r 3s5 P&G e, 2 PORTRAIT AND

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

OF

-WESTERN OREGON

Containing Original Sketches of many well known Citizens of the Past and Present

ILLUSTRATED

CHAPMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

1904

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JOHN COLGATE BELL. \Vith nearly vears. His Avife, who before her marriage was ninety years behind him the memory of John Sarah lsountz, d(iet in Salem, at the age of Colgate Bell goes back over the better part of sixt\ -sevey vears. Besides Mrs. Bell the other the nineteenth century and recalls the changes (lau'lhter Of this family now living is Mrs. Nancy which the years have brought to the nation and Belt, the wife of Dr. Belt, of Salem. to the individual. As a mere lad his hand was In i85o Dr. Belt brought his family to Oregon shaken by La Fayette on his tour of the country and Mr. Bell accompanied them, leaving his own in 1824, and he has listened to the retailing of wife in their Missouri home until he had first happenings of the two wars with Great Britain, tried the western life. They set out primarily by his grandfather, William Bell, who served as for the gold fields of California, leaving May i a soldier under Washington at-Brandywine and of that year, but through delays they changed other battles of note, fighting valiantly for his their intentions and came instead to Oregon. On adopted country, for he was a Scotchman by the way they fell in with Major Davis and came birth, and by his father, also William Bell, who to Portland, but left Mr. Davis here while they served as major of cavalry in the war of i8i2. journeyed on to Salem, which city was the The father was a pioneer of the state of Ken- scene of about twenty rears of the practical busi- tuckv and he himself has put the greater part of ness life of Mr. Beli. In the same year he was the continent between him and the scene of his appointed, manager of a store at The Dalles, birth, enduring the hardships and dangers of where he was employed in hauling supplies to the early days and now enjoying the affluence the soldiers as well as carrying on a large trade and prosperity which a wise use of opportunities with the Indians. Major Tucker was the com- entail. manding officer and Mr. Bell had been appointed The birth of Mr. Bell occurred in Mount by Colonel Loring. He built the first house and Sterling. Montgomery county, Ky., February 24, occupied it at The Dalles before the officers 1814. The father was a native of Philadelphia, were in their own quarters. Until i85i Mr. Bell and early removed to Kentmkv, where he en- remained there, then sold out, and purchasing gaged as a wholesale hat merchant. In 1834 he thirtv-two pack mules, conducted a pack train went to Missouri, where his death occurred at from Salem to Yreka, Cal., a distance of two the age of eighty-eight years. His wife, for- hundred and fifty miles, which occupation was merlv Virlinda Grimes, was born in Bourbon continued for a year. The year following he county, Ky., and (lie(l in Missouri at the age returned to Missouri and in i854 came back of fifty years. Of their four children the only across the plains with his family. During this one now living is J. C. Bell, of this review. He trip they experienced the horror, while camping received his education at the academy of his na- on the banks of the Ovhee river, of witnessing a tive town, his first employment being as a clerk massacre of a party of emigrants by Indians, in a store there. When his parents removed which would probably have been their own fate to the state of Missouri, Mir. Bell, then twenty had not Mr. Bell performed a strategic move- \,ears old, accompanied them, and there bought ment which averted the danger. In Salem Mr. a farm and engaged in raising tobacco, in which Bell opened a general merchandise establishment employment he remained for two years, in I837 and continued the same for many years, also entering the mercantile world as a wholesale and buying a farm near that city, where he engaged retail grocer of Clarksville, Pike county, Mo. in stock raising and cultivation of wheat, this This business was successfully conducted for latter, however, occupying his attention for only about three years, when he went to New Or- three years. After selling his business in Salem leans for eighteen months and then to Platte in I870 and also his farming interests he re- county, Mo., where he passed the ensuing ten tired from active duties until his appointment years. While in that location he was married by Cleveland as postmaster of Astoria, at which in Weston, in 1845, to Sarah E. Ward, who time be moved his family there and served in was born in Greenup county, Kv., in i829, after- that capacity for four and a half years. In i890 war(l becoming a resident of Fleming county, he removed to Portland, which has since re- where she was reared and educated. She was mained his home, conducting until his retirement the daughter c-f Gen. Thompson Ward, a com- a real estate business here, in which he met mander in the war of 1812, and an attorney and with the uniform success which had character- politician, representing his district in the Ken- ized the efforts of his life. tucky legislature for sixteen years. He moved Throughout his entire residence in this state to Weston, Mo., and in 1854 came to Oregon, Mr. Bell has been associated with the enterprises crossing the plains with ox teams in a journey calculated to advance the interests of the coin- of five months. He settled in Salem, where he munitv, taking an active part in all affairs that followed farming and stock raising until his have come within his range of influence, which death, which occurred at the age of eighty-five has, fortunately, been wide and far-reaching

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through his business contact with the people of During that time his career has caused him to the state. In I86i he was one of the stock- become recognized as a man of most estimable holders of The Arena, in Salem, the first Demo- personal qualities, who is unselfishly devoted to cratic paper of the city, and the same year as- the promotion of those movements calculated to sisted very materially in the election of Colonel enhance the numerous advantages of the city Baker to Congress, his tragic death at Ball's and the state as a desirable place of residence, Bluff, in i86i, being especially felt by those who as well as to educate the rest of the world in the had sent him as their representative. In i864, many material advantages offered by the com- while Mr. Bell was in San Francisco, the Demo- monwealth to men of energy and enterprise. cratic party nominated him for state treasurer, His father, Samuel H. Fields, was born near but he was defeated at the election. He has Lexington, Ky., in I821, and at an early age been very active in the Democratic conventions, was made an orphan. In his youth he went to acting as delegate to the state, county and local Missouri with the intention of assisting in the meetings. While living in Weston, Mo., he pioneer development of that state. There he gave much aid in the time of the Mexican war, learned his trade, that of mason, and about 1854 assisting in recruiting the regiments of Colonel removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where he estab- Donovan and General Price, both being organ- lished himself in business as a contractor and ized at Fort Leavenworth. Mr. Bell then ranked builder. Subsequently he carried on operations as lieutenant-colonel. in the same calling in Kilbourn City and New To Mr. and Mrs. Bell were born ten children, Lisbon, in that state. In 1875 he came to Ore- of whom two died in infancy in Missouri and gon and purchased a tract of twelve and one- one at the age of two years in Salem; Nancy fourth acres in Mount Tabor, which he con- Garnett, born in Missouri, married Walter Jack- verted into a fine fruit farm. The remainder son and died in Portland, leaving two children, of his life was spent at Mount Tabor, where his Alice Bell and Haroltl, who now make their death occurred in i896. During the Civil war home in that city; Laura W., born in Missouri, he served as a member of the Eighth Wisconsin married J. H. D. Gray, formerly county judge Infantry. His widow, who before her marriage of Astoria, Ore., but who is now deceased; they was Luconda Hamilton, now makes her home in became the parents of eight children; William T. Mount Tabor. In their family are four chil- is engaged in the mercantile business in Enter- dren, namely; Eliza J., wife of E. J. Brubaker, prise, Ore., and has three children, two sons and postmaster of and merchant in Mount Tabor; one daughter, namely: Memory, rnett and Louis R., superintendent of the Oregon division Helen; Alice is the wife of S. Z. Mitchell, of of the Southern Pacific Railroad; Charles E., Tacoma, Wash., the manager of the General who is engaged in the 'eal estate business in Electric and Improvement Company, and they Portland; and Frank S., the youngest child in have one son, Sidney A.; Sarah Blanche is the the family. wife of Capt. R. E. Davis, who is connected Frank S. Fields was born April 13, i862, in with the Willamette Iron Works, and they have New Lisbon, Juneau county. Wis., where the one son, Robert Bell; Genevieve is the wife of first thirteen vears of his life were spent. With C. M. Maxwell, an electrician of Seattle, Wash., his parents he came to Oregon in i875, attending and they have two sons, Allyne and John C.; school at Mount Tabor until he reached the age Robert Edward is married and, engaged as an of sixteen. In young manhood he began his electrician in Tacoma, Wash. The sons were all business career by becoming a telegraph opera- educated in Salem University, and the daughters tor in Oregon. For eight years he was sta- in the parochial school, Sisters of the Sacred tioned at Halsey, Ore., as telegraph operator Heart, all making their home with their parents and agent for the Oregon & California Railroad until marriage, trained to domesticity by the Company. His entry into public life occurred father, who has alwavs cared more for his home in 1887, when he began a two years' term as city than anything else in the world. Mr. Bell is a recorder of Halsev. He also served one term member of the Pioneer Association of Oregon, as mayor. In i890 he engaged with his brother, and fraternally is a member of the Masonic or- Charles E., in the real estate business in Port- der, having been made a Mason in Clarksville, land, the firm name being C. E. & F. S. Fields. Mo., in I837. He is a charter member of Mult- They laid out an addition of eight acres north- nomah Chapter, R. A. M., at Salem. west of Mount Tabor, Summit Addition to Mount Tabor (comprising sixteen acres), Sum- mit Annex to the same place (ten acres), and FRANK S. FIELDS, County Clerk of Mult- Mount Tabor Central Tract Addition (eight nomah county, has been prominently identi- acres). They also laid out Mount Tabor Com- fied with Portland and its vicinity for a mercial Block, a tract of one acre where tV- period of more than a quarter of a century. postoffice now stands, and a five-acre addition I p------4 1 1 4 , - , 0

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1iitt ii as East Paradise Springs, besidles other what hie has accomplished, and for the strength plots. Frank S. [Fields is now retire(I from the aitd hope which his sterling characteristics have firm, which is known as Fields & Co., with tifused inoall (lepartments of activit\..At the offices in the Alisky building. present time there is in process (of w\ritinig a In 1895_ Mr. Fields was appointed deputy historv of the Blarlow fatiilv, different nieiibers clerk of the county court, uinder H. C. Smith, of wh-ich have malle perc'eptible inroadls in1to and this post he filled for two and one-half the opening of O regon, andl who, in their attain- Y'ears, or until the expiration of his term. In ments anid characters, are representative of the i902 the Republicans of Multuomah county roost far-reaching anid helpful pioneership. nominatetl him for the office of county; clerk, 1Ieleding_ tlie completion (of this interesting nar- and hie was elected, assuming the duties of that rative, it is a pleasuire to ennvterate the salient office JulY 7 of that year. At the time he entered points iii the careers of the best known members the office, the law passed in i9oi consolidating of the familv, wilth refereiice especially to their t1w offices of clerk of the county court,' recorder associaitioii with thle state of Oregon. 01 conveyances and clerk of the circuit court V'erv early records credlit the Barlows \ Itlh ito onle office, to be known as county clerk, took emiigration from Scotland. anid with settleientt e-ffect. The enactment of this law resulted in iiear Plvnioutit N ock, Mass. V7irginia becamii tile saving to Multnomnah county of thousands the home of the later menibers (of the faiiiil, i) dollars annually, as under the old regime in which state the p~aterinal great-grandfather, Froti twenty to twenty-five deputies were em- Tolin, was born. and wh~ere lie enlisted for ser- ployed in the three departments, whereas the vice iii the Revoluitiotiarv wvar, in time attainimii' wvork is now (lone by a reduced force under the to the rank of captain. Hi s soim, William, the, direct supervision of Mr. Fields. He has always lpaternal grandfather, was also born Iin Virginia. exhibited a keen interest in educational matters, and afte r going(, into Kenitucky with Daniel and for some time servedl on the Mount Tabor Booiie to fighit the Indians, liked the state so1 school hoard in the capacity of clerk, holding well that lie forthwith settled therein. In this position until his election to the office of Nicholas county hie owiied a large farii. and countv clerk. Although not identified by mem- -reared a large familt-\, hIs death occuriring at liers~lilp wvith any religious body, lie doe's all in the age of sixty-five years. Ills power for the promotion of good along all Saimuel K. B)arlow. the fathecr of William, and avenues,, and aids all worthy measures by nia- so)1 of Williani. was horn iii Nicholas cotint\-, terial support. His wife is anl active member Ki-.. aill ini hIs youtht learned thle tailor's tra(le. of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Frater- WheIrn twentv-eighIt years old lie removed to iii- nally he is connected with M'vount Tabor Lodge diana. hut later took up his residence iiear Peoria. No. 42, A. F. & A. M., Mount Tabor Camp, Fulton coutrti , Ill.. julst at the close of thle Black Woodmen of the World, holding the office of Hawk war. Subsequtentl y lie pioneered whtere, council commander in the lodge at Miount Chicago now stands. but becatise there was no Tabor, with the Benevolent Protective Order of llrophet to advise him. reftised to pay $4o00 for Elks, the Artisans and the United Brotherhood' thle property upon which niowk towers one of t Ilt' of Railroad Employes. He is also a member of greatest centers of activitv iii thle wvorld. A\t the Board of Trade. that time the prairie arouiid and bordering onl In Salem, Ore.. April 24. 1883. 'Mr. Fields Lake Mtichigan was tinhrokeii bx farm Hlonse,. \Nas mlarried to Bessie E. Lindsay. She was borni or barns, and in the woods there roamed garlic in Butcyrus, Ohio, but reared in Salem, wvhere of various kinds, as vet tiifri ghitenied by tile gnu11 die removed with her parents in girlhood. Her o~r wilyN scherme of the, pale faced limiter. Ignor - training in the public schools of that city was ing the chance to buy tip the ftiture site of Clii- suipplemtented by the full course in Willamette cago. Mr. Barlow' startedl froim Futlton countt Finiversitv, from which she was graduated. to cross the plains, March 30. i 845. his meaiis They are the parents of three children. Vera M., (If tratisportation colisisting oif fouir teaniis of g raduiate of the Portland high school Frank three yoke of oxen each. W"ith his foraNiihx ii II. and Grace G. traveled alone to TIndependence, Mo., wvhere the baud was increased to one thousand wagonis. andI ldividled tip into different conipanies. Ai r. B~ar- \\'JLLIAM BARLOW. Ini this great north- low wvas captain of the conipanv' hearing hlii wvestern country, with its boundless possibili- name, and faithfully guiarded the interests of tie,;. andl but imperfectly (levelolped resources. his charges through all the dlrearv mouths on its remoteness from the cradIle influences of New the trail. The way was via the lPlatte and thme [Vngland, and its diversified interests beckoning Sweet Water rivers. the journey being rather the traveler froni afar. the large hearted, couir- a pleasant one,, and singularly free froii aniiov- ageouls antl far-sighted pionieer is revered for- alices of Indiauis, or the ravages of disease.

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Slowlk the cavalcadle lmovedl into the Willamette fattier. William Lee, was horn in Ireland. Mlr. valle-N'. travel stained blit hopeful. and ready to Lee's father wvas a colonel in the British arm), (d0 and( d]are to an extent unappreciatedl by peo- and fought for the crown for seven years. InItimec ple l1U(Iler any other circumstances. hie cliangedl his tactics and fought against rather WXilliam Barlow helped very materially to than for England, for which evidence of in- build the first wagon roadl over thle Cascade subordination hie was captured and imrs Iiel inouliltains. Previous to i845, all ininigrants a dulngeon for a year. After his release lie seilt coming to western Oregon cai-ne to Tihe [)alles his twvo boys, William and Frank, to America. andl were conveyedl b\y bateaux (lown the Colum- alid W~illiam settled in Charleston, S. C.. wheire~ lbia to the Willaniette vallev. Mr. Barlow s lie enlisted for service in the Revolutionarv Nvar. father determined to make thec route one con- Ile was a lieutenant of artillery anid (lurilig the tinluous journey by land. He and William Rec- first engagenmnt at Charleston a shecll burst. tor blazed the route and S. K. Barlow's causing him to be crippled for life. alid cuttinl( family and a few helpers followyed. Upon Will- short his military service. Nevertlieless, heC iam Barlow, the oldest son. (levolvedl intch of lived to a good age, for hie was siNty'\ at thle tinie the responsibility and( work of the undertaking. of his death in South Carolina. flisz widow and( Vie andl John -M. Blacon were the first men to her children removed to Kentuckv, ain(l later to) test the road. Following the blazed trees madle Indiana, settling near V'incennes. hut the m~othier by the pathfinders, they made the trip on foot finally removedl to the vicinity of I ixianapolis, to the Foster settlenient. where provisions were and died there. lprocuredl to take back to the hungry women William Barlowy, son of the pioneer. was horn andl children who were struggling with the diffi- ten mniles west of Indianapolis, Iid.. . O ctober culties of the new mountain roadh. The road was 2-6, 1822, and was reared in Indiana aield IIIli- eighty miles long; sixty-five mliles of it were nois. H-e was the second oldlest of the five sons cut through the, hrilieval forests and canyons and two daughters born to his lpareilts. and like of the mountain slopes. Thle late judge Mat- the rest of the family availed himself of such thew I'. Deadv, of the United State supreme edutcation as was procurable at the little lo- court, said of it: "The construction of the Bar- subscription school-house. I-Ie canie across the low roadl contributed more toward the prosperity plains with his father, and bought six hundred of the Willamette Valley and the future state andl forty acres of land near the Clackanias of Oregon than aln- other achievement prior to river, and within six miles of Oregon City. the building of the railways in 18 70.'' After disposing of this land at a 1)rofit hie went Christnias eve. 1845, MXr. Barlow arrived with on the Molalla river and bought a section of landl his family in O regon City. He had been suc- upon which lie planted fifty acres in wheat. Ini cessful in Illinois, and( had money with which 1848 lie sold his prolpertv to M~attliias S;weaglt. to start life in the west. He bought a hotel a friend of the 01(1 (lays in findiana and Illinois, for which he paid $2.ooo, later so}ld to his son, who paidl him $2,000 in gold. W\hiat this aniount WVilliam, and also took up a claim of six bun- of money meant may be best ltldgedl when it is (lredl and forty acres near the city, which he known that it was verv scarce at that time, and eventually sold for $.~,ooo. Later hie bought six that what little currency was to be hiad incltided hundred and forty acres, upon a liortion of which English. Canadian, Mexican and various other tile town of Barlow has since been built and kinds. Later Aihr. Barlow brought uip ;in Ore- iiaiucd in his hionor, and this land he( sold for gOil ('it\. w\here hie boug-ht wheat, made it into $6,ooo. In the meantime lie hakd purchased land Hlour. and after getting Iin a supply of one thoui- in Caneiniab. and thither lie repairedl to spend sandl barrels of the latter comnnodlitv talked it his last years, his (leath occurring there at the over with his partner and (lecidled that one ougti- age of seventy-two years. M/r. Barlow was one to buy the other out. As no Blarlow ever thotight of- the splendid p~ersonalities which iulluinated of backing (dowyn, the flour was soon undler the the pioneer (lays of Oregon. andl who. by his exclusive ownership of the Barlow side of thle fine grasp of existing opportunities, furnished house, and( a rise in the price of flour enabled] aworthy examrple to all w uotld-hbe lronioters of himn to sell at an enormotis profit. This happy western interests. He was fashioned somewhat chance proved the beginning of the sticcess of onl the Cromwellian order, was of Scotch an- Mr. Parlow, and placed to his credit what was cestry, and fearless almrost to auidacity. lie (le- then a comfortable competence. spisedi lies and soft people, and never stooped In 1849 AMr. Barlow left his flouring business to a small meanness durinr the course of his anid wvent down to the mines; of California onl long and well ordered life. horseback, and (luring his absence froni home 'While living among the crude conditions of collected a varied assortment of experience, al- lndliana S. K. Barlow nlarriedl Susanna Lee. beit his ucssa miner (lid not reach large Nvho was born in South Carolina, and whose proportions. The Indhians showed him a great I'()RTR\AIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL. RECORD. 13913

*(al of unsolicited attention, an(l w1ile endleav- Horn, a bushel of black wvalnuts, and a fine grove oring to turn thenm from the error of their ways of bearing trees attest the success of this experi- lie was compelled to acknowledge their superior- iieit. In public enterprises, 'I\r. B1arlow's name itv of nulmbers and fighting prowess, an(l re- was aimiong the originators of tile Oregon State treat to a safe haven. His object par excellence Fair. the first woolen mill in ( )regon, the build- was to regain possession of a fine riding horse ing of the first telegraph line, an(d ii 1 8(0o lie of which the red men had relieved him, but it gave up his resideC1ce aldl part of his farlii for is feared the horse had henceforth a much be- the establishlmeiit (if harracks for the first ( )re- decked and savage master. After his flour sale gon \Volunteers. In 18(11 lie niove(l to ( )regon Mr. Barlow bought the Lovejoy donation claim Citv and was enthusiastic in sanitary organiza- of three hundred and twenty acres on the hills tions for the Union boys. Mr. Barlow was cii- hack of where Canynrah now stands, and after- gagedl in niercaiitile plursuits in the county seat war(l he went into fartnership with A. F. Hedges for ten Xears, when lie returiietl to the I larlow in laving out the town of Canemah. The part- farm, where hle haslreSirles t continuousl\y foi- n.er went to New Orleans in i850, b)ought an thirtv-two years. engtie for a steamboat and saw mill, and a fine I-He is a Republican in political affiliation, and stock of general merchandise, and when lie re- has served as count\ comllmissioner and assessor, lirine(l Mr. Barlow took the stock of goods and and was nollminateil rellresentative from Clacka- -.aW mill, and the partner took the boat, and all mas, hut resig-iedl on account of sickness. I Iis went merrily and successfully to the advantage political enthusiasm led him to give an inaugui-ral of all concerned. The land back of Canemah ball anl diiiner in honor of Lincoln',s first inail- increased in value and sold at a large profit. and guration. \Nkheii Col. E. 1). Baker arrived in the way of the pioneers was brightened by more Oregon, Mir. Barlow drove him to Saleni in his than anticipated success. family carriage. This carriage is now a histori- Upon purchasing his father's place at Barlow cal relic. having been shippe(l to Govemor Aber- Prairie iin 1852, -Mr. Barlow was practically free netliv via the IHorni in 185,i. Mr. Barlow pullr- from other business obligations, and in a position chased it on its transit and has owined an(l use(l to devote all of his time to the cultivation of it ever since. his fine property. A modern residence was un- Mr. Blarlov often expresses his sentimiienits in fortunatelv burned in i884, but Mfr. Barlow at regard to two great political movements of the once arranged for a larger anid more comimio- last decade in these ovords There is just ait dious residence. No more beautiful rural resi- good material in a wvonman to mnake an honest alid dence contributes by its harmony and appropri- intelligent voter as there is ili a nian, and there ateness to the agricultural well being of Clacka- is just as good material in silver to make aii mas county, nor is any farm more admirably honest dollar as there is in gold. lie is managed or finely cultivated. Located on the fraternally associated with the MAasoiis. and Southern Pacific railroad, it has its own way hears the distinction of being the oldest liv- station and warehouse, and while essentially a in, meiTiber in Multnioniah I oolge No. 1 , tie first country home, is in close proximity to town in- lodge organized on the coast. terests. At one time Mr. Barlow was asked to In 1852 M\Ir. Barlow mnarrie(l .\Irs. fMartha put tip $2,500 and thus beconie half owner of Ann Partlow Allen, of which uilloil then' halve\ the land(l upoii which Portland has Silice been been born three children, of \whom \ll\arv is Onle btilt, the other man in the case, Dan Lonsdale. of the well known educators of the state, arid is havilig paid $5,ooo for it iln leather. HIe after- possessed of great natural talent for her chosen wards traded a portion of the same lan(d for the occupation. Jennie. the second daughter. is (he- leather with which lie had bought it to a tannery ceased; and Cassius U. is iiianaging his father's locate(l on the property. Ar. Barlow was de- farm. and is an exceedingly capable anil poplular terretl from entering into this transaction through ineniber of the younger generation of ( )regon the advice of his father, to whom lie went for promoters. Mr. Barlow is now eilthtv--olle e\ars couiisel, and whose opinion lie valued more old, but possesses a keen mnieorv of all his than that of anyone else in the world. -\,fr. Bar- pioneer exploits. A habit of rea(himlg formed in low has been foremost in all ptml)lic enterprises youth is a great solace to him in his o(l1 age. in his locality, his force of character, akin to that His wife diedI in l9o0, an(d his two children are of his father, forcing him unwittingly into all now administering to the comfort of his declini- that has called for strength an(l concerted actioni. ing years. le early saw that the climatic conditions of his adopted state were suitable for orchard cul- ttire and next to M\1r. Llewellan of Milwaukee, ROBERT ARM IŽGT( )N IRVIN\1. A fani- was the first to establish an apple nursery. In ilv of exceptionally substantial standing iii the 1852 he imported from Illinois. b\ way of the annals of this state is that of which Dr. E. I..

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Irvine, a well known iniedical practitioner of Port- large a family as reached Oregon in the aggre- land. represents the thir(l generation. His father, gate, in I852. kobert Arinington Irvine., and his grandfather, Recovering somewhat from the disaster which Jesse Irvine, were born in Kentucky, the former visited him on the plains, Robert Irvine married, in 1824, and the youth of both was characterized il 1853, Sarah Jane Smith, who was born in b\ a hard struggle for existence. Both of these (hio in I834, and with her parents, who were mien had strong and leading traits of character, natives of Kentucky, and had previously lived aind came of a long lived and vigorous fanmil. in Ohio, came to Oregon in 1852. Her father, longevity being partictularly marked on the ma- Elijah Smith, was a man of means, and after ar- tlernal side, which was English, the paternal side riving in the far west was able to avert much of furnishing the Scotch perseverance and conser- the discomfort which rendered hard anl discour- vatism so much needed and appreciated in aging the lives of the early settlers. H-le located pioneer localities. first in Linn and afterward in -Marion county. his In his young manhood Robert Irvine married death occurring at the home of his (laughter. Amanda Bossler, in the Waldo Hills, at the age Miss Berry, presumably of Kentucky, and in of ninety three years. He was a doctor by plro- 1852, accompanied bY his wife and two children, fession, and a man of leading traits of character, his mother, and several brothers and sisters, taking a prominent part in the political anid other crossed the plains to Oregon. accomplishing the advancements, by which he was surrounded in long distance between his old and adopted home Oregon, and wielding an influence in financial and with ox and horse-teamns in six months. The general circles. Besides his youngest child, M\rs. hope of his emigration was dimmii-ned ere he had Irvine, he had ten other children, the order of tested its wisdom or value, for his daughter died their birth being as follows: John, the postmaster en route an(l was buried in the bottoms on the of Lebanon; Hiram, a retired farmer living in Platte river, his wife later succumbing to the Salem: William. a graduate of the inetlical de- rigors of the overland trail at the Cascades. John, partment of the Willamette L'niversitv. who dlied the son of the family, alone remains of his first at Turner, Ore. ; Elijah, a capitalist of Medical marriage, an(l at the age of fifty-four is engaged Lake, Wash.; Abner, living in Marion county; in farming in Linn county. Mr. Irvine started Taylor, a resident of Salem. Ore.; Susan, the out with more than the usual equipment for deceased wife of William Peebler, of Lebanon; travel, having one hundred head of cattle and Mary, the wife of George Matleer. of iHeppner; fifty horses. Even this number proved insuffi- antl Amanda, the wife of John Blossler. of Mac- cient, owing to disease and the depredations of leav, Marion county. the Indlians. and in or(ler to complete his journeN Robert Irvine settled on a farmn near Scio, Linn in comfort he was obliged to purchase a horse on county. and through the exercise of business judg- the way. His mother located in the little town of mnent accumulated six hundred and twenty acres Salem, and her own was the first grave to be dug of land before his death Hie lived on his farm in the desolate Lee Mission cemetery, since so until i868, in which year lie was elected sheriff of thickly populated. Her son. Samuel. died on the Linn county. antl removed to Albany to better farm near Salem; James died on a farm adjoining attend to his dtlties, and because of the superior his brother Robert's in Liun county; Benjamin e(lucatioilal facilities. He was re-elected sheriff is living retired in Lebanon : Jesse is a resident "I 1 870. and after completing his term, in 1872 of Corvallis and his son is editor of the Times; phiirchase(l a farnm on the prairie near Albany. Mary E. and her husband, Charles Claggett, lived which continnel to be his home for several vears. in Salem, but both are now (lecease(l; Margaret After retiring fromn active business life in Aliianv. J., deceased, was the wife of Robert Miller, and he continiietl to take an interest in politics, an(d in died in Lebanon in 1902; and Elizabeth, deceased, i88(6 was elected state senator, finishing the term. became the wife of James Claggett. brother of an(l also the second term to which lie was re- her sister's husband. Of this large family which elected His political service was characterized started out so bravely and formulated their plans by wise and conservative methods. and with due over brightly burning camp fires. tramping cease- regard for the best interests of those who placed lessly from morning till night over rough roads, him in power. His name was a household one andI in many ways enduring great hardships, throtgi.hout the county and state, and carried with lIlizabeth and her husband stopped in Portland; it both influence and power. Atten(ling all state M\larv and her husband left the train at Salem and countv conventions, his acquaintance with the and the others went on to Linn county, taking up prominent men of the state was naturally large, such claims as their means permitted or their re- and his large estates. both in the county and city (quiremnents demanded. Thus was established in of Albanv. gave him an unquestioned financial the western wilds, and in touch with the enor- standing. He was a promoter of education, inor- motis fertility and resource of a great state, as ahity, aind good government, and whenever called Am , _ l I, '- yIT -- -.-- 5W..- - - W./- //A I'ORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 143:

upon in any popular cause, fulfilled the expecta- former success is being duplicate(l. and it is the tion for a large and generous contribution. Many wish of all who have watched his meritorious years ago he became a member of the Masonic career that substantial appreciation an(l encour- lodge of Albany, in which his genial personality aaemnent may reward his scholarly attainments an(l good fellowship were greatly appreciated. an(l unquestioned allegiance to science. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church profited by his membership and support, and it is said of him that lie was consistent in his attendance, harmion- WESLEY JACKSON. To the pioneers of izing his Suln(lay an(l everyday life, and applying Oregon the present generation owes a debt of the beneficent Golden Rule in all of his depart- gratitude that will never be pai(l. They were menlts of activity. The widow who survives him men who were trulv cast in heroic mold. Few lives at the old home in Albanyv. Hlis oldest had money, anil it certainly required a sturdy daughter, Margaret Ellen, is the wife of Lark nature and a perseverance that todav is rarely Bilven, an attornev of Eugene E. L. is a resi- found in men. -Men in 185o were known for dent of Portland ; M\arv is the wife of A. ],. Slau- their true worth. All were animated bv a com- son, assistant librarian of Washington, D. C.; inon hope. The confidence in the fuiture of and(l Aianda is the wife of E. L. Thompson of Oregon was great. They were noble men and Portland. too much cannot be said or (lone in their honor. E. L. Trvine, one of the well known medical To this class of men belonged the gentlemnan practitioners of Portland, was born on1 his whose name forms the caption of this review. A father's farm near Albany, April 12, '858, and native of New York, his birth occurred in the was educate(l primarily in the public schools, village of 1\Iedina, and here the days of his afterward attending the Albany College and the boyhood and youth were passed. A few weeks Willamette University, completing the English of the year were spent in the school-room, but course in the latter institution. After spend- in those davs the services of the youth were of ing two more years on his father's farm too much value to be wasted in school. He he began the study of medicine under Dr. was nee(le(l to assist in the work of the farm. J. L. Mill, of Albany, at the same time tak- Attracted by the discovery of gold in California, ing a course of lectures in the medical de- Mlr. Jackson left his home in 1849 and joined partmlent of the Willalette University, from the thousands who were emigrating westward. which he was duly graduated in 1883. After a San 'Francisco was reached after a long and medical practice of three vears in Portland he tedious voyage around the Horn, and the fol- was apl)ointe(l assistant superintendent of the lowing year was spent in mining on McCamel )regon State Insane Asylum under Harry Lane, Hill. At the end of this time, with the capital mailntaining the position four years. Dr. Irvine lie had accumulated, -XIr. Jackson came to Port- possesses the broad and liberal tendencies of his land on the vessel Ajax, and soon after his ar- father, and his participation in public affairs is a rival he opened a crockery store. From a very foregone conclusion. Mlaintaining the best ten- small beginning lie gradually built up a business ets of his profession of infinite possibilities, he that was not onlv the largest in the city of Port- leaves no stone unturned to keep abreast of the land, but was one of the most important of times, and in his diagnosis and treatment dis- its kind in the Pacific northwest. Each vear closes individual theories based on profound re- for a considerable period he would go east and search an(l of demonstrated merit. Dr. Irvine is purchase his supply of goods and at the same a member of the Oregon State Medical Society, time lie would also buy in large quantities for a member and medical examiner of the Knighlts other firms in different lilies of business. M r. of Pvthias, the Degree of Honor and the United Jackson continuel in this line of business until Artisans. Politically he supports the man best i883 and during that time he became one of qualified to serve the public interests. In Albany, the best known business men in the west. His in i882, Dr. Irvine married Laura Robertson, a reputation was an enviable one and the success native of The Dalles, Ore., and(ldaughter of W. that crowned his efforts was but the natural H. Roberston, deceased . After the death of M\Ir. results of diligence, enterprise andl honesty. (i)n Robertson, his widow married Christopher Honk disposing of his crockery business in I883, lie andii madel her home in Albanv. E. Lloyd, the oroanized anmd established the North Pacific only child of Dr. Irvine, who was born in Albany, Manufacturing Compan y, which under his ju- Autlgust 7, t883, was edlucate(l in the high school dicious and efficient oversight became one of of Portland, and is now in the second vear of his the most iiiportant industries in the city of Port- iie(lical studies. After severing his association land. The plant was constructed unlder his per- i with the Oregon State Insane Asylum, Dr. Irvine sonal supervision alid the coipanyviemgagled ili located in Albany, in i89i, and in i900 came to a the manufacture of btuggies, carriages and -large field of activity in Portland. Already his wagons, transacting a business that aggregated

