s/o Xury Williams / Polly Root
married Martha Livengood Williams
From NY he moved with his family to Grand Blanc, Genesse Co., MI. He joined the military and served in the 1st OR Volunteer Infantry. While some detachments of the 1st OR Volunteer Infantry Regiment occasionally skirmished with hostile Indian bands, the regiment's main duties were much more mundane. Most companies spent their time in garrison duty at small posts in eastern Oregon, southeast Washington, and southern Idaho. They protected immigrant trails and escorted wagon trains from Fort Boise to the Willamette Valley. Two companies escorted survey parties, and another constructed a road in southwestern Oregon. Captain Williams was involved in several historic battles with the Natives. He personally suffered an arrow wound which troubled him for years. His heroic actions are chronicled in several histories of the Indian wars in Oregon. His journals are on file in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Contributed by: Ida Baker
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From the beautiful Rogue River valley the bloody scenes now shift to the sea coast. About June 1st, 1851, the steam coaster "Sea Gull", Captain William Clinton Tichenor master, landed a party of nine men at Port Orford in Curry county, as the first installment of a force that was intended to establish a trading establishment at that point, and open a pack trail from there to the gold mines in Jackson county. The names of these men were, John M. Kirkpatrick, J.H. Eagan, John T. Slater, George Ridoubs, T.D. Palmer, Joseph Hussey, Cyrus W. Hedden, James Carigan, and Erastus Summers. ref: The Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1911 by Joseph Gaston * Vol 1
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The Battle of Battle Rock – 1851
Took place in the edge of the Pacific Ocean 14 Sept 1851, and where nine men with four old muskets and an old signal gun repulsed an attack of 150 Indians, killing 23 of them, four men survived. Of these Cyrus Hedden saved Loren's life. Contributed by BluMoKitty
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Enlisted on 17 Mar 1865 as a Captain. Residence was not listed; Commissioned on 17 Mar 1865 into CO H OR 1st Infantry, Discharged on 19 Jun 1866; After the War he lived in Roseburg, OR. Died 23 May 1881 San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA Buried: Roseburg IOOF Cemetery, Roseburg, OR ref: American Civil War Research Database Contributed by: 4th Michigan Infantry
married Martha Livengood Williams
From NY he moved with his family to Grand Blanc, Genesse Co., MI. He joined the military and served in the 1st OR Volunteer Infantry. While some detachments of the 1st OR Volunteer Infantry Regiment occasionally skirmished with hostile Indian bands, the regiment's main duties were much more mundane. Most companies spent their time in garrison duty at small posts in eastern Oregon, southeast Washington, and southern Idaho. They protected immigrant trails and escorted wagon trains from Fort Boise to the Willamette Valley. Two companies escorted survey parties, and another constructed a road in southwestern Oregon. Captain Williams was involved in several historic battles with the Natives. He personally suffered an arrow wound which troubled him for years. His heroic actions are chronicled in several histories of the Indian wars in Oregon. His journals are on file in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Contributed by: Ida Baker
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From the beautiful Rogue River valley the bloody scenes now shift to the sea coast. About June 1st, 1851, the steam coaster "Sea Gull", Captain William Clinton Tichenor master, landed a party of nine men at Port Orford in Curry county, as the first installment of a force that was intended to establish a trading establishment at that point, and open a pack trail from there to the gold mines in Jackson county. The names of these men were, John M. Kirkpatrick, J.H. Eagan, John T. Slater, George Ridoubs, T.D. Palmer, Joseph Hussey, Cyrus W. Hedden, James Carigan, and Erastus Summers. ref: The Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1911 by Joseph Gaston * Vol 1
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The Battle of Battle Rock – 1851
Took place in the edge of the Pacific Ocean 14 Sept 1851, and where nine men with four old muskets and an old signal gun repulsed an attack of 150 Indians, killing 23 of them, four men survived. Of these Cyrus Hedden saved Loren's life. Contributed by BluMoKitty
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Enlisted on 17 Mar 1865 as a Captain. Residence was not listed; Commissioned on 17 Mar 1865 into CO H OR 1st Infantry, Discharged on 19 Jun 1866; After the War he lived in Roseburg, OR. Died 23 May 1881 San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA Buried: Roseburg IOOF Cemetery, Roseburg, OR ref: American Civil War Research Database Contributed by: 4th Michigan Infantry
s/o Xury Williams / Polly Root
