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Census records are the only way to track down O'Bryant in his later life. Lansing states that O'Bryant shows up in the 1880 census records in Merced County, California. However, nobody by the last name of O'Bryant shows up in the 1890 census in
California, Oregon, or
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303:Walla Walla
297:Later years
263:fire engine
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284:, then to
239:after the
237:Cayuse War
195:Early life
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344:Footnotes
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115:In office
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