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$1ooooo per annum. From the plant the Jack- Pacific Planing Alill Company was formed with son vehicles were shipped to all parts of the AIr. Jackson as president and manager. The country, particularly through Oregon, Idaho and dimensions of the mill are sixty-five by one hllti- \V\Tashington. It is worthy of note that here dred and fifty feet, being three stories in height, were manufactured the first street cars used on with large warehouses and sheds. Two M4ocks the Pacific coast which were run on the streets bounded by Twenty-second and Thurman streets of Portland. To assist them in the production are utilized for the mill, which in addition to its of their high-grade vehicles, hardwood lumber planing business is engaged in the manufacture was ordered from the east and reached here via of sash, doors and building materials. As time the Horn. However, the establishment and has passed the output of the concern has been oversighlt of so largc a business overtaxed the enlarged until at the present time it is one of plIh\sical powers of the founder and owner, and the most important in(lustries of the city. his sudden death, Ajax lo, i8pi, was a lirect Much credit is due Alr. Jackson for what lie result of overwork. has accomplished. In all of his transactions lie While Air. Jackson was at all times a man has shown a conservative spirit which is usualix who had malny business matters to OCCuLpy his the accompaniment of old age, but wvhen founld attention, lhe nevertheless was one of the most in youtih or mi(1(lle age, \vith qualities of energy, public spirited citizens of Portland. No move- enthusiasm an(i deternliiuation, produce almost mnent that was calculated to be of material bene- invariably gratifying results. fit to the city went by without his support. his Though not active in politics, A\r. Jackson is time aiiMI means were always at the disposal of a firm believer in the principles of the Re1pub- any interest deservino the support of good citi- lican party. He has never had the titue nor the zens. Among the miany enterprises with which inclinationl to seeki pululic office, preferring rather he was connected was the Portland Telephone to devote his whole time anil attenation to the Exchanigc which lhe aided in starting. He was managenlent of his business. Fraternally he is also actively identified with the Transcontinental identifie(l with the Hoo Hoos; thie Ancient Line. Fraternall lhe was a Alason and politically Order of United Worlkmncn; the \Voodnlen of hle sulilporte(l the nien and measures of the Re- the \World ; A\Iodern Woodinen of Amlerica andt publican party! but he never had the time nor the Benevolent and Protective ()rder of Elks. the ilnclination to take an active part in the polit- Aside from his connection with the mllaniil- ical struggles of his part . He was ever on the iill comlpaiiv he took an active part iil the or- side of right and when called upon he always ganizing of the Oregon Sash and Door Conn- resp onded. pany- and for a time served as its vice-president WN'Thile still a resident of M\Iedinla, N. Y., AIr. and secretary. Jackson was unite(d in marriage with Fran- ces Aloore, a native of that city and now a resi- dlent of lPortland. Threc children were born of RICHARD B. KNAPP, who for thirty- this union, as follows: WVcslev James, who died five years has beeiu i(leiltifie(i with the bnusiness in 187(6 wvhile attenlil" school at Andover, of Knapp, Burrell & Companv, agriclultural in- Alass.; .\nnie (., nOw Mirs. Shoftier of Port- plenlelnt dealers, an(l also president of the lIag- land: and Carl T., a sl ctch of \Vhorn follows. gage and O(mnlibus Transfer Comllpan, the larg- est concern of its kind north of Sail Francisco, is one of the very early settlers in Portlanld, his residence in this city dating fromH July. i8ey. I-e CAL II. JACKSON. A nlative son of Ore- has liveth to witness the growtll of the metropolis gon, \1 r. Jackson has establishledl an enviable of Oregon from a city of a little less thail three reptutation amoillg the business meu of Portland. thousaiid inhabitants to one of the largest and A son of WNNeslce Jaclksoln. hle was born in most prosperous in the territory west of the Afis- the city of IPortland o1n Januarv 26, i870. sissippi .Aild in this wonderful develolpment Air. When old enough he entered the pulibIlic schools, Kniapp has ieemu a factor of nuore than ordlinarv wxhich lhe continued to attend uiitil his gradua- strength, his influence alwavs havinig Ieeil cluecr- tion in j880. Soon after lie entered the ofIfice fullv extende(l in behalf of all those movements of his father, who vas then cn-aoe(l in the lluanti- having for an enui the establishlmeilt of a firm facturc of buggies, carriages, etc., and here he foundation for a futture city whichl might proper- acquired a thorough knowledcg of thle mlantifac- lv he accordeti a ranlk ail(Iig the ilost turogres- 8 turiiig b)ubsincss. Inl 0 (2, one \ear after the sive mlllluicipalities of the couilntrv, anli a coillluer- death( of his father, le succee(le(l to tile wlanage- cial an(l inmustrial co(lulllunity lkiown as worth v illent the business of and inlme(liatelv closed out of more thail passing consitleration oil the part tile same. Tle pllant xvas reiolileleil as a planing- of foreigin couitries. Thlough lie has not yet nill and handed back charter. The Northern reached the age when his life work may be :I

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said to be complete, he is able to see, in the status period of several years, Cstablishinlg a reputation of Portland at the beginming of the twentieth for enterprise and business integrity unexcelled century, a most optimistic outlook for her future throg-hotit the entire west. Mr. Knapp is ilOW greatness among the newer cities of the world. retired from active business cares, althotug h he MNr. Knapp was born in Geneva, Ashtabula still retains the presidency of the tBlaggage and county, Ohio, JulV 28, 1839. His father, Auren Onmnibus Transfer Cormpanv, of which he was Knapp, an(l his grandfather, Caleb Knapp, the the principal organizer and largest stockholder. latter the founder of the family in Ohio, were From time to time he has been interested in natives of Sheffield, Conn. Auren Knapp was various enterprises for the betterment of the engaged in farming near Geneva for many years, communitv interests, an(l his sound business but his death occurred in Clatsop county, Ore., judgment, his keen insight into commercial af- ill 1884, ill which count> he spent the latter years fairs, and his resourcefulness are generally rec- of his life in retirement. His wife, whose mai(len ognizecl. name was Sarah 'M. Burrell, was born in _Mas- In political faith MIr. Knapp is a Republican. sachusetts, and of her four sons and three daugh- He was a charter meumher of the Chamber of ters all but one daughter attained maturity. Of Commerce, the Commercial Club and the Arling- the children two of the daughters never came ton Club, from all of whichl he has since resigned. west, and one of them, Mirs. Mary R. Hligley, Fraternally he is associated with Willamette is still living in Ohio. Jabez 13. Knapp, another Lodge NO. 2, A. F. & A. M[., Portland Chapter son, who was born in Ohio, became a teacher in N\o. 3, R. A. M., Oregon Consistorv No. 1, A. the south, crossed the plains in 1852, and engaged & A., Scottish Rite, and Al Kader Temple, N. in general merchandise business in Portland in M. S. 1855. In i870 he disposed of his mercantile interests here, and engaged in the lumber busi- ness at Knappton, at the month of the Columbia HON. ROBERT D. INDMAN. The typical !l river. He finally retired to his dairy farm on western man is popularly conceived as a maln of the banks of that river, where his death occurred liberal ideas, of generotis and hospitable instincts, April i7, i900, at the age of seventy-eight years imbued with a spirit of adventurous enterprise, an(l eight months. Fraternally he was a Mason. an(l withal hardy and courageous. He is not Kirk Knapp, the second oldest son, died in Ohio pltinctilious in minor questions of etiquette or in- at the age of twenty years; while Auren, Jr., clined to make much of mere forms and cere- came to Oregon, via Panama, about i868, and monies. He is a friend to his friends, a man die(l while engaged in logging on the Columbia of sterling integrity and of firmness of charac- river. ter (levelope(l by habits of self-reliance. Such After completing the course at the academy at men are the state builders whose names an(l deeds Kingsville, Ohio, Richard B. Knapp removed to are a part of the history of the newer states of Grand Rapids, Wis., in i858, and spent the the American commonwealth. To this class be- winter of that year in the pineries of that state. longs Hon. Robert D. Inmanl, who in spite of the In the spring of I859 he started for Oregon. disadvantages of youth and without the assist- going by way of New York Cite, Panama and ance of influential friends has risen to a position San Francisco. In July, I859, soon after his ar- of affluence. A native of Ohio, \Ir. Inman was rival in Portland, he secured emplovmelt wvith born in \Iliami count!-, near Piqua, Atigust i , the firm of Knapp & Hull, dealers in agricultural 1853, and is the oldest of the two solns an(l two implements. In i86o Mr. Hull retired from the datighters born to Asa and Lucinda (Kendall) biusiness, andl the firm became Knapp, Burrell & Iniman. natives of the Buckeye state, where the Co. In i862 R. B. Knapp secured an in- latter is still living. The family was established terest. In those days thev were obliged to bring in America during the seventeenth century, the their goods around the Horn, an(l one of the first emigrant from England prestimably settling members of the firm went cast each vear to secure in Vermont, as the paternal grandlfathier was born the needed supply. So successful did they be- in that state, and became a pioneer of -Miani come that thev were enabled to establish branch count-, Ohio, and later engaged in farming near stores in Oregon and 'Washington, and the house M\Jarshalltown, Iowa. The paternal great-grand- soon became well known throughout the western father, Ahab Inman, served his country in the states. In the spring of 1870 l. B. Knapp re- Revolutionary war. Asa Inmuan was a natural tired from the business, which was continue(l bv mechanic an(l when a youth engagged in contract- MI. S. Burrell an(d R. B. Knapp until Mr. Bur- ing and building-, which occupation he followed rell's death in i885. R. B. Knapp then incorpor- all his life. 1)urinig the Civil war he manifested ated the concern afterward known as Knapp, his patriotism for his country be enlisting in the Burrell & Comipan y, which experienced an era service and at the battle of Shilolihe fell while of uninterrupted prosperity extending over a valiantly defending the stars and stripes. His -1 . - 01

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wife reared the children in wavs of usefulness Beginning with a capacity of thirty-fivc thotisand and holnor, and proved a veritable helpmate to feet of sawed lumber per (lav, the output has her husband. been increased to four htindred thousand per When but two years of age the parents of twenty-four hours, or one hundred million per Hon. Robert D. Inmnan removed from Ohio to year. The mills are equipped with large circular Iowa and settled near Mlarshalltowvni, where the saws, planing apparatus, and sixteen htindred familv lived until the father enlisted in the Civil horsepower engine. The goods are shipped to war. Thev then returned to Ohio, where young all parts of the world, a large share going to the hnman attemled the public schools as opportunity Orient. Three hundred an(l fiftv hands are cm- afforded, but in those days the youths were ployed, an(l the enterl)risc is thus of great valde obliged to spend most of their time assisting the as a commercial center, and a promoter of all uIfIily in the struggle for a living, anid at the aroundl activity. To Mr. finvan is due the credit age of eight Mr. Inman began his career as a for a number of imllortant patents, amiong them to\v-bov on1the old ()hio canal. Various occupa- being a power set works for setting out the log tions enigaged his attention until I865, when he on the carriage. joined a larae train of emigraits bound for the Aside from his connection with milling mat- Pacific coast, under the leadership of William ters Mr. Iniman is variously associated with btisi- Davidson. The trip consumne(l seven months and ness anti social affairs in Portland. While al- its members wcrc forcetl to cn(lnre many hai d- ways a very busv manl, he has nevertheless found ships. At Rock creek they were attacked by a time to perforniu the d(tties falling to the lot of party of Indlians and six of the part> were killed. good citizenship and there is no man in ()regon Arriving in ( )regon, -[r. Imnim worked for a more interested in the ship of state than Mr. In- tiiiie on1 the farm of M\lr. Davidson in Washington man. At all times a stanch Democrat, lie has county, and in Juine, 1869, hie located in Portland, been very active in promoting and sutpporting where for a time he was emlloved by the west the interests of his party, and as a public servaiit side roa(l cuttino ties. He next secured a posi- has rendered altogether satisfactory service. In tion with the ( )regon & California Railroad, 1892 he was elected to the state legislature. serv- serving his time from brakemnan to fireman. ing in the session of 1893, and so well did lie After severinlg his connection with the railroad serve his constituents that in 10oo he wyas electud he becaellC identified with the John Wilson circus, to the state senate oln the Citizens' ticket, and remaining with the exhibition for the following during the session of 1901 was interested in sev- two years. A vear was thereafter spent in the eral bills, includino the street car vestibule bill, employ of G. W. Shlaver, and in 1875 he entered the bill regarding fees in count> offices, and the the clmploy of the WNillamette steamn mills, and Barber's Sunday closing bill. Recognizing his after being in the vards for a short time was worth and abilitv his party called u1)0o1 him to promote(l to a positioii in the machinist depart- accept the nomination for the office of mayor of meii, whcre lie remained for the next seven Portland, an(l unlike many, he resioned his posi- vears. l)uring this time he (levelol)e(l a remark- tion in the senate and in the election that followved able mechanical ability, which was probably in- was defeated b\ Georgc Williams, probably the lherited fromi his father. and later, when l1e be- strongest man in the opposition party. came associateil with the Northerln Pacific Luin- In addition to his other interests Mr. Inman is ber Comlpanl 'y as onc-qtiarter wcner and(ldirector, a director in the Merchants' National l'ank, is he was well ([ualifiedl for the superintendency of also a member of the Board of Trade and the the construction of the new mill and the placing Chamber of Commerce, while for six years he of the mnachinerv. lin 1889) le resigned his direc- has served as water commissioner. Fraternallv torship) and sold his interests in this company, he is a member of the -Masons, holding member- having been identified with the concern for seven ship with Harmony Lodge No. 12, the Consist- years. ory, and Al Kader Temple, N. Ml. S. He is a His next venture in the ltimber indtistry, of meimiber of the Hoo Hoo's, of which he served as whlic he w\as a thoroughd master, occurredl in state snark for two terms, and one term was onl 18(90, whien, in partnership with Johan Poulsen, the supreme nine. He is also identified with tbe the Inlinani-Poulsen Lumber Comnpaniy was in- Portland Rowing Club, and the Commercial Chlb, corporate(l with M[r. nimian as presitlent and M\Ir. antI is a life member of the Multnomah Amateur Potilsen as secretarv an(l treastirer. The mnills Athletic Club. A few years ago he built the Al were constructe(l in i 889 an(l in i8(o) was inaug- Kader, a small steamer xvThich lie uses as a pleas- urate(l a lumber btisiness which has since (ICVCl- ure boat, anti which has the reputation of being oped into the largest ill the state of Oregon, ill the fastest boat of its kind in the northlwest. In fact thet bhtsiness transacted wbvthis company is 1875 he was united in marriage with 'Miss Frau- olre of the largest on tle I l'cific Coast, while the ces L. Guild, a native of Oregon, and a dauighlter mnill is considered to 1 c the s\wiftest in the west. of Peter Guild, who crossed the plains in 1847

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an(l became the owner of a large tract of land, match for themt all. I-Ic secured the aid of a now within the city limits of the city of Portland. Pennsylvania Dutchman, who consented to ble- As a result of this union two (latighters have been come his guardian, and with the permission of born to AMr. and Airs. linman, the oldest being this man the physician was prevaile(l upon to Minnie AIvrtle, while the vounger is Ivy Frances. grant him a certificate. February i, i865, at Thus in brief outlinevwe give to our readers Dixon, he was mustered into Compiany IT, Third and to historv a sketch of a manl, who in face of Illinois Cavalry, and joined his regiment imnlle- manv obstacles, which at first seemed almost liatelv afterward in the eastern part of AMissis- insurmountable, has climbed the ladder of success sippi, later serving in Alabama, Tennessee, Ken- stlp by step, until today there is no mnan in Port- tucky an(l the Carolinas. After a number of land or in the state of ()regon, who is more uni- skirmishes and cavalrv (lashes he was ordered to versally respectetl. His life is a living illustra- St. Louis, and, the xvar hieing now closed, was tion of what can be accomplished if one but has fitted out for an expedition against the Sioux in the perseverance. His motto has been honesty Minnesota and Dakota. At the close of that an(l fairness to all," and with the natural busi- service he was mustered out December It, 1865, ness sagacity with whichl he seemed to be en- an(l returnecl to Lee countv Ill., whiere he re- (lowe(l, Mr. fInman has stopped at nothing. It is suimedl farming. true that he owes much of his success to his in 1871 he went to Chicago. fis recollections won(lerful mechanical talents and in that particu- are most vivid of the exciting scenes coiniecte(l lar line he has fexv if any equals in the Pacific with the great fire in that citv. At the peril of northwest, for to himl is accorded the honor of his life, he not only saved his own family, btmt being the greatest lumber-mill man the west has that of two others. The relinilding of the city ever known. While 1\Ir. Inian has spent many gave himl considerable hiusiness as a contractor. years before the ptiblic he is happiest when in the In January, 1875, he came to Oregon, but after b~osom of his familv, where he is known as a lov- ten days in Portlan(l, proceeded to Sail Francisco in1g husband and all indulgent father. an(l from there returned to Chicago, where he spent six weeks. (O)n1 his second return to San Francisco, he remained for two years an(l then GEN. OWEN SLTAUMMERS. About the early spent six months in San Diego as a government boyhood years of General Summers there was contractor, after which lhe returned to San ]Fran- little to stimulate hope for the future or to indi- cisco. Coming to Portland ini January, 1879, he cate his possession of superior ability in military started a crockery store at No. 183 First street. affairs. He was horn in Brockville, Canada, Six months later the firm of ( )Ilds & Summers June 13, I85o, an(l in infancy was taken to was formed, his partuer being J. C. (lds, a Chicago by his parents, John and Elizabeth Ann brother-in-law. The firm dealt in crockery, Suiminers, the fornmer of whom engaged in the both wholesale and retail, and became one of the shoe btusiness there. During the cholera epi- largest concerns of the kind in the northwest. (delic of 1856 the father, mother and one (laugh- On losing their buildingg bIy fire in i886, they ter die(l of the disease, leaving four small chil- move(l into a new huildin- on Yamihill street, (ren. ()f these three are living: Jamles. MIrs. J. betwveen First and Second. Later they returned C. ()Ils an(l OweI, all of Portland. The six- to No. 183 First street and No. 23 Yamihill, year-old bov' thus earl' orphaned, soon saw the wxhere a three-story hinilding had been erected, (lark si(le of life. His was no easy path to for- they occupving the ground floor an(l basement of tune. He was taken tin a farmn near Frankfort, the arcade. In 1890 they ixovc(l into an(l occu- Will county, Ill., where he worke(l earl) ancl pied the four-storv building at Nos. 183-85 First late for his board an(l clothes. During a small street. In i8y.5 the partnershil) xwas dissolved, part of the year he was permiitted to attend a 1\i r. Olds enterimig a departm( nt stori, ainl il r. school held in a log building in the township Summers continuing- the butsillnss at the old where he lived. place. A xear later he moved to No. 1 57 Wash- Tn the spring of 1864 he went to La Center, ingtoll street an(l No. i11 Third street, vlhere lie Lee county, Ill., and while attending school there continiedll in business. \ileantime lie receivxed the lie an(l three schoolmates (of whom he was the appointment as Unitcd States appiraiser of the yoUtigest) left school to enlist for service in the port of lPortland by the ullnainimous decision of Civil war. Going to Dixon he offered his ser- thc delegation from ()regon, and has since filled vices, but as he was only fourteen vears of age, the position with characteristic intelligence and weighed onlyo one hundred poUnirds, alnd ill heih]t sagacity. In 19ioo the crockerv business xvas (his- stoo(l only five feet and one inch, the enrolling' pose(l of. officers were loath to accelpt him. The examin- Thotgh htut a bov wxhen scrving in the Civil ing physician, too, refused to pass him, but the war, i\II-. 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152 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. has been of aid to him in subsequent events. mer position; March I8th, Company D sent to re- Through his energetic efforts a bill was formu- lief of Tagui; March i9 th, B, D, E, I and L, en- lated an(l passe(l by the legislature during the gaged in battle of Laguna de Bey; March 20th, session of i886, of which he was a member, by regiment returned to Manila; March 22d, Coin- which the militia was organized into the National pany F and third battalion joined regiment; Guard of Oregon, consisting of three regiments. Marclh 24 th. marched to Caloocan; March 25th, MaV 21, 1883, he organized a company of Vet- battle of Malabon, captured seven lines of en- eran Guards, which was composed of ex-mem- trenchmient; March 26th, entered village of Ti- bers of Civil war regiments, and of this he was nageros; April iith, enemy attacked Marilac and chosen first lieutenant. After the reorganization Bocave camps; ;kpril i6th, attack on outposts of the military department of the state, in 1887, east of Melinto; April 23d, cavalry engaged en- he was elected lieutenant-colonel of the First emy north of Santa Maria;April 24 th, Narzogara Regiment, Oregon National Guard. Seven years captured; April 25th, capture of Angot; May later he was promote(l to be colonel of the regi- ist, capture of San Rafael; May 3d, captured mnent. At the opening of the war with Spain all Balinag; May 4 th, captured Maasin; May 13th, the National Guard troops of Oregon were or- captured San Miguel; May 17th, captured Sanl dered to Portland an(l consolidated, and with Isidro; May 22d, telegram received ordering additional recruits formulated and constituted Oregon to Manila; May 23 d, homeward bound; the Second Or-cgon, Li. S. V., of which company JUlne I3 th, first battalion embarked on Newport SSummers was given the command by Governor and third battalion on the Ohio; July I 3 th, Lord. May 4, 1898, the regiment went into reached San Francisco; August 7, 1899, mn1us- camp. On the 7 th, organization of the field staff tered out. During its term of service the regi- was ma(le, constituting the (late of the organiza- ment had participated in forty-two engagements. tion of the regiment. On the 24 th of the same Among the many communications received by month the men set sail for the Philippines, this General Summers bearing testimony to his ex- being the first expedition to leave the United cellent service in the Philippines, hie especially States for war in a foreign country. June ist treasures the following: they arrived at Honolulu ; June 20th, entered the port of San Luis de Apra, island of Guamr; June "Manila, P. I., August 30, i898. 21st, Companies A and D disembarked to effect "Col. 0. Summers, Commnrandilng 2(1 Oregon, the surrender of the islands; June 28th, sighted U. S.V.: Luzon; June 3oth, anchored in Manila bay off "Sir-I desire to express to you in very strong Cavite; July ist aiid 2d, troops landed; August terms my appreciation of the manner in which vou an(l your regiment performed the very (liffi- 12th, ordered to Manlila; August I3 th, received the surrender of fifteen thousand Spanish troops, cult and(ldelicate duties of acting provost marshal and provost guard during the time immediately inside the walled city; August i4 th, removed to barracks Ctiartel (le Espana, Calle Victoria, Ma- following the capitulation of Manila. It gives nila, Company F remaining as palace guard; me much pride andl pleasure on the eve of my departure to recall the way in which I have been January 1 1, 1899, regiment began to leave Cuartel; February 5th, battle of 1\lanila, and in- supported by all of my troops, and the cheerful fortitude with which they have endured the hard- surgents driven from their trenches; February ships of the campaign. 6th, fightingg all day along the line, and capture "Very respectfully, of the water works; February ioth, battle of "WESLEY \IERRITT, Caloocan; February i 5th, more than one bun- dred prisoners capturle(l by Company A; Feb- "Major-General, IU. S. A. ruary 2 th, third battalion engaged at San Juan 4 "June I2, T899. del Monte; March 3d, fightingg at Santa Ana; "Sir: March 5th, Company C engaged on Mariquina "Your regiment, having been relieved from road; same day, Company 1K engaged near San my command( for the purpose of proceeding to Juan del 1\lonte: March 6th. Company G and the United States for muster-out, gives me an Hotchkiss battery engage(l insur-gents on Mari- opportunity of which I am glad to avail myself quina road; M\1arch 7th, ( an(d K engaged enemy of expressing to you and to the officers antl men near Mariquina; March ioth, entire regiment or- of your regiment, miy high appreciation of their dered to prepare for the front ; March i3 th, ad- gallant and faithful service while they have been vance(l upon Guadalupe: Alarch I4th, E and I under my command. crossed river and engaged enenwv opposite Pasig, "While I am glad the regiment is to return to while B, D, I. and MI engaged from bluff over- their homes, I regret to lose so many good sol- looking Pasig; March 1ith, E and I crossed river diers. When your regiment came to nly com- and engaged ellelmy one mile in advance of for- mand their reputation as brave and gallant sol- I.

