CHARLES W. KAHLER: lives in Jacksonville; is a lawyer; was born in Morgan County, Ohio, November 4, 1840; arrived in state and county October, 1852.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


    CHARLES WESLEY KAHLER. A sound and able lawyer, having the confidence and esteem of his fellow men, Charles Wesley Kahler has been for many years an honored member of the legal fraternity of Jackson County. From 1868 to 1903 he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession in Jacksonville, and was justly considered one of the foremost attorneys in the city. January 26, 1903, he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and has since been suffering from locomotor ataxia, a most trying disease. A son of William Kahler, he was born November 4, 1840, near McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio. His grandfather, Jacob Kahler, was born and bred in Pennsylvania, but removed to Virginia, and from there migrated to Ohio, where he spent his declining years.
    A native of Loudoun County, Va., William Kahler removed with his parents to Morgan County, Ohio, where he cleared and improved a farm. In 1852 he came across the plains to Oregon, bringing his family and household goods in ox wagons. Locating immediately in Jacksonville, he followed mining and carpentering for two years. In 1854 he took up one hundred and sixty acres of wild land near Table Rock, and was there engaged in agricultural pursuits for several years. Selling his ranch in 1880, he removed to Jacksonville, where he lived retired from active business until his death, in 1895, at the age of seventy-eight years. He was a strong Republican in his political affiliations, and served one term, about 1878, in the state legislature. In an early period of his settlement here, he was a member of the county association. He married in Morgan County, Ohio, Georgianna Johnson, who was born in London, England, in 1817, emigrated with her father to Morgan County, Ohio, and died in Jacksonville, Ore., in 1890, aged seventy-two years. Of their family of six children, four sons and two daughters, one son and one daughter are dead. Those living are Rebecca N. McDonough; Charles W.; Dr. George, of Tacoma, Wash.; Andrew, of Centralia, Wash.; Thomas P. and William E., of Sumpter, Ore.
    The second child in order of birth of his parents, Charles W. Kahler laid a substantial foundation for his future education in the common schools of Jackson County. Subsequently entering Willamette University he completed the English course, and was graduated in 1865 with the degree of B.S. Mr. Kahler afterwards studied law with Orange Jacobs of Jacksonville, and was admitted to the bar in 1868. Immediately beginning the practice of his profession in that city, he built up a large and remunerative practice, which he carried on with eminent success until his recent illness, as mentioned above. In 1869 he was appointed district attorney to succeed W. G. T'Vault, who died while in office, receiving his appointment from Governor Wood. He has been a candidate for both county judge and circuit judge, but has always been in the minority. In politics Mr. Kahler is a staunch Republican, and has always been ready to further the interests of his party. In the pursuit of his profession, he has accumulated a considerable property, owning valuable farming lands, and some mining property. He has never married. Mrs. Rebecca N. (Kahler) McDonough, Mr. Kahler's sister, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, and came to Jackson County with her parents. She married James McDonough, who was born near Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1826 and came to Oregon by way of the Isthmus in 1851, and settled in Jacksonville. He was first employed as a carpenter, but later bought land, and was most successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, being noted throughout Southern Oregon as a breeder of fine horses, including some which made good records on the turf. He died on his farm near Tolo June 8, 1901, at the age of seventy-five years. He was a man of strict integrity and sterling worth, liberal and hospitable, and was held in high esteem throughout the community. In politics, Mr. McDonough was a sound Democrat. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McDonough were born six children: Carlos, a rancher in Washington; Helen, widow of I. M. Rowe; Harriet, widow of George D. Ridinger; John W., a rancher in Idaho; Martin C., on the old homestead; George C., a lumberman of Ashland.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 869-870


    DR. GEO. KAHLER: lives at Phoenix; is a physician; was born in Morgan County, Ohio, February, 1843; came to state and county in 1852; was married October, 1867, to Sylva Oglesby. Children Orange, Earl, Albion, Fred and Linn.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


    DR. J. M. KEENE, delegate from Jackson County, First Congressional District, has been a lifelong Republican. He comes from pioneer stock, his father and mother crossing the plains and settling in Marion County in the early '40s. Dr. Keene's early education was received in the common school of Fairfield and at Forest Grove. In choosing a profession, Dr. Keene selected dentistry, and after his graduation he went to Philadelphia and took a thorough course in the Philadelphia Dental College. He was elected president of his class the first year, and in his second year he was elected president of the Garretsonian Literary Society. On his return to Oregon, Dr. Keene took an active interest in politics, and at his home in Medford he is looked upon as a leader.
"Oregon Delegates to the Republican National Convention," Sunday Oregonian, Portland, April 17, 1904, page 10


KEENEY, ROBERT J.
Architect.
b. Hong Kong, China; son of Thomas P. and Elizabeth Ann (Williams) Keeney; educated University of Oregon B.S. 1930; Delta Tau Delta; m. Rosemary G. Gardner of Oregon City, May 10, 1939; began as estimator, plan serviceman, Big Pines Lumber Co. 1930-37; associated in designing Siskiyou and Josephine County hospitals; designer of Mt. Shasta and Prospect schools, Myron Root Company Plant, Stage Coach Orchards, Leverette Cold Storage, Bear Creek Orchards Plant, Rogue River Orchards, Crystal Springs Package Company, Reter Fruit Plant and numerous private residence; captain U.S. Army Engineers, European Theater of Operations 1943-46; cited; member Chamber of Commerce; Rogue River Country Club; University Club; American Institute of Architects; home Anderson Rd., Phoenix; office 123 E. Main St., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 303


    CHAS. KEETON: lives in Jacksonville; is a farmer; was born in Cass County, Mo.; came to state and county in 1878; married November, 1881, to Ada Killahan. Child, infant.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


    KELLOGG, Clarence D., pianist and organist, began his piano studies with his mother at the age of six. Soon was placed under best teachers in Detroit, Michigan, where he received a thorough training. Going to Medford, Oregon, in 1905, he became active in the musical life of that place, teaching and acting as organist of the First M.E. Church. In 1910 he came to Los Angeles, doing advanced work in piano and organ with Elmer Todd, and since then he has been actively engaged in teaching in Los Angeles and Pasadena and doing much accompanying. For eight years has been organist at Lake Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church in Pasadena, and five years at Sanai Temple, Los Angeles.
Wiley Francis Gates, Who's Who in Music in California, 1920, page 84


KELLY, EDWARD C.
Lawyer; ex-State Legislator.
b. Blackfoot, Idaho, Aug. 6, 1904; son of E. E. and Agnes C. (Cantwell) Kelly; educated public schools; University of Oregon Law School; admitted to Oregon Bar 1927; began practice with father, Medford; served as attorney, review attorney, state attorney and regional counsel, Public Works Administration; later special attorney Department of Justice, Nome, Alaska; appointed Assistant General Counsel, Bonneville Power Administration 1940; served as State Representative Jackson County 1933; private law practice 1927-43, 1946-; served as captain U.S. Army, Allied Military Government, European Theater of Operations 1943-45; Legionnaire (service officer); Knight of Columbus; Granger; president Parent's Club, St. Mary's Academy; Democrat; Catholic; home 430 Haven; office 407 Medford Center Building, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, pages 309-310


KELLY, EDWARD C.
    Lawyer
b Blackfoot, Ida, Aug 6, 1904; son of E E and Agnes C (Cantwell) K; educ, pub schs; Univ Or Law Sch; law prac, 1927; began with father, Medford; served as atty, review atty, state atty and regional atty, Pub Works Admin; later, special atty, Dept of Justice, Nome, Alaska; apptd Assistant Gen Counsel, Bonneville Power Admin, 1940; serv as state representative, Jackson Co, 1933; capt, US Army, Allied Military Govt, European Theatre, 1943-45; mem, Parents Club (pres), St Mary's Acad (pres); Legionnaire (serv officer); Knight of Columbus; Granger; Democrat; home, 430 Haven; ofc, 407 Medford Center Blg, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 574


    Residence, Queen Avenue; office, Palm Block, Medford. Born May 18, 1867, at De Witt, Iowa. Son of Thomas and Nancy (Flater) Kelly. Attended public school and high school of De Witt, Iowa, and graduated from the Law Department of Lake Forest University, Chicago, with LL.B. degree. Admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1896; to the bar of North Dakota in 1897; practiced in North Dakota one year and in 1898 enlisted in First Dakota Volunteer Infantry, and was transferred to First Company, Signal Corps, and, commissioned Second Lieutenant of same in February, 1899. In 1900 moved to Blackfoot, Idaho, and was admitted to the bar of that state in the same year. Remained there practicing his profession until he came to Oregon in 1907. Was admitted to the bar of this state in the same year, and formed a partnership with H. Withington, at Medford, which exists to date. Member Masonic, K. of P. and Redmen fraternities. Democrat.
History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910, page 164


    REESE P. KENDALL. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 12, 1829, Mr. Kendall's father, Richard G., and his grandfather, Reese, were born in Salem County, N.J., the family having been established there as early as 1750 by the paternal great-grandfather George, who was born in Canada, and died on his New Jersey farm. Reese Kendall followed the martial fortunes of Washington during the Revolutionary War, and was wounded in the ankle at the battle of Monmouth. He was a shoemaker by trade, and combined the same with farming for his entire active life. Richard G. Kendall was reared on the New Jersey farm, and married Ann Brown, a native of Salem County, N.J., a daughter of Samuel Brown, a tailor by trade, who died on his farm in Salem County. Mr. Kendall was educated in New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pa., graduating from a medical college in the latter city, where he also took a course of lectures in the early '30s. After removing to near Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1827, he practiced medicine for many years, and was latterly an invalid, and died of cholera July 4, 1849, his wife surviving him until the following year. Of the family of eight children, four sons and four daughters, four sons and two daughters attained maturity, Reese P. being the oldest of ail.
    Mr. Kendall was educated primarily in the common schools, and from 1852 until 1855 attended the Cincinnati Medical College. Entering Miami College in the fall of 1855, he graduated the following year, and forthwith engaged in professional practice in Shelby County, Ill., later practicing near Liberty, Adams County, for about four years. An exceptionally busy life was interrupted by the outbreak of the Civil War, and he enlisted in the fall of 1861 in Company L, Second Illinois Cavalry, after six weeks being promoted to acting assistant surgeon of the Sixteenth Army Corps. From July 22, 1864, until November, 1865, he served as major surgeon of the Eleventh United States Colored Infantry, and at the completion of this service was discharged at Memphis, Tenn.
    From the close of the war until 1871 Dr. Kendall continued to practice in Illinois, and then located near Beloit, Mitchell County, Kans., where he pre-empted and owned a farm of three hundred and twenty acres for many years, although he was often absent from it in the performance of his duties. In 1874 he removed to Illinois, and in 1875 attended college at Davenport, Iowa, the following year increasing his opportunity for usefulness by taking a course in the Episcopal theological school at Topeka, Kans. In the spring of 1877 he assumed charge of Christ Church at Warsaw, Ill., at the same time occupying his farm of one hundred acres near that town. In 1878 he returned to his Kansas ranch, and in 1882 came to Oregon, assuming charge of St. Thomas Church at Canyon City. His field of labor covered a large territory and included the towns of Prineville, Mitchell, Hay Creek, Prairie City, Dayville and several others, Mr. Kendall being the first preacher in Harney Valley and Dayville. In the spring of 1885 he went to Benton, Ala., where he preached and kept books for a lumber company for six months, following this by a month at Decatur, Ala., where he prepared confirmation classes for the bishop.
    From 1885 until 1887 Dr. Kendall lived on his farm near Hamilton, Ill., returning then to the farm near Beloit, Kans. He came to Medford, Ore., in 1893 as a literary worker for the Cincinnati Tribune, now the Commercial Tribune, and during his two years' association with the paper contributed a series of articles known as Tales of the Argonauts. In the fall of 1895 he accompanied his daughter to Boston, to place her in the conservatory of music of that city, but owing to the ill health of the latter she was obliged to leave the conservatory after four months. Dr. Kendall again removed to Oregon, and January 10, 1899, located in San Jose, Cal., where his daughter, since entirely recovered in health, entered the conservatory of music and graduated in the class of 1900 with the degree of Bachelor of Music. In August, 1901, the doctor came to Medford, where he now lives, and has since been practically retired from active life.
    Literary work has been one of his chief sources of revenue, as well as one of the most congenial of the occupations in which Dr. Kendall has engaged. Possessing a graphic style, extensive vocabulary, and pleasing manner of expression, his efforts have been eagerly sought by leading periodicals throughout the country, and have ranged from a book published in New York on Elementary Theology, and Higher Criticism Simplified, to Pacific Trail Camp-Fires, and the argonaut articles in the Cincinnati Tribune. In Liberty, Adams County, Ill., Dr. Kendall married, May 16, 1858, Mrs. Annie Maria Grubb Collins, born in Crawford County, Pa., and the mother of three children: Ann G., the wife of Aaron Andrews, of this vicinity; George Everett, of Spokane, Wash.; and Abby, at home. Dr. Kendall is a Republican in politics, and was formerly a strong Abolitionist, and a staunch friend of Salmon P. Chase. He is fraternally connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 971-972


KENNEDY, ERNEST RAY
    Businessman;
    Civic and Fraternal Leader
b Lincoln, Nebr, July 20, 1909; son of Roy E and Odessa J (Steele) K; educ pub schs, Lincoln, Nebr and Los Angeles, Cal, High Sch of Agr, Curtis, Nebr, Univ Oreg; m Ruth E Baker, Syracuse, Kan, Jan 30, 1930; ch, Ernest R Jr, Katherine Lee, Wm Everett, Carl Monte; farm equip and hardware bus, whsl, retail feed and seed, Junction City, 1939-45; owner, Kennedy's Variety Store, No Bend, 1947-; council, 1949-; mem, sch bd, Junction City, 1945-46; City Recorder, 1941-42; mem, Chamber Commerce (dir 1948); Lion (pres, Junction City, 1938); Odd Fellow (past noble grand, 1934, secty, 1935;  R Mason (past master, 1936); OES (past patron, 1945); Republican; Methodist; home, 2218 McPherson; ofc, 804 E Main (Box 958), Medford, Oreg.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 574


    T. J. KENNEY: lives in Jacksonville; is a saddler and harness maker; was born in Jackson County, Oregon; was married December 22, 1878, to Rosa Ulrich. Children Daniel, Katie J. and Christian J.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


    THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEY. A native Oregonian, the son of one of Jackson County's early pioneers and a descendant of distinguished ancestry, Thomas J. Kenney is a worthy representative of the esteemed and valued citizens of Jacksonville. Dependent upon his own resources from an early age, he labored with indomitable will and courage, and by his persistent energy and foresight became established among the successful business men of the city while he was yet a comparatively young man. A son of Daniel M. Kenney, he was born in Jacksonville, December 23, 1855. His grandfather, John Kenney, came from New Orleans, La., to Oregon in 1857. After his second marriage, he removed to Oakland, Cal., where he spent the remainder of his life, passing away at the advanced age of four score years.
    A native of New Orleans, La., Daniel Mow Kenney was born March 9, 1822. Coming by way of the Isthmus to the Pacific coast in 1850, he was engaged in mining on the Sacramento and Tuolumne rivers for two years. Removing from Yreka, Cal., to Oregon in the spring of 1852, he established the first business house in Jacksonville, opening a store of general merchandise, which he conducted until his death, February 18, 1860. As a merchant he met with a fair share of success, and as one of the leading members of the Whig Party he was active in politics. February 18, 1855, at Dardanelles, Ore., he married Elizabeth T'Vault, who was born in Evansville, Ind., a daughter of W. G. T'Vault. Her paternal grandfather, William T'Vault, was born, reared and married in France. [He was not.] Emigrating to the United States in 1818, he located in Tennessee, near Nashville, where he had relatives, among them being the Claybornes, people of distinction. Removing to Indiana about the time of its admission to the Union as a state, he settled in Evansville, where he was in business as a capitalist until his death, at an advanced age. His wife, who attained a ripe old age, also spent her last years in that city. W. G. T'Vault was born March 23, 1818, on the ocean, while his parents were en route to this country. Educated for the legal profession, he first practiced as an attorney at Booneville, Ind., and then in Plymouth, and while a resident of the latter city was a representative to the state legislature. He subsequently lived for a short time in Warsaw, Ind., from there coming across the plains to Oregon in 1845.
    Locating in Oregon City, W. G. T'Vault practiced his profession there for seven years, and under the name of The Oregon Spectator edited and published the first newspaper published on the Pacific Coast. He was active in public affairs, served as the first postmaster general of the Territory of Oregon, and represented Clackamas County in the constitutional convention. He was a man of brilliant attainments, and a noted writer and journalist. Coming to Jackson County in 1852, he took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres, known as the Dardanelles, as it was the only trail along the east side of the Rogue River. Taking up his residence in Jacksonville in 1855, he started the first newspaper published south of the Calapooia Mountains, calling it the Table Rock Sentinel. In addition to his journalistic work he followed his profession, and for a number of terms was prosecuting attorney for the fifth judicial district. He was for several years a representative to the state legislature, and in 1858 was speaker of the house. He died in 1868 of smallpox. He married Rhoda Boon Burns, who was born in Kentucky, and was a granddaughter of the famous hunter and trapper, Daniel Boone. She was of patriotic ancestry, her father, a corporal in the Revolutionary army, having received a land grant for his services in that war a tract that includes the site of the present city of Bowling Green, Ky. Of the union of Daniel M. and Elizabeth (T'Vault) Kenney, three children were born, namely: Thomas Joseph, the subject of this sketch; William G., city marshal of Jacksonville; and Rhoda, deceased. Mrs. Daniel M. Kenney is an honorary member of the State Press Association; a member of the State and Southern Oregon Pioneer Associations and of the Presbyterian Church. W. G. T'Vault was prominent in all public affairs, was acquainted with Dr. McLoughlin and Dr. Whitman, and in his house the first proclamation of the governor of the territory was written. In 1847 he went with a party to interview the Indians, and his daughter Elizabeth acted as interpreter for General Lane.
    Receiving a very limited common school education, Thomas J. Kenney began working as chore boy in the livery stable of Daniel Cawley when he was but eight years of age, and two years later, at the age of ten years, he began an apprenticeship at the trade of a harness maker. In 1880, borrowing $240, he embarked in the harness business on his own account. Beginning on a modest scale, he gradually enlarged his operations, at first taking in second-hand goods, then adding a stock of hardware, and for a time dealing in all kinds of merchandise. At the present time Mr. Kenney handles hardware and groceries, only, and is carrying on a large and lucrative business in this line of goods, being one of the leading merchants of the city. By his own persevering efforts he has achieved success in business circles, and has accumulated considerable property. At Butte Creek, he owns half interest in a mountain ranch of one hundred and sixty acres; on Williams Creek he has a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres, which he devotes to the raising of grain and alfalfa; and in Jacksonville he owns the business block in which his store is located, and has a fine residential property, consisting of two lots, on which he has erected the dwelling house in which he lives. This is a two-story frame house, containing eleven rooms, equipped with all modern improvements, and is surrounded by a beautiful lawn, rendering it one of the most attractive estates in the vicinity. He is also a stockholder, and treasurer, of the Jacksonville Mining and Milling Company, which was incorporated with a capital of ten thousand shares.
    In 1874, in Jacksonville, Mr. Kenney married Rosa Ulrich, who was born in Burlington, Iowa, a daughter of Christian Ulrich, a thrifty German citizen of that city. Three children have blessed their union, namely: Christian J., Mervyna, and Francis, all living at home. Politically Mr. Kenney is a staunch Republican, and is now a member of the city council, in which he has served many terms. He has often served as school director, and was chairman of the board when the new schoolhouse, costing $10,000, was built. Fraternally he is a member of Roseburg Lodge, No. 326, B.P.O.E.; and a charter member and treasurer of Banner Lodge, No. 23, A.O.U.W., of Jacksonville; Jacksonville Assembly, No. 60, Artisans, and P. P. Prim Cabin, Native Sons of Oregon.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 906-907


    WILLIAM G. KENNEY: lives in Jacksonville; is a stage driver; was born in Jackson County, Oregon.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


    W. W. KENTNOR: lives in Ashland; is a wagon maker; was born in Illinois, November 27, 1828; came to state and county in 1853; was married October 20, 1861, to Sarah A. Million. Children Ida F., Johnnie and Albert.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504




    WILLIAM WILSON KENTNOR. No better representative of the substantial, respected and well-to-do citizens of Ashland can be found than William Wilson Kentnor, who is now living retired from business cares at his pleasant and attractive home, which is located in the heart of the city. Distinguished as a pioneer settler of Jackson County, and as a veteran of the Rogue River Indian War of 1853, he has always been a conspicuous factor in the development and advancement of the material interests of his community, and for more than forty years was actively identified with its industrial interests as a carriage manufacturer. A son of John B. Kentnor, he was born November 27, 1828, in Columbia, Monroe County, Ill. He comes of German ancestry, his paternal grandparents having both been born and bred in Prussia, Germany, whence they emigrated to America, locating in Pennsylvania.
    Left an orphan when a child, John B. Kentnor was brought up by his father's brother, from whom he learned the trade of a tanner and currier. Removing to Monroe County, Ill., in 1816, he established in Columbia a tanner's shop, which he operated for some time. He was subsequently employed in lead mining in northern Illinois, from there going to Potosi, Grant County, Wis., where he continued work in the lead mines until his death, at the age of sixty-eight years. He married Nancy Alexander, who was born in Kentucky, of Scotch parentage, but brought up in Chillicothe, Ohio, where her father improved a homestead. She died in Monroe County, Ill, in 1837. Of the five children, four sons and one daughter, that she bore her husband, two of the sons only are living.
    The oldest child of the household, and the only one to come to the Pacific Coast, William Wilson Kentnor is a typical representative of the self-made men of today, having made his own way in the world since nine years of age, when his mother died and the home was broken up. Until about seventeen years old, he worked in the lead mines of Grant County, Wis., after which he served an apprenticeship at the wagonmaker's trade in Potosi, Wis., and then worked as a journeyman in Galena, Ill. In the latter place he joined a party about to start for California with a train of ox teams. At Oskaloosa, Iowa, however, the company dissolved, and in the division of stock Mr. Kentnor came into possession of a pair of oxen, which he there traded for a horse. With one of his companions, he then proceeded to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he sold his horse, and paid his passage across the plains. Ninety-two days after leaving Council Bluffs, he arrived in Yreka, Cal., where he at once embarked in mining and prospecting, which he followed for eight years before he was fully satisfied with the results of his labors. While in Yreka, in 1853, he served in the Rogue River Indian War, under Captain Rhoades, in the regiment commanded by Gen. Joseph Lane. He took part in the different engagements with the savages, being in the final battle at Evans Creek, where they defeated the Indians, and General Lane made the treaty that was ratified at a gathering of chiefs on the north side of the Rogue River, near what is now Bybee ferry. Locating in Ashland in 1860, Mr. Kentnor opened a wagon shop on the banks of the creek, off the plaza, and successfully followed wagon and carriage making for many years thereafter in this city. In 1900 he retired from active pursuits and has since lived in Ashland, his house being one of the first residences built west of the creek.
    In Ashland Mr. Kentnor married Sarah Million, who was born in Lafayette County, Wis., a daughter of Bennett Million. Further ancestral history may be found elsewhere in this work, in connection with the sketch of W. B. Million. Mrs. Ida Ward, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Kentnor, resides in Oakland, Cal. For forty-seven years Mr. Kentnor has been an Odd Fellow, having united with the order in Yreka, Cal., and is now a member of Ashland Lodge, I.O.O.F., of which he is past noble grand, and has served many times as delegate to the Oregon Grand Lodge. He also belongs to the Encampment, of which he is past chief patriarch and ex-representative, and has served as an officer in the Grand Encampment. Taking great interest in civic affairs, he has served two terms as councilman, being elected each time by the Republicans, with whom he affiliates in political matters. He is a member, and ex-president, of the Jackson County Pioneer Society, and belongs to the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an elder for many years.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 649-650


    SILAS WRIGHT KILGORE. While he has not resided upon his present farm many years, Mr. Kilgore is an early settler of Klamath County and has long been identified with its stock-raising interests. It was during 1899 that he came to his present homestead eleven miles south of Klamath Falls, where he owns three hundred acres, of which one hundred and fifteen acres are in alfalfa. In addition to making a specialty of hay, he devotes considerable attention to the stock industry, and now has five hundred head of cattle, mostly of the Durham breed. Besides his home place he is the owner of a section of land in Langells Valley, where he formerly made his home.
    Near Canton, Stark County, Ohio, Silas Wright Kilgore was born July 18, 1842, a son of James and Mary Ann (Dean) Kilgore, natives respectively of Westmoreland County, Pa., and Stark County, Ohio. At an early age James Kilgore accompanied his father, David, from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and there, about 1837, married Miss Dean, who was born October 8, 1819, of German and English ancestry. April 11, 1854, they left Stark County en route for the Far West, and after an uneventful but difficult journey landed at Ashland, Jackson County, Ore., October 1, same year. After two years in Ashland the father rented a farm near Central Point, and from there in 1859 moved to John F. Miller's place, two miles north of Jacksonville, which he purchased. For years he continued on that farm. In the spring of 1873, disposing of his interests there, he came to Klamath County. During the Modoc War he engaged in carrying the mail from Ashland, Ore., to Cedarville, Modoc County, Cal. Returning to Ashland in 1875, he bought one hundred and twenty acres adjoining the town, and took up his residence in Ashland, where he continued to reside until his death, December 27, 1887. He was then seventy-six years of age, having been born in December, 1811. His wife died at Ashland April 11, 1902. They were the parents of the following-named children: Lucetta, deceased; Martha Washington, widow of Robert Hargadine; Felix, deceased; Silas W., of Klamath County; Amanda, wife of G. W. Whitmore; Mary, Mrs. Henry Duncan, of Langells Valley, Klamath County; David, whose home is in Placerville, Cal.; E. G., living in Langells Valley; James, deceased; Josephine, wife of A. F. Squires, of Milwaukee, Clackamas County, Ore.; and Florence, who makes her home in Ashland, this state. The father was a man of religious principles, but not a member of any denomination. Before leaving Ohio he was elected to the state legislature from Stark County, on the Democratic ticket, and served for one term, filling the position with tact and intelligence. Fraternally he was connected with the lodge of Odd Fellows at Jacksonville, this state.
    When the family settled in Oregon Silas W. Kilgore was a boy of twelve years. Primarily educated in the schools of Ohio, he later attended those of Jackson County, Ore. On starting out for himself in 1862, he went to the mines of eastern Oregon, but failed to meet with the desired success, and in 1864 returned to Jackson County. In 1869 he came to Klamath County and secured employment as farmer at the reservation, in the Indian Department, under Capt. O. C. Knapp. After two years in that position he removed to Langells Valley and located a farm near the post office of that name, taking up three hundred and twenty acres at that time. From that year to this he has made a specialty of stock-raising, in which he is meeting with deserved success. He gives his attention closely to the oversight of his lands and, aside from voting with the Populists, takes no part whatever in political affairs. May 1, 1879, he was united in marriage with Mary Alice Herrin, who was born May 1, 1857. The record of the Herrin family appears in the sketch of her father, John S. Herrin, upon another page of this volume. Of her marriage to Mr. Kilgore there are three sons. The oldest, Roy, is a stock-raiser at Bonanza, Oregon; the other two, Silas Warren and Merle, remain with their parents in Klamath County.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 1006-1007


    WILLIAM R. KINCAID: lives near Ashland; is a former postmaster of Ashland; was born April 6, 1843, in Augusta County, Va.; came to state and county in 1864; married June, 20, 1869, to Ophelia J. Evans. Children William D., May Ann, Alice M., Ettie F., Archie R., Daisy O. and Martha J.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


