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Samuel Materson “Matt” Gilmore

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Samuel Materson “Matt” Gilmore

Birth
Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
Death
5 Nov 1893 (aged 78)
Wasco, Sherman County, Oregon, USA
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Wasco, Sherman County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Samuel Materson (Matt) Gilmore, at age 28, with his wife and two children, journeyed to the Oregon Country in 1843 in the same wagon train as the Applegate brothers. This was the large overland emigration group that Dr. Marcus Whitman met at Fort Hall to assist them on the journey through the mountains. It was also the first wagon train to use the trail that became known as "The Oregon Trail."

Shortly after Matt's arrival at Fort Vancouver, he wrote a letter dated Nov. 11, 1843, which was published in the "St. Louis Western Journal" on March 15, 1845. He told of the travails of the 1843 epic journey and offered advice for future emigrants.

Matt Gilmore was a member of the first elected lawmaking body of Oregon in 1844—the Provisional Territorial Government. On May 14, 1844, officers of the provisional government were elected. Matt Gilmore was chosen, along with three others, to represent the Tualatin district.

In a transcript of the Journal of the Proceedings of the House of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon, dated Saturday, Oct. 6, 1860, it mentions that Samuel was chairman of the Committee on Elections (p. 85). He submitted a report

Note: In his mother's Will, his name was spelled "Matterson".

A note from Carrie McPeak de Régnier:
Samuel Materson GILMORE was the grandson of my 5th Great-Grandparents Samuel GILMORE [#56792684] & Elizabeth MODRELL [#56792949] and husband of Mary [Martha] Ann STEVENSON whom he married ca 1837 in Missouri [probably in Clay County but not sure yet].
Samuel Materson (Matt) Gilmore, at age 28, with his wife and two children, journeyed to the Oregon Country in 1843 in the same wagon train as the Applegate brothers. This was the large overland emigration group that Dr. Marcus Whitman met at Fort Hall to assist them on the journey through the mountains. It was also the first wagon train to use the trail that became known as "The Oregon Trail."

Shortly after Matt's arrival at Fort Vancouver, he wrote a letter dated Nov. 11, 1843, which was published in the "St. Louis Western Journal" on March 15, 1845. He told of the travails of the 1843 epic journey and offered advice for future emigrants.

Matt Gilmore was a member of the first elected lawmaking body of Oregon in 1844—the Provisional Territorial Government. On May 14, 1844, officers of the provisional government were elected. Matt Gilmore was chosen, along with three others, to represent the Tualatin district.

In a transcript of the Journal of the Proceedings of the House of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon, dated Saturday, Oct. 6, 1860, it mentions that Samuel was chairman of the Committee on Elections (p. 85). He submitted a report

Note: In his mother's Will, his name was spelled "Matterson".

A note from Carrie McPeak de Régnier:
Samuel Materson GILMORE was the grandson of my 5th Great-Grandparents Samuel GILMORE [#56792684] & Elizabeth MODRELL [#56792949] and husband of Mary [Martha] Ann STEVENSON whom he married ca 1837 in Missouri [probably in Clay County but not sure yet].

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Husband of Martha; father of Brittana Fulton.

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