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Thomas Loftin Dugger

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Thomas Loftin Dugger Veteran

Birth
Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
Death
23 Jul 1928 (aged 81)
Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Scio, Linn County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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GAR member and Union Civil War veteran. Private, Company M, 11th Missouri Cavalry.
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From "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Volume 4", pages 787-788
Found at: http://books.google.com/books?id=emQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA787#v=onepage&q&f=false

THOMAS L. DUGGER is well known in business, fraternal and agricultural circles of Linn County and has won this prominence by active, able and useful work along these lines during his forty-one years' residence in this section. He has been one of those who have developed Oregon's journalism and has devoted much of his time to newspaper work throughout the state, being at the present time the proprietor and publisher of the Lebanon Tribune. His activities also have included work as a schoolteacher and as a general farmer, and his career has been useful and valuable as well as upright and worthy. He was born in Macoupin county, Illinois, December 17, 1846, a son of Leonard W. and Sarah Dugger, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Tennessee. [sic] Mr. Dugger comes of old Revoluationary stock, his great-great-grandfather having come to the United States from France with General Lafayette and served as a soldier in the Revolution, while his great-grandfather served with General Jackson at New Orleans. His grandfather was one of Illinois' earliest pioneers, having come to that territory about 1800, settling in Madison county, near the present city of Highland, Illinois, and each generation has furnished a large quota of soldiers to the country's various wars. The father followed farming in Illinois, where he owned two hundred and forty acres of land. He died upon his homestead and the property is still in the possession of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Dugger had ten children, four of whom are still living: George W., a resident of Los Angeles, California; Thomas L., of this review; Mrs. Mary Hulme, whose home is in southern California; and Samuel B., who resides on the old homestead in Illinois.
In the acquirement of an education, Mr. Dugger attended the public schools of Macoupin county and later attended Blackburn University at Carlinville, Illinois. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in Company M, Eleventh Missouri Calvary, in September, 1862, for a term of three years. He served, however, only two years and ten months, being discharged with honor at the close of the war. After he was mustered out he returned home and supplemented his early studies by a college course, after which he taught school in Illinois. In 1870 he came west and settled in Portland, Oregon, where for one year he taught in the public schools, coming to Lebanon, Linn county, at the end of that time. Here he took charge of the Santiam Academy and after one year added to his activities by the operation of a tract of land which he has developed and improved in intervals since that time. He, however, kept up his teaching and for four years worked in the public schools of Linn county and also taught vocal music privately. Eventually, he became identified with the Albany Herald, which was established by Messrs. Pottinger, Barnes & Steele, and was employed in its editorial department for several months. Some time afterward he and O. T. Porter established the Albany Bulletin, in which Mr. Dugger was interested for one year. In 1890 he purchased the Scio Press, in Linn County, and this paper he published with much success for seven years, selling out his interests in order to establish the People's Press of Albany. Six months later he sold this paper

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and spent six years upon his farm. In 1904 he returned to Scio and purchased the Santiam News, which he operated for seven years, selling it in 1911. He came to Lebanon in January of the following year and here established the Lebanon Tribune, which he is still publishing, doing also job printing. During the course of his many years' connection with local journalism he has had a distinct influence upon public thought and action and since he advocated always the highest and soundest doctrines, this influence has tended toward growth and advancement. The Lebanon Tribune is in a flourishing condition both from an editorial and business point of view and its large circulation is a tribute to Mr. Dugger's ability and energy. He and his wife own a farm of three hundred and ten acres located five miles from Lebanon and he is the sole proprietor of his large and modern printing plant.
In 1872 Mr. Dugger was united in marriage to Mrs. Georgia A. [sic] Henderson, the widow of Philip P. Henderson, by whom she had two children: William J., of Oakland, California; and George C., whose death occurred in Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Dugger became the parents of two children: Samuel W., who was born August, 1874 and who is now a member of the Naval Station training band at Goat Island, California; and Ella, who died at Scio when she was fifteen years of age. Mrs. Dugger is a native of Illinois and a daughter of Dr. G. F. Crawford, who came to Oregon in 1852, in pioneer times, and took up a donation claim five miles west of Lebanon, which is still owned by members of the family. Dr. and Mrs. Crawford passed away in Benton county. In their family were five children: Georgia, the wife of our subject; J.G., who is engaged in the photographer's business in Albany; W. W. and O. A., both of whom reside on the old homestead; and Helen V., who resides in Lebanon, and who is the owner of fine English walnut and peach orchards. Mr. Dugger was reared in the Methodist Episcopal faith but he and his family are now devout adherents of the Spiritualist religion.
Mr. Dugger gives his alliance to the Democratic party but has never been active politically in the sense of office seeking. He is a charter member of Leonidas Lodge, No. 36, K. P. of Scio, and a charter member of McPherson Post, G.A.R., of Albany. During his forty-two years' residence in Oregon he has won a high place in the respect and esteem of those who are associated with him. His work along many different lines has been progressive and useful and his influence one of the important factors in local development.
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Find a Grave volunteer Shelli Steedman provided this obituary, published in Salem, Oregon:

