A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameAlvin Thompson Smith 
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1Death22 Jan 1888, Forest Grove, Washington Co, Oregon11 Age: 85
BurialMountain View Memorial Gardens, Forest Grove, Washington Co, Oregon1546
FatherThomas Smith (1761-1840)
MotherDesire Thompson (1771-1841)
Notes for Alvin Thompson Smith
He was an American missionary and politician in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Connecticut, he lived in Illinois before moving to the Oregon Country to preach to the Native Americans in the Tualatin Valley. There he served in both the Provisional Government of Oregon and the government of the Oregon Territory, as well as helping to establish Tualatin Academy, later becoming Pacific University. Smith's former home, the Alvin T. Smith House in Forest Grove, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.11