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November 13-M. T. Simmons, S. P. Moses, S. D. Ruddie. Adam Wylie, II. A. Goldsborough, Q. A. Brooks, Wm. Plumb and C. W. Hale were elected delegates to Monticello con- vention.
November 13 -- Brig G. W. Kendall sailed for San Fran- cisco with 6,700 feet sawed timber; 5,000 feet hewed timber ; 10.000 shingles; 100 barrels oil.
November 13-New saw mill reported in course of erec- tion on Nisqually River, seven miles from Steilacoom.
November 20-Columbian announces removal of its of- fice to building near Main and First Streets, in building with postoffice and custom house, where they "are entirely above high tide and have no use for canoe to navigate around our sanctum."
November 27-Authorities in Washington consent to es-
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tablishment of a mail route from Olympia to Steilacoom, pro- viding a contract can be made for $140 annually.
November 27 .- Schooner Franklin sailed for San Fran- cisco with 300 barrels salmon. 8650 feet sawed lumber, 14 hogs.
December 4-Wm. Dowling opened Columbia Hotel on Second Street.
December 4-Announces death of infant son of Col. M. T. Simmons.
December 11-Brig June sailed for San Francisco with 800 feet piles. 200 barrels salmon, 140.000 shingles, 30 cords wood.
December 11-Columbian announces fourth week of go- ing to press without eastern mail.
December 18-Every house between Cowlitz and Olympia crowded with emigrant families.
1853
January 1-Edmund Sylvester donated two lots to Ma- sonic fraternity.
January 1-Columbian announces unconfirmed rumor that President Pierce has been elected President.
January 1-Also that Oregon Territorial Legislature has been in session three weeks, but no authentic information has been received at Olympia of its proceedings.
January 1-Rev. Benj. Close assigned by Methodist Church to Northern Oregon, takes up residence in Olympia.
January 1-A. W. Moore opens public school.
January 8-Bark Sarah Warren arrived at Olympia with $15.000 worth of merchandise. She was twenty-three days on way from San Francisco and brought two passengers, Capt. S. W. Percival and wife.
January 22-Dr. D. S. Maynard of Seattle, married to Mrs. Catherin Broshears. of Thurston County.
February 26-Died at Allen's point, six miles below Olympia, Benj. F., infant son of Isaac Dofflemyer.
March 19-A tiger was caught, weighing over 200 pounds, by the "boys" on Mr. Bush's farm. six miles from Olympia.
March 19-Wright, Coulter & Co., opened a general mer- chandise store.
March 19-Large quantities of coal are being hauled from
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Skookumchuck coal fields for shipment to San Francisco.
March 19 .- J. W. Wiley sold his interest in the Colum- bian to J. J. Beebe.
March 19-Olympia enjoys first theatrical performance. General Jack Rag, celebrated actor and vocalist, gave a grand entertainment at Olympia House. Tickets 25 cents; children and "niggers" free. Tickets sold at the bar.
March 26-Several new buildings erected. Catholic Church completed.
March 26-J. R. Johnson, M. D., announces opening of a hospital at his point, fifteen miles below Olympia.
April 9-A bed of oysters discovered, four or five acres in extent, on South Bay.
April 9-Wm. Dowling, proprietor Columbia house, died.
April 9-U. S. District Court opened in Thurston County, Judge Strong presiding.
April 16-Brig Kingsbury sailed for San Francisco with 250 piles, 20,000 feet sawed lumber. 30 cords wood.
April 16-Methodist Church erected.
April 23-Thirty families en route to Thurston County, reported between Olympia and the Cowlitz.
April 23-One hundred guns fired by Olympia light ar- tillery in honor of the new Territory, Washington, first estab- lished by act of Congress.
May 7-First dravage business established in Olympia by Post Master A. W. Moore.
May 21-Conrad Snyder establishes a Olympia.
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May 28-General merchandise firm of Wright, Coulter & Co., dissolved, and establishment continued under name Parker, Coulter & Co .. John G. Parker being new member.
June 4-John Edgar, Whitfield Kirtley, E. J. Allen and Geo. Shazer leave for east of the mountains to confer relative to a road to Walla Walla.
June 4-Married, Jesse Furgeson to Margaret J. Rut- ledge, all of Thurston County.
July 9-J. Patton Anderson, first U. S. Marshal, arrives, and prepares to take census.
