Due to numerous requests I have agreed to expand my lists to include 1853, 1854 and 1855. I will add families for this year as I encounter them. If you have family that came in 1855 and wish to submit it to the list I can be contacted at the email address at the bottom of this page.

BAYLEY, James R. Dr.: (1820- ) m'd HARPOLE, Elizabeth; probably arrived via ship

BAYLEY, JAMES R., M.D.--Born in Clark County, Ohio, in 1819. Received an academic education at Springfield; commenced the study of medicine in 1841, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College three years later.  Practiced several years in Ohio. Married Miss Elizabeth Harpole.  Settled at Corvallis, Oregon, in 1857, and has lived there ever since.  Was a member of the Territorial Council in 1856 and 1857, and has twice been judge of Benton County. Was State Senator in 1866 and 1868; and supervisor of internal revenue from 1869 until 1873. Has taken thirty-two degrees in Masonry, and is Past Grand High Priest, and Past Grand Master of the Masons of Oregon." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p. 832]

"BAYLEY, DR. J. R., a physician of Newport, was horn in Clark County, Ohio, in 181!). He graduated from the Ohio Medical College in 1844. He practiced in Ohio till 1855, when he came to Oregon and located at Corvallis. He was one of the original Republicans of the state. Ile was a member of the territorial council in 1856 and 1857, and of the state senate in 1866 and 1868. He was Judge of Benton County two terms, and Supervisor of Internal Revenue from 1869 to 1873 Dr. Bayley is president of the Newport Club." [Republican League Register p. 176]

BIRCHFIELD, Susannah (1828-1903): m1. 1848 HUSSEY, Elbridge Mills; m2. 17 Nov 1881 FLYNN, William

BLANK FAMILY RESEARCHER:
BLANK, Lydia ( -1856): m'd SPENCER, George Henry; died in early 1856 at Forest Grove from tuberculosis

BOOTHE, Sarah M. (1855- ): m'd JOHNSON, George

BREWER, John A. (c1845-1905): m'd HAUSE, Elizabeth C.

BUSHEE, James Pearce (1838-25 Dec 1893): m'd 01 Jan 1867 COFFIN, Esther Jane; s/o Syvanus and Mary (jenckes) Bushee; buried Olney Cemetery, Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon

CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph; emigrated to Oregon in 1855 as missionary to the Indians; brought a large family

CHAMBERLAIN, Martin Lucius (17 May 1841- ): s/o Joseph Chamberlain

CHASTAIN, William (1831- ):

COFFEY, James (1836 - ): m'd 1860 HARGON, Johanna

"COFFEY, JAMES--Born in Ireland in 1836; came to America, and to Oregon in 1855, settling at King s Valley, Benton County. At present resides in Salem, where he is in business as a furniture dealer. Is justice of the peace of Marion County. Married Miss Johanna Hargon in San Francisco, California, in 1860. Their children are John B., Julia, James D., Mary A., Margaret L., and Isabelle J." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p. 832-3]

COMLEY, Jennings B. (1827- ): m'd MCFADDEN, Dorinda

"COMLEY, JENNINGS B.--Is a resident of Albany, Linn County, and a carpenter and joiner by occupation. He was born in Kentucky, September 21, 1827; married Dorinda McFadden, and their children are George E., Adrian A., and Edward J. Mr. Comley served four years in the city council of Albany after its first organization." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p. 833]

CRAIG, Adna D: see 1849 listing

DEALY, Robert (1832- ) s/o David Dealy

"DLC #4809 Marion County, Oregon; Robert Dealy born 1832 Jackson County, Missouri; arrived Oregon 28 Aug 1855; settled claim 22 Nov 1855.  03 Oct 1857 William Porter gave affidavit that Robert Dealy remained on claim until taken sick...when he was removed to home of his father, David Dealy, where he died.  Affidavit: David Dealy Jr (gave death affidavit as about 10 Dec 1855 at his (David Dealy Jr home), William C. Porter."

