1825-1904
Morgan was perhaps the first man to bring his family to this section. One old timer said, "The SAVAGES were here before the Indians." Morgan SAVAGE was a blacksmith, a trade most necessary under pioneer conditions. He further won the good will of his neighbors by importing and keeping for public service the first purebred stallion (Morgan breed) ever brought to the neighborhood. The Morgan SAVAGE claim on the West Fork had almost the only body of old grown timber in this vicinity to escape the "big burn" which swept this country before the coming of the white men. This timber was milled to furnish construction material for the building of the Yaquina railroad. He married, Francis Ann Brisbin. Morgan and Francis were married in a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail at the South Platte river crossing, in Nebraska, on June 18, 1846. Morgan had a brother, James D. Savage, who was the first white man credited with finding Yosemite. James D. Savage was only 29 when he was killed in a gunfight. At this time he had had a white woman for a wife; to this marriage was born a little girl. The first wife and daughter died en route to California in a covered wagon. [submitted by original Memorial creator Bev]
There have been rumors that his middle name was Richard, but no concrete proof. He always used Morgan R. Savage.
1825-1904
Morgan was perhaps the first man to bring his family to this section. One old timer said, "The SAVAGES were here before the Indians." Morgan SAVAGE was a blacksmith, a trade most necessary under pioneer conditions. He further won the good will of his neighbors by importing and keeping for public service the first purebred stallion (Morgan breed) ever brought to the neighborhood. The Morgan SAVAGE claim on the West Fork had almost the only body of old grown timber in this vicinity to escape the "big burn" which swept this country before the coming of the white men. This timber was milled to furnish construction material for the building of the Yaquina railroad. He married, Francis Ann Brisbin. Morgan and Francis were married in a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail at the South Platte river crossing, in Nebraska, on June 18, 1846. Morgan had a brother, James D. Savage, who was the first white man credited with finding Yosemite. James D. Savage was only 29 when he was killed in a gunfight. At this time he had had a white woman for a wife; to this marriage was born a little girl. The first wife and daughter died en route to California in a covered wagon. [submitted by original Memorial creator Bev]
There have been rumors that his middle name was Richard, but no concrete proof. He always used Morgan R. Savage.
Family Members
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Martha Jane Savage Miller
1847–1928
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James William Savage
1848–1905
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George Washington Savage
1853–1935
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Lydia A Savage Hulburt
1860–1960
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John Peter Savage Sr
1861–1927
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Dollie L Savage Turner
1862–1927
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Mary Catherine "Mollie" Savage Morrow
1865–1939
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Alma Elizabeth Savage Crain
1867–1925
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Thomas Jefferson Savage
1869–1948