July 9-Account of celebration of Fourth of July by salute at sunrise and usual patriotic program. At a meeting
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at the Methodist Church toasts were proposed and responded to by prominent citizens. Lieut. Kautz, U. S. A., responded to "Army and Navy." and offered "The citizens of Olympia -may they always have high tides, so that, like clams, they may be ever happy."
July 9-Died, Rebecca V. Chambers, wife of Andrew J. Chambers, aged nineteen years.
July 16-Great demand for labor. One hundred laborers called for at good wages.
July 23-D. C. Beatty commenced manufacture of furni- ture in Olympia.
July 30-Married, at Scatter Creek. Thurston County, on the 26th inst., by Wm. Plumb, Samuel Coulter to Harriet E. Tilley.
July 30-Public meeting to discuss plans for betterment of mail service.
August 13-Olympia markets destitute of flour.
August 13 -- Married, James T. Philips to Junetta Grogan, all of Thurston County.
August 13-Died. James H. Yantis. seventeen years of age. Also John M. Monroe, aged twenty-three years.
September 17-T. F. McElroy disposes of the Columbian to Mat. K. Smith.
September 10-List of 164 letters published, remaining uncalled in postoffice. If not called for within three months will be sent to Washington, D. C.
October 8-Chief Justice Lander. Secretary Mason and U. S. Attorney Clendenin arrive in Olympia. Reported that Gov- ernor Stevens had arrived in White River valley en route to Olympia.
November 12-Married, in Washington County, Oregon, Wm. Billings, of Olympia, to Mary Angeline Miller.
Also at Olympia, Benj. Gordon to Julia Ann Mccullough, all of this county.
November 19-Died, on Chambers' Prairie, Eliza Jane Hicks, aged twenty-one years.
November 26-Census completed. Thurston County re- turns 996. Pierce 513, the Territory 3965.
December 3-The Columbian becomes the "Washington Pioneer," J. W. Wiley. publisher.
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Died, at Olympia, Nov. 21, of consumption, Mrs. Sarah Cornell, aged twenty-four years.
December 10-A. M. Berry associated with J. W. Wiley in publication of Washington Pioneer.
December 24-Capt. MeClellan, Lient, Donalson, Lieut. Duncan, Messrs. Winter, Moffitt, Bixby, Giddings, and Suck - ley, all attached to Gov. Stevens' exploration party. arrive in Olympia.
1854
January 21-Governor Stevens contracts for several build- ings to be built on Main Street, Olympia, for public offices and headquarters for Northern Railway exploring party.
Married, A. J. Moses to Miss Sarah J. Head, both of Olympia.
Married, at New Market, A. B. Rabbeson to Miss Lucy Barnes.
Married, Andrew J. Chambers to Margaret White.
February 4-Pioneer and Democrat announces "six weeks without a mail from the East, and three without one even from Oregon."
February 25-Seal of the Territory designed by a member of the Northern Railway exploring. offered for adoption. (This design was afterward adopted. It represented a sheet of water being traversed by a steamer and sailing vessel, with a Goddess of Hope, with an anchor, pointing to the Chinook word "Alki").
At the election just held in the Territory-the first- Thurston County cast 171 votes more than any other county.
Married. S. Nelson Woodruff to Samantha Packwood. eldest daughter of Wm. Packwood.'
Announces dedication of the Methodist Church, which took place March 19, Rev. J. F. DeVore, pastor.
February 25-First Territorial Legislature meets (Mon- day. Feb. 27).
March 25-Victor Monroe delivers an address advocating prohibition.
April 8-First Legislative ball given, under supervision of Wm. Cock, of the Pacific Hotel, where the event took place.
April 15-A. J. and N. P. Miller commence erection of a
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steam saw mill at North Olympia, two miles below town, "the largest lumbering establishment on the Sound."
April 29-Married, by Chief Justice Lander, John G. Parker to Jerusha Hays.
Died, Mrs. Angeline White, wife of John M. White.
May 13-Bernard Cornelius, graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, establishes a classical, mathematical, commercial and training school in Olympia.
Married, G. W. Allen to Hester Packwood, daughter of Wm. Packwood.
May 20-Bishop Scott and Rev. D. McCarthy announce first Episcopal Church meeting for Sunday, 28th inst.
May 27-Married, C. G. Saylor to Matilda J. Sargent. Died, Geo. W. Guthrie, on Chambers' Prairie.
