Husband of Drusilla Rosanna (Allen) Witham
Source: "History of Benton County, Oregon: Including Its Geology, Topography, Soil ..." by David D. Fagan, 1885, Pg 530.
Hon. Alfred M. Witham was born in Union county, Indiana, September 18, 1822, and resided in his native State until the spring of 1847; he then, with one sister, started for the Far West. At St. Joseph, Missouri, he joined a large train of seventy wagons and coming via. the Southern route first arriving in Jackson county, but making no delay he pushed on to Benton county and first settled on the place now owned by S. K. Brown; later on he took up the place now occupied by Sam. McClain, near Philomath, and in 1849, pre-empted six hundred and forty acres where he now resides, to which he has since added by purchase until he now has one of Benton county's most valuable farm, consisting of one thousand one hundred and sixty acres, located three miles west of Corvallis. In 1861, Mr Witham was elected to represent Benton county in the State Legislature and in the Senate as Joint Senator. Mr Witham has retired from the active pursuits of farming after having amassed a fortune, however not gaining it by miserly conduct, nor by oppressing the poor; not by taking advantage of the necessities of his fellow-man, but by strict observance to business principles and a careful management of his own affairs. He is married and has a family of eight children.
Source: "History of Benton County, Oregon: Including Its Geology, Topography, Soil ..." by David D. Fagan, 1885, Pg 530.
Hon. Alfred M. Witham was born in Union county, Indiana, September 18, 1822, and resided in his native State until the spring of 1847; he then, with one sister, started for the Far West. At St. Joseph, Missouri, he joined a large train of seventy wagons and coming via. the Southern route first arriving in Jackson county, but making no delay he pushed on to Benton county and first settled on the place now owned by S. K. Brown; later on he took up the place now occupied by Sam. McClain, near Philomath, and in 1849, pre-empted six hundred and forty acres where he now resides, to which he has since added by purchase until he now has one of Benton county's most valuable farm, consisting of one thousand one hundred and sixty acres, located three miles west of Corvallis. In 1861, Mr Witham was elected to represent Benton county in the State Legislature and in the Senate as Joint Senator. Mr Witham has retired from the active pursuits of farming after having amassed a fortune, however not gaining it by miserly conduct, nor by oppressing the poor; not by taking advantage of the necessities of his fellow-man, but by strict observance to business principles and a careful management of his own affairs. He is married and has a family of eight children.
Husband of Drusilla Rosanna (Allen) Witham
Source: "History of Benton County, Oregon: Including Its Geology, Topography, Soil ..." by David D. Fagan, 1885, Pg 530.
Hon. Alfred M. Witham was born in Union county, Indiana, September 18, 1822, and resided in his native State until the spring of 1847; he then, with one sister, started for the Far West. At St. Joseph, Missouri, he joined a large train of seventy wagons and coming via. the Southern route first arriving in Jackson county, but making no delay he pushed on to Benton county and first settled on the place now owned by S. K. Brown; later on he took up the place now occupied by Sam. McClain, near Philomath, and in 1849, pre-empted six hundred and forty acres where he now resides, to which he has since added by purchase until he now has one of Benton county's most valuable farm, consisting of one thousand one hundred and sixty acres, located three miles west of Corvallis. In 1861, Mr Witham was elected to represent Benton county in the State Legislature and in the Senate as Joint Senator. Mr Witham has retired from the active pursuits of farming after having amassed a fortune, however not gaining it by miserly conduct, nor by oppressing the poor; not by taking advantage of the necessities of his fellow-man, but by strict observance to business principles and a careful management of his own affairs. He is married and has a family of eight children.
Source: "History of Benton County, Oregon: Including Its Geology, Topography, Soil ..." by David D. Fagan, 1885, Pg 530.
Hon. Alfred M. Witham was born in Union county, Indiana, September 18, 1822, and resided in his native State until the spring of 1847; he then, with one sister, started for the Far West. At St. Joseph, Missouri, he joined a large train of seventy wagons and coming via. the Southern route first arriving in Jackson county, but making no delay he pushed on to Benton county and first settled on the place now owned by S. K. Brown; later on he took up the place now occupied by Sam. McClain, near Philomath, and in 1849, pre-empted six hundred and forty acres where he now resides, to which he has since added by purchase until he now has one of Benton county's most valuable farm, consisting of one thousand one hundred and sixty acres, located three miles west of Corvallis. In 1861, Mr Witham was elected to represent Benton county in the State Legislature and in the Senate as Joint Senator. Mr Witham has retired from the active pursuits of farming after having amassed a fortune, however not gaining it by miserly conduct, nor by oppressing the poor; not by taking advantage of the necessities of his fellow-man, but by strict observance to business principles and a careful management of his own affairs. He is married and has a family of eight children.
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