1862 ABRAHAM LINCOLN CHASE AUTOGRAPH DOC OREGON PIONEER GOLD MINER DAGUERREOTYPE

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A rare Western appointment document of Thomas Frazar, Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Collection District of the State of Oregon, signed by Abraham Lincoln and Salmon P. Chase in its Victorian frame measuring approximately 14 x 17 visible inches and 17 ½ x 20 3/8 inches as a complete framed piece and a half plate daguerreotype of Frazar measuring approximately 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches as a complete piece and 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 visible inches. Frazar was the first and only appointment in this position from July 29, 1862 through June 24, 1873. Frazar adds his own personal note on top of the document lower left as pictured and it appears Frazar probably had this framed later in his life. Frazar was an Oregon Pioneer originally from Duxbury, MA who did some gold prospecting and retailing in Jacksonville, OR. Both his father and his wife’s were ship captains and they had great heartache with the loss of 4 of 5 of their children. Passing through Panama and around Cape Horn on multiple occasions, Frazar ended up in Portland, OR. Frazar’s only surviving child, Rosetta, married Martin Strong Burrell. One of their 4 children, Margaret Alden Burrell, married Capt. William S. offerdle, an officer of the United States army. This document descended in the offerdle family and last originated in the Washington, DC area. Lincoln’s signature is bold and strong with foxing, staining, and creasing with unstable paper backing as pictured. Daguerreotype has scratches, oxidation, loss most notably on forehead and jacket and convex indention upper center as pictured with black tape encasing edges. Daguerreotype not examined under encasing. Below is information from various sources but a great source to research is Frazar’s “Recollection” in “Pioneers of New England” published in the Oregon Historical Society. Shipped via UPS fully insured. Thanks for looking.

Thomas Frazar and his first wife, Frances Ann Adams Bradfordwere married 26 May 1839 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. They livedtogether in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts until about 1845, while Thomasgained skills in ship building in his father\'s family business. Then they movedto the greater Boston area for several years where he worked at a planing milland then operated a tanning mill and two other family businesses. It was thendecided that Thomas would move to Portland, Oregon in 1851, build and operate astore in partnership with his brother, Capt Amherst Alden Frazar. At first, heleft his family and setup the business and then about two years later he wenteast to bring them to Oregon after preparing them a home.

Rosetta, was born 13 Sep 1842. Her elder sister, Jerusha wasborn 22 Jun 1840. Younger sister Ann was born, 27 Apr 1844. All three were bornin the same town of Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Her brother, RayThomas was born 20 Dec 1845 and sister Lucy was born, 24 May 1847, both inDorchester(Boston), Suffolk, Mass. These were all children of Frances Ann thefirst wife of Thomas Frazar.

Two children were born to her stepmother, Mary Ellen EvansFrazar. The first, Mary Frances Frazar, was born 15 Dec 1850, in Dorchester(Boston) and the second, Charles Alden Frazar, was born, on 18 Jan 1855, inPortland, Oregon Territory. He was Thomas\' only child not born inMassachusetts.

Rosa was married, 07 Jan 1862, at Hazel Wood Farm, Portland,Multnomah County, Oregon to Martin Strong Burrell. He had come from awell-to-do Ohio farming family. He was drawn first to his brothers interests inCalifornia. After staying there a few months he decided to move on to Portland,Oregon where a couple of cousins had started up a store, Knapp & Knapp, Co.It marketed goods of all kinds to the Willamette valley farmers. After workingfor several years for his cousins as a book keeper, he bought part ownershipinto the Portland based company and they renamed it Knapp-Burrell & Companywith one partner retiring to farm. It grew to have many outlets located infarming centers and mining areas across the Oregon Territory of Oregon,Northern California, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.

Rosa\'s father tried to turn more of Hazel Wood Farm [locatedabout five miles east of the heart of Portland] into orchard. But, afterseveral years of bad weather and crop failures he lost hope. Then adding tothis trouble was the death of four of their beloved children while living at thefarm. They sold Hazel Wood Farm and moved back across the Willamette River,into Portland. [The children loved the farm].

Rosetta Frazar Burrell grew to become the right arm ofMartin Burrell. But, she was also her father\'s daughter, one who fought forpublic schools and good government in Portland and then for the whole state ofOregon. Rosa was one who had the ear of both men and women of wealth andposition in Oregon. Like her father, she knew politics on all levels. When Rosacould not herself reach out as a woman, she was able to persade her husband andtheir friend\'s to help.

