May 13, 1928 - The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Oregon
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
Looking out upon the world with unweary eyes, eyes that have watched the motor replace the ox-team, the electric bulb substituted for the tallow dip, and the telephone, telegraph and radio take the place of the pony express, Mrs. Susan P. Angell, crowned mother queen of Oregon at the pioneer reunion held in 1927, will today celebrate the 96th anniversary of her birth at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Angell, in Portland Heights. Friends have been invited to call to felicitate the pioneer mother upon the occasion. Few, indeed, will be the contemporaries and relatives who will call, because time has thinned their ranks, but associates of the younger generation will call in number to reverence their elderly friend, whose birthday anniversary this year falls on the day which has been set aside to reverence all mothers.
Pioneer Starts West.
Susan Yeomans [sic] was born at Rome, N.Y., in 1832. She began the western trek when she was six years old, migrating to Iowa by means of a covered wagon drawn by horses, with her parents, two brothers, and one sister. She was married to Thomas Angell in Iowa, where they continued to make their home until March 17, 1852, when they joined a caravan which started from New London, Ia., for the long journey across the plains to the Pacific. Included in the immediate party were Mr. and Mrs. Angell, their ten-month-old baby girl (now Mrs. Sarah M. Campbell of Klamath Falls) and Mrs. Angell's brother, Benjamin Yeoman.
Mrs. Angell remembers the trip very well.
"Our immediate equipage consisted of one covered light wagon drawn by mules, and driven by my husband, which was provided with a crib, bed and other essentials for making the trip comfortable, and one large covered wagon, drawn by oxen and driven by a hired man," she said recently. "We also took milk cows, which furnished milk for the party, and which were also occasionally used as substitutes for the oxen when they would become incapacitated for any reason. We discovered that the milk placed in a container and carried in the wagons would become churned into butter by the continued jolting of the wagons over the rough roads, and by this means we were supplied with butter."
Trip Ended in 1852.
The train reached the western slope of the Cascades August 10, 1852. The Angells traveled as far as Lebanon, where they settled on a farm. In 1861 they moved to The Dalles, where Mrs. Angell continued to reside until March, 1924, when she came to Portland to make her home with her son, Homer D. Angell. Of her eight children, three are now living. They are Homer D. Angell of Portland; Oscar F. Angell, still living on the old homestead south of The Dalles, and Mrs. Sarah M. Campbell of Klamath Falls. There are nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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.
Homely Virtues Best.
Mrs. Angell has a philosophical outlook upon life, of which she has seen so much. But for all the wonders she has seen wrought through the mechanics of life she finds unchanged the potency of the homely virtues of friendship, truth, honesty, loyalty and mother love. And, speaking as a mother of many years' experience, she would impress this admonition on her loved ones: "Forget not the homely virtues taught at mother's knee. Keep the faith of your fathers, and live honestly before men and God, and all will be well in the end."
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
Looking out upon the world with unweary eyes, eyes that have watched the motor replace the ox-team, the electric bulb substituted for the tallow dip, and the telephone, telegraph and radio take the place of the pony express, Mrs. Susan P. Angell, crowned mother queen of Oregon at the pioneer reunion held in 1927, will today celebrate the 96th anniversary of her birth at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Angell, in Portland Heights. Friends have been invited to call to felicitate the pioneer mother upon the occasion. Few, indeed, will be the contemporaries and relatives who will call, because time has thinned their ranks, but associates of the younger generation will call in number to reverence their elderly friend, whose birthday anniversary this year falls on the day which has been set aside to reverence all mothers.
Pioneer Starts West.
Susan Yeomans [sic] was born at Rome, N.Y., in 1832. She began the western trek when she was six years old, migrating to Iowa by means of a covered wagon drawn by horses, with her parents, two brothers, and one sister. She was married to Thomas Angell in Iowa, where they continued to make their home until March 17, 1852, when they joined a caravan which started from New London, Ia., for the long journey across the plains to the Pacific. Included in the immediate party were Mr. and Mrs. Angell, their ten-month-old baby girl (now Mrs. Sarah M. Campbell of Klamath Falls) and Mrs. Angell's brother, Benjamin Yeoman.
Mrs. Angell remembers the trip very well.
"Our immediate equipage consisted of one covered light wagon drawn by mules, and driven by my husband, which was provided with a crib, bed and other essentials for making the trip comfortable, and one large covered wagon, drawn by oxen and driven by a hired man," she said recently. "We also took milk cows, which furnished milk for the party, and which were also occasionally used as substitutes for the oxen when they would become incapacitated for any reason. We discovered that the milk placed in a container and carried in the wagons would become churned into butter by the continued jolting of the wagons over the rough roads, and by this means we were supplied with butter."
Trip Ended in 1852.
The train reached the western slope of the Cascades August 10, 1852. The Angells traveled as far as Lebanon, where they settled on a farm. In 1861 they moved to The Dalles, where Mrs. Angell continued to reside until March, 1924, when she came to Portland to make her home with her son, Homer D. Angell. Of her eight children, three are now living. They are Homer D. Angell of Portland; Oscar F. Angell, still living on the old homestead south of The Dalles, and Mrs. Sarah M. Campbell of Klamath Falls. There are nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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.
Homely Virtues Best.
Mrs. Angell has a philosophical outlook upon life, of which she has seen so much. But for all the wonders she has seen wrought through the mechanics of life she finds unchanged the potency of the homely virtues of friendship, truth, honesty, loyalty and mother love. And, speaking as a mother of many years' experience, she would impress this admonition on her loved ones: "Forget not the homely virtues taught at mother's knee. Keep the faith of your fathers, and live honestly before men and God, and all will be well in the end."