Funeral services for Thomas L. Dugger, 82, well-known resident of Albany and Scio, who died here July 23, were held Wednesday from Scio.  Dugger came to Oregon in 1870 locating in Portland and a year later came to Linn County where he became superintendent of the Santiam Academy at Lebanon, later teaching in the county and associating with the editorial department of the Albany Herald.
 
With O. T. Porter he established the Albany Bulletin, later selling and buying the Scio Press. Seven years later he sold his publication and established the People's Press in Albany.  He afterwards sold and published the Santiam News at Scio for seven years, moving to Lebanon and starting the Lebanon Tribune in 1911.
 
Two years later he published a paper at Sweet Home and then went to Scio and established the Scio Tribune, selling to Mr. and Mr. I.V. McAdoo, after the death of his wife, who died in Scio in 1921.  Two winters were spent in California and here turned to Lebanon where he made his home until death.
 
Dugger was born in Illinois December 17, 1846, serving for three years during the Civil War.  He was a charter member of McPherson Post, GAR at Albany. 
 
In 1872 he married Mrs. Georgia Henderson, widow of Phil Henderson and daughter of G. F. Crawford, Linn County pioneer of 1852.  Two children Sam W. Dugger and Ella Dugger are dead, the son dying at El Paso while serving in the army during the World War and the daughter at Scio a few years ago.
 
Daily Capital Journal, July 26, 1928



GAR member and Union Civil War veteran. Private, Company M, 11th Missouri Cavalry.
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From "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Volume 4", pages 787-788
Found at: http://books.google.com/books?id=emQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA787#v=onepage&q&f=false

THOMAS L. DUGGER is well known in business, fraternal and agricultural circles of Linn County and has won this prominence by active, able and useful work along these lines during his forty-one years' residence in this section. He has been one of those who have developed Oregon's journalism and has devoted much of his time to newspaper work throughout the state, being at the present time the proprietor and publisher of the Lebanon Tribune. His activities also have included work as a schoolteacher and as a general farmer, and his career has been useful and valuable as well as upright and worthy. He was born in Macoupin county, Illinois, December 17, 1846, a son of Leonard W. and Sarah Dugger, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Tennessee. [sic] Mr. Dugger comes of old Revoluationary stock, his great-great-grandfather having come to the United States from France with General Lafayette and served as a soldier in the Revolution, while his great-grandfather served with General Jackson at New Orleans. His grandfather was one of Illinois' earliest pioneers, having come to that territory about 1800, settling in Madison county, near the present city of Highland, Illinois, and each generation has furnished a large quota of soldiers to the country's various wars. The father followed farming in Illinois, where he owned two hundred and forty acres of land. He died upon his homestead and the property is still in the possession of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Dugger had ten children, four of whom are still living: George W., a resident of Los Angeles, California; Thomas L., of this review; Mrs. Mary Hulme, whose home is in southern California; and Samuel B., who resides on the old homestead in Illinois.
In the acquirement of an education, Mr. Dugger attended the public schools of Macoupin county and later attended Blackburn University at Carlinville, Illinois. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in Company M, Eleventh Missouri Calvary, in September, 1862, for a term of three years. He served, however, only two years and ten months, being discharged with honor at the close of the war. After he was mustered out he returned home and supplemented his early studies by a college course, after which he taught school in Illinois. In 1870 he came west and settled in Portland, Oregon, where for one year he taught in the public schools, coming to Lebanon, Linn county, at the end of that time. Here he took charge of the Santiam Academy and after one year added to his activities by the operation of a tract of land which he has developed and improved in intervals since that time. He, however, kept up his teaching and for four years worked in the public schools of Linn county and also taught vocal music privately. Eventually, he became identified with the Albany Herald, which was established by Messrs. Pottinger, Barnes & Steele, and was employed in its editorial department for several months. Some time afterward he and O. T. Porter established the Albany Bulletin, in which Mr. Dugger was interested for one year. In 1890 he purchased the Scio Press, in Linn County, and this paper he published with much success for seven years, selling out his interests in order to establish the People's Press of Albany. Six months later he sold this paper

