Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 28 May 1910, Encinitas Township, San Diego, California; : 12m
• Census: 1920, Fullerton, Orange, California; : 10y; Address:
  Farm West Walnut St.
• Census: 7 Jan 1920, Fullerton, Orange, California; : 10y
• Occupation: 7 Jan 1920, Fullerton, Orange, California; None
• Census: 29 Apr 1930, Fullerton, Orange, California; : 22y; Address:
  Box 822 S. Richmond (Richman)
• Occupation: 29 Apr 1930, Fullerton, Orange, California; None
• Census: 1940, Berkeley, Alameda, California; : 31y; Address:
  2019 McGee Ave
• Military End: 16 Aug 1944, Eighth Air Force Station, England

Notes:

Military End:
Received praise for "conscientious devotion to a difficult task" by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, commanding general.

William married Trout, Leota in 1932, and was divorced in Nov 1972. Leota (daughter of Trout, George and Cree, Blanche) was born on 31 Mar 1914 in Colorado; died on 22 Oct 1985 in Alameda Co., California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Status: Divorced

1. Smith, J.
2. Smith, S.L.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 29 Jun 1880, Anaheim Township, Los Angeles Co (now Orange Co), California; : 5y
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Buena Park, Orange, California; : 26y
• Occupation: 5 Jun 1900, Buena Park (District 0141), Orange, California; Butcher
• Census: 28 May 1910, Encinitas Township, San Diego, California; : 35y
• Occupation: 28 May 1910, Encinitas Township, San Diego, California; Farmer, Owner / Ranch-Boss
• Census: 7 Jan 1920, Fullerton, Orange, California; : 45y
• Occupation: 7 Jan 1920, Fullerton, Orange, California; Farmer, Owner / Ranch-Boss
• Census: 29 Apr 1930, Fullerton, Orange, California; : 55y; Address:
  Box 822 S. Richmond (Richman)
• Occupation: 29 Apr 1930, Fullerton, Orange, California; Farmer, Owner / Ranch-Boss

Notes:

Occupation:
Whether employer, employee, or working on own account: Employer

Occupation:
Industry, business or establishment: General Ranch
Employer, salary or wage worker, or working on own account: Employer

Occupation:
Industry: Fruit Farmer
Class of worker: Own Account

Buried:
Find A Grave Memorial# 17808244

William married Speidel, Lenore Frances on 24 Dec 1898 in Buena Park, Orange, California. Lenore (daughter of Speidel, Joesph Frances and Luper, Harriet Elizabeth) was born on 23 Aug 1877 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon; died on 21 Dec 1968 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried on 21 Dec 1968 in Anaheim, Orange, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 11 Jun 1880, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon; : 2y
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Buena Park, Orange, California; : 22y
• Census: 28 May 1910, Encinitas Township, San Diego, California; : 32y
• Census: 1920, Fullerton, Orange, California; : 42y; Address:
  Farm West Walnut St.
• Census: 7 Jan 1920, Fullerton, Orange, California; : 42y
• Occupation: 7 Jan 1920, Fullerton, Orange, California; None
• Census: 29 Apr 1930, Fullerton, Orange, California; : 52y; Address:
  Box 822 S. Richmond (Richman)
• Occupation: 29 Apr 1930, Fullerton, Orange, California; None
• Census: 14 Apr 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; : 62y; Address:
  1342 Shatto St.
• Occupation: 14 Apr 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; None

Notes:

Lenore Speidel Smith's synopsis of her life -- Miki Bratt
"Lenore was born in Corvallis. Hattie and Joe had a farm with some cows. Joe did blacksmithing there. (In 1940, the property was across from Oregon State University).

These were horse and buggy days. When Lenore was just a little bit of a thing, she had a pony and would ride out to round up the cows for milking. Her playmates and best friends were her cousins. She was very fond of Ora and Jennie's oldest, and her parents made many visits, back and forth to George's farm near Eugene to cousins Edna, Mollie, and Beth.

Once in the time before she started school, Lenore stood in her nightie near the wood stove to get warm. She stood too near and her nightie caught fire. Luckily, she was not badly burned.

The family came to California. Lenore went to High school with Kuchel's, Stern's and Smith's. She fell in love with Will Smith. They were married in the Congregational Church in Buena Park.

Lenore writes: "Lived in Fullerton for awhile. We moved back to Buena Park. Bought a little cottage that we made all over [remodeled] (Next to Park House Hotel).

