Martha Angeline Hamilton was the daughter of Joseph Elmer-Alexander Hamilton & Caroline (Owens) Hamilton. Martha Angleline was born along the Platte River in Nebraska on the wagon train from Iowa to Oregon in 1847. The article below tells a little about her. You can find the rest of this story about her Hamilton family by going to the Benton Co., Oregon web page.
Martha Angeline Hamilton married George Hayward Riddell on May 13, 1867 in Linn Co., Oregon. Martha & George Riddell had seven children together.
WPA Historical Records Survey
Benton Co., Oregon
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Joseph HAMILTON, Old Timer
Oakville Community
Manuscript in possession of the HORNER Museum at Oregon State Agricultural College.
Before the HAMILTONs were married Mr. HAMILTON had moved to Iowa and was following the occupation of threshing. They returned there until the following spring when they decided to come to Oregon. When their Oregon trip was decided upon they spent the winter making preparations. Among the many things that were prepared was a barrel of soft lye soap, which proved instrumental in saving the train from destruction. In the spring of 1847 they joined a train which is thought to have been the Joel PALMER train, and started on their six-months trip to Oregon. While on the Platte River, Mrs. HAMILTON presented her husband with a two-pound baby girl, which they named Aneline HAMILTON. In spite of her small beginning she seemed to thrive and lived to be a very old lady.
When the bed sides were no longer needed on the wagon they were taken apart and made into a cradle, and each of the six children used the same cradle. It is now in the Portland Museum.
Martha Angeline Hamilton married George Hayward Riddell on May 13, 1867 in Linn Co., Oregon. Martha & George Riddell had seven children together.
WPA Historical Records Survey
Benton Co., Oregon
INTERVIEWS -- H
Joseph HAMILTON, Old Timer
Oakville Community
Manuscript in possession of the HORNER Museum at Oregon State Agricultural College.
Before the HAMILTONs were married Mr. HAMILTON had moved to Iowa and was following the occupation of threshing. They returned there until the following spring when they decided to come to Oregon. When their Oregon trip was decided upon they spent the winter making preparations. Among the many things that were prepared was a barrel of soft lye soap, which proved instrumental in saving the train from destruction. In the spring of 1847 they joined a train which is thought to have been the Joel PALMER train, and started on their six-months trip to Oregon. While on the Platte River, Mrs. HAMILTON presented her husband with a two-pound baby girl, which they named Aneline HAMILTON. In spite of her small beginning she seemed to thrive and lived to be a very old lady.
When the bed sides were no longer needed on the wagon they were taken apart and made into a cradle, and each of the six children used the same cradle. It is now in the Portland Museum.
Martha Angeline Hamilton was the daughter of Joseph Elmer-Alexander Hamilton & Caroline (Owens) Hamilton. Martha Angleline was born along the Platte River in Nebraska on the wagon train from Iowa to Oregon in 1847. The article below tells a little about her. You can find the rest of this story about her Hamilton family by going to the Benton Co., Oregon web page.
Martha Angeline Hamilton married George Hayward Riddell on May 13, 1867 in Linn Co., Oregon. Martha & George Riddell had seven children together.
WPA Historical Records Survey
Benton Co., Oregon
INTERVIEWS -- H
Joseph HAMILTON, Old Timer
Oakville Community
Manuscript in possession of the HORNER Museum at Oregon State Agricultural College.
Before the HAMILTONs were married Mr. HAMILTON had moved to Iowa and was following the occupation of threshing. They returned there until the following spring when they decided to come to Oregon. When their Oregon trip was decided upon they spent the winter making preparations. Among the many things that were prepared was a barrel of soft lye soap, which proved instrumental in saving the train from destruction. In the spring of 1847 they joined a train which is thought to have been the Joel PALMER train, and started on their six-months trip to Oregon. While on the Platte River, Mrs. HAMILTON presented her husband with a two-pound baby girl, which they named Aneline HAMILTON. In spite of her small beginning she seemed to thrive and lived to be a very old lady.
When the bed sides were no longer needed on the wagon they were taken apart and made into a cradle, and each of the six children used the same cradle. It is now in the Portland Museum.
Martha Angeline Hamilton married George Hayward Riddell on May 13, 1867 in Linn Co., Oregon. Martha & George Riddell had seven children together.
WPA Historical Records Survey
Benton Co., Oregon
INTERVIEWS -- H
Joseph HAMILTON, Old Timer
Oakville Community
Manuscript in possession of the HORNER Museum at Oregon State Agricultural College.
Before the HAMILTONs were married Mr. HAMILTON had moved to Iowa and was following the occupation of threshing. They returned there until the following spring when they decided to come to Oregon. When their Oregon trip was decided upon they spent the winter making preparations. Among the many things that were prepared was a barrel of soft lye soap, which proved instrumental in saving the train from destruction. In the spring of 1847 they joined a train which is thought to have been the Joel PALMER train, and started on their six-months trip to Oregon. While on the Platte River, Mrs. HAMILTON presented her husband with a two-pound baby girl, which they named Aneline HAMILTON. In spite of her small beginning she seemed to thrive and lived to be a very old lady.
When the bed sides were no longer needed on the wagon they were taken apart and made into a cradle, and each of the six children used the same cradle. It is now in the Portland Museum.
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