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diers had preceded them. Since you have been "Whereas, 'The hearts of some of our people with me our work has been constant, arduous and are bleeding as the result of the loss by sickness dangerous. 1 learned very soon to place implicit or in battle of loved ones to them most dear; confidence in your energy, judgment and cour- therefore, be it age, an(l the gallantry and bravery of your men "Resolved by the senate, the house concur- and officers. You have nobly earned the reputa- ring, That the congratulations, admiration and tion of being among the best soldiers of the confidence of the people of the state of Oregon American army. In saving farewell to the regi- be and the same are hereby extenlled to the Ore- ment, I wish vou Godspeed and all the good for- gon soldiers in the Philippines, an(l that the svin- tune and prosperity that may and should come pathy of the people be and is hereby extended to to vou. the mourning friends of the heroic dead; (Signed) 'H. W. LAWTON, "That the secretary of state be and be is Major-General Volunteers. hereby requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the commanding officer of the Ore- "Candaba, May 23, 1899. gon regiment at Manila, and that said officer be 'Adjutant-General and he is hereby requested, upon receipt of such In view of the remarkable successful engage- copy, to cause the same to be read to each com- ments of Maasin, Balac Bridgc and San Isidro, pany of his said regiment." participated in by the troops under Colonel Suim- Adopted by the senate, February 6, i899. mers' immediate command, I recommend Colonel T. C. TAYLOR, Summers for promotion to the grade of briga- President of the Senate. dier-general of volunteers. At least, I believe him Concurred in by the house, February 6, i899. entitled to the corresponding brevet. I make E. V. CARTER, this recommendation in advance instead of in mv Speaker of the House. final report on account of his relief from this colmana(l and the probability of immediate re- The quality of the men who composed the turn to the lUnited States. Mv report will con- Second Oregon was indicated by a brief order of taini recommendations of other officers. General- Wheaton at Melinto: "Orderly, over- `LAWTON, take those Oregon grayhoutnds on the road to Major-Genieral Volunteers. Polo and order them to Melinto. Go mounted or you will never catch them." When, after the "ilanila, P'. I., May 27, i899. victory at Malabon, General Wheaton was asked, `CO. Owen Summers, 2d Oregon Vol. Inf.: "Where are vour regulars ?" he pointed to the 'Sir-Your regiment is about to leave for Second Oregon, saying, "There are my regu- home to be mustered out of the service of the lars." Thev were more than once placed in po- L'nited States, and 1 now desire to convey to you sitions where supreme courage was absolutely mn higll appreciation of the distinguished serv- imperative, and never once did they falter or fall ices of vourself and of the Second Volunteer In- back. Their record is one of unstained honor. fantry. The skill, ability and courage with which On his return to Oregon General Summers You have fought your regiment is deserving the was tendered the re-appointment as United thanks of out countrymen; the bravery, deter- States appraiser by the president, taking effect miile(l courage, an(l gallant conduct of the officers September I, I899. In addition he reorganized and meii of the Second Oregon Volunteer In- his business and incorporated the Summers & tantrv prove them worthy successors of the men Prail Crockery Company, but in February, 1900, who fought at Shiloh, at Gettysburg and in the sold his interest and has since given his entire \Vilderness. Their gallant conduct during the attention to his government position. recent campaign in Luzon has reflected credit In Portlandl, July 23, i88o, he married Miss upon the state from which they came. Clara T. Olds, who was born in Oregon, her Verv respectfully, parents having been pioneers of 1847. They are "LLOYD WIIEATON, the parents of one son, Owen George Summners. Brigadier-General U. S. V. MIrs. Summers is identified with the First Uni- tarian Church of Portland, the Native Daughters SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS. of Oregon and the Women's Relief Corps. ' \\Thercas, The people of the state of Oregon, In politics General Sutmmers has always been regardless of party affiliations, are desirous of a Republican. He is a member of the Commer- expressing their deep feelings of gratitude and cial Club. at one time was connected with the their admiration for the courage of the Oregon Knights of Pythias, an(d is now associated with soldiers who have so noblv offered their lives in the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and defense of helpless humanity in avenging the loss the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being $ of the Maine, in behalf of civilization, past noble grand of the Portland Lodge. ;in 1871

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lhe was made a Mason in Apollo Lodge, No. 642, with Henry M. Evans in the cotton brokerage in Chicago, and afterwards became a charter business, under the firm name of Evans & Beebe. member of Columbia Lodge, No. 114, A. F. & This partnership was dissolved in 1883, and A. M., of Portland. At one tine be was honored during that year Mr. Beebe, with his brother- with the position of comniander of the George in-law, A. Al. Sutton, came to the west to take Wright Post, G. A. It., of Portland, and in i886 the agencv for Sutton & Co., of New York. lie was elected delpartment commander, serving On his arrival in Portland, in January, 1884, hle one term. An indication of the esteem in which opened a branch house, starting the business on1 lie is held is afforded by the fact that on his re- the ist of February, at No. i6 North Front turn fromn Manila, the citizens of Oregon pre- street. In July of the same year Mr. Sutton sente(l hini with a beautiful jeweled sword, in established an agency in San Francisco, the two recognition of his meritorious service at the head acting as western agents for the Dispatch line of the Oregon boys. of clipper ships around the Horn from New York and Philadelphia. In connection with the Portland agency, a general ship chandlery busi-' GEIN. CHARLES F. BEEBE. While the ness was conducted. During i896 Sutton & Co. associations of General Beebe have been largely discolitinued business in Portland, but Mr. aloni the line of military affairs and particularly Beebe, having become interested in the city and with the Ore-on National Guard, he has had, bound to its people by intimate ties of frienid- nevertheless, aii interesting career as a business ship, decided to remain. January I, 1897, the man an(l is now identified with various move- Charles F. Beebe Company was incorporated nients of an important nature bearing upon the with him as president, and the fiim has since commercial progress of Portland. The family dealt in general supplies, imported pig iron and of which he is a member settled in New England coke, and conducted a general shipping and coiii- dluring the colonial era. His grandfather, Silas mission business. The two-story building of Beebe, a native of Connecticut, was for years a the firm is on the northwest corner of First and sailing master and built and owned a number of Ankeny streets. vessels running out of the harbor of Mystic. Besides being at the head of this iiiportant It was in this seacoast town that Charles E., enterprise, Mr. Beebe is secretary of the Ore- father of Charles F. Beebe, was born and reared, gon Lime and Plaster Company, engaged in the an(l from there he went to New York City in manufacture of lime and plaster, with plant four youth to enter upon a business life. From 1840 miles from Huntington. Oni the organization of until his death, in 1892, lie was extensively en- the Adamant Company lie became a charter gaged as a tea merchant and importer, the firm iiieniber an(l is now its secretary, the concern of Beebe & Iro. being one of the oldest houses owning an(l operating a mill at the foot of Four- of its kind in the city. His wife was Jane B. teentl street. Though not active in politics, Wade, born in Springficld, N. J., and deceased he is a stanch Republican. In the Chamber in i8 yi. 11er father, Elias Wade, Jr., was a of Commerce he was presi(leiit one term, native of New Jersey an(l a wholesale grocer vice-president two teruis, and has also served for somn years. From 1865 until his death in as a member of the board of trustees. The Ar- 1878 lie acted as managing partner for the large lington Club has honoredl hini bv election to importiing and shiipping house of Grinnell, Min- official positions, while in the Commercial Club turn & Co., of No. 32 South street, New York. lie has twice been elected to the presidency. In In a famiily of four children all but one 1903 lhe was appointed by Mayor Williams a attained mature years. ( )f these Williani W., member of the Executive Board, under the new a graduate of Yale in 1873, became an attorney charter. Oxwing to his thorough military train- in New York City and( later maide his home in ing lie is serving on the committee having super- Colorado Springs, Colo., where lie died. An- vision of the police department. Of lPresbv- other son, Alfred L., a graduate of the Columbia terian faith, lie still has his membership in the School of Mines in New York Citv, was for M adison Square Church in New York. years assistant chemist of the New York Board In New York City occurred the marriage of of Health, but in 1898 came to Portland, where General Beebe to Miss Emiia Blowne. who was lie has since resided. The third soii, Charles F., born at Flushing, Long Island, and received her was born and reared in New York City and in education in Al iss Porter's School at Farming- i865 was graduated from Flushing Institute. ton, N. Y. Her father, Simon R. Bowne, was a Afterwardl he entered his father's office at No. member of a very prominent Quaker familv of 149 Froiit street, New York City, an(l later be- Flushing. Born of her marriage are three sons, came a partner in the house of Beebe & Bro. namely: Walter Bowne, secretary of the Charles )ul his withdrawal iln 1879 hle becaiiie interested F. 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From time to time he was promoted until he was FRED BICKEL. brigade-quartermaster, The \vord( pioneer is (lis- with the rank of captain. tinctly applicable (O)nthe death to that venerable citizen, Fred of General Varian, the command Bickel, who came to Oregon of the regiment passed into the in 1853, anil locat- hands of Brig.- ing in Portland, materially assisted in the gen- Geln. Louis Fitzgerald, andI Captain Beebe eral upbuilding of the town. He started the was retained with a very few others. To first confectionery store and him came the appointment soda water manutfac- as inspector of rifle torv here and has of late years been successfully practice, with the rank of major, which position engage(l in the storage business. It is also to he resigned in the fall of 1882. Soon afterward his credit to he enrolled among the soldiers who he was appointed assistant in the department of were (lestine(l to discipline the murderous and rifle practice, with his former rank of major, treacherous bands of Indians who infested the un(ler Gei. Charles F. Robbins, inspector-gen- plains and were especially troublesome during eral of rifle practice in New York, on the gov- the wars of 1854, 1855 an(l i856. IDuring thaat ernor s staff. This office he held until coming to momentous period lie volunteered in Company Oregon, when hie resigned. A, Oregon Volunteers, served in eastern Oregon, At the time of the reorganization of the and was mustered out and honorably discharged National Gnard of Oregon, in the spring of 6 during the summer of i856. He participated in i88 , when Company K was organized in Port- several skirmishes with the Indians in Walla lan(l, General Bcebe was appointed second lieu- Walla Valley, one of which lasted for four days. tenant, then first lieutenant, anl three months In his general makenp M[r. IBickel embodies the later, when the company was permanently organ- most desirable of Teutonic traits, all of which ized, was elected its captain, serving as such for have been fostered anl developel by a careful a year. In July of 1887 he was elected colonel of early training and the subsequent necessity for the First Regiment, Oregon National Guard, on looking out for himself. HeI was born in the the organization of the full regiment. When in town of Rodenburo- Germany, on the river camp at Milton, Ore., in 1891, he was re-elected Fulda, CMay 21, 1832, an(l is a son of George and colonel. February 22, 1895, hie was appointed Elizabeth Bickel, natives respectively of Roden- and commissioned brigadier-geleral in command bur- and Solz. George Nickel was a blacksmith of the Oregon troops by Governor William P. up to the time of his retirement, andl he brotght Lord. At the expiration of his term of four his family to America about 1846, locating in St. vyears he was again chosen for this responsible Louis. Of the three children who attained ma- position, unlder appointment from Governor T. turity in his family, Fred is the second child an(d T. Geer, and as such continues to the present oldlest son and the only one living. Like the writing. The Oregon troops comprise the fol- majority of the German reared youths, Fred lowing regiments: Third Infantry, 0. N. G., in Bickel started out on1his own responsibility at Portland; Fourth Infantry, 0. N. G., comprising the age of fourteen, and utl)on landing in St. companies in the Willamette valley; First Sep- Louis, after an ocean vovage of fiftv-three days, arate Battalion, in Eastern Oregon; Light B1at- apprenticed himself to a confectioner for four tery Artillery, in Portland; troop of cavalry at years. At the expiration of two and a half Lebanon, and a signal corps at Corvallis. It is years his employer died of cholera, and the vouth needless to state that General Beebe has accom- thereafter worked for his employer's wife and plished much in behalf of the National Guard of her brother, F rank lDektim, assisted by another Oregon, for this fact is known to all in the least apprentice. Eventuallxlhe came to California familiar with the development of military with Mr. Dekumln, the journey towar(ls the coast affairs in this state, and due credit is given him being replete with man\y adventures. From New for his thorough work in the development of the )rleans they sailed to Chagres, P-anlama, where same. His connection with the militia in New the\ took a small boat il) the river of that name York is held in remembrance through his life to Corcona, the headl of niavigation. 'I'helreafter membership in the Seventh New York Regi- the\7 walk ed tweit\ -eiglit miles to 1)'anama,

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where they were compelled to wait two weeks CAPT. J. C. AINSWORTH. The history because all transportation opportunities were en- of Oregon would be incomplete did it fail to gageld il advance for about three months. The give the life record of Capt. J. C. Ains\vorth, travelers managed to secure passage on the ves- who was for many years a well known factor sel Anna Smith, bonnd for Acapulco, which, in navigation and railway matters as well as a however, was obliged to put into port because of promoter of banking interests in the northwestern shortage of water. Finally they got aboard the country. He was a son of John Commiger Ains- Golden Gate, bound for San FrIancisco, which worth, who died when his son J. C. was seven or city they reached after two months, about May eight years of age. Captain Ainsworth was born 21, 1852. in Springborough, Warren county, Ohio, June In Shasta City, Cal., Mr. Bickel engaged in 6, 1822, and on the Mississippi river received his business with Mr. Dekum, but the latter removed first lessons in the profession which afterward from Shasta City to Portland in 1853. For some made him famous. On arriving at man's estate time Mr. INickel assumed control of the confection- he was quickly promoted to the position of pilot cry shop left in his charge, but in May, 1853, it an(l subsequently to that of master on1 a passen- was blurne(l to the ground, entailing considerable gen steamer plying between St. Louis and up- loss. Shortly afterward he came to San Fran- river points. While in this service he first hear(d cisco, whencelhe embarked on1 the Columbia for of the discovery of gold in California and the Portland, which he reached in June of that year. wonderful possibilities for labor and capital in Here he entered into partnership with Mr. De- that state. lie accordingly journeyed to San kumn, under the firm name of Dekutm & Bickel, Francisco in T85o, accompianie(l by the noted confectioners, which was the first enterprise of banker, William C. Ralston, and soon after his the kind( in the town, and was located for the arrival on the Pacific coast lie went to Oregon to time being between Stark and Washington take command of the Lot Whitcolib. His life in streets. In 1836 he started the first soda mann- the northwest from this time until he retired. factory in Portland, which he and Mr. Dekum nearly thirty years afterward, was inseparably as- ran for ten years, but which is now carried on sociated with marine pursuits, and to his thor- by other parties. At the expiration of their re- oUggh and practical knowledge of the business in lationship Mr. Dektum and Mr. Bickel had been all its details was due the marvelous success connecte(l for more than twenty years. achieved by the great transportation company in After going out of business with his old time which he was a leading spirit from the time of its partner Mr. Bickel was out of work for a time, inception until it was merged from the Oregon but in 1883 built the large storage house which Steamship & Navigation Company into the Ore- he has since managed, and\which is 8oxioo feet gon Railroad & Navigation Company. He was groutl (ldimensions. The building is four stories president of the latter company until it was sold to the illheight, and the front contains two double Villard syndicate in iS8i, for $5,ooo,ooo. He stores. I'dr. Bickel has also put up other stores built the Missouri Pacific Railroad through from California to the Sound, and pul)lic buildings in Portland, and at the getting the engine into Puget Sound twenty-four hours before the present time is a large holder of town real estate. expiration of a valualile land suhisidy. This, too, He erected a block on Second street, between he completed, furnishing the means from his owyn Ash and Ankeny, which is I5oxi12 feet ground pocket. He started the Ainsworth National Bank dihliensioils, is two stories in height, an(l has in i883, built the Ainssworth Block in i88i, at the eleven stores in front. corner of Third and Oak streets, and started the Through the marriage of Mr. Bickel and Central Bank of Oakland, Cal., acting as its presi- Catherine Karlskind, who was born in St. Clair (lent until his death. While Captain Ainsworth county, Ill., near Belleville, five children have made for himself a reputation as a remarkable been born: Caroline Fredericka, and Louise, financier among the money kings on1 both sides of both of whom are living at home; George L., a the continent, vet he always remained a firm strawberry rancher on Hood river, Ore.; Albert. friend of the laboring classes. Retrenchment a clerk in Portland; and Frederick, a collector in with him did not commence with a reduction of Portland. Mr. Bickel is a Republican in politics, salaries. "Give the boys good salaries," was a but has never been induced to accept official sentiment he always expressed, and "the boys," recognition. He has been promiinent before the since grown gray, many of them in the service of public in various capacities, and to him is d(le less appreciative masters, will never forget the the organization of several societies in which his kind-hearted employer who appreciated good countrymen feel particularly at home, among services and acknoxvledged the same in a substan- them being the Turn Verein and the German Aid tial manner. As an indication of the regard in Society. He is also a member of the Historical which Captain Ainsworth was held bv the people Society and the Oreoon Pioneers' Association. of the tipper country, from whom mtich of the

A jEu kt PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 159 revenue of the Oregon Steam Navigation Com- the Pacific coast. Captain Ainsworth died at his pany was derived, an extract from an article pub- home near Oakland, December 30, I893, and few lishe(l in The Dalles Inland Empire after the re- if any of the pioneers in the transportation busi- tiremenlt of Captain Ainsworth, is herewith ness of the northwest have left a record which given: "He has been at all times a gentlemanly will prove more lasting or more creditable. public servant, a faithful custodian of the inter- The second marriage of Captain Ainsworth ests of his fellow stockholders and the most equit- occurred in San Francisco, the lady of his choice able and merciful of employers. In fine, he has being Fannie Bobbitt, datlghter of Gen. Edwin heen a good friend to friends and a semi-foe to 'urr Bobbitt, a graduate of West Point and chief eneies. His hroad sense of justice has made of the Quartermaster Department, U. S. A. His him the object of an almost filial degree of affec- son, Lawrence S. 1)obbitt, is second in rank for tion from his employes, and to his sagacity in chief of ordnance, stationed at Dover, N. J., and making three voluntary reductions of freight his son, Edwin B. Bobbitt, is a graduate of WNest rates without compulsion in five years' time, the Point and now a captain of ordnance stationed at growth and expansion of the Eastern Empire are Washington, D. C. Unto Capt. J. C. Ainsworth largely attributable." and his wife were born six children, five of whom Captain Ainsworth's friendship for his early are still living, two sons and three daughlters. H. companion an(l friend, W. C. Ralston, lasted until B. Ainsworth is manager of the Los Angeles & the tragic death of Mr. Ralston, and in this con- Redondo Railroad Company, of Los Angeles, Cal. nection the folowing story was told in the San J. C. Ainsworth, Jr., is represented in the follow- Fraic/iscaExamincr: "When Captain Ainsworth ing biographical sketch. The mother of this fam- and WV. C. Ralston arrived in California they sep- ilv survives her husband and resides in Portland. arated. MTr. Ralston remained in San Francisco, Captain Ainsworth was for years a very promni- an(l engaged in the banking busin, ss with Eugene nent Mason, and Ainsworth Lodge and Ains- Kelly, while Captain Ainsworth wvct to Oregon worth Chapter, in Oregon, are named in his anul began steamboating on the Willaimette river. honor. He attaine(l the thirty-third (ldegree and Each was successful, and one day Ainsworth saw was first Grand Master of Oregon and was for a chance to increase his fortune if he could be- years active inspector-general of the supreme come possessed of $ioo,ooo. As he desired this council of the Southern Jurisdiction in the state amount very much he went to San Francisco and of Oregon, the highest post of honor possible of called on his old friend, W. C. Ralston, for assist- attainment in the state. ance. The details of the plan were outlined and Captain Ainsworth was a man fitted by his the required amount was promptly advanced on excellent business qualities to take a leading part a sixty-day note. When Mr. Kelly returned from in the upbuilding and growth of a new country an eastern trip he looked over the affairs of the such as the northwest at the time he took tip his institution and noted the transaction. He was abode here, and that he faithfully fulfilled every much displeased with the loan and insisted upon duty devolving upon him and carried forward to a its immediate recall. Ralston defende(l his action successful completion whatever he undertook was wvarmlv, but unsuccessfully, and some words a well known fact. Strict integrity and upright- passed between the partners. In the meantime ness were salient features in his characteristics, Ainsworth had gone to Oregon, an(l the custom- and all who knew him regarded him with the ary notice was delayed until the sailing of the highest honor and respect. next steamer. Ainsworth concluded the deal, (For many of the facts contained in the pre- cleared up something like $250,000, and started ceding biography credit is due to Lewis & Dry- the borrowed money homeward within a few den's History of the Pacific Northwest). (lays, and the vessel which carried the recall passed the money on the way to the bank. This transaction so angered Ralston that he withdrew from the partnership and opened the Bank of J. C. AINSWORTH. One of the leading an(d California. Before retiring from the Oregon prominent business men of Portland is J. C. Stealm Navigation Company Captain Ainsworth Ainsworth, who is active and energetic and takes invested largely in real estate in Tacoma, and was a deep interest in everything pertaining to the prominently identified with the construction of commercial progress and genteral upbuilding of the Northern Pacific Railway Company between the state in which he lives. He is one of Port- the Columbia river and Puget Sound. In i88o land's native sons, having been born in this city he removed to Oakland. Cal., where he became January 4, 1870, and is a son of Capt. J. C. and interested in local banking an(l subsequently ex- Fannie (11obbitt) Ainswortli. He was gradu- ploited the famous watering, place, Redondo ated from the Universitv of California in Beach, expenrding nearly $3,000,000 in trans- iTq91. With the degree of I bachelor of Sciences, formilg it into one of the finest seaside resorts on Ile then took a special course in electrical clngill-

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eering in the same institution, graduating in 1892 Gilbert, circuit judge, which position he still oc- and receiving the degree of Master of Science cupies. He is also United States commissioner from his alma mater. Subsequent to this he to which position he was appointed by Jug(te C. spent one year in the Central Lank of Oakland, B. Bellinger, United States district judge. Cal. In 1894 he came to Portland, Ore., and Captain Sladen was born in Rochdale, Lanca- engaged in the banking business for himself, with shire, England, April 9, 1841, the youngest of the Ainsworth National Bank and acting as presi- four children, three boys and one girl. His dent of the same, which had a capital stock of father dying while he was very young, his fam- $iooooo. In 1902 he consolidated the Ainsworth ily came to this countrv when he was about five National Bank with the United States National, years of age. They settled at Lowell, Mass., un(ler the name of the United States National where he attended the public schools, and left the Bank, the same having a capital stock of $250,000 high school to enter the army at the outbreak and later increased it to $3oo,ooo. This is one of the Civil war. He enlisted in the Thirtv- of the strongest institutions on the coast. He third Massachusetts Volunteer Infantrv, and par- was one of the incorporators of the Fidelity ticipated in the campaigns of the Armv of the Trust Company Bank, of Tacoma, having a cap- Potomac, including the famous battles of Chan- ital stock of $3oo,ooo, and in 1902 he succeeded cellorsville and Gettysburg. With the Eleventh Col. C. W. Griggs as president of the company. an(l Twelfth corps lhe went west to the relief of Ile is president of the Oregon Telephone & Tele- Rosecrans at Chattanooga, and took part in the graph Company, having a capitalization of $5oo,- campaigns under General Sherman which re- ooo, an(l is assistant secretary and treasurer of stilted in the capture of Atlanta, and in the bat- the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Com- tles incident thereto. He was also in the March pan\y, which institution has a capital of $I5,000,- to the Sea, and the campaigns through the Caro- ooo, and has lines extending from AlMexico to linas, which ended in the battle of Bentonville, Alaska with 150,000 subscribers. He is treasurer N. C. For distinguished gallantry at the battle of the Portland Railway Company; director of of Resaca, Ga., he was awarded a congressional the Portland Hotel Company, the Portland Gen- medal of honor, and in i866 was brevetted a eral Electric Company, the Portland Street Rail- first lieutenant and captain in the regular army way Comipany. the Pacific States Telephone & for distinguishe.l gallantry at the battle of Jones- Telegraph Company, the Los Angeles & Redondo boro, which r sulted in the downfall of Atlanta. Railway Company, Oregon Railroad & Naviga- In Novi- if, 1864, he was commissioned a sec- tion Coimpaliv, and numerotis others, including ond lieutenant in the TFourteenth United States the Lewis and Clark Fair. Colored Infantry, an(l thereafter served till the Iln Portland, June 26, i901, J. C. Ainsworth close of the war as an aide upon the staff of was united in marriage with Miss Alice Heitshu, Gen. 0. 0. 1Howard. He was appointed a see- who was born in California. AIr. Ainsworth ond lieutenant in the Seventeenth United States is a stanch Republican in his political views and InfantrylMarch 27, i866, and continued onl duty is ex-president of the Arlington Club. His relig- as an aide to General Howard, remaining on d(ltv ious faith is indicated by his membership in the in Washington, I). C., until T874, when he ac- Presbyterian Church. Through his good bhiisi- conil)anie(l that general to the del)artment of the ness judgment he has not only gained for himself Columbia, with headquarters at Portland. He success in life, but his efforts have been of bene- participated in the Indian wars in that depart- fit in promoting the advancement and prosperity meit, that of the Nez Perces in 1877, and that of the communities in which he has been finan- of the Bannocks and Piutes in 1878. With the ciallv interested. He is a wide-awake, capable appointment of General Howard as superintend- manl, quick to take advanta-e of a good business ent of the United States Military Academyv he opportunity. A gentleman of fine presence, genial accompanied that officer as adjutant general of manner and handsome appearance, his good qual- that institution, and also accompanie(l him to the ities win the regard of all with whom he comes department of the Platte, at Omaha, when that in contact. general was ordered there in 1882. In October, 1885, Captain Sladen was ordered on dutv with his regiment, the Fourteenth United CAPT. JOSEPH A. SLADEN. Since his States Infantry, to which he had been trans- retirement from the active list of the army, in ferred, at Vancouver Barracks, Wash., and 1889, Captain Sladen has been a resident of served there as regimental quartermaster until Portland, wvhere he was engaged for five years promoted to the command of his company in as special agent and adjuster for the German- 1888. April 8, 1889, he was retired from active American Insurance Company of New York. service on account of the loss of his right leg, January i, i894, he was appointed clerk of the which had occurred in the line of slut\. In i891 United States circuit court by Judge W. B. he was elected commander of the Grand Arlmy

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_j L I I q% P( )RTRAIT AND Bl( )GRAPHICAL RECORD. 1(;3 of the Republic' for the department of Oregon, Ross Shire, Scotland, September 15, 1851, and and served on several occasions as aide on the was the second of three sons. The oldest. Hector. staff of the comman(ler-in-chief of that organi- (lied in Washington; the youngest, Collin, is en- zation. He is a member, and past commander of -aged in farming in Grande Ronde Valley, Union Lincoln-Garfield Post, G. A. R., and also a past county, Ore. His father, George Frazier, a ship comman(ler of the Oregon Commnandery of the carpenter by trade, was lost in a shipwreck off military order of the Loyal Legion. the coast of England, and subsequently the widI- In i\lassachusetts Captain Sladen was united owel another brought the three soils to the United in marriage, in i8f66, with Martha Frances Win- States, settling near Kawanee, Ill., where she chester, a native of Lowell, an(l of this union died two years later. there have been born four children. FXred Win- When the family crossed the ocean William chester, who graduated from West lPoint in Frazier was a child of six years. For a time June, 1890, is now a captain in the army, and an after their arrival in Illinois all went well, and instructor at the United States Militarv Acad- he had the privilege of attending the country emv, having been detailed at that institution after schools of Henry county, Ill., three winter terms. serving through the Philippine campaigns as an But with the death of his mother he was thrown aide to AMajor-General Otis; Harry Stinson, a upon his own resources. In 1863, at the age of gradluate of the Leland Stanford University, is twelve Years, under the escort of his uncle, John now with the Portland General Electric Coin- .McDonald, he crossed the plains to Oregon as panly; Frank Joseph, a graduate of Yale, class a member of a party accompanying a train of of 1902, is a stui(lent at the Johns Hopkins Medi- one hundred wagons. At that time the Indians cal College- an(l Caroline L. is the wife of Capt. were particularly troublesome, and his party never John J. Bradley, of the Fourteenth United States would have reached the coast had it not been for Infantry. a government escort of thirty-six mule teams and Captain Sladen is prominent in Masonic cir- one hundred and fifty mnen under the command cles. He was ma(le a Mason in 13. B. French of Captain Crawford. The great cavalcade of Lo(lg-e, of Washington, D. C., in i866, and was emigrants antl soldiers proved too formidable afterwards master of Mfount Hood Lodge at for the wandering bands of Indians to attack, Vancouver. Wash. He is a thirty-second degree and they were permitted to pursue their course 1Nlason, and is identified with the Oregon Con- unmoleste(l. One of the wagon teams was driven sistorv anl El Kader Temple. N. H1. S. He is by the twelve-year-old boy, who in many ways a member of the First Baptist Church of Port- proved himself a useful companion for the older land ; a Republican in politics, and is socially a mep. Soon after their arrival at the coast, his member of the Arlington Club . Although so umc1le settled upon a claim in Grande Ronde Val- long connected with affairs military, and every ley where, at the age of eighty years, he still inch a soldier in bearing and general deportment, makes his home. Captain Sladen possesses a geniality and good After three months with his uncle, Mr. Fcrazier fellowship which have won him nianv and lasting went to Umatilla Landing, where he worked in friendls, and he has evinced in his latter day un- a dry goods store for Mr. Case (hiring the will- dertakinigs shrewd business and executive ability. ter. In the spring he secured employment on a pack train from Umatilla to Boise City, IBannock, Albanv and Placerville, Idaho, which occupation \WILLIAM FRAZIER. In the record of the he followed for two years, riding the bell horse life of a successful man there is always much of and acting as cook for the train. During the interest, and particularly is this true in the case fall of 1865 he arrived in Portland, where he of a man who is forced to begin the battle of life has since made his holme. At first he followed in extreme youth, unaided an(l penniless. No any occupation that presented itself, and availed greater source of inspiration can be offered a himself of such leisure as he could comanmd in Young man of ambition than the example afforded order that he might attend to his neglected bv such a life in the maturity of its success. schooling. For one winter he attende(l i'ortlanl Thlie death of his parents when lhe was a mere Academy. In the spring of 1809 he bought an child forced William Frazier to undertake the interest in a butcher shop in P'ortland, but after solution of the problem of self-support at a very a year or more began to take contracts for the earlY age, but the self-reliance thereby developed piles on the lower docks of the Willanmette. This proved of incalculable benefit to him. I'Though work consunied two years, during which timie the ears of his youth were less free from care he cleared the nicat sumi of $1o,ooo. A portion than those of most boys. the activities of his of his earnings he investe(l in a livery stable, manhood(l doubtless have beenl more successful which lie conducted for three years and then lix reason of these ver-y (leprivations and hard- sold. His next c iterprise was with L. A. God- shlipS of boyhood. He was born in Shelilk, lnear (lard, under the firm name of Goddard & Frazier,

