DEARDORFF, Tobias G
Souce: Spokane, Washington
Semi-Weekly Review 11 June 1907 p 7 (Tuesday)
Portland, Ore – in the death of
Tobias Grider Deardorr, Clackamas County loses one of its well-known pioneers
of 1850 and an Indian War veteran. He belonged to a distinguished family, after
whom the Deardorff Valley in Clackamas County near Mount Scott was named.
Tobias Deardorff was born in Putnam County, Indiana Sept 10, 1829, his father,
Christian Deadorff being a pioneer of Indiana. With his father and his
brothers, John M, David and James, Tobias came to Oregon in 1850 and settled in
the Deardorff Valley then a wilderness and here the father and sons developed
productive farms. David Deardorff was a
Methodist minister and teacher. The others remained on the farm. The family
became a force and factor in the development of the country. When the Indian
Wars in Oregon broke out the Deardorff brothers enlisted and bore a creditable
and honorable part in defense of the settlers against savages in remote
districts. Christian Deardorff, the father died December 14, 1884, and all the
brothers of the once well-known family have now passed away. - kbz