Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon Sr.

Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon Sr.
The Tryon family graves are in Lone Fir Cemetery in southeast Portland
Born(1816-01-24)January 24, 1816
Pawlet Township, Vermont
DiedMay 15, 1855(1855-05-15) (aged 39)
Oregon
Resting placeLone Fir Cemetery
45°31′05″N 122°38′31″W / 45.51806°N 122.64194°W / 45.51806; -122.64194[1]
Alma materCastleton Medical College
OccupationPhysician
SpouseFrances Safley
ChildrenSocrates Hotchkiss Tryon Jr.; Sallie Tryon Cleveland

Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon Sr. (January 24, 1816 – May 15, 1855) was a pioneer physician in what became the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] A native of Vermont, he later lived in Iowa and California before moving to the Oregon Territory where he settled the land that now comprises part of the Tryon Creek State Natural Area in Portland and Lake Oswego. He was also a member of the 1846 Iowa Constitutional Convention.

  1. ^ "Lone Fir Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
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