[basham.ged] [meg.FTW] In Portrait and Bio of Morgan/Scott Co, IL by Chapman Bros of Chicog 1 88 9: "..to USA 1832 with parents..aged nine... 1846, starting with a te am f rom Independec MO, drove whole distance to Santa Fe thence Chihuahu a, Mexi co under military and jailed until city was capturd by Col Doneph an in spr ing of 1847. April 1848 with man named Hooker traveled to Oregon .. in lumber busi ne ss ... May 1849 mining in Northern CA ..via Isthmus, arriving home M ar 185 0."