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Note: Methodist http://www.oregonpioneers.com/1845.htm Alfred Marquam, was born in Kentucky and there engaged in the manufacture of chairs and also followed the painter’s trade. Attracted by the opportunities of he great northwest, he made his way with an ox-team across the plains to Oregon, in the year 1845, traveling by way of the Meeks cutoff. The journey was a difficult one, for there had been little travel prior to that time and it required no little courage to face the hardships and difficulties incident of a trip across the plains and through the mountains f[v]astnesses. He started in the spring and after several months spent upon the way reached his destination and secured a donation land claim of six hundred and forty acres. He built the first house and the first store in the town that now bears his name and was also the first postmaster here. He aided materially in the development and upbuilding of this portion of the state and the town of Marquam now stands as a monument to his work and to his memory. He was an advocate of the Republican party and had no little influence throughout Oregon not only in political circles, but as a representative of business interests and of the pioneer development of the state. He passed away at the age of sixty-two years, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Olive W. Burbage, was also a native of Kentucky and likewise died in Oregon. Oregon Historical Society LibraryPortrait And Biographical Record Of Portland And VicinityChapman PublishingMarch 17, 1905Page 572 Numerous Oregon Trail families settled outside the Molalla area. One was the Marquam family, consisting of Alfred and Olive Marquam and her parents Ezekiel and Elizabeth Burbage. They traveled west in 1845, but were delayed reaching the Willamette Valley by following Stephen Meek's disastrous route through central Oregon. The couples settled adjoining 640- acre farm claims in and near what we call Marquam today. Alfred Marquam built a furniture shop to craft wooden household furniture and coffins. He was also known as a house builder and storekeeper. Alfred's younger brother, Philip Augustus, became prominent in Portland history. 1880 census gives his birthplace as maryland and occupation as merchant "They lost all their clothing and everything they had except the clothes they were wearing. All was upset in the Clackamas rapids at the mouth of the Clackamas river in sight of Oregon City" Mary Jane Marquam march 28, 1917 according to an autobiography of his brother philip, "Alfred learned chair-making and house-painting, and gradually worked westward, halting at Liberty, Missouri, but in 1845 crossed the plains and made a home in Oregon, in Clackamas county, at the place now known as Marquam, where he died in 1887" 1860 oregon census: CENSUS YR: 1860 STATE: Oregon COUNTY: Clackamas DIVISION: Marquam Precinct 17 August 1860, Marquam Alfred 42 Farmer b. Maryland Marquam Olive W. 36 b. Kentucky Marquam Mary J. 17 b. Missouri Marquam George W. 15 b. Missouri Marquam Sarah E. 14 b. Oregon Marquam William T. 12 b. Oregon Marquam James E. 11 b. Oregon Marquam Phillip A. 10 b. Oregon Marquam Malissa A. 8 Femal born Oregon Marquam Alfred B. 7 born Oregon Marquam Olive C. 5, born oregon made land claims on 05-22-1846 and 10-21-1847 1850 census (as Markem) Alfred Markem occupation as painter, bp Maryland 32 Olive W. 26 bp Ky Mary J. 7 bp MO Geo W. 6 bp MO Sarah E. 4 bp OR W. Thomas 3 bp OR Jane E. (female?) 1 bp Or trying to fit jim bently on here. he died 10-5-2004 His mother was a marquam. I believe his mother was lena maud's first cousin Wikipedia Article that I wrote: The town of Marquam, Oregon is named for one of it's pioneer settelers Alfred Marquam who came to Oregon in 1845 from the east (Maryland via Missouri). He secured a donation land claim of six hundred and forty acres in Clackamas County. He built the first house and the first store in the town. In 1889 the Marquam post office was established and named for Alfred Marquam, who was also the first postmaster. His uncle was Phillip Augustus Marquam, a noted early judge in Oregon.
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