KIRBY, Dr. Louis Copeland
Methodist Clergyman.
b. Trinidad, West Indies, April 2, 1881; son of William Robert and Helen Elizabeth (Kirton) Kirby; educated grade schools West Indies, high school Fayette, Iowa; Upper Iowa University B.A. 1923; hon. D.D. 1942; Kimball School of Theology, Salem, Oregon B.D. 1925; Kappa Phi; m. Esther E. Holden of Portland, Oregon Dec. 31, 1937; children Joyce Evelyn, Robert Louis; began as resident missionary West Indies and British Guiana, five years; student pastor Strawberry, Iowa 1920-23; pastor Marshfield First Church 1923-30; Sellwood First Church, Pendleton 1937-40; First Church, Medford 1940-; past president Pendleton and Medford ministerial associations; chairman Accepted Supply Pastors of Oregon; member Qualifications Committee and Conference Relations for Oregon; secretary Cascade District Missionary Board; president Medford Board of Christian Education; many years leader missionary work; Kiwanian since 1924; Republican; home 27 N. Orange; office West Main and Laurel, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 318


    JOSEPH E. KIRKLAND.--Mr. Kirkland was born in 1831 in Illinois. He was the son of a farmer who removed in 1832 to Arkansas, where he gave his children the advantages of a common-school education. In 1851 the family crossed the plains with oxen to Lane County, Oregon, the journey occupying four months. They took a donation claim, and worked in the Southern Oregon mines from 1852 to 1857, perfecting, in the meantime, their title to their donation. At the time of the Indian disturbance, Joseph Kirkland and his father owned pack trains; and, when the volunteers bivouacked on Table Rock, they ran the gantlet and came through to the Cow Creek country in safety.
    He was mining on Althouse Creek when the Indian hostilities of 1855 commenced on Rogue River, and came out with John Cox from Kerbyville to Vannoy's ferry in the night, and there found Robert Williams with a squad of miners, organized but poorly armed. The next day Thomas Elliff came rushing down, reporting that Flem Hill had just returned from Cow Creek, where the Indians were killing and burning. Kirkland joined a squad of twenty, who went to the relief of those possibly besieged men. They found, at Smith's on Cow Creek, several families forted up; and upon the porch of the house lay the dead body of Hall Bailey, who had been killed on his wagon a mile or so from the house while en route to Yreka with a load of chickens and a drove of hogs. The Indians killed his oxen while they were hitched to the wagon, and strewed the ground with the butchered hogs.
    Proceeding up the valley, they found at Bates' farm Quartermaster Johnson lying dead on the porch of the house, while several more families were barricaded within, one man being severely wounded. That night Kirkland and William Stannos carried a message from Lieutenant Stone, who commanded the pass, back to Captain Williams on Rogue River. Not being successful in obtaining weapons, Kirkland came to the Willamette Valley. The next spring he joined Keith's company of Lane County boys, and entering stayed with the war to its close. One day, while the company was drawn up in line on the bank of Rogue River, Old John, the Indian chief, and some of his braves, saluted them from the opposite bank with a shower of bullets, severely wounding Clay Houston, and strewing a hail of lead among the party. Some of the boys soon found an old canoe, and, hurriedly crossing the river, rushed to the spot from which the fusillade had come, finding only one Indian, who rose from his hiding place in the brush and fired upon the command at very short range. They charged upon him with shouts and yells; and when he jumped into the water they filled his body with bullets, and then drew him out of the water, awarding him to Perry Skinner, who claimed the dead shot.
    In 1857 Mr. Kirkland was married to Miss Mary Standefer, a cousin of Jefferson Standefer. In 1865 they moved to the Walla Walla Valley, and have made it their home to the present time. Mr. Kirkland now practices law at Milton, Oregon, and owns a nice fruit ranch on the edge of the town.
History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington, vol. II, 1889, page 414


    ARTHUR S. KLEINHAMMER is one of the enterprising and successful farmers in Little Applegate Valley, having his residence on an extensive ranch of four hundred and ninety-four acres which he owns, located on Applegate Creek, in Jackson County. He was born in the county where he now resides, May 22, 1870, and is the son of Claus and Frances (Saltmarsh) Kleinhammer, his father being a native of Germany and his mother of the Willamette Valley, this state, her parents having settled in Oregon in 1849. Claus Kleinhammer was identified with mining interests at Sterling continuously for a period of twenty-six years. He was one of the early gold seekers who emigrated to California in 1849, from which state he removed to Oregon in 1851, locating in Sterling, where for twenty-six years he was interested in mines and mining. He removed later, however, to the Rogue River Valley, settling two miles south of Medford, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty acres. He continued to live upon this place and improve it until 1904, at which time he sold this property and removed to Ashland, in Jackson County, where he spent the remaining years of his life, his death occurring in Ashland in 1908. Mrs. Kleinhammer is still living and maintains her home in Ashland.
    Arthur S. Kleinhammer was reared in his father's home and educated in the public schools. He remained under the parental roof until he was twenty years of age, at which time he began his business career. He has, however, been deeply interested in stockraising since he was a boy of sixteen, and has spent his entire business life in Jackson County, engaged continuously in the stock business. His fine ranch of four hundred and ninety-four acres has been improved during the years until now it is regarded as one of the most complete and best-equipped ranches of its kind in this part of the state. His beautiful residence, recently finished, is equipped with all modem conveniences, including hot and cold water.
    Mr. Kleinhammer was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Anderson, of Jackson County, on August 8, 1900, and to this union three children have been born, Esther F., Dorris C. and Claus T. He is a member of one of the fraternal orders of this locality, and he and his wife are church members.
    Mr. Kleinhammer is interested in all measures affecting the industrial and moral advancement of the people and is well known throughout his county as being a successful stockman and a friend of every just and worthy cause.
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. III, 1912, pages 194-197


    C. KLEINHAMMER: lives near Phoenix; is a farmer; was born in Hanover, Germany, October 24, 1832; came to state and county in 1860; married in Linn County, Oregon, 1863, to Francis A. Saltmarsh. Children Frederick, Catherine M., Arthur S., Mary I., Augusta, Mazette and William.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


    CLAUS KLEINHAMMER, Western Oregon has a well established reputation for her food products, especially her fine fruits, and so, in giving the lives of the representative men of this section, we should be loath to omit the name of the well-known gentleman who is the subject of this sketch, for he takes a foremost place among the progressive and practical fruit-growers and farmers of Jackson County. A native of Hanover, Germany, he was born October 24, 1832, and his early mental training was received in his native land, where he continued to live until he reached the age of fourteen years. He then went to sea as a cabin boy on board a sailing vessel from Hamburg, and in the course of time the vessel upon which he sailed landed at New York, where Mr. Kleinhammer determined to remain. Securing employment at a wholesale grocery house, the three years following his arrival in that city found him packing goods, etc., in that establishment, and about that time he, like many others, yielded to an intense desire to try his fortune in the far distant land of California. The trip to the Golden Gate was made via the Nicaragua route, and for several years after his arrival in that state he followed prospecting and mining with fair success. In 1860 he came to Oregon, and for a number of years thereafter he was identified with the Sterling mines of this region. Purchasing a one-fourth interest in the Dutch Boys' claim, he opened up and developed this mine, which was successfully operated by him until 1883, when he disposed of his interests, and the same is now owned by Portland parties. Mr. Kleinhammer then invested his money in a ranch of one hundred and forty-three acres, two miles south of Medford, and turned his attention to farming pursuits. On this farm he has since lived, making improvements that reflect credit on his good judgment and progressiveness. In 1890 he planted twenty-five acres in orchards, and subsequent plantings have increased the number of acres to forty-five, twenty-five acres being standard varieties of winter apples, twelve acres in pears, all fine, bearing trees, and many choice varieties of other kinds of fruit are to be found in his orchards. Quite a good deal of attention is also given to general farming, especially to hay-raising, twenty-five acres of his splendid farm being devoted to raising alfalfa, which is profitably grown in that section.
    The home ties of Mr. Kleinhammer began in 1863, when he married Miss Mary A. Saltmarsh, and to them have been born the following seven children: Fred, Catherina (who is now Mrs. Sam Van Dyke), Ida, Arthur, Augusta, William and Frances. The family enjoy the esteem of the entire community. In his political views Mr. Kleinhammer is a Republican, but has kept aloof from politics, having been too busy a man to take any active interest in the oft-occurring elections.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 407-408


    SIMON KLINGLE: lives on Little Butte Creek; post office is Brownsboro; was born in Pike County, Ill.; came to state and county in 1866; married 1868 to Anna M. Sullivan. Children Katie (deceased), Charles and Ellen.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, pages 530-531


Klippel, Edgar Albert
    Superintendent of Telegraph, Oregon-Washington R.R. & Navigation Co.
    Office: Portland, Ore.
Born July 5, 1864, at Chicago, Ill. Education in common schools. Entered railway service 1883 as telegraph operator on construction work Oregon Ry. & Navigation Co., since which he has been consecutively to Oct. 15, 1889 operator at various points and clerk superintendent's office same road; Oct. 15, 1889, to June 22, 1898, manager telegraph office same road at Portland, Ore.; June 22, 1898, to date, superintendent telegraph same road (now the Oregon-Washington R.R. & Navigation Co.); April 10, 1905, to Nov. 1, 1911, also superintendent of telegraph Southern Pacific lines in Oregon; Sept. 20, 1918, to Feb. 1, 1920, also superintendent of telegraph Southern Pacific lines north of Ashland, Ore.
Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of North America, New York, 1922, page 350


    C. K. KLUM: lives in Ashland; is a dealer in saddlery and harness, was born in Franklin County, Ind.; came to state in 1847 and to county in 1853; was married June, 1875, to Lucinda H. Finley. Children Hypatia. Charles W and Blaine.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


KNIGHT, ELLIS L. (Buck)
Legion Leader; with U.S. Veterans Administration.
b. Iowa Park, Texas Dec. 9, 1898; son of George E. and Frances E. Knight; educated Washington State College; member Sigma Nu; m. Helen A. Sims, La Grande, Oregon, Sept. 18, 1927; children Susan Carolyn, Sally M.; began as building contractor 1921-27; field supervisor, State of Oregon Veteran State Aid commissioner; Chief Officer; U.S. Navy 1943-45; contact representative, U.S. Veterans Administration, 1945-; past post commander American legion; district commander, La Grande; National Committeeman 1942-43; Elk; past Leading Knight; Republican; Congregationalist; home 815 W. Main; office 33 N. Riverside, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 321


KNOX, LELAND JAY
Certified Public Account.
b. Fossil, Oregon. Feb. 6, 1893; son of Frank and Mary (Parks) Knox; educated grade and high schools Fossil; University of Oregon LL.B. 1913; Oregon State College B.S. 1916; Alpha Kappa; m. Elsie Jobe of Fossil June 14, 1914; children Franklin Ansel, Galen Richard and Edna Lucille (Mrs. Percy R. Williamson); admitted to practice before Treasury Department and U.S. Tax Court; admitted to practice Oregon 1914; certified as accountant 1929; taught school Salem 1916-18; homesteaded near Fossil 1918-22; head commercial department Medford High School 1922-30; private practice Medford since 1930; member Oregon State Bar Association; Lion (past president, district governor 1940-41, secretary since 1935); Eagle; secretary Woodman of the World; Republican; Protestant; home 221 Portland Ave.; office U.S. National Bank Bldg., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 323


KOOZER, RALPH EARL
Cannery Executive; Civic and Community Leader.
b. Lakeview, Oregon Oct. 9, 1885; son of Aaron P. and Hattie M. (Bond) Koozer; educated public schools Lakeview, Oregon; m. Effie Nyswander of Lakeview 1905 (deceased); m. 2nd Emma J. Jenkins of Medford June 1, 1937; daughter Ruth (Mrs. Charles L. Wilson); began on farm; publisher Lake County Examiner, Lakeview 1910-15; employee State Industrial Accident Commission 1915-16; with Bagley Canning Co., Talent, Oregon 1916; partner and manager Ashland 1925, secretary, manager 1927 to date; chairman finance committee City Council 1936-44; president Oregon Pacific Highway Association 1928 to date; Jackson County chairman Republican Central Committee 1944 to date; Elk (past exalted ruler, Medford); Chamber of Commerce; Protestant; home Rt. 1, Box 238; office 290 Helman, Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 324


KOOZER, RALPH EARL
    Cannery Executive;
    Civic and Community Leader
b Lakeview, Oregon, Oct 9, 1885; son of Aaron P and Hattie M (Bond) K; educ, public schools, Lakeview, Oregon; m Effie Nyswander of Lakeview, 1905 (dec'd); m 2nd Emma J Jenkins of Medford, June 1, 1987; dau, Ruth (Mrs Charles L Wilson); began on farm; publisher, Lake County Examiner, Lakeview, 1910-15; employee State Industrial Accident Comn, April 1915 to Oct 1, 1916; with Bagley Cannery Co since 1916; with Bagley Canning Co, Talent, Oreg, 1916; partner and mgr, Ashland, 1924; secty, mgr, 1927 to date; chmn, finance committee, City Council, 1936-44; pres, Oregon Pacific Highway Assn, 1928 to date; Jackson County chmn, Republican Central Committee, 1944 to date; Elk (past exalted ruler, Medford); Chamber Commerce; Protestant; home, 108 Nursery St; office, 290 Helman, Ashland, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 524


    FRANK KRAUSE: lives in Jacksonville, is a printer and telegraph operator; was born in Burlington, Iowa, March 5, 1851; come to state and county in 1860; married March 5, 1879, to Miss Mollie S. Bilger. Children Ella L. and Frank O.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


KROSCHEL, Sam A., manager; b. New Ulm, Minnesota February 18, 1881; to Oregon 1889; business college; m. Julia Wise May 7, 1911; children--Robert, Sam Jr., Thomas. Sponsor dairying in Southern Oregon; B.P.O.E.; Shrine; Commercial Club; Business Men's Association. Republican. Christian Church. Address: 522 W. 4th Street, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 132


KROSCHEL, SAM A.
    Manager, Kroschel Dairy
b. New Ulm, Minnesota, Feb. 18, 1881; educ., Business College. Married Julia Wise of New York City, May 7, 1911; three sons, Robert, Sam Jr., and Thomas. Resident of Oregon since 1889. Sponsor dairying industry in Southern Oregon, January 1911. Ex-Councilman, Medford. Elk. Shriner. Commercial Club. Business Men's Association. Republican. Christian Church. 522 W. 4th Street, Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 321


    KASPER KUBLI: lives in Jacksonville; is a hardware merchant; was born in Canton Glarus, Switzerland; was married December 27, 1857, to Elenor J. Newcomb. Children Ellen Watson, Henry, Minerva (deceased), Francis (deceased), Kasper, Lulu and Valine.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


    K. K. Kubli of Portland, candidate for joint senator, was born at Jacksonville, Or., April 21, 1869. He was educated in the public schools and at the University of Oregon and Harvard law school. He has been a merchant 25 years, engaged in the stationery, printing and office supply business in Portland. He was a member of the city council when Harry Lane and Joseph Simon served as mayor. He was a member of the lower house of the legislature in 1917, 1919, 1921 and 1923, and was speaker of the house in 1923. He was a candidate for United States Senator in 1924. In a statement he says: "I believe in the direct primary law and have always supported it. If any change is ever made in it, it should be made by the people and not by the legislature."
"Candidates and Platforms," Oregon Journal, Portland, May 17, 1926, page 12


KYLE, ROBERT FLOYD
Savings and Loan Executive.
b. Republic County, Kan., Nov. 27, 1898; son of Robert and Vinnie (Fisher) Kyle; educated grade and high schools, Central Point, Oregon; Oregon State College B.S. 1921; Delta Upsilon; Scabbard and Blade; m. Metta Pulley of Los Angeles, California, Nov. 22, 1924; children Robert Jr., Richard R. and Jean Arden; entire activity devoted to investment banking business since 1921; with G. E. Miller and Co., Portland and Los Angeles 1925-32; secretary-treasurer and manager First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Medford, 1934 to date; assisted in government procurement of war lands and properties World War II; former finance officer Boy Scouts; served U.S. Navy World War I; commissioned 2nd Lt. U.S. Army 1921; director American Legion several years; director Housing Commission, former chairman; past chairman O.P.A. Price Panel; president Oregon State Savings and Loan League; chairman city budget committee; member war finance committee; S.R. Mason; Hillah Shriner; Republican; Protestant; home 609 S. Oakdale; office 27 N. Holly, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 328


KYLE, ROBERT FLOYD
    Savings and Loan Executive
b Republic Co, Kan, Nov 27, 1898; son of Robt and Vinnie (Fisher) K; educ, pub schls, Central Point, Or; Or State Coll, BS, 1921; Delta Upsilon; Scabbard and Blade; m Metta Polley of Los Angeles, Cal, Nov 22, 1924; ch, Robt Jr, Richard R, Jean Arden; investments business since 1921; with G E Miller and Co, Portland and Los Angeles, 1921-25; Morthland Mortgage Co, Los Angeles, 1925-32; secty-treas, mgr, First Fed Savings and Loan Assn, Medford, Or, 1934 to date; assisted in government procurement of war loans and properties, former finance officer, Boy Scouts and Am Legion, World War I; 2nd lieut, US Army, 1921; dir, Am Legion, several yrs; dir, Housing Com, former chmn; past chmn, OPA Price Panel; past pres, War Finance Com; past pres, Or State Savings and Loan League; past chmn, city budget com; SR Mason; Hillah Shriner; Republican; home, 609 S Oakdale; ofc, 27 N Holly, Box 1348, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 490


    GEO. W. LANCE: lives at the mouth of Foots Creek; post office address Rock Point; is a farmer and stock grower; was born in White County, Tenn., March 11, 1832; came to state and county in 1870; was married October, 1870, to Mrs. Esther Fitzgerald, daughter of John Robb. Children George W. and Francis M.; by second marriage, William, Lillie and Mary.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, pages 504-505


    The Rt. Rev. Arthur C. Lane, who since 1905 has had charge of St. Mary's church, school and hospital at Albany, of which latter institution he was the founder, and upon whom Pope Benedict XV has bestowed the office of prothonotary apostolic, is a native son of Oregon, his birth having occurred in Roseburg, August 9, 1872. He comes of most distinguished ancestry. His father, Lafayette Lane, was born in Indiana in 1844 and in 1848 was brought by his parents to this state, the family home being established in Oregon City. They were numbered among the very early pioneers of the state, and General Joseph Lane, the grandfather of Rev. Arthur C. Lane, became one of the most prominent men of the state. He had the distinction of being the first Territorial Governor of Oregon and was one of the first two Senators from Oregon in the national law-making body at Washington. He likewise gained distinction in military affairs, serving with the rank of brigadier general during the Mexican War, in which connection he rendered most valuable service to the government. At the termination of the war he returned to Oregon and purchased land in Douglas County, which he continued to operate for a number of years and then went to Deer Creek, Oregon, where he bought a large tract of land. This he cultivated and improved, converting it into a valuable property, upon which he resided for many years, but at length retired from active life and made his home with his son until his death in June, 1882. His distinguished services in connection with political and military affairs led to his selection for the office of Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket, the presidential nominee being Mr. Breckinridge, but the Republican Party was victorious, Abraham Lincoln being elected to the Presidency. Mr. Lane was one of Oregon's greatest statesmen, and his name will ever be inseparably associated with the history of the state, which honored itself in honoring him.
    His son, Lafayette Lane, was reared and educated in this state, later pursuing a law course at Harvard University and completing his professional studies at Georgetown University of Washington, D.C. Returning to Oregon, he opened an office at Umatilla and while there residing was chosen to represent his district in the state legislature. He received the nomination for a second term but was defeated. He subsequently removed to Roseburg, Oregon, and here continued in practice the remainder of his life, being accorded a large and representative clientage, which his diligence, his talents and his solid attainments well merited. His cases were always well prepared, so that he went into court with a clear conception of what he desired to show, and he always treated his opponents with courtesy, dignity and good nature without abating in any degree his loyal and enthusiastic zeal for his client's rights. He was local counsel for the Southern Pacific Railroad for a number of years and was regarded as a sound and able lawyer, who ever followed the highest professional standards. He was likewise called to the office of mayor of Roseburg and gave to the city a most businesslike and progressive administration. He married Miss Amanda Mann, a native of Alabama, who passed away February 5, 1902, while his death occurred November 23, 1896.
    Their son, Rev. Arthur C. Lane, attended the schools of Roseburg until he reached the age of eleven years, when he went to Canada and pursued a course in Montreal College, after which he entered the Grand Seminary at Montreal. He remained for twelve years as a student at the seminary, there pursuing his studies for the priesthood and was ordained on the 5th of August, 1895. He was stationed at the cathedral at Portland for a half year and for a year at St. Mary's Home at Beaverton, Oregon. His first pastorate was at St. Louis, Oregon, and he was then called to Astoria, where he remained for three years. The next two years were spent at Jacksonville, Medford and Ashland, Oregon, and in 1905 he came to Albany, where he has since been stationed, having charge of St. Mary's church, school and hospital. He has been very active in missionary work, having opened missions at Jefferson, Mill City, Brownsville, Harrisburg, Shelburn and Scio. He has received the degrees of A.M. and S.T.L. from Laval University, Quebec, Canada. Pope Benedict XV has bestowed upon Father Lane the office of prothonotary apostolic, an ecclesiastical office which carries with it the title of Monsignor. The honor is said to be held by comparatively few of the priesthood in the United States, and is awarded only in recognition of signal service to the cause of the Roman Catholic church, thus indicating the value of the work which Father Lane has accomplished in extending the power of the church and spreading the faith. He is a highly cultured gentleman and a tireless worker, whose efforts have been far-reaching and effective in promoting the work of the church. He is greatly beloved by his parishioners, to whom he is ever a sympathetic friend and wise counselor, guiding them in material affairs as well as in spiritual matters. He is a patriotic and public-spirited American and during the war with Germany rendered valuable service to the government by his active support of the Liberty Loan, Red Cross and other drives. In his political views he is a Democrat and fraternally is identified with the Catholic Order of Foresters. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Columbus, which has an enrollment of one hundred and ten members at Albany.
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, 1922, volume II, pages 514-515


    LANGELL, HON. N., a merchant of Jacksonville, was born near Pictou, Nova Scotia, January 6, 1831, and came to Oregon in 1854, locating at Jacksonville. He is also interested in stock raising in Klamath County. He is a wheel horse of the party, having been in every county convention since 1864 and state conventions from 1864 to 1890. He served as Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue during the administrations of Presidents Arthur and Harrison, and has been the party nominee for county judge and county treasurer. He was elected to the legislature in 1872, and is again nominated for that position.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 233


    NATHANIEL LANGELL. A review of the lives of the retired citizens of Medford must necessarily renew one's confidence in those homely and straightforward attributes which our forefathers were wont to regard as essential to business and personal success. Few among those pioneers have depended solely upon mining and kindred speculative enterprises, but have toiled earnestly at soil cultivation, at stock-raising, at plodding business, and in conscientious political service. Among these may be mentioned Nathaniel Langell, who came to the state in 1854, and who with his father and brother has caused the name to be associated with substantial development, while he has personally impressed his worth as a citizen and prominent business man upon the people of Oregon.
    Mr. Langell is of French descent, and his family was established in Nova Scotia so long ago that no record has been kept of the emigrant. His paternal grandfather, George, was born there, as was also his father, Joseph, and his mother, Achsah (Bigney) Langell. The latter died in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1840, when her son Nathaniel, the third child of her four sons and two daughters, was nine years old. Joseph Langell learned the ship carpenter's trade in his youth, and followed that vocation for two or three years in Buffalo, N.Y., to which place the family removed at an early day. The journey to Buffalo was a trying one for the family, for the grandfather, George Langell, died on the way in a canal boat, leaving his family in straitened circumstances. In 1841 Joseph Langell located in Michigan, and shortly afterward became a journeyman boat builder and repairer, plying his trade at various boat-building places on the Great Lakes, and in time locating in Morocco, Ind., where he engaged in general merchandising. In 1854 he came with his two sons, Nathaniel and Arthur, to Jackson County, Ore. The father and sons together purchased three thousand acres of land in what is now known as Langell Valley, in Klamath County, one-half of the tract being owned by Nathaniel. His family made their home, however, in Jacksonville, where Nathaniel conducted a boot and shoe store and repair shop, his father and brother attending to the stock-raising in the valley. In 1880 Nathaniel disposed of his share of the realty to his brother. The father passed away in 1879, and his son Arthur died in 1894, after an association of many years with his brother Nathaniel.
    In 1876 Mr. Langell was appointed deputy internal revenue collector for this district and served six years, and after completing his term became interested in the cattle business, engaging therein for many years. In 1898 he was appointed forestry supervisor and served in that position for three years. After the expiration of his term of service he settled down to a retired life in Medford, where he has many friends, and where he is held in the highest esteem. The farsightedness and practical results of Mr. Langell's political service are worthy of special mention, and have been characterized by the thoroughness and good faith shown in his business and other associations. In 1872 he was elected to the state legislature from Jackson County on the Republican ticket, and during the session was chairman of the committee on mining and state institutions, and assisted by his vote and influence in electing Senator John H. Mitchell to his first term in the United States Senate. In 1896 he was again elected to the state legislature, but did not serve, owing to the failure of the body to organize. He has been a member of the county central and state committees, and for many years was president of the city board of Jacksonville. Fraternally he is a Mason, identifying himself with the order in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1852. He is now identified with Warren Lodge No, 10, of Jacksonville, of which he was at one time master.
    June 7, 1858, Mr. Langell married, in Jacksonville, Loretta Jane Hensley, a native of Missouri, and a daughter of William Hensley, a native of Franklin County, Mo., and an Oregon pioneer of 1853. Mr. Hensley spent his first winter in Salem, in the meantime making inquiries regarding desirable land, and in the spring of 1854 settled in Jackson County, taking up three hundred and twenty acres of land on Butte Creek. In 1858 he removed south to California, and is at present making his home in Tehama County, aged eighty-seven, while his wife is eighty-five years of age. Notwithstanding the years that have passed over his head, Mr. Hensley is enjoying health and strength, and is making the most of a small ranching enterprise.
    Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Langell, six of whom are living, three sons and three daughters. In order of birth the children are: Eliza, the wife of former Judge W. C. Hale, of Grants Pass; Mary L., the wife of State Treasurer C. S. Moore, of Salem; an infant, deceased; Addie, deceased; Frank B., deceased; Arthur T., engaged in the stock business in Klamath County; Harry N., deceased; Jessie C., the widow of G. J. Farnsworth; Frederick, making his home in Montana; and Harry N. (the second child to bear that name), engaged in ranching in Klamath County.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 622-625


LAUSMANN, ANTON ALBERT
Lumberman.
b. Graslitz, Bohemia, Nov. 28, 1889; son of Vinzenz and Anna (Riedl) Lausmann; educated public schools; business school, accounting and stenography; m. Grace Stewart of Hood River, Oregon, August 21, 1916; children Jerry Stewart and Carolyn Ann; began as stenographer W. E. Barrett and Co., Chicago 1906; assistant superintendent and director Stanley Smith Lumber Co., Hood River 1907-16; president and director Hood River Forest Products Co. 1916-17; Mitchell Point Lumber Co. 1917-22; director and secretary East Side Logging Co. Portland 1920-34; director and treasurer East Side Mill and Lumber Co. 1929-33; director and secretary-treasurer Squaw Mountain Lumber Co. since 1934, Highway Auto Co. since 1929, Tiller Mill and Lumber Co. Medford since 1941; partner and manager Lausmann Lumber Co. since 1942; served as member Lumber Industry Advisory Board, receiving citation from War Production Board for service World War II; past member U.S. Employment and Social Security Board; member Postwar Planning Commission; board member Pacific Logging Congress (past president and treasurer); Southern Oregon Director West Coast Lumbermen's Association; member forest conservation committee, Pacific Northwest Loggers Association (past trustee); past director Willamette Valley Lumbermen's Association; member University Clubs, Portland and Medford, Aero Club; Mason; Shriner; Republican; Presbyterian (trustee); home 200 Medford Heights; office Box 1268, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 335


