Medorem Crawford
| Medorem Crawford | |
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| Member of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon | |
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In office 1847–1849 |
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| Succeeded by | position dissolved |
| Constituency | Clackamas District |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
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In office 1860–1862 |
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| Constituency | Yamhill County |
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| Born | June 24, 1819 Orange County, New York |
| Died | December 26, 1891 (aged 72) Dayton, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Adalene Brown (1843–1879) Eunice Burrows (1880–1893) |
Medorem Crawford (June 24, 1819 – March 24, 1893) was an American soldier and politician in what became the state of Oregon. A native of the state of New York, he immigrated to the Oregon Country in 1842 where he participated in the Champoeg Meetings and served in the resulting Provisional Government of Oregon as a legislator. A Republican, he later served in the Oregon House of Representatives after statehood and was appointed to several federal government offices. During the American Civil War he escorted emigrants over the Oregon Trail.
Medorem Crawford was born in Orange County, New York, on June 24, 1819, to S. G. Crawford. He was sent to apprentice as a farmer at age 13 to a farm in Seneca County where he remained until age 16. Crawford then settled in Havana in Schuyler County and lived there until 1842. On March 17, 1842, he began his journey to the Oregon Country with stops in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri, before reaching Independence, Missouri, and the start of the Oregon Trail.
Crawford crossed the Great Plains with the Elijah White wagon train and arrived in the Willamette Valley in late 1842. He first settled in Salem where he taught at the Methodist Mission’s school for nine months. In 1843, he married Adalene Brown, whom he met on the trip to Oregon. They had five children; Medorem, Jr., Mary, Henrietta, John, and Frederick. Medorem, Jr. was the first white American male born on the west side of the Willamette River when delivered in January 1844.
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