George K. Gay
Deceased Person
1810 – 1882
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Who was George K. Gay?
George Kirby Gay was an English sailor and later settler in the Oregon Country. He was a member of the Willamette Cattle Company that brought livestock to Oregon and built the first brick house in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains. Gay also participated in the Champoeg Meetings that created a provisional government in what would become the U.S. state of Oregon.
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- Born
- Aug 15, 1810
Gloucestershire - Also known as
- George Gay
- Spouses
- Died
- Oct 7, 1882
Hopewell
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on July 23, 2013
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