Andrew Dufur

Who was Andrew Dufur?

Andrew J. Dufur, Jr. was the founder of the town of Dufur, Oregon, in the United States. He was involved in stock-raising. He was born in Williamstown, Vermont, on August 29, 1847. His father was a native of New Hampshire, as were his parents. His father served through the entire War of 1812 and drew a pension for a partial disability. Andrew Jr.'s great grandfather was a French Huguenot, a refugee from France at the time of the historic French Revolution. They were of the aristocratic element whose lives were forfeited through the edict of the leaders of the Sans Cullottes, Marat and Robspierre. Andrew J. Dufur, Sr., crossed the plains to California in 1859. His wife, Lois Dufur, was a native of Williamstown, Vermont, descendant of an old and distinguished New England family. She died at Dufur in 1895. She and her son went to Portland, Oregon, via Panama, arriving in April, 1860. They had been preceded by the father, Andrew J., Sr. For 12 years the family lived 6 miles from Portland, on a farm owned jointly by father and sons, comprising 800 acres. This property they disposed of in 1871. The father of our subject died at Dufur, in June, 1897.