Isaiah Lancaster Scammon1,2,3

(July 3, 1822 - July 5, 1891)
BirthIsaiah Lancaster Scammon was born on July 3, 1822 in Franklin, Hancock County, Maine.1,2,3
MarriageHe married Lorenda Hopkins on July 4, 1844 in Trenton, Hancock County, Maine.4
NoteIsaiah Lancaster Scammon is generally regarded as the first white man to locate permanently on land in Chehalis County, Washington Territory,4
Note, settling just south of the present town of Montesano, Grays Harbor County, Washington.
DeathHe died on July 5, 1891 in Lakeport, Lake County, California, at age 69.4

Family

Lorenda Hopkins (March 18, 1824 - October 22, 1888)
Child

Additional and Alternate Information:

  • Isaiah Lancaster Scammon has also been recorded as having been born on July 2, 1822 in Maine.4

Places Of Residence:

Last EditedMarch 11, 2014

Citations

  1. [S710] Ancestry.com, California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 (n.p.: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Great Registers, 1866–1898. Microfilm, 185rolls. California State Library, Sacramento, California..Originaldata: Great Registers, 1866–1898. Microfilm, 185 rolls. Ca;, unknown publish date).
  2. [S1808] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012), Year: 1870; Census Place: , Chehalis, Washington Territory; Roll:M593_; Page: ; Image: .
  3. [S1708] Ancestry.com, 1880 United States Federal Census (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012), Year: 1880; Census Place: , Chehalis, Washington; Roll: 1396; FamilyHistory Film: 1255396; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 038; Image: .
  4. [S385] Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History Of The State Of Washington (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1894), digital copy at http://books.google.com/books?id=l1URAQAAMAAJ, viewed 30 March 2012, page 681.