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Susannah Mask Mathews Johnson Weeks 4/2/1823--12/13/1909

Susannah who was a mulatto slave reached Oregon on October 3, 1853.  She moved West in a wagon train which likely used the Applegate trail.  Her story is told in a PBS Finding your Roots episode with actor Ty Burrell who is one of her descendants.

City
Jacksonville
Location
Vertical File Biographies, Weeks
Source Reference