"In 1901 I had my first child, a boy, Harry Frances Smith. Later years, March 9, 1967, he died of heart trouble. Five years later, we were blessed with another boy, 1907, Stanley Dunbar Smith and in 1909, William Leslie Smith. We moved to Carlsbad where my husband was a foreman of a 640 [acre?] ranch for two years. Moved back to Fullerton. My husband was interested in Orange and Walnut Groves. In 1913, Aug. 29, a baby girl was born. Later, the crash came and we lost the big Orange Grove.

Will was foreman of Thumb Ranch. Thumb made his money in sticky fly paper." From a 1909 Photograph.

Fullerton ranch waa purchased from the Zeyn girls (1920). From photo taken at party to celebrate moving to the Fullerton Ranch. Stanley home at 511 W. Ash, Fullerton is on old ranch property.

After the ranch was lost Hattie invited Lenore to come stay with her and keep house at 1342 Shatto St. In turn, Hattie promised Lenore half the house. Lenore lived there from around 1931, until a few months before her death in 1968. Will took a job as manager of a ranch on Orangethorpe (in Fullerton) across from Retta's place. He lived in a garage apartment.

Lenore and Will visited back and forth. They fixed a clapboard room and a curtained room in the basement at 1342 Shatto St. There were two double beds and a day bed there. Sometimes Lenore stayed with Will, sometimes at Hanna's ranch nextdoor to Retta.

In Fullerton, Lenore accepted care of Jeannie and Gloria Crawford children of Ted Crawford, a musician. Lenore had a lasting relationship with Ted. There were rumors. At the least he was a very gallant son. She gave him money from time to time. He was always in the hole.

There were also rumors about Will at the same time with a relationship with Mary Milrick, a fashionable Anaheim dressmaker. At the least Will and Mary played cards together with the Simths.

The Smiths were all great card players. Poker and Bridge. Will played cards regularly, much to Lenore's chagrin. he wouldn't play anything except rummy and a little casino. She usually did her iorning evenings while Will played with his sisters. There was a lot of ironing and it was still done with a flat iron, heated on a wood stove. But they had an automobile. Lenore was very proud of her home, her china and silver, and her position as a respected family in the community.

Died:
Find A Grave Memorial# 18187765

Buried:
Find A Grave Memorial# 18187765

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer (Stock & Fruit)
• Residence: 1847, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1850, California
• Census: 1 Jun 1850, Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA; : 20y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1850, Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA; Farmer (Stock & Fruit)
• Census: 19 Aug 1850, Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA
• Census: 1852, Sierra, California, USA
• Residence: 1852, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1853, Amador Co., California
• Census: 7 Jun 1860, Township 2, Amador, CA; : 30y
• Occupation: 7 Jun 1860, Township 2, Amador, CA; Farmer (Stock & Fruit)
• Residence: 1869, Fullerton, Orange, California
• Census: 12 Jul 1870, Anaheim, Orange, California; : 40y
• Occupation: 12 Jul 1870, Anaheim, Orange, California; Farmer (Stock & Fruit)
• Census: 29 Jun 1880, Anaheim Township, Los Angeles Co (now Orange Co), California; : 50y
• Occupation: 29 Jun 1880, Anaheim Township, Los Angeles Co (now Orange Co), California; Farmer (Stock & Fruit)

Notes:

Father died when Wm. was 14, leaving him to tend 9 siblings with his mother. Came to california in 1850 to find gold. His first trip was with wagon train, w/ ox team. He then returned to MO and on his second trip to California, he drove cattle, which he sold for a nice profit. Acquired an orange ranch on Orangethorpe, in Fullerton, California in 1868.

Residence:
Came to California during the Gold Rush

Census:
Listed as miner. Will was 22 years old.

Buried:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Anaheim+Cemetery,+United+States&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.704107,58.886719&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=33.842332,-117.899179&spn=0.049189,0.057507&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1

Find A Grave Memorial# 7413033

William married Fithian, Hannah Matilda on 6 Nov 1856 in Ione, Amador Co., California. Hannah (daughter of Fithian, Ephraim and Claypoole, Hannah Nancy) was born on 18 Sep 1840 in Green Township, Hamilton Co, OH; died on 6 Aug 1875 in Fullerton, Orange, California; was buried on 6 Aug 1875 in Anaheim, Orange, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 7 Jun 1860, Township 2, Amador, CA; : 20y
• Census: 12 Jul 1870, Anaheim, Orange, California; : 30y
• Occupation: 12 Jul 1870, Anaheim, Orange, California; Farmer

Notes:

Hannah Matilda Fithian?