LAWRENCE, JOHN FREDERICK
    Owner, Lawrence's Jewelry Store
b. Madison, Wis., Dec., 19, 1865; educ., pub. schs., St. Paul, Minn. Married Julia Louise Winker, St. Paul, Minn., 1893 (dec'd. 1925). Married 2nd, Thora Smith, Yuma, Ariz., 1927; two daughters, Ruth Carolyn (Mrs. Austin B. Brownell), and Elsie Louise (Mrs. Arnel P. Butler). Apprentice in watch repairing, Frohney and Church, 1884; with A. I. Hayman, 1888; owner of jewelry establishment, 1890; with Bullard Bros., 1894-1907. Proprietor, Lawrence's Jewelry Store, Medford, 1908 to date. Served Home Guards, 1915-18. Worthy Patron, Eastern Star, four years. Secty., Modern Woodmen, six years. Mason; Master, 1922; High Priest, 1923; Venerable Master, 1934-35-36. K.C.C.H., Shriner, Republican. Lutheran. Home: 525 S. Riverside Avenue. Office: 8 N. Central Avenue, Medford, Ore.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 330


    JOHN T. LAYTON: lives on Applegate; owner of Faris Gulch mines; post office, Applegate; was born in Lincolnshire, England; came to state in 1851, and to county in 1852; has followed trading and mining since 1851 in Jackson and Josephine counties.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 508


    JOHN THORP LAYTON. The claims of John Thorp Layton upon the consideration of his fellow residents of Jackson and Josephine counties rest upon his more than ordinary ability as a miner and prospector. The mining camps of this part of the state have long been familiar to him and of whom it may be said he has operated with a comparatively sure hand, and while making rapid progress, has proceeded with extreme caution in his investments. Today he is the fortunate owner of the Ferris Gulch and Williamsburg mines, both placer claims which have been in active operation for more than forty years, and about thirty miles of mining ditches. He is further represented among the stable and upbuilding enterprises of the county by the Layton Hotel at Grants Pass, erected by himself and J. W. Howard in 1889, and now the sole possession of Mr. Layton, being one of the well-patronized hostelries of this part of the county. Mr. Layton owns eight hundred acres of mineral and agricultural land.
    Lincolnshire, a maritime county of England, and next to Yorkshire on the north, the largest in the country, has been the ancestral home of the Laytons for many generations. Here the present miner of Josephine County was born at Bourne, May 16, 1831, his father, William, being a native of the same place, and born January 29, 1799. His mother, Mary Ann (Pears) Layton, was born a few miles distant from Bourne, about 1800, and died in 1855, after rearing a family of eight children, of whom Charlotte and John T. are the only survivors. William Layton, who was a farmer for a portion of his life, died in 1872. John T. was educated in the public schools of Lincolnshire, and in time served an apprenticeship of four years in a hardware establishment.
    In July, 1849, Mr. Layton bade adieu to his native land and shipped in the bark Jane Dixon as common seaman, sailing around the Horn to San Francisco, which he reached in January, 1850. Leaving the vessel, he engaged in boating and fishing on the Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay until the spring of 1851, after which he took passage from San Francisco and came to the mouth of the Umpqua River in Douglas County. Landing at Gardiner, he made his way through Southern Oregon to the mines at Yreka and Scott River, Northern California, remaining in the locality until August 1, 1852. He then came to Jackson County, Ore., and worked in the mines around Jacksonville until 1858, thence to Williamsburg, Josephine County, where he engaged in trading and mining with fair success. In 1877 he located on his present farm, taking it up as a homestead, and proving up in due time.
    Naturally, Mr. Layton suffered inconvenience because of the Indian encroachments in the early days, and the call to arms for protection against the foe found him ready to do his share in suppressing the trouble. August 8, 1853, he enlisted in the company of Capt. John F. Miller, as a private, and served for thirty days, and October 13, 1855, he enlisted in Company F, commanded by Capt. A. S. Welton, being mustered out of service November 13, 1855. While living in Jacksonville, February 13, 1856, Mr. Layton was united in marriage with Mary T. Nail, born in Missouri in 1840, and whose ancestry is spoken of at length in the sketch of George T. Baldwin, of Klamath County. Of this union there were five children, of whom the oldest died in infancy; Charlotte is also deceased; Lola is the wife of John Bailey, of Williams Creek, Josephine County; Mary is the wife of H. A. Stephens of Tacoma, Wash., and Ida is deceased. Mrs. Mary T. Layton died December 20, 1864. For a second wife Mr. Layton married August 18, 1866, Harriett F. Doak, who was born in Illinois, and who had one child, William, now a resident of Oroville, Cal. His second wife was divorced in 1868. For a third wife Mr. Layton married, November 8, 1871, Theresa Moore, born on Spencer Creek, Lane County. Ore., April 24, 1852. She became the mother of the following children: Edward, living at Applegate, Ore.; Rose, deceased; Ella, the wife of C. E. Smith, of Grants Pass; Florence, the wife of Myron Wilbur of Deer Park, Wash.; Lester, living on Williams Creek, Josephine County; Lena, at home; Cora, deceased, and Jessie and Amy, at home. Since becoming a citizen of this country Mr. Layton has thrown his political sympathies with the Democratic Party, but has always been averse to office holding. Fraternally he is connected with Warren Lodge No. 10, A.F.&A.M., of Jacksonville. Mr. Layton has led an industrious and well-directed life, and has been interested in mining nearly fifty-three years. He has established many warm friendships in the course of his coming and going in the West, and is known for his generosity, his liberal-mindedness, and his enthusiastic advocacy of the climate and resources of the state of Oregon.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, 1904, page 486


LEAVITT, ERNEST PEARSON
National Parks Executive.
b. San Francisco, Calif. February 23, 1885; son of Ernest Currier and Annie (Foster) Leavitt; educated public schools and special advanced courses; m. Anna Isabel Canova, Coulterville, Calif. Jan. 2, 1918 (deceased 1937); m. 2nd Katherine Sue Huntress of Medford, Oregon March 6, 1943; secretary to agent Southern Pacific Co. Stockton, Calif. 1907-09; to division superintendent 1909-10; administrative assistant superintendent Yosemite National Park, Calif. 1918-30; superintendent Hawaii National Park, Territory of Hawaii 1931-33; superintendent Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 1933-35; superintendent Lassen Volcanic National Park 1936-37; superintendent Crater Lake National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument 1937 to date; past president Federal Business Men's Association; member American Planning and Civic Association; Sierra Club of California, California Academy of Science, Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association; member Crater Lake Club; Rotarian; Kiwanian (hon. Medford); Mason; home 1317 Queen Anne Ave.; office Federal Bldg., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 337


LEE, DR. ROBERT ELMER
Optometrist.
b. Davis Creek, Calif. June 17, 1898; son of Rollin H. and Pauline A. (Jamison) Lee; educated grade school Chico, Calif.; high schools San Diego and Oakland; University of California Dr. Optometry 1925; Beta Sigma Kappa, Omega Delta; m. Dema Mary Hurkett of San Diego, Feb. 22, 1918; children Robert Edwards and Betty; private practice, San Diego 1925-29; Medford 1929 to date; served State Board of Optometry 1936-39; appointed by Gov. Charles Martin; chairman Southern Oregon District Optometrists Extension Program, educational program for betterment and development of optometry field; extensive ranch operator; member state (past vice-president) and national optometrists association; delegate to national congress 1937; occasional contributor Optometry Weekly and Optical World; Elk; Lion; charter member and first president Toastmasters; Granger; K.T. Mason; Shriner; Republican; Protestant; home Rt. 1, Central Point; office 103 N. Central, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 339




LINDLEY, George Robert, Banker; born Blencoe, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1872; son, George P. and Sarah P. Lindley. Edu.: Northwestern Normal School, Lynden, Wash.; Natl. Normal School, Lebanon, O. Married, Katherine Ulrich, June 1, 1893, at Godfrey, Ill. Vice-Pres., Jackson Co. Bank of Medford; Dir., Trust and Savings Bank of Klamath Falls. Member: W.O.W. Address: Medford. Ore.
Harper, Franklin, ed., Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, 1913, page 346


LINDLEY, George Robert, Medford, Oregon.
    Banker: b. in Blencoe, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1872; s. of George P. and Sarah A. Lindley; ed. in Northwestern Normal School, Lynden, Washington; and National Normal School, Lebanon, Ohio; m. Godfrey, Ill., June 1, 1893, Katherine Ulrich; children: Nolo M., Robert G., Sarah May, Josephine, Katherine. Has been engaged in farming most of time, and for last ten years cashier, now v.-pres. and dir., Jackson County Bank of Medford; dir. Trust and Savings Bank of Klamath Falls, Woodman of World, Democrat, Methodist (trus., First Methodist Episcopal Church).
Who's Who in Finance, Banking and Insurance, 1922, page 416


LINDLEY, G. R. (Mrs.), born in Godfrey, Illinois, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ulrich, a resident of Oregon for thirty years. Married to George Robert Lindley. Children: Robert G., May, Josephine, Katherine, Gertrude. Active in club and civic affairs. Member: Woman's Library Club (president), O.E.S., P.T.A., Garden Civic Club. Home: Lindley Heights, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Max Binheim, ed., Women of the West, Los Angeles 1928, page 161


    DAVID LINN: lives in Jacksonville; is a contractor and furniture manufacturer; was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, October 28, 1826; came to state in 1851 and to county in 1852; married Anna S. Hoffman August 30, 1860. Children Corinne, Maggie, William, Fletcher, George, Mary and James.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    DAVID LINN. Esteemed and respected as a pioneer of Jacksonville, David Linn is honorably entitled to representation in this biographical work. For more than thirty years he was a prominent merchant and manufacturer, running a planing mill and carpenter's shop, and dealing in furniture. He is a fine example of the self-made men of our state, honest, upright and straightforward in all of his transactions, and enjoys to the full the confidence of all who know him, be it in an industrial, business, social or fraternal way. A son of William Linn, he was born October 28, 1826, in Guernsey County, Ohio, of old Virginian stock.
    A native of Virginia, William Linn removed with his parents to Guernsey County, Ohio. When a young man he was appointed gate keeper on the Ohio National Road, and served in that position fourteen consecutive years. Accumulating some money, he purchased land, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits for a number of years. Subsequently removing to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, he lived there retired until his death, at the age of three score and ten years. He was active in politics, and was one of the leading Andrew Jackson Democrats of his day. He married Margaret Gray, who was born about 1800, and spent her fifty-five years of earthly life in Ohio. Of their family of eight children, five sons and three daughters, David, the subject of this sketch, was the oldest son, and the third child in order of birth.
    Educated in the common schools of Ohio, David Linn began to learn the carpenter's trade when eighteen years old, and served an apprenticeship with an uncle, remaining at home during the entire time. He was ingenious, and possessed considerable mechanical ability. Leaving home in 1849, he located near Elizabethtown, Ind., where he was an employee in a fanning mill manufactory for a few months. Going to Muscatine, Iowa, in the spring of 1850, he followed the same business for six months, and then went to Albany, Ill., where he found employment in putting up fanning mills and machinery. In the spring of 1851 Mr. Linn and one of his shopmates came across the plains to Oregon, bringing with them three yoke of oxen, and one cow. After a journey of six months Mr. Linn arrived in Oregon City, where he remained but two months. Going to California, he stopped for a time in Yreka, and then proceeded to the Humbug Creek, where he was engaged in mining for a few months, when he went to Yreka flats, remaining here until June, 1852.
    Returning then to Oregon, Mr. Linn became one of the original settlers of Jacksonville, and for a time carried on a remunerative business as a carpenter, erecting many of the earlier buildings in this vicinity. Embarking in business as a furniture manufacturer and dealer, in 1854, he also opened a carpenter's shop and a planing mill, and carried on a large and flourishing business until burned out, in September, 1888. Not caring then to rebuild his plant, he subsequently confined his attention to his furniture business alone, until selling that out, in August, 1903. Mr. Linn in the meantime had other interests of value that consumed a part of his time, and to which he is now specially devoted. He has a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres, twenty acres of which are already devoted to the culture of fruit, principally apples, and another orchard is in process of development. He is also a stockholder in the Jacksonville Milling and Mining Company, of which he is president and business manager. This company, which was incorporated with a paid-up capital of $10,000. is developing a large quartz mine about two miles west of Jacksonville.
    Mr. Linn married Annie Sophia Hoffman, a native of Covington, Ind., who came to Oregon with her father, William Hoffman, in 1853. Mr. Hoffman was born in Baltimore, Md., and in his early life spent a number of years in Indiana. Coming from there to Oregon with his family, he located four miles southeast of Jacksonville, where he followed farming for two years. Removing to Jacksonville in 1855, he became prominently identified with public affairs, and for about twenty-five successive years was county recorder and clerk. He died in this city in 1885, at the venerable age of four score and four years. He was active in politics, at first being a Douglas Democrat, and later becoming a staunch adherent of the Republican Party. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Linn seven children have been born, namely: Corinne, living at home; Margaret, of Portland; William, deceased; Fletcher, president and manager of the Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company, of Portland; George, a druggist of Eugene, Ore.; Mary, wife of Lewis J. Gay; and James, deceased. Politically Mr. Linn is a tried and true Democrat, and has filled many public offices of importance and responsibility. In 1854 he was appointed county treasurer of Jackson County, and served fourteen consecutive years, eight years of the time making his trips to Salem overland, on horseback, carrying from $12,000 to $14,000 in his saddlebags. He has served as councilman a number of terms, many times being president of the council, and nearly all of his active life he has been school director. Fraternally Mr. Linn belongs to Warren Lodge, No. 10, A.F.&A.M.; and to Oregon Chapter, No. 4, R.A.M.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 903-904


LINN, FLETCHER
    President and Manager, Pacific Coast Linen Mills,
    Vancouver, Wash.
b. Jacksonville, Oregon, November 10, 1866; educ., University of Oregon, B.A. 1890; M.A., 1892. Married Louise M. Sawyers, February 3, 1892. President and manager, Oregon Furniture Mfg. Co., Portland, 1902-1911. President and manager, Beaver Portland Cement Co., 1915-1918. President and manager, Pacific Coast Linen Mills, since 1934. President Oregon Manufacturers Assn. 1903-1907. Director Portland Y.M.C.A. 1903-1913. Member Oregon Flax and Linen Board, 1935. City Councilman, Eugene, Oregon, 1892-94. Trustee, Albany College, 1913-30. Many years active with organization of Oregon Industries. Director Portland Chamber Commerce 1909. Republican. Presbyterian. Officer First Presbyterian, Portland, 33 years. Home: 1830 S.W. Laurel Street, Portland. Office: Pacific Coast Linen Mills, Vancouver, Wash.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 339


LINN, GLENN L.
Principal, Medford Junior High School.
b. Portland, Oregon April 5, 1906; son of William E. and Maud D. (Morton) Linn; educated public schools; Pacific University A.B. 1929; University of Washington; Alpha Zeta, Phi Alpha Tau, Blue Key; m. Lucille Davis of Sherwood, Oregon Aug. 22, 1931; children Penny, Cheryl; began as science instructor Tigard (Oregon) Union High School 1929-37; superintendent of schools Umatilla 1937-40; principal Medford Junior High School 1940 to date; Lion (past secretary, president, director); past president Junior High School Principals Association; director YMCA; vice-president Jackson County Oregon Education Association; Mason; Republican; Episcopalian; home 119 Washington; office 2nd and Oakdale, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 346


    TOBIAS L. LINKWILER: lives on Antelope Creek; is a farmer; post office, Eagle Point; born in Rockbridge County, Virginia; came to state and county in 1852; married in 1859 to Mrs. Hannah Riley. Children George, William, Joseph, James, Ellen and Catherine.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    JAMES R. LITTLE: lives in Jacksonville; dealer in tobaccos, confectionery, etc.; born in Jacksonville.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


LITTRELL, E. A. (AL)
Businessman; Civic and Community Leader.
b. Colfax, New Mexico, Sept. 21, 1900; son of E. A. and Belle (Philips) Littrell; educated grade and high schools Raton, New Mexico; m. Nell Lewis of Raton, New Mexico May 23, 1917; children Harold R. (U.S. Army), William W. (U.S.N.), Robert D. 2nd Lt. Air Corps, Army) and Helen Louise; began as mechanic New Mexico; removed to Oregon 1920; partner Littrell Parts Co. 1923-27; incorporated 1927; president to 1935; owner, Littrell Parts Co. 1935 to date (branches Grants Pass, Dunsmuir and Yreka, Calif.); secretary Jackson Investment Co.; owner Sparta Bldg. and Elliott Bldg.; chairman advisory committee Office of Defense Transportation World War II; member City Council 1933-34; member Motor and Equipment Wholesale Dealers Associations, Society of Automotive Engineers; one of first three parts houses to sell automobile parts exclusively; past president Lions Club; Rotarian; Elk; K.T. Mason; Hillah Shriner; Republican; Presbyterian; home 619 E. Main St.; office 319 E. 6th St., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 347


LITTRELL, E. A. (Al)
    Businessman; Civic Leader
b Colfax, N Mex, Sept 21, 1900; son of E A and Belle (Philips) L; educ, pub schs, Raton, New Mex; m Nell Lewis of Raton, N Mex, May 23, 1917; ch, Harold R, William W, Robert D, Helen Louise; began as mechanic, N Mex; to Oreg, 1929; partner, Littrell Parts Co, 1923-27; incorporated, 1927, pres to date; owner, Littrell Parts Co, 1935 to date; (branches, Grants Pass, Dunsmuir, Yreka, Calif); secty, Jackson Investment Co; owner, Sparta Bldg and Elliott Bldg; chmn, advisory com, Office of Defense Transportation, WWII; city councilman, 1933-34; mem, Motor and Equipment Whlsle Dealers Assns, Soc of Automotive Engrs; one of first 3 parts houses to sell automotive parts exclusively; past pres, Lions Club; Rotarian; Elk; KT Mason; Hillah Shriner; Repub; Presbyt; ofc, 319 E 6th, PO Box 432, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 500


LITTRELL, EARL K.
    Auto Parts Executive
b on ranch near Dawson, New Mex, Oct 6, 1892; son of Elija A and Belle (Phillips); educ, pub schs, New Mex, Park Coll, Parkville, Mo; m Edna Orin of Raton, New Mex, Feb 22, 1913; ch, Earl K Jr, Lucille (Mrs Fred Birch), Marion A, Robert T, Lois Jan (Mrs Andrew Newhouse), John E; began in operation of father's ranch at age of twelve; cattle business, New Mex, operator of large ranch at Springer, New Mex; partner, Littrell Parts Co, Medford, 1926-30; co-partner, Earl Littrell Supply Co, Coos Bay, 1936 to date; dir, Coos Bay Nat Bank; stockholder, Coast Fuel Co; city councilman, 1944-47; mem, Nat Standard Parts Assn, Motor and Equipment Wholesale Dealers Assn, Chamber Commerce (dir), Coos Ctry Club; Rotarian; Elk; Repub; Presbyt; home, 681 S 1th [sic]; ofc, 340 2nd, Coos Bay. Oreg.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 499


LIVELY, James Ward, engineer; b. Portland, Oregon August 1, 1902; University of Washington 1924; m. Pauline Dick October 17, 1925. Delta Upsilon; Mason. Republican. Presbyterian. Address: Gold Hill, Oregon; home: 38 Summit Avenue, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 139


LOCKWOOD, Sheridan Alfred, Physician; born, Independence, Kansas, Oct. 18, 1874; son, Nelson and Elizabeth (Jacobs) L.; descendant of Robert Lockwood, Puritan, settled at Watertown, Mass., 1630. Edu.: Santa Rosa, Cal. High School; Healdsburg (Cal.), College; M.D., Am. Med. Missionary College (now merged with Med. Dept., Univ. of Ill.), 1900. Married, Myrtle E. Spencer, M.D., Oct. 16, 1901, at Portland, Ore. Licensed in Oregon, July, 1901; licensed in Cal., June, 1901; licensed to practice medicine and surgery in Empire of Japan, Dec., 1902; established Hosp. and Sanit. for Americans and Europeans, in Kobe, Japan, April, 1903; resided there until April, 1907. Supt., Portland Sanitarium, Portland, Ore., Aug. 1907, to Jan. 1909; practiced in Medford, Ore., since May, 1909. Member: Southern Oregon Med. Assn., Oregon State Med. Assn., Am. Med. Assn. Res.: 45 Lindley Ave.; Office: 216 E. Main, Medford, Oregon.
Harper, Franklin, ed., Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, 1913, page 351


    E. H. LOFTUS: lives in Ashland; is a stock raiser; was born in Christian County, Kentucky in 1827; came to state in 1853 and to county in 1859; was married in 1852 to Elizabeth Banta. Children Mary F., Columbus C., Edward H., John W. and Oscar D.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    CHARLES W. LOGAN: lives in Ashland; is a photographer; was born in Davenport, Iowa; came to state in 1868 and to county in 1871; married September, 1879, to Hattie M. Reeser. Child, Blanche D.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


LOMBARD, Benjamin Tongue
    Lawyer
b Portland, Or, Oct 13, 1905; son of Martin Gay and Mary (Tongue) L; (grandfather, Oreg pioneer of 1859; early Or lawyer); educ, Univ Oreg, 1923-25; Northwestern Coll of Law, LLB, 1930; Chi Psi; m Jessie Craig Smith of Portland, June 10, 1932; son, Ben T Jr; with Union Pac RR Co, 1926-42; office boy to asst mgr, Industrial Dept; priv law prac, Ashland, 1946 to date; capt, Army, Transportation Corp, WWII; vice-chmn, Ashland sch bd; city atty, Talent, Or; mem, Am, Or, and Southern Or (vice-pres, 1952-53) bar assns, Chamber Commerce (director, 1947), Southern Oregon Kennel Club (past president), Oak Knoll Golf Club (director), Mult Ath Club; Repub (co com); Episcopalian (sr warden Trinity Parish); home, 326 Ridge Rd; ofc, Knox Blg, Ashland, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 460


    LOVE, GEORGE M., a merchant of Jacksonville, was born at that place December 29, 1860, and has always lived there. He is a working Republican and was a delegate to all the county conventions from 1884 to 1892, and the state conventions of 1890, 1892 and 1894. In 1888 he was nominated assessor. He was appointed postmaster by President Harrison, and served till July 1, 1894.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 236


LUMAN, CHARLES W.
Retail Food Merchant; Ranch Owner and Operator.
b. on farm, Lewis County, Washington July 17, 1892; son of Preston and Ellen (Bellville) Luman; educated public schools Chehalis and Centralia, Wash.; m. Verda Gilman of Grants Pass, Oregon June 4, 1917; daughters Marguerite (Mrs. Garold Saunders) and Anna (Mrs. Gordon Corum); entire activity devoted to meat and food business: five years meat packing business, Carsten Packing Co., Tacoma; two years Frye Packing Co.; partner of brother Luman Bros. Food Store, Medford 1917 to date; owner and operator of own slaughtering houses and of 422-acre cattle ranch near Medford; member Oregon Grocers Association; Odd Fellow; Republican; Protestant; home 624 N. Central; office Main and Bartlett, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 353


LUMAN, CHARLES W.
    Retail Food Merchant; Rancher
b on farm, Lewis Co, Wn, July 17, 1892; son of Preston and Ellen (Bellville) L; educ, pub schs Chehalis and Centralia, Wn; m Verda Gilman of Grants Pass, Oreg, June 4, 1917; ch, Marguerite (Mrs Garold Saunders), Anna (Mrs Gordon Corum); entire activity devoted to meat and food business; 5 yrs, meat packing business, Carsten Packing Co, Tacoma; 2 yrs, Frye Packing Co; partner with brother, Luman Bros Food Store, Medford, 1917 to date; owner, operator of own slaughtering houses and 422-acre cattle ranch near Medford; mem, Oreg Grocers Assn; Odd Fellow; Repub; Protestant; home, 624 N Central; ofc, Main and Bartlett, Medford, Oreg.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 398


LUMAN, WILLIAM ALBERT
Retail Food Merchant; Ranch Owner and Operator.
b. Centralia, Washington Oct. 14, 1890; son of Preston and Ellen (Bellville) Luman; educated public schools Centralia and Chehalis, Wash.; m. Grace Edith Stagg of Medford 1913; children William J. (U.S.N.), Bert Preston (U.S. Army veteran), Frances (Mrs. Carl T. Dawson) and James A.; entire activity devoted to meat and food business; partner Luman Bros. Food Store since 1917; stock buyer; owner 465-acre stock ranch near Medford and other extensive real estate; formerly active in dairy business; Odd Fellow; Granger; Republican; Methodist; home 14 Cottage; office Main and Bartlett, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 354


LUMSDEN, TREVE B.
    Manager, U.S. National Bank,
    Civic Worker and Leader
b Medford, Oregon, Jan 22, 1890; son of Harold U and Bessie F (Berlin) L; educ, Stanford Univ; Kappa Alpha; m Lucile Messner, of Oregon, 1920; ch, Anna Lee (Mrs Bruce Kirkpatrick), Treve B Jr; began business career in mercantile lines; present position since 1935; for many years active in the civic, commercial and club affairs of Union County; enlisted Army, served, AEF, overseas, World War I; Mason; Elk; Republican; Presbyterian; home, 801 O Ave; office, US National Bank, LaGrande, Oreg.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 227


    G. H. LYNCH: lives on Wagner Creek; is a farmer; post office Talent; born in Brunswick County, Virginia; came to state and county in 1869; married November 12, 1866, to Rosa Lynxwiler. Children W. M. F., Mary E., Lillie R., Clara E., Travis H., Harry S. and Warren.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    PATRICK LYTTLETON: lives in Ashland; is a gardener and horticulturist; was born in Pennsylvania June 8, 1837; came to the state and county in 1879.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


MacCRACKEN, Edith Bolte (Mrs. Gordon), a native of Chicago, resident of Oregon for the last 12 years. Married to Dr. Gordon MacCracken. Children: Chester Caldwell, Charles Gordon, Elliott Bolté. Former president Ashland Civic Club; past president District Fed. Women's Clubs; former state regent, D.A.R. Member: Ashland Civic Club, O.E.S., Society 1812, D.A.R., American Legion Auxiliary. Home: Ashland, Oregon.
Max Binheim, ed., Women of the West, Los Angeles 1928, pages 161-162


MacCRACKEN, Edith Bolte, b. Chicago, Illinois; to Oregon 1914; m. Dr. Gordon MacCracken March 15, 1900; children--Chester Caldwell, Charles Gordon, Elliott Bolte. Jackson County Central Republican Commission; state regent, D.A.R.; president Ashland Women's Club 1925; president Southern Oregon District Federation of Women's Clubs 1924; vice president Lincoln Club; president P.T.A.; O.E.S. Republican. Address: 262 Hargadine Street, Ashland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 143




MacCRACKEN, ELLIOTT BOLTE
Educator.
b. Winnetka, Illinois May 24, 1911; son of Dr. Gordon and Edith B. (Bolte) MacCracken; educated public schools Oregon; Oregon State College B.S. in E.E. 1932; Southern Oregon College of Education 1933; Columbia University M.A. in Education 1941; Eta Kappa Nu, Theta Delta Phi; began as instructor Oregon public schools 1936-42; instructor Southern Oregon College of Education since 1946; served as 2nd Lieutenant and Captain U.S. Army Signal Corps, World War II; Mason; Republican; Episcopalian; home 262 Hargadine St., Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 356


MacCRACKEN, ELLIOTT BOLTE
    Educator
b Winnetka, Ill, May 24, 1911; son of Dr Gordon and Edith B (Bolte) M; educ, pub schs Oreg; Oreg State Coll, BS in EE, 1932; Southern Oreg Coll of Education, 1933; Columbia Univ MA in Ed, 1941; Eta Kappa Nu, Theta Delta Phi, Phi Delta Kappa; began as instructor Oregon public schs, 1936-42; asst professor, Southern Oreg Coll of Education since 1946; served as 2nd Lieut and Captain, US Army Signal Corps, World War II; Mason; Republican; Episcopalian; home, 262 Hargadine St, Ashland, Oreg.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 254


