Martha's parents were Owen Sumner, Sr. and Lucy Prestridge.
She was a pioneer woman who traveled with her husband, Thomas Jefferson Shadden, and her children, in 1842 on the Oregon Trail, before it was even much of a trail, and then, in 1843, by mule-back and when pregnant, from Oregon to California on the "Trapper's Trail". In 1850 she returned with her husband and family to Oregon.
Martha was reported to have given birth to 13 children.
Native Daughters of the Golden West list her on their California Pioneer Roster.
She was a pioneer woman who traveled with her husband, Thomas Jefferson Shadden, and her children, in 1842 on the Oregon Trail, before it was even much of a trail, and then, in 1843, by mule-back and when pregnant, from Oregon to California on the "Trapper's Trail". In 1850 she returned with her husband and family to Oregon.
Martha was reported to have given birth to 13 children.
Native Daughters of the Golden West list her on their California Pioneer Roster.
Martha's parents were Owen Sumner, Sr. and Lucy Prestridge.
She was a pioneer woman who traveled with her husband, Thomas Jefferson Shadden, and her children, in 1842 on the Oregon Trail, before it was even much of a trail, and then, in 1843, by mule-back and when pregnant, from Oregon to California on the "Trapper's Trail". In 1850 she returned with her husband and family to Oregon.
Martha was reported to have given birth to 13 children.
Native Daughters of the Golden West list her on their California Pioneer Roster.
She was a pioneer woman who traveled with her husband, Thomas Jefferson Shadden, and her children, in 1842 on the Oregon Trail, before it was even much of a trail, and then, in 1843, by mule-back and when pregnant, from Oregon to California on the "Trapper's Trail". In 1850 she returned with her husband and family to Oregon.
Martha was reported to have given birth to 13 children.
Native Daughters of the Golden West list her on their California Pioneer Roster.
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