Morgan R Savage

From Find a Grave Memorial: Birth: Feb. 13, 1825 Jacksonville Morgan County Illinois, USA Death: Sep. 7, 1904 Summit Benton County Oregon, USA

Morgan R. SAVAGE, 1825-1904 Morgan was perhaps the first man to bring his family to this section. One old timer said, "The SAVAGES were here before the Indians." Morgan SAVAGE was a blacksmith, a trade most necessary under pioneer conditions. He further won the good will of his neighbors by importing and keeping for public service the first purebred stallion (Morgan breed) ever brought to the neighborhood. The Morgan SAVAGE claim on the West Fork had almost the only body of old grown timber in this vicinity to escape the "big burn" which swept this country before the coming of the white men. This timber was milled to furnish construction material for the building of the Yaquina railroad. He married, Francis Ann Brisbin. Morgan and Francis were married in a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail at the South Platte river crossing, in Nebraska, on June 18, 1846. Morgan had a brother, James D. Savage, who was the first white man credited with finding Yosemite. James D. Savage was only 29 when he was killed in a gunfight. At this time he had had a white woman for a wife; to this marriage was born a little girl. The first wife and daughter died en route to California in a covered wagon. [submitted by original Memorial creator Bev]

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Parents:

 Peter Swinburn Savage (1796 - 1873)

 Dorothy Shaunce Savage (1801 - 1835)

Spouse:

 Frances Ann Brisbin Savage (1828 - 1909)

Children:

 Martha Jane Savage Miller (1847 - 1928)*

 George Washington Savage (1853 - 1935)*

 Thomas Jefferson Savage (1869 - 1948)*

Siblings:

 Alice Savage**

 James D. Savage (1817 - 1852)*

 Jane Savage Venchioneur-Greener (1819 - 1850)**

 Morgan R. Savage (1825 - 1904)

 Harriet H. Savage Piper (1827 - 1907)**

 Charles Lyman Savage (1831 - 1922)*

 John Hart Savage (1833 - 1897)*

 Lydia Ann Savage Piper (1840 - 1868)**

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Burial: Summit Cemetery Summit Benton County Oregon, USA

Morgan R. SAVAGE,
1825-1904
Morgan was perhaps the first man to bring his family to this section. One old timer said, "The SAVAGES were here before the Indians." Morgan SAVAGE was a blacksmith, a trade most necessary under pioneer conditions. He further won the good will of his neighbors by importing and keeping for public service the first purebred stallion (Morgan breed) ever brought to the neighborhood. The Morgan SAVAGE claim on the West Fork had almost the only body of old grown timber in this vicinity to escape the "big burn" which swept this country before the coming of the white men. This timber was milled to furnish construction material for the building of the Yaquina railroad. He married, Francis Ann Brisbin. Morgan and Francis were married in a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail at the South Platte river crossing, in Nebraska, on June 18, 1846. Morgan had a brother, James D. Savage, who was the first white man credited with finding Yosemite. James D. Savage was only 29 when he was killed in a gunfight. At this time he had had a white woman for a wife; to this marriage was born a little girl. The first wife and daughter died en route to California in a covered wagon. [submitted by original Memorial creator Bev]

There have been rumors that his middle name was Richard, but no concrete proof. He always used Morgan R. Savage.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 17 2024, 0:45:52 UTC