An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 419-420

	J.A. STOUGHTON, of Cheney, Washington, was born in Westfield, Massachusetts,
in 1830, a son of Alexander H. and Elizabeth (Sexton) Stoughton. The father was
a native of Connecticut, and a mechanic by profession. J.A. Stoughton, the
second in a family of three children, received his education in the district
schools of his native State. In 1836 he emigrated with his parents to Alabama,
but in 1840 they were obliged to leave that State, on account of yellow fever,
and the following three years were spent in Missouri. In 1843 they removed to
Oregon, having been the first emigrants to cross the plains, and were guided
part of the way by Kit Carson and General Fremont. The Stoughton family located
in the Willamette valley, that State, and they first camped on the ground where
Portland now stands, it being then a wilderness. In 1848 our subject began
mining in California, but the following year returned to Oregon and resumed
farming. In 1879 he located on a farm near Cheney, Washington, but later moved
to this city, where he has a fine residence, valued at $l,000, as well as other
property.
	Mr. Stoughton was married in 1850, to Miss Frances E. Townsend, a native of
Georgia, and a member of a fine old family. They have three children, Mary E.,
Ida S. and Edith S. Socially, our subject is a member of the Farmersí Alliance,
and religiously the family are identified with the Methodist Church. Mr.
Stoughton is an enterprising citizen, is a great reader, and is thoroughly
posted on all matters relating to the early settlement of the State.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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