June 10-Postoffice established on Ground Mound. L. D. Durgin, postmaster.
July 1-The first Sunday school opened in Olympia under superintendence of Rev. G. F. Whitworth, in the Hall of Repre- sentatives.
May 13-Announces drowning of G. N. McConaha and Capt. Barstow, which occurred May 4th, while making pas- sage in a canoe between Vashon Island and Alki. Mr. Mc- Conaha was returning home from Olympia, where he has pre- sided as President of the first Legislative Council.
July 8-Henry Cock, Dr. Kanby and Judge Roundtree start for Yakima to prospect for gold. Reported that $3 to $5 per day to the hand has been obtained.
July 15-Firm of Bettman & Brand dissolve. Mr. Bett- man was third one to open business in Olympia, and now be- comes associated with his brother in same.
August 5-Commence pile driving for a dock to deep water.
August 19-First class in vocal music organized, under Mrs. M. A. Hamm, who "as a teacher of sacred music has few superiors living."
Messrs. Ensign, Blankenship and Kirtley return from a prospecting tour in Cascade Mountains. Convinced gold ex- ists there but doubt its presence in paying quantities. They reported favorable progress on the immigrant road over the mountains.
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September 2-Tumwater flouring mill commences opera- tion, under management of Ward & Hays.
Silas Gallagher arrives, being first accession to the popu- lation of Olympia from the Atlantic states that summer.
September 16-Messrs. Giddings and Scration arrive at Olympia, four days from San Francisco, breaking record for time to that date.
Death of A. M. Berry, senior proprietor of the Pioneer and Democrat announced. He died in New Hampshire of smallpox. He had gone East to make contract for printing the laws and journals for the Territory.
October 15-Contract let for bridge across bay to eastside.
Edmund Sylvester returns from East, where he went to be married, accompanied by Mrs. T. F. McElroy and Mrs. A. J. Baldwin, a sister of Mrs. Sylvester.
October 21-Married, Francis Marion Rhodes and Mary Ann Mounts, all of Thurston County.
Died, Miss Jane Thomson.
December 9-Second Legislative Assembly convened (Dec. 4), at old Masonic Temple.
1855
February 3-Legislature adjourned, after locating capital at Olympia, penitentiary at Fort Vancouver, and University at Seattle, with a branch on Boisfort Plains, Lewis County.
Married, Urban E. Hicks, County Auditor, to India Ann Hartsock.
February 24-Married, by Edward Lander, Henry Rader, of Bellingham, to Miss Elizabeth Austin.
Drowned, crossing Skookumchuck, George Watson Stevens. He was a kinsman and private secretary to Gov. Stevens.
March 24-Major Tilton, Surveyor-General, arrived at Olympia.
J. Patton Anderson resigned as U. S. Marshal.
April 21-On Gravelly Prairie, by Rev. G. F. Whitworth, A. Benton Moses to Sarah Jane, daughter of B. F. Yantis.
Married, Geo. W. Corliss to Lucretia R. Judson.
May 12-Democratic Territorial convention met in Olym- pia and nominated J. Patton Anderson for Congress.
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Wm. Hicks committed suicide by drowning in the bay just below town. The first recorded act of self destruction. Insanity. caused by too close application to study of spirit rapping.
May 26-W. W. Miller appointed Clerk of the District Court for the Second District.
June 13-Married. Jas. K. Hurd to Eliza A. Woodward.
Died. Rachel Henrietta, wife of John D. Biles. near Vancouver.
August 17-Meeting held at Washington Hotel to fix standard value of various silver coins in circulation.
October 5-Married, Butler P. Anderson to Ione Head.
October 12-Married. Joseph Bunting to Miss M. A. E. McAllister.
Died. Nathaniel Alden, son of Wm. and Mary Angeline Billings. Also Mary Angeline Billings, wife of Wm. Billings. twenty-six years of age.
October 19-Call by Acting Governor for two companies of mounted volunteers.
October 26-John G. Parker placed Steamer Traveler on route between Olympia and Seattle.
Married. A. J. Baldwin to Miss Mary Pattle.
November 9-The Pioneer and Democrat announces as reason for having missed an issue of the paper that "the hands in the office were either acting as volunteers or were engaged in the work of fortifying Olympia."
Also announces death of James McAllister, A. Benton Moses and Joseph Miles, killed by the Indians.
