Papers, 1859-1985.

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Papers, 1859-1985.

Blacksburg, Va., family. John Samuel Apperson (1837-1908) served as a hospital steward under Dr. Harvy Black in the Fourth Virginia Regiment during the Civil War, and later became a doctor. Papers include Apperson's correspondence (ca. 1850-1900) and Civil War diaries (1861-65, 6 diaries), the correspondence and genealogical notes (ca. 1920-85) of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Apperson, and a notebook containing a Blacksburg history (1944) by Mary Apperson. Genealogical notes and sources include information on the Amiss, Crockett, Dudley, Mastin, Porter, Tynes, and Woodbridge families.

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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 C...

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Apperson, Mary

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Apperson, Alex

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