Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 851.
 
S. R. JESSUP, M.D.

     Born in Indiana in 1839; moved to Iowa when eleven years of age and worked
on a farm, attended school and became a teacher.  After coming to Oregon he
taught school at Amity, in 1863 and 1864; then studied medicine at Fort Yamhill,
and at the Toland Medical College in San Francisco; graduated in 1868, in Salem,
and moved to Dallas.  On August 26, 1868, he was married to Miss S. Coshow.
Went East and, in 1871, graduated at Bellevue Hospital and Medical College in
New York City; returned to Oregon and settled in Salem, where he has since
resided.  Was professor of Anatomy in the Medical Department of the Willamette
University several years.  In 1880 he was elected councilman.  His children
were:  Arthur (deceased), Albert A., and Roy (deceased).

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2007 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.