married Martha Livengood Williams
From NY he moved with his family to Grand Blanc, Genesse Co., MI. He joined the military and served in the 1st OR Volunteer Infantry. While some detachments of the 1st OR Volunteer Infantry Regiment occasionally skirmished with hostile Indian bands, the regiment's main duties were much more mundane. Most companies spent their time in garrison duty at small posts in eastern Oregon, southeast Washington, and southern Idaho. They protected immigrant trails and escorted wagon trains from Fort Boise to the Willamette Valley. Two companies escorted survey parties, and another constructed a road in southwestern Oregon. Captain Williams was involved in several historic battles with the Natives. He personally suffered an arrow wound which troubled him for years. His heroic actions are chronicled in several histories of the Indian wars in Oregon. His journals are on file in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Contributed by: Ida Baker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the beautiful Rogue River valley the bloody scenes now shift to the sea coast. About June 1st, 1851, the steam coaster "Sea Gull", Captain William Clinton Tichenor master, landed a party of nine men at Port Orford in Curry county, as the first installment of a force that was intended to establish a trading establishment at that point, and open a pack trail from there to the gold mines in Jackson county. The names of these men were, John M. Kirkpatrick, J.H. Eagan, John T. Slater, George Ridoubs, T.D. Palmer, Joseph Hussey, Cyrus W. Hedden, James Carigan, and Erastus Summers. ref: The Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1911 by Joseph Gaston * Vol 1
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The Battle of Battle Rock – 1851
Took place in the edge of the Pacific Ocean 14 Sept 1851, and where nine men with four old muskets and an old signal gun repulsed an attack of 150 Indians, killing 23 of them, four men survived. Of these Cyrus Hedden saved Loren's life. Contributed by BluMoKitty
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Enlisted on 17 Mar 1865 as a Captain. Residence was not listed; Commissioned on 17 Mar 1865 into CO H OR 1st Infantry, Discharged on 19 Jun 1866; After the War he lived in Roseburg, OR. Died 23 May 1881 San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA Buried: Roseburg IOOF Cemetery, Roseburg, OR ref: American Civil War Research Database Contributed by: 4th Michigan Infantry
married Martha Livengood Williams
From NY he moved with his family to Grand Blanc, Genesse Co., MI. He joined the military and served in the 1st OR Volunteer Infantry. While some detachments of the 1st OR Volunteer Infantry Regiment occasionally skirmished with hostile Indian bands, the regiment's main duties were much more mundane. Most companies spent their time in garrison duty at small posts in eastern Oregon, southeast Washington, and southern Idaho. They protected immigrant trails and escorted wagon trains from Fort Boise to the Willamette Valley. Two companies escorted survey parties, and another constructed a road in southwestern Oregon. Captain Williams was involved in several historic battles with the Natives. He personally suffered an arrow wound which troubled him for years. His heroic actions are chronicled in several histories of the Indian wars in Oregon. His journals are on file in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Contributed by: Ida Baker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the beautiful Rogue River valley the bloody scenes now shift to the sea coast. About June 1st, 1851, the steam coaster "Sea Gull", Captain William Clinton Tichenor master, landed a party of nine men at Port Orford in Curry county, as the first installment of a force that was intended to establish a trading establishment at that point, and open a pack trail from there to the gold mines in Jackson county. The names of these men were, John M. Kirkpatrick, J.H. Eagan, John T. Slater, George Ridoubs, T.D. Palmer, Joseph Hussey, Cyrus W. Hedden, James Carigan, and Erastus Summers. ref: The Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1911 by Joseph Gaston * Vol 1
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The Battle of Battle Rock – 1851
Took place in the edge of the Pacific Ocean 14 Sept 1851, and where nine men with four old muskets and an old signal gun repulsed an attack of 150 Indians, killing 23 of them, four men survived. Of these Cyrus Hedden saved Loren's life. Contributed by BluMoKitty
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Enlisted on 17 Mar 1865 as a Captain. Residence was not listed; Commissioned on 17 Mar 1865 into CO H OR 1st Infantry, Discharged on 19 Jun 1866; After the War he lived in Roseburg, OR. Died 23 May 1881 San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA Buried: Roseburg IOOF Cemetery, Roseburg, OR ref: American Civil War Research Database Contributed by: 4th Michigan Infantry
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