{"id":199,"date":"2015-08-05T12:33:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T12:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marksrelatives.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2017-04-20T16:48:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:48:56","slug":"abram-g-langdon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/marksrelatives.com\/wordpress\/abram-g-langdon\/","title":{"rendered":"Abram G. Langdon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Herbert Langdon Threshing and a man with his hat on a stick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photo of Abram?<\/h2>\n

Probably not, but we’ll never know. The photo had \u201cHerbert Langdon threshing in Cole\u2019s Valley\u201d<\/em> written on the back. If Abram was in the photo, it seems like they would have added his name as well. Whoever the man above is, he obviously has a sense of humor.\u00a0Here\u2019s a link to the photo.\u00a0LINK<\/a><\/p>\n

He seems about the right age and lived just north of where the photo was taken. Also the time frame is right. Abram was 76 when he died on the 17th of July 1904 in Oregon. March 30, 1903 Herbert moves back to South Dakota. If it’s not a photo of him, at the very least I imagine he would have looked and dressed similar.<\/p>\n

Abram G. Langdon 1828-1904
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Abram was not an abbreviation of Abraham.
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SIDE NOTE ABOUT HIS NAME:<\/h4>\n

There are records that identify him as Abraham, but they all seem to be recorded by people who thought it was an abbreviation of the name Abraham. Abram himself always gives his name as either A. G., or Abram. From what I understand, Abraham (Gideon\u2019s brother) had a similar problem. There is a document for land in LaPorte Co., Indiana that shows Abraham crossing out \u201cha\u201d so that the name is Abram. The Issue Date is 3\/15\/1837.\u00a0LINK<\/a><\/p>\n

Here it is corrected.\u00a0\u00a0LINK<\/a><\/p>\n

Personal Note
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In Harold Minter\u2019s book \u201cUmpqua Valley Oregon and Its Pioneers\u201d he writes:
\n<\/span>\u201cLittle is known of the Langdon family history; common knowledge of their sojourn in Kellogg must be relied upon to give them their place in the annals of Kellogg.\u201d
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It\u2019s wonderful to have a written account from someone that knew him.\u00a0 We\u2019re very lucky to have something like this, but there seems to be so much more.\u00a0 He traveled the Oregon Trail, was a justice of the peace, owner of a gold mine, hotel owner, ferry operator, postmaster, speculated with land for railroads, was a member of the militia, etc.\u00a0<\/span>Hopefully we can flesh him out and add some more information.
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1828<\/h2>\n

Born Dec 1828 in Hartford Township, Trumbull, Ohio.
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