Tibbetts, Gideon, 1808-1887
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Clay Baker family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1126
Abstract
Papers of the family of Henry Clay Baker, including property, estate, and financial documents. The materials are related to the Baker family of Walla Walla, Washington, and the Tibbetts family of Portland, Oregon. The collection contains property-related documents such as deeds, abstracts of title, and plats. Estate papers relate mostly to Mary Tibbetts. The materials include a "fence book" that describes properties in the estate of Dorsey Syng Baker.
Dates:
1891-1947; Majority of material found within 1894-1929
James Bowles Stephens collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss2029
Abstract
James B. Stephens (1806-1889) was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1844, he traveled overland to Oregon. Settling first in Oregon City, he came to the new town of Portland in 1845. He operated the horse-powered Stark Street Ferry and laid out the townsite of East Portland. Collection includes a manuscript bond of James Bowles Stephens and Gideon Tibbetts, August 30, 1852, for Stephens to keep a ferry across the Willamette River opposite Portland; manuscript articles of agreement...
Dates:
1852-1983; Majority of material found within 1852-1862
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- Biographies (literary genre) 1
- Ferries -- Oregon -- Willamette River 1
- Land Use 1
- Land tenure -- Oregon 1
- Land tenure -- Oregon -- Portland 1
- Land tenure -- Washington (State) 1
- Oregon 1
- Pioneers 1
- Pioneers -- Oregon 1
- Washington (State) 1
- financial records 1
- legal documents 1
- property records 1 + ∧ less
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