Jonas Hill Upton
July 9, 1917; Oregonian, p 12
"J. H. Upton, Pioneer, Dies"
Marshfield, Or., July 8

   J. H. Upton, of Langlois, died this morning after an illness of several months and will be buried Tuesday at that town.  The deceased was among the pioneer newspaper men of the state and was located at Salem and other Willamette Valley places when first entering the profession in Oregon.  He conducted several papers in Curry County afterward.
   For many years he has been an invalid and unable to walk.  His death was reported some time ago when a serious illness attacked him.
   J. M. Upton, a son and Registrar of the Roseburg Land office, died last year in Roseburg.
 
 
 
Oct. 1, 1916; Oregonian, p 5
"Editor Leaves Record"
Langlois, Or., Sept. 30

   The late Jonas H. Upton, who recently died, was among the pioneer editors of Oregon, and one of the long-time residents of Southwestern Oregon.  Few persons residing in this section of the state have as long a record of residence as had Mr. Upton.  He was prominent for his views on socialistic thought, and his pen has upheld that trend for a number of years, since he became crippled and unable to perform the duties of an active life.  He had lived in Oregon since 1863.

   Mr. Upton was engaged in and identified with many important occupations during the past half-century and principal among those pursuits were journalism and farming.

   J. H. Upton was born in Miami County, Ohio, March 18, 1832.  He followed journalism until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union Army, August, 1861, in the Tenth Iowa Infantry.  He contracted spinal trouble, which necessitated his discharge, and he had been a part invalid since the '60's.

   Mr. Upton arrived at Salem in 1863.  He moved to Albany in 1864, and later moved to La Fayette and established the Courier, following the newspaper work again for several years.  Tiring of newspaper work, he bought a farm in Yamhill County, but a few years later was obliged to go to California with Mrs. Upton, who was in failing health.  Five years were spent in California, and he then located on Coos Bay and then at Port Orford where he started the Port Orford Post.  He located a homestead near Langlois, became a farmer, and remained there for 29 years.  Two years ago he moved to Langlois, and had resided there since.

   He served a term in the state legislature.  After retiring to his farm he became a contributor to the Port Orford Tribune.

   The family consisted of two sons and two adopted children.  Arthur W. Upton, a son, died in China some years ago, and J. M. Upton, the other son, died at Roseburg within the past year.