Narcissa Prentiss Whitman (March 14, 1808 – November 29, 1847) was an American missionary in the Oregon Country of what would become the state of Washington. Along with Eliza Hart Spalding (wife of Henry Spalding), she was the first European-American woman to cross the Rocky Mountains in 1836 on her way to found the Protestant Whitman Mission with her husband Marcus near modern day Walla Walla, Washington.
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14 March 1808 Prattsburgh, New York
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Died |
29 November 1847 (aged 39)
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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