Portrait of Alvin T. Smith · Washington County Heritage Online

Title: Portrait of Alvin T. Smith
Description: A portrait of an older Alvin Thompson Smith, who was the first pioneer to the area that would eventually become Forest Grove. He arrived in Washington County in 1843 after previously moving west for missionary work. He brought with him his wife Abigail Raymond who he married March 19, 1840. After Abigail passed in 1858 he remarried to Jane Averill on October 19, 1869. He was an influential member of the Forest Grove community and was involved with Tabitha Brown's orphanage, as well as serving as a trustee member for Tualatin Academy in its early decades.
Identifier: PUApic_009002
Contributor: Davidson Brothers, photographers
Subject: Portraits; Pioneers; Missionaries; Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon; Congregationalism; Oregon--History; Smith, A. T. (Alvin Thompson), 1802-1888; Local & State History; Heritage Studies; Genealogy & Family History
Spatial Coverage: Portland, Oregon
Rights: Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Pacific University Archives at archives@pacificu.edu.; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Date Created: circa 1870s
Date: 1870/1879
Medium: cartes-de-visite
Source: Photo Image Collection, Pacific University Archives
Type: Still Image

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