Died:
Find A Grave Memorial# 7413039

Buried:
Find A Grave Memorial# 7413039

Notes:

Married:
spouse-death

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joseph Speidel
• Census: 1 Jun 1850, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 0y
• Census: 1 Jun 1855, 1st Election District, 12th Ward, Buffalo, Erie, New York; : 5y
• Census: 14 Jun 1860, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 11y; Address:
  North Buffalo (Ward 12)
• Census: 10 Jun 1865, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; : 16y
• Occupation: 10 Jun 1865, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; Hotel Keeper
• Census: 11 Jun 1880, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon; : 29y
• Census: 5 Jun 1900, Buena Park (District 0141), Orange, California; : 50y
• Occupation: 5 Jun 1900, Buena Park (District 0141), Orange, California; Hotel Keeper
• Census: 16 Apr 1910, Buena Park, Orange, California; : 60y; Address:
  Grand Ave

Notes:

Died:
Pneumonia

Joesph married Luper, Harriet Elizabeth on 26 Apr 1874 in Nr. Albany OR. Harriet (daughter of Luper, James Martin Bernheisel and Dunbar, Frances Elizabeth) was born on 16 Dec 1853 in Tangent, Linn, Oregon; died on 13 Mar 1951 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried on 13 Mar 1951 in Anaheim, Orange, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hattie Luper
• Census: 24 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 7y; Address:
  Albany
• Census: 11 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 16y
• Residence: 1878, West Albany, Albany, Oregon
• Census: 11 Jun 1880, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon; : 26y
• Census: 5 Jun 1900, Buena Park (District 0141), Orange, California; : 46y
• Census: 16 Apr 1910, Buena Park, Orange, California; : 55y; Address:
  Grand Ave
• Census: 14 Apr 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; : 86y; Address:
  1342 Shatto St.

Notes:

Tangent is 6 mi. south of Albany, OR

Residence:
Tract, assigned to H. Speidel, Mrs. J. Spangler, and Luper appear on this map (See index 32, top half, 2nd page, map five)

Buried:
Inscription: Hattie S. Dawson
Find A Grave Memorial# 17964567

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: Address:
  8HG8-3C
• Name: John Wesley John Wesley SMITH

John married Leftwich, Sally Saunders Claytor on 5 May 1827 in Bedford County, VA, USA. Sally (daughter of Leftwich, Rev. William and Leftwich, Sally) was born on 28 Sep 1807 in Bedford County, VA, USA; died on 6 Apr 1881 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: Address:
  8HG8-4J
• Residence: 1846
• Census: 1 Jun 1850, Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA; : 42y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1850, Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA; Widow
• Census: 14 Jun 1860, Clay, Lafayette, Missouri; : 46y
• Occupation: 14 Jun 1860, Clay, Lafayette, Missouri; Widow
• Census: 1 Jun 1870, Saint Charles, St Charles, Missouri; : 63y; Address:
  Saint Charles, MO
• Census: 3 Jun 1880, Elk Fork, Pettis, Missouri; : 72y

Notes:

Anecdote:
Notes from Dianne H. Gomez
Sallie S. C. Leftwich Smith is the subject of a wonderful letter written probably by her son, Ferdinand. He describes his memories as a 10 year old boy, of the journey which the widowed Sallie and her ten children made by steamer and by wagons from Bedford County, Virginia to Pettis County, Missouri in 1846. They traveled with "fourteen servants, three wagons of household goods and ten seated carry-all or pleasure wagon equipped with tents for a camping trip over the mountains." They arrived in December after six weeks journey and, with the help of her brother, William Burwell Leftwich of Pettis County, she bought a tobacco farm where she raised her children.
Some sources show her name as Sarah Saunders Clayton Leftwich, but the Leftwich Family Association says it is Claytor. Sallie's brother William Burwell Leftwich married John Wesley's sister Sarah Elizabeth Smith.

Notes:

Virginia Marriage file suggests Mar. 5, same year.

Ephraim married Claypoole, Hannah Nancy on Yes, date unknown. Hannah was born on 29 Jul 1803 in Pennsylvania; died on 20 Jan 1887 in Anaheim, Orange, California; was buried on 29 Jan 1887 in Anaheim, Orange, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Blacksmith
• Residence: 1843, Buffalo, Erie, New York
• Census: 1 Jun 1850, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 32y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1850, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; Blacksmith
• Census: 1 Jun 1855, 1st Election District, 12th Ward, Buffalo, Erie, New York; : 37y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1855, 1st Election District, 12th Ward, Buffalo, Erie, New York; Blacksmith
• Census: 14 Jun 1860, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 41y; Address:
  North Buffalo (Ward 12)
• Occupation: 14 Jun 1860, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; Master Blacksmith
• Census: 10 Jun 1865, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; : 46y
• Occupation: 10 Jun 1865, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; Blacksmith
• Census: 1 Jun 1870, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 51y; Address:
  Buffalo, Ward 12
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1870, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; Master Blacksmith
• Census: 1 Jun 1875, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; : 57y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1875, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; Blacksmith
• Census: 3 Jun 1880, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 61y; Address:
  232 Dearborn St. Buffalo, NY
• Occupation: 3 Jun 1880, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; (Retired) Blacksmith
• Census: 1892, Buffalo, Erie, New York; : 74y