MacCRACKEN, Elliott Bolte
    Educator
b Winnetka, Ill, May 24, 1911; son of Dr Gordon and Edith (Bolte) MacC; educ, Oregon State Coll, BS in EE, 1932; Columbia Univ, MA in Ed, 1941; Stanford Univ; Eta Kappa Nu; Theta Delta Phi (national president, 1950-52); Phi Delta Kappa; teacher, pub schs, Talent, Oreg, 1934-36; Ashland High Sch, 1936-42; Southern Oreg Coll, 1946-; vet, Army, 1942-46; KT Mason (master, 1950; comdr, 1952); Repub; Episc (treas, Trinity Ch, 1947-52); home, 262 Hargadine; ofc, Southern Or Coll, Ashland, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 466


    MAEGLY, AARON H.--Real Estate and Financial Broker, 210 Fourth Street, Portland, Ore. Born St. Joseph, Mo., October 1, 1854. Educated public schools. Came to Oregon, 1877. Engaged in hardware business, Jacksonville, Ore., 1881. Married Cecilia Levy, Jacksonville, Ore.; has three daughters. Society: A.F.&A.M. Republican. Residence: 729 Glisan Street, Portland, Ore.
Who's Who in the Northwest, vol. 1, Western Press Association 1911


    CONSTANTINE MAGRUDER; born in Greene County, Ill., on the 18th of May, 1835. Parents left in 1838 for Andrew County, Mo., where they resided until 1844, in which year they came to Oregon; settled at Oregon City and lived there until the fall of 1848. That fall Mr. M. went through this valley on his way to the gold mines on Feather River, Cal. Next spring returned to Oregon by water, and in 1849 went back to California. In the spring of 1850 returned to Oregon, and in the spring of 1851 went through the valley for the third time on the way to the gold mines at Yreka. Followed mining at Yreka and in Northern California and Southern Oregon until August 1854, when he finally settled in this valley. Married April 21st, 1875, to Miss Marjory E. Constant, of Central Point, also a native of Sangamon County, Ill., and who crossed the plains in 1852. Went into a mercantile business at Central Point in October 1868, where he still resides. His father took up a donation claim on Foots Creek in August, 1854. His mother died near Oregon City, March 9, 1846; and his father, in Jackson County July 7, 1875.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 533


MALMGREN, Theodore John, Physician and Surgeon; born, Union Co., S.D., Oct, 1871; son, Hendricks and Margareta C. (Nederberg) M. Edu.: Union Co. public schools, 1889; Prep., Univ. of S. Dak. (normal), 1894; A.B., Univ. of S.D., 1903; M.D., Iowa State Med. College; post grad. work, Rush Med. College, Chicago, 1907. Married, Frederike B. Haan, (B.A., Wis, M.A. Iowa S.U.), Dec. 22, 1909, at Medford, Ore. Taught school from fall of 1895 to spring of 1898; and from fall of 1903 to spring of 1904. Has practiced medicine in Phoenix, Ore., since June, 1909. Member: Am. Med. Assn. Address: Phoenix, Ore.
Franklin Harper, ed., Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, Los Angeles 1913, page 379


MANN, EDWIN HANER
    Truck Body Manufacturer
b Spink, So Dak, Aug 8, 1888; son of W H and Sarah (Haner) M; educ, pub schs, Sun Prairie, Wisc; m Louise May Gravenslund of Kennewick, Wn, Sept 14, 1911; ch, Richard Edwin, Marylou (Mrs A B Jonason); began as farmer Benton Co, Wn, 1909-28; with Colyear Motor Sales Co, Medford, 1928-29; owner, E H Mann Co (truck body builders and distributors truck lines and equipment), 1929 to date; elected State Representative 1950; vet, US Army, WWI; Repub; home, 47 Rose; ofc, 1312 Court, Medford, Oreg.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 355


MANN, John C., president Mealey Dry Goods Co.; born in Canada, 1865; son of F. R. and Mary (Woodsworth) Mann; educated in public and high schools of Goodrich, Ont. Began active career in dry goods business at Goodrich, 1879; came to St. Paul 1883 and became connected with Michael Mealey, dry goods and notions; on the retirement of Mr. Mealey in 1902, the business was incorporated as the Mealey Dry Goods Co., of which he is president. Club: Commercial. Office: 7th and Wabasha sts. Residence: 583 Carroll St., St. Paul.
Albert Nelson Marquis, The Book of Minnesotans, Chicago 1907, page 339


MANN, JOHN CLARKSON
Owner Mann's Department Store.
b. Goderich, Ontario, Canada March 28, 1865; son of Frederick and Mary (Woodsworth) Mann; educated grade and high schools Canada; m. Margaret Booth of Los Angeles and Willmar, Minn. Jan. 1, 1912; daughter Margaret Mary (Mrs. Roger Holmgren), Janet Irene (Mrs. John Crawford); served apprenticeship dry goods store Canada at age of 14, 1879-82; associated with Clarence M. McLain, St. Paul, Minn. 1882-86; with Mealey Dry Goods Co., St. Paul 1886-1906, purchased store, managing owner until 1910; removed to Oregon, owner, Mann's Dept. Store, Medford 1910 to date; vice-president, director, Jackson County Building and Loan Association; member school board six years; member City Council two terms; active many years State Retail Merchants Association; past president Chamber of Commerce; Elk (since 1915); Democrat; Episcopalian (served on vestry and as junior warden); home 815 E. Main; office 14 N. Central, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 360


    J. W. Marksberry, nominee for assessor, was born in Kentucky in the year 1848 and emigrated with his parents to Illinois in 1857, and remained in that state until 1874, when he moved to Texas and lived there until 1884, then came to Jackson County, Oregon. It is with pleasure that we accord Mr. Marksberry an honorable position in the front ranks of the Farmers' Alliance and People's Party. His labors have been untiring to advance the best interests of the cause at all times, and although never seeking office he is well qualified to fill any position accorded him, and will make the county an assessor above reproach.
"The Nominees," Medford Mail, April 22, 1892, page 1


MARSHALL, Edison, author; b. Rensselaer, Indiana August 28, 1896; to Oregon 1907; University of Oregon; m. Agnes Sharp January 1920; children--Edison, Nancy Sharp. Winner O. Henry Memorial Prize, best short story 1921; author of over a dozen books, published in 7 foreign languages; Sigma Upsilon, Delta Tau Delta; Mason; B.P.O.E. Republican. Protestant. Address: Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 146


MARSHALL, EDISON
    Author and Writer
b. Rensselaer, Ind., Aug. 28, 1894; educ., Univ. of Ore., 1913-15; Delta Tau Delta;
Sigma Upsilon. Married Agnes Sharp Flythe of Augusta, Ga., Jan. 1920; children, Edison and Nancy Sharp. Resident of Oregon many years since 1907. Began writing while in college, has since written short stories and serial novels for leading magazines. Served U.S. Army, enlisted and commissioned 2nd Lieut., 1918. Winner of O. Henry Memorial Prize, Best Short Story, 1921. Decorated by French Government, 1934. Author of many books, published in seven foreign languages. Elk. Mason. Republican. Protestant. Address:
Seven Gables, Augusta, Georgia.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, addendum


    ALEXANDER MARTIN, SR. Although a resident of Oakland, Cal., for a long period Mr. Martin has had important financial and commercial interests in Klamath Falls, Ore., and numbers among his friends some of the leading citizens of Southern Oregon. Identified with the history of the Pacific Coast regions since 1853, he is a native of Illinois, born in Scott County, March 17, 1835, his parents being Samuel and Susan (Sisson) Martin, natives of Ohio County, Va. His paternal grandfather, Alexander Martin, immigrated to America from Ireland and settled in Virginia, where he followed the trade of jeweler and watchmaker. The maternal grandfather, Lewis Sisson, was a native-born American and by occupation a farmer. The genealogy of the Sisson family is traced to Germany.
    During 1832 Samuel Martin took his family from Virginia to Illinois and settled in Scott County, where he entered a tract of government land and became a pioneer farmer. On that homestead he died in 1844, aged sixty-six years. Afterward his widow continued to live on the same place until her death, which occurred in 1866, at the age of almost seventy years. In their family were three sons and six daughters, namely: Maria, who married A. M. Henderson, both now deceased; Frances, Mrs. Charles Lewis, also deceased; George, who for twenty years officiated as clerk of Scott County, Ill., but is now living in Nebraska; Sarah, Mrs. Ephraim Lewis, deceased; Eliza, Mrs. William Crabtree, deceased; Alexander; Martha, Mrs. James Hosac, of Nebraska; Samuel, of Harvard, Neb.; and Susan, who married William Cahn, of Kansas.
    In the days when Alexander Martin, Sr., was a boy schools were few in number and crude in their method of instruction. Hence his educational opportunities were meager. At an early age he learned the blacksmith's trade. In the spring of 1853 he started for the West, crossing the Missouri River on the 12th of May and the Klamath River, seventeen miles from Klamath Falls, on the 29th of August. The entire trip consumed four months and was made with ox teams. After spending the winter in Jacksonville, Ore., in the spring of 1854 he went overland to California and followed his trade at Sacramento. Returning to Oregon in the spring of 1855, he took up work at his trade in Jacksonville. During 1865 he returned to Illinois and visited relatives and friends. The spring of 1866 found him again in Jacksonville, where he embarked in the general mercantile business with J. T. Glenn and John S. Drum under the firm title of Glenn, Drum & Co. The business was conducted under that name until 1869, when Major Glenn purchased the interests of the other owners. A later venture of Mr. Martin was as superintendent of the line of stages owned by the Western Stage Company and running from Portland to Lincoln, Cal. The work was difficult and the duties of the superintendent responsible, for he was obliged to take the oversight of four hundred head of horses owned by the company, engage suitable drivers and see that the stage reached Portland daily.
    In 1872 Mr. Martin bought Major Glenn out and thus became a member of the firm of White & Martin. The following year he had a contract for transporting troops and supplies from the end of the railroad at Roseburg into the lava beds. In 1874 he sold out to Reames Bros., and in 1879 removed from Oregon to California, and has since made his home in Oakland. However, he has continued his commercial and financial interests in his old home state. During 1880 he became a member of the mercantile firm of Reames, Martin & Co., at Klamath Falls. In 1886 C. S. Moore bought out the interest owned by Mr. Reames and the store has since been conducted under the name of Reames, Martin & Co., Thomas Reames at present holding an interest in the enterprise. Another important business which owes its inception to Mr. Martin is the Klamath County Bank at Klamath Falls, which was incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 and has since taken a place among the conservative and substantial financial institutions of Southern Oregon. Fraternally Mr. Martin was at one time connected with the lodge and chapter of Masonry, but is not now affiliated with the organization. He is a member and holds the office of an elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland.
    June 24, 1857, Mr. Martin married Elvira M. Gass, who was born in Virginia March 3, 1839, and died at Jacksonville, Ore., March 3, 1878. Her father, Thomas Gass, died in the East, and in 1853 her mother brought the children to Oregon, settling in Jackson County. The family of Alexander Martin, Sr., and his wife consisted of five children, namely: Ida, wife of Dr. G. H. Aiken, of Fresno, Cal.; Alexander, Jr.; William, a dentist having his office on Market Street, San Francisco; George, a dentist, now residing in Berlin, Germany; and Elvira, wife of F. H. Woodward, of San Jose, Cal.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 447-448


MARTIN, Alexander, Banker; born, Ill., Mar. 17, 1835; son, Samuel and Susan (Sisson) M. Edu.: public schools. Married, Elvira (Myer) Gass, July 22, 1857, at Jacksonville, Ore. Crossed plains, 1853, with ox teams. Pres., Klamath County Bank, First Natl. Bank of Merrill. Address: Klamath Falls, Ore.
Franklin Harper, ed., Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, Los Angeles 1913, page 384


    ALEXANDER MARTIN, JR. As cashier and manager of the Klamath County Bank, of which his father, Alexander Martin, Sr., is president, the subject of this article is intimately associated with one of the important financial institutions of the county, an institution that through the conservative management of its officials has come to hold a high rank among similar enterprises in Southern Oregon. Included among its depositors are many of the leading business men of the county, whose confidence has been won through the wise policy of the bank in matters of investments and loans. The establishment of the bank has thus proved of benefit to the people and to the town of Klamath Falls as well.
    In Jacksonville, Jackson County, Ore., Alexander Martin, Jr., was born July 3, 1867. His primary education was obtained in the schools of his native county. About 1879, after the death of his mother, the family removed to Oakland, Cal., and there he attended the public schools. Later he had the advantage of a course in Heald's Business College in San Francisco, from which he was graduated in 1884. Immediately afterward he left home and came to Klamath Falls, Ore., where he became a clerk in the mercantile establishment of Reames & Martin. After having continued for a time as a clerk, in 1886 he acquired an interest in the business, and this he conducted until 1899, when he disposed of his interest to F. W. Jennings. Since that time he has devoted his attention entirely to the management of the bank of which his father is the chief owner.
    The marriage of Mr. Martin was solemnized in Klamath Falls in 1888 and united him with Martha F. Smith, who was born in Reno, Nev., November 8, 1866. Her father, Judge George W. Smith, now a resident of Phoenix, Ariz., was formerly identified with the citizenship of Klamath County, where for several years he engaged extensively in farming and also filled the office of county judge for four years. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are the parents of one son, who bears his father's name. In his political views Mr. Martin is a supporter of Republican principles. Preferring to give his attention wholly to business matters, he has as yet not mingled in public affairs, but he consented to serve as county treasurer and filled the office from 1894 to 1896. In fraternal relations he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Klamath Falls, in which he has passed through the chairs and is now financier. As a Mason he is active in Klamath Lodge No. 77, A.F.&A.M.; Siskiyou Chapter No. 21, R.A.M., of Ashland; Malta Commandery No. 4, K.T., also of Ashland; and Al Kader Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., of Portland.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 425-426


MARTIN, Alexander, Jr., Banker; born, Jacksonville, Ore., July 3, 1867; son, Alexander and Elvira (Gass) M. Edu.: public schools. Married, Martha F. Smith, Oct. 4, 1888, at Klamath Falls, Ore. Cashier, Klamath County Bank. Secy., Klamath Hotel Co., The Brick Store Co. County Treas., Klamath Co., 1894-6; Mayor, Klamath Falls, 1 term. Democrat. Member: R.A.M., Knights Templar, Elks, Shriners, United, Workmen. Address: Klamath Falls, Ore.
Franklin Harper, ed., Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, Los Angeles 1913, page 384


MARX, HOMER A.
Civil Engineer; General Manager, Medford Concrete Construction Company.
b. Etna, California January 23, 1901; son of Martin and Sarah (Davis) Marx; educated public schools Etna; St. Marys College B.S. 1922; m. Beatrice A. Semon of Medford October 4, 1927; children Patricia G., Gordon D.; began as civil engineer, California; with Medford Concrete Construction Co. since 1925, vice-president, general manager 1938-; partner Asphalt Paving Co.; member Associated General Contractors, Concrete Products Manufacturers Inc.; member Chamber of Commerce; Jackson County Sheriff's Posse; Elk; Rotarian; Republican; home 1985 Kings Highway; office 1320 North Riverside Ave., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 364


    WILLIAM M. MATHES, whose home--one and a half miles northeast of Phoenix--is illustrated in this volume, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., November 9, 1829. At the age of eight years his father died, when his mother with the children removed to Huntington County, on the Juniata River, and from thence, when William was twenty, came to Fulton County, Ill. In 1852 he crossed the plains to Oregon. At John Day's River his company was broken up and, managing to secure a pony on which to pack his clothes and a single blanket, he procured two pounds of flour and started out by himself to complete the journey. Arriving in the neighborhood of the Deschutes River he learned of a new crossing and hurriedly hearing the directions pushed forward hoping to cross before night. But losing the way he traveled on, he knew not whither, until late in the night. Finally all appearance of a road disappearing, and groping his way through darkness and brush, he espied what seemed to be an impenetrable gloom of darkness just in front of him. Deeming it wise to halt here for the balance of the night, and hastily fastening the pony to a tree, he wrapped himself in his blanket and was soon in the arms of Morpheus. At early dawn he awoke from his slumbers and was horrified to find himself on the very brink of a huge precipice whose yawning cavern below was the impenetrable gloom of the night before. On the 18th day of August, he left Barlow's in a rain which increased in violence all day and continued all the succeeding night. At nightfall he came across a camp of emigrants consisting of one man and his wife and seven children and also the grandmother of the children. Of the team, one ox only was alive. The women and children were all piled in the wagon. The man was trying to keep comfortable by a log fire he had kindled for the purpose. Here Mr. Mathes concluded to spend the night and with this unhappy emigrant kept sleepless watch all that night of storm and rain without food or shelter--the pony sharing the fire with the men, turning first one side and then the other to the fire. At early dawn the journey was resumed, and breaking a piece of bread from the cake he had made of his two pounds of flour, he ate it as he traveled. At ten o'clock he encountered a company of emigrants from Peoria, Ill. Arriving at this place the evening previous, eleven of their horses, poor from the long trip of scanty feed, exhausted from the travel, and chilled by the rain of the previous day, had perished during the night. Still pressing on, at the crossing of a rapid mountain stream he saw two men leading and supporting a poor horse upon whose back a woman and three children were being carried across the water, and to their destination, all other means of travel having been previously lost in the terrible journey. This day he crossed [the] Little Sandy, whose swollen waters carried him and his pony some distance below the ford, where it was with great difficulty that the latter made the land. The rain having ceased, the second night was spent in comparative comfort, barring hunger. Here the balance of his little store of provisions was eaten. The next evening he arrived at Foster's, where there was plenty to eat, and his sufferings for the time being were at an end--but not the journey. Starting from home for the mines, he never stopped until he reached them at Jacksonville in September of that year (1852). From Jacksonville he went to Jackass Creek where he spent the memorable winter of 1852-3, living for two months on very poor venison without salt, even. Returning in the spring to Jackson Creek he barely escaped striking a fortune there, which so disgusted him that he left the mines forever and settled on the land where he now resides, in May, 1853. In 1861, Mr. Mathes returned to the Atlantic States; was married October 3rd of that year and with his wife returned to Oregon and the homestead in 1863. In 1873, he returned to Wisconsin and brought his mother to the Coast. Mrs. Mathes' maiden name was Christina Riddle. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, January 16, 1842. The children are Harry G., Bertha L., Mary S., George W., Jessie A. and Donald Clyde.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 533


    DUDLEY POLK MATHEWS. That farming may be made a congenial as well as profitable occupation is proved by the happy and thoroughly contented life of Dudley Polk Mathews, owner and operator of a farm of six hundred acres on the Little Butte Creek, twelve miles northeast of Medford. The visitor is impressed with the air of neatness and thrift pervading this property, and with the modern buildings and general improvements. Since coming to his present farm as a boy of nine, Mr. Mathews has known no other home. This was in March, 1854, and it is with a sense of pride and gratification that he recalls the many changes that have taken place, and which reflect the energy and pioneer efforts of his noble-hearted father. Mr. Mathews was born on a farm in Mercer County, Mo., October 28, 1844, and four years later accompanied his parents to Iowa. In 1853 the father, with his wife and six children, prepared to come to the coast, packing their household goods in two wagons, and investing in strong, trustworthy oxen to convey them the long distance. It is not recalled that any unusual incidents marked the journey, and in March, 1854, the family located on a farm now occupied by the son Dudley, where the father died at the age of seventy, his wife living until about the same age. The elder Mathews was a practical farmer and worthy man, and his children recall with pride his manly life and earnest efforts in their behalf. Ten more children were added to the care of the mother in the West, and all received as fair a common school education as the parents were able to give them.
    The Mathews farm is devoted to general farming and stock-raising, having admirable watering facilities in both wells and creek, and being stocked with high-grade cattle, horses and sheep. Mr. Mathews has made a special study of stock, and because of their excellent care he is able to command the best market prices. He is a genial and kind-hearted man, interested in all that has to do with his town and county, and adding his earnest support to charities and enterprises of a worthy nature. Quiet and unostentatious, he has no political ambitions, although he supports the Republican Party with his vote.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 567-568


    JOHN MATHEWS: lives at Eagle Point; is a farmer; was born in Montgomery County, N.C., March 2, 1816; came to state and county in 1853; was married October 1837, to Elizabeth Wooley. Children William (deceased), Drucilla, Millie, Dudley P., America, Ruth, Hezekiah, Juda R., Mary E., Elizabeth J. (deceased), Martha, Maria. Green B., Champion G. and Minerva (deceased).
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


MATLACK, JACK DEAN
    Publicist; Theatre Executive;
    Civic Leader
b Manton, Calif, Feb 22, 1914; son of Ralph Hanford and Luella Jeanette (Karkeet) M; educ, public schools, Calif; Chico State Teachers College Calif, 1930-33; entire business activity devoted to theatrical enterprises, beginning as portrait painter (movie stars), Senator Theatre, Chico, Calif; doorman, Craterian Theatre, Medford, Oreg, 1934-40; advertising dir, Geo A Hunt Theatres, Medford, 1940-43; mgr, Holly Theatre, Medford; 1942-43; mgr, Broadway Theatre, Portland, 1943-46, exec asst to pres; adv dir, J J Parker Theatres, 1943-; named First Citizen of Portland, 1944; mem, Forum Com, Senior Chamber Commerce; president and mem, bd dir, Oreg Advertising Club, 1946; director of the Retail Trade Bureau; Board of Directors, Portland Council of Churches, Conf Christians and Jews, Summer Band Concert Assn; vice chmn, Public Service director, 1949, Community Chest; winner, Quigley War Showmanship Award, 1942, 43, 44; recipient Quigley Silver Award, top theater advertising job out of 16,000 theater mgrs; only winner west of Rockies, 20-Year Anniversary Award, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944; mem, KOIN Million Dollar Club, Galloneers; summoned, Washington DC, conference with Henry Morgenthau, Secty of Treasury, plans for Fifth War Loan Drive; Oreg Pub Dir, Theatre Participation, 6, 7 and 8th War Loans; very active in war service organizations and paralysis drives, World War II; mem, Multnomah Club, advertising dir, 1946 Motion Picture Red Cross Drive; Mason; Shriner; Republican; Methodist; home, 3075 SE Ogden; ofc, 1008 SW Broadway, Portland, Oreg.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 320


    CARREL B. MATNEY: lives on Applegate Creek; is a farmer and blacksmith; was born in Redford County, Tenn.; came to state in 1850, to county 1852; was married July 24, 1859, to Margaret A. Maupin. Children Samuel (deceased), Jefferson D., Alvis M., Carrel B. (deceased), Nancy, Martha J., Thomas F., Mary, William W., George W., John N., May, Isaac D., Millie, Icy B. and infant.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    COL. REUBEN F. MAURY: lives near Jacksonville, is a farmer, was born in Bath County, Ky.; came to state and county in 1852; was married December 14, 1856, to Elizabeth Chambers. Children L. P., G. L., Mary P., H. C., Sallie A. and Effie (deceased). Mrs. Maury died August 27, 1878. Col. Maury was in Mexican War in 1846 and promoted during war to Second Lieutenant. In 1861 raised first regiment Oregon cavalry.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    REUBEN F. MAURY. No name in Jackson County is more familiar to the students of its history than that of Reuben F. Maury, familiarly known as Colonel Maury. This pioneer of 1849 has won his success in the West, and as a merchant, miner, farmer, and all around promoter of peace and prosperity, commands the respect of all, and the good will of every one with whom he has had to do. Mr. Maury's life has been laid along practical and progressive lines, and at no time has the visionary or vague found place in his plans or desires. He was born on a farm in Bath County, Ky., May 23, 1821, and the lessons there learned have followed him through life and inspired him to do his best in whatever capacity he has been called upon to serve. His father, Mathew, was born in Albemarle County, Va., November 25, 1777, and was of French descent, his ancestors being early settlers in the South. June 17, 1812, he married Susan P. Fry, also born in Virginia, and continued to make his home in Kentucky until his death, September 4, 1860. His wife died December 3, 1857.
    Reuben F. Maury received his preliminary education in the public schools of the vicinity of Louisville, Ky., and when eighteen years old entered the post office at Louisville as a clerk, remaining in that position for about nine years. In 1846 he enlisted as a private in Company A, First Kentucky Infantry, for service in the Mexican War. He served for one year and rose to the rank of second lieutenant, participating in the battle of Monterey. In the spring of 1849 he started with a party of young men from Louisville with ox teams, his destination being the gold mines of California. Leaving Independence, Mo., May 1, 1849, he reached the Sacramento Valley, September 1, the same year, and at once began to mine and prospect along the American River. Not feeling sufficient confidence in mining to depend upon it solely as a means of livelihood, he took up a claim in the Sacramento Valley about three miles below Sacramento City in the fall of the same year, but sold the same in May, 1850, and returned to mining for about a year. He then started a freighting business from Sacramento to the mines, and in 1852 came to the Rogue River Valley, Ore., and continued to freight with fair success. His course lay between Scottsburg, Crescent City and the mines, and although he was successful in his undertakings, he sold out his business in 1854, and with Benjamin T. Davis engaged in a general merchandise business in Jacksonville. Disposing of the store in 1859, he assisted in organizing the First Oregon Volunteer Cavalry, of which he was appointed lieutenant colonel by President Lincoln, later being advanced to the rank of colonel. He served about four years in all, the duty of the regiment being to guard the settlers on the frontier. He was mustered out in Vancouver, and after returning to Jacksonville, engaged in mining for about nine years.
    January 16, 1856, Mr. Maury married Elizabeth Chambers, who was born in Ohio, the daughter of Aaron Chambers, who crossed the plains in 1852, and took up the donation claim upon which Colonel Maury and his family now make their home. With his wife he moved to this farm in 1875, and at present owns one hundred and thirty-three acres of land, one of the most desirable properties in the county, upon which he has made many fine improvements. Colonel Maury has engaged for years in general farming and stock-raising, also in raising small fruits and vegetables. He is very successful, and is one of the most prominent and influential men in this valley. Everything about him appeals to the sincere appreciation of his intelligent neighbors, and he represents all that is substantial, reliable and noble in character and attainment. He is a staunch Democrat, but has preferred rather to work for his friends than himself, steadily refusing most of the offices tendered him. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Maury; Lawrence P., of Coquille City; Gillis M., of Crescent City; Mary P., and Henry C., both at home; and Sallie M., the wife of J. Cowgill, of California. Mrs. Maury died in 1878. The Maury farm is one of the most hospitable in Jackson County, and thither come the hosts of friends which this genial and always entertaining host has gathered on his successful life journey.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 719-720


    JOHN MAVITY: an early pioneer of Jackson County, Oregon, now a horticulturist and resident of St. Helena, Napa County, Cal.; was born in Ripley County, Ind., August 3, 1829, and came to Oregon in 1852, settling in Jackson County in the fall of that year; in 1870 he moved to his present home in Napa County, Cal.; was married October 22, 1857, to Miss Amelia W. Hull. They have four children, viz: Katie A., John M., Willis W. and Carrie B.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 521


McALLISTER, WILLIAM M.
Lawyer; Legislator.
b. Portland, Oregon, November 2, 1905; son of William J. and Mary (Menzies) McAllister; educated Gresham High School; Willamette University LL.B. 1928; Delta Theta Phi; m. Jean Middleton of Salem, Oregon 1932; two children William Jr., Kathryn J.; engaged in practice of law 1931 to date; member House of Representatives, Oregon State Legislature 1937, '39, '41 sessions, Speaker of House 1943; served U.S.A. Major 1943-45; Elk; Mason; Republican; Presbyterian; home 129 Willamette Ave.; office Fluhrer Bldg., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 369


McALLISTER, WILLIAM M.
    Lawyer
b Portland, Oregon, November 2, 1905; son of William J and Mary (Menzies) McA; educ, Gresham High School; Willamette Univ, LLB, 1928; Phi Delta Theta; m Jean Middleton of Salem, Oregon, 1932; two children, William M, Kathryn J; engaged in prac of law, 1931 to date; mem, House of Representatives, Oregon State Legislature, 1937-39, '41 sessions, Speaker of House, 1943; served, USA, Major, 1943-45; mem, st senate, 1949; mem, bd of governors Oreg St Bar, 1949-61; Elk; Mason; Repub; Presbyt; home, 2615 Hillcrest Rd; ofc, Fluhrer Bldg, Medford, Oreg.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 320


