died of lagrippe & erysipelas

BIOGRAPHICAL:
Delos and Matilda Jefferson were living in Washington Co. in 1850. Delos Jefferson and his wife filed on a Donation Land Claim in Oregon City. His DLC #4972 is located in Marion Co. in T9S, R3W, Sec.1 and contains 607.41 acres. They settled on the Claim 16 Aug. 1852. Delos was b. in Cattaraugus Co., New York and md. Matilda on the 14 Nov 1850 in Portland, Oregon. Affiants are: Simon Smith, Wm. Delany amd Isaac Cook.
In 1860 Delos and M. J. Jefferson are living/farming in North Salem pct. and he is age 36 b. NY and M. J. is age 29 b. KY; children were: J. G (female) age 8, J. G. (female) age 7, J. __ (female) age 4, J. W. (male) age 3, S. (female) age 1--all b. in Oregon. Household included two other males.

OBITUARY:
JEFFERSON -- At the family home on Salem prairie at midnight Friday, Dec. 29, 1893, Delos Jefferson.
Deceased would have been 70 years of age next April and was a member of the band of pioneers that is rapidly passing away. He came to Oregon from Ohio in 1849 and to him belonged the honor of having run the first engine for the first sawmill at Portland. Afterwards he taught school and worked at his trade as a shoemaker and in 1850, took up a donation land claim in the Waldo Hills near Turner. Half of this he afterwards traded for the home claim on Salem prairie.
He made a trip to California at an early day and from San Francisco came to Astoria on a whaling boat and thence to Portland by canoe. In 1857 took up his home on Salem prairie. He was the father of eleven children, most of whom have preceded him to the grave, those living being Mrs. Julia Espy, Mrs. Jennie Bell of Oregon City, Mrs. Mattie Heringer, Mrs. Russell and Willard and John.
His wife is a sister of Capt. J. T. Apperson of Oregon City. The funeral cortege will arrive at Salem at 1 p. m. today and burial will be in Rural cemetery. All members of Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F., are requested to meet at 12:30 o'clock to attend the funeral.
Oregon Statesman 31 Dec 1893 8:3.

DEATH of DELOS JEFFERSON
Delos Jefferson died at midnight last Friday at the family home on Salem prairie. The deceased would have been 79 years of age next April, and was a member of the band of pioneers that is rapidly passing away. He came to Oregon in 1849, and to him belonged the honor of having run the first engine for the first sawmill at Portland.
Afterwards he taught school and worked at his trade as a shoemaker, and in 1850 took up a donation land claim in the Waldo hills, near Turner. Half of this he afterwards traded for the home claim on Salem prairie. He made a trip to California at an early day, and from San Francisco came to Astoria on a whaling boat, and thence to Portland by canoe. In 1857 he took up his home on Salem prairie.
He was the father of 11 children, 5 of whom preceded him to the grave, those living being Mrs. Julia Espy, Mrs. Jennie Boll, of Oregon City, Mrs. Mattie Berringer, Mrs. Russell and Willard and John. His wife is a sister of Captain J. T. Apperson, of Oregon City. Mr. Jefferson was buried Sunday with pioneer and Odd Fellow honors.
Oregonian 3 January 1894 8:2