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164 PO)RTRAI T AND BI)OGRAP'lI1CAL REIC(o)RD. the two conducting a large stable on Morrison become noted during- the past few decades. In aiid Second streets. In 1883 a three-story barn the commercial world by far the great majoritv was built, Iooxioo, oil Fifth and Taylor streets, of these have been men who began life with no an(l here he has since engaged in business, being resources excepting their own industry and in- with Mr. Goddard until 1897, and since then a domitable spirit. While the pioneers of the member of the firm of Frazier & McLean. In great west have been, as a rule, men born an(l addition to the renting of horses and vehicles, he reared in America, there also have been found, has (lone a large business in buying and selling especially in the years following immediately after stock. At times he has brought in three car- the first great rush to this country of wonderful loa(ls of horses from Chicago at once, these being opportunity, numerous conspicuous instances sold principally to loggers and lumbermen. For where rare successes have been the reward of twenty years he has supplied the government diligent application on the part of those who have with horses, furnishing five thousand for the come from foreign shores to cast their lot with Manila campaign, and in all of his contracts with the ambitious sons of the east who have sought the government his work was conducted with fame and fortune in this opulent region. The sagacity and (lispatch. history of the operations of the early settlers on In Portland, in 1873, occurred the marriage of the coast has shown, however, that it has been William Frazier andlMargaret E. Long, who was men of force of character and(ldetermination onlv born near this citv, her father, Edward Long, (with rare exceptions has this been true) to whom having come from ()hio in 1847 and settled two the greatest measure of success has come. The miles from the city of Portland. The only child life record of the late Hon. Solomon Hirsch of of Mr. and Mrs. Frazier is Charles R. Frazier, I'ortlan(l, ex-United States minister to Turke\, who graduated front a business college and at- forms one of the most spllendlil illustrations of tendedLceland Stanford University for two years. this obvious truth-that personal character and afterward acting as depiit\ county sheriff under geinline worth count for more in the contest for his father. The Commercial Club and Riverside supremacy in the liberal atmosphere of the west Driving Association number Mr. Frazier among than in ain other section of this free country, their memnbers. While he is not connected with or in any other country in the world. Even so anv denomination, be is a contributor to the brief a reunme of the life services of Mlr. Hirsch Baptist Church. with which his wife is identified. as it is possible to give in a volume of this char- 1-is fraternal connections include membership in acter will be a source of inspiration to the young the Woodmnen of the \World, Benevolent and Pro- mien of the future generations who start out tective Orcler of Elks; Portland Lodge No. 55, on their careers no more amply equipped to fight A. F. & A. M. ; Oregon Consistory No. I, thirty- the battle of life than he. The story, in the tell- second degree; and( Al Kader Temple, N. Ml. S. ing, sounds like a romance. The leading position he held in the Republican Born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 25, party, as xvell as among the citizens of his home 1839, he was a son of Samnsonl Hirsch, a member town, le'ato his selection in 1896 for the office of an old and respected family of that kingdom. of county sheriff, and not only was he elected at There were five sons in the familv who came to that timne, but in i898 and 1i900 he was honored the Pacific coast. Leopold, who settled in Oregon by re-election, serving front July, 1896, to July, as early as 185i, engaged in the mercantile btisi- 1902, when he retired and did not enter the lists ness in Salem, and (lied in 1892. J. 13. and Mlaver as a can(lidate. The qualities which he possesses were pioneers of 1853 in this state, and also fol- (lualifie(l him for the (luties of sheriff. With a lowed mercantile pursuits in Salem, where the robust mental and physical sturdiness, he was former die(l the latter die(l in New York in a terror to evil dloers and law-breakers, and his 1875. Edward, who settled in Oregon in i858, several administrations won the commendation became a merchant in Salem. where he has also of the law-abidino- element of the county. As a been prominently identified with public affairs. private citizen, as well as in his official capacity, In 1878 he was elected state treasurer of Oregonl. lie has won a large Ccircle of friends and well- and upon the expiration of four yNears was re- wishers, and has gained a (leserved prominence elected to the office. Further honored by the in the city to which he came, unknown, many people of his city, in 18(o he was chosen to repre- years ago. sent them in the state senate. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster of Salem, an office which he fills at the present time. HON. S(ol()L(\)()N HIRSCH. The Pacific The youngest of the five solls in the famiily, slope has furnished to the country manvy men of Solomon was fifteen years of age when, in i854, high intellectual attainments, who have ldistin- he set sail from Havre for New York. After a gtuished themselves in the various fields of endeav- voyage of forty-two days lie arrived at his desti- or for which the American commonwealth has nation. Without any delay he secured work -I

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as a clerk in New York, and later was similarly member of the state legislature during the session employed in New Haven, Contn., and Rochester, of 1872 he assisted in electing lUnited States el N. H. Meantilme, from his brothers, who had Senator Mitchell. In 1874 he was chosen to precede(l him to Oregon, he received glowing represent his district in the state senate, and reports of the prospects in the west, and deter- four years later was again elected to that office. mined to join them in this state. MTarch _Upon the expiration of his second term, in 1882, 20, 1858, he took passage on the vessel Star of he was re-elected, and served up to and includ- the West for Aspinwall, and after crossing the ing the session of i885. During his latter period Isthmus, proceeded on the Golden Gate to San of service he again gave his support to Mr. F rancisco, where he made a short stop. From Mitchell; but failing to bring his candidate suc- there he came to Portland, landing here in April, cess, turned his support to J. N. Dolph, who was i858. His objective point was Salem, but he soon elected. Durin' the session of i88o he was lion- ifove(l to Dallas, where he opened a retail store, ored by the election to the presidency of the continuing there until I86i. A later location was senate. Upon the expiration of his third term lie Silverton, -Marion county, where he conducted a decline(l further renomination and returned to mercantile business until the fall of 1864. Upon private life. Nevertheless a very large proportion returerinig to Portland he became a partner of L. of his fellow-citizens, and particularly the menl- 1Fleischner and A. Schlussel, under the firm title of bers of the Reputblican party, were not content L. Fleischner & Co., wholesale merchants occupy- to allow him to remain aloof from public affairs. ing a store on Front street, between Stark and Oak In i885 they brought his name before the people streets. In 1875 the concern was consolidated as a candidate for the United States senate. A with that owned by Jacob Mayer, and the name few of the uliulority Republicans had their own thereupon became Fleischler, Mayer & Co., under candidate, but MNr. Hirsch was the choice of the which style it operates at the present time. The inajority of his party. Whllen the matter was members of the firm at the time of the death of takeni up by the legislative body of wlhichl he was Mfr. Hirsch were: Solomon Hirsch, Isaac N. at the time a member, he lacked but one vote of Fleischner, Marcus G. Fleischner, M. A. Mayer being elected. Had he cast that vote for himself, and Samuel Simon. The trade built tip by this lie would have gaiie(l a seat iln the United States firm, as manufacturers and importers of dry goods senate, but lie was unwilling to (1o so and there- amd men's furnishings has extended into Wash- fore lost the office. An occurrence so unusual was ington, Idaho and Montana, besides reaching widely commeitted upon at the time and has never into every part of Oregon. been forgotten. During his service as state sell- In fraternal relations Mr. If irsch was a Mason, ator lie supported scores of important bills. and the manner of his initiation into the order Among these was an assign ilentlaw for the belle- may testify to the great esteem in which he was fit of the poor ( i878), to wvlicli he intro(luce(l held. Amongst the oldest prerogatives of a grand an arnendmelt giving it ilalny features in com onioi roaster of Mlasons, very rarely conferred or ex- with the more recently adopte(l national bank- erciseil, is the right of conferring the degree of ruptcy law. -1lasonry without the usual scrutiny of the can- In i888 Mr. Hirsch went abroad for the pur- di(late bv secret ballot. In the history of the pose of visiting Mir. Fleiscilner in Vieitiia. While order in the state of Oregon that prerogative has there lie was taken sick an(l weiit to Carlsbad been exercised but once-in the case of Mr. for the benefit of the waters. While still taking Hirsch and Cyruis A. Dolph, who together, in a course of treatment, in 1889, he received a 1902. were so distinguished, in the language of cablegram front the state departnieiit notifying the craft being made Masons 'at sight." The him of his appoiiitment as United States minister honor may be somewhat inexplicable to those not to Turkey. The appointment came without solic- identified with the order. But Masons will uin- itation on his part, an(l naturally was an entire derstand that this compliment was a reco-nition surprise. At first Mr. Hirsch felt constrained to of the honlor, the probity, the character, the decline on account of the condition of his health, noble life, the high principles of the manl thus but finally decide(ld to accept upon receiving per- welcomed into the greatest secret order the world mission from the departntent to continue his has ever known. treatment as long as necessary, and also permis- The marriage of Mr. Hirsch took place in sion to return htonle after the formal presentation Portland, February I, I870, and united him with of his letters of credence. In June. I889, lie Josephine, daughter of Jacob Mayer, a native of went to Constantinople, where the Sultan granted New ()rleans. There are four children in the him an audietcte for the presentation of his letters. faiiilv, namely: Ella, Sanford, Alai an(l Clemen- Immitediately afterward lie returned to the United tine. States, arrange'l his business affairs preparatory Thle puhblic service of Mr. Hirsch was as note- to an extenl(le(l absence, anid then, accompanlie(l worthy as his private business career. As a by his fantily, returned to Europe in October

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of the same vear. He remained at his post until of his counsel and advice and his services as the summer of 1891, when he was granted leave chairman of the Reptublican Central Committee of absence in order that hie might return to the in 1882, and again in i896, Will be remembered as United States and tender his resignation. Arriv- instrumental in perfecting the organization of ing in Washington, he called upon President Har- the party on a basis which has made its operations rison, but found the latter unwilling to accept in great political campaigns vastly more easy and his resignation. At the urgent request of the successful. Chiefly as the result of his labors, chief executive IMr.Hirsch withdrew his request the Republicans of Oregon elected a governor in to be relieved of the responsibilities of the office 1882 for the first time in many years and in an(l returned to Turkey in December, i89i, with the memorable campaign of 1896, when every the understamling, however, that the next year possible obstacle in the way of Republican suc- his resionation would be accepted, as the (lath cess was raised by the adherents of the free silver of his business partner in 1890 ren(lere(l his party, his management of the camnpaign was such return to Portland (ldesiralle. Again, in October. as to save the state to his party. It has since 1892, he returned to Washilngton, and this time been said by thoughtful party leaders that the he was allowed to resign the post, as agreedl upon, same result probably would have been attained the president tendering him the most flattering through no other management. acknowledgment of the valuable character of his The career of this useful man of affairs an(l services as minister pilenipotentiary at a post of distinguished citizen of Portland was terminated more than ordinary difficult\( d(ring a most criti- bv his death December i5, 1902. Among the cal period in the relations between the two mnaln) eulogistic editorial utterances following this countries. Not only was his work highly accept- sad event, we give place to the following from the ahle to the department of state, but the mission- Porthnod Labor Prcss, which is particularly felic- aries located in the various parts of the Ottoman itous as coming from the leaders of the great LEnpirc also ten(lere(l him the most cordial resolu- masses of laboring men of Portland, bv whomn Mr. tions in recognition of his unselfish devotion to Hirsch was regarded as a friend in all that the their welfare and interests. in 1897 President termn implies McKinley offered him the same post, or that iMr. Hirsch, while a man of large affairs and of United States minister to Belgium, as one whose impress was felt in many ways and preferred, but his business demand(le(l his presence walks of life, has left behind him thie universal at home andl he felt obliged to decline the honor. respect an(l regard of our entire people. He was While not himself seeking the honor, many of a large employer of labor, and his uniform justice the most influential citizens of Oregon had looked an(l fairness in his relations as an employer won forward to the nomination andl election of M\Ir. the confidence and guaranteed to his house the Hirsch to the United States senate in 1903. faithfulness of those dependent upon him for Malny of his warmest adllerents predicted that employment. The great factory of the Fleischuer- nothing could have prevente(l his election; and M\1ayer Co., employing over three hundred people this is now the generally acceptecl belief. It is in the manufacture of men's garments, will live but an echo of the best public opinion to record long after him as a monutment to his enterprise in this brief memnloir of one of the most dis- and far-sightedness. While in the congested ting-tished men of the Pacific slope, that the cities of the eastern states it is found necessary state of ( )regon could have furnished no more to enact the most stringent laws compelling capaile, sincere or highly qualified man for the rigid inspection of factories of this character, the office; and that if he mighlt have been spared to Fleischner-Maver plant is a recognized model for routn(l out his useful life in this position, the state health, cleanliness an(l up-to-(late hygienic and( would have been represente(l at Washington by sanitary appoilntment.s. Could it be said that the a gentleman lpossesse(l of such a broad knowledge future manufacturers would all be like Solomon (f public affairs and the needs of the region hie Hirsch, Oregon would not need to burden her reh)resente(l, as to make him the peer of the most statutes with laws governing sweat-shop methods distinguishe(l members of that great body. in the making of men's wear. The working people In the midlst of private affairs of great magni- can rightly feel that in the death of this good man tu(le andl importance, andl public services of an they have lost a true, triel and just friend, and invaluable nature, Ir. Hirsch was not unmindful their svmlpathies will go out to those closer and of the best interests of his home citv. Through dearer, who mourn his loss." his unselfish labors as a mnemlbler of the Chamber At the services held in his memory at Tcmple of Commerce, as presi(lent of Beth. Israel Con- Beth Israel on Sunday, Januarv 4, 1903, a large grceation aull as a life member of the Portland concourse of his personal friends, including prac- Librarv Association, he prolmote(l local interests ticallv all the most prominent men in Portland in the social, educational and religious world. an(l many people from the lowlier walks in life The Republican party at all times had the benefit who esteemed it a high privilege to be able thus I- 9 C. 7L It - 1 -," I'd n -- II lo>m o

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to honor the neiniory of one (learlv beloved by all, House of Israel unswervingly faithful, citizen of Wlere in atten(lance. Elulogistie addresses were hiis adoptive country grateftillk patriotic, settler lelivere(l by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and ex- of the nortliwest sternlv honorable, if none of Attoriiev-General George H. \Villiams, the us can take his place, each of us can take patterli present mayor of iPortlan(l. Dr. Wise's estimate and inslpiration from his life.' of tie character an(d services of Mr. Hirsch mav be umnedtiup briefly in the following excerpts from his address JOHN MlILTON HODSON. The Hodson "Solomon Hirsch was a manl of ideals. M\Ian family are quite utnuerous, being represented in of affairs thoughl he was, lie did not permit him- Englamid, Canada and all the states and territories self to become the servant of his business, or the of the United States, particularly in the middle slave of his possessions. Hle remained iniaster states. There are three forms of spelling the of himself and all that he possessed. Virtue he faamilv patroniynic: Hodgson (the old English purstied. and knowledge high ; with hiini the two form)n, Hodgin, and Hodson, the latter bein-g used were closely allied, for in his life to know was to by probably ninety per cent of the iiembers of the (lo. \irtue lie pursued from the beginuiiig tUnto family. The genealogy of the particular branch the end of his (lays, an(l knowledge high through to Which the subject of this article belongs is all his busv, crowded life, with the ardor of a traced to Robert Hodgsoii. aim officer in the Eng- yotuthful lover. lish arnmy, who served in Ireland froni about 1645 "ii the highest sense of the term lie mnight be to l65o. After the (heath of Robert, his children, style(l a self-made mail, for he rose from very two soIIs an(l a datighiter, caine to A\merica, in Inlimble beginnings unto high place, with no aid i66o, the (laughter and one of the sons locating fromiwithout, unaided save by Him of whose in New York. The other son, George Hodgson, help an(l guidaiice his life was a grateful and settled oii Sassafras creck, in Susquehanna pious acknowledgmient. Self-made though lie county, Pa., in wvlicli vicinity iiaiiy of his (he- was, no one could have been further removed sceiidaiits now residle. ills son Johln lived and froni the arrogance and boastfulness of the merely dieth upon the old homestead. successful niail who believes only in himself and Robert Hodgsoii, the son of John, removed to in his own prowess; though self-iiade, lie was North Carolina about 1750, settling near Guil- God-fearing and God-revering. ford Cotirthiouse, where he reared a large family, Solomon Hirsch proved his Aniericaiiisni not eight soIIs anid two daughters. Nearly, if not only by the prohitv of his con(luct in public life, quite, all of the latter about i8oo found hoiiies \\liich but served to iiake his personal character iil the then new territories of Ohio and Itldiamia. cons])icutlous, so that adaptiiig the words of Theo- Jonathan Hodgson removed to Clinton county, (lore Parker 'his private character became a pub- Ohio, with his faniily in ~r i, and there cleared lic force,' but especially in his resentment of the out a large farm and reared a faiiily of four inh1ultman attitutde of some European powers to sons and two daughters, all of wlioiii were born his fellow-Jews. ''' '' The cry of the hounded in North Carolina, prior to the removal of the ktouiiianian Jewish expatriate wrtng that noble family to Ohio. Matthew Hodgson was born in heart which bled for the sorrows anmd sufferings Northi Carolina in 1795, an( came with the faniily of his people. to Ohio, where in 1820 he was married to Ilanliali "I would say that his love of the race anid relig- Hunt. About this date, by almost unlanimotis ions fellowship whence lie was sprung rivaled consemit, at least ninety per cent of the Hodgson his devotion to his a(lopte(l country. If rivalry family dropped the letter ''g" froii the name, as there was between his attachnient to his motlier- in the pronuliciation of the same it had always faith and his loyalty to his fatherland, it was a been considered a silent letter. Miatthew Hod- rivalrv that tenided to deepen his attacliient and sonI, who was a fariier and wheehwriglit, Ccon- streng then his loyalty at one and the samuie time. tinued to reside il( Ohio until 1852, when he So faithlftillv (d liee cherish the religion of his removed to Ilancock county, Ind., his death oc- fathers that I have long thotuglht that, if lie was curring there in 1875. The Robert Hodgson who ambitions it was becatise lie hoped to serve his reiiiove(l from PennsYlvariia to North Carolina people b\ re1)reselntilng them holnorably an(h worth- was a iiinister in the Societv of Friends il- in l)tihlic life. Eagerly he \welcomed everv (Otuakers) an(l nearlv all of hls descemhaiits have opportulnity to will and merit the w\orl('s respect a(Ihiere(l to the faith of that church. The familv for the jew. The religion he professed of IMatthew Hodson consiste(h of two sons an(l impelled him to nobility of action. Full as was three daughters .Asa H. Hodson renlove(h froii his life of dee(ls an(l achievements, it was fullest TIi(liala to ()regon in 1879, settling in \JcA incn- of the little kindiiesses and ten(leriiesses and cour- ville, where he engaged in the hardxware business. tesics, the little and great benevolences which His death occurrell in 1889. His son. Orlando(). endeared hini to his fellow-men. Disciple of the I-Iodson, continues the business established by his 7

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father and is meeting with success in his under- ence for the grand lodge, grand chapter and takings. grand commnianderv. He is an earnest supporter John Milton Hodson was born near New of thel principles alld philosopihies of the w(orl(l> Vienna, Ohio, Auoust 24, i839, and re- greatest fraternity, believing theiii the most pro- moved with ins parents to Hancock county, found and valuable of alnv human organization, 11(l., in 1852. lhe education which he and that their most perfect demonstration should received in the public schools of Ohio and be found in the dailv life and condtuct of its meum- Indiana was supplemented by a course in bers. the National Normal University at Lebanon, )hio, and( for several years he was engaged as teacher and sujierilutendlent in the schools of Ini- :1I1)N. (Lt)RGI;_ W 11.\T1 S. To follo\N die diana. In 1872 he cngaged in the newspaper career of (I'corge NV. I'ates ffroni tile tiine wvhlenl, business as e(litor and joint proprietor of the as a stur(ld viOutlh onl his father's farm back ini \inVchestcr (Ind.) Joitriial, but in i88o he sold Lee county, Iowa, lie worke(l anil played lieside out anl clnoa-ed in the orange business in Flori- the stream that sang its refreshing way through da, following this for some time. Not being the ilea(1ows, an(l ill whlich lie ofttimlles plunged pleased\with the conditions prevailing in that to (lissipate the noon-daŽ- heat, were to travel country, he returned to Indiana inl i88i, and two faster and wvith iiore acconiplishable vigor thaii \ears later remuovc( to ()regon, locating in Lane is either consistent or profitable to average m(ir- colunty. lle founded what was known as tlle tals. Yet so seemi'nglv exhaustless is the pres- Etug-enie Register, publishinlg thle same until t888. ct vitality and resourcefulness of this intrelli Ili 189o he came to I'ortland as deputy collector promoter o0 westerii enterprises, so varie(l are of customs for the port of Portland, which posi- his interests, an(l so splendid his grasp of the tion lie held for three years, or until Cleveland's opportunities by wxhici lie is surroull(le(. that adllnillistration wvas inautlgrate(l, when hle re- one is constrailie(l to look forward rather thai signed. For four Nears, dating from the fall of back, anld to expect as wvell as appreciate. 1894. Ile was intereste(i in the firm of Irwin- Of Teutonic ancestrx . Ai r. l ,ates was born ill Hodson Co., printers an(l blank book manufac- Lee county, Towa, Novenllher 21, 1851 . ai lived turers. as secrctary and accountant. All through aillolg the home surroulndings Ulltil Ills >eVCn- II;s bu)sy life lie has been eingage(l in buying, im- teenth \-ear. His father, Nicholas, wvas born in provinlg alld selling real estate, whllicll is his prin- Geriiianv. all(l canie to \Alerica with the grailml- ci1pal busieCsS at the present time. father lBates, locating in lowa w-leii that part )ctol)cr 17. i8i(, Air. Hodson was united in of the coulltrv was vNct a territorv. Nicholas marriage with Mtartha A. Rawls, who passed to farmied for iail\a years in Iowa, bIut spelit the the spirit life in 188i, leaving a daughlter, Ger- last fifteen vears of his life with his soiI, HoiI. trudle. ln 1883 Ile married W\inonia Coffin, a George WV. He married Alatilda Harris, a liative grcat-licce of the famotis abolitionist, Addison of Illinois, anld memlier of an o0l southerli faill- Coffin. In 1865 Air. I1-odson was made a Mason ily. Mrs. B3ates (lie(l in Iowa in i868. ( )f lhcr in (,oldcn Rtule Lod-c No. i6i, of Knigh-tstowlv, six children a (laughter and three sons are liv- ln(l.. amid Nvas exalteld a RZoyal .Arch Alason and ing. ( )f these, one soil, J. N-V., is a bridg,(- knighted in the bodies of lKniglltstown in 1870. builder, at preselit operatiilg near lololili. Since coming to ( )regon lie has attained the Sandwich Islands, an(l NAilliam is a resident of tCirtN-tlhird clegrce, A`nciellt and .\ccepted Scot- San Francisco. tisli Rite, beiiig cro\vneld a hllonorary inspector A\t the age of seventeen Georgc NV. Bates geiieral of the Supreiie Counlcil of the soutlh- starte(l out utpon anl independent career, and ern juris(lictioii lbv Illustrious T. WV. Pratt, in froil the bottoill learnle(l all about railroading 9muiatdry, 1902. At this writiiig lie is preceptor an(l railroa(l building, finall- completing- ii> of ()regon Consistorv No. i. His official rela- instrtctiol wvith laying track and bridge build(-- tiolls with the craft have bcell alnost continuous ing. In 1874 Ile i(lentifie(l himself with the San since he wxas made a Al ason, havin& served in Francisco Pacific Bridlge Coliuanty, an(l clngag c nearlv everv station xwithiii the gift of his breth- in buil(linig bri(lges ailnl (locks, and was seilt b reII. .ie is a past Al. NV'. g-ran(1 i ishtsr past the same company to Portlan(l illi88o, intendingI Al. F. graiid high priest, past l. 1'. president to reiiiain for three mllontlis. The biusinesCs of high priesthood. past AM[. Illbstrions grand cllances represeiite(l ill this townl apiicaled to Iii> miaster of the (Crvl)tic Rlitc and past iraiidl com- largeness of perceptioll withl coilsidlerable force. lan(ler of l[nigi ts Teiiiplar( of ()reoplo. He en- andl il (lue time lie found liiniself a part of the Jolys the distiiictioml of hieiig the onl\v Alason who mioving forces arouli llill. He conlstructed t1me has passed the presidimlg chairs of all the gran(l (lock for ANTillianl Iee(l in 188o, all(n Nvlile ass)- itl boi(lies the state. [or a numiiher of v ears lie ciated with A. S. Al iller & Son coiitractedl for has been the writer of the reliorts oil corresponl(l- building the liridlges between Roseburg and Ash- - a.-I --- -- , - I I ___

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land, on the California & Oregon Railroad. He dluring that time organized the Albina Saw Mill x as associated with Lee Hoffmanl for eight Company, of whichl he became president, andl -ears, or until i8jo, an(l (htring that time ptt in mlanaged to work tip the affairs of the mill to pirs an(l steel bridges all through Oregon. The a high stan(lar(l. This plailt was disl)ose(l of in bridtge across the Columbia river at Pasco, most 189,9 in response to the more pressing (lemands of the snow sheds and the bridge oln the Cascade up0on the time of Mr. Bates. division, and mnanv kindred constructions in (dif- As a Republican Mr. Bates has rendered the ferenit parts of the state, are (lue to his prac- same kind of service to his party which has char- tical grasp of an enormnously interesting and acterized his manv business enterlirises. He responsible occupation. However, building represented i\ I ultnomah county in the state sen- bri(lges require(l frequent absences from homne, ate (luring the sessions of i897-99, and was ap- and often called for (leprivations an(l exposures pointe(l police commissioner by Mayor Frank, to extremely trying and inclement weather, so but resigned fronm the same. Mlayor MXason also after contributing to an unusual (legree to the appointed him police commissioner, and hie was promotion of bridge building in the state Mr. appointed to the same office by Governor Geer Bates deci(led to engage in some occupation upon the passage of the new charter. He is a more concentrate(l an(l less wearing. member of the Commercial Club, and attends With others similarly interested, MN1r.I ates the Presbvterian Church. of which his wife is a purchase(l the little water plant in Albina and member. Mrs. Bates was formerlv Miss L. M1. organized the Albina Light and Water Corn- Mlenzies, who was born in ( )regon, and whose pany. From a very small beginning the plant father, Capt. James Mlenzies, owne(l a homne near was enlarged an(l modernized, and made to con- Sandy, and was a pioneer of that district. Three forni to the most pressing nee(ls of this part of children have been born to M~r. and Mrs. Bates, the city. AAn electric lighting system was intro- Lloyd, George W.. Jr., and Bruce Adler. (luce(l all over Albina and East Portland. for which valuable franchises were secnred. In was begun a deal with the MILTrON\ NV. SMlITH. The success which December 1891I, has encouraged the efforts of Mr. Smith in the Portland General Electric Company, which was carrie(l through in January, 1892. and by the practice of law is another indication of the abil- itv possessed by the native soIIs of Oregon. Born terms of which the company dispose(l of their at Aurora, this state, July 15. 855, be owes his electric lighting business for $200,000. January edllcation to our schools, where his keen natural 1, 1902, the water business was also sold for a the gifts were broadened by contact with teachers of li;e amount. When M\r. Bates first bought intelligence and sul)erior ability as educators. In month. water plant it was realizing $350 a 1878 he received the degree of A. It. from Pacific At the present time Mr. Bates is engaged in ljniversitv, one of the oldest institutions of the bankinig in lPortland, and has under his super- wvest, and three vears later the degree of A. i1. vision the Bank of Albina, incorporate(l in the was conferred upon him bv his alma mnater. Tin- spring of 1893 ; the Multnomnah Count- Bank, nle(liately after graduatimig he took tip the stud' an(l the Albina Savings Bank. During the panic of law in the office of Judge Deadv, of the United of 1893, having p)lenty of money o1 baand fron States district court, at Portland, and contimiued the sale of the water wvorks, he use(d it to enable his readings until he was adlmitte(l to the bar in the Savings B'ank to maintain its credit, and he Mlarch of i881. During August of the samne also bought the other two banks. The banking vear he established himself in practice and has business is incorporate(l under the firmn name since won his wav to an eminent rank amomig the of George \NV. Bates & Co. He built his pres- attorneys of his homle city. ent bank building in 1896. MIr. Ihates is also In aludition to professional practice, Mr. Smith intereste(l in the lautndrv business, an(l in 18 94 has officiated as treasurer and a director of the incorporated the Union I auln(lr\ Company of Portland Iibrarx Association since 1890. an(l at which he is president. and whichi is one of the this writing is chairman of the 1)oo1k commlnlittee largest laundry enterprises in the Northwest. managing the library. Sin"ce 1894 Ile ha> acted The present building was erecte(l in i902 on as a director of the -Multnomah Law Librarv an(d the corner of Second and Columbia streets, has dii-ring all but three years of this time has been three floors, and is 6o x 0oo feet ground dimen- its president. Ever since his gradtuation be has sions. The Diamond Vitrified 1trick Company, laintaileld hiis iiiterest ill his alma mater anld is near N'ancouver, is another enterprise in which keenly alive to the advanitages offered to the Mr. Bates is interested, and of which he is presi- vougll" by this pioneer college. In his desire to (lent and a director. This is a very large plant, promilote its we l fare, hle accepted the positioml of anid its brick are shipped over all the country. secretar\ of its finance committee an(l a (lirector For some years he owned the Parker MAill, and of the tniiversitv, w\llich offices he now fills. At woM v - v - p