    GENERAL JOHN MARSHALL McCALL, who represented Jackson County in the assembly in 1876, and whose portrait appears in this work, to use the language of Professor Huxley, is "a man so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that as a mechanism it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, logical engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order, ready, like a steam engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind." And this, indeed, is the man so familiarly called General McCall. He is, so to speak, one of those men whose brain is well proportioned to his body. He never stops to consider trifles, and never reaches after the impossible or impracticable. He gives proper attention to the details of his business, but would not like to be detailed to do so. He has a powerful mind, and what adds to its strength is the fact that it is his own. It will not brook insult nor be dictated to. It abhors presumption and detests flattery. In short, he is a self-made man. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on January 15, 1825. He emigrated to Louisa County, Iowa, in 1842, and from there crossed the plains with ox teams to Oregon in 1850, and in the year 1852 settled in Jackson County. It was in 1859 he located at Ashland, where he purchased an interest in the Ashland Flouring Mill. The year 1861 will be ever memorable as the period when a great dissension between two vast sections of the country threatened the dismemberment of the nation. The consequence was that, in many places throughout the Coast, military regiments were organized for the emergency that was expected to arise at any moment. Among other organizations of this character, the 1st Oregon cavalry was raised, and the subject of this sketch was the first to respond. He was commissioned second lieutenant of company "D," and in 1865 was promoted to captain. It was during this year that he commanded an escort to B. J. Pengra, that gentleman having in charge a surveying party in laying out the wagon road from Eugene City to Steens Mountain. General McCall remained with the party at Fort Klamath, and in the following spring was honorably discharged at Vancouver, and immediately returned to his old home at Ashland. In the spring of 1867, at the solicitation of many citizens of the place, he founded the woolen mills, which today is one of the prominent enterprises of Ashland. In 1883 he was commissioned brigadier-general of the Oregon State Militia by Governor John L. Moody, which position he has maintained to the present writing. General McCall has been twice married; the first was to Miss Theresa R. Applegate, on April 30, 1868. The second was to Mrs. M. E. Brown, née Mary E. Anderson, on July 4, 1876. His children are: Lydia T., Elsie May and John A.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, pages 533-534


    McCALL, GENERAL JOHN M., was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1825. In 1842 he went to Iowa, and in 1850 came to Oregon, settling in Jackson County in 1852, and in Ashland in 1859, where he established woolen mills in 1867 and resided until his death in 1895. He served in the First Oregon Cavalry during the war. In 1883 he was appointed brigadier-general of the Oregon Militia by Governor Moody. He was an earnest Republican, was for years a delegate to conventions, and at the time of his death was president of the Ashland Republican Club, of which his son, John A. McCall, is now secretary.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 241


    MRS. MARY ELIZABETH McCALL. Coming across the plains with her brother and sister in 1854, Mrs. Mary E. McCall, widow of the late Gen. John Marshall McCall, taught in the first school established in Ashland. A woman of culture and refinement, she is prominent in social and fraternal circles, and has the distinction of having served as the first grand matron of the Grand Chapter, O.E.S., of Oregon, having been elected to this office at the first meeting of the Grand Chapter, which was held in 1889 at Roseburg. A daughter of George Anderson, she was born in Bowling Green, Ind., of Scotch descent. Her paternal grandfather, Daniel Anderson, was born in Pennsylvania, where he spent the larger part of his active life, although he died in Indiana.
    Born on the home farm in Pennsylvania, George Anderson was reared to agricultural pursuits. Subsequently going to Indiana, he was engaged in the hotel business at Bowling Green for a few years. Removing to Albia, Monroe County, Iowa, in 1850, he took up land and improved a homestead, on which he lived until his death, in 1852. He married Hannah Knighten. who was born in North Carolina and removed with her parents to Indiana in girlhood. Two years after the death of her husband, in 1854, she came across the plains to Oregon, and lived here until her death, at the age of seventy-three years. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which Mr. Anderson also belonged. Six children were born of their union; Daniel Preston, who came to Oregon in 1857, died in California; Eli Knighten, who crossed the plains to California in 1850, located in Oregon in 1852, and now resides near Talent, Jackson County; James Firman died in Siskiyou County, Cal.; Marion, who came to Oregon in 1854, died near Talent; Mary E. is the subject of this sketch; and Nancy is the wife of F. W. Chapin, of Sacramento, Cal.
    In 1854 Mary E. Anderson came with her mother, her brother Marion, and her sister Nancy, to Oregon, making the journey with ox teams, and being six months en route. They came by the southern route, via Klamath and Soda Springs, and were met on the way by James Anderson, a brother, who furnished them with provisions, which they very much needed, their own supply being nearly exhausted, and piloted them to their brother Eli's ranch. Miss Anderson and her sister and some of the men of the party rode on horseback through Ashland, in which there was then a mill, a blacksmith shop, a hotel and one store. Arriving at her brother Eli's, she assisted in preparing supper for the rest of the party, that meal being the first she had eaten in a house in six months. She subsequently attended school at Eden precinct, Jackson County, continuing her studies at Umpqua Academy, where she was graduated in 1856. She immediately began teaching, and taught in the first school opened in Ashland. After teaching three years, Miss Anderson married, at Mountain House, Jackson County, in 1858, Rev. George H. Brown, a Methodist minister. Mr. Brown was born in Massachusetts, came to Oregon by way of the Isthmus in 1855, and settled first as pastor of a church near Corvallis. Going from there to Clackamas County, he preached in Oregon City until his health failed, when he engaged in farming near Talent, Ore. Two years later, hoping to improve his health by a change, he removed to Henley, Cal., where he resided until his death in 1866.
    July 4, 1876, Mrs. Mary (Anderson) Brown married for her second husband Gen. John Marshall McCall, a man of great prominence and influence. A Pennsylvanian by birth, General McCall was born in Washington County, January 15, 1825, and died in Ashland, Ore., November 4, 1895. Going to Iowa when about seventeen years old, he lived in Louisa County a number of years. During the great excitement that followed the finding of gold at Sutter's run, he was seized with a desire to try his fortune at finding the precious metal, and emigrated, in 1850, to California. Meeting with but fair success, he came to Jackson County, Ore., in 1852, and seven years later took up his residence in Ashland, becoming part owner of the Ashland Flouring Mills, in which he was for some time interested. Responding to his country's call for volunteers in 1861, he was commissioned second lieutenant of Company D, First Regiment, Oregon Volunteer Cavalry, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of captain. During the closing year of the conflict, in 1865, he was in command of an escort to B. J. Pengra, the head of the party that surveyed and laid out the wagon road from Eugene to Stone Mountain. Remaining with this party at Fort Klamath until the following spring, General McCall was honorably discharged at Vancouver, having won an excellent record as a soldier and an officer. Returning to his home in Ashland, he became actively interested in its industrial interests. In the spring of 1867 he established the Ashland Woolen Mills, of which he was the manager for a number of years, building up an extensive and profitable business. Active and influential in public affairs, he was made brigadier-general of the Oregon State Militia in 1883, receiving his commission from Gov. Z. F. Moody. He also served as a representative to the state legislature, in which he served on important committees.
    April 30, 1868, General McCall married for his first wife Theresa R. Applegate, a daughter of Lindsay Applegate, one of the very earliest settlers of this state, coming to the Willamette Valley with the first train of Oregon emigrants. Of their union four children were born, namely: Lindsay, deceased; Lydia, a resident of Ashland; Elsie, who died at the age of eighteen years; and John A., of Redding, Cal. July 4, 1876, General McCall married, as previously stated, Mrs. Mary (Anderson) Brown, who still continues her residence in Ashland. Mrs. McCall is very active in fraternal circles. February 24, 1888, she was made a member of Alpha Chapter, O.E.S., which she has served as matron several terms, and in which she is affectionately referred to by her junior sisters as the mother of the order in Oregon. In 1889, in Roseburg, at the first meeting of the Grand Chapter of Oregon, she was elected grand matron of the Grand Chapter of Oregon, and has since served one term as grand treasurer of the Grand Chapter. In 1901 she was presented by the Grand Chapter with the grand matron's jewels as a token of the high esteem in which she is held in the fraternity. Mrs. McCall is also a member of the Ashland Women's Relief Corps, No. 24, of which she was the first president. Politically she is a Republican and a suffragist. General McCall was prominently identified with the Masons, belonging to lodge and chapter, and was a member and ex-commander of Burnside Post, No. 34, G.A.R. 
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 615-616


    ANDREW McCALLEN. The substantial and well-to-do citizens of Jackson County have no finer representative than Andrew McCallen, cashier of the First National Bank of Ashland. Energetic, capable and progressive, possessing abundant financial and executive ability, he has led a busy life, and has acquired an assured position among the keen, wide-awake business men of the thriving city in which he resides. A son of the late Andrew McCallen, he was born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ill., September 15, 1848. His paternal grandfather, Hayes McCallen, was born and bred in Scotland. Emigrating to the United States when a comparatively young man, he took up land in Harrison County, Ind., and was there engaged in tilling the soil until his death.
    Born in Indiana, near Palmyra, Andrew McCallen, Sr., studied law, and after his admission to the bar settled in Illinois, locating first in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Removing from there to Gallatin County, he continued the practice of his profession in Shawneetown, having a wide circuit, frequently being associated in important cases with Abraham Lincoln. He also served as registrar in the United States land office at Shawneetown at the time when land was selling for twelve and one-half cents an acre. He died in that city, in 1861, while yet in the prime of manhood, being fifty years of age. In his early life he was identified with the Whigs, but was a firm adherent of the Republican Party from the time of its formation until his death. He was much interested in Masonry, and served as master of his lodge. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Castle, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and died in Shawneetown, Ill., in 1878. Of the five children born of their union, three are living. One son, Hayes McCallen, came to Modoc County, Cal., in 1877, and subsequently died in San Francisco. One daughter, Mrs. Mary Snider, settled in Modoc County, Cal., in 1876, and in Lakeview, Ore., in 1882.
    Obtaining his early education in the public schools of Shawneetown, Ill., Andrew McCallen began learning the drug business when sixteen years old. He subsequently entered Bryant and Stratton's Business College in Chicago, Ill., and after his graduation was employed as bookkeeper for a Chicago manufacturing firm for two years. Returning then to Shawneetown, Mr. McCallen opened a drug store, which he carried on until the spring of 1875. Disposing of his stock at that time, he came to California, locating in Modoc County, where he was employed as clerk and bookkeeper for eighteen months. In the fall of 1876, when the town of Lakeview, in Lake County, Ore., was in its infancy, he went there as manager of a general merchandise house, a position that he retained eleven years. In the meantime he made wise investments, becoming a large land owner, and a man of prominence. In 1887, in company with C. A. Cogswell and others, he organized the Lakeview Bank, of which P. G. Chrisman was made president, W. B. Whittemore vice-president, and Mr. McCallen cashier. The cashiership he retained until 1898, when the bank was sold. In 1900, after the affairs of the bank were all settled, Mr. McCallen removed to Ashland, where he has since resided. In 1901 he assisted in the organization of the First National Bank of Ashland, which was incorporated March 20 and was opened for business May 15, 1901, with Mr. McCallen as cashier. This position he has since successfully filled, being especially fitted for it by his previous training and experience. As a business man he has been fortunate, and has acquired considerable valuable real estate, being the owner of several farms in Lake County, Ore.
    While living in Modoc County, Cal., Mr. McCallen, in 1879, was married to Miss Josephine Applegate, daughter of the late James Applegate, for many years a prominent citizen of Douglas County, Ore., which he represented for one term in the state legislature. Her grandfather, Charles Applegate, was one of the three original settlers of Douglas County. Coming with his parents to Oregon in early life, James Applegate was for many years engaged in agricultural pursuits in Douglas County, near Yoncalla, and took part in the Rogue River Indian War. Subsequently removing with his family to Modoc County, Cal., he was engaged in farming and stock-raising in the Goose Lake Valley. Selling his ranch, he afterwards located in Monrovia, Los Angeles County, where he resided until his death, at the age of sixty years. Mr. Applegate married Caroline Johnson, who is now living in Monrovia, Cal. Of the seven children she bore her husband, four are living, namely: Mrs. McCallen; Mary, wife of J. H. Clayton, of Portland, Ore.; Lulu, wife of George Dodge, of Ashland; and Mabel, wife of H. C. Oakley, of Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. McCallen are the parents of five children, namely: Gertrude, a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, Jacksonville, Ore.; Nannie, attending the Southern Oregon State Normal school; Andrew, Edward and Edna, all students at the Ashland High School.
    Politically Mr. McCallen is an active member of the Democratic Party, and has filled various offices of trust and responsibility. In the fall of 1878, when the county seat was moved from Linkville to Lakeview, Mr. McCallen was appointed county treasurer, and served for eighteen consecutive years, or nine terms of two years each, being re-elected each succeeding term. For one year he served as councilman of Lakeview, and for one term filled the mayor's chair. Fraternally he is a member of Lakeview Lodge No. 63, I.O.O.F.; was a charter member of Lakeview Encampment; and now holds membership in Pilot Rock Encampment of Ashland. He is a member, and the treasurer, of the Ashland Board of Trade. Mrs. McCallen belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 809-810


    SIMON McCALLISTER: lives at Soda Springs on Butte Creek, is a school teacher; post office Brownsboro; was born in Sangamon County, Ill., 1831; came to state in 1852, to county in 1861; was married September 21, 1853, to Elizabeth Ogle. Children Mary E., Celia A., James A., John G., Elizabeth H., Minnie G. and Joseph M.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


McCASKEY, HIRAM DRYER
    Geologist
b. Fort Totten, North Dakota, April 10, 1871; educ., Lehigh University, B.S.S. mining, 1893; M.S., Geology, 1907; Delta Upsilon. Married Mary Louise Fuller, June 7, 1913. Chemist, Montana, 1893-95; Instructor, Mathematics, Engineering, Mississippi, 1896-98; California, 1898-1900. Member Mining Bureau, Manila, P.I. 1900-06. Fellow, Geologist, Lehigh University, 1906-07; Assistant Geologist, 1907-10; Geologist, 1911 to date. Chief Secretary, Metal Resources, 1912-19. Geologist in charge Division Mineral Resources, 1915-19. U.S. Geologist Survey. Author of various reports on mineral resources and geology of Philippine Islands; metallic mineral resources of U.S., especially gold, silver, quicksilver. Member, Geology Mining Societies, including American Association for Advancement of Science; Companion Loyal Legion; Chevy Chase; Cosmos; Tuna; University (Rogue River Valley); Rogue River Valley Golf; Philippine Assn. Home: Bora Da Orchards, Central Point, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 366


    C. C. McCLENDON: lives in Sams Valley; is a farmer; post office Sams Valley, was born in Bledsoe County, Tenn., 1832, came to state in 1852, to county in 1864; married October 6, 1858, to Susan Brown. Children William P. (deceased), Benjamin F. (deceased), Mary J., Joseph B., Samuel W., Susannah (deceased), John H., Rosa .\I., Lillie B. and Nora B.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


McCOY, J. WALTER
    Cashier, First National Bank, Ashland
b. Golconda, Ill., Sept. 20, 1878; educ., pub. schs., Golconda, Ill. Married Agnes Granger, St. Joseph, Mo., April 22, 1903 (dec'd.); children, Margaret E. (Mrs. Thea. J. Norby), and Frances. Married 2nd, Imogene Wallace, Central Point, Ore., July 5, 1936. Began as jeweler until 1898; clerk, Swift and Co., St. Joseph, 1898-1903; asst. cashier, First Nat'l. Bank, Norton, Kan., 1903-07; asst. cashier, Bank of Ashland and U.S. Nat'l. Bank (successor) until 1910. Cashier, U.S. Nat'l. Bank and First Nat'l. Bank (consolidated 1914), 1910 to date; director. Active in bond sales and Red Cross drives, World War. Past president, Chamber Commerce. President, Oregon Bankers Assn., 1925-26; twice vice-president for Oregon, American Bankers Assn. President, Kiwanis Club. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 311 N. Main Street. Office: 74 East Main Street, Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 368


McCOY, J. WALTER
Retired Banker.
b. Golconda, Illinois September 20, 1878; educated public schools Golconda; m. Agnes Granger, St. Joseph, Mo. April 22, 1903 (deceased); children Margaret E. (Mrs. Theo J. Norby) and Frances (Mrs. Charles V. Stayton); m. 2nd Imogene Wallace, Central Point, Oregon July 5, 1936; began as jeweler, Swift & Company, St. Joseph 1898-1903; assistant cashier First National Bank, Norton, Kansas 1904-07; assistant cashier Bank of Ashland and U.S. National Bank (successor) to 1910; cashier U.S. Bank and First National Bank of Portland 1937, manager to 1940; owner until 1946, McCoy Machinery Co. (industrial and farm), Medford; active in U.S. bond sales and Red Cross drives, World War I; past president Chamber of Commerce; president Oregon Bankers Association 1925-26; twice president for Oregon, American Bankers Association; Kiwanian; Republican; Presbyterian; home 311 N. Main St., Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 373


McCRACKEN, J. R.
Dairyman; breeder of purebred registered Jerseys; owner one of highest producing dairy herds in U.S.; winner of numerous awards including Gold Medal; a leader among dairymen in community and state; address Valley View, Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 374


    JOHN WILMER McCULLY: formerly of Jacksonville, now of Joseph, Oregon, is a physician, was born in New Brunswick; came to state in 1851, and to county 1852; was married June 28, 1848, to Miss Janet Mason, of Alloa, Scotland. Children James C., Mollie Bell, (Merrett died January 1884) and Issie.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    J. P. McDANIEL: lives in Jacksonville: is a miner; came to state in 1852, and to county in 1854; was married November 20, 1872, to Catherine Parker. Children Fred, James, Ida, Ella (Eddie and Emma twins).
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    JAMES McDONOUGH: lives near Willow Springs; is a farmer and carpenter; was born in Greene County, Penn., June 8, 1826; came to state and county in 1852; was married August 18, 1855, to R. M. Kahler. Children Sarah C. (deceased), Carlos, Helen, Harriett, John W., Martin C. and George.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    JAMES McDOUGALL. After a boyhood spent upon the high seas, an early manhood devoted to the no less exciting experiences of a prospector and miner, and several subsequent years when bridge building was followed, in 1876 Mr. McDougall came to Jackson County, where he has since made his home. The ranch which he owns and operates and which has been his property since 1890 originally comprised eighty acres, but now embraces eighty-seven. It forms a part of the Harding donation claim and lies three and one-quarter miles south of Gold Hill. The improvements noticeable on the place have almost entirely been placed there by the present owner, who has given considerable attention to the converting of the land into a valuable ranch. The value of the place is increased by the fact that a mine is located on it, and the development of this mine receives special thought and care on the part of its owner.
    In Scotland, John McDougall and Mary McClain were born, reared and married, and from there they removed to Prince Edward Island. They were the parents of five sons and six daughters, one of whom forms the subject of this article. After settling on the island the father conducted a grist mill until the infirmities of age prevented him from further identifying himself actively with business cares. He lived to be almost ninety, while his wife passed away at eighty-five years.
    In 1858 James McDougall took passage at New York City on the North Star Line for San Francisco via the Isthmus. After his arrival in California he followed prospecting and mining for twelve years in California and Nevada. During this period, in 1860, he served for three months as volunteer in the Piute Indian war and assisted in subduing the savages. On coming to Oregon in 1870 he took up the carpenter's trade in Portland and for about six years was employed as bridge builder for the railroad. When he came to Jackson County, in 1876, it was for the purpose of mining, and this occupation he followed near Gold Hill a number of winters, meanwhile working as a bridge builder for the county during the summer months. On discontinuing that work he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres in the Blackwell district. This property he proved up on and made his home for seven years, going from there to the place he now occupies and owns. His neat farm home is presided over by his wife, who is a native of Jackson County and bore the maiden name of Catherine Ralls. Among the people of this county Mr. McDougall has a high place. He is regarded as one of the most successful mining men in the vicinity, his knowledge of that industry being the result of years of practical experience in mines. While he has never allied himself with any of the prominent political parties, his interest in politics is nonetheless keen and constant, and he gives careful consideration to matters brought before the people for decision. In local elections he gives his support to the men whom he considers best qualified for the office in question, while in general elections he also carefully weighs the problems before the people, the character and ability of the candidates themselves, and then votes in accordance with his carefully formed opinions.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 580-581


    JOSEPH S. McFADDEN: lives on Applegate; is a farmer; post office, Murphy; was born in Fairfield County, Ohio; came to state in 1872, and to [Josephine] County in 1876; married June 3, 1880, to Kate Kubli. Children James and Joseph.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 509


    JOHN W. McKAY: lives near Willow Springs; is a farmer; was born in Iredell County, North Carolina; came to state and county in 1852; was married December 1, 1861, to Sarah A. Slagle. Children Robert L. (deceased), Martha A. (deceased), Hughey, Nancy C., George G. and John H.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    AMOS M. McKEE is a native Oregonian, who by reputation and lifelong occupation has been identified with placer mining and is at present operating in a placer district located on Palmer Creek. In addition to his mining interest he is the owner of a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres of fertile land located on Big Applegate Creek, in Jackson County, this state. His birth occurred May 27, 1864, and he is a son of John M. and Mariam (Bowen) McKee.
    Amos M. McKee received his education in the public schools. At a very early period in life he became interested in mining and since his youth he has continued to be identified with this industry, operating principally placer properties on Forest Creek while at present he is working placer ground located on Palmer Creek, this state. Besides his mining interests he is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of choice farm land located on Big Applegate Creek. He moved upon this property and for one year operated it under a lease, at the expiration of which he purchased the ranch upon which he has since resided.
    Mr. McKee was united in marriage in 1887 to Miss Charlotte F. Pence. She is a native of Logan County, Illinois, and is the daughter of William Pence, who removed from Illinois to Oregon in 1876 and located in Applegate Valley. To the family of Mr. and Mrs. McKee four children have been born: Ernest H., now employed in Hubbard's Implement Store in Medford; Floyd E.; Pearl A.; and Clara H., the three last named being at home with their parents.
    Mr. McKee is a Republican in politics, following the fortunes of his party in national and state issues. Though deeply interested in mining he still gives attention to the constant improvement and cultivation of his home ranch and is recognized as being a prosperous ranchman as well as a successful miner. He is always interested in any public measure affecting the betterment of the people in his county and state, and has proven himself to be public-spirited, enterprising and successful in all relations of life. 
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. III, 1912, page 238


    T. T. McKENZIE: lives in Jacksonville; was born in Inverness-shire, Scotland; came to state in 1855; to county in 1865; married March 27, 1866, to Rebecca Hopwood. Children May (deceased), Percy, Selina, Thomas, Monroe, William and Charles P.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 504


    ROBERT McLEAN: lives in Ashland; is a Presbyterian minister; was born Oneida County, N.Y., February 22, 1846; came to state and county in 1883; married August 29, 1877, to Lucy R. Norris. Children Roy McGregor and Robert N.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    Residence, 16 Belmont Avenue; office, 18 North Front Street, Medford. Born at Campton, Colorado, on December 5, 1883. Educated in the public school of Campton and at the high school of Los Angeles, California. Graduated from Leland Stanford, Jr., University, in May, 1909, receiving degree of Bachelor of Arts. Studied law for two years at Leland Stanford, Jr., University. Admitted to the bar of California, July 19, 1909. Removed to Oregon December 1, 1909, and was admitted to practice before the Oregon courts in January, 1910.
History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910, page 185

    Fred Winchester Mears, a member of the Medford bar, now filling the office of city attorney, is separated by the width of the continent from his birthplace, for he is a native son of Massachusetts, born in April, 1873. Since the decade between 1630 and 1640 the Mears, Davis and Winchester families have been known as leading residents of their respective communities. Among the direct descendants of these families were Fred Miles Mears and Eliza Jane Davis, whose marriage was celebrated in New England and who became the parents of Fred W. Mears of this review. The son was educated in the grammar and high schools of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, where his birth occurred, but at the age of twelve years he lost his father, who, having served in the Civil War, never recovered from the wounds that he sustained in that struggle. Determined to obtain a classical education, the young man eagerly embraced every opportunity of earning money that would enable him to pay his way through Brown University. He pursued his studies through the day sessions and taught night school in order to acquire the requisite funds, and the laudable ambition that prompted him carried him through to success and he was graduated from the university in 1895 with the Bachelor of Arts degree, thus laying broad and deep the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional knowledge. He then entered the law department of the University of Michigan and again he resorted to every possible means to add to his financial resources that he might meet the expenses of his law course, and once more his determination and energy carried him forward to his goal. He was graduated in 1898 from the University of Michigan and was admitted to the bar. Immediately thereafter he located for practice in Sioux City, Iowa, where he followed his profession through the succeeding ten years, gaining a large clientage and winning an enviable reputation as an able and forceful lawyer and an earnest, eloquent and convincing public speaker. In 1910 he paid a visit to the Pacific Coast, traveling from Los Angeles northward. Learning of the rapid growth of Medford, his attention was attracted to this city and he stopped off to convince himself of the reliability of the reports he had heard. That visit secured for Medford another substantial resident, for he at once decided to locate here. Returning to Iowa, he closed out his affairs in that state and since the fall of 1910 has made Medford his home. He has engaged in practice, and for five years he filled the office of city attorney. His official record and his private work have both established him high in public regard as a wise counselor and capable advocate in the courts.
    In 1903 Mr. Mears was married to Miss Sara P. Blythe, a daughter of the Rev. J. W. Blythe, whose people were for many generations among the best-known divines of Indiana and Kentucky. The grandfather of Mrs. Mears was the founder and president of one of the leading colleges of that state. She was educated in the Western College at Oxford, Indiana, and is a woman of liberal culture and innate refinement. She is now and for some years has been the executive secretary of the Red Cross chapter, and she is active in church club life and social affairs in Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Mears are members of the Baptist Church. By her marriage she has become the mother of two children: Frederick Blythe, a graduate of the Medford high school; and James Blythe Davis, who is now attending public school.
    Mr. Mears is an active member and supporter of the Republican Party, has been drafted as a speaker in every campaign since locating in Oregon and is known in every section of the state as a strong, forceful and influential political speaker and writer. Following the leadership of Roosevelt, he became a member of the Progressive Party and one of the campaigners in the "Flying Squadron." The Progressive Party in 1914 made him its candidate for congress from this district, but he failed of election. In the campaign of 1916 he became a supporter of Hughes and now gives earnest allegiance to the Republican Party. During the World War he strove to enter the service in any branch but was debarred on account of his nearsightedness. Finally he was suggested for service in the army as judge advocate, but before the red tape could be unwound the armistice was signed. Mr. Mears is a Knights Templar and thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine and exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit and purposes of the craft. He was made an Odd Fellow while a resident of Iowa. Throughout his entire life he has never been content to choose the second best but has pushed on toward a higher goal, and as a man, attorney and citizen he occupies an enviable position in public regard and those who know him prize his friendship and attest his worth.
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, 1922, volume II, pages 707-708


    The senior member of the [Medford Distilling & Refining Company], Mr. F. V. Medynski is a native of London, England, born February 6, 1851. His parents were Vincent and Sarah (Thompson) Medynski, the former a native of Poland, the latter of English birth. They had seven children, the subject being the fourth. He served seven years' apprenticeship as machinist and marine engineering, and came to America in 1871, locating in Chicago, where he engaged in shops for a time, and later followed his profession on the lake for some two years. He was next employed at the Phoenix Distillery for three years, when he again followed engineering and piloting on the lake until 1881, when he went to Des Moines, Iowa, and was engaged at the Atlas Distillery for several months. He next took charge as superintendent of the International Distillery, in the interests of George W. Kidd, for several years, at a salary of $3,000 a year. In 1889 he went to La Salle, Illinois, in the employ of the same gentleman, and built a distillery, which was purchased by the trust syndicate before being put into operation.
    He was married in Chicago, in April, 1876, to Ella Palmer, a native of that city. They have one daughter, Etta, and one son, deceased.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, page 1148


