Background
He was born in Williamstown, Vermont, on August 29, 1847. His father was a native of New Hampshire, as were his parents. His father served through the entire War of 1812 and drew a pension for a partial disability.
He was born in Williamstown, Vermont, on August 29, 1847. His father was a native of New Hampshire, as were his parents. His father served through the entire War of 1812 and drew a pension for a partial disability.
He was involved in stock-raising. They were of the aristocratic element whose lives were forfeited through the edict of the leaders of the Sans Cullottes, Marat and Robspierre. Dufur, Senior, crossed the plains to California in 1859.
She died at Dufur in 1895.
This property they disposed of in 1871. The father of our subject died at Dufur, in June, 1897.
Dufur was educated in district schools, supplemented by a term at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. They were pioneers; only one settler was there before them, Joseph Beasley.
The brothers platted the townsite in 1880.
Mr. Dufur had two brothers, Enoch B. Dufur, a practicing attorney at Portland, Oregon. On May 2, 1869, in Portland, Dufur married Mary M. Stansbery, of Indiana, daughter of John East. and Ann M. (Hughes) Stansbery.
The father came to Oregon in 1862, settling on Columbia Slough, where he lived until the time of his death, in 1889.
The mother lived in East Portland. Mr. and Dufur had two children, Lois, wife of Charles P. Balch, and Anna, married to H.A. May, a merchant at Portland. He was a Democrat and frequently served his party at county and state conventions.
