19 Facts About James John

1.

James John was founder of the settlement of St Johns in Oregon.

2.

James John once served as Justice of the Peace and was twice an election judge.

3.

James John was born in Ohio and first settled in Indiana with his wife and child where James John worked as an educator.

4.

James John came to Oregon Country in the employment of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1843 after making it to Sacramento Valley.

5.

James John first settled in Lafayette, Indiana and worked as an educator before moving to Oregon by way of California.

6.

James John was of the first people on the expedition from Missouri to California when he left on May 16,1841.

7.

Two days after leaving, James John was delayed when his oxen strayed.

8.

The next day they were invited to a Pawnee festivity where they smoked a calumet, what James John described as the "peace pipe".

9.

James John went a separate route from Bidwell to get to Sutter's Fort in present day Sacramento, California which made him the one of the first members of the party to finish the journey.

10.

James John resided in Linnton for the first few years where he intended to build a warehouse.

11.

James John was known to offer warm meals to hungry people and even land to the homeless.

12.

James John established a general store in 1850 and a rowboat ferry service across the Willamette River to Linnton in 1852.

13.

James John was elected the settlement's Justice of the Peace in 1870.

14.

In 1870, James John constructed derricks for the United States Customs Service office in Portland.

15.

In 1874, James John heard rustling in his orchard and fired what he said was a warning shot that hit a 15-year-old boy in the leg.

16.

James John said he regretted firing the weapon and requested to be placed at the Portland jail, which was granted for one night.

17.

On May 28,1886, James John was found dead in his bedroom.

18.

Mr Crooks got up there and noticed James John lying in his bed, dead.

19.

The citizens of St Johns held a "Pioneer Day" where it was announced a statue of James John would be raised in the town if they could fund the project.