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Jeremiah Smith Hathaway

Birth	:	11 Jan 1824 Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York, USA
Death	:	12 Jan 1876 Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Old Vancouver City Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, USA
Coordinate	:	45.6295013, -122.6411972
Description	:	Fifty-eight years ago J.S. Hathaway came to the northwest and was identified with agricultural interests here until his death. His family are now living in Vancouver and well deserve to be mentioned among the honored and worthy pioneer settlers of this section of the county. Mr. Hathaway was born in Herkimer County, New York, on the 11th of January, 1824, and perused his education in the schools of the Empire state. When he was a young man he accompanied his parents on their removal to Berrien County, Michigan, the family home being established in the vicinity of Niles, where he... Read More	Fifty-eight years ago J.S. Hathaway came to the northwest and was identified with agricultural interests here until his death. His family are now living in Vancouver and well deserve to be mentioned among the honored and worthy pioneer settlers of this section of the county. Mr. Hathaway was born in Herkimer County, New York, on the 11th of January, 1824, and perused his education in the schools of the Empire state. When he was a young man he accompanied his parents on their removal to Berrien County, Michigan, the family home being established in the vicinity of Niles, where he remained for some time. In that locality Mr. Hathaway was married to Miss Isabelle E. Bates, who was born in Ohio, May 7, 1827, a daughter of Dennis and Isabelle (Bronson) Bates. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway was celebrated on the 27th of October, 1847, and they began their domestic life in Michigan, where they resided for about five years, leaving for the far west in 1851. They stopped in Illinois for the winter, remaining for several months with friends in that state and in the spring of 1852 they started on over the Oregon Trail with ox teams, making the long and arduous journey across the plains and prairies and over the mountains to this section of the county. They left Illinois in March and traveling day by day arrived in Portland in October. The Rose City was then a little village of little commercial or industrial importance. It had a few hundred inhabitants and its home and business houses were situated near the river bank, while beyond to the west, south and north and across the river on the eastern bank of the Willamette there stretched mile after mile of pine forest. Mr. Hathaway and his brother Marshall built some of the first sidewalks in Portland in the winter of 1853-4. The walks were built by individuals and not by the city. In the year following his arrival in the northwest, Mr. Hathaway removed with his family to Clarke County, Washington, securing a donation land claim about fifteen miles below Vancouver. He at once began to develop and improve this, making his home thereon until 1861, when he purchased two hundred and thirty acres of land four miles from Vancouver. There he followed farming until his death, which occurred January 12, 1876, when he was fifty-two years of age. He had shared in the hardships and privations of pioneer life and took active part in the early development, especially in the reclamation of wild land for the purpose of civilization. Mr. Hathaway was one of the first to embark in the dairy business and later became the largest dairyman in his part of the state. He made the first cheese that was marketed in Oregon and Washington. He also furnished Vancouver with water before waterworks were established, delivering the water in barrels regularly to his customers. The family continued to reside upon the home farm near Vancouver until 1905, when the property was sold. There were nine children, of whom six are living: Hiel B., who is now located in Felida, Washington ; Mrs. Abigail M. King, of Vancouver; Mrs. Emma J. Caples, of Vancouver; Orrin B., also of Vancouver; Alpha B. and Alfred O., twins. The former of Vancouver, and the latter of Washougal. There are now thirty-four living grandchildren. The family is indeed one of the older families of this section of the country and great changes have occurred during the fifty-eight years of their residence in the Columbia River Valley. They can remember when nearly all teaming was done with oxen and when shipments were made by way of the rivers and the ocean. Long years passed after their arrival ere railroads were built, and it was a considerable period before it was no longer necessary to man the forts of this part of the county as a protection against the Indians. The Hathaway family have always borne their part in the work of general progress and improvement. Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders By Joseph Gaston 1911 ----------------------------------- Died Jan. 12, 1876 J.S. Hathaway of Consumption....aged 52yrs...born in Herkimer County, New York, Jan 11, 1824, immigrated to Michigan when but 18 years old where he resided until the fall of 1851. Crossed the plains in 1852 & the following spring settled in this county where he since has resided. Served a term as Probate Judge of this county, filling the office ably & declined a reelection in consequence of the illness which resulted in his death. Funeral ceremonies were from Methodist Church on (14 Jan 1876) Sat. Morn, 11 o'clock, conducted by the Patrons of Husbandry. - Vancouver Independent Newspaper ----------------------------------- * Jeremiah is sometimes confused with Major J.S. Hathaway (John Shadrach Hathaway/Hatheway). Although there is evidence that Jeremiah did volunteer at times during the Indian Wars it is believed that he never enlisted.

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Jeremiah Smith Hathaway death on 12 Jan 1876 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA
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Longitude: -122.6411972

Family Members:

Parent

Nadah Hamilton Hathaway

(1795 - 1849)

Spouse

Isabelle Electa Bates Hathaway

(1827 - 1914)

Siblings

Marshall Root Hathaway

(1823 - 1896)

Euretta Constable Hathaway Marsh

(1827 - 1860)

Homer Nadah Hathaway

(1833 - 1906)

William Graves Hathaway

(1839 - 1907)

Children

Jeremiah Nadah Hathaway

(1849 - 1852)

Hiel Bronson Hathaway

(1851 - 1948)

Abigail Maria Hathaway King

(1854 - 1930)

Emmi Jane Hathaway Caples

(1857 - 1928)

Orrin Bates Hathaway

(1859 - 1935)

Amos Nathan Hathaway

(1862 - 1862)

Alpha Beebe Hathaway

(1864 - 1959)

Mary Euretta Hathaway McCafferty

(1866 - 1895)

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