Oregon Historical Timeline
Stevens Family& Historical Events of the Time
1795 Elijah (St. Louis Jones b. Missouri 7-31 Leo
1815 Martha Stevens b. Missouri 10-18 Libra
1825 Adam Stone b. Ohio 7/31 Leo
1826 Jedediah Hardman b. Georgia 12/4 Sagittarius
1829 Joshua Hardman b. Georgia 7/17 Cancer
1831 Matthew Kane b. Missouri 2/9 Aquarius
1832 Randall Phillips b. Virginia 1/10 Capricorn
1834 Loraine Stevens b. Missouri 10/31
1835 Han Jei b. China; Bernice McDowell b. Illinois
1840 Arabelle Stevens b. Missouri 4/28 Taurus
1841 Jason Phillips b. Virginia 1/14 Capricorn
1849 gold discovered in California
1850 Homestead Land Act
1851 Amy Stevens and Matt Kane marry
1855 Adam Stone returns to Oregon
Laura Kane b. Oregon
Adam meets Rand Phillips fighting Rogue Indian War
1856 Trail of Tears—Oregon
1857 Elijah Stone b. Oregon
1859 Oregon becomes a state; Rufus Kane b. Oregon
1861 Civil War begins
1862 Jed Hardman goes to war
Gold discovered in Canyon City
1864 Snake War begins
1865 Lee surrenders -- Civil War is over
1867 Belle Stevens (Morgan) returns to Oregon
1868 Snake War ends
1872 Modoc War
1873 Portland destroyed by fire
1877 Nez Perce War
1878 Bannock-Paiute War
Arizona Historical Timeline
O'Brian and Taggert families & Historical Events of the Time
(Some families are ancestors of the Hemstreet witches, contemporary paranormal romance series) 1833 Charles Prevo b.
1840 Jeremiah Taggert b. Kansas; Rose Jarred b. Missouri
1841 Victor Hemstreet b. San Francisco
1842 Roman Alexander Oliver b. Kansas
1843 Lars Ericson b. Wisconsin
1844 Raul Cordova b. Mexico; Valerie Simpson b. Kansas
1845 Robert Mitchell b. New York; Frederica Jamison b. Boston
1846 –
1847 Delbert Sicilla b. West Virginia
1848 Wei Song b. Weaverville California; US wins Mexico War
1849 Maria Jacinta b. Mexico; Apache wars begin 'officially'
1850 Constance Banyon b. Maryland
1851 Eleanor Samuels b. San Francisco
1852 Samuel Ryker (O’Brian) b. Kansas
1853 Laura Ericson b. Wisconsin
1854 Cordell O’Brian b. Kansas
1855 ---
1856 ---
1857 James Redman m. Rose Jarrod Missouri; Clint Adams b. Nebraska
1858 Abigail Spenser b. Illinois
1859 --
1860
1861 Vincent Taggert b. KS; Priscilla Wesley b. Georgia; Civil War begins.
1862 Cochise and his band attack soldiers beginning Apache war
1863 Ellen Buchanan b. Texas; Territory of Arizona created by Congress
1864 Kit Carson captures 7000 Navajo forces them from Arizona
1865 Civil War ends
1866 Asa Taggert b. Utah; Rafael Cordova b. Mexico
1867 Cole Taggert b. Utah
1868 Jesse Taggert b. Utah; Connie m. Delbert Sicilla
1869 Juan Cordova b. Mexico m. Josita
1870 Raquel Cordova b. Mexico d. 1870
1871 Laura Ericson m. James Ferris Tucson, Arizona
1872 James Angus b. Illinois
1873 Eleanor Samuels m. Victor Hemstreet; Jason Ferris b. Tucson
1874 Felipe Valencia b. Arizona
1875 Clint Madison b. Illinois; Nathan Hemstreet b. San Francisco
1876 Gabriel Cordova b. AZ; Holly Jacobs b. Ill; Wilhelmina Butler b. SF
1877 Grace O’Brian b. Kansas; Catherine Lawrence b. Boston
1878 Anita Cordova b. Arizona; James Ferris b. Tucson
1879 Alexa Johnson (Oliver) b. Kansas; Lily Jacobs b. Illinois
1880 Wei Zian b. Arizona
1881 Railroad crosses Arizona; OK Corral gunfight in Tombstone
1882 US government bans Chinese immigration for 10 years
Sam Ryker m. Abigail Spencer June & November
1883
1884 David Ryker b. Circle R Ranch
1885 Geronimo leaves reservation
Grace arrives to live with her father in Tucson
1886 major earthquake in Mexico damages Tucson; Geronimo captured
Cordell O'Brian m. Priscilla Wesley
1887 Alice Ryker b. Circle R Ranch
1888 Jesse O’Brian b. Circle O Ranch; Raquel Valencia b. Tucson
1889 Daniel Cordova b. Circle O Ranch Jan.
1890 Ellen m. Robert Mitchell; Jose Valencia b. Tucson
1891 Alicia O’Brian b. August Circle O
1892 Roberto Cordova b. December Tucson
1893 Royce Johnson (Oliver) b. Kansas
Grace leaves for college
1894 Will Tremaine publishes first dime novel
1895 James Redman dies Feb. Tucson; James O’Brian b. Circle O
1896 Valerie Taggert dies; Yaqui Uprising in Mexico and Arizona
1897 Spanish American War begins;
Rafe joins Rough Riders
Margarita Valencia b. Tucson
1898 Rafe mustered out Feb. 15th
Grace returns to Tucson in June
Rafael Cordova m. Grace O'Brian September
Victor Hemstreet dies in SF
1899 Donovan Cordova b. November Tucson
Holly comes to Tucson
Rose Redman m. Roman Oliver December 31 Tucson
1900 Holly Jacobs m. Vince Taggert
Donovan Cordova b. Tucson
1901
1902 Lily Jacobs m. Jesse Taggert
1903 Tyler Taggert b Tucson; Joshua Taggert b. Tucson
1905 Samuel Butler dies SF
Wilhelmina comes to Arizona and meets Cole Taggert
Wilhelmina Butler m. Cole Taggert
Lily Jacobs remarries Jesse Taggert
Holly Jacobs remarries Vincent Taggert
Frederica Windsor arrives in Tucson meets Jeremiah Taggert
1906 Frederica Windsor m. Jeremiah Taggert
Ruth Taggert & Lucinda Taggert. b.Tucson
1907 Josiah Hemstreet b. Tucson
1908 Redland Hemstreet b. Tucson
1912 Arizona becomes a state-- last of the contiguous states to do so