DESHIELDS FAMILY RESEARCHER:
DESHIELDS, William (c1809- ): m'd c1830 ( ), Elizabeth; settled Clackamas Co

EARHART, Rocky P. (1837- ): m'd 1863 BURDEN, N. A.; arrived via ship  Rockey P. Earhart

"EARHART, ROCKEY P.--Born in Franklin, Ohio, June 23, 1837, and was reared and  educated in that State. Came to Oregon via the Isthmus, and became clerk in the quartermaster s department of the United States army posts at Vancouver and The Dalles. Dealt in merchandise in the West Side counties, and afterward served as United States Indian agent at the Warm Springs agency, and subsequently chief clerk, special Indian agent, and secretary of the Board of United States Commissioners to the Klaniath and Modoc tribes. In 1868, having concluded these employments, he went into business in Salem, and continued so for four years. He managed the Chemeketa Hotel in that town for a year or more. Represented Marion County in the Legislature in 1870. Was afterward business manager of the Daily Bulletin newspaper at Portland. From 1874 until 1878 he was chief clerk in the surveyor general s office, resigning then to enter upon his duties as Secretary of the State of Oregon, to which he had been elected. Was re-nominated for that position in 1882, and elected by twenty-five hundred majority. Mr. Earhart is a very prominent Free Mason, and has attained the thirty-third degree therein. Has held high offices in various lodges, and assisted in the organization of the first Cornmandery of Knights Templar established in the Northwest. Has been Grand Master of the Masons of Oregon (1878 and 1879). Married July 1863, Miss N. A. Burden, of Polk County. They have four daughters." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p. 833]

EHLEN, Charles:

ELLIS, Stukley (18 Dec 1826-28 Jan 1876): m'd 1856 STEVENS, Mary

     "HON. STOKELY ELLSW0RTH.-This eminent lawyer of our state was born at Stockton, Chautauqua county, New York, December 18, 1826. Among his distinguished ancestors were Oliver Ellsworth, the third chief justice of the supreme court of the United States; Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holyoke Seminary, and Mary Franklin, a sister of Benjamin Franklin. Colonel E. E. Ells-worth is also supposed to have belonged to the same familv.
     Mr. Ellsworth received his academical education in Chautauqua county, and graduated at Yale Col-lege in 1847. He studied law at Buffalo, New York, nearly three years, and was admitted to prac-tice before the supreme court of the United States at Washington in 1855. He settled the same year at Eugene City, Oregon, feeling a greater attraction for building up a new state than in seeking high position in the older communities. He was married in 1856, at Salem, to Miss Mary Stevens, of Cold-water, Michigan, a daughter of General J. H. Ste-vens, now of North Powder, Oregon, who was also one of the first pioneers of the state. Mr. Ellsworth engaged steadily in the practice of his profession, giving but little attention to politics, although fre-quently urged by his friends to do so. His only candidacy for office at the hands of any political party during his residence in Oregon was for the office of judge of the supreme court of the state in 1866; but, while he received more than five hundred votes from the party of his opponent, he was de-feated by the incumbent, Honorable Geo. H. Will-iams, ex-attorney-general of the United States, who was also in nomination. In 1872 he moved from Eugene City to La Grande, hoping by a change of climate to benefit the health of his wife, who had become a confirmed invalid, and received from him the most careful attention and consideration at all times. 
     He was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Oregon, and was chosen by them as grand representative to the grand lodge of the United States in 1875. At this time he revisited his native state after an absence of twenty years. The allurements of place and position had but
little attraction for him, and could not induce him to enter the active arena of politics. Notwithstanding this, he took a quiet and unostentatious, but nevertheless effective, part in advancing many matters of public interest, and assisted the progress of his beloved state in many important affairs. About the year 1870 the state and coast were greatly interested in railroad matters; and, in common with his fellow-citizens generally, Mr. Ellsworth gave time, money and influence to these projects. In that year he was one of the board of directors ot the Oregon & Cali-fornia Railroad. Some years later,
in helping to locate the State University at Eugene, he took a very active part. As a lawyer, he stood in the front rank of the legal fraternity on this coast, and possessed the enviable reputation of being '' a peace-maker rather than a promoter of litigation.''
     His death occurred at La Grande January 28, 1876, after a very brief illness. Ten years later he was followed by his wife. There are four children surviving, of whom three reside in this state; while one, a daughter, makes her home in Montana. These are all persons of character and of  value to their respective communities."  [History of the Pacific Northwest Volume 2 p. 318]

FINCK, Henry Conrad (30 Jan 1822-21 Nov 1883): m'd 1848 [    ], Beatrice; s/o Johann Melchior and Elisabeth Katharina Fink; buried Anaheim Cemetery, Anaheim, Orange County, California; 1850: Bethel, Shelby County, Missouri, wife and one daughter, listed as physician; 1860 Bethel, Shelby County, Missouri, listed as physician; 1870 Aurora, Marion County, Oregon with four youngest children, no wife, listed as farmer; 1880 Anaheim, Los Angeles, California, no wife and only youngest daughter in household, Henry listed as music teacher

