Multnomah-Clackamas County OR Archives Obituaries.....Luelling, Alfred November 11, 1904
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Mornign Oregonina November 13,1904
Founder Of Oregon Fruit Industry
Oregon City,Nov.12.,-(Special)-Afred Luelling,who died of pneumonia at his 
home in this city,Friday,November 11,was a pioneer of 1847,and was aged 72 
years.he was born in Indiana and came ot Oregon from Iowa,with his 
father;Henderson Luelling,in the year,1847.With the exception of a few years 
spent in California,Mr.Luelling resided continously in the Willamette valley 
for 57 years.Besides his wife,Mr.Luelling is survived by two daughters and 
three sons,as follows: Mrs.Ellen E.Givens,of Blackfoot,Idaho;Miss Jane 
Luelling,Oregon City;John,Seth and Charles Luelling,all of 
Prineville,eastern,Oregon.
Mr.Luelling at all times took a keen interest in public affairs,in which he 
was a prominent figure.He served as County Clerk of Washington County for two 
terms and afterwards was subsequently County Treasurer of Clackamas 
County.Mr.Luelling was  a stanch friend of the public school,an earnest and 
conscientious advocate of the temperance ccause,and was for years promiently 
affiliated with the Grange.He was for years a member of the Masonic 
Fraternity,and was held in high esteem in private and public lifer.
The deceased and his father,Henderson Luelling,may be considered the founders 
of the fruit industry inthis sttae.They brought with them to Oregon in the 
year 1847 the first grafted fruit trees that were ever brought into the state 
and introduced the fruit raising business by establishing a nursery on the old 
Luelling farm,near Miwaukie,where for many years theywere engaged in raising 
fruit trees for the market.
Funeral services will be conducted this morning at First Presbyterian Church 
in this city,and burial will take place at the mIlwaukie Cemetary at 1:30 
o'clock this afternoon,under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity.

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