John H. Bateman, member of Buell wagon train over the Oregon Trail in 1847, was b. 1815 in England, married Phoebe Maxon (Maxson) in Washington Co. Iowa March 14, 1843. She was born November 13, 1816 in VA and died April 08, 1895 in Linn Co., OR. One reference indicates he died in 1895. another in 1898.
Early on the trip to Oregon, John put his hat on his wagon, and it was stolen. He made the rest of the trip without a hat, and the family notes that the group was called "the train of the bareheaded man".
On December 11, 1849, John Bateman was elected the first treasurer of Linn Co., OR and served for one year, collecting a single $0.50 fine. John was in the census of Lebanon, Or., in 1860. In the Brownsville Methodist Church, he was the first recording steward.
Descendent Dan Shike reported John Bateman's daughter, Mary, described him.
"My father made shoes for all of the family. He was quite in demand in all the countryside as a barrel, bucket and tub maker. The fact is that he was a cooper by trade. He had learned the trade while a boy in England, and he found that his services in the new world, particularly in the midwest and west were very acceptable. Upon arriving in Linn County, he found that there were practically no coopers here. My father has the distinction of making by hand nearly all of the tubs, barrels, and buckets for the pioneers of his neighborhood."
Early on the trip to Oregon, John put his hat on his wagon, and it was stolen. He made the rest of the trip without a hat, and the family notes that the group was called "the train of the bareheaded man".
On December 11, 1849, John Bateman was elected the first treasurer of Linn Co., OR and served for one year, collecting a single $0.50 fine. John was in the census of Lebanon, Or., in 1860. In the Brownsville Methodist Church, he was the first recording steward.
Descendent Dan Shike reported John Bateman's daughter, Mary, described him.
"My father made shoes for all of the family. He was quite in demand in all the countryside as a barrel, bucket and tub maker. The fact is that he was a cooper by trade. He had learned the trade while a boy in England, and he found that his services in the new world, particularly in the midwest and west were very acceptable. Upon arriving in Linn County, he found that there were practically no coopers here. My father has the distinction of making by hand nearly all of the tubs, barrels, and buckets for the pioneers of his neighborhood."
John H. Bateman, member of Buell wagon train over the Oregon Trail in 1847, was b. 1815 in England, married Phoebe Maxon (Maxson) in Washington Co. Iowa March 14, 1843. She was born November 13, 1816 in VA and died April 08, 1895 in Linn Co., OR. One reference indicates he died in 1895. another in 1898.
Early on the trip to Oregon, John put his hat on his wagon, and it was stolen. He made the rest of the trip without a hat, and the family notes that the group was called "the train of the bareheaded man".
On December 11, 1849, John Bateman was elected the first treasurer of Linn Co., OR and served for one year, collecting a single $0.50 fine. John was in the census of Lebanon, Or., in 1860. In the Brownsville Methodist Church, he was the first recording steward.
Descendent Dan Shike reported John Bateman's daughter, Mary, described him.
"My father made shoes for all of the family. He was quite in demand in all the countryside as a barrel, bucket and tub maker. The fact is that he was a cooper by trade. He had learned the trade while a boy in England, and he found that his services in the new world, particularly in the midwest and west were very acceptable. Upon arriving in Linn County, he found that there were practically no coopers here. My father has the distinction of making by hand nearly all of the tubs, barrels, and buckets for the pioneers of his neighborhood."
Early on the trip to Oregon, John put his hat on his wagon, and it was stolen. He made the rest of the trip without a hat, and the family notes that the group was called "the train of the bareheaded man".
On December 11, 1849, John Bateman was elected the first treasurer of Linn Co., OR and served for one year, collecting a single $0.50 fine. John was in the census of Lebanon, Or., in 1860. In the Brownsville Methodist Church, he was the first recording steward.
Descendent Dan Shike reported John Bateman's daughter, Mary, described him.
"My father made shoes for all of the family. He was quite in demand in all the countryside as a barrel, bucket and tub maker. The fact is that he was a cooper by trade. He had learned the trade while a boy in England, and he found that his services in the new world, particularly in the midwest and west were very acceptable. Upon arriving in Linn County, he found that there were practically no coopers here. My father has the distinction of making by hand nearly all of the tubs, barrels, and buckets for the pioneers of his neighborhood."
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