Everything about Alanson Beers totally explained
Alanson Beers (
1800 -
February 20 1853) was an
American pioneer and politician in the early days of the settlement of the
Oregon Country. A blacksmith by trade, he was a reinforcement for the
Methodist Mission in what would become the state of
Oregon. The
Connecticut native helped found the
Oregon Institute and participated in the
Champoeg Meetings where he was elected to serve on the Executive Committee in 1843.
Early life
Beers was born in 1800 in the state of
Connecticut, the son of a
Revolutionary War soldier.
There he was trained as a
blacksmith. Prior to immigrating to Oregon, Alanson married Rachel, with whom he'd six children.
Oregon
Alanson Beers moved to Oregon in 1837, arriving on the ship
Diana in May. Beers then built a home and blacksmith’s shop at the Mission. Later, he worked for the Mission Manual Labor School for Indians and at the
Oregon Institute, now
Willamette University as a blacksmith making building products for the construction of homes and mills.
In 1843 at the
Champoeg Meetings he was chosen for the legislative committee to draft the original laws of the provisional government, and then chosen by the members to be the chairperson of the judiciary committee. Then on July 5, he was elected as one of the three members of the
First Executive Committee along with
David Hill and
Joseph Gale. He was chosen to represent the interests of the Methodist Mission in the government.
During his service on the executive committee Beers lead the organization of a
militia.
This occurred in 1844 in response to an incident with the native populations in the
Willamette Valley.
Later life
In July of 1844 Beers opted to receive a farm, equipment, a blacksmith shop, and $1,000 from the Methodist Mission in lieu of passage back to Connecticut.
At this time the mission was re-organizing under the Reverend
George Gary.
In 1846 Alanson formed a partnership with
George Abernethy to buy grist mills at the island mills near
Oregon City, Oregon, calling the enterprise the Oregon Milling Company.
The company milled lumber and ground flour.
[ Then prior to his death in 1853 he built a house to be used as a dormitory by the Oregon Institute, which the school then bought for $300 after his death and named Beers House.]
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