Married. J. C. Patton to Mary E. Weed, all of Olympia.
Companies of volunteers for service in the Indian war or- ganized at Olympia. Chambers' and Grand Mound Prairies.
Third session of the Legislative Assembly meets in Olympia.
Married, Wm. Baffleck to Miss Elizabeth Simmons.
1856
January 4-Married. by Rev. G. F. Whitworth. Elwood Evans to Miss Elzira Z. Gore.
January 25-Governor Stevens returned from the National Capitol and is given a hearty reception.
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February 8-First company of volunteers raised in Thurs- ton County under call of Gov. Stevens. Also a company of Mounted Rangers.
April 4-A detachment of twenty men were sent by Gov. Stevens to apprehend Indians who had raided Yelm Prairie and driven off and killed a large number of head of stock belonging to Messrs. Brail. Longmire and Chambers.
July 4-On account of the Indian troubles the National holiday was not celebrated. A picnic was held down the bay, on the return from which the revenue cutter. Jeff Davis, ac- companied the Steamer Traveler, firing a salute.
July 18-Married. Chas. C. Ferry to Mary J. Russell.
July 25-Married, by Rev. DeVore, Thomas Rutledge to Miss M. L. Shotwell.
September 5-T. W. Glascow introduced the first thresh- ing machine in Thurston County and advertised it for use.
September 19-Died, at Olympia, on the 15th inst., Victor Monroe. Associate Justice of the United States Court. He was a native of Kentucky and was aged about forty years.
September 26-Married. John French to Miss Rebecca Littlejohn.
Also, James Mix to Mary Littlejohn.
At Miami Prairie, James Laws to Hester Bryan, all of Thurston County.
December 12-Fourth Legislative Assembly convened on the 4th inst.
Married, Joseph Gibson to Narcissa Jane Henness, both of Thurston County.
December 19-Married, Wm. Martin to Ann E. Yantis.
By Rev. G. F. Whitworth, Daniel C. Beatty to Mary Jane Thomson.
1857
January 2-Married, Louis D. Barnard to Mary A. Parsons.
James Redpath to P. Catharine Ostrander, daughter of Dr. N. Ostrander, occurring December 9.
January 23-Reception by Gov. Stevens and wife, at their new residence on Capital Hill, attended by citizens of Olympia
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and vicinity, the members of the Legislature and officers of the U. S. S. Massachusetts.
March 27-W. R. Stockend, a farm hand on Tenalquot Prairie. killed a panther, six feet, seven inches long, in a fair fist and boot fight. The elaborated account in the Pioneer and Democrat proves that likely candidates died before the Ananias Club was organized.
May 29-"Colored" Republican convention met in Olym- pia and nominated a candidate for Delegate to Congress, after adopting a platform affirming that "James Buchanan, as well as the Supreme Court, should be abolished as a great humbug and that a white man was a good as a negro when behaving."
May 29-At Swanville, by Rev. G. F. Whitworth, Maj. G. C. Blankenship to Mrs. Sarah Jane Moses, married.
June 26-In San Francisco, Isaac Lightner. an Olympia business man, to Miss Dorothea Leseritz.
July 17-B. F. Brown, two miles below town, on the west- side, commenced the erection of a wharf to deep water at that point.
September 11-Gov. Fayette McMullen arrived and took oath of office.
Married. William Wright to Sarah Ellen Littlejohn.
Contract for carrying mail from San Francisco to Olym- pia, let to Pacific Mail S. S. Co.
Died. G. B. Goudy, former publisher of the Pioneer and Democrat, aged twenty-nine years.
Also Jas. K. Hurd. from injuries received from attack of a wild ox.
Married. Edward Huggins to Elititia Work, sister-in-law of Dr. Tolmie.
December 4-Fifth Legislative session met (8th inst.).
1858
January 29-Meeting held in Olympia to protest against the failure of the Pierce County authorities to hang the In- dian murderer Leschi, under sentence of death.
February 19-Married, by Rev. G. F. Whitworth. Jared S. Hurd to Anne M. Cock.
Wm. L. Mitchell, Deputy Sheriff of Thurston County,
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under order from the Supreme Court, proceeded to Steilacoom and on the same day hung Leschi.
March 19-Married, David L. Phillips to Sophia Ellen Suttlemeirs.
