- Kentucky Historical Marker for John P. Gaines (33 KB)
This marker is at the entrance to the former property of John P. Gaines, who left Kentucky after being appointed Governor of the Oregon Territory in 1849. - Great-grandfather John Pollard Gaines 1880's (25 KB)
John Pollard Gaines grandson of the Oregon Governor, about 1880. - Abner Gaines' will dated 1839, pg1 (1503 KB)
This is a scanned image of the actual will, page 1. - AbnerGaines, before Oct. 1839 (39 KB)
This is an airbrushed reproduction of an "Ambrotype" photo taken before he died in Oct. 1839. - Abner Gaines' will dated 1839, pg 2 (1622 KB)
Page 2 scanned image of his will - Elizabeth Mathews Gaines, 1830's. (36 KB)
Elizabeth was married to Abner Gaines, they were the parents of John Pollard Gaines Governor of the Oregon Territory. - Abner Gaines' will dated 1839, pg 3 (1525 KB)
Scanned image of page 3 - John P. Gaines and sisters, or female friends? (20 KB)
This 1880's photo shows John P. Gaines and what I believe to be his sisters. - Abner Gaines' will dated 1839, pg 4 (1537 KB)
Scanned image of page 4 - 1849 Gaines family before they went to Oregon (29 KB)
This photo shows the family before all but one went to Oregon, Richard stayed behind. This was probably taken in late 1849, before leaving for New York to board the "U.S.S. Supply" for Oregon. - Ripley's "Believe It or Not" newspaper artical (1413 KB)
This is an article from an unknown dated newspaper, Ripley was interested in the unusual. This was about the Mexican War era John Pollard Gaines who was elected to the 30th United States Congress while he was a Prisoner of war in Mexico City in 1847. - Governor John Pollard Gaines, 1849-1853. (16 KB)
This is a photo of the Governor's portrait. - 1850 Oregon Census of Gov. Gaines' Family (1371 KB)
This is the census of 1850 that shows the Gaines family members who came to Oregon. Son Richard stayed behind & two daughters died in Brazil. - Abner Pendleton Gaines at 15, 1849 (21 KB)
This is my gg-grandfather Abner P. Gaines son of the Governor, and father of John P. Gaines my g-grandfather. - 1815 Tavern Bond for Abner Gaines (937 KB)
This is a scanned image of Abner's 1815 Boone County tavern bond. He was in partnership with Benjamin Cave. - Elizabeth Kinkead Gaines, wife of the Governor (24 KB)
This is taken from the family photo and is the only photo I have been able to find of Gov. John P. Gaines' wife, my ggg-grandmother. - John Pollard Gaines about 1920 (207 KB)
This photo shows the last look we have of John P. Gaines in the early 1920's. He was somewhere in the midwest at this time according to his letters. If he looks familiar to you let me know, he is my lost ancestor. He died somewhere and we do not know when or where... - Kentucky Historical Marker for AbnerGaines (36 KB)
This marker is across the road from Abner's house which is about 200 years old.
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