In religious beliefs she followed her father and mother intothe Unitarian Church and firmly supported it all her life. The family werefounding members of the First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon and it ispresently active today. Note: The church first met in community homes forworship and study. Several of the men then went to California seeking a pastorto return with them. They were successful and enlisted a young man who became agreat church and civic leader. Note: Her grandparents on her father\'s side wereboth interred in the grave yard next to a Unitarian church in Boston, alongwith several of their children. See, Mayflower Cemetery.

The Burrells amassed great wealth for their day. The estatewas worth well over a million dollars. They were capitalists and were involvedin many businesses in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. It includedmining, farming, banking, agriculture and the retail outlets based in Portland,Multnomah, Oregon and spread out across the Oregon Territory.

Look at the womens groups she helped form with Mary AnnPhelps Montgomery, Constance Phelps Montgomery Burrell,

Margaret Phelps Montgomery Zogbaum, Helen Strong BurrellVoorhies and others. They formed the Oregon DAR, an actions group that wasbased on growing a strong patriotic Portland. They were watching a small town,Portland, change each year into one of the largest and strongest in the West.These women wanted their city to be clean, with a good police force, firedepartment and a good library system serving all, with a free school system forall children, and a good political system that was fair and open to all it\'scitizens.

Their son, Walter Frazar Burrell was not the wisest businessman. Between the 1930\'s Depression Era lasting until Pearl Harbor, and lavishspending, and bad business deals, the estate money was soon depleted to a pointwhere he was forced to sell major estate assets at great loss and go intobankruptcy. It is said that he paid off all the debt even though it took manyyears. The many family members lost almost all their principle in the estate.

Frances Ann Adams Bradford was born 08 Oct 1815, to sailingship Captain Daniel Bradford in Keene, Cheshire, New Hamshire. She died inDorchester(Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 11 July 1848. Her place of burialhas not been determined.

Her heritage can be traced directly back to the Mayflowerthrough her mother. The Drew line and the Frazar line are equally impressive.Also, the Burrell line can be traced back to the Mayflower Colony.

Family links:

Parents: Thomas Alden Frazar (1813 - 1890)

Spouse: MartinStrong Burrell (1834 - 1885)*

Children:

Walter FrazarBurrell (1863 - 1946)*

Francis LaviniaBurrell (1867 - 1867)*

Herman Jabez Burrell(1869 - 1899)*

Helen Strong BurrellVoorhies (1871 - 1949)*

Margaret AldenBurrell offerdle (1876 - 1966)*

Note: Wife of Martin Strong Burrell - Married 6/7/1862

Burial:

River View Cemetery

Portland

Multnomah County

Oregon, USA

Plot: Sec. 3, Lot 13, Grave 5

Created by: Martin Burrell

Record added: May 21, 2009

Find A Grave Memorial# 37360925

Source: findagravedotcom

MARTIN STRONG BURRELL

From the time ofhis arrival in Oregon, in the pioneer days of its history,

until his death twenty-nine years later, Martin StrongBurrell contributed

towards the progress and development of the northwesternstates and territories.

The family of which he was a member belonged to the earlycolonists of

Massachusetts and Connecticut, but he, himself, was a nativeof Sheffield, Ohio.

He was the son of Jabez Lyman and Lavinia (Strong) Burrelland his mother was a

daughter of John Stoughton Strong, Sr., and Tamar Whitney.

John StoughtonStrong, Sr., was a descendant in the fifth generation of

Elder John Strong, who came to America from Plymouth,England in 1530. The

Rev. John Wareham of Windsor, Conn., a noted and prominentman in the colonies,

and his father and two uncles were, soldiers in theRevolutionary war. (See

page 102, of the History of Strongsville, Ohio.) In 1815-16John Stoughton

Strong, Sr., bought one-half or more of township No. 5,range No. 14, of the

Connecticut Western Reserve of Ohio.

