Tabitha Moffatt Brown

Tabitha Moffatt Brown
Born(1780-05-01)May 1, 1780
Brimfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 1858(1858-05-04) (aged 78)
Salem, Oregon, U.S.
Occupationeducator
SpouseReverend Clark Brown

Tabitha Moffatt Brown (May 1, 1780 – May 4, 1858) was an American pioneer colonist who traveled the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Country. There she assisted in the founding of Tualatin Academy, which would grow to become Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. Brown was honored in 1987 by the Oregon Legislature as the "Mother of Oregon."

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