Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Snuffin, Benjamin F. October 1904
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Monring Oregonian October 23,1904
Death of B.F.Snuffin
He Was An Oregon Pioneer of 1851 and Indian War veteran
Benjamin F.Snuffin,an Oregon pioneer of 1851, and an Indian War veteran of 
1856, died yesterday at his home on the Wiberg Lan, east of the Ladd 
tract,after an illness of several months. Mr.Snuffin was born in Champaign 
Conuty,Ohio,March 2,1830, and moved to Andrew County,Missouri,from which place 
he staretd across the plains for Oregon in 1851,with an ox train of 20 wagons. 
Teh train reached Oreogn in six months,and Mrs.Snuffin first settled in the 
Rogue River Valley,where he enagaged in mining for a time.Afterward he came to 
Clackamas County,where he operated a sawmill until he sold out and moved to 
Mt.Tabor, his presnt home, about 1872. in 1856, when the call came for 
volunteers for the Indian was,he was among the first to respond, and he spent 
six months in the service. he is survived by the following children: 
Frank,James, and Fred Snuffin,Portlnad; William Snuffin,Redlands,Cal.; 
Mrs.Sadie Collins,Portland. Mrs. Martha Odell,a daughter, died in California. 
The funeral will take place this afternoon from the Wesleyan Chapel, inCenter 
Addition, Mount Tabor.

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