Jabez LymanBurrell was a farmer and stockman by occupation who settled in

Oberlin, Ohio, when that city was a small village, andassisted in the

foundation of the noted educational institution which hassince made that town

known throughout the entire country. This seat of learning Martin Strong

Burrell attended until ill health compelled him to leave hisstudies and seek a

home in the far west. Accordingly he journeyed toCalifornia, and crossing the

Isthmus of Panama, joined an uncle, Lyman Jabez Burrell, whohad settled some

time previously in the Santa Clara mountains. Afterremaining a few months with

this relative, he came to Oregon in 1856 and settled inPortland, then a town of

a little more than a thousand inhabitants. Here he securedemployment as

bookkeeper for the firm of Knapp & Hull, commissionmerchants, and such was the

enterprise and ability he displayed that in 1860 he wasadmitted into the

partnership.

Mr. Hull, in thatyear, retired from the business, and the new firm,

consisting of Mr. Burrell and J. B. Knapp, took the name ofKnapp, Burrell & Co.

The original location of their business was on Front andTaylor streets, but

subsequently they removed to the northeast corner of Frontand Alder streets.

Gradually the firm drifted into the agricultural implementbusiness, and,

finding it very profitable, at last gave their wholeattention to what

originally had been but one department of their store. Inthe early days they

were obliged to bring their goods around Cape Horn and oneof the members of the

firm went east each year to secure the needed supply. Sosuccessful were they

that the house became well known throughout all the statesand territories of

the northwest. In 1862 Richard B. Knapp was admitted intothe firm and in the

spring of 1870 J. B. Knapp retired, and the business wasconducted by Mr.

Burrell and R. B. Knapp until Mr. Burrell\'s death in 1885.The establishment and

management of the largest agricultural implement business onthe pacific coast

did not represent the limit of Mr. Burrell\'s energies, andhe became interested

with the present Senator Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla, Wash.,ex-Governor D. P.

Thompson and others in the establishment of a system ofNational Banks in the

Eastern parts of Oregon and Washington, these banks beinglocated at Baker City,

Ore., Pendleton, Ore., Walla Walla, Wash., Dayton, Wash.,and Colfax, Wash. In

each of these town the bank organized was known as the FirstNational Bank,

excepting at Dayton, where it was known as the ColumbiaNational Bank. He also

invested heavily in a fleet of sailing vessels managed byCapt. W. H. Besse, of

New Bedford, Mass., in real estate in Portland, Ore., andfarming lands in

Washington, and was at all times progressive, energetic andresourceful. The

Portland Board of Trade owed much to his active co-operationin matters

connected with its work, and other organizations of publicutility felt, in

their incipiency, the benefit of his judicious and timelyassistance.

While Mr.Burrell was never a seeker alter public office, he was a stanch

Republican, and held offices within the gift of his party,i. e., police

commissioner and county commissioner. In religious belief he was reared a

Congregationalist, but with his wife he attended theUnitarian Church, while

fraternally he was connected with the Masons and OddFellows. His death, which

occurred April 12, 1885, was a distinct loss to the citizensof Portland and

Oregon.

In 1862 he wasmarried to Rosa Frazar, a daughter of Thomas Frazar, and

four children survived him, i. e., Walter F., of Portland,Ore., Herman J., who

died in Portland in 1899, Helen Strong, wife of Capt. GordonVoorhies, of

Medford. Ore., and Margaret Alden, wife of Capt. William S.offerdle, an officer

of the United States army.The services of Mr. Burrell as a developer of the

resources of the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho andof the business

interests of Portland were of such a nature as to entitlehim to rank as one of

the most important factors in the establishment of itspresent high commercial

standing.

Aggressive andprogressive, resourceful and tactful, sincere and fearless,

he possessed the greatest of all virtues among those engagedin commercial

warfare, strict integrity, and exerted an influence in allquarters eminently

beneficial and acknowledged to be free from narrow personalmotives. He

contributed largely to mould the character of the city ofPortland in the days

of its most rapid development, and the principles to whichhe always strictly

adhered formed a most substantial part of the foundation ofcommercial honor,

political virtue and enlightened education which underlies thisgreat and

growing commonwealth.

Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in March 2008 by DianaSmith.

