The Immigration of 1844Surnames F - G

Name Comments
Jesse Ferguson
  • Was part of the Michael T. Simmons party that established the first settlement north of the Columbia River (Hines, 1893).

John Fielden  
M. C. Fielden  
John Fleming  
M. G. Foisy
  • "M. G. Foisy, who came to Oregon in 1844, was the first printer in the territory after Hall, who visited Lapwai from the Islands in 1841. Mr. Foisy set up the book of Matthew as translated into the Nez Percé language by the Presbyterian missionaries, and printed on the little press presented to this mission by the native church of Honolulu, which press is now preserved in the state archives at Salem. He afterward went to California, where he worked at Monterey in the office of 'The Californian' in the English and Spanish languages, merged later into the 'Alta California'." (Bancroft, pg. 467)
Mark Ford
Nathaniel Ford
  • Leader of Ford's Company

  • "Nathaniel Ford, of whose settlement in Polk County I have spoken, after a useful and honorable life, died at Dixie, in that county, January 9, 1870, at the age of 75 years. Lucinda Ford, his wife, died January 4, 1874." (Bancroft, pg. 469).

  • Biography

  • Enumerated in 1849 Census, Polk Co., OR, 1850 Census, Polk Co., OR

  • Buried at Burch Pioneer Cemetery in Rickreall, Polk Co., OR, with his wife, Lucinda, and daughter, Mary. Also buried here is Nathaniel's sister, Kezziah (Ford) Goff.
Charles Forrest  
B. Frost  
"Doc" Fruit  
James Fruit  
J. Fuller  
Jenny Fuller  
Jesse Gage
Joseph Gage
William Gage
James Gavish  
John Gavish  
Gibbon  
Isaac N. Gilbert
Gillespie  
Cornelius Gilliam
  • Leader of Gilliam's Company

  • Buried at Dallas Cemetery, Polk Co., OR

  • Denise Sproed is a direct descendant of Cornelius and Mary (Crawford) Gilliam, and is happy to share information about many families from the 1844 wagon train.
Miss Henrietta Gilliam
  • Part of John Thorp's Co.
Martin Gilliam  
Mitchell Gilliam
Porter Gilliam  
Smith Gilliam  
William Gilliam  
William Gilliam  
Charles Gilmore  
N. Gilmore  
David Goff
Marion Goff  
Samuel Goff
Golding  
Samuel Goodhue  
W. H. Goodwin
David Grant  
J. Graves  
S. C. Graves  
Greenwood  
Britain Greenwood  
John Greenwood  



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