Deaths On The Oregon Trail

See maps and history of the Oregon trails here

In school we learned in school about people in St. Louis, Missouri who traveled the Oregon trail by horse and wagon, braved rough country, winter and Indians to homestead farms and build churches, schools and cities in Oregon. History books did not tell us that three trails through Iowa, Illinois and Missouri joined the main trail at Pawnee Nebraska. The main trail from there flowed west to Ogden, Utah where it split,  one pointed to California and the other to Oregon.    Also not mentioned in high school history is that the main trail from St. Louis at Yale, Oregon split into a western trail to Eugene and a nortwestern trail north to Walla Walla and west to Oregon City and Portland.  See maps and story here

THE OREGON TRAIL: DEATHS IN 1852

The  following is a list of deaths along the trail in 1852. Those who died were buried along the trail.

This list was compiled 18 Dec 1852 by the OREGON STATESMAN at Portland, Oregon:  Deaths were recorded by immigrants who crossed the Cascade Mountains in 1852.

NAME

RESIDENCE

ALLEN, Abner (Wife of)              ALLEN, H.B.B.                        ALLEN, Linsey                        ANDERSON, Chas.                      ANDREWS, Josiah                      ARNOLD, R.	Pike Co., IL Mason Co., Iowa Jackson Co., MO Shelby Co., IL Pike Co., IL Platt Co., MO
BAROWS, A. (An infant of)            BEECH, Mrs. (Wife of BEECH, Dennes)  BERD, Thomas                         BIGHAM, Samuel N.                    BIGHAM, Susan Ann                    BRISTOE, Josephine E.                BROWN, Louisa                        BUFF, Elizabeth                      BUFF, John                           BUFF, M.                             BURGEN, Thomas	Lagrange Co., Indiana Iowa Iowa Co., Iowa Platt Co., MO Platt Co., MO McDonough Co., IL Cane Co. IL Johnson Co., MO Platt Co., MO Platt Co., MO Platt Co., MO
CAMBELL, C.R.                        CAMBELL, Mary                       CARTNER, Rebecca                    CLARK, J.D.                          COFFEY, C. T. C. (Lost two children) COLE, John W.                        CRAM, F.                             CRANDLE, Mrs.(Wife of CRANDLE, D.W.) CRIDER, Thomas                       CROW, Christian                      CROW, Elizabeth                     CROW, Lucinda                        CROW, Samuel T.                     CROW, Susan C.                      CRUSE, Henry	Lafayette Co., IL Adams Co., IL Franklin Co., KY Mason Co., IL Pike Co., IL Henry Co., Iowa Pike Co., IL Rock Co., Wisconsin Miller Co., MO Pike Co., IL Pike Co., IL Pike Co., IL St. Charles Co., MO St. Charles Co., MO Lafayette Co., IL
DENISON, John                        DIMICK, Thomas                       DIVERS, Elizabeth T.                 DODSON, Rachel                     DOLBY, Herrod                        DOLBY, Nancy                        DOLLEY, David                        DORETY, Mary                        DUNOWAY, Emily L.                    DUNOWAY, Mary M.                     DUPEERS, Mahaley	Iowa Shelby Co., IL Pettis Co., MO Franklin Co., MO Stark Co., IL Stark Co., IL Nodway Co., MO Pike Co., IL Pike Co., IL Pike Co., IL Cass Co., MO
EAGAN, Margaret                     EVANS, Ann                         EVANS, I. J.                         EVANS, Robert W.                     FINCH, Nancy                         FLUVER, Jesse                     FLUVER, Rachel                     FOSTER, Thomas                      FREDRICKS, Sarah F.                 GOODEL, Abel	Jackson Co., Wisconsin Wappello Co., Iowa Andrew Co., IL Platt Co., MO Jackson Co., MO Madison Co, Iowa Madison Co, Iowa Allegany Co., MD Pike Co., IL Knox Co., IL
HALL, William                        HARRIS, Mary  & child                HASKINS, Charles                    HATFIELD, Nathaniel                 HENDERSON, Daniel                   HENDERSON. Mary E.                   HENDERSON. Middleton                HILL, F.                           HOMES                               HOPKINS, Martha                      HOSA, Nathaniel                     INGLE, Lemuel                       INSPETER, John E.	Cole Co., IL Nodway Co., MO Henry Co., Iowa Iowa Buchanan Co., MO Buchanan Co., MO Buchanan Co., MO Monroe Co., Tenn. NY Michigan Henry Co., Iowa Pike Co., IL IL
