| Born Dec. 29, 1830; migrated to the Oregon country summer of 1852; farmer, father of the hop industry of Washington Territory (now State); pioneer in exporting Pacific coast hops; spent four winters in London; and five years in searching out and recovering the lost Oregon Trail; never sick in bed for sixty years; always lived in the open air; never drank intoxicants nor experienced a rheumatic pain; active and hopes to live to be a hundred years old, Good Night |
