Linn-Crook-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Hackleman, Abraham November 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com January 23, 2008, 7:22 am Morning Oregonian November 24,1904 Albany,Or.,Nov.22-(Special)- Abraham Hackleman, one of the most prominent pioneer citizens of Oregon, and one of the founders of the cityof Albany this morning.he had been ill only a short time with pneumonia. Mr.Hackleman was bornin Indiana in 1829 and was 75 years old at the time of his death. He crossed the plains to Oregon in 1847 and took up a donation land claim on the site of Albany,one half of the present city being located on the original claim.The log abin he erected on his claim was the first house in this part of the state. In 1850 he laid out 70 acres as the City of Albany,and has added three additions to the city since that time. Mr.Hackleman assisted in many notable enterprises in the upbuilding of the state,among them being the construction of the military wagon road across the Cascade Mountains.He was director and president of the road at different time.He was also iinterested in the Oregon & Pacific Railroad,now the Corvallis & Eastern. Mr.Hackeman was a leader in the Democratic party in this ocunty.He had sered as County Commissioner and as City Councilman of this city.Besides his large property interests in Albany and Linn County Mr.Hackleman owned 3000 acres of land in Crook county.He left one daughter,Mrs.Price,of Southern Oregon, and three sons,Thurston P.,Denver D., and Frank A., all residents of Albany and vicinity. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/linn/obits/h/hacklema3722gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb