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James W Jory

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James W Jory Veteran

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
17 Nov 1910 (aged 63–64)
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A Row 9 Site 24
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James W Jory's parents are John Jory and Caroline Budd. His father was an immigrant from England and his mother was born in New York. James was born in Illinois in 1846 and came with his parents to Oregon in 1847. This was among the earliest wagon trains to emigrate to the Oregon Territory. He had 9 siblings.

During the civil war he enlisted in Company C of the Oregon 1st Infantry Regiment.

The 1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an American Civil War era military regiment recruited in Oregon for the Union Army. The regiment was formed in November 1864. At full strength, it was composed of ten companies of foot soldiers. The regiment was used to guard trade routes and escorted immigrant wagon trains from Fort Boise to the Willamette Valley. Its troops were used to pursue and suppress Indian raiders in eastern Oregon and the Idaho Territory. Several detachments accompanied survey parties and built roads in central and southern Oregon. The regiment's last company was mustered out of service on July 1867. (Wikipedia)

In 1910 he applied to enter the Oregon Soldiers' Home in Roseburg, Oregon. At the time of the 1910 census he was living at the Home and was said to be married.
James W Jory's parents are John Jory and Caroline Budd. His father was an immigrant from England and his mother was born in New York. James was born in Illinois in 1846 and came with his parents to Oregon in 1847. This was among the earliest wagon trains to emigrate to the Oregon Territory. He had 9 siblings.

During the civil war he enlisted in Company C of the Oregon 1st Infantry Regiment.

The 1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an American Civil War era military regiment recruited in Oregon for the Union Army. The regiment was formed in November 1864. At full strength, it was composed of ten companies of foot soldiers. The regiment was used to guard trade routes and escorted immigrant wagon trains from Fort Boise to the Willamette Valley. Its troops were used to pursue and suppress Indian raiders in eastern Oregon and the Idaho Territory. Several detachments accompanied survey parties and built roads in central and southern Oregon. The regiment's last company was mustered out of service on July 1867. (Wikipedia)

In 1910 he applied to enter the Oregon Soldiers' Home in Roseburg, Oregon. At the time of the 1910 census he was living at the Home and was said to be married.


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