Douglas-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Hatfield, Job November 21, 1904
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Morning Oregonian November 28,1904
Pioneer Columbia River Pilot
Scottsburg,or.,Nov.21-(Special) Job hatfield, seaman,Columbia River pilot, and 
one of the earliest settlers in the Umpqua Valley, died here today.
Mr.Hatfield was born in the village of Tuskil,Nova Scotia,August 31,1813. When 
a lad of 14, he went to sea, making a number of voyages to South America and 
the Orient. he then joined the Sandy Hook pilot-boat, and served a five year 
apprenticeship. After acting as pilot for a number o fyears,hatfield sailed in 
the bark Josephine,from new York for San Fransisco,arriving July 9,1849. A 
short experience in the mines satisfied his curiosity, and he sailed for the 
Columbia River. the Winter of 1849-1850 was spent as a pilot on the bar, 
Captain White, in the schooner Mary Taylor. They were the first pilots at the 
mouth of the Columbia.
News of the mines of Southern Oregon took Mr.Hatfield to the Lower Umpqua.In 
the Rogue River Valley,the overland expedition of General Joseph lane was 
encountered. Part of the Hatfield band went to California with General lane, 
but Hatfield,james Merrick and William Golden branched off to the Lower Umpqua 
Valley. An examination of the bar depth fo the river showed it to be 
navigable,and Mr.Hatfield settle don a claim,four miles east of the present 
town of Scottsburg, where he resided until death.

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