Individual Details
Joseph Monroe DEARDORFF
(1 March 1821 - 17 June 1893)
Donald Lerew, May 1997, had his birthplace as Des Moines, Iowa. So did Chet Peter's book.
Misc. Notes of the Dierdorff Family, from the Riley County Historical Society, Manhattan, Kansas : Oakland, Oregon, 1854. Had 10 children listed.
Per Chet Peter's Book: Joseph and Elizabeth went west with the other Deardorff's in their covered wagons and driving their stock. They arrived in southern Oregon in the fall of 1853 (25 Aug) and settled near Oakland, Douglas County, Oregon. They later moved to a ranch on Deardorff Creek near Roseburg in 1872. Joseph sold that ranch in 1893 and moved to Canyon City in Grant Co., Oreg. where he purchased a large ranch and where he lived the rest of his life. He applied for Donation Land in Umpqua County, Oregon (Claim #802) and secured 328 acres.
Misc. Notes of the Dierdorff Family, from the Riley County Historical Society, Manhattan, Kansas : Oakland, Oregon, 1854. Had 10 children listed.
Per Chet Peter's Book: Joseph and Elizabeth went west with the other Deardorff's in their covered wagons and driving their stock. They arrived in southern Oregon in the fall of 1853 (25 Aug) and settled near Oakland, Douglas County, Oregon. They later moved to a ranch on Deardorff Creek near Roseburg in 1872. Joseph sold that ranch in 1893 and moved to Canyon City in Grant Co., Oreg. where he purchased a large ranch and where he lived the rest of his life. He applied for Donation Land in Umpqua County, Oregon (Claim #802) and secured 328 acres.
Events
| Birth | 1 March 1821 | Highland, , Indiana | |||
| Marriage | 30 July 1840 | , Des Moines, Iowa - Elizabeth REDDING |  | ||
| Death | 17 June 1893 | Canyon City, Grant, Oregon | |||
| Burial | Canyon City, Grant, Oregon |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen Day LAMM ( - ) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth REDDING (1823 - 1863) |
| Father | John DEARDORFF Sr. (1779 - 1859) |
| Mother | Catherine HARSHBARGER (1781 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Christian DEARDORFF (1805 - 1884) |
| Sibling | David DEARDORFF (1806 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Jacob DEARDORFF (1808 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth DEARDORFF (1810 - 1896) |
| Sibling | John DEARDORFF Jr. (1811 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Samuel DEARDORFF (1813 - 1814) |
| Sibling | Rebecca DEARDORFF (1815 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Maria Anna DEARDORFF (1817 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Catherine DEARDORFF (1819 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Sophronia DEARDORFF (1823 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Samuel F. DEARDORFF (1825 - 1901) |
| Sibling | William H. B. DEARDORFF (1828 - 1901) |