"Apothecary and amateur musician, was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and came to America in his youth, thence to the Bethel Colony in Missouri.  When the Aurora Colony came overland to Oregon in 1855, Henry Finck traveled by the Panama route to Aurora Mills.  He was a born musician and played many instruments.  He became noted as a musical leader in Oregon and the Aurora Band, which he organized, and directed, became the state's leading musical organization in the late 1860s and 1870s.  His wife Beatrice died while at Bethel; he was the father of five children." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 84]

GOONOUGH, Charles (13 Nov 1833- ):

     "GOODNOUGH, CHARLES, of Island City. is one of the oldest and staunchest Republicans of Union County. He was born in Calais. Vermont, November 13, 18:33, and came to Oregon in December 1855.  He lived in Portland five years, was then on the Umatilla Resl'rrntion a year, and in the summer of 1862 settled at La Grande. Be was engaged ia farming and in conducting a storl' till l81ii, when he rcmoved to Portland. In 1875, he settled in Island City, where he is president and manager of the Island City M ercantile & Milling Company. with a capital stock of $75,000 and a surplus oi $250,000. This is the largest establishment of its kind in Eastern Oregon, and has a branch at Elgin and two in Wallowa County. Its sales average $300,000 a year. He has been prominent in the politics of Union County and the state. He has been a delegate to every county convention since I87ti, every state conven-tion since 1884, and the league of 1895. He was elected to the legislature in 1890. Mr. Goodnough is a member of the Island City Republican Club." [Republican League Register p. 216]

GRAF, Fred (1833- ): m'd 1873 CARUTHERS, Carrie

"GRAF, FRED--Born in Bavaria, in 1833; came to Oregon in 1855, and to Albany in 1867. In 1870 entered the furniture and undertaking business in partnership with William Fromin, in that town, and has continued in it since. Married Miss Carrie Caruthers in 1873, and they have four children Hattie, Lillie, Katie, and Fred." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p. 833-4]

LONG, Mary: m'd WALLING, John R.

MAY, Jeptha (1820- ): m'd 1846 [ ], Amy Ann

McLENDON, Obedience (1793-aft 1880 ) m’d Evan HARER (1791-1873) This couple and 6 of their 14 children traveled to Oregon in 1855. Later several family members moved to CA and Phoenix, AZ area. Some went to CA and AZ before coming to Oregon after 1855.

MILLER, Louis (1836- ): DAVIS, Sallie

"MILLER, LOUIS--Born in St. Louis, Missouri, May 12, 1836; came to Oregon in 1855; occupation, butcher; present residence, Turner. Wife's previous name, Sallie Davis. Children Lizzie, Ollie, Louis, Pearl, Emma, and Roy." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p. 834]

PIKE, James: see 1854 emigrant list

SPENCER FAMILY RESEARCHER:
SPENCER, Emma Louise (c1851- ): d/o George and Lydia (Blank) Spencer

SPENCER, George Henry: m'd BLANK, Lydia

TYLER, Adelia Jane (c1850- ): d/o Hiram and Elizabeth Tyler

TYLER, Elizabeth: m1. TYLER, Hiram; husband died 14 Aug 1854 on Truckey River; m2. 1856 SOVERNS, George; settled Lane Co

TYLER, William Henry (c1842- ): s/o Hiram and Elizabeth Tyler

WALLING FAMILY RESEARCHER:
WALLING, George Perry: s/o John and Mary (Long) Walling; owned rug manufacturing business in Portland

WALLING, John R.: m'd LONG, Mary; s/o Gabriel and Lucy (Rorick) Walling; see other family members in 1847 list

WRIGHT, William P. (1839- ): m'd WILLARD, Maria L.

"WRIGHT, WILLIAM P.--Born in New York City in 1839, the son of Captain J. S. Wright, the celebrated navigator and master of steamships. He came to the Pacific Coast in 1855, and has traveled very extensively, visiting nearly every portion of Oregon, Washington and California. Resides now at Dallas, Polk County. Is the United States deputy surveyor for that region. He married Maria L., daughter of Dr. G. K. Willard,in Olympia, WT . T., and their children's names are Willard G., Pansy R., John F., and Dora B." [History of the Willamette Valley by Herbert Lang p. 835]

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