John Apperson Papers, 1862-1865.

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John Apperson Papers, 1862-1865.

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Letters received by John T. Apperson in Oregon from 1862 to 1865. Many of the letters are related to Oregon military affairs during the Civil War. Most of the correspondents are members of the 1st Oregon Cavalry. The 1st Oregon Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a Civil War era military regiment recruited in Oregon for the Union Army. One folder contains love letters from Annie Elliott, who Apperson married. The final folder are business papers related to Apperson's construction of a ship. Correspondents include James O. Raynes, William V. Rinehart, James A. Waymire, Lt. Silas Pepoon, George B. Currey and his brother, A. J. Apperson. Also present is a business agreement between Apperson and John Coburn and William McCord.

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Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch

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Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch

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Currey, George Byron, 1833-1906

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Pepoon, Silas

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Steinburger, Justus

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United States. Army. Oregon Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1866)

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Reinhart, William J.

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Maury, Reuben F., 1821-1906

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Reuben F. Maury (1821-1906) was Commander of the Oregon Cavalry 1st Regiment during the Civil War. From the description of Reuben F. Maury papers [manuscript], 1856-1864. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 693698000 From the guide to the Reuben F. Maury papers, 1856-1864, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Apperson, Annie Elliott

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Waymire, James A.

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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...