Biography of Warren H. Tobin, 1902, Baker Co., Oregon: Surnames: Tobin, Mc Nealy, Gale.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 292

Warren H. Tobin

His parents were John and Eliza (McNealy) Tobin, natives of Kentucky, who
moved to Platte county, Missouri, where they remained until the day of their
death. At the early age of seventeen our subject left the shelter of the
parental tree and met the battles of life alone. He first crossed the plains
with ox teams to Hangtown, in California, where he gave his attention to
mining, meeting with much trouble from the Indians at a place called Ash
Hollow and also at another point, named Soda Springs. In 1861 he came to
Florence, a mining district two hundred miles northeast from Eagle valley.
>From there he came to Eagle valley and he enjoys the honor of being the first
white man that traversed its rich fields, where he soon after settled. Here he
married the daughter of the esteemed and beloved Governor Gale. This governor
was the first man to organize civil government in the state and his wise
methods and faithfulness in administering justice won him friends from all law
abiding citizens, while to those that were not law abiding his name was a
terror. He married an Indian woman by the name of Eliza, and it is recorded
that she is still living on the Umatilla Indian reservation, and her
descendants are among the leading people of the land, lawyers, bankers and
law-makers being among the number, and it is recorded that one of her
granddaughters was regarded in Washington society as one of the handsomest
women in that great city.

Our subject is the owner of the well known mines, Alpine No. 1, and Alpine No.
2, which are properties of merit. He is a man of ability and stanch
principles, and is regarded by all as one of the most substantial citizens of
the county. And true it is that to these worthy pioneers that are all too soon
passing away, we owe a debt of gratitude that time is too short to repay,
since it is to their masterful efforts and wisdom and daring that we are
indebted for the grand country that we now possess in this rich county.