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- | + | [[Springfield]] was settled when [[Briggs, Elias|Elias M.]] and [[Briggs, Mary|Mary Briggs]] and their family, including [[Briggs, Isaac|Isaac Briggs]] arrived in the winter of [[1848]] via the South Road. Isaac and [[Briggs, Betsey|Betsey Briggs]] had migrated from Iowa in [[1847]] along with Elias with his wife Mary over the Applegate Trail. They had pioneered the Church of Christ in Iowa State and they were about to do the same thing again in for Springfield, Oregon. They first settled at [[Pleasant Hill]] and were charter members of that [[Church of Christ (Pleasant Hill)|active church]], then relocated to the Springfield area. Donation land claim records list their filing date on 640 acres as October [[1849]] (Geneaological Forum of Portland 1957): | |
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- | + | [Briggs] chose as the site of his dwelling a spot convenient to a [[Briggs' Spring|spring of water]] that sent up its bubbled with ceaseless energy. A portion of the prairie where stood this found in | |
+ | due time was fenced in the enclosure becoming known as the Spring-field - - hence the | ||
+ | name of the town. Here for two years dwelt the Briggs family, the father and his | ||
+ | belongings removing at the end of that time to a farm about a mile and a half from their | ||
+ | original location. The father and son conducted the [[Springfield-Glenwood Ferry service|ferry]] where the fine bridge spans the Willamette…(Walling 1884:452). | ||
- | + | We do not know just when the church began meeting, but by [[1871]] the Springfield Church reported 60 members. Early members included both Briggs families and Dr. [[Owsley, William M.|William M.]] and [[Owsley, Mariah|Mariah Owsley]]. | |
- | + | ==1880s== | |
- | + | 1880 Census shows the following people within the same household: | |
- | + | Briggs, Elias M. aged 56. Born about 1824 in Kentucky. Residence: Coast Fork, Lane, Oregon.Spouse: Mary | |
- | + | Mary, aged 54. Mother's birthplace: Kentucky | |
- | + | Isaac R Briggs, aged 23. Relationship: Son. Estimated birth year: abt [[1857]]. Birthplace: Oregon. Farmer. Race: White. Gender: Male. Status: Single. | |
- | == | + | Abraham L Briggs, aged 13. Relationship: Son. Estimated birth year: abt [[1867]]. Birthplace: Oregon. Occupation: Attending School. Race: White. Gender: Male. Status: Single. |
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+ | Charles W Briggs, aged 11. Relationship: Son. Estimated birth year: abt [[1869]]. Birthplace: Oregon. Occupation: Attending School. Race: White. Gender: Male. Status: Single. | ||
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+ | George E Briggs, aged 7. Relationship: Son. Estimated birth year: abt [[1873]]. Birthplace: Oregon. Occupation: Attending School. Race: White. Gender: Male. Status: Single. | ||
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+ | Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Coast Fork, Lane, Oregon; Roll: T9_1081; Family History Film: 1255081; Page: 265.2000; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 0740. | ||
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+ | =Contradictory information= | ||
+ | The greatest impetus to town growth was the water-powered sawmill and grist mill built | ||
+ | by Elias Briggs in 1853-1854. Walling (1884:306) claimed the Springfield town site contained | ||
+ | “one of the best water-powers in the country.” Briggs and his brother, Isaac, completed the | ||
+ | digging of a millrace during the latter part of 1852. In partnership with Jeremiah Driggs and Thomas Monteith, two Linn County millers who financed the enterprise, the brothers | ||
+ | hired an experienced millwright from the East Coast to design and supervise construction of the | ||
+ | mills. The grist mill was the first flouring mill in [[Lane County]], and the sawmill, which featured a sash saw, had the distinction of supplying the lumber for building the first county courthouse. | ||
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+ | Some articles state that Isaac was Elias' brother. Others state he was Elias' son, uncle, and father. So far there is not a clear definitive as of yet. One fact is that the 1880s state that there was a son of Elias called Isaac R. This may suggest that Isaac R was named after Elias' father, uncle, or brother. | ||
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