it Hudspeath and > Elijah White's 1842 census spells it Hudspath, it is most likely J.M. > Hudspeth. He was one of the many 1842 emigrants who gave up on Oregon when > it refused to create an independent government and headed to California. > They met a group of Californians heading to Oregon and several south bound > men were turned around, but not Hudspeth. He would return east in 1849 to > guide miners to California. The Hudspeth Cut-off is named for him. It > crosses eastern Idaho, avoiding Ft Hall for those temporary bachelors in a > hurry. > > jim tompkins > >