Records from Linn County, Oregon
1870 Census Linn County, OR
Rays Pct., page 585a, house 20, William PRIOR 29 farmer IL, Sarah 29 KY, John M. 5 MT, James K. 2 OR, William H. 1 OR. (William is probably the William counted in John Pryor’s household on earlier census records. William and family are on the 1900 Census in Whitman Co., WA)
Rays Pct., page 585b, house 25 John PRYOR 55 TN, Susan 54 TN, Catharine 17 IL, Amanda 10 IA, George Slater 3 OR, Ira Hampton 13 OR. (John Pryor, son of John Pryor and Ruth Sherrill. Wife Susannah Clary. He is on the 1860 Census in Davis Co., IA and in 1850 in Menard Co., IL)
1880 Census Linn County, OR
Santiam Pct., page 381a, house 100 B. Bertenshaw 54 Eng Eng Eng, Mary J 48 wife KY IN KY, Effie 11 dau OR, James M. 8 son OR.
Santiam Pct., page 381a, house 101 J. C. PRIER 36 IL TN TN, Mary F. 28 wife KY Eng KY, Emma J. 4 OR, Eva C. 3/12 born Feb OR. George R. Slater 12 OR no relation. (John Pryor aged 17 was living in the household of John and Susan Pryor in Davis Co., IA in 1860. George Sater was living in John Pryor Sr. household in 1870)
Santiam Pct., page 383b F H Bertenshaw 24 MO, Amanda (PRYOR) 20 IA TN KY, John PRYOR 66 TN TN TN widower, father in law.
1900 Census Linn County, OR
John Pryor b. Dec 1841 58 IL TN IL, Mary F. b. Apr 1851 MO KY KY, Eva C 20, Ella 17 (Mary Francis Bardenshaw Pryor died 22 Oct 1930 in Linn Co. In 1920 she was a widow living with her daughter Emma J. Densmore in Linn Co. Gravemarker for John C. Pryor states his full name as John Cafra Pryor. His death record state he was born in IL to John Prior and Susannah Clary)
Records from Portland, Oregon
1920 Census Portland City, 282 Pct., ED #176, Sheet 7B
Michigan Ave., house 1183/144/148 John A. PRYOR 27 TN TN TN, Jessie J. wife 19 MI MI MI, Robert L. son 1/12 OR (William & Spicy Pryor of Overton Co., TN>Chesley Pryor>Charles Levander Pryor>John Allen Pryor)