    MARY A. MEE. It is not often that the name of a woman appears in the pages of a history of the commercial and agricultural development of a state, but as the proprietor and manager of one of the thriving business enterprises of Jackson County, as well as an extensive property holder, Miss Mary A. Mee is entitled to such mention. She is a native of this county, her birth occurring on the 11th of July, 1862, and a daughter of Thomas and Drusilla (Wooldridge) Mee, the father a native of England and the mother of Missouri. Thomas Mee came to the United States in 1843 and for nine years thereafter lived in Chicago. In 1852 he and a friend drove across the plains to Oregon, and settled in the vicinity of Portland. The next year he came to Jackson County, but very soon after that he resumed his journey, going to California. In 1852 he again took up his residence in Jackson County and for a time thereafter engaged in teaching school. Mr. Mee was an able man and always manifested keen discernment and excellent judgment in the direction of his business activities. After his marriage to Miss Wooldridge on the 29th of September, 1861, he turned his attention to ranching and also engaged in the lumber business. He prospered in both and became one of the foremost men of the county by reason of the resourcefulness and general versatility he evidenced in whatever capacity his energies were directed. During the latter years of his life he was associated in business with his sons, and they had extensive lumber interests and large mills at Grants Pass, where Mr. Mee was killed in a runaway on the 23rd of February, 1893. The mother is still living and continues to make her home on the old ranch in Applegate Valley. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mee four are still living. Fraternally the father was affiliated with the Masonic order.
    Miss Mee was reared at home and educated in the public schools. She subsequently qualified herself as a pharmacist with the expectation of pursuing a business career, and as she is a woman of clear judgment, practical ideas and the determination of purpose which invariably wins recognition in any field of activity, she has made a success of her undertakings. She is the owner of a fine drug store in Central Point, which she is profitably conducting, and in addition to this she has acquired several pieces of city property and owns nine thousand shares in a gold mine in California. Miss Mee is held in high regard in both the business and social circles of her community and has hosts of friends, whose loyalty has been won through her many excellent personal qualities.
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. II, 1912, page 442


MEEKER, CLARENCE ALFRED
Mayor of Medford.
b. Traer, Iowa July 6, 1882; son of William and Clara (Brown) Meeker; educated grade and high schools Medford, Oregon; m. Ruth Esther Wheaton of Sheboygan, Wisc. and New York City Dec. 22, 1943; daughter Eleanor Jane; began as clerk W. H. Meeker Co. (established by father 1894) 1901-12; firm now known as M.M. Department Store, Medford, owner 1912-37; councilman 1931-35, 1940-42; Mayor Medford 1942-; owner M.M. Dept. Store Bldg., Meeker Bldg., Medford; director Commercial Finance Co. many years; member Oregon Retail Merchants Association (ex-director); active in Red Cross; director League of Oregon Cities 1940-; chairman Jackson County Housing Authority; member Chamber of Commerce; Elk; Odd Fellow; Mason; Republican; Methodist (chairman board of trustees); home 724 E. Jackson; office City Hall, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 385


MELLORS, Rebecca B. (Miss), born in Weir, Kansas, November 7, 1899, daughter of Thomas and Annie Willey Mellors. Former resident of Kansas and Idaho. Educator. Secretary-Clerk, School District No. 49. Member: O.E.S., Business and Professional Women's Club. Home: Medford, Oregon.
Max Binheim, ed., Women of the West, Los Angeles 1928, page 162


MERKEL, DR. A. ERIN
Physician and Surgeon.
b. Glenham, South Dakota, April 16, 1902; son of John L. and Louise (Stickelmeier) Merkel; educated Union College, Lincoln, Neb. B.S. 1934; College of Medical Evangelists, Loma Linda, Calif. M.D. 1936; interned Los Angeles County General Hospital 1935-36; post-graduate study University of California; m. Gladys O. Watwood, Dallas, South Dakota 1924; child Sharon Jean; resident physician, Los Angeles City Maternity Service; C.C.C. surgeon, Medford, Oregon District 1937; Jackson County Health Officer 1937 to date; clinic director Jackson County Child Guidance Committee, member Jackson County Medical Society, American Medical Association, American Public Health Association, Oregon Health Officers Association; Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners; Rotarian; Republican; home 30 Barneburg Road; office Courthouse, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 386


MERRICK, Stella J. (Mrs. F. E.), born in Iowa, 1867, a resident of Oregon for twenty-four years. Married to Fred E. Merrick. Children: Ruth M., Walter D., Emerson P. House designer and real estate operator. Active in civic work; member: O.E.S., Daughters of the Nile, Greater Medford Club. Home: 118 N. Riverside Avenue, Medford, Oregon.
Max Binheim, ed., Women of the West, Los Angeles 1928, page 162


    MRS. ARTINECIA MERRIMAN: lives near Central Point; is a farmer; post office Jacksonville; was born in Champagne County, Ohio in 1830; came to state 1851, and to county in 1856; Artinecia (Riddle) Merriman was married February 22, 1848, to James Chapman, deceased. Children John W., Lucinda J., George F., Laura A., Maria E., Annie A., Isaac A., Mary B., Isabel, Effie, Josephine and Willie. Mr. Merriman had one daughter, Auletta L.; Mrs. Merriman has buried four children, Chas. H., Walter, Prudence and Winaford.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    MERRIMAN, GEORGE F., of Medford, was born in Douglas County, Oregon, September 16, 1853. He is a blacksmith by occupation, having pursued it for twelve years in Medford. He was a member of the Douglas County convention in 1886 and 1882, and the Jackson County convention in 1886, 1890 and 1894, and of the state convention in 1894. In 1892 he received the nomination for Sheriff. In 1894 he was secretary of the McKinley Club, and a member and secretary of the county central committee.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 245


    GEORGE FRANCIS MERRIMAN. In tracing the source of the importance of Medford, mention is due George Francis Merriman, who, from obscurity and financial limitations, has risen to business, educational, and political prominence. Mr. Merriman's ladder of success has been made up of a useful blacksmith trade, fine personal honor, and exceptional executive and general ability, all of which may be acquired by persistent effort, a truth which furnishes vast encouragement to the industrious and ambitious. His family is one of the well-known ones of the state, for his parents, William H. and Artinecia (Riddle) Merriman, reared a family of fifteen children, five sons and ten daughters, of whom three sons and eight daughters respond to the roll call of residents of this prosperous state, and are established in homes of their own. Mr. Merriman is the second of these children, and was born in Douglas County, Ore., September 16, 1855, his father and grandfather, both named William H., being natives of the state of Illinois, born near Springfield. The younger William H. was a farmer, blacksmith and wagon-maker, and in 1852 crossed the plains to Oregon, locating near Riddle, Douglas County. In 1856 he removed to Jackson County and located two miles north of Medford, purchasing one hundred and twenty acres of land from Jesse Robinson, upon which he farmed until his death in 1877, at the age of fifty-two years. He was an active Republican, and in religion was a member of the Baptist Church. His wife's family is perpetuated in Oregon in the town of Riddle, and her brothers, J. B., George W. and Stilley Riddle, are honored residents of this vicinity. Mrs. Merriman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and in Illinois married John W. Chapman, who died in Illinois, after which his wife crossed the plains in the same train with her future husband, Mr. Merriman.
    George Francis Merriman's zeal in promoting the cause of education is quite remarkable, considering the difficulties which hedged in his own opportunities in this direction. From earliest youth his ears became accustomed to the sound of industry emanating from his father's busy blacksmith shop, and he was put to work at an age when most boys are considering ways and means by which to keep away from school. Not so this youth, however, for while his days were filled with serving an apprenticeship, begun in his fourteenth year, his evenings were spent in poring over books, and acquiring the knowledge denied him in the schools. After completing his three years of compulsory service he continued a year more with his employer, and in 1874 went to Eastern Oregon, and for two years worked in a blacksmith shop at Canyon City. For the following two years he ran a shop at Central Point, in the Rogue River Valley, and in 1878 was employed as blacksmith by the Oregon & California Stage Company. In 1880 he began a four-years' business in Oakland, and in 1884 located in Medford, where he has since continuously worked at his trade, with the exception of two and a half years. He does many kinds of wood work, wagon manufacturing and horse-shoeing, and so large is his trade that four men are required in the shop.
    Mr. Merriman's services as a staunch Republican official have been of a high order, and demonstrate his breadth of mind and knowledge of municipal affairs. While not seeking recognition himself he has earnestly helped his deserving friends, and by no means confined himself to any one party in offering help. He has been a member of the city council one term, and was nominated for county sheriff in 1892, escaping election by only one hundred and eighty-seven votes in a county claiming five hundred Democratic majority. He was appointed postmaster of Medford January 17, 1900, and still holds the office, which is of the third class. Mr. Merriman finds recreation and friends in various fraternal organizations, among them Medford Lodge No. 103, A.F.&A.M.; Oregon Chapter No. 4, R.A.M., of Jacksonville; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Ancient Order United Workmen; and Woodmen of the World. He is also identified with P. P. Prim Cabin Native Sons of Oregon, and Roseburg Lodge No. 326, B.P.O.E. In all possible ways he has forwarded the best interests of education, has been a member of the school board for many years, and is one of the promoters and directors of the Medford Business College, having succeeded in raising a large fund for its erection. Two miles east of Medford Mr. Merriman married Mary Murry, who was born in Illinois, and whose father, William Murry, emigrated from Scotland to Illinois, and from there to Oregon in 1874, locating on a farm near Medford. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Merriman, of whom William H. is deceased; Thomas is working in his father's shop; May is the assistant postmistress of Medford; George also is in his father's shop; and Blanch, Mollie, Vera, and Sherron C. are living at home.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 887-888


    WILLIAM H. MERRIMAN: died in Jackson County, September 16, 1877; was a cabinet maker and joiner; was born in Kentucky; came to state in 1852 and to county in 1856; was married February 10, 1853, to Mrs. A. Chapman.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    MERRITT, HON. J. W., of Central Point, was born in Syracuse, New York, and came to Oregon in 1875, and for ten years was principal of the Jacksonville school. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits, locating at Central Point in 1889. He is prominent in many private and public enterprises. He was elected to the legislature in 1890 and 1892.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 244


HON. J. W. MERRITT.--There is probably no name more familiar to the people of Jackson County than that of J. W. Merritt. He has been a resident of the county since 1875, and during his residence in the state has figured prominently in the educational history of Jackson County. He was born in Syracuse, New York. He grew up inured to the hardships of a farm life, being a self-educated man. He attended the State Normal School at Oswego, New York, graduating in 1875, and in the same year accepted a call from the Jackson County school board and came here under contract. On his arrival at Jacksonville he at once took charge of the school and filled the position of principal for ten successive years. At the end of that time he engaged in mercantile business until 1889, when he established himself at Central Point, where he carries a well-selected stock of all kinds of merchandise except hardware. He is considered, by those in a position to know, one of the most enterprising and progressive business men in Southern Oregon. Many of the enterprises in connection with which he is duly entitled to praise must be omitted in this brief sketch from the fact that he declines to be interviewed on these and kindred subjects, as he does not seek notoriety in any form; however, it is but just to that gentleman that we should mention some of the important enterprises with which he has been connected. He is one of the stockholders and secretary of the Southern Oregon Lumber and Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1890. The plant is operated by steam power and has a yearly output of $10,000 worth of material, while the capital stock consists of the same amount. He is one of the directors and members of the Jackson County Agricultural Association with a capital stock of $8,000. Mr. Merritt has shown his faith in the future prosperity of Central Point by making investments there in property. He has always been a Republican. He has been a member of the state legislature for two years past, and June 16, 1892, was again elected on the same ticket, clearly demonstrating his popularity in the community, as the county is largely Democratic. He is certainly a man of more than ordinary executive ability, as we are informed by his townsmen that, through his energetic efforts he succeeded in passing through the legislature a franchise in favor of the Sugar Pine, Flume and Lumber Company, over the Governor's veto. Owing to Mr. Merritt's objection to any matter which might be misconstrued into notoriety we are compelled to leave much important matter untold in this sketch, but deem it prudent and in justice to the community to at least place his name in the category to which it justly belongs.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, pages 333-334


    JOHN W. MERRITT. While a superior education is not necessarily responsible for the success of John W. Merritt, it has nevertheless aided him in arriving at conclusions which else had been reached through years of practical experience. As it is, experience and education are happily blended in his career, and have resulted in the betterment of his adopted state of Oregon. Born on a farm near Syracuse, N.Y., October 30, 1846, he comes of sterling farming ancestry long identified with the eastern state, where his father, Ebenezer, was born near the Hudson River, and where his grandfather, John, lived to the good old age of eighty years. Ebenezer Merritt, whose farm near Syracuse yielded him a comfortable living, was seventy-eight years old when he died, while his wife, formerly Eliza Hiller, lived to be eighty-five. Mrs. Merritt was born in Schoharie County, N.Y., a daughter of Richard Hiller, a Lutheran in religion, and a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Merritt was the mother of nine children, three of whom were sons, and her last years were spent at the home of her daughter near Syracuse.
    The third child in his father's family, John W. Merritt was educated in the public schools of Oswego, N.Y., graduating from the normal school of Oswego in 1875. His diploma gave him lifelong permission to teach in the schools of New York state, but in August, following his graduation, he came to Oregon, and became principal of the school of Jacksonville. During his nine years' tenure of this position he maintained a high standard of discipline and mental training, and upon retiring to the mercantile business in Jacksonville in 1883, he carried with him the good wishes and regrets of those whom he had assisted to a broad and comprehensive survey of life and responsibility. After four years of fair success as a merchant in Jacksonville, Mr. Merritt removed his stock to Central Point, where he has since catered to a constantly growing business, and where he is known as one of the foremost business men of the town. He carries a stock of about $10,000, and has been so successful that he has opened a $15,000 business of the same kind in Gold Hill, placing it under the able management of Robert Moore. Nor have Mr. Merritt’s efforts been confined strictly to merchandising and teaching on the coast, for between 1893 and 1903 he was extensively engaged in sheep-raising on six thousand acres of land. His earnings have been invested principally in country lands, and he at present owns five farms, aggregating five hundred acres, upon which is raised grain, fruits, hay and general produce. He is also interested in mining to a considerable extent, being treasurer of the Pearl Mining Company, incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000.
    Politically Mr. Merritt is a believer in the principles of the Republican Party, for the best interests of which he has labored zealously and with practical results. Elected to the state legislature in 1890, he served on the committees of commerce and engrossing, and served in the same capacities after his re-election in 1892. He has been a member of the city council of Central Point for twelve years, bringing to the deliberations of that body the experience of a trained and far-seeing mind. Mr. Merritt married first, in Jacksonville, July 27, 1877, Mollie B. McCully, a native of Jackson County, Ore., and who died January 17, 1884, leaving a son, George H. The latter is attending the University of Oregon, and will graduate in the class of 1906. For a second wife Mr. Merritt married, December 10, 1891, Jennie E. Moore, who was born in Missouri, and who is the mother of Esther Louise, living at home with her parents. Mr. Merritt has discretion, large experience, and integrity of character, and as such commands the honest admiration of his intelligent and progressive townsmen.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 672-675


    H. C. MESSENGER: lives in Ashland; proprietor of saw mill; was born in Chenango County, N.Y.; came to state in 1858 and to county in 1879; married, July 5, 1882, to Bessie L. Marsh. Only child Walter J.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


MEYER, Delilia Stevens, accountant; b. Eagle Point, Oregon October 7, 1900; business college; m. Vernon L. Meyer June 1, 1927. County clerk 1925-29; Rebekah; business & professional women's club. Republican. Methodist. Address: 616 S. Ivy Street, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 150


    MICHAEL MICKELSON. Among the early pioneers of Southern Oregon the name of Michael Mickelson is prominent as that of a man who proved his worth as a citizen by giving the best part of a long and useful life to the upbuilding of a western statehood. Of an earnest and practical nature, inherited characteristics from a Norwegian ancestry, he readily found and worthily filled the position which came to be his both in the state wherein he first made his home through his father's emigration and that which he himself sought in mature years, with cheerful courage bearing the burdens that fell to his lot. He came to be known and loved for his gentle and kindly nature, and his death, October 5, 1894, at the home of Henry H. Chapman, on Emigrant Creek, Ashland precinct, removed a man who had the entire esteem and confidence of the people with whom he had so long been associated.
    Mr. Mickelson was born nine miles from Christiana, Norway, May 26, 1831, and with his father's family came to America in 1849, settling at the town of Argyle, Wis., which was then a border state. When he was but seventeen years old his father died and the burden of the family fell upon his young shoulders, the duty of caring for his mother, four sisters, one brother and an adopted sister becoming his. He faithfully fulfilled the trust, for twenty-three years caring for and supporting his mother, taking the trip back to Wisconsin to bring her to his western home, where her death occurred. In 1854 Mr. Mickelson came across the plains to Oregon and settled in Jacksonville, Jackson County, and a year later came to Ashland and established the first blacksmith shop of the place, becoming well and favorably known throughout the valley in his capacity of blacksmith as well as silversmith. He prospered in his work and five years afterward, 1860, he returned to Wisconsin and brought back with him to Ashland his mother, brother and two of his sisters. When the town was still but a village Mr. Mickelson bought thirteen acres of land near the center of the site and built upon it one of the most substantial residences of the valley. The house has since been moved to another lot--its old site being occupied by the Hotel Oregon--and apparently is as solid and substantial as when first built. In the early '70s Mr. Mickelson rented his business property in Ashland and for some years was in the mining camps of northeastern Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada, though he always made Oregon his home.
    In addition to being an excellent mechanic Mr. Mickelson had the creative faculty well developed, having invented many useful articles, besides those which he had already patented, having on hand at the time of his death several in preparation for the patent office department, among which were a truck plow, the second of the kind ever used; a hay scales; a sheep counter and separator; a felloe of a carriage wheel, a miner's lock, and others too numerous to mention. During the Indian wars he was the gunsmith of the valley and so great was his ingenuity in repairing that it was said of him that if the hammer was left he could make the gun. Fraternally he was a charter member of Ashland Lodge No. 23, A.F.&A.M., Siskiyou Chapter No. 21, R.A.M., and a charter member of Jacksonville Lodge, I.O.O.F.; and both he and his wife were members of the Rebekahs.
    The marriage of Mr. Mickelson occurred in Ashland October 14, 1890, and united him with Miss Victoria Chapman, for a history of whose family refer to the sketch of Henry H. Chapman, which is found elsewhere in this work.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 588-591


MIKSCHE, RAYMOND ANTHONY
President, General Manager, Monarch Seed & Feed Co.
b. Breckenridge, Minn. Aug. 19, 1894; son of Leo John and Anna Marie (Kraker) Miksche; educated grade and high schools, Medford, Oregon, Medford Business College; m. Mazie W. Turpin of Medford Oct. 2, 1920; children Norbert, Leo David, Stephanie and Mary Ann; began as partner of father L. J. Miksche, Monarch Seed Co. 1913; general manager 1928; president and general manager 1941-; partner Ted's Feed & Seed Store, Ashland (extensive operations in milling and seed processing); contributor to trade journals; director Pacific Coast Seedmen's Association; president Tri-State Seedmen's Association (Oregon, Washington, Idaho); Elk; member Chamber of Commerce; Republican; Roman Catholic; home 813 Minnesota Ave.; office 103 N. Bartlett, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 389


    Residence, Oakdale Avenue, Medford, Oregon; office, Jackson County Bank Building, Medford, Oregon. Born near Carthage, Mo., February 11, 1874. Son of John Webster and Ruth (White) Miles. Left state of Missouri at the age of four years and moved to Stafford County, Kansas. Attended the rural schools of Kansas and the high school at St. John, Kansas. Moved to the State of Oregon in 1893. Attended the Capital Business College at Salem, Oregon; graduated from both business and shorthand courses. Principal of the business department of the State Normal School at Ashland, Oregon; taught in the Portland Business College; graduated from the Law Department of the Law School of the University of Oregon in June, 1900, with degree LL.B. Admitted to the Oregon bar in 1900; admitted to the California bar in July, 1901. Married to Jessie W. Wagner, of Ashland, Oregon, on June 25, 1902. Practiced law at Medford in conjunction with the Jackson County Abstract Company, from July, 1905, to present date. Member of the Crater Lake and Commercial Clubs, and the Modern Woodmen of America fraternity.
History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910, page 187


    T. W. MILES, a member of the Jackson County bar and head of the .Jackson County Abstract Company, has his office in Medford. He has spent much of his life on the Pacific coast, and the spirit of enterprise which characterizes this section of the country is manifest in his life. He was born in Jasper County, Missouri, near Carthage, February 11, 1874, and is a son of J. W. and Ruth (White) Miles, who were natives of Ohio and Iowa respectively. The mother is still living and now makes her home with her son, T. W. Miles, but the father passed away on his ranch four miles south of Salem, Oregon, in the fall of 1902, when fifty-seven years of age. He was reared in Ohio, whence he went to Missouri and afterward became a resident of Stafford County, Kansas, in pioneer times. He spent fifteen years there,. was deputy register of deeds while living in that county and was also the first county sheriff. He was likewise employed for a time in the First National Bank of St. John, Kansas, and in May, 1892, he came to Oregon, where he engaged in fruit-growing, devoting his attention to horticultural pursuits south of Salem until his life's labors were ended. Unto him and his wife were born four sons: A. C., who is living four miles south of Salem; O. B., a practicing physician of Salem; T. W.; and Walter J., who is a pharmacist of Portland.
    T. W. Miles resided with his parents until after he had completed his education. He is a graduate of a high school of Kansas and of the Capital Business College at Salem and likewise of the law department of the University of Oregon, in which he completed a course in 1900. He devoted ten years to the profession of teaching, spending most of the time in a business college, three years being passed in the Portland Business College and five years in Bakersfield, California, in connection with the commercial department of the high school. For the past seven years he has been in Medford, where he has been engaged in the law and abstract business, organizing the Jackson County Abstract Company, of which he is sole proprietor. He also practices law and in both branches has been winning a satisfactory clientage.
    In June, 1903, Mr. Miles was married to Miss Jessie N. Wagner, a native of Jackson County and a daughter of Jacob Wagner, who was a prominent pioneer of this part of the state but has now passed away. Mr. Miles votes with the Republican Party but manifests only a citizen's interest in politics. He is a member of the Medford Commercial Club and of the Oregon and the American Associations of Title Men. Energetic and determined, he recognizes the splendid possibilities offered by the Northwest and means to use his opportunities to good advantage, as he has already done and is still doing.
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. III, 1912, page 223


    Thaddeus White Miles, member of the Jackson County bar practicing at Medford, was born in Carthage, Missouri, in 1874, a son of John Webster and Ruth (White) Miles. His father belonged to one of the pioneer families of Ohio and after living for a time in Missouri removed to Kansas in early manhood. There he prospered in business and won a reputation as a citizen of sterling worth. He took up his abode in the Sunflower State at an early period in its development and served as the first sheriff of Stafford County, Kansas. Later he became connected with the First National Bank of St. John, Kansas, and devoted a number of years to the banking business, contributing much to the substantial growth of the community in which he lived.
    Thaddeus W. Miles was educated in the graded and high schools of St. John, Kansas, and in early manhood took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for about a year, but in 1892 decided to remove to the Pacific Coast and here became an orchardist. After pursuing a commercial course in the Salem Business College at Salem, Oregon, he entered the law department of the University of Oregon and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1900. Through the succeeding five years he engaged in teaching school, but regarded this merely as an initial step to other professional activity, it being his ambition eventually to concentrate his efforts upon law practice.
    In 1905 Mr. Miles opened a law office in Medford and about the same time organized the Jackson County Abstract Company, of which he was president for a period, but the growth of his law practice forced him to give more and more of his time to his professional duties and to relinquish active work in other connections, although he remains the vice president of the abstract company. He has always prepared his cases with great thoroughness and care and has presented his cause in a forceful, logical and conclusive manner. His assertions are seldom, if ever, seriously questioned in court, and he has won many notable verdicts favorable to the interests of his clients.
    Mr. Miles married Miss Jessie M. Wagner, a daughter of Jacob Wagner, one of the earliest of the pioneers of the Rogue River Valley. Her father established the first flour mill in the valley and was among the most progressive of its early settlers. Mount Wagner, the famous snowclad peak that overlooks the valley, was named in his honor.
    In public interest Mr. Miles has manifested deep concern and has given his hearty cooperation to many well-devised plans for the public good. He is a member of the Medford city council and also chairman of the public library board. His wife takes an active interest in social affairs and in the club work of the city, and both Mr. and Mrs. Miles occupy an enviable position in the regard of their fellow townsmen. He is an Elk and is chairman of its board of trustees. All other interests in his life, however, are made subservient to his duties and obligations as a representative of the bar, and he is now a member of the Southern Oregon Bar Association, which he is serving as secretary.
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, 1922, volume II, pages 737-738


MILES, THADDEUS WHITE
    Lawyer
b. Carthage, Mo., 1874; educ., grade and high schools, Saint John, Kan., business course Salem (Ore.); Univ. of Ore., Eugene, law, LL.B. 1900. Married Jessie M. Wagner. Teaching, one yr.; orchardist on the Pacific Coast, 1892; teacher, 1900-07. Law practice at Medford, Ore., since 1905. An organizer 1905, Jackson County Abstract Co., former pres.; officer and vice-pres. many years. Former member Medford City Council; Chrmn. public library bd. mem., Southern Ore. Bar Assn. Elk (chrmn. bd. trustees). Home: 203 N. Oakdale St. Office: Jackson County Bank Bldg., Medford, Ore.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 385


B. F. MILLER, one of the most prominent pioneers of the Rogue River Valley, has been prominently identified with horticultural pursuits since 1857. He established what is known as the Sardine Creek Nursery, near Gold Hill, over seventeen years ago. Many of the largest and best orchards of the valley were started with trees from this nursery. Mr. Miller has since started another similar business, in company with his son, he having sold out his other nursery in 1890. He and his son have a very fine nursery at Central Point, where he will soon take up his residence.
    Of late Mr. Miller has been buying and selling real estate. He is also interested in placer mining in the county. In 1882 he organized the Fruit Growers' Association of Southern Oregon, and has served as its president for four successive years, and each year since has been elected to accompany and take charge of the exhibit sent by the association to the North Pacific Industrial Exhibition, held at Portland.
    Mr. Miller was born near the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, July 31, 1832, where he was reared and educated. His parents are Tobias and Lydia A. (Edwards) Miller; the former being a native of Ohio, the latter of New Jersey. They are both living and reside in Jackson County. The fathers of both Tobias and Lydia Miller were patriot soldiers and participated in the Revolutionary struggles and the War of 1812. Mr. Miller springs from an exceedingly long-lived family. His father is now past eighty-four years of age, while his mother is seventy-seven years of age, and they are both enjoying the best of health. Our subject is the second of eleven children.
    He crossed the plains by ox team to Jackson County, Oregon, in 1854, and for a few years actively engaged in mining pursuits, but later turned his attention to horticultural pursuits, in which he has since been engaged. His present nursery being located at Central Point, as above mentioned, consists of eight acres, cultivated to growing all kinds and qualities of fruit trees and berry bushes.
    He was married in Polk County, May 14, 1857, to Margaret J. Sutton, native of Illinois, daughter of Captain John Sutton, of Morgan County, Illinois, who first came to Oregon in 1851, and returned in 1852 for his family. They have three living children and three deceased; those living are: Mary E., now the wife of D. W. Dean, ex-Sheriff of Jackson County. Mrs. Dean was the first white child born north of the Rogue River in Jackson County. John T., and Maggie A. are still residing at home. The deceased members of the family were: James T., who died in 1864; Frank E. in 1868, and Curtis B. died November 17, 1889.
    Mr. Miller is a staunch Republican and is the candidate for county assessor at this time of his party. He is a pleasant and intelligent gentleman and is well worthy to fill any office that may be conferred upon him. He is a member of I.O.O.F. and also the Encampment degree of this order. He had been a member of the society for nearly forty years.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, pages 409-410


