Lois and Andrew were married November 2, 1839. Their marriage service of marriage was conducted by Lois' brother Andrew Burnham, JP. Lois and Andrew lived at Williamstown, Vermont, then at Waupaca, Wisconsin, then near Portland, Oregon, then at The Dalles, Oregon, and then at Dufur, Oregon.
Lois and Andrew were farmers, and in Oregon real estate promoting. He was first a farmer on the Ordway farm on the road from Williamstown, VT and Chelsea, VT; then on the Harvey Martin farm, Williamstown, where he kept a fine dairy of blooded stock. They moved to Waupaca, WI where Andrew built a steam sawmill, which burned. He then speculated in land, in which he failed financially, but kept his courage. In the 1860s they moved to Oregon and settled on a farm a little out from the city of Portland, where the cheap land was rising in value. He sold the farm at a big profit, retaining the house he had built in the city, and went up the Columbia River 100 miles to a placed called The Dalles, where they made a new home. Andrew soon started a sheep ranch 15 miles south and a little west of The Dalles, which was very successful. He also laid out a new town there, naming it for himself, Dufur. It grew well, and made Andrew quite wealthy. His daughter Arabella owned the sheep farm after Lois and Andrew died.
During the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia, PA, Andrew had charge of the Oregon state exhibit, for which the city of Portland gave him a gold headed cane and a gold watch. Martin Burnham said, “Oregon made Mr. Dufur commissioner to look after the state exhibits and interests at the Centennial, and right well he did it, for I was there and saw it. I think he made the best showing and best talking to advertise his state of any of them.”
That same summer he and his wife visited the old homeland in Williamstown, VT. Relatives there remembered Andrew as rotund in shape, and having a jovial spirit.
Lois and Andrew were farmers, and in Oregon real estate promoting. He was first a farmer on the Ordway farm on the road from Williamstown, VT and Chelsea, VT; then on the Harvey Martin farm, Williamstown, where he kept a fine dairy of blooded stock. They moved to Waupaca, WI where Andrew built a steam sawmill, which burned. He then speculated in land, in which he failed financially, but kept his courage. In the 1860s they moved to Oregon and settled on a farm a little out from the city of Portland, where the cheap land was rising in value. He sold the farm at a big profit, retaining the house he had built in the city, and went up the Columbia River 100 miles to a placed called The Dalles, where they made a new home. Andrew soon started a sheep ranch 15 miles south and a little west of The Dalles, which was very successful. He also laid out a new town there, naming it for himself, Dufur. It grew well, and made Andrew quite wealthy. His daughter Arabella owned the sheep farm after Lois and Andrew died.
During the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia, PA, Andrew had charge of the Oregon state exhibit, for which the city of Portland gave him a gold headed cane and a gold watch. Martin Burnham said, “Oregon made Mr. Dufur commissioner to look after the state exhibits and interests at the Centennial, and right well he did it, for I was there and saw it. I think he made the best showing and best talking to advertise his state of any of them.”
That same summer he and his wife visited the old homeland in Williamstown, VT. Relatives there remembered Andrew as rotund in shape, and having a jovial spirit.
Lois and Andrew were married November 2, 1839. Their marriage service of marriage was conducted by Lois' brother Andrew Burnham, JP. Lois and Andrew lived at Williamstown, Vermont, then at Waupaca, Wisconsin, then near Portland, Oregon, then at The Dalles, Oregon, and then at Dufur, Oregon.
Lois and Andrew were farmers, and in Oregon real estate promoting. He was first a farmer on the Ordway farm on the road from Williamstown, VT and Chelsea, VT; then on the Harvey Martin farm, Williamstown, where he kept a fine dairy of blooded stock. They moved to Waupaca, WI where Andrew built a steam sawmill, which burned. He then speculated in land, in which he failed financially, but kept his courage. In the 1860s they moved to Oregon and settled on a farm a little out from the city of Portland, where the cheap land was rising in value. He sold the farm at a big profit, retaining the house he had built in the city, and went up the Columbia River 100 miles to a placed called The Dalles, where they made a new home. Andrew soon started a sheep ranch 15 miles south and a little west of The Dalles, which was very successful. He also laid out a new town there, naming it for himself, Dufur. It grew well, and made Andrew quite wealthy. His daughter Arabella owned the sheep farm after Lois and Andrew died.
During the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia, PA, Andrew had charge of the Oregon state exhibit, for which the city of Portland gave him a gold headed cane and a gold watch. Martin Burnham said, “Oregon made Mr. Dufur commissioner to look after the state exhibits and interests at the Centennial, and right well he did it, for I was there and saw it. I think he made the best showing and best talking to advertise his state of any of them.”
That same summer he and his wife visited the old homeland in Williamstown, VT. Relatives there remembered Andrew as rotund in shape, and having a jovial spirit.
Lois and Andrew were farmers, and in Oregon real estate promoting. He was first a farmer on the Ordway farm on the road from Williamstown, VT and Chelsea, VT; then on the Harvey Martin farm, Williamstown, where he kept a fine dairy of blooded stock. They moved to Waupaca, WI where Andrew built a steam sawmill, which burned. He then speculated in land, in which he failed financially, but kept his courage. In the 1860s they moved to Oregon and settled on a farm a little out from the city of Portland, where the cheap land was rising in value. He sold the farm at a big profit, retaining the house he had built in the city, and went up the Columbia River 100 miles to a placed called The Dalles, where they made a new home. Andrew soon started a sheep ranch 15 miles south and a little west of The Dalles, which was very successful. He also laid out a new town there, naming it for himself, Dufur. It grew well, and made Andrew quite wealthy. His daughter Arabella owned the sheep farm after Lois and Andrew died.
During the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia, PA, Andrew had charge of the Oregon state exhibit, for which the city of Portland gave him a gold headed cane and a gold watch. Martin Burnham said, “Oregon made Mr. Dufur commissioner to look after the state exhibits and interests at the Centennial, and right well he did it, for I was there and saw it. I think he made the best showing and best talking to advertise his state of any of them.”
That same summer he and his wife visited the old homeland in Williamstown, VT. Relatives there remembered Andrew as rotund in shape, and having a jovial spirit.
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