174 PI( )RTZAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. one time hie held office as presiclent of the Alumni was by occupation a farmer, stock dealcr and Association. However, it is not higher educa- nurseryman, and tlietl at eighty-four years of tion alone that commanlds his interest and en- age. thusiastic allegiance. In the education of the Next in ulie of descent was Hon. Henry Rig- little children, in seeing that their feet are plant- ler, who was born ani( reared in a suibutr ol ed in the right direction when theey ascend the Philadelphia, becanie a large stock dealer, anl hill of learning, his interest is keen and con- for a time served in the Pennsvlvania legislature. stant. Indicative of this fact is his efficient ser- Originally a Whig, on the disiiitegration of that vice as vice-president of the Portland Free Kin- party lie allied hlimself with the Republicans. dergarten. In rcligion lie was a i'reshvterian. At the tinle As a director Mr. Sinitlh is connected with the of his death, which occurreil in P'hiladeilihia Coiltiilli)ia & Northlwesterni Railroad, running in t894, Ile was sevelilt-nliiC sears of age. his from N1,lc,Wash., to lxlickitait same state. Te'lie wite, forilerl-v AMar' Castor, sas horn in 'lhila- Arlington and Unliversitv Clubs number him delpliia an(l died there in 19o0, wvllel sevclit- amnllig their members, an(l he is also activelv as- nilie vears of age. She was aLmiiemicr of an old sociated with the State Bar Association. His Qtuaker family that settled in Pennsylvania with illarriage, which was solemnized in Portland, William Penln andtwas a JInui•lter of a \dexican uinite'd him with Alice Sweek, who was born in war soldier, wiho lost his life while taking part (rego,1 her pareints, John anil Maria Sweek, iln the battle of -MontereY. havinig come from -Missouri ill 1852 and settled In the fanlily of H on. I enrur RigeCr there ill the vicinitv of Portland. Since the death of were ten childreii, all of wshoili attained ilia- Mr. Swveck his wi(dow has continued to make turitv, anil five sonllS and( three daugiltcrs atre her hoilie in the saile localitv. The children of inow ',i-, F'raiik heiiig the sixth ili order of MAIr. amd MIrs. Smith are lRuthl, Josephine anti birth and the onlh- iieiiilier of the failiilv oil the Alarioin. As vet Mlr. Smith has not identified Pacific coast. lie was horn in Philadelphia jani- hiliself clos l\ tvithl politics, though he is a firm uary 9, 1855, anl as a h>oy lived in the parixntal believer in Republican prinlciples. His inclina- honie near Frankford arsenal, atteniliiv- the CAcii- tioiis are tow ardl his profession rather than pub- tral high school, from which he was gra(duated lic life Or political service. Keenly alive to the ill 1872. His first ei pilov-vient was in the cit sv opporttiiiities offered bv the law. it has been ilis ciaiiieering tlepartmeiit, after which lie ci-gao)c(l ailli)itioIl to keIp ill touch with its progress and in railroad engineering in [Kansas for six intoiilis. imlportant decisioiis I elleretl hearing upon the On his return to the east, in 1875, lie hegan to peoiile or thi lalids of ()regon. One of his lead- teach in Bucks county, four miles froii I)o \ les- ing characteristics has iCeen conservatisill, as op- town, wlhere lie continued for two anti one-half pose(l to the recklessness soiletiilles evinced bv years. His next position was that of vice-priii- the enthusiastic and darina. This conservative cipal of the LBovs' (,ranlniar school in Philadcl- spirit, however, is not a bar to progress, blnt leads phia. After a Near in that position lie reliin- 1lii to tile exercise of great caution in pro- qLuislle(l his work oii account of throat troulhle notiiciilug opilniolls, so that a ilecisioii, whenoi lOceC Ilojpimg that a chailge of climate iiiiglt prove giVen, is scldoili chango(l. thus lending adtiedi hbencficial, in January, i879, lie came to the wveighlt to his counsel and advice on subjects per- coast, settling in Polk countv, Ore , whlere lie tainilig to the law. taughlt at Buena Vista a short tine amid thei became principal of the Iildepcpelteiice school. In 1882 he was elected superintentleult of schools FR.ANIK RKIGLER. Durilng a very carly of Polk county and for a teril filled that posi- periol ill the settlemelnt of Penns\lvania mem- tion w'ith marked ahility. ( )n retiring- froni iers of the Rigler family- crossed the Atlantic office lie hecame superiilteuitleit of the WValla from Gernman- anil identifie(l themllselves with \Walla schools, where lie reimailletd for eiglteeen the pionleer faiiilies of Williaml Penn's1 colony. IonItliS. Froii1 there, ilnDecemner. i88%, liC \\hili the I evoluttioliarv wvar camille onl John Rig- caine to Portland as princiiial of the Park school, icr enlisted in the colonial ariniv aiidlheld rank where lie reniaiiied until the expiration of the as captain tinder "'Tad'" Anthonyv Wan'ae. In- school Year of I887-88. Leaving TPortlaid, lie spiredlb the exaiiple of his hrotluer, the captain, accepted a position as superinteiideiit of the ( )rc- Andlrew Rigler, theii a mere bov in vears, offered goil Citv schools, where lie remainedtuiitil 18') 1. hiiiiself to his cotintr\ alid weiit to the front Oii Ilis returin to Portlaiid lie accepted the prin- to fig-lt for iil(lellCil(leiice. Little is knowin con- cipalship of the Harrison street school, anil coi- cerniiig Anidrew Rigler, btit it ilavlbe julged,( titluel in that capacitv until June of iC894, sviieli froiii his faithful service in the arinv, that lie lie was choseui priilcipal of the high school. was a niaii of courage andl lig1h patr iotisni. His Au acceptahle service of two years in tile high1 son, jacol), a lifelong rcsidlemit of Pennsvlvania, school was followed by Professor Rigler's cec-

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tion as city superintendent of schools in June, Lewis, father of John 21., started across the 1896, ano he has since devotel his time and plains with an ox-team in the early summer of thought to the discharge of his duties. lUnder 1852, and were six months in reaching their his supervision there are thirty school buildings, destination, a point near 13rowvnsville, Linn with three hundred and twenty teachers and an county, Ore. They crossed the Snake river at a enrollment of thirteen thousand and three hun- point near the site of IHunting-ton, followed the (red pupils. I he oversight of so many teacfiers general course of that river down to its junction and pupils is no slight responsihilitv, vet it is with the Columbia, thence down the Columbia one that he has ablv maintainel, anil through valley to the mouth of the Willamette, and thence his acceptable service he has won the confidence up the Willamette to Linn county. The voyage, of those best adapted to estimate judicious and at the best fraught with peril, was in this case svsteaiiatic educational work. lile is interested in characterized by peculiarly sad features. I\,Ioun- the National Educational Association, has been tain fever and cholera broke out in the party a nemhber of its National Cotincil, and was for- and the bodies of four of the family were left P. mnerly a director for Oregon in the organization. in graves along the route, victims of the ravages Almost continuously since 1882 lie has been a of these maladies. Lucinda (Moore) Lewis, member of the state board of examiners of wife of Fielding Lewis, died on the banks of I teachers. The State Teachers' Association num- Snake river near Birch creek; Charles Wesley, a bers him among its leading workers, and in the son, died on Burnt river; M\arion died at the office of president, which at one time he held, Upper Cascades, and Mary Ellen died on the he was enabled to materially promote the wel- Oregon side of the river opposite Vancouver fare and success of this bodly. His interest in barracks. educational matters extends into institute work, Upon his arrival in O)regon James P. Lewis ; and as an instructor in county institutes he is entered land in the forest, which lie at once favorablv known throughout the state, into all began to clear and improve for a home for his Ii parts of which he has gone to aid in bringing family. Subsequently he removed to Althouse, before the teachers plans of vital importance for Josephine county, where he purchased a farm the prosperit) of our pltblic schools. For a upon which lie still resides and where for two niimher of years he served as president of the terms lie served as county assessor. November Schoolmasters' Cltib, in which he was a charter 29, 1853, lie was united in marriage to Teilllessee member. C)wing to the nature of his profession T. Tycer, the cereilony being perforuiied by the anil its constant tax upon his mental and phys- Rev. H. 11. Spalding, who caine to Oregon with ical powers. he has not identified himself with Dr. Marcus Whitmaml in i836. Tennessee T. political affairs, in which indeedl he has taken Tycer was born in Linn county, M\Io., a dautghter no part whatever aside from casting a Repub- of Lewis Tycer, a native of Nashville, Tenn., lican vote at local and general elections. and an early settler of Linn county, Mo. Thie Dturing his residence in Walla Walla, in 1884, family of the latter caine either from Virginia or Professor Rigler mlarried Lena Koehler, who North Carolina, an(l was of Frelnch descent. was born in Iowa, and is a gradtiate of the Cedar Lewis Tycer settled in Oregon in 1853, crossing Falls Normal School in that state. Born of their the plains with his family. The house which lie marriage are two children, named Evel\yn S. erected near Brownsville after abandoilino' his and 1 lovard. original cabin home, an(l in which lie died at the age of seventy-seven years, is still standing. Of the nine children born to Janmes P. and JOHN MARION LEWIS. In John 1\1. Tennessee (Tyccr) Lewis, three sons and thr1e Leewis, treasurer of Multnomah count\y, we find daig'hiters are now livino'. eor-e NV. is sheriff a native of the state who has given abundant of Josephiime county, and James El. is a farmer in eviilence of the possession of the qualities essen- that countv. John 1\I. Lewis, the subject of this tial to a trtstworthv, capable and thoroughly sketch, was born iln Linn countyt, Ore., September safe servant of the public. He traces his lineage 20, 1855. Until 1872 that cotlilty was his home, hack to old families of Virginia and Telnnes- hiut in that year he accomlpanied the family to see. l-lis paternal great-grandlfather. Fielding, Josephine county, atteiding the comioil schools was born in the ( )ld Dominion in 1767, but at anud aiding in the duties of the farm dltirimig the an early age removed to N\ orth Carolina and summuer, and( later oi enganging' to somle extent fronm thence to East Tennessee, where the grand- in mnillning during' the winter. in i88i lie arrived father, also named Fielding, was born in i8ii. in P'ortland, and at once set abotit to improve his Some time prior to the year 1830 the latter re- edlucation. 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jamih, whose sonl, Nicholas, married Martha In the family of Chester \ . Dolph were four Daggett, and their son, Jabez Norton, was the soiIs, namely: Joseph Norton, deceased, late father of I\[rs. Elizabeth (Norton) Dolph. Little United States senator from O)regon ; Cyrus Abda, is known concerning the first Nicholas, except the subject of this narrative, an(d William V., that he was horn in 1(6o, and (lied in 169o, after who is living at the old home in New York, an(l having for years made his home at Weymouth John Mathew, an edllcator of note now living at and then at Edgartown. iMention has been made Port Jervis, N. Y. CQrus Abda Dolph was born of one of the Norton descendants, wvho married on1 his father's farmy near Havana, Chemunng a member of the Daggett family. This family (now Schuyler) county, N. Y., September 27, traced its lineage to John Daggett, of Weymouth, 1840. The name of Abda was given him in who (llel in i642. Ily the marriage of John Dag- honor of his forefather, Abda Dolph, who was gett to lBathsheba Pratt, there was a son, Thomas, born in 11oltotl, MXIass., in 1740, anul served with who married Hannah 1\l avhew, an(l their SoIn, distinction during the Revolution, as did also Joshua, marrie(d Hannah Norton, daughter of a brother, Charles, to whomn congress voted the Isaac and Ruth Norton. Joshua anid Hannah thanks of the countrv for military services. As Norton had a daughter. Martha, previously a boy Cyrus A. Dolph assisted in the work of mentione(l as the wife of Nicholas Norton. the farm during the summer and attenled Through the wife of Thomas Daggett the the village school during the winter. At family is brought into relationship with the May- the age of eighteen lhe began to teach school, hew family, of colonial fame. The founder of which occupation he followed from I859 to 1862. this famuily in America, Thnomias Mavlhew. was During the progress of the Civil war the born in England in Alarch of 1592. In 1641 he Indians on the western plains took adxvantage obtained a grant of Martha's V'ineyard and the of the disturbed condition of the country to neighboring islands, and the next year settled at harass emigrants seeking to settle in the west. 1L(dlartown, whose inhabitants were then Indians. So serious did the condition become that con- With him came a few Englishmen and they in gress, (lurinig its session of 1861-62, made all turn were joine(l bh others from their native appropriation to provide military escort for emni- land. However, the population still consisted grants crossing the plains to ( )regon. in the almost wholly of Indians. During King Phil- spring of 1862 the two brothers, Joseph Norton lip's war, when the savages became hostile and and Cyrus Abda Dolph. enlisted in a compaiiy killed the white settlers all over New England, known as the ( )regon lEscort anli assisted ill such was the influence of Thomas -l\Iavhlew over bringing a train of inmigrants across the country the red men of his islands that thev remained to Oregon andl Washington. after which tley uiiet an(l peaceful, thongo the> might easily have received an honorable discharge at Walla Walla, killed the few white men, had -thev so desire(l. and thence came to Portland. In 1866 lie was After a long and honorable service as governor of admitted to the bar and took uip active practice the island, Thomas Mavlhxew (ell in il\arch of of the law. Ever since thenl he has ranke(l 1682. His sonl, Thomnas, was a missionary to the amnong the leading professional nien of Port- ilnlians, and so greatly beloved by them that even land. In June, I869, without solicitation on hiis nanlv vyears after he perished at sea in a ship- part, tile Republicans nominated him as citv wreck he was seldom name(d by them without attorney, anli he was elected by a large majority. tears. ()ther menibers of the famnily also became serving the full term of two yeers. During a plroluinent, especially Experience (horn 1673, temporary absence from the city, in 1874. le diedl 1758), Zachariah (1717-i806) and Jonathan was nonlinatell by the Rxepublicalns for the state ( 1720-1766), the last-niamed distingtlishled as a legislature. but (leclineil the honior, as he did two theologianl an(l patriot. vears later, wheln the nomninatioti for the state The g-enealogv is traced from Joseph and Eliza- senate was ten(lered him. In 1891 lie was urged heth ( Norton) Dolph to their son. Chester V. to accept the appointment of circuit judge of the l)olph, who was born at Whitehall, N. Y., on northern judicial district and was uimaiiiliioulkv Lake Champlain, February '4A 1812. an(l died endlorsel I)v the best citizens of tlme northwest. N\'ovember 3, i869. His wife was Elizabeth V. Iilowever, feeling that an acceptance of the high Steele (born I813, (hiel 1884). whose parents honor woulld meall a life work and thus iiiter- were William Steele ( mfr85-t868) and Rachel fere with other plans, he declinied the position. Vanderbilt ( 1795-i883). William Steele was a Notwithstanding his refusal to accept official posi- SOnI of John B. and Grace Seville (Brown) tions, lie is a stanch Republican and( always gives Steele. Rachel Vanderbilt was a daugThter of his support to the men and measures of the Cornelius anul Flizabeth ( Rodman) Vanderbilt. party. For many years lie was a member of the her father being a memlier of one of the most water works committee, and at this writiig lie noteti pioneer families of Staten Islanl, in New is regent of the I niversity of ( )regon anld prelSi- York. (lent of the board of tru;stees of theI 'ortlaml

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Library Association. Associated with a num- preceding sketch for the genealogy of the Dolph ber of other citizens, lie organized the Security famnily). The intervening years represent a Savings and Trust Company, of which Hon. H. period of great activity and high honors. Into W. Corbett was presi(lent up to the time of his the life of the boy at an early age there came death. high aspirations for the future, and these ambi- Nor do the movements and organizations tions were associated xvith the west, in which lie hitherto mentioned represent the limit of Mr. had beconie interested through reading in the T Dolph's activities. He was one of the founders \ Clew York Tribune I'remont's "Military Expedi- of the Portland Savings hank and the Commer- tion to the Pacific Coast," Washington Irving's cial National Bank of Portland. For some years Astoria," and Dr. Elijah White's account of mis- he has held the office of president of the North- sionary life in Oregon. The way did not at ern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon, and once open for him to seek a home in the north- has also been financially interested in the Ore- west, and meantime, at the age of eighteen, lie gon Improvement Company. Besides acting began to teach school, which occupation lie fol- for years as a director of the Oregon & Califor- lowed for eight years. His leisure hours were nia Railroad Company, in 1883-84 he was re- devoted to the study of law with Hon. Jeremiah tained as general attorney for the corporation. _McGuire at Havana, N. Y., and in i86i he re- Fromt 1883 to 1889 he was a member of the di- ceived admission to the bar. rectorate of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation The hoped-for opportunity to locate in the west Conipany. In 1883 Henry Villard, then presi- came in the spring of i862, when lie and his (lent of the ()regon Railroad & Navigation Comn- brother enlisted in Captain Crawford's Company_. pany an(l the Northern Pacific Railroad Coin- known as the Oregon Escort, raised under an panly, selected Mr. Dolph as general attorney act of congress (i86i-62) for the purpose of of the first-nanied corporation and consulting protecting the immigration of that year against attorney in ()regon for the latter company. hostile Indians. As orderlv sergeant of this These positions lie has filled with efficiency and company he crossed the plains, receiving an lion- iln a manner indicative of his high legal talent. orable discharge at Walla Walla; Wash. His Tlile many iiiportant and intricate questions that service during the expedition was so satisfactory have arisen in relation to these two great con- that the following year, when the same captain cerns he has handled with dispatch and decision, was again detailed to accompany an expedition disposing of then' to the entire satisfaction of of similar character, he endeavored to secure the tile officers and stockholders of the companies. services of his forner orderly, but the latter had June 24, 1874, MTr. Dolih married Eliza Car- other plans in view. and so declined. diliell, a native of Canada, and daughter of In the spring of i863 Mr. Dolph formed a Charles Cardinell, of French-Ilugtenot ancestry. partnership with John H. Mitchell, which conl- Threy becanie the parents of four children, tinue(l until the latter was elected to the United namely: Joseph N., Hazel -Mills, William Van- States senate. Meantinie, illOctober of i864, derbilt an(l John 1\lathew T)olphi. Mr. Dolph was elected city attorney. He pre- Beginning in law practice in Portland, Mr. pared and proposed important amendments to the Dolph has since continued professional practice city charter, which were afterward adopted, and in this city, where, at different times, lie has been lie also revised for publication the ordinances of associated as partner with a number of the the city. In January of 1865 President L.incoln brightest mindls connected with the bar of this appointed him United States district attorney for city an(l state. In 1883 lie became the senior the district of Oregon, and this position he held meniher of the firiii of Dolph, Bellinger, Mal- until i866, when lie resigned it to take his seat b lorv & Simon. Ten years later the title was iii the state senate. During the session of 1866 changed to Dolph, Mallory, Sinion & Guerin, the he served in that bod(l\, again taking the other members of the firm being Rufnis Mallory. seat in the session of 1868, ibnt a contest Hon. Joseph Simon and John Mf. Guerin, all arising lie was dehiosed by a strict party vote. men of note, distinguished in the annals of the However, the confidence mailitailie(h in his law illtheir home city and state, and forming. ability by the people was exhiibite(l in 1872, illtheir association, a partnership of legal talent when lie was returned to the senate by an in- of exceptional strength, character and ability. creased majority, after which lie rendered effi- cient service in the two succeeding sessions. A still higher, though strictly party, honor came to HON. JOSEPH NORTON DOLPH. The himt in i866, when lie was chosen chairman of life which this narrative sketches began near the state Republican central committee, and his Watkins, N. Y.. at a village then known as service of two years in that capacity proved be- Dolplhshurg, October 19, 1839, an(l came to a yond a doubt that lie was one of the greatest lead- close in Portland, Ore., M\arch io, i896. (See ers of his party in the northwest. Not only was lie I

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JI PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 183 an eloquent advocate of party principles, but was tions as during the first. In every respect he also a man of remarkable executive ability, thus proved himself a patriot and an able statesman, admirably qualified to direct the functions of an and his retirement from the senate in 1895 was a important committee. Perhaps no service ren- source of regret to his colleagues in that body, dered his party was greater than that in connec- as well as to the people of his home state. Dur- tion with the meeting of the electoral college at ing the twelve years of his official service he Salem in 1876. After Governor Grover had made his homne in Washington, where he and given the certificates of election to Cronin, Mr. his wife (formerly Augusta E. Mulkey) enter- l)olph advised the course adopted by the Repub- tained on a liberal scale and with the greatest lican electors, and on the spot drafted the papers hospitality, extending a hearty welcome not only which were by the electoral commission adjudged to people of that city, but to visiting friends from sufficient to establish the election of Messrs. Odell. the Pacific coast. Since his death, 1\rs. Dolph Cartwright and Watts. Thus the papers drafted has continued to make her homne in Washington. 1v him securedl the return of Dr. Watts as Re- In closing this resume of Senator Dolph's ptiblican elector and thereby decided the vote of career, mention should he made of his fraternal )regon in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes for relations. In 1876 he was elected Most Worthy president. tIrand Master of the Grand Lodge, 1. 0. 0. 1n, During the early days of Mr. Dolph's experi- State of Oregon, which position he filled for one ence as an attornev he acted as counsel for the year. Nor was his identification with Masonry I )regon & Ceiitral and the Oregon & California less conspicuous, for in that body he was, in 1882, Railroad Companies, and also as counsel for Ben elected Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Ilallidav, who was then running his steamships Grand Lodge of Oregon, and in this office lie from Portland to San Francisco, and was also showed the same tact, executive ability and xvise constructing the ( )regon & California Railroad. judgment characteristic of him in other positions. When 1\[r. Mitchell was elected to the United In physique Senator Dolph was stalwart, of imi- States senate in 1872 he retired from the firm, posing appearance, grave in (lemeanor and earn- am(l thereupon Mr. Dolph took into the firm as est in expression, which physical attributes were lartners judge E. C. lronlauigh, C. A. Dolph and but the outward expression of high mental quali- .Joseph Simon. For some years he was retained fications and unsullied honor. as attorney for the Oregon Steamship Company, the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, the )regon Iml)rovement Company, the Oregon GEORGE WASHINGTON SHAVER. One Transcontinental Company. an(l other corpo- of those to whom the finding of gold on the coast rations organized by IHenry Villard, whose opened up vistas of vast possibility was George name is so indissolubly associated with the de- Washington Shaver, erstwhile farmer, who velopment of the northwest coast. He was also crossed the plains in a party with ox teanms and the adviser of the officers of the Northern Pacific wagons in 1849, intent upon wresting from the Railroad Company at Portland, attorney for earth sufficient riches to enable him to carrv out various minor corporations. also president of the many ambitious projects. lie was born in Camp- ( )regon Iml)rovement Company. and vice-presi- bell county, Ky., March 2, 1832, and in the south- dent of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com- ern state received as fair an education as his pany and the Oregon Transcontinental Company. father's manV responsibilities permitted. While The highest honor of Mr. Dolph's life came to still a voting man he removed to Missouri, and him" in 1883, when he was chosen to succeed Hon. while here became enthusiastic on the stibject of Lafayette Grover, Democrat, in the United States the coast. senate. Assuming the duties of his position, he That Mr. Shaver was successful in life was was at once placed on the committee on public due partially to his failure as a niiner. else he lands an(l claims. In I886 he was chosen chair- had remained longer than a year in California, mnan of the committee on coast defenses. The an(l this state might never have benefited by his committee on commerce also received the benefit noble and capable citizenship. Arriving in Ore- of his wide experience. Measures presented by gon in I80o, he settled in the Waldo Hills, Mar- him in the interests of navigation have become ion county, from which place he removed to laws andl have proved invaluable in the develop- southern Oregon, where he again tried his ltick melnt of our country's maritime interests. As a at mining. February 2, 1854, found him in Port- member of the committee on foreign relations, land, where he married Sarah Dixon, datighter he also proved himself an astute statesman. In of a pioneer of that section. andxwith whoi lie 1889, at the expiration of his first ternm, he was returned to his farm in IMlarion countyv. Here elected to succeed himself, without opposition, by four children were born to thien and six iiore the two legislative houses, and (tiring his second were born after their removal to I'ortlau(l in term held practically the same committee rela- 186b, settling in what is now known as the Elhiza-

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beth Irving addition. Duringo his earle residenc' born in the cast, anid who still lives at the in Portland MN1r.Shaver found an outlet for his old home in Portland. ()f the ten children who energies in the wood business, whose possibili- grew to maturity inl this household, four sons ties he seemed to appreciate miore than any other anid four daughters are living: John IR., sheriff at that time, and upon which lie embarked with of Clackamas county, and living in Oregon C it\ a great (eal of enthusiasm and expectation of Alice, MIrs. Wittenberg of Portland; James \W. Success. For many years he furnished the steam- Lincoln, captain and chief engineer in Multnomah ers plying between Portland and San Francisco county; George i., interested in the transporta- with all the wood used in their business, and he tion comipany, and who spends his summers in further branched out an(l furnished the wood Alaska; Delmar, a captain in the employ of the for river boats an(l barges. Large portions of company; Pearl, Mrs. George Hoyt of Viortland the forests that reared their (lenselv crowded and Susie, M\lrs. A\. S. Heintz, of P'ortlanid. trees in the primeval days disappeared un(ler Locating in Portland withl his parents w\heln the necessity for providing timber to these boats, six Nears of age, Capt. James W. Shaver nat- anil .\ r. Shaver probably dernu(led more acres urally received his education here, and at an earl\ of land(lduring his busy career than did any other age became interested in his father's enterprises. man of his tiume. which then consisted of a liverv business in East In time Mr. Shaver became president of the Portland, as well as a large cord wood concern. Shaver iransportation Companv of which his Thev ha(l a wood var(l in East Portland and at son, Capt. James W., was treasurer and manager. the Shaver (lock. an(l at this early stage of pro- an(l thus was greatly enlarged his field of ac- ceedings were of inlmenlse importance in the tivity. Ilis death. wxhich occurred October 26, woo(l business of the dav. in 188o Mr. Shaver 0oo0,remove(l from accustomed haunts one of embarked in the boating business, and with Hcnr\- the most useful of the founders of the commner- Corbett anil A. S. Foster bought out N\I r. 4iureat, cial greatness of Oregon. He was not only a continuing business unller the name of the Peo- man of sound business judgment an(l capacity ple's Freightinbg Company. The firm inatLgurat- for observation and action, but in his character ed its activitics by rnnniinig the steamer Mtanzall- he embodied all that is excellent and of good illa, and Mtr. Shaver became captain of the boat report. -No worthy cause but profitedl bv his an(l manager of the company, which operate(l be- generositY and large heartedness ; no friend but tween Portlan(l and Clatskanie. Soon afterward was benefited by his counsel and assistance. To the father joined the compan yv an(l Mr. Corbett the en(l lie retained in increasing measure the stepped out, having previously purchased the in- confidence of all with wholml he was ever associat- terest of Mr. Foster. At this time. June 10, 1893, el, an(l to his familv and friends left the heritage a re-organization was effected, under the name of of a good name, and the dignity of a smnall for- the Shaver Transportation Company, the father ttime. being presideiit, and the son secretary and treas- nrer. In 1889 the G.n W. Shaver was built and called after the fathers this useful little craft CAPT. TAMES W. SHAVER. The Shaver was one hundred and forty feet long. The Sarah Iransportation Company occupies an altogether Dixon, name(l after the mnother, took its place mli(Ine position among the large developing forces among other boats on the rivers in 1892, an(l of the great northwest, and has had much to after that the Manzanilla was sold, the Shaver (lo with shifting from one place to another the anil Dixon doing all the work of the company. pIro(lncts of the dense forests for which Oregon About 1900 the Shaaver was sold. and the same is famous, and for placing the output of the year a tow boat called -No Wonduer was purchased great mills in their respective localities of use- for towing logs. The next year, in 1901, the firni fulness. No more familiar sights greet the ob- built the Henderson, also used for towing pur- server on the Columbia an(l Willarnette rivers poses, anih these boats are in constant use, aniong thall the heavily loaded barges, puffing tow boats, other tnndertakings towing for three of the larg- in advance of stealthily gliding rafts of logs, est miills here. For many years Mr. Shaver amd other craft calculated to promote the clear- acted in the capacity of captain for the conipale. ance of the enorniotis water business of the state. but of late vears has devoted his time to malnag- C(apt. James W. Shaver, the present head of ing the btusimiess, ani( is still secretary anid treas- the Shaver Transportation Company, was born urer. He of course has a captains license, and is i iln Waldo lills, \vithiin five miles of Silver- reniarkably familiar with all phases of river life ton, ()re., October 2, T86o. To his father, Capt. in this state. The offices of the firm are located George W. Shaver, is (e the organization of at the foot of Washington street. the transportation company. At the time of In Portland Nitr. Shaver was uniite(d in mnar- his death in (October, Tnoo, lie was survived riage with Annie Schloth, who was born in Port- bey his wife, fornier-Ii Sarah Dixon, who was land, anmd whose parents were very early settlers \

