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“Mrs. Catherine S. Davis (1811-[[1898]]) died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S.A. Huddleston in this city, aged 87 years and 4 days,” said a [[Eugene]] obituary of [[January 29]], 1898. “Thus another of Oregon’s noble pioneer women goes to her reward.” She came to Oregon with her husband and family in [[1847]]. He died in [[1858]], leaving her with five children, whom she raised by herself. She had also studied medicine when she was younger, and for some years functioned as a doctor to early [[Lane County]] settlers. “Many a time she mounted her fine riding horse during the dark hours of night and started out on a mission of mercy for a hard ride of from 15 to 25 miles,” said the 1898 newspaper story. “And that, too, without compensation.”

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