Luper, John A

1824 - 1902  (77 years)

• Name	Luper, John A
  Birth	10 Nov 1824	Harmonsburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jun 1850	Mcdonough Co., Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Age: 25y
  Occupation	1 Jun 1850	Mcdonough Co., Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Farmer
  Arrival	28 Aug 1853	Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA   [3]
  	Oregon trail, Plains Crossing
  Census	5 Jul 1860	Linn Co., Oregon   [4]
  	Age: 24y
  	Address: Albany, Oregon
  Occupation	5 Jul 1860	Linn Co., Oregon   [4]
  	Farmer
  Census	12 Jun 1880	West Albany, Albany, Oregon   [5]
  	Age: 55y
  	Address: Albany, Oregon
  Occupation	12 Jun 1880	West Albany, Albany, Oregon   [5]
  	Farmer
  Census	1900	Tangent, Linn Co., Oregon   [6]
  Death	29 Mar 1902	Tangent, Linn Co., Oregon
  Burial	29 Mar 1902	Riverside Cem., Albany, Linn Co., OR
  Notes	Wrote Plains Crossing Diary Headstone list at http://linnhistory.peak.org/cems/riverside/rsidel.html Feature Name Established T/R/S Latitude Longitude USGS 7.5' Map Description Riverside 1847 11S4W12 443753N 1230706W AlbanyW. side of 6th St., Albany (Google Map Service Shows this as "Masonic Cem." http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=albany+oregon&ll=44.631528,-123.118286&spn=0.03616,0.100164&t=k) Luper, Charity J. 11/30/1840 1923 24N Luper, Commodore Perry 1/23/1858 4/21/1873 24N Luper, Delmer R. 6/19/1901 2/23/1969 17N Luper, John 11/10/1824 3/29/1902 24N Luper, Loren Bird 1868 1945 20N Luper, Mollie E. 1873 1956 20N
  Person ID	I530	Bratt Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Luper, Jacob,   b. 27 Oct 1792   d. 8 Oct 1852, Ohio (Age 59 years)
  Mother	McMurtry, Nancy,   b. 3 Feb 1792, Harmonsburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania d. 11 Oct 1836, Ohio (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1813  [7]
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fanning, Charity Jane,   b. 23 Mar 1834, Illinois d. 28 May 1903, Albany, Linn, Oregon (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1857	Linn Co., Oregon   [1]
  		The_Sacramento_Bee_1857_06_04_2 Caption Note: Sacramento Bee Media Date: 4 JUN 1857 Keywords: Picture
  Children	1. Luper, Commodore Perry,   b. 23 Jan 1858, Oregon, USA d. 21 Apr 1873 (Age 15 years) + 2. Luper, Ella Florence,   b. 21 Feb 1859, Tangent, Linn Co., Oregon d. 10 Feb 1931 (Age 71 years) > 3. Luper, Charity Lola,   b. 15 Jan 1864, Tangent, Linn Co., Oregon d. 1 Dec 1936 (Age 72 years) + 4. Luper, Loren Bird,   b. 1867, Illinois d. 10 Dec 1945, Linn Co., Oregon (Age 78 years)  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]
  Photos		Luper, John and Charity Fanning
  Vital Documents		Luper, Loren Bird (born Anderson) Adoption, Name Change
  		Luper, John & Charity letter Caption Note: Letter from Charity Luper Media Date: 1901
  Family ID	F269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Nov 1824 - Harmonsburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Arrival - Oregon trail, Plains Crossing - 28 Aug 1853 - Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Luper, John

  
  

  Documents

  1950s carbon transcript by William Russell of ancestral Oregon Trail diary (APR-AUG 1853)

  
  

  Headstones

  Luper, John and Charity Fanning Headstone

  
  

  Histories

  John Luper, Plains Crossing Diary (Transcript) The trail log of John Luper and their Oregon Trail crossing in 1853.

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] v13t1027(luper).ftw. Date of Import: Mar 16, 2003 [S298] Luper, James Martin Barnheisel, 1850, Census, USA, McDonough, Illinois, USA, (Year: 1850; Census Place: McDonough, Illinois; Roll: M432_116; Page: 315B; Image: 480). [S530] Luper, John - Oregon Trail Log (Reliability: 3). [S157] Luper, John A, 1860, Census, USA, Linn, Oregon, (Year: 1860; Census Place: Linn, Oregon; Roll: M653_1055; Page: 354; Image: 711; Family History Library Film: 805055). [S158] Luper, John A, 1880, Census, USA, West Albany, Albany, Oregon, (Year: 1880; Census Place: Orleans, Linn, Oregon; Roll: 1082; Family History Film: 1255082; Page: 351B; Enumeration District: 071). [S55] Marcia Pemberton, J Luper FGS. [S26] Sunshine Foulke Chambers, Allied Families (Foulke / Lupfer).