May 13, 1928 - The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Oregon
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
Looking out upon the world with unweary eyes, eyes that have watched the motor replace the ox-team, the electric bulb substituted for the tallow dip, and the telephone, telegraph and radio take the place of the pony express, Mrs. Susan P. Angell, crowned mother queen of Oregon at the pioneer reunion held in 1927, will today celebrate the 96th anniversary of her birth at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Angell, in Portland Heights. Friends have been invited to call to felicitate the pioneer mother upon the occasion. Few, indeed, will be the contemporaries and relatives who will call, because time has thinned their ranks, but associates of the younger generation will call in number to reverence their elderly friend, whose birthday anniversary this year falls on the day which has been set aside to reverence all mothers.
Pioneer Starts West.
Susan Yeomans [sic] was born at Rome, N.Y., in 1832. She began the western trek when she was six years old, migrating to Iowa by means of a covered wagon drawn by horses, with her parents, two brothers, and one sister. She was married to Thomas Angell in Iowa, where they continued to make their home until March 17, 1852, when they joined a caravan which started from New London, Ia., for the long journey across the plains to the Pacific. Included in the immediate party were Mr. and Mrs. Angell, their ten-month-old baby girl (now Mrs. Sarah M. Campbell of Klamath Falls) and Mrs. Angell's brother, Benjamin Yeoman.
Mrs. Angell remembers the trip very well.
"Our immediate equipage consisted of one covered light wagon drawn by mules, and driven by my husband, which was provided with a crib, bed and other essentials for making the trip comfortable, and one large covered wagon, drawn by oxen and driven by a hired man," she said recently. "We also took milk cows, which furnished milk for the party, and which were also occasionally used as substitutes for the oxen when they would become incapacitated for any reason. We discovered that the milk placed in a container and carried in the wagons would become churned into butter by the continued jolting of the wagons over the rough roads, and by this means we were supplied with butter."
Trip Ended in 1852.
The train reached the western slope of the Cascades August 10, 1852. The Angells traveled as far as Lebanon, where they settled on a farm. In 1861 they moved to The Dalles, where Mrs. Angell continued to reside until March, 1924, when she came to Portland to make her home with her son, Homer D. Angell. Of her eight children, three are now living. They are Homer D. Angell of Portland; Oscar F. Angell, still living on the old homestead south of The Dalles, and Mrs. Sarah M. Campbell of Klamath Falls. There are nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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.
Homely Virtues Best.
Mrs. Angell has a philosophical outlook upon life, of which she has seen so much. But for all the wonders she has seen wrought through the mechanics of life she finds unchanged the potency of the homely virtues of friendship, truth, honesty, loyalty and mother love. And, speaking as a mother of many years' experience, she would impress this admonition on her loved ones: "Forget not the homely virtues taught at mother's knee. Keep the faith of your fathers, and live honestly before men and God, and all will be well in the end."
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
Looking out upon the world with unweary eyes, eyes that have watched the motor replace the ox-team, the electric bulb substituted for the tallow dip, and the telephone, telegraph and radio take the place of the pony express, Mrs. Susan P. Angell, crowned mother queen of Oregon at the pioneer reunion held in 1927, will today celebrate the 96th anniversary of her birth at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Angell, in Portland Heights. Friends have been invited to call to felicitate the pioneer mother upon the occasion. Few, indeed, will be the contemporaries and relatives who will call, because time has thinned their ranks, but associates of the younger generation will call in number to reverence their elderly friend, whose birthday anniversary this year falls on the day which has been set aside to reverence all mothers.
Pioneer Starts West.
Susan Yeomans [sic] was born at Rome, N.Y., in 1832. She began the western trek when she was six years old, migrating to Iowa by means of a covered wagon drawn by horses, with her parents, two brothers, and one sister. She was married to Thomas Angell in Iowa, where they continued to make their home until March 17, 1852, when they joined a caravan which started from New London, Ia., for the long journey across the plains to the Pacific. Included in the immediate party were Mr. and Mrs. Angell, their ten-month-old baby girl (now Mrs. Sarah M. Campbell of Klamath Falls) and Mrs. Angell's brother, Benjamin Yeoman.
Mrs. Angell remembers the trip very well.
"Our immediate equipage consisted of one covered light wagon drawn by mules, and driven by my husband, which was provided with a crib, bed and other essentials for making the trip comfortable, and one large covered wagon, drawn by oxen and driven by a hired man," she said recently. "We also took milk cows, which furnished milk for the party, and which were also occasionally used as substitutes for the oxen when they would become incapacitated for any reason. We discovered that the milk placed in a container and carried in the wagons would become churned into butter by the continued jolting of the wagons over the rough roads, and by this means we were supplied with butter."
Trip Ended in 1852.
The train reached the western slope of the Cascades August 10, 1852. The Angells traveled as far as Lebanon, where they settled on a farm. In 1861 they moved to The Dalles, where Mrs. Angell continued to reside until March, 1924, when she came to Portland to make her home with her son, Homer D. Angell. Of her eight children, three are now living. They are Homer D. Angell of Portland; Oscar F. Angell, still living on the old homestead south of The Dalles, and Mrs. Sarah M. Campbell of Klamath Falls. There are nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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.
Homely Virtues Best.
Mrs. Angell has a philosophical outlook upon life, of which she has seen so much. But for all the wonders she has seen wrought through the mechanics of life she finds unchanged the potency of the homely virtues of friendship, truth, honesty, loyalty and mother love. And, speaking as a mother of many years' experience, she would impress this admonition on her loved ones: "Forget not the homely virtues taught at mother's knee. Keep the faith of your fathers, and live honestly before men and God, and all will be well in the end."
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