John Corse Trullinger, b. 1828 Indiana to Oregon
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 274.
TRULLINGER, HON. J. C., of Astoria, was born in Fountain County, Indiana, July 29, 1828, and crossed the plains to Oregon in 1848. He went to the California mines in 1849, returned in 1850, built a warehouse in Milwaukie, and in 1852 settled on a farm near Oswego. In 1865 he laid out the town of Oswego. In 1870 he founded the town of Centerville, where he had saw and flour mills. In 1875 he built the West Shore mills in Astoria, and has twelve acres covered with saw mills, warehouses, etc. From 1876 to 1880 his plant was run as a cannery. He erected the city electric light plant in 1885. He has been president of the Board of Police Commissioners, Member of the Council and Mayor of Astoria and in 1892 was elected to the legislature. He helped organize the Republican party in Oregon, and has been a foremost worker ever since.
-Tony Larson
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