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James Willis Nesmith
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Born: July 23, 1820

Birthplace: New Brunswick, British Canada

Father: William Morrison Nesmith 1783 – 1839

Mother: Harriet Willis 1785 – 1821

Wife: Lucinda Pauline Goff 1831 – 1890
(Buried: Nesmith Family Cemetery, Rickreall, Oregon)​

Children:

Mary Jane “Jennie” Nesmith Ankeny 1848 – 1918​
(Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Washington)​
Joseph Lane Nesmith 1849 – 1850​
(Buried: Burch Pioneer Cemetery, Rickreall, Oregon)​
Harriet Kezziah Nesmith McArthur 1851 – 1936​
(Buried: Nesmith Family Cemetery, Rickreall, Oregon)​
Sallie Ann Nesmith 1852 – 1853​
(Buried: Burch Pioneer Cemetery, Rickreall, Oregon)​
Martha Ellen Nesmith 1853 – 1862​
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)​
Velina Pauline Nesmith Molson 1855 – 1937​
(Buried: Cimetiere Mont–Royal, Outermont, Canada)​
James Bush Nesmith 1856 – 1953
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(Buried: Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Oregon)​
William Goff Nesmith 1859 – 1931​
(Buried: Nesmith Family Cemetery, Rickreall, Oregon)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


1820: Born in Canada while his parents were visiting from Maine​
1828: Moved with his father to Claremont, New Hampshire​
1838 – 1843: Lived in the State of Ohio​
1843: Moved to Oregon Territory​
Farmer and Stock Raiser in Oregon​
1844 – 1845: Judge of Oregon Provisional Supreme Court​
1848 – 1849: Gold Seeker in Willamette Valley​
1849: Purchased a flour mill on Rickreall Creek​
1853: Captain in during the Rogue River War​
1853 – 1855: United States Marshal for Oregon​
1855: Captain in the Yakima Indian War​
1857 – 1859: Superintendent of Indian Affairs Oregon & Washington​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1867: United States Senator from Oregon​
1861 – 1867: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee​
1861 – 1863: Member of Senate Public Lands Committee​
1865: Voted in favor of the 13th​ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution​
1865 – 1867: Member of Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1867: Member of Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee​
1866: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Senate​
Appointed United States Minister to Austria but not confirmed​
1868: Polk County Oregon Roads Supervisor​
1873 – 1875: United States Congressman from Oregon​
1873 – 1875: Ranking Member of House Mileage Committee​
1873 – 1875: Ranking Member of House Military Affairs Committee​
1874: Choose not to seek reelection to U.S. Congress​
1874 – 1885: Farmer in Polk County, Oregon​

Died:
June 17, 1885

Place of Death: Rickreall, Oregon

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Nesmith Family Cemetery, Rickreall, Oregon
 
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