    BENJAMIN F. MILLER: lives near Rock Point; is a horticulturist; was born in  Hamilton County, Ohio, July 31, 1832; came to Oregon in 1854; married May 14, 1857, to Martha J. Sutton. Children Mary E., Benjamin C., John T. and Maggie A.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    DAVID H. MILLER: lives at Medford; is a merchant; was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, May 10, 1859; came to county in 1875; was married July 2, 1871, to Elmira Brons.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    D. H. Miller, Democratic nominee for county treasurer, is the pioneer merchant of Medford. Not alone as a business man is he thoroughly fitted for the position, but by nature and character as well. Those who know him are aware that every promise he makes will be carried out to the letter. He did not seek the position. It went hunting for him because the convention realized that only the very best men could hope to be successful. There is scarcely any doubt about the result. Mr. Miller was born in the state of Iowa, May 10, 1850. He migrated to Oregon in the year 1875, and moved to Jackson County September 21, 1875, and has been a resident of the county ever since. He moved from Jacksonville to Medford November 28, 1883. The people will make no mistake in electing him.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 29, 1902, page 4


    DAVID HENRY MILLER. The association of David Henry Miller with Medford began November 28, 1883, at which time there were few indications upon which to base the town's present industrial and commercial supremacy, and he claims the distinction of being the first white man to take up his residence within the town. In 1886 he assisted in the incorporation of Medford, and since then has lent the aid of an enterprising spirit and capable mind to its development. Especially has he promoted clean municipal government, and as a Democrat has filled many of the important offices of the town. He served as postmaster under Cleveland's administration for five years, has been a member of the city council three terms, has acceptably served as a member of the county and state central committees, and in June 1902 was elected to his present responsibility as treasurer of Jackson County. The cause of education has found in Mr. Miller a staunch and untiring advocate, and since helping to erect the first school house here, he has sought to bring the standard of instruction up to that of older and more settled communities. No name in the town better represents the earnest and forceful spirit of the western slope, the striving after all that is strong, satisfying and substantial.
    In Jefferson County, Iowa, where he was born May 10, 1850, the name of Miller was identified with a large farming enterprise conducted by his father, Henry A. Miller, a native of Pennsylvania. The elder Miller left Pennsylvania at an early day, and after journeying overland to Indiana, erected the first cabin upon the site of Logansport. He afterward lived in Illinois for several years, and upon removing to Jefferson County, Iowa, located on a farm twelve miles north of Fairfield. The year 1875 witnessed the departure of himself and family for Oregon, where he settled in Jacksonville, and made that town his home until his death in July 1881, at the age of seventy-five years. His wife, formerly Nancy A. Sears, of Ohio, lived to be seventy-four years old. The parents reared a family of three sons and four daughters, of whom David Henry is the third youngest. 
    After his marriage in 1871, to Elmira Brous, David Henry Miller settled on a farm in Marion County, Iowa, remaining there until coming to Oregon in 1875. His wife is a native daughter of Marion County, Iowa, her father, James M. Brous, having been born in Pennsylvania. Mr. Brous removed from his native state to Ohio, and from there to Iowa, eventually coming to Oregon, where he made his home with his son-in-law until his death in January 1896, at the age of eighty years. Upon coming to Oregon Mr. Miller located in Dallas, Polk County, for a few months, and in 1876 engaged in farming near Jacksonville, Jackson County, owning one hundred and sixty acres of land. Coming to Medford in 1883, he started a drug business the following year, and later increased his stock by a complete hardware supply. In this he was seconded by a partner, Dr. Vrooman, of Jacksonville, the latter of whom managed the drug department, Mr. Miller taking charge of the hardware. The partners finally established a large and paying business, and after the death of Dr. Vrooman the drug department came under the management of Mr. Strang. This was the first business of the kind in Medford, and its success stimulated trade, and in time inspired the zest of competition. May 11, 1891, the partners divided the business, Mr. Miller still retaining the hardware department, which he has since increased, from both the standpoint of quantity and the variety of goods represented. He carries a complete line of stoves, ranges, paints, guns and ammunition, tinware and plumbing outfits, his stock being valued at about $6,000.  Mr. Miller is one of the promoters of the Medford Business College, incorporated in July 1903, and is a member of its board of directors. He is fraternally connected with Medford Blue Lodge No. 103, A.F.&A.M., and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co. 1904, page 591


    HON. D. H. MILLER. Gold Hill is fortunate in having among its citizens so eminent and valuable a man as Hon. D. H. Miller, a successful hardware merchant and an owner of city property. He is a man with a notable political record and is extremely active in matters which concern the public good. He was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, May 10, 1850, the son of Henry A. and Nancy Miller. In 1840 the parents took up their abode in Jefferson County upon a donation claim, where they resided until 1866, when they removed to Marion County, Iowa. In 1875 they came to Jackson County, Oregon, where the remainder of their lives were spent. In their family were ten children, of whom only three survive.
    D. H. Miller attended the common and high schools and remained at home until he attained his majority. He then embarked in agricultural pursuits, choosing Marion County, Iowa, for his field of operations. He farmed there until 1875, when, becoming convinced that the West offered advantages superior to those of the Hawkeye State, he emigrated to Oregon and engaged in farming for seven years. In 1883 he removed to Medford and entered the mercantile business, in which he continued for twenty-one years. He then disposed of his interests in Medford and settled in Gold Hill, where he engaged in the hardware business. In this line of trade he is meeting with much success, and in addition to the business which he owns and operates he is the possessor of several pieces of real estate in Medford and Portland.
    In 1871 Mr. Miller was married to Miss Elmira Brous, a native of Marion County, Iowa, and a daughter of James M. and Mary Brous, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. In 1842 the parents removed to Iowa, where the mother passed away. The father later emigrated to Jackson County, Oregon, and resided there until the time of his death.
    In his political views Mr. Miller has always been a member of the Democratic Party and has risen high in its councils. In 1909 he was elected to the state legislature, serving for two years. He also served for two terms as county treasurer and was for five years postmaster of Medford, having been appointed by President Cleveland. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity of Medford and also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of that city, while his wife is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller are active and consistent members of the Christian Church and to the extent of their ability labor to make that denomination effective in the community. The Hon. D. H. Miller stands very high in business, fraternal, political and social circles of Gold Hill, where he has long since been recognized as one of the leading citizens of the town. Having been extensively engaged in politics, he has a statewide political acquaintance, many of his closest friends being prominent and honored state political figures. In his immediate community and county he is widely and favorably known and as he is active in his efforts to build up and promote the various interests of Gold Hill, he is regarded as one of its most prominent men.
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. III, 1912, page 360


    COL. J. N. T. MILLER: lives in Jacksonville; is a farmer and stock grower; born in Kentucky, 1826; came to state in 1845 and to county in 1854; married August, 1852 to Bessie H. Aubury.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    JOHN MILLER: lives in Jacksonville; is gunsmith and hardware merchant; born in Barbaren, Germany; came to state and county in 1860; married March, 1854, to Mary Shmutz. Children Melia, Sarah M., Philip, Katie, John, Mollie and Henry.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    Prominent among the Democratic politicians of this state, and one who has served his party with earnestness and fidelity, is Gen. John F. Miller, of Salem. He has been intimately associated with the party successes of the past and is today an honored representative of its silent minority. His personal appearance is such as would attract the attention of any one in a crowd, being tall and commanding, with full face, free from whiskers, and a clear, penetrating eye. He was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, near the birthplace of the immortal Lincoln, and received the advantages only of a common school education. He was raised on a farm, and in 1841 moved with his parents to Howard County, Missouri, where he resided until the breaking out of the Mexican war of 1846, when he enlisted as a private in the "Chihuahua Rangers," under Capt. Tom Hudson, which company was attached to Col. A. W. Doniphan's regiment. He participated in the battles of Sacramento and Brazito, and received an honorable discharge at New Orleans in June, 1848. Returning to Missouri, he was, on the 25th day of March, 1849, married to Miss Zerelda Jackson, daughter of Gov. Hancock Jackson, of that state. He came to Oregon "the plains across" in 1851 and settled in Jackson County, where he took up a donation claim. Was elected Captain of Company A, First Regiment of Volunteers, under Gen. Joseph Lane. After several sharp skirmishes with the Indians at Evans Creek and elsewhere, his company was ordered back on the plains to protect immigrants, making their headquarters on Lost River, among the afterwards famous Modoc tribe of Indians. He represented Jackson County in the lower House in 1853 and 1854 and was afterwards appointed Indian Agent at Grande Ronde under President Pierce, and was reappointed by President Buchanan. Moved to Salem in 1862, and, with other capitalists, interested himself in the organization and erection of the Willamette Woolen Mills, being president of the company for two years, and closely identified with its interests for some fifteen years. He received the nomination for Governor at the hands of the Democratic State Convention in 1862, and made a stirring canvass of the state, but was defeated by the Republican, Hon. A. C. Gibbs. In the Legislature of 1866 he received his full party vote for the honorable position of United States Senator, his successful competitor being Hon. Geo. H. Williams. Was also vice president of Willamette Falls and Lock Company at Oregon City, and was actively interested in its construction and completion. Was appointed by the Legislature in one of the commissioners to select the 90,000-acre grant of agricultural college lands, which were by them located in Southern Oregon. Was by Governor Grover appointed one of the Capitol Building Commissioners and was elected chairman of the board. It was under their supervision that by far the greater portion of the work on this building was performed, and its general character is commended by all who have given it a careful examination. During the last few years Gen. Miller has been actively engaged in the stock business, with his headquarters on the range in Lake County, his family meanwhile living on his farm near Salem. He has five children, all daughters, two of whom are married and have families of their own.
Frank E. Hodgkin and J. J. Galvin, Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon, 1882, pages 70-71


    SALEM, Jan. 24.--Captain John F. Miller has fought Indians, served in the territorial legislature of Oregon, run for Governor on the Democratic ticket, and at the age of 73 weighs upwards of 200 pounds. Captain Miller was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, April 30, 1825, but came to Oregon in 1851, and took up a donation land claim in Jackson County. In 1853 he was elected to represent Jackson County in the territorial legislature. His arrival in Oregon was in good time for the Rogue River Indian War. He took active part in subduing the hostile Indians, and, the war ended, did much toward their pacification. With the character of Chiefs Sam, Jo and Jim, of the Rogues, and Limpy and John, of the Applegates, Captain Miller was familiar. His memory probably covers more incidents of the Rogue River Indian War and of Southern Oregon Indians generally than is held in memory by anyone now living.
    It was John F. Miller who was made captain of the first company of volunteers raised in the Rogue River Valley after the Indian outbreak. It was he who led a company into the vicinity of Humboldt River to protect immigrants from the Modocs. It was he who served as lieutenant when the Umpquas and Calapooias threatened war, and it was he who took part in the campaign against the Modocs. After the memorable battle with the Rogue River Indians, on Evans Creek [in 1853], Captain Miller, together with General Joseph Lane, Colonel Ross, interpreter Metcalfe and other volunteer captains, held a preliminary council with the Indians inside the enemy's lines. The meeting place was on a butte near Evans Creek. The whites were supposed to deposit their arms with a detachment of Indians. Captain Miller, suspicious of Indian treachery, crossed the line with a revolver secreted beneath his coat. At the council lodge [at Table Rock] the whites were assigned places, and the Indian chiefs were surrounded by their armed warriors. During the progress of the council Chief Limpy, less inclined to peace than the rest, delivered an impassioned appeal to his people against the whites. The effect on the Indians was perceptible, and, knowing Captain Miller was armed, one of his companions whispered to him, "Keep your eye on that d--n scoundrel!" General Lane had, however, taken the precaution to secure a son of Chief Jo as hostage, and the party came safely out of a trap similar to the one into which General Canby and his men were led and butchered by the Modocs 20 years later.
    A living picture in Captain Miller's mind is of a scene witnessed on his way to the council lodge. As he crossed the battlefield Indian women were engaged in burning the slain. Captain Miller's attention was attracted by the writhing of Indian bodies on brush heaps. This he took to be Indians undergoing cremation alive. It was found upon closer investigation, however, that the contortions were due to the heat, and that only dead Indians were being burned.
    At the conclusion of the [1855-56] war the Indians were removed to Grand Ronde Reservation, in Yamhill county. The volunteers, with the exception of Captain Miller's company, were disbanded. There was a report that a party of 25 immigrants had been murdered on the east side of Tule Lake, and that Indians were committing depredations in the Humboldt country. Captain Miller, with his company, hurried into that action. Arrived at Tule Lake, smoke was observed rising out of the tules. Constructing boats of their wagon beds, Miller's men rowed out in the lake, and discovered a fleet of canoes, on which Indians were living in hiding. The squaws and papooses had on blood-stained garments taken from the whites. One party escorted through the country of the hostile Indians, while on this expedition, was that of Rev. T. F. Royal. The night following the meeting of the soldiers and the Royal train a boy was born to the wife of Rev. Mr. Royal. In honor of the captain of the volunteers the boy was named Miller. He grew to manhood, and, having been graduated from the public schools, was given money and wished success by Captain Miller. At the last Democratic convention held in Pendleton Captain Miller was called on by his namesake, who had become a college professor, and was returned the money. Only a few days ago Captain Miller had a pleasure of meeting Rev. Mr. Royal, and recalling the circumstances of their acquaintance in pioneer times.
    In 1856 President Pierce appointed Captain Miller Indian agent for the Grand Ronde Reservation, bringing him into association with the Rogue River Indians with whom he had fought and treated. He held this position six years, resigning when President Lincoln was elected. The winter Captain Miller took charge of the agency was very rainy. Sickness prevailed, and many Indians died. Chiefs Sam, Jo, John, Limpy and George went before him and implored him to allow their people to return to their native haunts. "I shall never forget John's remarks on that occasion," said Captain Miller. "The eloquence of earnestness marked every word of the appeal. 'It is not your wars, but your peace, that kills off my people,' John said." Agent Miller could only answer that he had no authority to grant the request. A plot for an uprising was afterward formed among the Indians. Mary, a daughter of Chief Sam, who never liked the Applegate tribe, told the agent of the Indians' intentions. John and his son Adam were arrested and deported to Merced, Cal. When the steamer on which they were carried reached the mouth of the Rogue River [it was at Humboldt Bay], looking over the forests of their old home, they made an attempt to take the ship and escape. A sailor put a stop to the effort by shooting Adam in the leg. John and his son were afterward returned to the Grand Ronde Reservation, Adam being short one leg, as the effect of the gunshot wound received at the hands of the sailor.
    Captain Miller is informed that all the Indian chiefs and most of their wives, brought up from Rogue River, are dead. The wife of Sam, now old and decrepit, visited him last fall. Upon meeting Captain Miller the old woman wept like a child. All of the old men, she said, and all of the old women but herself, who were transferred from Rogue River Valley were dead.
    After resigning as Indian agent, Captain Miller, in 1862, was given the Democratic nomination for Governor, and canvassed the state against Addison C. Gibbs. He was defeated. His attention since has been chiefly given to farming and looking after other property interests. He has a ranch of 11,000 acres in Klamath County. He spent 15 years on this ranch raising and selling stock. His health became impaired a year ago, and he returned to his Salem home, where he is now living. It is his intention to return to his ranch next spring in a buckboard, passing on his way over the battlefields of his earlier days.
Oregonian, Portland, January 25, 1899, page 10


    JOHN FRANKLIN MILLER. The wide-awake, enterprising and progressive merchants of Jacksonville have no better representative than John Franklin Miller, who is ably managing the hardware business established here by his father, the late John Miller, forty years ago. He is a young man of good executive and business ability, straightforward and honest in all his dealings, and in addition to his mercantile interests he is now serving as postmaster. He is a native-born citizen, his birth having occurred in Jacksonville, April 5, 1870.
    Born in Bavaria, Germany, May 31, 1830, John Miller lived in his native country until twenty years old, acquiring a practical common school education, and learning the gunsmith's trade. Emigrating to the United States in 1850, he located first in New Jersey, where he worked at his trade a few years. Subsequently removing to Burlington, Iowa, he was there employed as a gunsmith until 1860. In that year he came across the plains to Oregon, making the journey with ox teams, and settled in Jacksonville. Establishing himself in business as a dealer in hardware in 1862, he was successfully engaged in this branch of his industry until his death, in 1893. A man of good business energy and acumen, he made judicious investments and acquired considerable property, becoming sole owner of the Farmers Flat, or Miller, mining claim, located four miles southwest of Jacksonville, and realized a good income therefrom. This property was sold to a Portland company in 1894, but on account of nonpayment it has again come into the possession of Mr. Miller's heirs, who are managing it with satisfactory results. John Miller was a staunch adherent of the Republican Party, and was a member of the order of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In 1855, in New Jersey, he married Mary Smith, who was born in Baden, Germany, August 25, 1835, and at the age of eighteen years came with her brother Harry to the United States, locating in New Jersey. Her father, John Smith, a farmer by occupation, was a lifelong resident of Germany. Of the union of John and Mary (Smith) Miller, eight children were born, namely: Amelia, wife of Dr. J. A. Callander, of Los Gatos, Cal.; Philip, deceased; Matilda, wife of Dr. J. W. Robinson, of Jacksonville; Philip (the second child bearing that name), deceased; Catherine, who married Edward Scott, and is now deceased; John F., the subject of this sketch; Mollie, wife of K. K. Kubli, of Portland; and Harry, a druggist, in San Jose, Cal.
    On the death of his father, in 1893, John Franklin Miller succeeded to the hardware business established in 1862, and has since carried it on with undoubted success. In 1897 he was appointed postmaster, and is now serving his second term, having been reappointed in 1901. He has a very neat and attractive office, it being one of the best kept in the Northwest. Mr. Miller is also interested in agricultural pursuits, having a stock ranch of two hundred and forty acres, on which he keeps about fifty head of cattle. He has also city property, comprising a business block in Jacksonville.
    April 15, 1903, Mr. Miller married Mabel T. Prim, who was born in Jacksonville, a daughter of Charles Prim, of whom a brief sketch will be found on another page of this volume. An earnest Republican in politics, Mr. Miller uniformly sustains the principles of that party by voice and vote. He is actively interested in the welfare of the city, and has served two terms as city councilman. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Warren Lodge No. 10, A.F.&A.M., and of Oregon Chapter No. 4, R.A.M. He also belongs to P. P. Prim Cabin, Native Sons of Oregon.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 900-901


    JOHN S. MILLER: lives on Applegate Creek; is a farmer; born in Clay County, Mo., in 1824; came to state in 1846 and to county in 1852; was married May 27, 1852, to L. Margaret Griffin. Children Josephine, Nancy, Richard (deceased), Louisa, John, Anistasia, Burrell, Lydia (deceased) and Walter. Mr. Miller was in the Cayuse War.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    Residence, 670 Johnson Street; office, 333 Worcester Building, Portland. Born near Eugene, Oregon. Son of James Napper Tandy and Elizabeth Ann (Aubrey) Miller. Married to Sarelia W. Grubbe, September 11, 1893. Attended Jacksonville public schools, and from 1874 to 1875 the University of Pacific, at San Jose, California. Graduated from Willamette University, Salem, Oregon. Received diploma from New York Chautauqua August 15, 1900. Admitted to Oregon State Bar at Salem, Oregon, March 7, 1887; to Supreme Court of United States, May 10, 1893; to United States District Court of Oregon, and United States Circuit Court of Oregon, November 23, 1904. Admitted to all bureaus of Interior Department, at Washington, D.C., December 15, 1897. Aide-de-camp to  Governor Pennoyer six years, as lieutenant colonel. Representative from Jackson County in legislatures of 1887-89. Candidate for Congress in 1890, and for Presidential elector in 1892. Register United States Land Office, Oregon City, Oregon, 1893-97. Mason. Democrat.
History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910, page 188


    MILLER, ROBERT A.--Attorney at Law, 333 Worcester Bldg., Portland, Ore. Born Lane County, Ore., October 22, 1854; son of James Napper Tandy and Elizabeth Ann Aubrey Miller. Educated Jacksonville public school. Willamette University. Admitted to Oregon State Bar 1887; Supreme Court of United States, 1893; United States Circuit Court of Oregon, 1904. For some time Register United States Land Office, Oregon City. Representative of Jackson County to Oregon Legislature, 1887-1889; Aide-de-Camp to Governor Pennoyer for six years. Admitted to all bureaus of Department of Interior, Washington, D.C., 1897. Club: Commercial. Societies: A.F.&A.M. (32nd degree), Scottish Rite, National Geographical Society. Address: 670 Johnson Street, Portland. Ore.
Who's Who in the Northwest, vol. 1, Western Press Association 1911


    WILLIAM M. MILLER: lives on Applegate Creek; is a farmer; post office, Applegate; was born in Galway County, Mo. in 1829; came to state in 1852, and to [Josephine] County in 1855; was married January 15, 1854, to Mary A. Miller (deceased July 29, 1880). Children Corilda, Frederick, John, Lewis, Francis, Sarah, Viretta, Arininta, Nancy, Mollie and William E.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 509


    BENNETT MILLION: lives at Ashland; is a farmer; was born in Adair County, Ky., February 12, 1812; came to state and county in 1854; was married March 24, 1841, to Miss Armilda Beam. Children Eliza E., John B., Sarah A., Laura J., Martha, Kizzie A., Phebe A., Jackson M., Caetha E., William B., Joseph T. and Charles C., all living in the same vicinity.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    WILLIAM B. MILLION is no stranger to most of our readers, for his whole life has been spent in Jackson County, Ore., he having been born March 3, 1861, on the old Million donation claim, in the vicinity of Ashland, a son of Bennett and Armilda (Beam) Million, and a grandson of Benjamin Million, an early settler of Wisconsin, where his death occurred. Bennett Million, the father, who was born in the year 1812 in Kentucky, was among the early settlers of Mineral Point, Wis., where he engaged in lead mining. During the Black Hawk War, he served with distinction. After entering a homestead claim in Wisconsin, he followed farming, clearing and improving his farm until the gold fever of 1849 struck the country. That year he crossed the great plains and followed mining in California until 1852, when he returned to Wisconsin by way of the Isthmus of Panama and up the Mississippi River. Upon reaching his home he sold his farm and prepared to transfer his belongings across the plains. In company with his wife and six children he started on his long and tedious journey with a large outfit drawn by ox teams. His intention was to return to California, but on the way he was persuaded to turn his steps toward Oregon instead, and in the fall of 1854 arrived in Jackson County. At once he took up donation claims of three hundred and twenty acres on the present site of Ashland, and by improving his farm little by little he was soon enabled to engage in both the grain and cattle business. He laid out a part of his land into city lots and by this means accumulated money rapidly. A tract of one hundred and forty-three acres of the original land is still in the possession of the family and is operated by two of Mr. Million's sons as a dairy farm. For the past twenty years the father has lived retired. He is very infirm and feeble, having passed his ninety-first birthday.
    Mr. Million was a member of the party that discovered the two dead Indians in 1856, in what is now known as the Dead Indian Country. In his younger days he was a man of great prominence, whose influence was felt throughout his section, and he took an active interest in the Rogue River War. In politics he is a Democrat, and has served as justice of the peace. Prior to removing to Oregon, he was twice elected sheriff in Wisconsin, and also served as tax collector for three terms. He was united in marriage with Armilda Beam, who was born in Indiana, a daughter of John Beam, a pioneer settler and farmer in Wisconsin, who accompanied the Millions to Oregon and died many years ago. Mrs. Armilda Million is still living, and she and her husband reared twelve children, all of whom are still living, the greater part of them residing in Ashland. They are as follows: John B., a carpenter; Eliza Ellen, now Mrs. Gedding; Sarah, Mrs. Kentnor; Laura J., Mrs. Woodson; Martha, Mrs. Morgan; Kizzie; Alice, Mrs. Baldon, of Klamath Falls; Jackson H., who resides in Humboldt County, Cal.; Esther, Mrs. Lytleton, of Siskiyou County, Cal.; William B.; Joseph T.; and Charles. The latter is a partner with William B. in conducting the dairy ranch.
    William B. Million grew to manhood in Jackson County, and his training in the public school of Ashland was supplemented by a scientific course in the Ashland Academy. On account of his father's advanced years he took charge of the farm when seventeen years old, and his untiring efforts have been invariably crowned with success. The brothers are profitably engaged in raising hay, having one hundred acres of irrigated land, which is devoted solely to raising alfalfa. They cut three crops per year, and raise from three to four tons to the acre. In addition, the brothers have twenty head of high-grade cattle and do quite an extensive dairy business, selling both milk and butter to the nearby market of Ashland.
    Mr. Million was joined in marriage with Cora Handgen, an Ohioan by birth. Mrs. Million came to Oregon ten years ago, and they have one child, Mildred E. They worship at the Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Million is a member. In his political convictions Mr. Million is a staunch Republican, and although not an office seeker, he has served as councilman of the first ward. Fraternally he is allied with the Knights of the Maccabees and Knights of Pythias, being ex-representative and past chancellor of the latter. Mr. Million is today an example of what an honorable and upright man should be, and he has seen the land chosen by his father develop and grow in value.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 967-968


    CONRAD MINGUS. From 1868 to the time of his death, which occurred on the 25th of May, 1900, Conrad Mingus was a resident of Oregon. He had already had several years of experience as a western man, having previous to that period been a resident of California. He was imbued with that spirit of enterprise which is characteristic of this section of the country and he contributed in no small measure to the work of general progress and improvement, while his efforts as an agriculturist resulted in the conversion of an old donation claim into richly cultivated fields. He was born in North Carolina, on the 6th of May, 1822, and was a son of Jacob Mingus. who died in that state. Conrad Mingus spent his youth under the parental roof and when about twenty years of age started out in life on his own account. Leaving North Carolina, he went to Missouri where he lived for several years, and then removed to Kansas. He was a brick mason by trade, following that occupation in the two states, but in 1849 he joined the long procession that was slowly wending its way over the plains to the gold fields of California, and for some time thereafter he worked in the mines. He then turned his attention to teaming and freighting and still later engaged in farming in Solano County.
    While residing in California, in 1862, Mr. Mingus was united in marriage to Miss Lavina Dollarhide, a daughter of Jesse Dollarhide, who crossed the plains from Iowa to California in 1861. The couple began their domestic life in that state but in 1868 removed northward to Oregon, settling in the Rogue River Valley in Jackson County, two and a half miles north of Medford. The place was an old donation claim known as Heber Grove, having been entered by Mr. Heber. Mr. Mingus resided on this farm until 1888 and during that period a notable change occurred in its appearance. Wild land was converted into rich fields that annually yielded golden harvests; fences were built; modern machinery introduced; and the progressive methods of the present age were followed. The years brought Mr. Mingus success as the result of his sound judgment and well-directed efforts, and in 1888 he retired with a handsome competence saved from his earnings. Taking up his abode in Ashland, his remaining days were there passed and he ever enjoyed the respect and good will of those among whom he lived.
    As the years passed by, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mingus was blessed with a family of four children, namely; Francis M., residing at Grangeville, Idaho; Dr. Everett Mingus. a physician and surgeon of Marshfield, Oregon; Clara, who married W. A. Aitkin, of Medford, Oregon; and Daisy, the wife of Fred Robley, of Clackamas County, this state. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Mingus has continued to make her home in Ashland, where she has many warm friends. She belongs to Alpha Chapter, No. 1. of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Mingus was a valued and representative member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Jacksonville Lodge. He was always loyal to its teachings concerning mutual helpfulness and brotherly kindliness, being ever ready to extend the hand of assistance to one in need. His political allegiance was given to the Democratic Party and he kept well informed on questions of the day but did not seek nor desire office. He had traveled life's journey for seventy-eight years when called to the home beyond, and the record he made through that entire period was one which commanded the confidence and high regard of all who knew him. There were no exciting chapters in his life record and no spectacular phases but he always did his duty faithfully, performing any task that devolved upon him in a public or private relation and it is such citizens who constitute the real strength of a community.
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. III, 1912, page 768


