1850 U.S. Federal Census, Oregon, Benton, Oregon Territory, Page 20:
R. Chambers, age 36, born in O. (Ohio)
Louisa Chambers, age 22, born in O. (Ohio)
Margaret Chambers, age 7, born in Mo. (Missouri)
James Chambers, age 5, born in Mo. (Missouri)
3 more Chambers children ages 3 to 4/12 years
Daniel Williams, age 1 year
1860 U.S. Federal Census, Oregon, Benton County, Kings Valley, Page 5:
Rowland Chambers, age 46, Farmer & S.R. born in Ohio
Louisa/Lovisa Chambers, age 32, born in Ohio
Sarah Chambers, age 13, born in Oregon (dau. of Rowland and Louisa Chambers)
James Chambers, age 15, born in Missouri (son of Rowland and Sarah Chambers)
8 more Chambers children ages 12 to 2 years
NOTE: Margaret Chambers, dau. of Rowland and Sarah Chambers is not in this census. Louisa/Lovisa was Sarah's sister and second wife of Rowland Chambers.
1850 U.S. Federal Census, Oregon, Benton, Oregon Territory, Page 20:
R. Chambers, age 36, born in O. (Ohio)
Louisa Chambers, age 22, born in O. (Ohio)
Margaret Chambers, age 7, born in Mo. (Missouri)
James Chambers, age 5, born in Mo. (Missouri)
3 more Chambers children ages 3 to 4/12 years
Daniel Williams, age 1 year
1860 U.S. Federal Census, Oregon, Benton County, Kings Valley, Page 5:
Rowland Chambers, age 46, Farmer & S.R. born in Ohio
Louisa/Lovisa Chambers, age 32, born in Ohio
Sarah Chambers, age 13, born in Oregon (dau. of Rowland and Louisa Chambers)
James Chambers, age 15, born in Missouri (son of Rowland and Sarah Chambers)
8 more Chambers children ages 12 to 2 years
NOTE: Margaret Chambers, dau. of Rowland and Sarah Chambers is not in this census. Louisa/Lovisa was Sarah's sister and second wife of Rowland Chambers.
Inscription
Sarah King Chambers Plaque
SARAH KING CHAMBERS
Sarah King Chambers was born July 25, 1823, in Madison County, Ohio, to Naham and Serepta King.
In the spring of 1845, she, along with her husband, Rowland, and their children Margaret and James, joined other members of the King family on their migration west. Their destination was the Willamette Valley of Oregon, for a new beginning in a land which held great promise.
With about 1,000 other emigrants and 200 wagons, the King party chose to follow Stephen Meek in an ill-fated attempt to cross central Oregon on their way to the upper Willamette Valley, near present-day Eugene. Meek convinced them that this new route would avoid many hazards of the Blue Mountains, the restless Cayuse Indians, and the perilous journey down the Columbia River.
Their group became known as the "Lost Wagon Train of 1845." Not really lost, but desperate for water in these high deserts, they abandoned their plans for a new route and turned north toward the Columbia River and established trail to Oregon. They arrived at the mission in The Dalles in October in a most deplorable condition.
Sarah could not complete that journey. She died on September 3, 1845, and was buried here, alongside the "Terrible Trail." The cause of death was not recorded in contemporary accounts.
There were twenty-three other known deaths along the cutoff route from where they left the Oregon Trail at the crossing of the Malheur River (in present-day Vale, Oregon) until they rejoined the Oregon Trail at the mission at The Dalles.
Research, Funding, and Signing by the
Oregon-California Trail Association
1991
Gravesite Details
The death and burial of Sarah is inextricably tied to the stories of the Lost Blue Bucket Mine.
Family Members
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Lucretia King Hallock
1806–1862
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Saretta King Moore
1808–1877
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Dulanna "Dulanney" King
1811–1823
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Hopestill S King Norton
1816–1892
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Hannah King
1817–1825
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Stephen King
1818–1852
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Isaac King
1819–1866
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Amos Nahum King
1822–1901
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Lovisa King Chambers
1826–1888
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James Russell King
1826–1829
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Abigail Mollie King Fuller
1829–1857
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Lydia King Williams
1831–1921
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Solomon King
1833–1913
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Rhoda Anne King Sumner
1835–1912
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