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Thomas Angell

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Thomas Angell

Birth
Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York, USA
Death
26 Nov 1888 (aged 78)
Wasco County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Petersburg, Wasco County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section between Doyle and Campbell.
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May 13, 1928 - The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Oregon
96th Birthday Here for Oregon Mother
Mrs. Susan Angell Plans to Receive Friends
Pioneer of 1852 Lives Happily in Portland After Long and Interesting Career

Thomas Angell was a descendant of the Thomas Angell who settled in Rhode Island with Roger Williams, and who was one of the 54 associates who received land grants from Williams of property which later became the townsite of Providence. Mr. Angell went to California during the days of the gold rush in 1849, returning a year later to his home in Iowa via Cape Horn. He found the climate of the west so beneficial that he decided to return with his family, and the long wagon trip across the continent followed within a year after his return from the coast.
May 13, 1928 - The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Oregon
96th Birthday Here for Oregon Mother
Mrs. Susan Angell Plans to Receive Friends
Pioneer of 1852 Lives Happily in Portland After Long and Interesting Career

Thomas Angell was a descendant of the Thomas Angell who settled in Rhode Island with Roger Williams, and who was one of the 54 associates who received land grants from Williams of property which later became the townsite of Providence. Mr. Angell went to California during the days of the gold rush in 1849, returning a year later to his home in Iowa via Cape Horn. He found the climate of the west so beneficial that he decided to return with his family, and the long wagon trip across the continent followed within a year after his return from the coast.

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