William Holden Willson (April 14, 1805 – April 17, 1856) was a pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon and the founder of its capital city, Salem. A native...

William Willson may refer to: William H. Willson (1805–1856), pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon William Willson (businessman) (1927–2003?), chairman...

Willson is an English language patronymic surname, literally "son of William" (William an old Old German name). There are other spellings, such as the...

Veronica Hearst (née Willson; July 16, 1882 – December 5, 1974), was the wife of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Willson was a vaudeville performer...

September 18, 2004. To the west of the building is Willson Park, named for Salem founder William H. Willson and sited roughly at the center of his former landholdings...

Institute lands. Some possible sources for the name "Salem" include William H. Willson, who in 1850 and 1851 filed the plans for the main part of the city...

Henry Leroy Willson (July 31, 1911 – November 2, 1978) was an American Hollywood talent agent who played a large role in developing the beefcake craze...

Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American flautist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright...

Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician, and naturalist. In 1775...

recruits for the Methodist Mission in Salem, Oregon. She married William H. Willson, credited as the founder of Salem, Oregon, on August 16, 1840, at...

Narcissa, along with Reverend Henry Spalding and his wife, Eliza, and William Gray, founded a mission near present-day Walla Walla, Washington in an...

Van Quickenborne, moved to Florissant at the invitation of bishop Louis William Valentine DuBourg. They founded several academic institutions, among which...

American missionary who joined an Oregon missionary party with her husband Henry H. Spalding and settled among the Nez Perce People called the nimiipuu in Lapwai...

H. Frost, 1840-43", Oregon Historical Quarterly, 35 (1), Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society: 50–73 Pipes, Nellie B. (1934c), "Journal of John H....

H. Frost Daniel Lee Jason Lee David Leslie Josiah Lamberson Parrish Henry K. W. Perkins John P. Richmond Elijah White Chloe Clark Willson William H....

Waite Crosby, Thomas (1907), Among the An-Ko-me-nums, Toronto: William Briggs Grubbs, F.H. (1906), Memorial services at re-interment of remains of Rev....

January 27, 1908, in Manhattan, New York City, to William Randolph Hearst and his wife, Millicent Willson. Hearst attended the University of California,...

the Methodist Mission near modern Astoria, Oregon, United States. Joseph H. Frost and his family was sent to the Clatsop Plains at the mouth of the Columbia...

Clifford (1973). Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon. A. H. Clark Company. ISBN 9780870621048. National Park Service: Whitman Mission...

Walter Willson Cobbett CBE (11 July 1847 – 22 January 1937) was an English businessman and amateur violinist, and the editor/author of Cobbett's Cyclopedic...

Image Name Years Notes William H. Gray March 1, 1843 – July 5, 1843 Elected during the Champoeg Meetings William H. Willson July 5, 1843 – May 14, 1844...

missionary party of five, including Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa and William H. Gray, joined with a group of fur traders to create the first wagon train...

H. Frost Daniel Lee Jason Lee David Leslie Josiah Lamberson Parrish Henry K. W. Perkins John P. Richmond Elijah White Chloe Clark Willson William H....

After Lee returned Leslie helped to start a branch mission with William H. Willson at Nisqually on the Puget Sound in modern Washington state. Then in...

travelled west with other missionaries—Cushing Eells, Elkanah Walker, and William H. (W.H.) Gray—and their wives. They were initially at Waiilatpu in present...

but unrest there led the board to direct him towards the Oregon Country. William W. Thayer introduced him to Mary Richardson, who also wanted to serve as...

leadership of Dr. Elijah White. Included in the party was White's wife, William H. Willson, Anna Maria Pittman, Alanson Beers, Susan Downing, Elvira Johnson...

and Trials of Father Pierre Jean de Smet (4 vols., 1905); Evans, Lucylle H. (1981). Good Samaritan of the Northwest Anthony Ravalli, S.J., 1812-1884...

Mary A(u)gusta Dix Gray or Mrs. William H. Gray (January 2, 1810 – December 8, 1881) was an early American missionary to Nez Perce people in the Oregon...

of Missionaries, but she was turned down, because she was not married. William Thayer, a mutual friend of Mary Richardson and Elkanah Walker, knew they...