1. Medorem Crawford was an American soldier and politician in what became the state of Oregon.
18 Facts About Medorem Crawford
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Medorem Crawford was born in Orange County, New York, on June 24,1819, to S G Crawford.
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Medorem Crawford was sent to apprentice as a farmer at age 13 to a farm in Seneca County where he remained until age 16.
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Medorem Crawford crossed the Great Plains with the Elijah White wagon train and arrived in the Willamette Valley in late 1842.
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Medorem Crawford first settled in Salem where he taught at the Methodist Mission's school for nine months.
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The Medorem Crawford family remained on the farm there until the fall of the next year.
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Medorem Crawford moved to Oregon City in April 1845 where he worked portaging goods around Willamette Falls for seven years.
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Medorem Crawford moved to a farm on Joe McLoughlin's old land claim at the mouth of the Yamhill River in 1852 and filed and received a Donation Land Claim on the property.
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Medorem Crawford retained his farm near Dayton in Yamhill County until his death.
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Medorem Crawford returned to the east in 1862 and received a commission from President Abraham Lincoln of captain.
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Medorem Crawford resigned from the Army after the last escort and received appointment by the President as collector of internal revenue for Oregon.
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Medorem Crawford served in that office from 1864 until 1869.
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In early 1843, Medorem Crawford attended the Champoeg Meetings that were held to determine if Euro-American settlers wanted to form a government.
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Medorem Crawford returned for the next session, held from 1848 to 1849, the final session of the Provisional Government.
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In 1860, Medorem Crawford was elected as a Republican to serve Yamhill County in the Oregon House of Representatives, his last elected office.
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Medorem Crawford's wife died on May 20,1879, and he remarried the next year to Mrs Eunice Burrows.
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Medorem Crawford worked his way up to brigadier general in the army and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Medorem Crawford died at his home near Dayton on December 26,1891, at the age of 72.