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<DIV>Hello, Sue,</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm sure there is no connection. My James Hamlin was b. in Kentucky,
and migrated along with many of his siblings to Iowa & Ohio where several of
them died. He meandered back to Illinois where he married Eliza Jane
Shearer in 1840. They moved on to Iowa, and left from there for their
trip to Oregon. </DIV>
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<A title=ssteward@ccountry.net href="mailto:ssteward@ccountry.net">Sue
Steward</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:45
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] The Oregon
Trail</DIV>
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<DIV>I notice one of your names is Hamlin.</DIV>
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<DIV>My husband's ancestor is John Lewis Hamlin, born 28 Nov 1823 in New York
or Connecticut. He married Mary Jane Bunn 3 July 1848 in
Peoria, Illinois. I don't know when they actually came to Oregon.
He was living in Douglas County, Oregon in 1866 when his daughter was married
in Coos County. He filed for divorce in Douglas County in 1868.</DIV>
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<DIV>He remarried in Douglas County in 1871 to Mary Jane (Conner) Allen.
Later they moved to Polk County where he died in 1878. He is buried in
the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, also known as Red Prairie Cemetery. 2.5
miles west of Ballston. Site of former Methodist Episcopal Church, T.
6S, R. 4 W., Section 12. The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located on
the Nathan Conner Donation Land Claim and was established in 1852. Polk
County Cemetery Book Volume 5 page 56.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sue</DIV>
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<A title=darlene@thecasteels.net
href="mailto:darlene@thecasteels.net">Darlene Casteel</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] The Oregon
Trail</DIV>
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<DIV>I, too, enjoy this discussion about the Oregon Trail. One of my
gr-gr-grandfathers came in 1848 (Griffin), and the other in 1852
(Hamlin). When I think about the hardships they faced as they traveled
to and then settled in this new land, it makes me very proud.
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<DIV>Darlene</DIV>
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<A title=GerryCT@aol.com href="mailto:GerryCT@aol.com">GerryCT@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:16
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] The Oregon
Trail</DIV>
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<DIV>I love this discussion about the Oregon Trail. So many of us
have ancestors that traveled that trail and I worry that the history of
the trail over time is becoming diminished.</DIV>
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<DIV>My early Oregon ancestors - Cox, King, McCarty - all came to Oregon
via the trail. They joined the many pioneers on their to Oregon in
Missouri and were among some of the earliest to arrive here. I am
very proud of my pioneer stock and am eager to finally begin to put that
history together for our family.</DIV>
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<DIV>Gerry</DIV></FONT>
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