There were then [in the middle of June 1852] but fewfamilies in Jacksonville, more of a mining camp. We looked round a while andthen went round to some of the diggings. Went to the first that was discoveredin or around Southern Oregon. It was discovered in 1850 or 1851 by a packer bythe name of George Frazier. He was packing goods from Scottsburg to Yreka,California. The first discoveries took from this \"Rich Gulch\" (thiswas the name given it and still retained) some over $30,000, in a few months\'time, mostly coarse gold from $1.00 to $20 pieces. The second workers the nextyear took out $12,000 to $15,000, working over the old tailings. When we gotthere two men were at work on the same tailings for the third time, and makingsix to eight dollars per day. ThomasFrazar, \"Recollections,\" (written 1880s), in \"Pioneers from NewEngland,\" Oregon Historical Quarterly, Spring 1982, page 41

At least two other historic references support Duncan\'sessential premise that Cluggage and Pool arrived at the Jacksonville area onlyafter others had identified its potential riches. Thomas Frazar, who arrived inJacksonville in June 1852 reports:

We looked \'round a while and then went \'round to some ofthediggings. Went to the first that wasdiscovered in 1850 or 1851 by a packer by thename ofGeorge Frazier. He was packing goods from Scottsburg to Yreka> Ca1ifornia.(Frazar 1982:42)10

Mrs Mary E Frazar who more truly than any other one personmay be called the founder of the church died April 21 1884 aged 67 years 4months In memory of her daughter Mrs Rosa F Burrell gave the Society in April1886 the sum of $1,000.00 to be called the Frazar Fund the income to be used inthe dissemination of Unitarian literature This income lias been principallyexpended through the Post office Mission in establishing and maintaining theFrazar Loan Library of Liberal religious literature Thomas Frazar her husbanddied June23 1890 aged 77 years 5 months lie was always one of the most earnestsupporters of the work of the church and was a member of the board of trusteesof the Society for most of the time during fifteen years In memory of these twofounders of the church a bronze tablet was placed on the church walls in 1891The tablet bears the following inscription In memory of THOMAS FRAKAR 813 1890and his beloved wife MAKY Ki r EN FRAZAH 1817 1884 Natives of New EnglandPioneers of Oregon of i1 Devoted patriots Members of the sacred bund to whoseprayers and sacrifices the founding of this CHURCH OF OUR FATHER is due Thistablet is erected by their daughters and grandchildren 1891 (A History of theFirst Unitarian Church, of Portland, Oregon. 1867-1892)

Introduction

This history was first undertaken with the purpose ofpreparing a historical discourse for the twenty-fifth anniversary of thededication of the chapel. But it grew beyond the proper limits of a sermon, andthe historical discourse had to be an abridgement of what is here given. It hasbeen prepared with care from the records of the church and its variousorganizations, from the newspapers of the time, and from personal recollectionsof early members; and it is published in order permanently to preserve a recordwhich might otherwise easily become forgotten or destroyed. Special thanks aredue, for aid given in its preparation, to Rev. T. L. Eliot, Mrs. Rosa F.Burrell, and Mrs. C. W. Burrage. Appendixes are added which give material thatcould not be suitably given in the course of the narrative.

A HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH.

THE Portland of the sixties was a quiet frontier town ofbetween five and ten thousand people, in the third decade f its history,reached by stage overland from California, and by two or three steamersmonthly. It has then, as it has always had, in spite of the lawlessness andvice that so often characterize frontier towns, more than the usual proportionof Christian people, whether measured by their numbers, or by their influencein the community. It was, for it size, well supplied with churches. In 1865there were already a Methodist, a Presbyterian, a Congregationalist, a Baptist,an Episcopal, and a Catholic church.

Among the residents of that early day there was, however, aconsiderable number of persons, including some of wealth and influence, who hadbeen reared in the Liberal Christian faith, in New England and elsewhere in theEast, both Unitarians and Universalists. [page 6] Among the more prominent ofthese were Thomas Frazar and his wife, who had arrived as early as 1853; Mrs.Anna Cooke and her children, who came soon after; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Goodnough,Mrs. Abby W. Atwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Burrage. There was noorganization among them as Liberal Christians. Many of them were not aware thatthe religious beliefs which they held were shared by others in the community.They therefore worshipped in the churches already established, contributed tothe support of them according to their means, taught classes in theSunday-schools, to which they also sent their children, and did their fullshare of general church work. At various times they were urged to join thechurches with which they were associated. But they held firmly to theirinheritance in Liberal Christianity, and waited for a time when they shouldhave a church of their own. one family at least, that of Mr. Frazar, during thesix years in which they lived on what is now the \"Ladd Farm\" in EastPortland, were accustomed to hold home services on Sundays, at which neighborsand visitors were often present. Hymns were sung, prayers were offered, and asermon was read, usually of Channing, Peabody, Chapin, or other LiberalChristian leaders of the time. These are believed to have been the firstUnitarian services ever held in Portland.

