To all: I am a descendent of John K. KENNEDY - Capt. of a Wagon Train which crossed the Oregon Trail in 1862. We are interested in updating the Reconstructed list of member's of the train that was compiled by Marjorie Ellis Miles in 1993 . The list is far from complete and we are hoping that new research by descendents can help add to it. Many of these came from Mahaska, Co., Iowa and settled in Baker Union and Linn Co., OR and Walla Walla and Columbia Co., WA. The reconstructed list was compiled from personal family histories, 3 diaries written on the trail: Hamilton Scott's Diary, The Diary of J. S. McCLUNG, Robert Scott's diary, articles by wagon train member's that were printed in the later years of their lives, and the Diary of Jane Gould, a member of another wagon train that crossed paths with the KENNEDY train. We have surnames as follows, but many DO NOT HAVE given names or a list of all of the children: ALGOODS, ARTHING, BAILEY, BOVEE, BALLARD, BOWELL,BOWMAN, CLARK, COLLINS, COONS, CREAMER, CULBERSON, CUMMINS, OCHERMAN, ORNDORF, PAUL, DOKE, STOREY, PIPER, RALEY, MOORE, RAYBURN, REDHEFFLER, ROUNCEVILLE, RUSSELL, SCOTT, SLATER, SMALES, SMALLEY, STANFIELD, STOOTT, TAYLOR, HENDERSON, MADISON, CUMMIRE, CUNNINGHAM, DEITRICH, DELONG, DOLE, ELLIS, ESPSY, FILES FOREBUSH, GHOLSON, GOYER, HALE/HAIL, HALL, HOOVER, HUNTER, JAMES, KENNEDY, MCGUIRE, LITTLE, MCKY/MAKAY, MARD, MTEKER, MCCLUNG, MCCORMICK, MCGUIRE, MILLER, NEELY/NEELEY, NEWMAN, TAYLOR, TOWNSEND, VENNERNS, YOUNG, ZARING, HOWARD. We would like to hear from researchers/descendents of any of these families, and any other's who think they may have been part of this migration. The train left Fremont, Mahaska Co., Iowa on April 24th 1862. They were joined by others in Council Bluffs. June 8th the train had 88 men, 46 women, 86 children for a total of 220 people,. More joined as they crossed the plains. 52 Wagons, 315 cattle & 38 horses and mules. It arrived in OR on Set. 18 and then in Walla Walla Sept 27. Many of the wagon train families were allied by marriages both prior to the trip and after. PAULS married ZARINGS, ZARINGS married ELLIS & ELLIS's married KENNEDYS, CUMMINS married PAUL, MCGURIE's m. KENNEDYS and NEELYS and the list goes on. I am particularly interested in finding a family or descendents of "Buckskin" HALE who was on the train, and determining if he was Mesac HALE. Mesac HALE married John K. KENNEDYS sister, Jane in Greene Co. TN. Jane and Mesac had one known son, William. They also came west, but we are not sure if it was with KENNEDY train. They settled in Linn Co., OR. Jane married a William McMicken/McMeechen after Mesac died. We would also like to compile a list of family researcher's for these families. Please let me hear from you if your family was on this train, or you think that they may have been. Jayne McCarley, Marti ELLIS Lehman, Margjorie ELLIS Miles, - are project co-ordinators. Our Thanks to Marjorie for all the work she has already done on this project. Thank You, Jayne McCarley Gt. Gt. Granddaughter of John K. KENNEDY [email protected] "They Went West & Lived"

Hi Jayne, glad you joined us. Okay, everyone start POSTING YOUR LINES you are interested in. We have someone checking on those PORTERS, do we have any out there??? For people just starting, here are some nice links, BUT POST what you find and see if we have things in common out there!! Listers Check your Oregon Trail and Pioneers at this site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlncogs/or-pioneers1.htm Sign up for the Oregon Trail Mailing list and the Columbia Co. Mailing list on this website. Choose any state, then county, or subject to sign up to chat with everyone about the ancestry in that region. A MUST. http://lists.rootsweb.com/ Search for