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James B. Stephens (November 9, 1806 – March 22, 1889) was a pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon. A cooper by trade, he operated one of the first ferries across the Willamette River at what was East Portland, Oregon. His father was the first burial at Portland's Lone Fir Cemetery. A native of Virginia, he was the founder of East Portland and Stephens Street in Portland, Oregon is named in his honor. ==Early life== James Stephens was born on November 9, 1806, in Brooke County, Virginia (later West Virginia) to Emmor Stephens.〔Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 234.〕 When he was eight, his family moved to a farm in the Indiana Territory.〔 〕 He learned the cooper trade, and practiced for several years in Indiana and in Cincinnati, Ohio.〔 James married Elizabeth Walker in 1830 while living in Kentucky.〔 They would have seven children, of whom they would outlive all but one.〔 He established a farm and a grocery store〔 before moving to the Oregon Country in 1844, where he settled near what is now Portland, Oregon.〔
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