July 2-Died, Mrs. Sarah Thomson, aged eighty-two years. The mother of Rev. Geo. F. Whitworth.
July 16-Married, by Rev. G. F. Whitworth, Fayette Mc- Mullen, Governor of Washington Territory, to Mary Wood, of Olympia.
September 10-Married, Rufus Willard to Sarah J. Fletcher.
October 15-Died, Margaret, wife of William Rutledge, aged sixty-six years.
December 17-Married, Wm. G. Dunlap to Carrie Cock.
December 31-Grand Lodge of Masons for Washington Territory organized at Olympia.
1859
January 7-Meeting held in Olympia to organize a Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance.
February 11-Married, James R. Wood to Mrs. M. B. Pullen.
Died, Fanny Belle, only daughter of Major James and Isabella Tilton.
April 8-First earthquake experienced in Thurston County, occurred on the 2nd inst.
April 15-Married, by Chief Justice McFadden, William Mitchell to Martha Johns (13th inst.).
July 8-Married. Henry Cock to Maria D. Hall.
July 22-Isaac Wood erected a brewery at Fifth and Co- lumbia Streets.
Chas. H. Mason, Secretary of the Territory, died at age of twenty-nine.
October 21-Fourth Street, from its junction with Main, planked. Stumps removed from Main above Fourth.
November 25-Died, Mollie, daughter of Selucius and S. E. Garfielde.
On Mound Prairie, J. W. Goodell.
December 9-Died, Mary F. Reed, daughter of T. M. and E. H. Reed.
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Seventh Legislative session convened.
December 23-Married, A. B. Gore to Mrs. Vestatia J. M. Hyde.
Dan W. Lowell to Ellen Willard.
1860
January 13-Alert Hook and Ladder Company organized. The first organization of the kind in Olympia.
March 23-Married, M. R. Tilley to Miss R. A. Leonard.
March 30-Died. J. W. Wiley, forty years of age. He was for several years connected with the Pioneer and Democrat. August 10-Married, Nathaniel Crosby to Cordelia Smith.
August 17-Severe electric storm during which three trees were struck within city limits.
Oregon apples were on the market at twenty-five cents per pound.
August 24-Contract let for clearing the capitol grounds. Much local criticism of the Territorial Capital Commission for not proceeding to build with $30,000 appropriated by Federal Government.
September 14-Census just completed shows total popu- lation for Thurston County of 1504; value of property, $1.529,700.
Eighth Legislative Assembly convenes and on December 11 passes bill removing capital to Vancouver, and the peni- tentiary from Vancouver to Port Townsend.
December 28-Mount Baker in state of eruption. "throw- ing off clouds of smoke and steam."
1861
January 4-Married, Chas. Eagan to Kate Wood. Also John Chapman to Sarah E. Dofflemeyer.
January 25-Died. Mary Rutledge, wife of Wni. Rut- ledge, Sr.
February 15-Married. E. N. Sargent to Lucinda Mounts.
March 8-Messrs. DeLacy, Blankenship and Packwood start on trip to explore Nisqually pass. south of Mt. Rainier.
March 15-Having been discovered that the bill remov- ing capital to Vancouver is defective, having no enacting
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clause, an editorial battle is commenced between the Pioneer and Democrat, and Vancouver Chronicle.
April 10-Married, Aaron Webster to Miss Yantis.
April 26-Married, John M. Murphy to Eliza J. McGuire, of Portland.
May 17-Acting Governor MeGill calls for organization of state militia.
May 24-Married, Isaac Ellis to Martha A. Connor.
New administration for Washington Territory announced as follows: Governor, W. H. Wallace; Chief Justice, C. C. Hewitt ; Receiver of the Land Office, Jos. Cushman; Register, A. A. Denny; Secretary. L. J. Turney; Attorney, J. J. Mc- Gilvra; Associate Justice, J. E. Wych.
September 14-Married, Jos. II. Kellett to Rebecca D. Sargent.
September 21-Married, Peterfield Turpin to Eunice M. Harned.
October 5-Chief Justice Hewitt declares law removing capital from Olympia to Vancouver null and void.
December 7-Ninth Legislative session convened.
1862
March 29-C. H. Hale confirmed as Superintendent of In- tian Affairs.
May 3-Steamer Eliza Anderson takes up run from Olym- pia to Cariboe mines.
June 21-Died, at Olympia, W. G. Dunlap.
