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Benjamin Franklin Burch
Benjamin Franklin Burch (May 2, 1825 – March 24, 1893) was an American farmer, soldier, and politician in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Missouri, he moved to the Oregon Country in 1845 and served in the Cayuse and Yakima wars. A Democrat, he represented Polk County at the Oregon Constitutional Convention, in the Oregon House of Representatives, and in the Oregon State Senate including one session as President of the Senate.
==Early life==
Benjamin Burch was born in Chariton County, Missouri, on May 2, 1825, to Samuel Burch and Eleanor (''née'' Lock) Burch.〔Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 38.〕 In 1845, he crossed the Great Plains on the Oregon Trail bound for the Oregon Country. He settled in what became Polk County in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.〔(Crafting the Oregon Constitution: Biographical Sketch of Benjamin F. Burch ) Oregon State Archives. 2009. Retrieved on June 23, 2014.〕 At the time it was under the authority of the Provisional Government of Oregon, and in 1848 became the Oregon Territory. In 1846, he helped Jesse Applegate and Levi Scott build the Applegate Trail, a route to the valley through Southern Oregon.〔Lang, Herbert O. (1885) (''History of the Willamette Valley, Being a Description of the Valley and Its Resources, with an Account of Its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and Its Subsequent History Together with Personal Reminiscences of Its Early Pioneers''. ) G.H. Himes, Book and Job Printer, p. 633.〕
Burch then returned to his home where had tutored Applegate’s children before becoming a teacher at the first school in the county.〔 After the breakout of the Cayuse War in 1847, he volunteered for the militia and served as an adjutant.〔 Following the war, on September 6, 1848, he married Kentucky native Eliza A. Davidson who had immigrated to Oregon from Illinois the year before.〔〔 They had seven children, including Benjamin, Jr.〔 During the Yakima War in 1856 Burch served as a captain of a company of militia.〔〔(“Another Of The Few Remaining Pioneers Of Oregon Is Dead”, ) ''The Oregonian'', March 25, 1893.〕
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