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John Adair

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John Adair

Birth
Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
Death
9 Apr 1888 (aged 79)
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Block 52 Lot 5 Grave F
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s/o John Adair [I] / Catherine Palmer

Pioneer OR Trail
Arrival 3 Apr 1849

Collector for Port of Astoria - Attorney

Went to Harvard where he took up the study of law, being admitted to the bar. In 1848 he was sent by the US Government to the west to full the position of collector of customs for the Pacific Coast, with the headquarters in Astoria. He came way of Panama crossing the Isthmus, where he was obliged to live for 6 weeks, waiting for a vessel that would bring him northward. He then took up a Donation Land Claim in Caltsop County, Astoria. He remained in the office of Collector for 12 years.

m 2 Jan 1834 Louisville Co., KY
Mary Ann Dickinson

They had 13 children - 3 d/y, Elizabeth "Betty", Ellen, Katy, John, Mary Ann, Samuel Dickinson, William Buster, Henry Buford, Laura Pindell, Isabella Pleasant

ref: History of OR by Charles Henry Carey 1922; OR State Archives
s/o John Adair [I] / Catherine Palmer

Pioneer OR Trail
Arrival 3 Apr 1849

Collector for Port of Astoria - Attorney

Went to Harvard where he took up the study of law, being admitted to the bar. In 1848 he was sent by the US Government to the west to full the position of collector of customs for the Pacific Coast, with the headquarters in Astoria. He came way of Panama crossing the Isthmus, where he was obliged to live for 6 weeks, waiting for a vessel that would bring him northward. He then took up a Donation Land Claim in Caltsop County, Astoria. He remained in the office of Collector for 12 years.

m 2 Jan 1834 Louisville Co., KY
Mary Ann Dickinson

They had 13 children - 3 d/y, Elizabeth "Betty", Ellen, Katy, John, Mary Ann, Samuel Dickinson, William Buster, Henry Buford, Laura Pindell, Isabella Pleasant

ref: History of OR by Charles Henry Carey 1922; OR State Archives

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John Adair
Aug. 8, 1808
Apr. 9, 1888

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  • Created by: BluMoKitty
  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145116803/john-adair: accessed ), memorial page for John Adair (8 Aug 1808–9 Apr 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 145116803, citing Ocean View Cemetery, Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by BluMoKitty (contributor 46830270).