Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; : 14y
• Occupation: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; Keeping House
• Census: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 24y; Address:
  Albany
• Occupation: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Keeping House
• Census: 11 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 34y
• Occupation: 11 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Keeping House
• Census: 5 Jun 1880, Umatilla, Umatilla, Oregon; : 45y
• Occupation: 5 Jun 1880, Umatilla, Umatilla, Oregon; Servant

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Died:
Marriage listing to Rufus Bridges in 1884 is last record I have found. Rufus Bridges is recorded in Census of 1900 living with DeLavantia's son, Raliegh (Ralph). Marital status is Married. Rufus is recorded in 1910 census as widowed. My guess is, she had passed before 1900. Allied Famines date of death seems unlikely. Ms. Warren would have been 100 years old.

Family/Spouse: Rochester, James. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rochester, Raliegh was born on 11 Jul 1855 in Oregon, USA; died on 23 Nov 1937 in Wallowa Co., OR; was buried on 23 Nov 1937 in Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Wallowa, Oregon.
2. Rochester, Vesta Anne was born in 1857 in Oregon, USA.
3. Rochester, David was born in 1859 in Oregon, USA.

DeLavantia married Luper, James Martin Bernheisel on 17 Mar 1861. James (son of Luper, Jacob and McMurtry, Nancy) was born on 26 Dec 1817 in Harmonsburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died on 11 Jun 1903 in San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA; was buried on 11 Jun 1903 in Mt. Hope, Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Luper, Willys Grant was born on 6 May 1865 in Oregon, USA; died on 31 Mar 1952 in Vallejo, Solano, California.

DeLavantia married Bridges, Rufus in 1884 in Union, Oregon. Rufus (son of Bridges, Jotham S. and Mary) was born on 3 Jul 1835 in Maine, USA; died on 28 Nov 1920 in Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA; was buried on 28 Nov 1920 in Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011, Ancestry.com
http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/westernStatesRecordDetail.cfm?recordID=159118

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; : 47y
• Occupation: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; Farmer

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Willis married Linsing, Anna before 1831. Anna was born cal 1806 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; : 46y
• Census: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 54y; Address:
  Albany
• Census: 18 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 65y; Address:
  Albany Post Office

Notes:

Family name from Emmett L. Warren Death Cert. (Ancestry.com). Is family name Lansing?