your land records at this BLM site http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Link to ancestors from Oregon here http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnorus/index.html Fabulous OREGON ARCHIVES, must search here http://159.121.115.13/databases/aboutlocator.html General information about Oregon Trail here http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/3Island.html Laura in Seattle GALLOWAY, HALES, GIBSON, PORTER, TURNER, FINE, JOHNSON, TEEL, KIRBY, ALEXANDER, POLLARD, BATEMAN -----Original Message----- From: Jayne McCarley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: 1862 KENNEDY Comp., Wagon Train Roster Update To all: I am a descendent of John K. KENNEDY - Capt. of a Wagon Train which crossed the Oregon Trail in 1862. We are interested in updating the Reconstructed list of member's of the train that was compiled by Marjorie Ellis Miles in 1993 . The list is far from complete and we are hoping that new research by descendents can help add to it. Many of these came from Mahaska, Co., Iowa and settled in Baker Union and Linn Co., OR and Walla Walla and Columbia Co., WA. The reconstructed list was compiled from personal family histories, 3 diaries written on the trail: Hamilton Scott's Diary, The Diary of J. S. McCLUNG, Robert Scott's diary, articles by wagon train member's that were printed in the later years of their lives, and the Diary of Jane Gould, a member of another wagon train that crossed paths with the KENNEDY train. We have surnames as follows, but many DO NOT HAVE given names or a list of all of the children: ALGOODS, ARTHING, BAILEY, BOVEE, BALLARD, BOWELL,BOWMAN, CLARK, COLLINS, COONS, CREAMER, CULBERSON, CUMMINS, OCHERMAN, ORNDORF, PAUL, DOKE, STOREY, PIPER, RALEY, MOORE, RAYBURN, REDHEFFLER, ROUNCEVILLE, RUSSELL, SCOTT, SLATER, SMALES, SMALLEY, STANFIELD, STOOTT, TAYLOR, HENDERSON, MADISON, CUMMIRE, CUNNINGHAM, DEITRICH, DELONG, DOLE, ELLIS, ESPSY, FILES FOREBUSH, GHOLSON, GOYER, HALE/HAIL, HALL, HOOVER, HUNTER, JAMES, KENNEDY, MCGUIRE, LITTLE, MCKY/MAKAY, MARD, MTEKER, MCCLUNG, MCCORMICK, MCGUIRE, MILLER, NEELY/NEELEY, NEWMAN, TAYLOR, TOWNSEND, VENNERNS, YOUNG, ZARING, HOWARD. We would like to hear from researchers/descendents of any of these families, and any other's who think they may have been part of this migration. The train left Fremont, Mahaska Co., Iowa on April 24th 1862. They were joined by others in Council Bluffs. June 8th the train had 88 men, 46 women, 86 children for a total of 220 people,. More joined as they crossed the plains. 52 Wagons, 315 cattle & 38 horses and mules. It arrived in OR on Set. 18 and then in Walla Walla Sept 27. Many of the wagon train families were allied by marriages both prior to the trip and after. PAULS married ZARINGS, ZARINGS married ELLIS & ELLIS's married KENNEDYS, CUMMINS married PAUL, MCGURIE's m. KENNEDYS and NEELYS and the list goes on. I am particularly interested in finding a family or descendents of "Buckskin" HALE who was on the train, and determining if he was Mesac HALE. Mesac HALE married John K. KENNEDYS sister, Jane in Greene Co. TN. Jane and Mesac had one known son, William. They also came west, but we are not sure if it was with KENNEDY train. They settled in Linn Co., OR. Jane married a William McMicken/McMeechen after Mesac died. We would also like to compile a list of family researcher's for these families. Please let me hear from you if your family was on this train, or you think that they may have been. Jayne McCarley, Marti ELLIS Lehman, Margjorie ELLIS Miles, - are project co-ordinators. Our Thanks to Marjorie for all the work she has already done on this project. Thank You, Jayne McCarley Gt. Gt. Granddaughter of John K. KENNEDY [email protected] "They Went West & Lived"