Sarah B. Findley was born March 28, 1848, at Fort Vancouver to James Findley & Caroline (Buell )Findley. She was the daughter of James Lindsay and Caroline (Buell) Findley, who had traveled to Oregon in the 1847 wagon train captained by Caroline's father, Elias Buell.

An 1848 letter by Josiah Osborn indicates that the Buell train and Findley train may have been traveling very close to each other, for Josiah met members of both trains, including James and Caroline, within two days, near the Dalles. James died at Ft. Vancouver on Dec. 23, 1847. Caroline married 2nd on March 25, 1849, to John R. Courtney; the Courtney family was also related to the Findleys.

Caroline's new mother-in-law, Nancy Agnes Bolton Ritchie Findley Courtney, had first been married to Alexander Findley, and then to John B. Courtney, and was a grand-aunt of James Lindsay Findley.

Sarah married William W. Redford on Feb 28, 1867, in Walla Walla, WA.; they had children Julia E. Redford and James A. Redford.

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Mrs. Sarah B. Redford

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah B. Redford, the first white child born in Vancouver town site, were held at Prairie City, February 7. Mrs. Redford had died at her home in Prairie City the day preceding.

Mrs. Redford was born at Fort Vancouver on March 28, 1848. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Findley, crossed the plains in 1847, arriving at Fort Vancouver in the early fall of that year. Her father died on December 23, 1847.

Sarah, with her mother, moved to Brownsville, in Linn County, in 1852, receiving her schooling there.

She was married to William H. Redford in 1867. Seven children were born of this union, five of whom survived. They are Mrs. Lydia De Ment, James D. Redford, and William A. Redford, all of Portland; Virgil Redford of Chinook, Wash., and Mrs. Viola Mix of Nampa, Idaho.

Interment was at Prairie City.

Oregonian; February 17, 1929; page 12 (photo)

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