Jeremiah Ralston1
M, #689, b. 7 February 1798, d. 12 August 1877
| Birth* | 7 February 1798 | Jeremiah Ralston was born on 7 February 1798 at Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee.1 |
| Marriage* | 1822 | He married Margaret McKnight, daughter of William B. McKnight and Agnes (Nancy) Robertson, in 1822 at Washington Co., Indiana.2,1 |
| MovedTo* | 1837 | Jeremiah Ralston and Margaret McKnight moved to Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa, in 1837.1 |
| MovedTo | 10 September 1847 | Jeremiah Ralston and Margaret McKnight moved to Oregon City, Clackamas Co., Oregon, on 10 September 1847 spring of 1847 .. He bought three wagons, with prairie outfit, and fifteen yoke of cattle, and with his wife and six children started overland to Oregon. They left Burlington on the 1st of March and crossed the Missouri river at St Joseph, MO on 1st of April. A train was then organized consisting of about 45 wagons and 150 people, Albert Davidson, who had crossed the plains in 1845 being elected captain....
Arriving at the Dalles, they were detained one week because of Indian troubles; crossed the Cascade Mts by the Barlow route; and entered Oregon City 10 Sept 1847.1 |
| Death* | 12 August 1877 | Jeremiah Ralston died on 12 August 1877 at age 79.1 |
Citations
- [S11] "email from Amy Blakeney to Kathryn Bassett," e-mail message from Amy Blakeney, e-mail address to Kathryn Bassett, July 2012.
- [S3] Papers the family believes were written by Isadora McKnight (who is in this database), 1938.