Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1908

John Thomas Apperson, Oregon pioneer, was born in Kentucky in 1834 and the family moved to Missouri the following year. His family crossed the plains with a Mormon wagon train in 1847, but John's father died on the trip and the family moved to Portland. Apperson enlisted in the Rogue River War in 1856. He was a steamboat captain on the Willamette in 1859 and enlisted in the Oregon cavalry in 1861. He resumed steam boating after the war until 1872 and then and then settled on a farm near Oregon City. He served on the Oregon Legislature and on the Oregon State College board of regents. He also served two terms as Sheriff of Clackamas County. A building on the campus of Oregon State University is named after him.

From the description of John Apperson Papers, 1862-1865. (Spokane Public Library). WorldCat record id: 743217924

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