96th Birthday Here for Oregon Mother
Mrs. Susan Angell Plans to Receive Friends
Pioneer of 1852 Lives Happily in Portland After Long and Interesting Career
Thomas Angell was a descendant of the Thomas Angell who settled in Rhode Island with Roger Williams, and who was one of the 54 associates who received land grants from Williams of property which later became the townsite of Providence. Mr. Angell went to California during the days of the gold rush in 1849, returning a year later to his home in Iowa via Cape Horn. He found the climate of the west so beneficial that he decided to return with his family, and the long wagon trip across the continent followed within a year after his return from the coast.
96th Birthday Here for Oregon Mother
Mrs. Susan Angell Plans to Receive Friends
Pioneer of 1852 Lives Happily in Portland After Long and Interesting Career
Thomas Angell was a descendant of the Thomas Angell who settled in Rhode Island with Roger Williams, and who was one of the 54 associates who received land grants from Williams of property which later became the townsite of Providence. Mr. Angell went to California during the days of the gold rush in 1849, returning a year later to his home in Iowa via Cape Horn. He found the climate of the west so beneficial that he decided to return with his family, and the long wagon trip across the continent followed within a year after his return from the coast.
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