Father: Solomon C. Trumbull
Mother: Eluna
Spouse: George W. Brown
Married: Jan 31, 1842 Kane Co, Illinois
Children:
Solomon Ethan Brown
Nancy Eluna Brown
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"On May 26, 1928, Fred Lockley published an interview with Carson C. Masiker in the Oregon Daily Journal (page 4). In part it describes Masiker's overland trip to Oregon in 1852/3 which includes four sentences which may be of interest to you. "While on the Snake river, in the spring of 1853, George Masiker saw a grave that had evidently been made the preceding fall. The wolves had dug into it. He noticed part of an [wagon] endgate, and picking it up he found there had been burned into the board the name, "Laura Brown"– his wife's sister. This was the first news they had of their relatives." (Carson's father George married Palmyra Elizabeth Trumbull; her sister was Mariah Louisa Trumbull Brown. The Browns could well have traveled with the Trumbull family to Oregon in 1852.)
Carson Masiker states that the Trumbull and Masiker families headed west in 1852 but were not in the same wagon train. The death of Solomon C. Trumbull (Mariah Louisa's father and George Brown's father-in-law) occurred May 30, 1852 on the Little Blue River in Nebraska while the family was en route to Oregon (which they reached later that year). The Masiker family, however, "wintered over" in Salt Lake and continued the trip to Oregon in 1853. It was on the second leg of the trip that the "Laura Brown" grave was discovered by George Masiker. Two facts suggest "Laura Brown" died in 1852, not 1853. 1) Leaving from Salt Lake in 1853 the Masiker family would have reached the Snake River early in the travel season, months before a party leaving from Illinois could have reached that area, so seeing an 1853 grave was extremely unlikely. 2) The party recognized the grave as being from the previous year and it had already been desecrated by wolves."
Contributor: Richard Rieck (47839312
Mother: Eluna
Spouse: George W. Brown
Married: Jan 31, 1842 Kane Co, Illinois
Children:
Solomon Ethan Brown
Nancy Eluna Brown
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"On May 26, 1928, Fred Lockley published an interview with Carson C. Masiker in the Oregon Daily Journal (page 4). In part it describes Masiker's overland trip to Oregon in 1852/3 which includes four sentences which may be of interest to you. "While on the Snake river, in the spring of 1853, George Masiker saw a grave that had evidently been made the preceding fall. The wolves had dug into it. He noticed part of an [wagon] endgate, and picking it up he found there had been burned into the board the name, "Laura Brown"– his wife's sister. This was the first news they had of their relatives." (Carson's father George married Palmyra Elizabeth Trumbull; her sister was Mariah Louisa Trumbull Brown. The Browns could well have traveled with the Trumbull family to Oregon in 1852.)
Carson Masiker states that the Trumbull and Masiker families headed west in 1852 but were not in the same wagon train. The death of Solomon C. Trumbull (Mariah Louisa's father and George Brown's father-in-law) occurred May 30, 1852 on the Little Blue River in Nebraska while the family was en route to Oregon (which they reached later that year). The Masiker family, however, "wintered over" in Salt Lake and continued the trip to Oregon in 1853. It was on the second leg of the trip that the "Laura Brown" grave was discovered by George Masiker. Two facts suggest "Laura Brown" died in 1852, not 1853. 1) Leaving from Salt Lake in 1853 the Masiker family would have reached the Snake River early in the travel season, months before a party leaving from Illinois could have reached that area, so seeing an 1853 grave was extremely unlikely. 2) The party recognized the grave as being from the previous year and it had already been desecrated by wolves."
Contributor: Richard Rieck (47839312
Father: Solomon C. Trumbull
Mother: Eluna
Spouse: George W. Brown
Married: Jan 31, 1842 Kane Co, Illinois
Children:
Solomon Ethan Brown
Nancy Eluna Brown
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"On May 26, 1928, Fred Lockley published an interview with Carson C. Masiker in the Oregon Daily Journal (page 4). In part it describes Masiker's overland trip to Oregon in 1852/3 which includes four sentences which may be of interest to you. "While on the Snake river, in the spring of 1853, George Masiker saw a grave that had evidently been made the preceding fall. The wolves had dug into it. He noticed part of an [wagon] endgate, and picking it up he found there had been burned into the board the name, "Laura Brown"– his wife's sister. This was the first news they had of their relatives." (Carson's father George married Palmyra Elizabeth Trumbull; her sister was Mariah Louisa Trumbull Brown. The Browns could well have traveled with the Trumbull family to Oregon in 1852.)
Carson Masiker states that the Trumbull and Masiker families headed west in 1852 but were not in the same wagon train. The death of Solomon C. Trumbull (Mariah Louisa's father and George Brown's father-in-law) occurred May 30, 1852 on the Little Blue River in Nebraska while the family was en route to Oregon (which they reached later that year). The Masiker family, however, "wintered over" in Salt Lake and continued the trip to Oregon in 1853. It was on the second leg of the trip that the "Laura Brown" grave was discovered by George Masiker. Two facts suggest "Laura Brown" died in 1852, not 1853. 1) Leaving from Salt Lake in 1853 the Masiker family would have reached the Snake River early in the travel season, months before a party leaving from Illinois could have reached that area, so seeing an 1853 grave was extremely unlikely. 2) The party recognized the grave as being from the previous year and it had already been desecrated by wolves."
Contributor: Richard Rieck (47839312
Mother: Eluna
Spouse: George W. Brown
Married: Jan 31, 1842 Kane Co, Illinois
Children:
Solomon Ethan Brown
Nancy Eluna Brown
~~~~~~~~~~
"On May 26, 1928, Fred Lockley published an interview with Carson C. Masiker in the Oregon Daily Journal (page 4). In part it describes Masiker's overland trip to Oregon in 1852/3 which includes four sentences which may be of interest to you. "While on the Snake river, in the spring of 1853, George Masiker saw a grave that had evidently been made the preceding fall. The wolves had dug into it. He noticed part of an [wagon] endgate, and picking it up he found there had been burned into the board the name, "Laura Brown"– his wife's sister. This was the first news they had of their relatives." (Carson's father George married Palmyra Elizabeth Trumbull; her sister was Mariah Louisa Trumbull Brown. The Browns could well have traveled with the Trumbull family to Oregon in 1852.)
Carson Masiker states that the Trumbull and Masiker families headed west in 1852 but were not in the same wagon train. The death of Solomon C. Trumbull (Mariah Louisa's father and George Brown's father-in-law) occurred May 30, 1852 on the Little Blue River in Nebraska while the family was en route to Oregon (which they reached later that year). The Masiker family, however, "wintered over" in Salt Lake and continued the trip to Oregon in 1853. It was on the second leg of the trip that the "Laura Brown" grave was discovered by George Masiker. Two facts suggest "Laura Brown" died in 1852, not 1853. 1) Leaving from Salt Lake in 1853 the Masiker family would have reached the Snake River early in the travel season, months before a party leaving from Illinois could have reached that area, so seeing an 1853 grave was extremely unlikely. 2) The party recognized the grave as being from the previous year and it had already been desecrated by wolves."
Contributor: Richard Rieck (47839312
