John Pollock was born in Co. Monahan, Ireland of Scottish descent. He was the sixth child, born four days before the family sailed for America. In 1848, John and his brother, Robert, staked out gold mining claims near Yureka, California. They soon grew tired of hunting for gold so they headed north by horseback.
John married the eldest Banzer daughter, Magdalina. She died a year later in 1851.
John Pollock received an appointment from President Millard Fillmore in 1853, to study the local Indians and their problems.
In 1857, John married Eliza Banzer who was his first wife's younger sister. They lived in a cabin while improving the homestead. They had three children.
In the 1855-56 Oregon-Washington Indian War, John served in Captain William Bratton's Company of Lewis River Mounted Rangers.
John studied law. He served in the Washington Territorial Legislature, serving on the educational committee and writing the first school laws for the Territory. Returning home from a Legislature meeting in Olympia, he became ill with pneumonia and died.
John married the eldest Banzer daughter, Magdalina. She died a year later in 1851.
John Pollock received an appointment from President Millard Fillmore in 1853, to study the local Indians and their problems.
In 1857, John married Eliza Banzer who was his first wife's younger sister. They lived in a cabin while improving the homestead. They had three children.
In the 1855-56 Oregon-Washington Indian War, John served in Captain William Bratton's Company of Lewis River Mounted Rangers.
John studied law. He served in the Washington Territorial Legislature, serving on the educational committee and writing the first school laws for the Territory. Returning home from a Legislature meeting in Olympia, he became ill with pneumonia and died.
John Pollock was born in Co. Monahan, Ireland of Scottish descent. He was the sixth child, born four days before the family sailed for America. In 1848, John and his brother, Robert, staked out gold mining claims near Yureka, California. They soon grew tired of hunting for gold so they headed north by horseback.
John married the eldest Banzer daughter, Magdalina. She died a year later in 1851.
John Pollock received an appointment from President Millard Fillmore in 1853, to study the local Indians and their problems.
In 1857, John married Eliza Banzer who was his first wife's younger sister. They lived in a cabin while improving the homestead. They had three children.
In the 1855-56 Oregon-Washington Indian War, John served in Captain William Bratton's Company of Lewis River Mounted Rangers.
John studied law. He served in the Washington Territorial Legislature, serving on the educational committee and writing the first school laws for the Territory. Returning home from a Legislature meeting in Olympia, he became ill with pneumonia and died.
John married the eldest Banzer daughter, Magdalina. She died a year later in 1851.
John Pollock received an appointment from President Millard Fillmore in 1853, to study the local Indians and their problems.
In 1857, John married Eliza Banzer who was his first wife's younger sister. They lived in a cabin while improving the homestead. They had three children.
In the 1855-56 Oregon-Washington Indian War, John served in Captain William Bratton's Company of Lewis River Mounted Rangers.
John studied law. He served in the Washington Territorial Legislature, serving on the educational committee and writing the first school laws for the Territory. Returning home from a Legislature meeting in Olympia, he became ill with pneumonia and died.
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