JACKSON                              JACKSON, W.E.                        JOHNSON, David                      JOHNSON, Mary                     JOHNSON, Z.                          JONES, John                         JONES, John wife & child             KELLISON, J.J.                       KENNETT, A.F.	Bay Co., Canada Rush Co., Indiana Wisconsin Lafayette Co., MO Lafayette Co., MO Atchison Co., MO Pike Co., IL IL Lagrange Co., Indiana
LANGSON, John                        LANGSON, Lucinda                   ANGSON, Martha                       LAWRENCE, W.L.                      LEGRET, E.                          LEWIS, David                         LINSEY, John                         LOGAN, B.                            LUSTER, Walter & Wife                LYNDAL, William	Johnson Co., MO Johnson Co., MO Johnson Co., MO Wisconsin Platt Co., MO Platt Co., MO Jackson Co., Iowa Platt Co., MO Andrew Co., IL Henry Co., Iowa
MAINE, John                         MATHEWS, Elizabeth                MATHEWS, James                       MATHEWS, John                      McCLAUGHEY, John                     McCLAUGHEY, Susan                  MEGEE, Fry P.                        MEGEE, Jackson                       MILLER, Mary                         MOORE, E.                            MOORE, Malinda                       MOORE, William J.                    MOOSER, Aaron                      MORGAN, Frances                      MORGAN, Joseph                     MORGAN, Leroy                      MORGAN, Sarah E.	Hancock Co., IL Platt Co., MO Platt Co., MO Platt Co., MO Salem, NY Salem, NY Lagrange Co., Indiana Jackson Co., MO Davis Co., MO Jackson Co., MO Chariton Co., MO Chariton Co., MO Henry Co., Iowa Stark Co., IL Cass Co., MO Cass Co., MO Cass Co., MO
NELSON, John R.                      NEWINGHAM, A.                        NIDER, Elizabeth Jane              NOBBLETT, Sarah                      NORTON, Henry                      PARKER, Y.                          PHIPPS, Albert                     PONDEXTER, Elizabeth                PROUSE, Mary Jane                    RAINOR, Henry                        ROBERSON, Francis                    RUST, Martha	Lafayette Co., IL Hancock Co., IL Polk Co., MO Ray Co., MO Pike Co., IL Demoines Co., Iowa Iowa Carrol Co., MO Johnson Co., MO Michigan Dean Co., Wisconsin Iowa
SAVAGE, Izza                        SCOTT, Mrs. (consort of SCOTT, I.T.) SHAW, Joel F.(Son of SHAW, Jefferson) SHELLY, G.T.                         SMITH, Amerrica                     SMITH, E.                           SMITH, Elizabeth                     SMITH, Hiram (Daughter of)          SMITH, Mary E.                       SMITH, William                       STANTON, William                     STAY, Miles                        STEPHENS, Mary                       STORMES, Julia D.                  STRODE, Thomas A.                    STUMBO, Catharine                   STUMBO, David                       SWAIN, James	Michigan Taswell Co., IL Andrew Co., MO Jefferson Co., Iowa Knox Co., IL Jackson Co., Iowa Taylor Co., IL Allegany Co., MD Taylor Co., IL Taylor Co., IL Rock Co., Wisconsin Platt Co., MO Demoines Co., Iowa Springfield, IL Clay Co., IL Demoines Co., Iowa Demoines Co., Iowa Demoines Co., Iowa
TAYLOR, A.                           TAYLOR, William                     THOMPSON                            THOMPSON                             TUCKER, John F.                      TULLY, William                    TUPPER, Benjamin                     WALLACE, J.                         WALLACE, Martha Ann             WHITTEN, C.T.                        WILLIAMS, Manuel                     WILLIAMS, Robert                     WILSON, John                    WISEMAN, John	ckson Co., MO Perry Co., MO Bay Co., Canada NY Jackson Co., MO Nahaspa Co., Iowa Decalb Co., IL Pike Co., IL Henry Co., IL Chester Co., Iowa McDonough Co., IL Wisconsin Platt Co., MO Chariton Co., MO