It is impossible to say how long things might have continuedthus, had not the loyalty of the few Liberal Christians to their religiousconvictions been [page 7] suddenly and deeply aroused. One Sunday morning in1865, one of the ministers of the city, for lack of a better theme, made aviolent attack upon the Unitarian faith, which he continued for several Sundays.It was not without its effect. Several liberally minded members of hiscongregation met at the door, as they went out after one of these sermons, andat once formed the resolve to take steps toward a Liberal organization of theirown. No immediate organized result followed; but the Liberal Christians werefrom now on drawn more closely to each other.

At the same time other forces had been moving toward thesame end. Mrs. Thomas Frazar had from the first longed earnestly for a churchof her own faith. For this she prayed and planned for years; and it was in herheart, and by her faith, more than that of any other one person, that thechurch was founded. She was ever hoping to find material enough to from aUnitarian organization. In 1863, in the work of the Sanitary Commission, shebecame acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Burrage, devoted Unitarians whohad come to Portland a few months previously from Leominster, Mass., and whowere the first persons she had found who seemed to be in full sympathy with herreligious beliefs. Their common faithdrew them more and more together. They added to each other\'s zeal; and theresult at length was that, with a few kindred spirits, the first step inorganization was taken in December, 1865, in the forming of the Ladies\' SewingSociety. [page 8]

There had already been Unitarian preaching in Portland asearly as 1862. In July of that year, Rev. Thomas Starr King of San Francisco,while on a lecturing tour, preached in the Methodist church on Taylor street ona Sunday afternoon, and lectured there three days later. Letters are stillextant, written by him to Mr. Frazar, arranging for the visit. But Mr. King\'sobject was not a missionary one; and though even then earnestly longed for, anorganization was not yet thought possible.

But on December 13, 1865, a few of the women interested inthe cause of Liberal Christianity met at the house of Mr. Ira Goodnough, onYamhill street, below Fifth, on the spot where the Goodnough building nowstands, opposite the Post-office. These were Mrs. Mary E. Frazar, Mrs. Sarah J.Burrage, Mrs. Nancy E. Goodnough, Mrs. Anna Cooke, Mrs. Lydia M. Wright, Mrs.M. A. Abbott, Mrs. Rosa F. Burrell. They had come together \"for thepurpose of organizing a Society for the promotion of the Cause.\" Mrs.Frazar was chosen Chairman, and Mrs. Abbott Secretary; and the first businessdone was the adoption of the following preamble, which had previously preparedby Mrs. Frazar:

\"We, the friends of Liberal Christianity, pioneers ofthe Christian faith in this new land, do here unite for the purpose ofstrengthening each other in the same, and pledge ourselves, God helping, thatby prayer and earnest effort we will use every endeavor to promote and advancethe Cause.\"

At a meeting held at the house of Mrs. Burrage two weekslater, a constitution was adopted, and a [page 9] permanent organizationeffected, under the name of \"The Ladies\' Sewing Society,\" two whichwere added \"of the First Unitarian Society, Portland, Oregon.\" Mrs.Frazar was the first President. The Society held weekly meetings for work atthe houses of the members on Thursday afternoons, at which they usually earnedmoney by taking in sewing. Meetings have been held on Wednesday afternoonssince 1872, and in the church parlor since 1880, and have been uninterruptedduring all the twenty-seven years since the forming of the Society. Besidestheir weekly meetings, the ladies held monthly socials, arranged occasionalentertainments and festivals, and were in every way the center of organizedlife among the Liberal Christians until the forming of the First UnitarianSociety.

Indeed it is doubtful whether any definite movement wouldhave taken shape for a long time, had it not been for the devoted andunFlagging work of the Ladies\' Sewing Society. With an average weeklyattendance of but seven, the earnings of their first year were almost $400.00;while the deeper results of nourishing faith and arousing zeal, were greaterthan can be estimated. They testified their faith in the future of their causeby sending the thirty dollars first earned to Rev. Horatio Stebbins (rootswebdotancestrydotcom)

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