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I-Ie accordingly left New York vith the business interests of Portland and has City, coming to California via steanmer, bv the given no small assistance 1inthe material growth isthmntus, ani utipon his arrival there lhe at once of the city. He has jtist retired from the posi- began placer mininlg in Ciolutnbia. While there tion of game and forestry warden for the state he became acquainted with 1). (). Mills b selling of ( )regon, having received the appointment his goll dtltst. Air. Mills was one of the wealthy in i898, his life having previously been associ- men of this cotmtrv at this time. ()n leaving the ated as hotel keeper anti livervman, of the former mines Mr. Quimby went to San F~rancisco county being one of the oldest now livino iln the city. antI worketi for three months on a farm in tSusani At One time in the past he served his state as a valley, when he went into the citv and engaged member of the legislature from Atultnomah in the water btisiness, peietling this necessity of cotmnty, where he upheld the interests of his life, and also assisting- in hatillng it to many ot constittients anti did all in his power to promote the important buildings of the city. He foutiid general moveioents for the welfare of the com- this a lucrative occupation for quite a time, btit IItillity . finally engaged in the livery business, only a NIr. Quinmby comes of a family of Scottish an- short time passing before be ha(d there sold his cestrv, his father being Daniel Ouimlby, a native interests and opened a restaurant on ANlarket of \ernmont, who lived to be seventy-two years street. This also was disposetl of, and February old. I esides engaging as a blacksmith the elder 22, i862, he came to Portlanl. manl also folloxted farming in the latter part of ( )n his arrival in this city Mr. Ouninmby formed his life, anti through stead\ application anil hard a partnership with W. H. lientietts and engagedl labor he maintainetl a comfortable anti even plen- in the livery anti transfer business an(l forward- tiful home for his family, and though of a limited ing, bring-ing to the city the first platform scale edtlucation himself was vitally interested in giv- and the first express wagon. in 1864 he sol0(out ing the best of advantages to his children. He to John White, and later purchased the livery ilarrieti Polly Woodruff, also a native of Ver- btusiness of Sherlock & Bacon, located on1Third inont, antI she died the -ear after the death of street, remaining there for one year, when he her husbanti when she was sixt\-nine years of again sold out anti pturchasetl an interest in tbe age. ( )f their nile children twvo (lied in infancy. Weston Hotel, now known as the Occidental Ho- anti one daughter at the age of fifteen; six grew tel, anti in partnership with Samuel D. Smith re- to nlatnrit-, namely: Aarv I., who married maineti one year in that connection. Disposing Jamsies Mathewson antd reared a familY (she died of his interest to NMr. Smithl he purchased the in Miassachtisetts in i890o): H. A., who is a American Fxchange, formerly the Lincoln wholesale crockery merchant in Springfield, House, and contntiolte for three years. when he I\lass.; Cordelia Ni., the widow of Hiram Nich- took a partner in the person of Charles Perkins ols, of Lyntlon, Vt.; D. J., a resitlent of Port- and the two continue(l together tintil 1876, when lani, where he is proprietor of the International Mr. Quimby again became sole owner anti re- Hotel: L. P. W., of this review, and Laura, wife mained such until the loss of the property by fire of Edwin P. Swetlantl, of Portland. The chil- in the year 1878. This meant a heavY financial dren were all reared on the paternal farm, and loss to Mr. Otuimby andi he d(it not immediately though advantages were necessarily limited, two re-open the hotel. He was appointed receiver daughters became teachers in the eastern states. for a grocery house about this time an1( lhe pro- The birth of 1\r. Quinmby occurredl in Cale- ceedeti to devote his time to the closing ul) of donia conntv, Vt.. July 6, 1i83, and like the those affairs, and not until t88o did he again other members of his family, he was under the engage in the hotel business, at this (late opening- necessity of contributing his strength to the as- til) the Hotel Quimbv, continuin1g successfully sistance of the farm workfor about three months until 1897, for the first six mouths having a part- of the year receiving instruction in the dlistrict ner in the person of Mr. HIerse-x. Upon0 sale of school in the vicilnity of his holme. When seven- the property in 1897 NMr. Otuinmby retiretl from teen years 01(l his eitcatiomi was consitlereti com- his acceptetd'on position as mine host, in which plete, so far as further attendance was concerneti, he had certainlY mtt with smmcces, for the rcpli-

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186 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tation of the two hotels which lhe conducted had chiltiren John and his sister are the sole sur- extended for a great distance on the Pacific vivors. Hie was six years of age when the fami- coast, the service anti accommodation being such ily crossed the ocean in 1832, and hence almost as to delight the heart of the traveler. Follow- his earliest recollections are of this country. ing closely his withdrawal from his former in- When he was eleven years of age his father terests came the appointment of Game and For- died and afterwards his opportunities for an ed- estry warden. ucation were very meager, for the necessity of In Portland, in i866, occurred the marriage self-support soon presented itself to him. It had of Mr. Quimnby, uniting him with Miss Amelia been his mother's hope that he might enter the Xl. West, the daughter of Col. W. G. West, a miiiistry, but his tastes were distinctly commer- pioneer of the west. He established the Wells- cial and the need of earning a livelihood deterred F argo route between Portland and California, hini froii taking tup any profession. aitld died while in the employ of this company, For about four vears Xlr. McCraken was em- passing away at the home of Mr. Quimby in ployed as clerk in a retail store at Fiskville, R. l. Portland. Mrs. Quimby was born in New York in 1846 lie went to New York, where lie took state, receiving her education in New York and charge of the books and collections in a largc California, and is now fiftv-seven years old. plumbing establishiiient. Probablv he woul id Since 1882 their home has been at Fourteenth have remaiiieti in the east permanently had not an(l Johnson streets, where MAlr Quimby put up the discovery of gold stirred his ambition an(l a house when it was a heavily timbered tract of led him to seek his fortune on the Pacific coast. lanled anti no streets in the vicinity. Their chil- In MNlarch of 1849 he joined the Greenwich & dreli are six in number, one of whom died in in- California 1l' iniiig & Trading Company, of fancy, the others being as follows: Elmer V., a which lie became vice-president and a trustee. scenic artist antI traveling salesman, his home The companyi bought a vessel, Palnietto, of two with his parents. as he is still unmarrietl; Daisy, hulndretl antI eighty tons, and this was stocked the wife of L. Q. Swetland, of Portland. their with supplies atlrd other freight. Ithus etjuipped one (laughter being Florence E.; Lottie, the wife for the voyage the forty-two members of the of Harry Taylor, of White Horse, Alaska; and company started from Nexw York via Cape Polly anrl Daniel. both of whom are unmarried. Horn, puttinig in at Rio Janeiro eleven days and All were born in Portland and received their ed- at \ alparaiso seven days, an(i after a voyage of ucation in the public schools of this city. As a six months and nine days lantiiig on1 the beach Republican in politics Mr. Quimby has had many in the bay at San Irancisco, September 17, 1849 offices tenidered him but he has not cared to ac- The mechanics in the comnpaniy went on shore, cept, as his business interests have engrossed all where, being offered $48 a day wages, they con- his time, though he takes an active interest in cludetl it advisable to accept this offer rather all public matters, and is a liberal supporter of than work for themselves, so the company dis- every worthy movement, and especially has he banded. Mr. McCraken, together with the pres- warilyN, advocated the improvement of public ident antI secretary, reivainetl to settle up the thorotiglifares. Fraternally lie is a member of companv's accounts. A hotise they had brought IHope Lodoe, .X . L.T W. In religion lie was with thellm was sold for $350 per thousand feet reareil in the faith of the Baptist Church. for the lumber. The pork anut beef were sold at high prices. The profits were divided and sent to the members of the company. Ifl)0N. JOHN McCRAKEN. There are few After a brief experience in freighting to the mnen now living whose arrival on the Pacific iiines, in the spring of 1850o \Ir. McCraken eni- coast antedates that of Mr. MIcCraken, who first barketi iln the mercantile business at Stockton. Ili lantied on western soil September 17, i849, and the fall he sold out and went to San Francisco. has been itlentified with the tievelopment of Ore- On the dav that Calitornia was admittetl as a gon ever since i85o. The family of which he state lie took passage on a sailing vessel for As- is a member came of Scotch ancestry, but his toria, where lie lantled in October, thence pro- father, John, was a native of Dublinl, Ireland, ceediiig to Portland. At that time there was only and ini early life associated himself with mercan- a haiilet of a few buildings. A dense forest ex- tile purstiits in Londou, where his son and name- tended as far as Second street, a-nd the rest of sake was born July iI, i826. From that city the the town was tlotted with trees. The wharf was famiilv crossed the ocean to Amrerica, settling in small. but was sufficient to acconimodate the few New York City, where the father was establish- vessels that anchored here. Soon lie bought an ing himself upon a sutbstantial basis as a mer- interest in the islaand mills at Oregon City, chaiit at the time of his death. His wife, Sarah where lie engaged in the- ianiufacture of Iltin- P'igeon, was born iii England, of an old English Ter and flour. The water power was iiip)rove(l family, and died in Connecticut. Of their six by Methotdist Episcopal Al issiton, and later

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Ilougiht be Lane & Thompson, subsequent to the business which their father established in which AMr. AMcCraken bought MIr. Thompson's i856. onle-fourth interest. The high water of 1852 A careful study of political questions long ago ruined the nills an(l left the buildings a wreck. led Mr. MlcCraken to ally himself with the Re- The work of rebuilding was at once begun, but publican party. During early days he served as the second venture did not prove successful on presi(lent of the city council, in which he re- account of the fact that wheat, bought at $5 a mlaine(l a member for several terms. In i89i, bushel, was to be used in making flour to be sold 1893 and tgo9lhe was elected to the state legis- at $"'o a liarrel, but a drop in the price of flour lature from Portland, serving three terms. to $6 or $8 a barrel proved ruinous to the mill, In 18g9 hie was interested in a consolida- vllichl was sol( at a great sacrifice. tion bill for the city. Durinlo his ser- E'lected b\- the territorial legislature as chief vice in the legislature he was instrumneni- clerk of the house, of representatives, Mr. Mc- tal in promoting bills of an important nature Craken served in the sessions of 1852 and 1853. and gave his support to measures of undoubted In 1854 he was appointed United States marshal value. In religion he is connected with Trinity of Oregon and Washington by President Bu- Episcopal Church, of which he is senior warden. clianan, serving almost two years. In the fall of In Masonry his interest and connection have 1855 he returned to Portland, where he started continued for many years. Initiated into the or- in the profiuce business, shipping to California der in Portland, lie served as master of the lodge Via steamners an(l sailers. The firm was Richards an(l during the '6os was for two terms grand & AlcCracken, the senior member, James Rich- master of the Grand Lodge of Oregon. For ards, being in San Francisco. A large and stic- two terms he officiated as grand high priest of cessful business was established an(l conducted the Grand Chapter of Oregon. In the Portlanid until \I r. Richards was lost otl the vessel Commandery lie has been eminent conimander, Brother Jonathan, which was wrecke(l off Cres- while lie has also reached the Consistory and cenit City while en route to Portland. A subse- thirty-third (ldegrees, being inspector-general ill (quenTt partnership was that of M\IcCraken, Mer- the latter. Among his brethren in the Masonic rill & Co., of Portland and San Francisco, and or(ler his standing is the highest, as it is also later Aldrich, Merrill & Co. conducted the btisi- aiiong men of commercial and executive ability, ness in San Francisco for five years, since which all of whoni recognize in him the qualities of ul)- time Mr. McCraken has been mostly alone. The rightness, tact, keen (hiscernient and loyalty to J. AIcCraken Company was organized in 1892, his hoiie city that have characterized his long an(l is now located at the corner of Second and association with the history of Oregon. Pine streets, where a wholesale business is con- (lucted in builldinol materials. Among the ma- terials carried in stock are Roche Harbor lime, AM[EDEE Ml. SMITH. Very early in the I'ortland cement, building, casting and land plas- settlement of Nova Scotia the Smith famnilv re- icr, King's 'Windsor cement plaster, Milonterey nioved there froni England, but subse(quenitlv ex- all(l, marble dust, mortar colors, fire brick and chaiiged the bleak and icebouiid shores of their fire clay. lTn1der the supervision of AMr. \Mc- peniiistilar home for the more prosperous region Craken were built the large warehouses on of Mfassachusetts, anid from there procee(le(l to Ninth and Irvitig streets, covering three-fourths New Jersey. 1reemaen Smith, a native of New of a block, also the warehouses on Davis and Jersey, became a resident of Fayette county, Pa., 1 ront streets, but these were later sol0. and in i842 established his home on a tract of Thle interests held by Mr. AlcCraken are not raw landinear Cedar Rapids, Iowa, of which limited to his identification with the I. Mc- he was one of the founders. A manl of rare Craken Conipanv. For some years he was a di- insiglt into causes an(l their effects, fortified be rector of the Commercial National flank, and a (letermine(l will, and possessing the hardihood vas the first president of the smelter at Linton, of a pioneer, lie was fitted for the task of creat- \Nhich position lie still holds. For solme years he ing a new town on the edge of the then wilder- occupied for his homestead the block between D ness. His ability was inhlerited from his father, -31(1 F, and Seventh and Fast Park streets, but Dr. Isaac Smith, a successful physician and tal- this he has sold to the government for the new eiite(l mal, who (Itiring the Revolutionary war cuistom house site. His marriage took place in served as colonel of the First Regineiit from ()regon City and united him with Ada Pamnb- Hunterdon cotwite, N. T., but resigned his coinl- rim, whose father was anl officer of the IHudson Mission in 1 777 ill or(ler to accept an app)oillt- la\av Companv. They are the parents of four mnent as justice of the supreme court of his state. children, of whom the (latuglter is the wife of ITi the family of Freeman Smith there were Clharles Ir. Jiurlee, of Tacoma. The sonls, eleven childre-nl. The youn1lgest of these, Amedee I lenrv, James and Robert, are connected with Al. Smith, Sr. \was born in Iaxette county, Pa., 190 10)itilTRAIT ANI) lAlND)GrAl-'IiCAK RIKC'(1<).

inl 183(9. At the outbreak of the Civil war he On the dleath of A. \l. Smith, Sr., his son and enliste(l in Company F, Twenty-fourth Iowa In- namesake was chosen president and manager of fantrv, anl serve(l for three vears as a non- the Oregon Pottery Company.. Two years later, cominuissione(l officer. (in being honorably (is- in 1896, James Steel retired from the concern, charged from the service he learned the pottery which was then reorganized as the Western Cla\ liusiiiess in a pottery owne(l by his brother, Free- Manufacturing Company. with A. AM.Smith, Jr., man Smith, in Iowa. Mleantime he had married, as president and manager; NV. I1. Lritts, vice- and(l in 186 5, accoml)anie(l by his wife ancl their president; anol Blainc R. Smith, secretary and child, he caine via IPanaia and San Francisco treasurer. The company is still doing business to LPortlan(l. ( )n this trip he was accompanied under the same name ancl with the same officers liv his father anil imotber, who settle(l at -ibanv as at first, the three being also the sole owners )re., but in 1866 removed to Buena Vista, this of the plant. In 1890 the mainufacture of pot- state, where his father (lie(l in t88i, at the age terv was discontinued anl the plant devoteol en- of eighty-nine years. During the same year thev tirely to the manufacture of their other products. had come; bv the isthiims to ( )regon, his brother, Frequent enlargements have been made and to- Freeman, had crossed the plains, and previous day the plant is the most complete one of its kind to this, (inring the '5os. three other brothers had on the Pacific coast. The proclticts of the kilns come, Henry, who settled near Eugene, James, are shipped to all points on the Pacific coast an(l who died imlmedliatel on his arrival, and NV'\'.H ., their trade extencls as far north as British (olum- who tookl up land in Clatsop county. hia and Alaska. Thev also have an extensive [or the first vear of his residence in Oregon tra(le in the Hawaiian islands. The office of the Almedec M. Smith ilnade Albany his home, but in comipany is at No. 55 Fourth street, Portland. 1866 removed to Buena Viista, Polk county, WN'hile still in the east, Mr. Smith\was utnite(l where, havilig founid suitable clav land, he and in marriage with Miss Mary F.. Speelman. wino his brother, Freeman, an(l their father, started was born in Pittsburg, Pa., a dlaughter of A. E. a pottery, which was the first enteriprise of its Speelmuan, a native of the leystone state and a kind on the Pacific coast. In 1870 A. 1I. Smith glass blower by trade. On account of the fail- b)ought the interests of his father and brother ure of his eyesight Mr . Speellman gave up his anul continited alone until 1883. Meantime, in trade and( removed to Iowa dluring the early 508. i88i, he had brougilt his familv to Portland an(l settling onl a farm near Marion, Linn county. established his hea(lquarters in this city. Fronm Later he went to M\[innesota and his death oc- a very sniall beginning he built up a plant occu- curred at NVerndale, that state. In religion he pilng several acres of grouil(l at this time. In was a member of the M\iethodist Episcopal Church. 1883. on the river front and Sherlock avenue, he The famuily of whichl he was a membler came erected a builling 200x250, three stories in from Germanv, wyhile his wife was a member height, on a lot 2OOxOOo, anl put in six large of the Isherwood family, of English extraction. kilns, at the same time incorporating the ()regon Seven children blessed the union of Mr. Smnith Pottery Comn.lupw of which he was presi(lent and an(l Mary Speelman, namely: .Albert G., who James Steel secretary. Everything in the line of die(l at the age of nine vears: an infant that died vitrifiedl pilies was manufactured there, while the in Iowa; Elizabeth, now AIrs. NV. H. lBritts plant at I uena Vista meantinme turned out the Amedee MT. :laine R.; AMarv E., wife of Dr. pottery. ( )n the destruction of the Portlan(d F. C. Sellwood, and Leta t., all residing in properth hy fire in 18() he erected brick build- Portland. The mother of these children passed in gs oii the samie site an(l a tract of land adjoin- away in 1883, and for his second wife -Mr. Smlith ing. The buildings occupy al)out 3oox300 feet, marric(l M\lrs. Emma l. Coulter, of Conllellsville, three and four stories iln height. and are equipped I'a., antl bv this union two children were borln, vith steam boilers and engines of two hundred Harold S. and \lildred. horse power, with the latest improved machinery In the death of M\r. Smith, wvhich occurred for the manufacture of sewer pipe, chimney pipe, September 29, 1894. ()regon lost one of its hon- tine lining an(l fire proofilig. ored pioneers an(l Portland was called npon to In the earlv (lays of the pottery bnsiness in mourn one of its most prominent and highly es- )regon it was the customl of the manufacturers teemedl citizens. His death was not onlv a severe to start out fronm the kilius with a loa(l of pot- blow to the industrial world, in which lie heal terv andl travel throughout the \Willamuettc xalley taken such an active part anl in whichl he was I until all thev carried was so0(1. Monlev bein so well known, bhut by his demiuse Portland lost scarce, often they accepte(l produce in exchaigo a citizen who at all times was in favor of aii for their wares. However, as the popuilation in- amovemient calculate(l to be of beiiefit to his creased and( railroads came in, the capacity of ad(lopted state or county. their plaut was also increased and they made their The Tavlor Street letho(list Episcopal Church, sales in large quantities, shipping by railroad. of which be was an active member, had in him PO)RTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. liiI 0

one of it>nmost sincere supporters an(l at his the official life of the church and at present is a deathl he was a member of its board of trustees. member of the board of trustees. The Young His influence was always for the good, and his -Men's Christian Association also receives the s~ mpathy, his benevolence and his kindly greet- encouragement of his influence and financial aid, ing will long be remembered by all with wh40om and through his services as a member of the he had come in contact. His d(Ities were per- 1 board of directors he has been enabled to pro- formed with the greatest care an(l throughotit .mote its welfare in Portland. life his personal honor an(l integrity were with-' mlit blemish. His character, as it was manifested REV. JOHN W. SELLWOOI). This well to his associates, was remarkable for its siniplic- known and widely loved pioneer iiinister of Ore- itv; lie had great earnestness and concentration gon was born near Menidon, Ill., July 22, 1839, of purpose; in p)lainning lie was deliberate blt and was the son of Rev. James R. NV. Sellwood, forcible. His wvisdomn had been largely gained aii Englishman be birth and for years an Episco- by observation, as the advantages of his youth pal rector, holding pastorates in Mendon, Ill., were limited. In his business dealings he was and Grahamville, S. C., thence coming to Oregon ever p)rotmipt, reliable and entirely trustworthy as early as 1856 and becoming the first rector andl he gained a greater degree of success than of St. Paul's Church in Salem. During the last maiiv who at the start were blessed with better years of his life, owing to failing evesight, lie advantages. was forced to relinquish ministerial work, and thereupon retired to a farminear Milwaukee, later AMI\lEEE M. SMITH, JR. At Bluena Vista, settling in Portland, where he died. I olk county, Ore., Amniedec MA. S mith, Jr., was Few opportunities came to the boyhood of born 1)ecember 16, 1868. At the age of twelve John W. Sellwood other than those obtained bv ears lie accompaniemi his father and mother on his own determination and industry. The eldest their removal to Portland. Here lie attended the of five children, he early proved himself the gralmmar and high school, remaiiiing in the latter mainstay of his parents anul their comfort and until the senior year, when he was obliged to assistant. Nor was this merelv the case in miat- give up study on account of ill health. Six ters material, but especially so in spiritual affairs. mouths were spent in southern Oregon, and then, From an early age his mind turned to thoughts having regained his health, lie rettirned to his of God, an( lie cherished an ambition to follow homie and entered the business of his father, in his father's steps as a missionary and minister xvitli which lie has since been actively associated. of the Gospel. When he was yet yotung his At the first he was connected with the Bluena father removed to Grahamiville, S. C., anmd in Vista factory, but in 1888 came to Portland as i856, with a brother, John, decitleth to responmt to superinteiident of the plant here. In 1890 lie en- the urgent appeal of the then bishop of Oregon, tered the office of the company as bookkeeper, Thomas F. Scott, who needed missionaries to mid three ycars later was elected vice-presi(lent labor in this then frontier field. The two started and nianager of the Oregon Pottery Coimpany-. together antI en route were the victiiis of a (i the death of his father, in 1894. he succeeded bloody riot at Panama, from which they barcly to the office of president, which lie held both in escaped with their lives. The children, too, were that coiipany an(l in the reorganized plant. with them and endttretl all the horrors of those In Portland M.\lr. Smith was united in marriage hours of danger. W\hen the groans of the to Miss Alice AM. Johnson, who was born at wonnded an(l the dying were to be heard on all Point Reves, Cal., her parents having reiioved sides, the eldest son, John W., solemnly conse- there fromt IMassachlusetts. She is a ladv of ex- crated himself to the work of the miinistrY, and cellent education, having atten(led the Univer- the decision then made was never regretted. Oil sitv of the Pacific. In fraternal relations Mr. the other hand, in the midst of hardships, toil, Souith is a -Mason, connected with Motmnt Tabor privations an(l vicissitudes, he vet called it his l o(lge No. 42, A. F. & A. M. ()regon Consis- greatest glory that lie might preach the glorious torv No. t, thirtv-second (le-ree anid Al Kader Gospel of the Christ. Temple. A. A. ). N. M. S. Politicallv lie votes In dtie time the family arrived in Oregon, blit with the Republican party. He is a meniber of the uncle had been so seriously xvounded ini the the Manufacturers' Association and an active massacre that for months lie was unable to enter \worker in the Oregon Historical Society, es- upoIi his work, hut on regaining his health lie peciallv interested in movements coniiecte(l with took charge of Trinity Church, Portland. Rev. the plerpettlatioli of the annals of the pioneers. James R. N. Sellwoo(d meanwhl ile went to Salem, .\t one time he was Sunlday-\-school superintend- where bce becanie rector of St. I )atil's Church. His clot of the Taylor Street Alethodist Episcopal son, liin \V.. pi)1rsalat ut)oii his resolve to enter (Church, in the workl of which lie is deeply inter- the imimnlstrv. ~iQve mimuinself to preparation for the este(l. Since 18(94 le has been connected with work, anid in 18(2 was or(hained deacon in St. 192 19Ti'()RZTAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

Paul's Church, Oregon City, three years later in which he engaged. The humble successes that being advanced to the priesthood in St. Stephen's came to him were received with a grateful heart. Chapel, Portland. At the same time (July, Though stanch in his allegiance to the Protes- 1805) he was united in marriage with Belle J., tant Episcopal Church, MIr. Sellwood was not a daughter of Rev. James L. and Frances (Brown) bigoted churchman. On the other hand, he pos- Daly, natives respectively of Dublin and county sessed a broad and catholic spirit and sawv the Sligo, Ireland, and of Scotch extraction. For good in all, ever praving for the reunion of a the purpose of cngaging in educational work divided Christendom. As a preacher he was James L. Daly went to Australia, and for some earnest and forcible, never led aside into sensa- time remained in Sydne\. On account of ill tional subjects, but clinging closely to "Christ health he came to California, but, not finding the andl Him crucified." A text was chosen oil' social environment desirable, went to Honolulu, after careful and prayerful deliberation, and the where hie opened a school. Ill health again subject matter of the sermiton was presented after forced him to relinquish his work and in 1853 much praver. When before his people he lost he came to Portland under Bishop Scott, taking himself so wholly in his subject that no trace of tup missionary work, in which he proved an ef- self-consciousness could be discerned. Indeed, ficient and consecrated laborer. His life was hie forgot himself in the message hie was to de- prolonged to the age of almost eighty years, liver. whenlhe (lied in Portland in 1895, five years after After fifteen years of labor in Oregon City Mr. the death of his wife. Of their ten children four Sellwood accepted the pastorate of St. David's are living. Mrs. Sellwood was born in Aus- Church in East Portland, where the last ten years tralia and received her education in Punahou of his busy life were passed. From a small con- College, Honolulu. B1orn of her marriage is one gregation, St. David's has -rown into a laroc son, John J., who is a graduate physician of the aiul well organized parish, and this happy result University of ()regon AVledicld College and now is largelv due to his efforts in those days of practicing in the village of Sellwood, founded small beginnings. While he was pastor of that by his great uncle. flock, on Christmas eve of 1899, after a day of Immediately after his marriage Mr. Sellwood severe illness, he insisted upon speaking to the became rector of St. Paul's Church in Oregon children at their Christmas exercises, saying, City, in addition to which he extended his work whien his family protested, "I feel I must look to Bititteville. Salem, 'Mount Pleasant schoolhouse, into their dear, bright faces once more." The Clackamas Station and Cancmah, a little town next day he again went to the church, hoping to one mile from Oregon City. As a result of his adlinister the holy communion to his loved con- work a large Sutndav school was built in Oregon gregation, but he was taken with a chill and was City and a chapel erected in Canemah at a cost carried from the church, never more to enter it of $8F0. For two years was'e superintendent in life. Weeks of pain and illness were met with of schools of Clackainas counlty, and during that his accustomed cheery and bright patience, and time visited even the most remote schools and finally, March I2, 1890, with the parting words sought to elevate the standard of education here. upon his lips. "All is peace," he entered into the it has been said that no missionary seemed to unknown. A large concourse of those who loved throw greater enthusiasm into his work than did him attended the funeral services, where Bishop he and certainlv none enjoyed the work to a Morris, in the memorial sermon, paid a deserved greater degree. His ministry was a source of tribute to his years of patient and self-sacrific- constant joy to him, lie was never happier than ing toil. The organizations with which he had whell preaching to his parishioners and trying been connected passed resolutions of respect. to aid thene in their spiritual life. No toil was The bishop and clergy of the diocese of Oregon too great that would promote the cause of Christ adopted resolutions bearing testimony to his and the church in the particular field which he goodness of heart and( gentleness of spirit. had choseCn as his scene of labor. His love for Other organizations who took similar action Christ led him to love every created being. None were St. David's Vestry, Women's Guild of St. was too lowly to be exchlu(ed from his sympathy, Davi(l's parish, Daughters of St. David's, Youngr ;mn1d nonel too high to be aloof from his affection. Meni's Guild of St. David's Church. St. Paul's Each onel of his congregation ha(d a special place parish in Oregon City. and the convention of the iii his heart. lis work was so full of delight to diocese. Since his death his wife, who had been hin that other occupatios seemed uninteresting his constant an(l successful co-laborer in the rin- ill comparison. I\ I a,;Wrdships and privations istry, has devoted herself largely to missionary he had to face and Fore than once Sorrow was Work in the Protestant Episcopal Chturch in his companion. vet never, through all of his life, ()regon., an(l is now registrar of the diocese of (lid he lose faith in his Creator and never did Oregon, and is also the diocesan secretary of the he lose faith in the ultimate success of the work Wi~omen's Auxiliary. P=' - 7 9 PORTRALT AND B3IOGRAPHlCAL RECORlED. I !'. t

