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Wilkinson, Col. Melville C.

Wilkinson, Col. Melville C.

Transcription from back: “Col. Melville C. Wilkinson. Came to Oregon in 1874 on the staff of Brid.-Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, who came in that year to assume command of the Dept. of the Columbia. Under direction of Ge. Howard, he established an Indian School at Forest Grove, Oregon, which was the beginning of the Chemawa Indian School of today. Prominent Y.M.C.A. worker both in Washington, D. C., and Portland, Oregon. Killed in an Indian outbreak in Minnesota in [1898].”

Wilcox, William F.

Wilcox, William F.

Transcription from back: “William F. Wilcox. An Oregon Pioneer. The Pioneer stair-builder (that is he was the first man in Oregon to specialize on building stairs). He was also a Cabinet-Maker. He was in business in Portland many years. In 1873 his place of business was at Number 210 Front Street, and his residence – 207 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. Photo presented by David Monnastes, a close friend of Wm. F. Wilcox, on March 21, 1900.”

Wilcox, Eliza Ann

Wilcox, Eliza Ann

Transcription from back: “Wife of William F. Wilcox, an Oregon Pioneer, and a stair-builder and cabinet maker in Portland, Oregon, for many years. Lived for a number of years at 207 Front Street, Portland, Oregon.”

Buchtel & Stolte

White, George W.

White, George W.

Transcription from back: “Geo. W. White, a pioneer of 1851, Olympia, W. T. His father Wm. White was killed by Indians March 2, 1856 near Fort Eaton while returning from Sunday school.”

White, Emily (Dunbar)

White, Emily (Dunbar)

Transcription from back: “Mrs. Emily (Dunbar) White. Wife of William Nathan White. He was the oldest son of William White, pioneer of 1850, who was killed by Indians March 2, 1856, near the Eaton fort.”

West, Jane and David

West, Jane and David

David West (b. ca. 1842) and his sister, Ann Jane (ca. 1840), before her marriage in 1872 to Charles A. McGuire, in Clatsop County, Oregon. Both siblings were born in Canada, to John and Margaret West, and arrived in Oregon in approximately 1857.

Thompson & Paxton (Photographers)

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