Notes:

Came to US when about 12 years old from Germany
They had a total of 11 children

Obit
Obituary
(Hand Written: Jan. 7, 1894)

SPEIDEL-Another of Black Bock's oldest settlers has gone to join the great majority on the other side of Jordan. Joseph Speidel. was one of the pioneers of Black Rock. and has lived to see the place grow from a wilderness to what it is at the present time. But his call came Monday at 5 p. m., and he passed peacefully away at his residence, 232 Dearborn street. Six weeks before his daughter Lena died, and this seemed to affect him considerably, as he pined away gradually since that time, and three weeks ago took to his bed. At the time of his death he was aged 75 years, 8 months and 10 days. Joseph Speidel was born in Wertemburg [handwritten Alsaise], Germany, but came to Black Eock over 54 years ago, when there was very. little civilization here and before there was, any church. He was married in the o!d St. Louis' church on Main street Sept. 8, 1846. Some years ago he kept a blacksmith shop where Striker's jewelry store now is on Niagara street, between Hamilton and Amherst streets. When St-Francis Xavier's church was built he was one of the leading spirits in the work, and he was a charter member and helped to organize the St. Francis Xavier Aid Society. He leaves to mourn his loss a widow, six sons, and three daughters. One son, Joseph, and two daughters are in California and the other daughter in St, Louis, Mo. The others reside in Black Rock and Buffalo. The funeral took place Thursday, morning, the remains being laid away in the River Road burying ground.

Max married Heintz, Katherine on 8 Sep 1846 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. Katherine (daughter of Heintz, John Reinhart and Wagner, Marie Cresence) was born on 29 Dec 1822 in Wertemburg, Germany; died on 3 Sep 1909 in Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; was buried on 6 Sep 1909 in St. Xavier Cem., Black Rock, Buffalo NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1836
• Census: 1 Jun 1850, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 27y
• Census: 1 Jun 1850, Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York, USA; : 29y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1850, Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York, USA; Keeping House
• Census: 1 Jun 1855, 1st Election District, 12th Ward, Buffalo, Erie, New York; : 32y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1855, 1st Election District, 12th Ward, Buffalo, Erie, New York; Keeping House
• Census: 14 Jun 1860, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 37y; Address:
  North Buffalo (Ward 12)
• Census: 10 Jun 1865, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; : 44y
• Occupation: 10 Jun 1865, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; Keeping House
• Census: 1 Jun 1870, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 48y; Address:
  Buffalo, Ward 12
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1870, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; Keeping House
• Census: 1 Jun 1875, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; : 52y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1875, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; Keeping House
• Census: 3 Jun 1880, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; : 57y; Address:
  232 Dearborn St. Buffalo, NY
• Occupation: 3 Jun 1880, Buffalo (Black Rock), Erie, New York, USA; Keeping House
• Census: 16 Feb 1892, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; : 67y
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; : 77y; Address:
  232 Dearborn St. Buffalo, NY
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1900, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York; Keeping House

Notes:

Came to US when about 12 years old, from Germany

From funeral card:
IN MEMORY
- of -
Katherine Speidel
Died Friday, September 3d, 1909. at the age of 86 years, 8 months, 5 days.
Funeral from St. Francis Xavier Church, Monday morning- September 6th, 1909 at 9 o'clock
Interred in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
-
Prayer
Come to her assistance, ye Saints of God ; Come forth to receive her ye Angels of the Lord receiving her soul, offering it in sight of the Most High May Christ who has called thee, receive thee, and may the Angels conduct thee to Abraham's bosom.
Lord, have mercy on her.
Christ, have mercy on her.
Lord, have mercy on her,
" Our Father, etc,"