ClUIA LES H-hENRY MIERCIIAXT. In the trade of this part of the state made liii a valti- foremlost ranik amolng the pronlillenlt and able able assistant in the buildiig- tip of the firin wvith financiers of Coos coUnty >tands Charles H. which lie becamle connected, alnd largely throtigh MLerchant, who well deserves the honored title his personal efforts an extensive business xas tchat has been bestowed npon him of 'Father of established and aialiltaililwd. inl December, 189(, I arshfield.'' 4 )f marked indlividnalitv, keen in- miearlx fotr x ears after lie left the firin, AMr. tellect, and broad symnpathiles, he has for maixv A[erchbant. ini order to save hliiilself, xvas forced years been a potelit force mi tile inldustrial circles to againi take chlargc of the bosiness of tile firti of citY, towli andi ColllltV, anil to hin, perihaps as receiver. In .NIav- 1(03, oil accotIilt of ill mnore than to an> othier one person, is M\arshfielh hcaltlh, lie resigned tile position il favor of his imiclebteci for hier rapid lsevelopmnent amd acivance- Ol(Iest S11, AWilliall N.sMerCIhant, xlio is no\V oient in bnsiness lilnes. 1Ptrfectlv holicst, upright hnsiiiess iallmager anil Snlerilntelldelit. Tliis coI1- alndl just in all his dealinms, respectilig the rigihts paniY, incorporated wxitIl a Capital of $200,000, of emploves as xveli as of employers lie has xvxon carries oii ail imiliieiise 1mnsiiess, lwdat its plailt. the trust anil estecill of all classes of people, and lknoxviias [lie Il ax- Citx NIills, inanfacturcs large is eminently worthiv of the confidence so tUli- jtanitities of Itlnmhcr of all k intds. versal> reposedl in hiii. His integrity and sVni- A illa of great financial abilitx, MNIr. NMeelclalit pathetic feeligo for his brother mnan have ever oxVlis large tracts of toxvil properti both in ( )rc- been pi onlinent featores of his character, and gon and Califormiia. Ili 1873 lie laid oitit the have to a lamge extent donlinated his xwhole origillal toxin of i\Iaslificdld; anld in 1890 anld career. l, nappreciatedl as a boy, he left homile 18q t laid ont the first tx\oi additions, South xxell Voting, beoiimiii life xithout capital, and VI arshfield ailil \Vrest MN[arshifield In 18(92 lIC bv ilis oxnII exertions has xvon sutccess in btisiness \vilec(l fdxc littilndreil and sixtv acr1s of tile rail- litncs, being at tile present tinle tile financial roadl atlclition to the toxvil, tde firill of 1 I,. Deain prince of tile toos [lay coutntry. & to. oxvilitg the reillaitll]er of thlat tract. Tni The oldest of txwo chiliren, both boys. Charles hlis earlier vears lie xvas activxc] idlentifiedi with 11. Alerchant xvas boril I sIV 31, 18,38, in Newv all the more imiiportaiit in(ltistrics of thlis part of Nork Citv, xvwlere h( ie eivcdi a limited ecluca- the coolitY, beii in associated xxithl its iiercantile, tioll, attn(iliMg the pnbIjliC SChOols xVxl{eil VOtlIg. shliip-litiiiilili&,- loggiitg, tiillmlbcr aiid himltl1er ill- Ile-ining life foi hlimmsit at the agc of fourteci tcrests, ]in each autd all bcing a (loiilinatiiig poxvei. \cars, lie xvas eillpio\yedi ili a xvwlolesale llar(ixxare( I ec is niow livilig reti red froiii active bosiness and groccr'v store froTli 18i2 Ulntil [854. C'omilng car-es, at his attractive loiic in AInshhfield, xvllere tfiel via the Istililtis to California, lie remainAe lie is lioimored aild respected fir liiis 11la1iimvrtiles. a short tille in San FraZicisco, thenC xvent to [ix 1862, at Oirthl Peild, ( )Ir 'Mr.\ IIercilhalt Colnillbia, Tuolinutne coniitv, Cal., xx-1ere lie xvas larried Iilarv Liiicoii (;i1m, xxv11O xwas born ill cleric for a mliiiig coipanv for four years, re- Nexv teildforl-, Alas>.. -, (dutglitcri otf I apt. johll ceivinlg a salary of $175 a mon1th. Ienoxving (. (tnnl. A liatixe of .S()nthl Slislds, Iiiglnaila . to Portlalnd, Ore., inl 858, he xvas cleri in the Captaini ( Gtlio x\as lr-ottgllt till) ns>a sc afaring vholesale hardxvare establishment of John i.t 1a.i. He xvxas oicn of the earliest navigators ol lPoster ior a short tille, afterxvards occnpyilg a til' pacihc coat, coililng as milaslc i o1 a vessel to imuilar positioll iii the retail store of WL. C. Little (aliforiiia ill I 4. (Axiving till xvlialinig, in xxilicl & Co., at Salem, Ore. lReturiliilg to I'ortlai(l in lie lid prreviotlslv lieeil c-illo>-ed. lie eiigaged in i85y, lie reillineci there as a cleric in the xvhole- iliiiiiilg ptirstlits for axxhile. He subsecitieiitlx sale Iotise of WV. C. Little & Co.. for about a liotiglit tIle s;ailiil- xcssel Iolln J.. xxllichl broutghit \ car. ill Apr1il. i86o, IMr. Merchant miade his la Faxette to thi>i comiitrx, disimiai1tled licr in adlvelit into Coos cotlitv, collming to North B1end (Oaiclaild llai-rborl, alil xxas p)repIarilm, to ltiriil tilc a> bhsinessill ana-ger for A. -T. Simipsoll, tacillg l111c, xvlw-11n lc- xas acci(lc1itailx- lkillced, his skicll cllargc of his inlllber plant, saxmill anlc store. beiilg fracttir1ed'vxa fall letxx-en dec'clcs. Call- 1n(ler his milagelilent thie business xvas rapidly taiii Gooniiiarried Alarx- \. Ftllec'r, a native of dleveloped, alid iltriilg thle thirteen years that hle Nexxtoii, N. JI., ani (l a illime'r of tlie familY reillained Nvith INlI. Simlpson the business flour- \xlicl 1n11ii1iclr ('Chief JIntiCs Ncl-villc WV. ] aills-r,

ishled, M-\Tr. M.ercllant's enterprise and sagacitv of thlel t'ilite(l Statcs Sit1 preili (Ctort, amiollo doinlgii-tich toxxarcls illalcing it one of the leadimg its represe1tativx-s. ( Pf tile sixteit cliilrrei loniber organlizationis of tile couiinty. lhoi-n of tile( tiiion ot Ai11- 1 A[is. A\clerehalit. 1BCcoming a ieilber of the frill of E. 1B.Dean five of tile (daiglitcr.i iic iassed to tile & Co., ill 1873. MXr. Merchant coitiineil as a hiioer life, Ciglit sOIIi .idl Ili-rcc datngliters partiler aiid as the btisiness maliager of thic coin- are still liviiig WN'illial T.. oif xxwloii a llrief panv for txventv xears, disposing of his interests ŽIceteh iiax lie found ()oi flu[chr page of tilis vol- iii the firit in Decenmber, 1892. His preViOtiS tile, is Ilntliage-r of thei D)eaii Liuiber Compant y long and satisfactorv experience xvith tlhe loimber Robert S., al stailoi, is iill Mlaslka; Bnjaiiil T..

- _. __ . -I I - - - a_ . 1 96 I'1(PIO'TLAI'.lT AND BT0G1\ .\L'IiI AL RE1CORD. a minir, lixtc., in California; Francis Elmer is a near Tan-cnt for three years, in 1876 lie set- nillman; Johnt C. G. is a merchant, in Coos tled niear Kerby, Josephine county, xvhere he cotiunt ; iharlks Walter is an electrician; Albert took tip a homestead of one hundred and sixty I,'. S. aiid James are students iln Hill's Military acres, anid since theii he has engaged in farm- .\cadnc\, Portland ;1\\lary- in the wife of Roland ing. Alemories of old xxar times are kept in I)esnond. who is cengaged in mining in Shasta mind througih his association with the Grand c otiaut , Cal. I ydia is the widow of Forest E. Al-IIY of the Republic. In political viexxs he i]al1g-, Of A]arshfield ; an(d Mlarch Lily is at home. has alwvays been a decided Republicaii. I' oldicallv \lir. \fIcrcchant is a Republican, but Tlhough not connected with any denominia- takles no actixi p art in local affairs. Fraternally tion, hle is a believer in Christian work and h.c is verYi pr1oinienlt in Al asonic circles, being a is in sympatlhv with the B3aptist church, to tlirt\-seconid de(rce \lason. He has passed all whlTic lIis wxife beloiigs. In his family there tib ch airs in hlod e and chapter, an(l is a mem- are tlle followiing named sons and daughters: i)(s ot cotilic , cotliiiand(lers, consistory and Carlto IE., of Grants Pass; J. WV., a farnier at Iniiie . Ite is liberal in his religious beliefs, and Kierby; ANWalter, who is interested iil real es- '\TI e(stiticrtisly towarxls tlhe support of all the tate in Grants Pass; A\irs. Edna Ilailey, of dhin -reh s tf [lic toxvli. Kutbli, Ore.; Airs. Alma Kiphart, of Drydein, )re.; and Artllur and Zella, both residing in Grants Pass. I loX. CIIT()N I,. HARMION. his Wlhen seventeeli years of age Carlton Ever- pre>icit office, that of postmaster at Grants ett Harnioii begall to teach school. During I taSs, \ as tellndercd A\Ir. II armontunder ap- 1887-88 Ile was a student in Alonmouth Nor- poillitiii(]t fromn President AlcKinley, Alarch mal School. In 1890 lie gave tip teaching and i , i 8()(. A da> later lie took possession of assutmed the (luties of countv assessor, of thle office, to the xork of \whichl he has since Josephine county, to which office lie was d\let(ed his cltire attelntioln. Al eanxvhile the elected in July of that -ear and which lie held he ad(quiarters havc been moved from two uuitil July, 1892. In the year last named he sniatil rooiiiS to a modern and commodions was elected county clerk by a fair majority, iuildilg, which is equipped in a manner sur- and in 1894 was re-elected by an increaseil ptassetI by fexw if aunc of the third-class post- vote, serving until 1896. 'T'he office of joint otiiccs in ( )regon. 1in politics he has always state senator, to represent Coos, Curry anid been a pronounced Reptfilican, and the various Josephine coUrnties, xwas tendered him-l in I896, offices to Avwhich he has been elected have his election being by a mnajority of six 11utn- comle. to him as tiie gift of his party. For one dred. He served in the session of 1897, the term lie.( w as chairiiian of the countV central special session of i898 (where lie helped to committee of the party anid at another time elect United States Senator Simon) and the held mecmlberslhip on thle state central corn- session of I899, meailtimle being a ileiiii)er of iliitteCe. four different comninittees. Oine of tile imcas- In \iintcrset, Ioxa, Carlton Ex-erett Har- mires advocated by hilm was the general regis- amon wx-as horn 1NoVx-Cibcr 2, I867, being- a son tration bill. which became a laxw. Another of (.C. anmd Lydia (Hathaway) Ilarmnon, na- which he actively supporte(l was the bill for tix-cs risplcti\ lcl of Hancock cotity, Ill., and starting the Normal School at Ashland. Oin Indiain a I lis miiaternld grandfather, Joseph the expiration of his term as senator lie was Iltlaxxa\x, reioxovcil from Indiana to a farm appointedl postiiiaster. In addition lie has in oAr01thcount\l, i\o., and in i88o came to served for txvo terms as councilman from the toseph)hine coiltY, ( )re.. xwherc he (lied. The seconid ward. IHTe is a meiiiber of the board piatcriiil gran dfatlher, W\illiam -liarmon, of of trade. Oin the organization of the Mfount I Cenl svlx'oi\aia birth, became a pioneer of II- Lion Mining Company lie was elected its linois antd inl 1842 etiiered from the govern- secretarv and has since been active in tlhe nieiit the present site of AWinterset, Iowa, but work of operatilng a quartz miiie, with a five- this lie later sold. settlilrig tn -other raw land. stamp mill, at Davidson. In 1873 he caine to ()reg-on and his last days In Granlts Pass Carltoni E. Harmon iiarried -werespeiit iii the htlte of his SOnl at Albany, AlMiss Effie Green, xvho xxas bonin in Kerby, (re. Tilnlan G. iHarmon serxed for three ( )re., and bv whoml lie has three children, xears itl the l-irst Iowa Infantry (Iuring the Lxewis (ten vears oll), Lois (se\-en) andl Civil wa-r. aftcr wvhich lie took up farm pur- Louise Alarie. Ai\rs. HIarnon's father, Daniel si ts. I )innrig, 1873 lie brought his faniily to Green, came fromAl .issouri to Oregon in an the west. trax-i-hug )y railroad to lvlarysville carly day and wvhile engaged in prospecting aiid froam there by team oxer the mountains to discovered the famotis Stiaar Pine mine. At tlie \illhameutte vallcx. .\fter imiaking his home hilis vwritinz lie makes his homime in Granits PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1 97

Pass. In fraternal relations Mr. Harmon is aitd fine imlprovemeiits made, iicltidilig a COnII- connectecl with the k-nights of Pythias; the fortable house, and conveiiient barns and out- Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which houses. Air. Jensen milks eiglhteen co\vs, a11( lie is past master workman .: the lodge of Odd is mecting with cncouraginig patronage front Fellows, in which lhe is past noble grand ; andl a large trade. lie hlas a thorotughl understanid- the Encampment, in which lhe has been all ing of dairyin g, enforces the first principles of officer and a representative to the granld lodge. neatness antI dispatch, andl preseilts in llis homne and enterl)rise a typical example of the sulcccssftul and( thrifty farmer alidt dairyiiiait. LARS JENSEN. In common with the sons Mr. Jensen belongs to the Lutheran church, of Switzerland, the children of i)enmnark seem towards the sup)port of which he contributes to possess particular ability for successful generouslv, and for the best interests of wvhieh dairying. This statement finds confirmation lhe and his family actively wvork. Hie is a 1Deii- in every state and territory in the \vest, and ocrat in politics, but has never taken ainv par- for years has been demonstrated in the east- ticular part in local or state affairs, contelltinl ern and midldle w\esternl parts of the country. himself with meritorious service on the school An encouraging examl)le is found in Lars Jen- boartl for many years. rIe married Sophia sen, who is spendin-g the lest years of his life Hansen in Denlimark li i 867, and of this uiion a long way front his native lanld, and in Tilla- there have been born six children, four of lnook counlty has b1)ilt ul) a dairviug enter- whom are living: I[. 1., engaged in farming prise which vields hlim inl income far in excess near Blaime, ()re.: C. C.. liviing oin a farm ad- of siniilar nundertakin gs in his sea-swept fath- joinliig that of lls fatlier IAlillie. wvife of \W. erland. Sappington of Tillamook, ()re.: and 2tlary, liv- ;lr. Jenseon xvas iorin in D)enmark, i\[arch ing at !honme.Air. Jensen is energetic anul 26, 1843, and, accordiii" to the custom prevail- capable, and in his adopteth couintv aind state ing in the land, took his father's first name, has established a reliutatioli for progressive- the original name beiiio Jens Rasninsenl. The ness and integrity, as well as for adaptiveness father was a farmer andl dairymalln during his to the conditions \wlhiclh are so miateriallv dif- entire life, and died in Denmlark in 1868, at ferellt from thlose ainoimg1 which lie wNTiS reared the age of fiftv-five years. He was surviveed aii d efitucatedt. by his wife, forlmlerlv B'oar Hansen, who also was born in Denmark, anti died there in 1871. at the aoe of fifty-five vears. Lars is the JOSFPTIH L. N,A. ( )n the tlotusamid-acre youngest ot the five soius anlt two dautghlters farm of Joseph L. Nay, aoilt all of the de- )orn to his pareuts, andl owii- to financial partments possible in \vestern farminng liave stringencv in the familyv lls early education assuimetd large and almost perfect proportiolls, was extremely limxited. The greater part of and have been aliut are conducted alfter mod- his knowledge has been gained since comiung ern anid scientific prmicil)les. Colts of aristo- to America in 1872, for nunder the new condli- cratic liiieage have bleen sucecessfumlly bred alid tions he had mnore leisure to devote to the reare(l to be thle piride of their oxvner, atid the improvement of Ills minlid, and more incentive joy of the race-tracl: liih--gralie cattle. also to make the most possible of his opportuni- cared for oii the Nay- farm, have worn the blue ties. Akfter a voyage in a sailing vessel, he ribbon delnoting sutperiority of breeding, andl lantledl in New York city, aid located in i\lid- at mnany exhibits bave been recogiiizetl as the dlesex county, N. J.,1vlxere hle found employ- best to le found iii the coai>t conities. Mr. nuent at digiaing fireclay. Four years of this Nay begaii to faruii on ai comC l)aliltivelV sinall sort of Avork suffieetl to inspire greater amubi- scale in 1875, o\xviing at the ti ein but a hun- tions, and Mr. Jensen deeided to avail limself dred and sixty acres. coiliprismi-g a phart of tlie of an oporttinity to cone to the west, which old George Latiit doiiatioii claiiii, plirchlased he reached bhy wav of Panamlia, and located several vears before. Tii 1883 lie starteth a in Bakersfield, Cal. A\ year later lhe camle to steam slixvmill on Iiis place. tlie \xater sup)ply ()reg-on over the ( ranude Ronde trail, wvitlh a cominlg from Flk river, wvlhiclh waters the g-reat pack-lhorse ivl~ie'lh enabled him to travel over farm. and to facilitate Iii ltumnber businiess ani( the mountains at the rate of twelitv-six miles the disposal of ]iis crops at harvest time, AMr. a dav. Nfter looking arouiiid for a favorable Nay built the road thlat iio\v rutnjS to Port Or- location, lie settled on his present farmn of oie ford. This road was con sidereth a great tun- hundred and thiirty-six acres, near Hebo, dertaliiiig, al(l certaim\lv bas niore thlan rc- Mvhere lhe has lived ever since, antI eiilage(l warded its promioter fo(r tliet'82,000 or more in dairying, stock-raising and general fa-millg. cxl)eidet[ ill its coilstructiomi. Fimie andl hard Eighty acres of his property hlave been cleared anld wvhlite, it is in1dicative of tile highi degree

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of prosperity attained and encouraged in an was born near Montrose, Lee county, Iowa, ideal agricultural section. The mill ran with- December i8, 1863, coming of German an: out interrulption for several years, and has cestry. since been operated at times at the pleasure of George W. Staley the first, who spelled his the owner, who has not found it particularly surname "Staylev," was born and reared in profitable, but has on the contrary lost a great old Virginia. WVhen a young manl he settled deal of money. The capacity of the mill is in business as a butcher in Pennsylvania. fifteen thousand feet dailv. Of late years Mr. Subsequently removing with his family to Lee Nay has devoted his timc almost entirely to county, Iowa, he wvas there employed in the stock-raising, for which his farm is particu- same line of industry for a number of years. larly adapte(d, and in which occupation he In 1864 he made an overland trip to Oregon, takes genuine satisfaction. with his wife and family, wvhich included Until his twelnty-first year M\lr. Nay lived on among others the widow of his sonl, George his father's farm near WNest Milan, Coos W. Staley, second, and her four children, a county, N. H., where be was born in 1833. son-id-law, Capt. Abraham Lamb, being the Ilis first monev not earned on the farm came leader of the party. Locating in Portland, he from two vears of teaming in Boston. Mass., resumed his former occupation of butcher, and antl with this he p)urchased a ticket for San continued his residence in that city until his Francisco by way of the isthmus of Panama. death, at the age of seventy-six years. In his From San Francisco, whichl he reached in the youthful days he served as a soldier in the fall of 1857, he camle to Port Orford, on the war of i812. Captain Lamb removed from old Columbia, and from there -went to the Portland to WNashington county, living there mines. Returning to the Port he worked for until i868, whenl he settled at Yoncalla, Doug- a time in the mill of Tichenor & Co., and las county. afterward spent some time as manager of lum- Born near Altoona, Pa., George AN. Staley, ber camps in the woods of the county. In i859 second, reijioved to Iowa with his parents. discontent with his surrontldings inspired his Receiving 1&cellent educational advantages, he return to his former home in New Hampshire, entered upon a professional career, and was \vlherc he remained until the spring of i86i, employed as a school teacher in Iowa for anlu then returne(l to the region which has many years, dying there while in nmalnhood's been increasing in value when viewed from prime. He married Isabelle 'Nashbuirn, a na- across the country. Again he found employ- tive of Virginia. After the death of her Ibus- nient in the Tichenor i\iills, and two years baud, she came with her father-in-law to Port- later rentedl the mills and ran them on his land, Ore., as previously stated. She subse- own responsibility for a couple of years. In quently marrieul Dr. A7illiami Llenley of Port- 1862 he made his way to Coos Bay and con- lan(d. After the doctor's death, she made her tracted for getting out lumber for Mr. Simp- home with her younigest son, dying on his son. and about 1875 came to 'his present ranch, ranch when she was but fifty-four years of which at that time had practically no im- age. She was a woman of much strength of provenelnts. .\Ir. Nay has devoted all of his character, and a member of the Baptist c hurclh. time to his increasingly fine property, being Of the five children born of her first mar- essentially a homne manl, quiet and unostenta- riage, four are livino-, namely: Mrs. Sarah tious. and having no desire to accept office Wilson, of Yoncalla: \ rs. Clara E. Amnbrose, from his fellow Republicans, or otherwise ap- of Yooncalla; Charles D., a farmer, residing pear in a public capacity. Honorable in all of near Forest Grove. Ore.: anid George N., the his undertakings. fair in his judgment of peo- third, with xvhoin this sketch is chieflv con- ple, an(l well posted on the affairs of the coun- cerned. trv be is a credit to his many friends and the But six months (oldxvhenl he came across neighborhood whose best interests he repre- the plains with his widowed mother and sents. grandfather, George WV. Staley. third, ac- (luired his early edltcation in the public schools of Portland. Comning with the family (;lEOR( il. W. STALEY. Well known by to Yoncalla, Douglas county-, in 1873, he stllu- a large prol)ortion of the leading citizens of sequently worked as a farmn laborer during Dotuglas county, George WN. Staley of Rose- see(l-time an(l harvest, attendiig the winter burg, the present county assessor, is especially terms of school. W\hen about thirteen years fitted for the responsible position he holds, of age he began to be self-supporting, and also being a man of quick apprehension and sound assisted in caring for his mother. After ac- judgment, an(l an able accountant. The third cumulating some money by working as a ill direct line of descent to bear his name, he miller and a farmer, he purchased a small a _------'ir* a 0.

THOMAS CHAVNER. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 201 ranch not far from Yoncalla, and was there tion. The general appearance of the farm is successfully engaged in general farming and one of thrift and neatness, the broad acres being stock-raising for several years. From 1893 now devoted to general farming and stock-rais- until 1899 Mr. Staley served as deputy county ing. assessor, and the following two years was an Mr. Chavner was born in County Tipperary, attendant at the state insane asylum, in Salem, Ireland, in i8I4, and inheriting the characteristic having charge of the first convalescent ward. spirit of his race, the love of freedom, he was Resigning his position in i90i, Mr. Staley re- fitted by nature for the pioneer life which filled ttirned to his farm, and the following spring, up the greater part of his years. He lost his ill 1902, was nominated for the office of county father when he was quite young, and when but assessor on the Republican ticket for a term six years old his mother brought her family to of two years. Being elected by a handsome America, landing at Philadelphia, which was then majority, he took the oath of office in January, the port for a large number of European emi- 1903, an(l since that time has resided in Rose- grants. Soon afterward the famnily removed to burg. Susqtuehanna, the first employment of the little A1r. Stalev married Miss Martha Wright, of Irish lad being to deal out the regular rations Drain, Ore. She was born in Jacksonville, of whiskey allowed to laborers on all public Ore., a danghter of John Berry Wright, who works. Upon the death of his mother, which settled in Oregon as a pioneer in 1852. Four occurred soon after they settled in the United children have been born of their union, States, Thomas Chavner was left to the care of an namely: Charles Ellmer, Ivy Muriel, Fannie elder brother. In Pittsbur- he was apprenticed Beatrice and George W., the fourth. Frater- to learn the trade of a tailor, but finding the nally Mr. Staley is a member of the Royal work uncongenial he ran away and made his way Arcanum, and past master workman of the down the Ohio river to Cincinnati, for three Ancient Order of United Workmen. Politi- or four years thereafter serving as cabin boy on cally he has always been identified with the various boats that plied on the Mississippi, Ar- Republican party, and is an ex-member of the kansas and Dm\1 gahela rivers, his first trip be- county central committee. ing mad the famous Cincinnati and Louis- ville packet, Gen. Albert Pike. While in St. Louis, at the end of a trip from New Orleans, THOMAS CHAVNER. One of the names Mr. Chavner became associated with various that was earliest and most honorably connected trappers from the Rocky mountains, whose tales with the history of Jackson county was that of of dangerous yet interesting adventures in the Thomas Chavner, who, though his death oc- west so imbued him with the desire to try his curred September 8, I888, is still remembered fortunes beyond the Rockies that he became a by the citizens of Oregon as a man of unfailing member of the company under Sublett and Camp- integrity, kindliness and a helpful spirit which bell, emploves of the Aiiierican Fur Company, was a dominant influence in the development of to go on a year's tour to trap an(l trade. He at the community wherein lie made his home for first agreed to work his way as cook, but by the so many years. With the pioneer element strong time thev arrived at Indepenldenice the partv had wXithin him, an inheritance. probably, from his found him so useful that the> decided to give mother, whlo emigrated to America in 1820, A/fr. him $io per month for his services. Upoln the Chavner was not content to pass his days amid expiration of his contract with the American the quiet scenes of the eastern states, but chose Fur Conipany Mr. Chavner entered the employ rather to cast in his lot with those who were giv- of Thompson and Craig, traders from B1rown's ing their best efforts toward the upbuilding of hole, on Green river, with whom he went iiorth, the lands which lay beyond the Rocky motin- there meeting Kit Carson, Baptiste Chetilts, Ievw tains. Early in the '4os becoming identified with Anderson, Henry Spilter, Blarney Ward, and the fortunes of Texas, he served valiantly in the others whose names have since become famous M.\,exican war, after which lie came to the north- as trappers and guides. Until 1841 Mr. Chavner west and gave to the development of the re- remained in the employ of the fur company, pass- sources of Oregon the same enthusiastic service. ing, through niany experiences which were but Not alone successful in the service of the state, the repetition of the stories which he had hear(d lie accumulated a large amount of land, seven- while in the Mississippi valley. In the last teen hundred acres in one bodv near Gold Hill, named year the American Fur Company ceased Jackson county, as well as a large timber claim to be a corporation, an(l the party of trappers iear Ashland, the former property, whereon he disbanded, Mr. Chavner accompaiiying Kit Car- ia(le his home, being enclosed and subdivided S01oan(l several others back to South Platte, by sixty miles of fence and the greater portion where lie entered the enmplov of a man named of the land being under a high state of cultiva- L.upton, to trade with the Arapaliocs, Sioix and(] M ______ __ -_

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C'heyenes.n Kit Carson stopped at Bent's Fort, life follows; and AIargarct, the widow of S. D. eigh it liles below Lupton's, and it was there he lones. Both daughtlers make their home on the filst net General Iremnont, in whose service lie rancil, the first named being the manager of the afterwari wvon fanie as guiidc for his expedition. place. AIr. Chavner, though a stanch Democrat '1 heir meeting was brotuglt about bv Air. Chav- il his political convictions, never cared for of- nuer, who met General I'remnont first, when the ficial recognition, but gave every assistance in latter inquired for a guiile amnd was recommended the matter of good goverlnment in the community to sec Carson, as hie was 1incvery way qualificd wlherein le made his honle for so many years. for the duties required. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Th1 next campaign of Ai\r. Chavner was in the southwestern part of tbe country, where he ROLAND PRYCE was boril in North Wales met with manv adventures. an(l had main\ narrow in' 1848, growing to manhood ini his native land, escapes. In thc spring the party with whom bie wllere he received a fine education. He attended had hunted returneti to South I 'latte, save one 1)ujib ttal College, after which he adventurous hunter, nametl AMaufield. wNho went came to the United States, settling first to Texas and obtained a colonel's commission in the state of Vermont. From a residence from Sam Houston, tben presiulent of thle Lone in Vernilont he removeti to Ohio, and later Star Republic, after which he recruited a com- came to Hillsboro, ( Jre., where he lived pany of three htundred men antI fought for the for a few years, after whichl he located in independence of Texas. During the prelimilua- Aledforti. He practiced his profession of phy- ries for a treaty with tbe Coiimanche Indians Air. sician anti surgeon after coming to the United Chaviier, who had learned the languagc, was enl- States ancd met with entire success in his work. plove(l as interpreter ad(l was thus intimiatelh September IO, 1893, he was united in marriage acquaintedl with the border life of that period. withl AIarv A. Chavner. who was born in Jack- Upon the completion of the treat\ . President sOn count\Y, an(l in I8(3 they removed to the 1 loustoil gave him perllission to establish a trad- ranch w\,hliclh hati been the property of AIrs. ing post on the Brazos river, twenty miles from Pryce's father, where thev lived at the time of the nearest post, wvhere he reinaileil two years. Dr. Pryce's death in 18(94. lie was then a promi- U pon tlhe opening of hostilities betwccxv Alexico nent anti influential ph- sician of the community and the United States lhe jOinet 1 a company of \\ith a large and lucrative practice, to the at- intlependent rangers and scouted in tlhe vicinity tention of whichl he gave the effort and energy Taylor's army until peace was de- of General of at practical knowledge. Hle was also largely clared, taking an active part il the hattle of interested in the political affairs of the commuin- TIm- 11uena Vista and illanv otbers of note. ity, serving as county coroner for several terms illediately after the close of tlhe wlar he went to in the interests of the Democratic party, of whose California, in company w ith Dlaniel S. Terry, principles he was a stanch adherent. He was a the slaver of Senator i'roderick, and a nuiber member of the Presbyterian Church. of other disbantled soldiers. He reilainetl in California until 1856, wilhe hie came to Tackson- ville ()re., anti ever afterward identifiedl his in- S. DONALD JONES was born in New York terests with those of Jackson count\, becoming City in I864, an(l when a very young a trader of note throtughl his uinvary ing success. mail assumeti the position of traveling cor- Tle seconil bridge across Rogue river at Gold respondent for various papers, acting in that Hill was erected b) Air. Chaviler. a toll bridge capacity for the New York IHerald when he iknowvl as the Centennial bridge, because it was was located in India. He became a col- huilt ill i876. aild froml this spot his farm Cx- lector of curios anti was later located in Se- tendis three miles ul) a beautiful valle\, bounded attle anti San Francisco, and in i896 he came to on1 the north by (Sold Hill. Air. Cihavnier was (old Hill, where lie engaged in milling. The also one of the promoters of G-old1Hill mine antI following year he was united in marriage with was active iil the establishment of the towin. AMargaret Chavner, who was born near Gold Air. Chaviier was uilited in marriage il I86lt Hill on her father's railch. Air. Jones then re- wvith TAargaret Brennal, who was horn in Countv moved with his wife to Yreka, Cal., where he Carlowx, Ireland, havilog cmiigr-atedl from her enigagel successfully in the furniture business, native country in the sanmc vear. Their first which, however. Iasted but a Year, as his death hlonle wvas in Jacksolnville. hut tbev removed soon occurred in i898. The comnlunitv lost in his to the large rancll near Gold Hill, where A\Irs. death a manl of prominence and one who would Chavner died in i88o. Se bhecame tile mother have influenced largelv the affairs about him, for of the following children AlMichael aild Peter, iIe took a broad and liberal interest in everv both onl the honme place; Alarv\NA., who became worthy enterprise and gave material help towardl tile wife of Dr. Rolanld Pryce, a sketch of whose their promotion and estaiblishment. In his polit- I t

