BRASSFIELD, Thomas Armindy

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• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1852, Sacramento, CA
• Residence: 1910, Baker, OR

Notes:

His obituary names him as one of Oregon's pioneers who came to Oregon by ox team in October of 1861, with is wife and three children. They passed over the Oregon Trail through Indian country in Baker County, OR.
He settled in the present site of the town of Echo, OR and owned a ferry, transporting immigrants over the Umatilla River.
He raised cattle later in his life before retiring a few years before his death.

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Thomas married WILLIAMS, Matilda Caroline on 16 Mar 1860 in Schuyler County, MO. Matilda was born on 1 Dec 1837 in Knoxville, TN; died on 17 Feb 1922 in Baker City, OR; was buried in Baker City, OR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BRASSFIELD, James McClennan was born on 21 Feb 1861 in OR; died in 1933 in OR; was buried in Baker City, OR.
2. BRASSFIELD, Thomas Aaron was born in 1863 in Scio, OR; died in 1900 in Baker City, OR; was buried in Baker City, OR.
3. BRASFIELD, William A. was born in 1867 in OR; died on 21 Jun 1922 in OR; was buried in Springfield, OR.
4. BRASSFIELD, George Washington was born on 26 Apr 1869 in Scio, OR; died on 27 Dec 1948 in Los Angeles, CA; was buried in Glendale, CA.

Thomas married FISHER, Mary on 22 Jun 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BRASFIELD, John Silas was born in Apr 1857 in MO; died on 9 Jun 1915 in Wilson, WY; was buried in Teton, WY.