(pg 788)
and spent six years upon his farm. In 1904 he returned to Scio and purchased the Santiam News, which he operated for seven years, selling it in 1911. He came to Lebanon in January of the following year and here established the Lebanon Tribune, which he is still publishing, doing also job printing. During the course of his many years' connection with local journalism he has had a distinct influence upon public thought and action and since he advocated always the highest and soundest doctrines, this influence has tended toward growth and advancement. The Lebanon Tribune is in a flourishing condition both from an editorial and business point of view and its large circulation is a tribute to Mr. Dugger's ability and energy. He and his wife own a farm of three hundred and ten acres located five miles from Lebanon and he is the sole proprietor of his large and modern printing plant.
In 1872 Mr. Dugger was united in marriage to Mrs. Georgia A. [sic] Henderson, the widow of Philip P. Henderson, by whom she had two children: William J., of Oakland, California; and George C., whose death occurred in Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Dugger became the parents of two children: Samuel W., who was born August, 1874 and who is now a member of the Naval Station training band at Goat Island, California; and Ella, who died at Scio when she was fifteen years of age. Mrs. Dugger is a native of Illinois and a daughter of Dr. G. F. Crawford, who came to Oregon in 1852, in pioneer times, and took up a donation claim five miles west of Lebanon, which is still owned by members of the family. Dr. and Mrs. Crawford passed away in Benton county. In their family were five children: Georgia, the wife of our subject; J.G., who is engaged in the photographer's business in Albany; W. W. and O. A., both of whom reside on the old homestead; and Helen V., who resides in Lebanon, and who is the owner of fine English walnut and peach orchards. Mr. Dugger was reared in the Methodist Episcopal faith but he and his family are now devout adherents of the Spiritualist religion.
Mr. Dugger gives his alliance to the Democratic party but has never been active politically in the sense of office seeking. He is a charter member of Leonidas Lodge, No. 36, K. P. of Scio, and a charter member of McPherson Post, G.A.R., of Albany. During his forty-two years' residence in Oregon he has won a high place in the respect and esteem of those who are associated with him. His work along many different lines has been progressive and useful and his influence one of the important factors in local development.
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Find a Grave volunteer Shelli Steedman provided this obituary, published in Salem, Oregon:

Funeral services for Thomas L. Dugger, 82, well-known resident of Albany and Scio, who died here July 23, were held Wednesday from Scio.  Dugger came to Oregon in 1870 locating in Portland and a year later came to Linn County where he became superintendent of the Santiam Academy at Lebanon, later teaching in the county and associating with the editorial department of the Albany Herald.
 
With O. T. Porter he established the Albany Bulletin, later selling and buying the Scio Press. Seven years later he sold his publication and established the People's Press in Albany.  He afterwards sold and published the Santiam News at Scio for seven years, moving to Lebanon and starting the Lebanon Tribune in 1911.
 
Two years later he published a paper at Sweet Home and then went to Scio and established the Scio Tribune, selling to Mr. and Mr. I.V. McAdoo, after the death of his wife, who died in Scio in 1921.  Two winters were spent in California and here turned to Lebanon where he made his home until death.
 
Dugger was born in Illinois December 17, 1846, serving for three years during the Civil War.  He was a charter member of McPherson Post, GAR at Albany. 
 
In 1872 he married Mrs. Georgia Henderson, widow of Phil Henderson and daughter of G. F. Crawford, Linn County pioneer of 1852.  Two children Sam W. Dugger and Ella Dugger are dead, the son dying at El Paso while serving in the army during the World War and the daughter at Scio a few years ago.
 
Daily Capital Journal, July 26, 1928





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