September 20-A theatrical company, presenting "Lu- tretia Borgia," "Lady of Lyons," "David Copperfield," "The Brigands," etc., appeared for one week in Olympia.
Married, Henry C. Hale to Fannie E. Knox.
October 11-Five hundred and twenty-one dollars sub- seribed by citizens of Thurston County for relief of federal soldiers, and grand ball projected to raise funds for like purpose.
October 18-Meeting called to take measures for show- ing proper respect to memory of Isaac I. Stevens.
1863
January 10-B. F. Kendall, editor of the Overland Press,
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died on 7th inst .. from effect of a pistol shot fired by Horace Howe. Kendall was thirty-four years of age and a graduate of Bowdoin College.
June 20-Died, at Walla Walla, May 31st, wife of Wm. Cock. aged forty-nine years.
June 27-Died, Rev. Richard J. Evans, aged twenty-eight years. At the time of his death Mr. Evans was pastor of the Presbyterian Church, from March 13, 1860, to time of his death.
July 11-Married. McLain Chambers to Esther Packwood.
July 25-Died. at Victoria. July 18th, G. Warbass. of Olympia.
August 1-Mount Baker reported in state of eruption.
September 26-Married. D. B. Ward to Belle Byles.
October 3-Died, Levi Offutt, aged forty-five years.
November 14-Married. T. J. Axtell to Eliza M. Brown. Bride dressed in red, white and blue.
November 28-Born. to the wife of Robt. Frost, a daugh- ter (24th inst.). Also to the wife of A. B. Young. a son.
December 26-At Tumwater (Dec. 23), Clanrick Crosby, Jr .. to Martha B. Ward.
1864
February 27-Married. W. H. Ruddell to Helen Z. Himes, on the 21st inst.
April 16-Died (April 10), Geo. N. Scott, aged twenty- four years.
July 9-At Tumwater (July 3) Geo. W. Biles to Louise Crosby.
October 1-Married. Geo. W. Simmons to Virginia H. Cal- houn ; also Christopher C. Simmons to Amantha Kennedy.
December 24-Married. Stephen L. Ruddell to Amanda J. Packwood.
1865
March 4-Married, James Scott to Electra Rutledge.
July 1-Died, Mary Frances, daughter of Levi and Chris- tiana Shelton, aged nineteen years.
July 29-Schuyler Colfax addressed the people of Olympia.
August 19-News of the loss of the Brother Jonathan
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reached Olympia, Dr. A. G. Henry, Surveyor-General of the Territory, was lost on this steamer.
Married, A. J. Burr of Olympia to Mrs. M. Woodruff, of Tumwater.
September 30-Committee appointed to receive and pro- vide for women arriving on Continental from New England.
1866
January 6-Married, John Shelton to Angeline Ford.
Also, Wm. P. Wright to Maria L. Willard.
February 3-Died, at the age of sixty. Samuel James.
March 17-New flouring mill erected by C. Crosby, at Tumwater, is completed.
March 31-Columbia Engine Company No. 1, is organized.
April 7-Married, Dudley Barnes to Harriet L. Eastman.
April 14-Married, Columbus White to May Clark.
May 19-Died, at Tumwater, Mary Crosby, aged fifty- eight years, relict of late Capt. Nathaniel Crosby, a pioneer of the county.
July 21-The Pixley family gave their first performance in Olympia. Annie Pixley, at this time fourteen years of age, gained a national reputation as an actress. Her mother, at this time, opened a millinery shop on Washington Street, be- tween Third and Fourth.
August 4-Died, near Tumwater, John Scate, aged sev- enty-six years.
September 8-Married, at Victoria, Jacob Waldrick to Lucretia Eaton, all of Thurston County.
November 17-U. S. C. S. Brig Fauntleroy, Captain Law- son, and J. J. Gilbert, arrive to survey coast of upper Sound.
December 22-Married. James Brewer to Mary E. Byrd. Died, G. K. Willard, fifty-eight years of age.
1867
January 12-Gov. Cole arrived in Olympia and succeeded Gov. Pickering.
January 19-Died, W. H. Waterman, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, aged fifty-eight years.
Also, Christiana, wife of Levi Shelton, fifty-one years of age.
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January 26-Married, at Montesano, John R. James to Mary C. Scammons.
February 23-Died, B. S. Cornell, in his sixty-ninth year.
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