Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1908
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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
Army officer, steamboat captain.
From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852726
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Subjects:
- Business, Industry, and Labor
- Indians of North America
- Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865
- Pioneers
- Pioneers
- Steamboats
- Steamboats
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- Clackamas County (Or.) (as recorded)
- Northwest, Pacific (as recorded)
- California--San Francisco (as recorded)
- Oregon City (Or.) (as recorded)
- Oregon (as recorded)
