Davis, Catherine S.

From Lane Co Oregon

“Mrs. Catherine S. Davis (1811-1898) died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S.A. Huddleston in this city, aged 87 years and 4 days,” said a Eugene obituary of January 29, 1898. “Thus another of Oregon’s noble pioneer women goes to her reward.” She came to Oregon with her husband and family in 1847. He died in 1858, leaving her with five children, whom she raised by herself. She had also studied medicine when she was younger, and for some years functioned as a doctor to early Lane County settlers. “Many a time she mounted her fine riding horse during the dark hours of night and started out on a mission of mercy for a hard ride of from 15 to 25 miles,” said the 1898 newspaper story. “And that, too, without compensation.”