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1 Jun 1850, Mcdonough Co., Illinois, USA; : 32y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1850, Mcdonough Co., Illinois, USA; Farmer
• Residence: Abt 1 Apr 1853, Virgil, Fulton Co., IL, USA
• Residence: 4 Apr 1853, Illinois
• Arrival: 28 Aug 1853, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA; Emmigrant migration, Oregon Trail
• Occupation: Abt Sep 1853, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Farmer
• Residence: Abt Sep 1853, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Address:
  6 Miles south of Albany
• Census: 24 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 43y; Address:
  Albany
• Occupation: 24 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Farmer
• Census: 11 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 52y
• Occupation: 11 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Farmer
• Residence: 1878, Downey, California
• Residence: 1878, West Albany, Albany, Oregon
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Los Nietos, Los Angeles, California; : 63y
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1880, Los Nietos, Los Angeles, California; Farmer
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, San Diego Ward 9, San Diego, California; : 82y; Address:
  710 Harrison Ave. San Diego, CA
• Occupation: 1 Jun 1900, San Diego Ward 9, San Diego, California; Not Employed

Notes:

Crossed the plains in a covered wagon, April through Sept. 1853 Have his brother John's diary pages (copied?) of the trip, started April 5, 1853, ended Sept. in Oregon. (Land claim data suggest arrival 26, 29 August

Martin Luper Land Claim
Cert. No 1493
Place of Residence: Land Co. Oregon
Born 1817
Place of Birth: Crawford Co., PA
Arrived in Oregon: 28 Aug. 1853
Date of Marriage: 14 Apr. 1846
Place of Marriage: Knox County, Illinois

MARTIN LUPER
a farmer three miles south of Norwalk, is a native of the Keystone State, born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1817, and is a son of Jacob and Nancy (McMurtry) Luper. His father moved to Huron County, Ohio, when Martin was twelve years old, and there followed farming until his death. Mr. Luper went to Illinois when a young man, and there, on October 24, 1841, married Margaret Robinson, who died April 11, 1844, leaving one child. He married Frances Dunbar, April 14, 1846, with whom he crossed the plains in the early days of California, coming with three two-horse wagons and eighteen yoke of cattle, about half of them being cows, and one span of mules and one of mares. They were on the way from April till August 27, 1853. His wife died May 16, 1859, leaving five children. He followed farming very successfully in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, till 1878, when he moved to Los Angeles County. Since coming here he has also been very successful. He owned a fine farm near Downey till recently, when he sold out at a handsome profit and bought 160 acres of land where he now lives. He has built a very commodious residence and barn, overlooking the finest scope of country toward the ocean that can be seen in this county. On this ranch he has two fine artesian wells, and has planted some fine orchards of bluegum, oranges, peaches and apricots; and in his wide and fertile pastures may be seen some of the finest horses in this or any other part of the State. Mr. Luper married Mary Gosner in Los Angeles, February 8, 1889. She is a native of the Buckeye State, being born near Mount Vernon, and is a daughter of Dr. Joseph and Sarah (Plue) Gosner. Her father was of Pennsylvania Dutch origin, and her mother of French. Her father was a farmer in his early life, but later a practicing physician. Mr. Luper has been a man of energy and eminently successful. He is one to whom " Nature has been kind," and in his old days, which are now beginning to come on, he will be able to extract as much comfort from life as any man living.

An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1889
Page 534
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/l/luper-martin.txt


Arrival:
Eventual destination was Tangent / West Albany, Oregon.

Residence:
About 6 Mi. south of Albany Ore, bought a claim with cabin, 320 acres of wheat land.
Oregon Land Claim No. 1493 (call no. 979.5 G 326 c 1 p. 60)

Residence:
160 Acre Farm (3 Mi. So of Norwalk)

Residence:
Tract, assigned to H. Speidel, Mrs. J. Spangler, and Luper appear on this map (See index 32, top half, 2nd page, map five)

Buried:
Buried next to wife, Mollie E Norris
Plot: DIV 6 SEC 1
Find A Grave Memorial# 41519798

James married Dunbar, Frances Elizabeth on 14 Apr 1846 in Prairie City, McDonough Co., Illinois. Frances (daughter of Dunbar, Noah W. and Hopps, Sarah Jane) was born on 17 Jul 1827 in Ballston, Saratoga, NY; died on 16 May 1859 in Albany, Linn, Oregon; was buried on 16 May 1859 in Riverside Cem., Albany, Linn Co., OR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1 Jun 1850, Mcdonough Co., Illinois, USA; : 23y
• Arrival: 28 Aug 1853, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA; Oregon trail, Plains Crossing

Notes:

Visited grave-site -- See Burial tag. Grave marker appears to be a double grave, but the other marker is broken off. Did she die in child-birth? Would fit the early date of death.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29701903/frances-luper

Notes:

Census:
No property evaluation. Lists wife (Frances), and three children and John & Abigail Luper in household