David Thomas Lenox

Judge

1802 – 1874

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Who was David Thomas Lenox?

David Thomas Lenox was an American pioneer who settled in the Oregon Country where he organized the first Baptist Church west of the Rocky Mountains. A native of New York, he lived in Illinois and Missouri before he was captain of the first wagon train over the Oregon Trail to what became the state of Oregon. He also organized several schools and churches, and served as a judge and justice of the peace. In Oregon, he settled on the Tualatin Plains near what is now Hillsboro and later lived in Eastern Oregon.

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Born
Dec 8, 1802
Catskill
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Died
Oct 18, 1874
Weston

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on July 23, 2013

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