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ical preferment he affiliated with the Democratic cuts takes sides with the Republicans, voting and party. Since his death his wi(low has made her using his influence in favor of his chosen party. home with the remainder of the family. For miany years he has been a member of the Baptist Church, assisting in its many avenues for doing good, and as trustee of the church and superintendent of the Stinday-school JOHN FRANCIS his serv- CLEfMENTS. Mr. Clem- ices have been especially helpful. Socially he is cnts has every claim to representation in the his- identified with the Woodmen of the World and tory of western Oregon, ranking as he does, the Artisans. among the most prominent and successful con- tractors and builders of Douglas county. He i has been a resident of Roseburg since I873, and HON. JOHN II. SHUPE'. muany fine residences and business blocks .An able and in this successful lawyer, a trustworthy anti other cities are monuments to his ability and citizen, ail(l a mlan of strict integrity and high skill. Besides three residences which he has moral prin- ciples, Hon. John i1. Shupe of erected for himself, and one of which he still Roseburg is owns, he has erected the Hildebrand well deserving of representation in this vol- building, ume. Tibe son of one Douglas County mills and the two of the earlier settlers of prune-pack- Douglas county, he came ing houses at Roseburg, and to Oregon as a child the Bashford, and for fifty years has Sykes, Byron, Perry, Josephson an(l Hamilton been a resident of this part of the state. Diurilng his active cottages. ir. Clements was born near MIinne- career he has taken a sincere interest in the develol)- apolis, Ottawa county, Kans., January 7, i868S melnt and advancement of the industrial re- the youngest of the four soIns, still living, born to sources John and Elizabeth of town and county, evcr exerting his (Markley) Clements, natives influence of England. to enhance their welfare. A son of John Clements, the father, was the late born near Prickwillow, -\l. R. Shupe, he wvas born April 26, England, and came to 1850, in Cass county, America when a voung man, settling i\Lo. i-Ic comes of pa- in Illinois, triotic ancestry, of pure Dutclh descent, antI it wvas there that his marriage occurred. He his pa- subsequently ternal great gran dfatlier, who served in the moved to Kansas, spending some Revolutionary time in Ottawa countV, war, havinig emigrated from and, in 1873, with his Holland to the iTlnited wife and five children, States, settling in the he crossed overland to -Northumberland Colony, Oregon and settled in Roseburg, N. ' . \lr. Shupe's which has been paternal grandfather was one of his home ever since. The father resides with the piolieer settlers of Ohio, renmoving there from Penn- his son, retired from the active duties of life. sylvania. John F. Clements has three brothers, namely: A native of Bucks county, I'a., M. R. Slhuipe David, a successful contractor and builder in removed with his pareiits to ( )bio, where lie i Deborgia, Mont.; Charles, w\Tho is mining in i was reared to manh1oo0d. ( )n attainilii I Alaska; and Jesse, who is a his ima- carpenter, in the jority hie eno'aoed inl the milling bUsinCSs near employ of his brother, John F. Mr. Clements Mansfield, Ohio, remaining' there until 1842. received a common public school education in Mfiarating thlen to Cass countyt, Mo., lie fol- I the schools of Rosebtirg, which he attended dili- lowed the trade of a plasterer for several Vears, I gentle unltil he was seventeen years old. I At that also doing someI ca Peltering'. ()n April 5, age he began workinlg for wages on1a farm in i I853, accompaiiel b1V hiS faiiiily x' which

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T'., borni near Granits Pass, where lie now resides, a coiminmercial traveler, Ii nlng in1 Chicago, Ill.; \pril 20, i864, and is a son of Janies and Mlar- .Irs. Rachiael J. Al\etz, of Colfax, \\Tashi.; and garet ( McKinzie) Savage, iiatives respectively .John II., the special sill)Ject of tilhis brief of Nova Scotia alid Scotland. His father, who sketch. The mother (lied in 1870. wvits of north of I reland parentage, removed "rotiit by his parents to ( )re'IioC wheln from N.ova Scotia to Illinois and settled at abotit three years of agc, John 11. Shtipc was Funlton, AWhliiteside cotntv, \vwiere he marriecl reared and educated iii l)on"glas colnte, and aun crngaged in farming puumstuits. .\lay 1(o, on11til ]876 assisted in thec Cire of the h1omelC 1(S53, lie started tipoii the lolbo and tediotis farm. 1'or sevcral \ cars ther(aftcr lhe Ivas em- jotirnev, with ox-teams, for the (listalit 'west, plove(l as a bookklcepcri afterivardl heilg ell- aii(l in November lie arrived ili Oregon fromn -aoe(l in1 the grocer> btis;veAs at ( )aiklalid for tie sotitherii rotite. Shoortl afterward lhe took eight years. Ileiiig .apponited 1w P'residenit op) a donation land claiim of thirec Iitiundred and Hlarrison as register at the lnited States land t ventv acres seven minks cast of the present office in 1890, lie renloveil to I tosbcnirg. and oil site (f Grants Pass. 'There he btiilt a log [tEly I, 1890, astinIcd the dnties of Ills nlew hotise and cleared the land, after which lie con- positioln, for whiich hie was well litted, liaving timiie(l for years as a gelieral farmer aiid stock- or previously stl(lie(l la\\. At the exxpiratioll Of raiser. I)uring the Inidian troubles the fami- his term as register, oil April . I 894, Air. lies on both sides of him were attacked by the Shoipe opriened a real cstate office ill Rvosebtirg savages, bht lhe escail)el thieir depredations. and carried onl a sticcessfol bnshiess for two \t the time of the Rogtie river war lie was a vears. Beiiig elected county clerk onl the Re- miiiember of the First ( )regon Alotinted Voloui- puhlicaii ticket, lie served from '1olv, i896. tcers. As the years passed by- lie acquired ad- nntil July, i898, aiiid three months leiter, in ditioiial land, oiitil liis possessions aggregatc(l ()ctober, 1898, was almllittedl to the bar. Be- six hndredci acres. NI eanwhile lie also en- ginniig the practice Orf ]is profession at OnlCC, gaged in mnuinn- and fromli a placer mineliear lie has since boilt olp a most satisfactorv cli- Ills claim took otit enotighi gold to furnish a enitage, having been uinnsnally successfol from livelihood foi hisI ifami . (O)n tlie claiii where the first. Inl 1884 Alr. Shmpe was elected state lie first settled lie contimities to reside, bot iiow, senator-, an d served iii tlie regtilar anid ill the at the age of seventv-five vcars, no longer special sessioiis of 1885, ii tdie latter session activelv cultivates the land. althomgli hie still helping to elect 1 hilted States Sclator John oversees all the work of the lilace. In politics 1.[\litchell. Ile ag-ain served as senator in lie votes with the Reptiblicanl party. His wife 1887, all( ill 1889 wvas chief clerk of the seniate. came fromn Aberdeen, Scotlanmd, aiid settled in lie is a true Repuhlican., uec'er sweCrlvilng fromn Virginia, whiere her father wvas employed as a party priiiciples. masoii and goverimiienit contractor. After re- In (Oaklanid, ()rc., Mr. Shltpe miarried Aliss mioviiig to Illinois lhe continued in the govern- M . E. rinse, who wVaS born ill loiva, and caiie inelt eml)lov. In religion hie was of the old to Oregon in 1875. live children have been Scotch Presbyterialn faith. horn of tl eir onion. ii amly:cL olieoa 1., wife Among thirteen children, twevlve of whom of A. Abrahams, of ltoseb)tirg.: I iiiiiie NV. attaiie(l mnature years and( are now living, Lin- Grace, who died jtilv 14, 1901, agled Cigltecil coIn Savag-e was sixth iii order of birth. When years Ethel ailIl Virgil. M\[r. Slipe servedl a box lie walked every morninig to the dis- as a member of thic city counnil, and as city trict school thiree miles froi hllis father's fariii recorder, while livinig iii ( )akland, anl(d since anil after walkinlg homie in the evening made comuing to Roseboirg has heen school d(irector h1ilmself generally osefol, as a strong and and president of thic hoard of aldermen, He healthy boy can. Later lie attended the Grants was made a Mlason ill ()aklail. ill 1874, anld Pass high school from xvhich lie vas gradtt- for two termns xvas master of his lodge. He ated. In i889 he began to teach schiool and was also made a member of 1Roscbnrg Chap- this occopationl he hias since successfolly fol- ter R. A. 'Al., dtirilig its existence. IHe is now loxved. He also took a complete cotirse in the

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Southern Oregon State Normal at Ashland, resided. In the commercial world Mr. Beek- from which he was gradliated in 1896 with manl is best lknowi through hlis long connection the deIrec of lBachelor of Scientific Didactics. wvith\Wells, I'argo & Co., one of the oldest in- The 11ig hest honors ill a class of twenty-three stitutioIIs of the west, while in financial circles and Ills selection as valecdictoriaii furnish lie is known throughi his nmialv ycars of service ample testimony as to his successful work as as a private banker. a stlldent. I )urin hlis vacations he had en- The J leekinan family came originally from gagc(l in teaching and on1 ills return from the New Jersey, which was the birthplace of Cor- normal lie turned his attention entirely to edu- neliuis ileeklian, the grandfather, and of len- cational work, teaching with such success that jainin 1,. Beckman, the father of Cornelius C. lhe soon ac(lire(d an enviable reputation. His Cornelius Beckman noved from New Jersey to pol)nularitv was evidenced bv his election, in \eW York City, whiere lie spent the last years 1900, to the office of county superintendeilt of of h1is life. Ikeiijamin 1,. lBeekmian removed schools, to whichi he was chosen on the Re- from Newv Jersey to Yates countv, N. Y., in 1830, publican ticket, by a majority of two hundred and became a successful contractor and builder, andl fifty-six. In Atugust of that year lhe took lie died there in 1879, at the age of seventy-six tile oath of office for a term of four years. years. Hle nnarried Lydia Coiiilpton, who was 1iiicc he hegai- school work hCe has attelned born in X w cirsev and who di(el in Dundee, every county and district teachers' convention Yates count\N, TY.,at the age of eighty-five anl hie is also an active mnihem r of the State eairs anli six months. Teachers' Association. On e measure which Cornelins (. Beckman was born iln New York lie has advocated with especial enthusiasm is C itv. JantiaiM x , 1828, receiving in hlis youth a that of securing a uniform method of study. liiiitc( cducatioii in the common schools of his \s a result of his efforts in this direction native state. When quite a young man lie was Josephiiie county was the first in the state to apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade and establish a uniform svstein an(l course of was thus equipped to earn his own livelihood. In study; several years later the state took up i85_o lie canie west via the Isthmus of Panama, the same plan. arriving in San 1rancisco in the fall of the same In ad(lition to Ilis educational interests, i\ir. year. He weent at once to Sawyer's bar, where Savage for somue y ears has been financially7 lie engaged ili miinin-, going from there to Yreka conllecte(l with the Savagc and M\[iller mine alid later to Scott's bar, where lie contintied his oln Applegate river. As muighit be inferred search after the precious metal. In 1853 he re- fromll what has been previously stated, lie is a turned to Vreka. Cal., alnd entered, the office of Republican in his political views. However, Cramn, Rogers & Co.. who shortly afterwards no trace of partisaii spirit is discernible in 'his senit him to Tacksonville, ( )rc., as their repre- mianagement of his office, which is conducted sentative at that point. .\oiut '854 Cramn, Rog- for the highest good of all. 'ract, intelligence ers & Co. closed their office at Crescent City, Cal., .nid system have characterized his official transferrilii, their agent at that point to Jackson- lahors and have- gained for him a high stand- ville, andc Alr. Beekman was put tipon the road in,-g wvith the people. Fraternally lie is asso- as traveling express miessenger. in which posi- ciated xvith the Kniighits of Pytlhias, in vwhich tion lie remainlled Uintil the failure of Adams & oriler lie is vice-chancellor: the Woodlmen of CO. in ISt), which also caused the failure of the W\orld, ill which lie is adv-isory counsel, Cramn. Roge-s & Co. aild the n11ited Artisans. Mr. Beckluman theii engageld in business for hlimsel f until the stag-c road was built in i863,. anidl Wells, ['argo & Co. coiipleted their overland CORN IUS' C. I'I MAN. No name in coniiectiollS with Ioitland, ())rC. He then ac- southern ()regoii is better knownA7 than that of ceptedl tie positioni as agent for Wells, Fargo & Cornelius C. IBeekiman, wvho for more than half Co. at [acksonville, withi vixhich office lie is still a century has been closely identified with its com- connected. During the past forty years many niercial, finaucial and political status, and thousands of dollars hiave passedI through his throughl his maniyl years of experience has be- hands and the respoliisihilit Niichi hi is position collie ]known as one of the leading financiers of cntails hi> inadeed 1 cii li -cat, but With keen the northwest. While contributing to his own business judgnicit and consci atdive methods Mr. success. Xfr. Beekiman has not been unmindful Bleckman has Dalwavs bhionl"hlt about the most of the best interests of his adopted county and satisfactorY resnilts. 1li i85, lie opened a private state, and with a true patriotic spirit he has con- bankin-g buvsines, xhichi has contributed no little trilited towards the furtherance of all enter- amnolt to his finalcial success. bulving gold (lulst prises inten(le(l to promote the peace and pros- for nianv vcarl andi-cceiviii.g no deposits until perit\ of the comniunity wherein lie has so long his associatii w iti 'IlIIoInasI ( ;. Realiies in """W rP

208 208PORTRA1IT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of the f i887. Since the death of his partner, in the builders of the comlnercial fabric Beckman has conducted the busi- northwest, it is but just that Mr. Bgeekman should 19oo, \ir. has ness alone. Mr. Beckman has also been be given a place in the front rank. His life ascending the ladder connected with many other important busi- been one of labor, and while of the I, of Jackson county, in all of of fortune lie has ever been mindful ness enterprises at put forth his reserved force and rights and privileges of others, endeavoring which lie has the Golden clearly demonstrated his ability all times to emulate the teachings of power and has with in all matters of commercial and political Rule. His seventy-five years are crowned to lead he is re- moment. He was one of the original incorpora- all that makes life worth living, and tors, and is now serving as president of the Jack- spected most where he is best known-the high- son County Land Association, which has in its est tribute paid to man. control large tracts of land in southern Oregon. Mr. Beekman has al- In his political affiliations FATEI. The modern progressive supporter of the principles RELMICK ways been a stanch farmer, who brings to his home the comforts, of the lkepuhlican parti. His earnestness and pastimes of to the luxuries, diversions and intellectual honesty of purpose soon became evident to be envied his additional ad- different the city, is indeed citizens of Jacksonville and at many air, immunity from noise, and upon to serve the vantages of fresh times he has been called of security and peace derived from as mayor of the that sense public interests, serving at will over a vast area of which he citv anl(l manly times as a member of the wandering has entire jurisdiction. No life in the world is In 1878 Mr. Bleekinan was the Re- cit\ council. so free, so admirable and so thoroughly inde- pulilican nomninee for governor of Oregon, but Fate, repre- by only pelldlelit. Such a farmer is Remick w\aS defeate(l by Hon. W. W. Thayer pioneer families this in spite of the fact sentative of one of the foremost sixty-nine votes. andl who was born on his to accomplish his of Douglas county, and that he put forth no effort i862. The career of The cause of edncation has also found present farm November 15, election. Fate, the father of several worthy sons, in Air. Beekman a true and sincere friend, as David of whom Remiick is the youngest, Is reviewed in well as a liberal contributor. He has served either as presillent or member of another part of this work. many years in i89i with Alice for fifteen years was a At the time of his marriage the school board and near Al\Iyrtle Creek, M[r. Fate the board of regents of the State Cornelison, born member of on this part of the old at Eugene, Ore. went to housekeeping University homestead, which consists of five hundred acres, Alr. Beckman was united in marriage January so varied in its character as to permit of all kinds 29, to Miss Julia Hoffmnal, who was born i86ii, and stock-producing. Ind., the daughter of William Hoff- of farming, fruit-raising in Attica, improvements have been of Baltimore, Aid. He was an Practically all of the mal, a native son in the family. who is carly settler of Indiana, and crossed the plains ma(le by this youngest in his tendencies, wideawake and pro- to Oregon in 1853, settling near Jacksonville, modern he engaged in farming gressive. E-specially is Air. Fate an appreciator Jackson county, where the finest and served for several terms of fine stock, and in his meadows graze and mnerchandising, cattle, and 0. 1. C. as clerk of this county. He (lied at the age of of Cotswold sheep, Hereford years. hogs. H is buiildings are in accord with latter- eighty-four home, around which cen- Mrs. Beekiman are the parents of two day demandls, and his Air. and is T-he soni, enijainin 1B., an attorney of ters a world of comfort and good fellowship, children. the Portland, Ore., gradutatcd from the University notetl for the abundance of its hospitality, of Oregon xvith the degrce of B. A. and after excellence of its cooking-, and its air of restful and twentv-five acres teaching in that institution for one year received prosperity. One hundred degree A. Al. 11e next entered the Yale of the farm are under cultivation, and the bal- the con- lawv school, from which he was duln g-raduated ance devoted to stock. The kitchen garden deoree of LL. B. The dlaughter. tains all that the thrifty and exacting housewife with the variety Caroline C. Beekmlian, who is at home with her could desire, and an orchard supplies a canning pur- parents. is a graduate of Mill's Seminary. of fruits for immediate use and fIn his fraternal associations Mr. Beeekman is poses. An irrigating ditch, the thought of the anibhonored member of Warren Lodge No. IO enterprising owner, gives him a distinct advan- A. P. & A. All.. of which he was elected master tage over his less resourceful neiolbbors. and it for twelve consecutive years, and has long been is largely owing to this innovation that uniform- a member of Oregon Chapter No. 4 R. A. M., ity of crops is secured. The best of products in whichl he is now" serving as Royal Arch cap- enable fAir. Fate to command the best market tain and treasurer. prices, a consummation desired by all who devote in making a permanent record of the lives of their energies to farming, but (lo not always un- -1

I PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 209 derstand that eternal vigilance and advancement dtlcted the largest inercantile establislinient of are the price of such good fortune. M[r. Fate the city. This lie sold out in November, 1903, cures from three thousand to tell thotisand and at once opened all up-to-date dtlro store pounds of bacon each year, anil this finds a ready with aii entirely new stock, which lie coniducts in market in the surrounding coulntry. MIr. Fate connection -,with his other enterprises. For fif- takes little interest in politics, although lie has teen vears AIr. Sengstacken was financially in- been elected to several miiior offices in the towii- terested in the steaniboat business of Coos bay, ship. Hle is a Reptublican, as are his father and and on Pony slougll had a large, up-to-date log- i brothers, and lie holds membership in the Inde- giig camp, With niodern eqhiuiipents, inciuding penclent Orrder of Odld Fellows lodge of MIyrtle three donlkev engines where lie kept thirty ineii Creek and the Mlasolns at Canvonville. His wife constantly eiiiiloved. is a meniber and active worker in the Christian Air. Sengstacken has been twvice married. IHe Church. M\Ir. Fate is geenial of manner, ex- was marriedl, in Marshfield, to Lillie Lockart, tremnelv well posted oni current events, and has who was borii in Jaclksonville, ( )re. She died in that breadth of miiiid wvhicih counts iio sacrifice carly womanlhood, leavi-ng two children, Henry too (lear to procure for himself and those near to A. and iAfabel G. AIr. Sengstackeii was subse- hiini the highest advantages of civilization. queiitly uinite with \Anes l ockart, a sister of Ills first wife. and they have one child, i)oris. A stanch Republicaii iln politics, ani(l never shirk- ing the dlitics an(l respoiisibilities of public office HENRY SENGSTACKEN. The business -AIr. Sengstacken serveil as depuity collector of activities of 1\larshfield and the surrounding custOml's in 1,877 and 1878; was justice of the country are largely dominated br Henry Seng- peace at 'inpiiire City, and for one term wvas a stacken, the present mnavor of -Marshfield, whose nieniber of the city couiicil. At the election ill strong personality and influence are felt December, T(03, lie was elected mayor of M\Iarshi- throughout Coos countv. A stroug, self-reliant field for the einsuiug txvo vears. 1Fraterndalv lie man, possessing aii unlimited amount of energy is a member of the independent Order of Odd anil business ability, until recently he carried on1 Fellows, belonging to lodlge anil encanipuient, in the largest dep)artiiietit store in the citv. He the foriier of which lie has passe(h all the chairs owns a large amount of real estate, his town ani( belongs to the Aincieiit Order of United property including several business blocks, and Workuien. lie is local agent for the MXfutuial he has recently erected, on a slight elevation Life Insuraiice Company of Newv York and has overlooking the city, a palatial residence, the lone a large lusiness in that lin(. finest in its improvements andl furnisllings of any in the locality. A native of Germany, lie was born June 12, 185i, in Hanover, where his parents, Henry and M\ary (Mangels) Seng- JVILLI.\ AI PFRDIE. It sseems eminelith' stacken, spent their entire lives, his father, a stuc- fittinig that the oldest soIi of Johii Perdue, the piolieer of i 85Oo, should succeed to the mnanage- cessful farmer, attaining the age of seventy-five i years. ineiit of thu farm upon whi icli his father expended The fifth child in a family of nine children, so miiuch of his well directed cnergy .A survey Thenry Sengstackeli acquirei his preliminary ed- of this old-tinie property, located three miles ucatioii in the comiiiuon schools of the Father- cast of Dax 's Creek piostoffice ani( four hundred land. At the age of fourteen years he came to andl forty acres in extent, ihiscloses to the ob)- San Francisco, Cal., with Claus Spreckels. the server a hiapy conibi nation of the ol0(and iC\W. sugar iiagnate, who took a friendly interest in the methodls and iniprovenieiits of thle father, aiid him. The following eight years lie spent in that the later additions of the progfr'ssive son. Ai r. city, being first eni ploved as a clerk, afterwards Perdue has excelleiit harms and outhiouses, anul being gradtuated froni Healds Business College. facilities for eari ng for a variety of crops. as and then accepting a position as bookkeeper. De- well as large herds of Hereford cattle and Me- sirous of establishiiig hiiiiself in business oii his rilio sheep. I'racticall- the entire life of AIr. oWIn account, AMr. Sengstacken caiie to Coos 'cr(lue has been spent in Douglas couiitv, for county in I874 an entire stranger. an(l located in lie was less than a vear o1(l when broughlt across Eimpire City, where he opened a dtlrg store and the plains froni his native Buchicmaii couity. later emibarked in a general merchandise btusi- lo., whe~relie was born Februatr- 22, T1-o. Tie lless. As his trade increased he enlarged his o0- was r-cared on the farii nicar Roseburg, upon erations, inl 1879 opening a braiicl store in lhat near Cantivonvile, anid upon the one now oc- Marslifield, where lie has since resided. Hle ctpiiied by hiii. and wons educated in the public opened his store in the city with a siiall stock. schools of thle cluilitV. in 1877 Ile iiarried Mary which graduially increased uiitil in T1903lhe coii- L.. Tiller, who \\as bhoril in thlis state, and wilth

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whoml he located on a farm near Elk creek, working in the tannery of Haynes & Brainard, where he lived eight years. He then purchased as a leather finisher. After working for those this part of the old homestead, around which gentlemen for two and a half years he purchased cling so many memories of the parents who lived the interest of Mr. Brainard and in partnership to be four score years old, and who died within with MIr. Haynes, conducted a very profitable eleven months of each other. Sixteen children business until I874. Mr. Ozouf then purchased were born to M1\r. and MtIrs. Perdue, the order his partner's interest, and carried on the business of their birth being as follows: Benjamin himself, being perfectly qualified to make a suc- F rank, living on a farm near his father; Mrs. cess of it, which he did. He gave his undivided 1Emma Farmer, of Coos county; Mrs. Belle attention to this business until i886, when lie Lainy, also of Coos county; William Marion, at sold out to advantage, and the following year home; George EX., living near the home farm took a trip back to his old home, accompanied M\Iandx, at home; Addie, of Coos county; and by his wife. Hle remained in France nine Aortie, Carrie, Alice, Daniel O. 1L., Ophir, May, months, and upon his return to Scottsburg he lletha WM., \Valter and James N. Mr. Perdue is did not re-engage in his trade, but since then a firm believer in the benefits of education, and has given his attention to the more independent has never allowed work on the farm to inter- occupation of farming-, and has been quite busy fere with a practical education for his children. looking out for his extensive farming interests. Ile is a Republican in politics, and fraternally He owns several ranches, twenty-five hundred is a welcome member of the Independent Order acres in all, located principally along the Ump- of ( )dd Fellows lodge. Mr. Perdue is one of qua river. His success has been the result of his the substantial and thoroughly reliable men of own efforts. his neighhorhood. and aside from any advantage In I864 Mr. Ozouf was united in marriage to be gained fromn familv connection, has won with Isabella Wade, formerly of Indiana, and an in(lepn(lendt reputation for himself as farm- she has proved a worthy helpmeet. In politics er. stock-raiser, an(l a progressive and up-to-date lie is a decided Republican, and, although not citizen. an office-seeker, has taken a prominent part in the political issues of the day. Fraternally he is allied with the Ancient Order A. E. OZOUF. of United Work- The process of tanning and men and Modern Woodmen of converting America. The the skins of animals into leather foregoing review shows what a man may forms an important accom- industry in the United plish by steady and persistent effort, States, combined employing, as it does, in the neighbor- with ability and a thorough knowledge of a good hood of twenty-five thousand people. The in- trade. vention of leather reaches beyond the dawn of history, and was among the earliest germs of civilization. As an example of one who is well JOSEPH -\I. ROBINSON is the genial pro- skilled in the art of manufacturing various kinds prietor of a hotel in Elkton, and has followed of leather, the gentleman above named has fol- diversified occupations donring his life. He was lowed this trade for many years and throughout born in Gallia county, Ohio, near Gallipolis, many lands. JanuarV 22, I841. He remained at home until Mfr. Ozouf is a native of Paris, France, which he attained the age of sixteen years, and ob- was his home until he attained the age of seven- tained a practical education in the public schools. teen years. He was born March 19, 1832, and fn i858 he and his twin brother went to Cali- in ]850o he accompanied his father to America, fornia by water. They entered the mines and and they settled in San Jose, Cal., which was followed prospecting and mining in that state for their home for two years. In 1852 they returned about fifteen years. Mr. Robinson subsequently to their beloved France, not being entirely satis- opened a general store at Gilroy, Cal., and car- fied with their trip to the new world. Having ried on1 a successful business for about four seen a little of the world, Mr. Ozouf was not years. The three vears following he worked at satisfied to remain long at home, and the follow- his trade as a tinsmitli. About i88i he came to ing year he went to 11elgiumi, remaining eighteen Douglas county, Ore., and bought a one hun- nioluths, and from there to England. where he dred and sixtv acre ranch about two and one- remained three and a half years, working in a half miles from Elkton, and lived there fourteen tannerv as a currier. Again crossing the waters years, inmproving his farm, tilling the soil and to America, lie followed his trade as a leather raising stock. He then left the farm and moved finisher in New York for about one month and to Elkton, and opened a hotel, which lie still then went to Boston, where he lived for ten conducts. months, and again set sail for the Golden Gate. In i88o Mr. Robinson was united in marriage In May, 1859, he located in Scottsburg, Ore., with Martha Wilburn, a native of Missouri, who

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