Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. 1893. p. 300. CAPTAIN SETH POPE a pioneer of 1850, was a native of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, where he was born October 6, 1803. He was the lineal descendant of Thomas Pope, who came from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1622, and a few years later settled at Dartmouth in that State, where he and his descendants took an active part in the affairs of the country. The grandfather of Captain Seth Pope was a member of the General Court (Legislature), serving till 1792. His father was a Lieutenant in the colonial service, being present at the battle of Bunker Hill. The subject of our notice was for many years a sea captain, sailing out of New York and New Bedford. In 1836 he was married to Miss Mary Henwood, in the Isle of Wight, England, who came with him to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, where she died in 1841. January, 1850, Captain Seth Pope sailed from New Bedford for San Francisco, in the brig Nonpareil, of which he was owner and master, arriving out in June of same year. In October, 1850, he arrived with his vessel in the Columbia river; and settling at St. Helen's; Columbia county, Oregon, erected the first frame house there and engaged in merchandising, his two sons arriving in May, 1854. He was the first Postmaster, and taking an active part in county affairs, was elected several years as County Treasurer, and served twelve years as County and Probate Judge. He also owned a farm near St. Helen's, where he resided till 1881, when he removed to Portland, to be near his eldest son, where he died in 1886, in his eighty-third year. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.