Marriages Published in the Oregon Spectator 1846 - 1848Bancroft's Works - Pg. 38 & 39; Pub. 1888 As a guide to descent in the pioneer families I here affix a list of the marriages published in the Spectator from the beginning of 1846 to the close of 1848. Though these could not have been all, it may be presumed that people of social standing would desire to publish this momentous event; 1846 Feb. 25, Samuel Campbell to Miss Chellessa Chrisman March 29, Henry Sewell to Miss Mary Ann Jones Gerish April 2, Stephen Staats to Miss Cordelia Forrest April 12, Silas Haight to Mrs. Rebecca Ann Spalding May 4, Pierre Bonnin to Miss Louise Rondeau May 10, Isaac Staats to Miss Orlena Maria Williams May 10, Henry Marlin to Miss Emily Hipes June 4, David Hill to Mrs. Lucinda Wilson June 14, J.W. Nesmith to Miss Caroline Goff June 17, Alanson Hinman to Miss Martha Elizabeth Jones Gerish June 28, Robert Newell to Miss Rebecca Newman July 2, Mitchel Whitlock to Miss Malvina Engle July 4, William C. Dement to Miss Olivia Johnson [not date] J.B. Jackson to Miss Sarah Parker July 25, John G. Campbell to Miss Rothilda E. Buck July 26, Joseph Watt to Miss Sarah Craft Aug. 2, Sidney Smith to Miss Miranda Bayley Aug. 16, Jehu Davis to Miss Margarette Jane Moreland Sept. 1, H.H. Hyde to Miss Henrietta Holman Oct. 26, Henry Buxton to Miss Rosannah Woolly Nov. 19, William P. Dougherty to Miss Mary Jane Chambers Nov. 24, John P. Brooks to Miss Mary Ann Thomas 1847 Jan. 21, W.H. Rees to Miss Amanda M.F. Hall Jan. 25, Francis Topair to Miss Angelique Tontaine Feb. 9, Peter H. Hatch to Miss S.C. Locey [Mrs. Charlotte Sophia Hatch, who came to Oregon with her husband by sea in 1843, died June 30, 1846] April 18, Absalom F. Hedges to Miss Elizabeth Jane Barlow April 21, Joseph B. Rogers to Miss Letitia Flett [no date] Henry Knowland to Mrs. Sarah Knowland April 22, N.K. Sitton to Miss Priscilla A. Rogers June 15, Jeremiah Rowland to Mrs. Mary Ann Sappington July 8, John Minto to Miss Martha Ann Morrison Aug. 12, T.P. Powers to Mrs. Mary M. Newton - this was the Mrs. Newton whose husband was murdered by an Indian in the Umpqua Valley in 1846. Oct. 14, W.J. Herren to Miss Eveline Hall Oct. 24, D.H. Good to Miss Mary E. Dunbar Oct. 29, Owen M. Mills to Miss Priscilla Blair Dec. 28, Charles Putnam to Miss Rozelle Applegate 1848 Jan. 5, Caleb Rodgers to Miss Mary Jane Courtney Jan. 20, M.M. McCarver to Mrs. Julia Ann Buckalew Jan. 27, George M. Baker to Miss Nancy Duncan Jan. 30, George Sigler to Miss Lovina Dunlap Feb. 19, R.V. Short to Miss Mary Geer March 18, Moses K. Kellogg to Mrs. Elizabeth Sturges April 16, John Jewett to Mrs. Harriet Kimball - Mrs. Kimball was the widow of one of the victims of the Waiilatpu massacre. May 4, John R. Jackson to Mrs. Matilda N. Coonse May 22, John H. Bosworth to Miss Susan B. Looney June 28, Andrew Smith to Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Palmer July 2, Edward N. White to Miss Catherine Jane Burkhart July 28, William Meek to Miss Mary Luelling Dec. 10, C. Davis to Miss Sarah Ann Johnson Dec. 26, William Logan to Miss Issa Chrisman The absence of any marriage notice for the 4 months from the last of July to the 10th of December may be accounted for by the rush of the unmarried men to the gold-mines about this time.

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