Columbia County OR Archives Obituaries.....Merrill, Elizabeth February 21, 1900
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The Morning Oregonian March 1, 1900 page 4 columns 3 and 4
OREGON PIONEER WHO DIED IN COLUMBIA COUNTY

St. Helens, Or., Feb 27 - Died, at her home, near Columbia City, February 21, 
Mrs. Elizabeth Merrill, widow of Joseph Merrill. She was born in South 
Carolina, March 6, 1820. Mrs. Merrill, with her husband and two children, came 
to Oregon in 1847 from Illinois. They spent their first winter at Linnton, 
living in a rail cabin, often in danger from wolves and Indians. They settled 
near St. Helens afterward, where they spent the remainder of their lives. When 
they came here there were but two or three houses in Portland. Heavy timber 
stood where the business part of Portland now stands. St. Helens was called 
Plymouth, honor of Plymouth Rock. Four families lived in all that country - 
Joseph Cunningham, at Warrior’s Point; Frances Perry, near St. Helens; Joseph 
Caples, at Columbia City; Captain H.M. Knighton, proprietor of the townsite, 
at St. Helens.

The surviving children are Edwin Norman, Representative from Columbia County 
for several years; Alonzo, Mrs. George and Mrs. Jane McDonald.

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