Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 609.

FRANCIS XAVIER MATTHIEU

     Born in Canada in 1818 and removed to New York in 1838 from political
reasons, having been one of the insurrectionary party in 1837-38.  He became
clerk for the American Fur Company, and made two trips to the Rocky Mountains in
1840-41.  He entered Oregon in 1842 and settled among the Canadian-French
inhabitants of the northern part of Marion County.  His presence among them was
useful to the American cause, for his influence was thrown in favor of
republican principles and movements.  Contemporary writers have spoken of F. X.
Matthieu in terms of gratitude and respect.  He was, doubtless, the most
influential of the people of that nativity in Oregon.  He served in the State
Legislature in 1874 and 1878; and in the Cayuse war was deputy quartermaster.
Resides now on his original donation claim one and a half miles south of
Butteville.  Married, in 1844, Rosa Ossang, who bore him seven sons and seven
daughters.  His occupations have been farming and merchandising, and for twenty
years he was in trade at Butteville.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.