John T. Apperson papers [manuscript], 1863-1865.

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John T. Apperson papers [manuscript], 1863-1865.

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Collection includes letter from D. P. Thompson of Oregon City, Or., to Apperson, discussing military affairs in the Oregon Territory, 1863 Jan. 18, 4 pages; and 6 bills from Savier & Co., Portland, Or., for various household goods, 1865; Documents relating to the steamboat "Active", 1865.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Active (Steamship)

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Apperson family.

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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...