[or-roots] Barnes in OR (was Sandy River smelt)

[Magbatt at aol.com]

Oregon would be where Prineville is.  Northeast of Bend, south of the The 
Dalles.  
Elisha Barnes, my gggrandfather (b abt 1826 KY-?)  married my gggrandmother, 
Susannah Toomey Glenn in 1848 and they headed to the California gold hills and 
then up to Oregon.  They were in Lane County for a while, then one day Elisha 
tramped east across the mountains (what is now Santiam Pass) with six friends 
to discover good grazing for their stock.  They moved their families over and 
established the town of Prineville.  

His parents were James Barnes and Susan Copple.  I think they were KY, IN, MO 
people - but don't know how long they were in KY or where James' family was 
from. 
Anything sound familiar?   Where in Oregon did your Barnes settle?  Sounds 
like at least some of them ended up east of Portland (Sandy area).  Elisha's 
daughter, Eva lived in Portland and the surrounding areas also.  Eva was my great 
grandmother.  
MIdge