    J. W. MITCHELL is a representative of industrial activity at Medford where he is engaged in wagon-making and in dealing in wagon-maker's supplies. He is also well known in the town as a public-spirited citizen and is now serving as a member of the city council. He was born at Fort Jones, Siskiyou County. California, February 22, 1867, his parents being James and Minerva (Quigley) Mitchell, who were natives of Indiana. The father learned the harnessmaker's trade in St. Louis. Missouri, and after his marriage he crossed the plains at an early day, locating in Siskiyou County, California, where he conducted a harness-making business at Fort Jones to the time of his death.
    J. W. Mitchell was but ten years of age at the time of his father's demise and a lad of twelve years when his mother was called from this life. In their family were nine children, six who reached adult age and are still living. J. W. Mitchell was the youngest son and with one exception the youngest child. He remained at the place of his nativity until he had attained his majority, when he went upon the stock ranches of eastern Oregon, spending four years as a cowboy. He then returned to Montague, California, where he began learning the blacksmith's trade, after which he continued in that business together with farming, taking up government land there. In 1901 he came to Medford and established his present business in connection with E. C. Boeck, under the firm style of Mitchell & Boeck. The relation was continued for about ten years, or until October, 1911, when Mr. Mitchell purchased his partner's interest and now conducts an independent business under his own name as a wagon maker and dealer in wagon-maker's supplies. He has built up a good business in this connection and he also does automobile repairing and rubber-tire works, employing four men. The business was started in a small way on Main Street, the partners doing all of their own work and their blacksmithing at that time. As the years have passed, however, the factory has constantly increased and the business has assumed large and profitable proportions. In 1902 Mr. Mitchell in connection with Mr. E. C. Boeck purchased eighty acres of land five miles northeast of Medford and began the cultivation of an apple and pear orchard. In this and other ways Mr. Mitchell has won success as the result of his well-directed labors.
    On Christmas Day of 1890 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Mitchell and Miss Phoebe A. Woodson, who was born in Ashland. Oregon, in 1870, and is a daughter of James and Laura (Million) Woodson. The Million donation land claim is now a part of the site of the city of Ashland. Mr. Woodson also crossed the plains at an early day and became identified with the pioneer development of that community. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell have been born two children, Grace Elizabeth and Marvin James, aged respectively eighteen and twelve years.
    Mr. Mitchell is well known in Odd Fellows circles, holding membership in the lodge and encampment. Politically he is a Democrat and is now serving for a third term as a member of the city council, in which connection he exercises his official prerogatives in support of many progressive public movements. He favors the town's advancement along modern lines and his reelection to office indicates the confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen.
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. III, 1912, page 229


MOFFAT, JOHN PAUL
Dept. Store Executive; Civic Leader.Vice-
b. Dubuque, Iowa May 12, 1895; son of Robert P. and Elizabeth (Mann) Moffat; educated grade and high schools Dubuque, Iowa; Oregon State College; extension courses; Sigma Nu; m. Mary A. Holmes of Medford, Oregon Feb. 13, 1921; children John P. Jr., William R.; began as clerk, various positions, Mann's Dept. Store, Medford, Oregon 1914, manager since 1938; past president Medford Retail Merchants Association; member school board 1939-; member National Retail Dry Goods Association; member State Advisor Board, Oregon Merchants Association; chairman United War Chest 1941-43; served as director Community Chest and Red Cross; member price panel and O.P.A.; Elk; Rotarian; member Chamber of Commerce (director), Valley Golf Club; University Club; Jackson County Apprenticeship Council; Republican; Episcopalian (vestryman); home 34 North Berkeley Way; office 14-22 N. Central Ave., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 397


MOFFAT, JOHN PAUL
    Dept. Store Exec.; Civic Leader
b Dubuque, Ia, May 12, 1895; son of Robt P and Elizabeth (Mann) M; educ, Oreg St Coll; extension courses; Sigma Nu; m Mary A Holmes of Medford, Or, Feb 13, 1921; ch, John P Jr, Wm R; began as clerk, Mann's Dept Store, Medford, 1914, gen mgr, since 1938; past pres, Medford Retail Merchants Assn; mem, sch since 1939; chmn, United War Chest, 1941-43; served as dir, Community Chest, Red Cross; mem, price panel, OPA; Elk; Rotarian; mem, Nat Retail Dry Gds Assn, Chamber Commerce (dir), Valley Golf Club, Univ Club, Jackson Co Apprenticeship Council; Repub; Episc (vestryman); home, 34 N Berkeley Wy; ofc, 14 N Central, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 532


MOHR, EMIL HENRY
Vice-President and Manager, Medford Hotel Company.
b. Medford, Oregon, January 19, 1913; son of Emil and Hedwig (Boettger) Mohr; educated University of Oregon; m. Berte Allen Crane of Medford, Oregon November 20, 1934; began as dishwasher and busboy, Crater Lake Lodge, Oregon; engineer, Hotel Medford 1934; steward and food buyer 1935; desk clerk 1936-37; manager since 1937; vice-president and manager since Nov. 1937; served U.S. Navy, World War II; director Jackson County Chamber of Commerce 1940 to date; president Southern Oregon Hotel Association 1939; vice-president Oregon State Hotel Association 1939; Republican; Presbyterian; address Hotel Medford, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 397


    LORENZO D. MONTGOMERY: lives in Ashland; was born in Hancock County, Ind., August 18, 1823; came to California in 1849, to state in 1854, and to county in 1858.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    JACOB P. MOOMAW is one of the enterprising farmers of Josephine County, where he is engaged in the cultivation of a fine ranch located at Williams Creek, near Williams, in this state. He was born in Virginia, December 17, 1837, and is the son of Philip and Susan (Peters) Moomaw, who became the parents of nine children, of whom the eldest is the subject of this review.
    Jacob P. Moomaw was reared in his parents' home and received his early education in the public schools. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-five years of age and at that time enlisted as a volunteer in the Confederate army and continued in that service for a period of eighteen months, after which he was honorably discharged and mustered out of service at Richmond, Virginia. He then engaged in farming and later entered educational work and taught school for six months. In 1895 he emigrated to Oregon and settled at Eagle Point upon eighty acres of land, where he established his home and some years afterward removed to Williams Creek, where he purchased eighty acres of land, upon which he resides, and is now engaged in its cultivation.
    Mr. Moomaw was united in marriage on February 2, 1862, to Miss Mary Zollman, a native of Virginia, and to them nine children were born, Charles, Ora, Ellie, Mary, Ben, John, Jewel, Jasper and Virginia. Mr. Moomaw is affiliated with the Republican Party, and is an elder of the Dunkard Church, of which he has been a member since 1862. He is one of the enterprising and successful agriculturists of his section of the state and is a man whose influence is always readily secured to assist in the advancement of any enterprise affecting the welfare of the community in which he resides.
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. III, 1912, pages 249-250


    A. S. MOON: lives in Sams Valley; is a merchant; born in Susquehanna County, Penn.; came to state and county in 1859; married April 11, 1865, to Melissa Cox. Children Laura, Grant (deceased), Charles, Ralph, Newman and Truman (twins), Beulah, George, Andrew, Martha and Clara (deceased).
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


MOORE, Charles Allan, Lawyer; born, Knox Co., Mo., Mar. 9, 1864; son, John William and Edna Frances (Payton) M. Edu.: public schools, Mo., Cal., and Oregon; State Univ. of Oregon, Eugene; took 3 years course at Univ. Married, Hattie A. Newbury, Dec. 30, 1898, at Jacksonville, Ore. Secy., mgr. and dir., Baker Abstract & Trust Co. Republican. Res.: 1723 Valley Ave.; Office: 2104 Court St., Baker, Ore.
Franklin Harper, ed., Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, Los Angeles 1913, page 407


MOORE, William Joseph, attorney; b. Adair County Missouri May 22, 1862; to Oregon 1878; m. Anna H. Moss July 6, 1885; children--Frank S., Bessie B., Beatrice B. President state bank Ashland past 4 years; admitted to bar 1897; superintendent of schools and newspaper editor Lakeview 4 years; prosecuting attorney Klamath and Lake counties 4 years; city attorney Ashland 6 years; I.O.O.F.; Rebekah; W.O.W.; B.P.O.E. Democrat. Address: Ashland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 155


MOORE, WILLIAM JOSEPH
    Lawyer
b. Adair County, Mo., May 22, 1862; educ., public schools, Mo., Calif., Ore. Married Anna H. Moss of Lakeview, Oregon, July 6, 1885; children, Frank S., Bessie B., Beatrice B., and Ralph A. Resident of Oregon since 1878. Admitted Oregon Bar, 1897. Superintendent, Lakeview Schools, 1884-88; editor of newspaper, Lakeview, 1894-96; former prosecuting attorney, Klamath and Lake counties, 1906-10; former city attorney, Ashland, 1918-24. Bank official, Ashland, 1924-28. Active law practice, Ashland. Active in Democratic politics. Past Grand Master, Odd Fellows. Rebekah. Woodman. Elk. Democrat. Address: Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 394


    RAPHAEL MORAT: lives near Jacksonville; is a grape and wine grower and distiller; was born near Pyrenees Mountains, France; came to California in 1859 and to state and county in 1870.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    SAMUEL MORGAN: lives in Ashland; is a blacksmith; was born in Stark County, Ohio, August 23, 1832; came to state September 15, 1850; to county, 1851; was married first to Miss Wells (deceased), and was again married to Martha Hendrix in 1878. Children William, William, Francis, James, Myrtle B., John B. and Samuel.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    EDWIN MORGAN: lives at Phoenix; is proprietor of a saloon and livery stable; was born in Littledean, Gloucestershire, Eng.; came to state and county in 1852: married, 1857, to Lucretia Oden. Children Sarah E., Mary C., Charles D., Walter S., Richard M., Mark P. and William H.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 505


    G. C. MORRIS. As chief dispatcher of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Ashland, Mr. Morris holds a position of the greatest responsibility, but one which he has filled in a manner satisfactory to his superiors and indicative of superior ability on his part. The greater part of his life has been passed in Oregon, and since attaining manhood he has been continuously connected with railroad affairs, meanwhile gradually working his way up from an unimportant position to the place which he now fills. He is a native of Ohio, born in Washington County, August 10, 1864. and was the youngest of three children, the others being Richard E., a farmer near Harrisburg, Linn County; and Mrs. Hattie D. Ray, of Medford. His father. Charles L., who was born in Washington County, Ohio, and followed farming and stock-raising there for a considerable period, removed to Oregon in the winter of 1870-71 and settled in Salem, afterward following the butcher's trade until his retirement. He died in Oakland, Ore., as did also his wife, who bore the maiden name of Polly M. Palmer and was born in Ohio.
    It was the ambition of Charles L. Morris to give his children fair educational advantages and thus prepare them for the responsibilities awaiting them in the world. The sons were sent to school regularly, and G. C. is a graduate of the business department of Willamette University, where he took a thorough course in telegraphy, having the advantage of special training under the oversight of William DuMars, then manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Salem, but now of Portland. His first position was in 1884, when he became agent and operator at Shedds, Linn County, for the old Oregon & California Railroad. Two years later he was transferred to a similar position at the car shops, and from there after six months he was sent to the general office at Portland as operator and dispatcher. Since the spring of 1887 he has been connected with the dispatchers' department. When the Southern Pacific acquired possession of the narrow-gauge [sic] road in 1889, he was transferred from Portland to Dundee as dispatcher. Eighteen months later he returned to Portland, and continued there until 1898, when he was raised to the position of chief dispatcher at Ashland, and to the duties of this position he has since given all of his time and attention. While at Dundee he established domestic ties, his wife being Miss Ella A. Bowker, a native of California.
    The political views of Mr. Morris bring him into hearty accord with the Republican Party, but, owing to the heavy demands of his occupation, he is unable to participate in public affairs or to accept offices within the gift of his party. For some years he has been an enthusiastic disciple of Masonry and a hearty admirer of its lofty principles of charity and brotherly kindness. After coming to Ashland he was made a Mason in Ashland Lodge No. 23, A.F.&A.M., in which he is now officiating as master for the second term. In addition he is connected with Ashland Chapter No. 21, R.A.M., Malta Commandery No. 4, K.T., in which he has been honored with the office of generalissimo, and is a member of Al Kader Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. of Portland. That kindred society of Masonry, the Eastern Star, numbers both himself and wife among its active members. He assisted in the organization of the board of trade at Ashland, was elected its president and later re-elected, and in this position he was enabled to promote measures for the benefit of the town and the growth of its commercial interests.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 606-609


    LEVI MORRIS. As one of the earlier settlers of the Pacific Coast, Levi Morris, now living retired from active business in Ashland, Ore., was an important factor in developing the mining and agricultural resources of this section of the country. A resident of Jackson County for the past fifteen years, he has been one of the leading promoters of its industrial prosperity during that time, and has gained, to an eminent degree, the respect and esteem of his fellow men. A son of William Morris, he was born January 18, 1832, in the town of Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va. His paternal grandfather, Joshua Morris, a native of England, settled in Virginia in colonial times, and was one of the famous Indian and bear hunters of his day.
    Born in old Virginia, William Morris was engaged in the manufacture of salt during the earlier part of his business career, shipping his product down the Big Kanawha River, and thence down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans, shipping to the latter place during the War of 1812. He was subsequently engaged in lumbering for awhile, and then purchased a farm in Nicholas County, W. Va., where he spent his last years, dying at the age of seventy-three years. He married Ann Chapman, who was born in Kentucky, and died in West Virginia. Her father, John Chapman, a native of Wales, emigrated to America and settled in Kentucky. Enlisting as a soldier in the War of 1812, he was killed in battle. Of the eleven children born of the union of Mr. and Mrs. William Morris, ten grew to years of maturity, and four are now living, one son, Harriman, being a resident of West Virginia.
    The third child of the parental household, Levi Morris, was trained to agricultural pursuits on the home plantation and obtained his early education in the public and subscription schools, learning to write with a quill pen, while the teacher, in the customary pioneer fashion, "boarded around." As a young man he learned the sawyer's trade and was afterwards superintendent of a large plantation for a number of years. Following the well-trod emigrant pathway, he went to Kansas in the summer of 1856, and located about four miles from Lawrence, on the Wakarusa River, where he assisted in building a sawmill. Starting with a company of young men for Pike's Peak, Mr. Morris left St. Joseph, Mo., in 1859, with ox teams and cattle. While en route the party met so many returning from Pike's Peak that they changed their minds in regard to their point of destination, and on reaching the Sublette Cut-Off struck the old California Trail, which they followed until reaching Tuolumne County, having journeyed six months.
    Engaging at once in mining operations, Mr. Morris remained in that part of California until the spring of 1863, when he located in Virginia City, Nev. Embarking in mining and prospecting on the north fork of the Feather River, he continued his operations in that locality for ten years, carrying on placer and river mining. In order to facilitate his work he invented a derrick, which proved a very successful and substantial help, although he never had his invention patented. He carried on an extensive and lucrative business, employing twenty-three men as miners, and meeting with far more than average success in his undertakings. Returning to California in 1870, Mr. Morris located at Buckeye, where he purchased five hundred acres of land in the valley and began business as a grain and stock-raiser. Devoting a part of his ranch to the culture of fruit, he set out an apricot orchard of eighty acres, in addition planting thirty acres of cantaloupes and melons, on which he cleared $3,000 the first year. The third year after settling there he shipped ripe fruit from his orchards, sending it by carloads to the various coast markets. He subsequently bought land on Putah Creek, where he set out a large orchard, and bought another farm nearby. After the death of his wife Mr. Morris disposed of all of his California property and came to Oregon. Locating in Jackson County about 1888, he purchased the Henry Ammerman estate on Bear Creek, where he was profitably engaged in agricultural pursuits for several years. On his ranch, which contained twenty-two hundred acres of land, he raised large quantities of grain, hay and stock, in the latter line of industry making a specialty of Durham cattle. In 1902 Mr. Morris sold his ranch and has since lived retired at his pleasant home in Ashland.
    Mr. Morris married first, in California, Mary Frances Harriman. who was born in Missouri, of English ancestry, her paternal grandfather having been born and reared in England. Her father, Shadrach Harriman, was born in Virginia, and lived in the East until 1864, when he. came to the Pacific Coast, locating in California, where he was a well-known Baptist minister for many years. He is now living in Yolo County, Cal., at the advanced age of ninety-three years. Mrs. Mary F. Morris died in California in 1889, leaving seven children, namely: Albert, of Winters, Cal.; Luther R., a miner at Nome, Alaska; Simeon R., a farmer, residing in Montague, Ore.; Ransom Cary, of Ashland; Benjamin, of Ashland; Paul, of Ashland; and Mrs. Annie Jacobs, of Talent, Ore. For his second wife Mr. Morris married Alice L. Gray, who was born in Sydney, Australia, a daughter of John T. Gray, who emigrated from England, his native land, to Australia, coming from there to San Francisco, Cal., where for some years he was engaged in the plumbing business. He died in 1894. Of this union one child has been born, a daughter, named Ruth L. Morris. In political affiliations Mr. Morris is a Democrat. He has filled several public offices of importance, having been school director and stock inspector a number of terms, and for four years, under Governor Pennoyer, served as horticultural commissioner. He is a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and while living in California was trustee of the church and superintendent of the Sunday school.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 256-257


MORRIS, MAJOR McKINLEY
Business Executive; Vice-President and General Manager, Medford Ice & Cold Storage Co.
b. Lebo, Kansas June 13, 1898; son of George W. and Rebecca Grace (Courther) Morris; educated grade and high schools Ashland, Oregon; m. Lorraine M. Lawton of Medford Dec. 31, 1921; entire life activity in cold storage business; with Medford Ice & Cold Storage Co. (one of largest in Oregon) 1919-; engineer, various positions, superintendent 1925, manager 1930; vice-president 1944-; established and co-owner Medford Ice Arena; original developer of modern pre-cooling of fruit; director Columbia Empire Industries; member National Association of Ice Industries, Refrigerator Warehouseman's Association (past director); president Growers Refrigerating Co.; director Oregon Orchards Inc.; member Chamber of Commerce, Rogue River Golf Club, University Club of Medford and Gadwall Duck Club, Klamath Falls; K.T. Mason; Hillah Shriner; Republican; Protestant; home Kings Highway; office 531 S. Fir St., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 403


McQUEEN, STUART VINCENT
    Lumber Executive;
    Manufacturer
b Portland, Or, Jan 7, 1920; son of Stuart A and Anna McQueen; educ, Llewellyn Grammar Sch, Wash High Sch, Portland, Or; Oreg State Coll, BS, 1943; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi; m Margaret L Mark of Portland, Or; ch, Mark S, Ladd V, Marily Margaret; pres, Kogap Lumber Industries, Medford, Or, since 1946; US Army, WWII; bd mem, Medford YMCA; dir, Community Chest; Wash Lodge; Presbyterian; home, 2136 Hillcrest Rd; ofc, Box 1268, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 543


MORTON, OLIVER ORA
Miller; Businessman, Morton Milling Company.
b. Carthage, Mo. April 3, 1893; son of Joshua James and Lydia (Barnhart) Morton; educated public schools; m. Alice A. Pence of Williams, Oregon May 15, 1920; children Robert J., Donald (killed in Italy), Raymond A., Olive V. (Mace), Coral G., Linda J.; began as carpenter; worked with father in milling business; now chief partner Morton Mills, Medford; served air force 22 months in France, World War I; Legionnaire; member Veterans Foreign Wars; Republican; Protestant; home Rt. 2.; office 10 W. Jackson St., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 405


MULIT, Lloyd Lyman, Banker; born, Pleasant Hill, Mo., Nov. 2, 1876; son, Henry S. and Marietta (Smith) M. Edu.: public schools. Married, Gertrude McCallen, Aug. 10, 1905, at Ashland, Ore. Dir. and cashier, First Natl. Bank, Ashland; dir., Granite City Savings Bank, Ashland. State Senator from Jackson Co., Ore., 1907-09. Member: Ashland Lodge, No. 23, F.A.M.; Siskiyou Chapter, R.A.M., No. 21; Malta Commandery, No. 4, K.T.; Hillah Temple, A.O.N.M.S.; Ashland Lodge, No. 944, Elks. Address: Ashland, Ore.
Franklin Harper, ed., Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, Los Angeles 1913, pages 417-418

    MULKEY, B. F., of Dallas, was born in Williamson County, Illinois, July 26, 1862. Ten years later he came to Oregon, locating near Eugene. He graduated at the Monmouth Normal School in 1887, and is by profession a teacher. From 1887 to 1892 he had charge of the Bethel Academy, and during the latter year was president of the Polk County Teachers' Association. He has been a delegate to the state league meetings twice, and once to the state convention. He is president of the Dallas Republican Club. In 1892 he was elected county clerk, and again in 1894. Mr. Mulkey is a fluent speaker and a good campaigner, and is the Republican nominee for the state senate.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 254


    This gentleman is a native of Illinois, and was born July 26, 1862. Ten years later he came to Oregon, settling near Eugene. He graduated at the Monmouth Normal School in 1887, and by profession is a teacher. From 1887 to 1892 he had charge of the Bethel Academy, and in the latter year was president of the Polk County teachers' association. In 1897 he was chosen one of the faculty of the State Normal School, at Monmouth, and since then has been professor of mathematics and physiology in that institution. Politically he is a Republican, that party electing him county clerk of Polk County in 1892 and again in 1894, and as state senator in 1896 and 1900.
    He was first united in marriage September 15, 1885, with Miss Tillie E. Parks,
who was born in Lane County, April 3, 1866, her parents being John W. and Margaret Parks. Her father was a pioneer of 1847 and her mother of 1853. She died March 2, 1897. Two daughters and one son were the fruits of this union. Mr. Mulkey was again married October 18, 1899 to Miss Constance Hawley, who was also an Oregonian. Her parents, John H. and Eliza (Mulkey) Hawley, being pioneers, the former coming to the state in 1844 and the latter in 1853. Mr. Hawley was representative from Polk County in 1882. Mr. Mulkey has made his home in Monmouth since 1897.
Oregon Native Son, March 1901, page 476


    PHILLIP MULLEN: lives in Phoenix; is a miner and assayer; born in Sullivan County, N.Y., June 14, 1839; came to state and county in 1875.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    MAX MULLER: lives in Jacksonville; is a merchant; born in Reckendorf, Germany; came to state and county in 1855; married June 11, 1868, to Louise Hesse. Children Ike, Emily, Betta, Will and Sophie.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    MULLER, MAX,  a merchant of Jacksonville, was born in Reckendorf, Bavaria, January 20, 1836, and came to Oregon in 1855, locating in Jacksonville, and has lived there ever since. He is one of the old Republicans, having been a delegate to county conventions ever since 1862 and state conventions from 1870 to 1886. In 1868 he was elected county treasurer, was postmaster from 1870 to 1888, and was elected county clerk in 1888, 1890 and 1892.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 254


MAX MULLER, County Clerk of Jackson County, is a widely and favorably known old settler of this county, having located here in 1855. Since that period he has been the county servant in several capacities for some years. He is regarded as a fixture in one of the most important county offices, to judge by his reelection, not only by his own party, but by all who know him.
    He is a native of Reckendorf, Bavaria, January 20, 1836. He is the youngest in a family of five children, born to Isaac and Betta Miller. He was reared and educated in the kingdom of his birth. In 1851 he emigrated to America and engaged in clerking in a mercantile house for a period of four years. At the end of that time he had become familiar with the English language and took passage in the old steamer Uncle Sam  via Nicaragua for the new Eldorado. The same year saw him in Jacksonville, where he engaged in clerking until 1858, when he engaged in the merchandise business for himself. He was postmaster from 1870 to 1888. He was elected county treasurer in 1868, at which time he broke the ranks and was elected on the Republican ticket. In 1888 he was elected to his present office, was reelected in 1890 and again succeeds himself in the year 1892.
    He was married to Miss Louisa Hesse, a native of Prussia, June 11, 1868. They have five children living, namely: Isaac M., Amelia, Bettie, William and Sophia. They have lost two children, a son and a daughter.
    Mr. Muller is a member of the Council and is a staunch member of the Republican Party. He is a member of the A.F.&A.M., blue lodge; Chapter No. 5, Eastern Star degree, and A.O.U.W., and is occupying official chairs in both orders. He and his wife are influential members of society.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, page 410


MULLIN, ROBERT LAWRENCE
Public Worker.
b. Gold Hill, Oregon Nov. 2, 1930; son of A. L. Mullin and Edna (Sutton) Mullin; former manager Ashland Chamber of Commerce; veteran WWII; address Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, pages 406-407


    JOHN MURPHY.--A little way off the road leading from Ashland to Major Barron s, and nestled among the mountains, is the home of this old pioneer. It is a lovely spot, and we have selected it as one of the illustrations in these pages. John Murphy was born in County Cork, Ireland, in December, 1820. He came to the United States in May, 1847, and located in Orange County, New York; thence to Iowa in 1852, settling in Lee County. The following year he crossed the plains to Oregon, with some of the settlers who are now his neighbors, and located in Jackson County. After working for a short time at the Mountain House ranch, he settled on his present farm, which consists of twenty-two hundred acres. In 1853 Mr. Murphy joined Captain Williams' company and engaged in the war with the Rogue River Indians, remaining until its close. In 1854 a band of marauding Indians came near Mr. Murphy's house, where they killed an ox belonging to Myron Stearns. A party of settlers followed the Indians, and coming up to Murphy's cabin and not finding him there they supposed he had been killed. But when they had proceeded a little way up the creek there was Mr. Murphy planting potatoes, and he knew nothing of the Indians having been in the neighborhood. The subject of our sketch joined the settlers, who followed the trail of the Indians to Grizzly Rock, put them to rout and broke up their camp at that place. In July, 1858, Mr. Murphy went to San Francisco and married Mary Goodwin. Mrs. Ann Murphy, the mother of the subject of this sketch, is now residing near Ashland with her daughter and enjoys good health, her reasoning faculties are well preserved and she is now ninety-two years old.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 534


    One of the early pioneers of Oregon who has been prominently identified with the development of the state for nearly half a century is W. C. Myer, of Ashland. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, April 22, 1818. In 1853 Mr. Myer, with his wife, who died several years ago, and other members of the family took up the line of march from Iowa, whither they had moved from Ohio, to the Pacific Coast, arriving in the Rogue River Valley September 3, and settling near Ashland. Mr. Myer engaged in the stock business, and became widely known over the state as an importer of purebred horses and cattle. He was the first to introduce purebred Percheron horses on the Pacific Coast. The names of White Prince, Doll, Maggie and Perche, Napoleon, Pride of Perche, Gen. Fleury, White Rose, Jennie and Arabian Boy, which are found in the list of Percherons imported by him, are familiar to the horse world, and made his stock farm near Ashland well known over the coast. Mr. Myer was also the first man in Oregon to introduce the Shetland ponies for breeding purposes, and the first in Southern Oregon to introduce Jersey cattle, of which he has long maintained a fine herd. Mr. Myer enjoys the distinction of having brought the first gang plow to Southern Oregon, as well as the first one of the hay carriers, now so common in farm barns. Mr. Myer is now in his 82nd year, but is still more active and energetic than many men 30 years his junior.
Oregonian, Portland, September 8, 1899, page 6


    WILLIAM MYER. Occupying a place of prominence among the native-born citizens of Jackson County is William Myer, of Ashland, whose birth occurred August 15, 1857, on the parental donation claim, about three miles north of this city. He has succeeded to the business of his father, the late William C. Myer, who, for nearly half a century, was one of the foremost agriculturists and stockmen of this part of the state, having an extended reputation, and being a trustworthy authority on all questions relating to the breeding of fine horses. A close student of all things pertaining to his special line of industry, progressive and enterprising, he did more than any other one man to improve the blooded stock of the county, being the first to import thoroughbred Percheron horses and Jersey cattle.
    Nathaniel Myer, Mr. Myer's paternal grandfather, was born and reared in Lancaster County, Pa., being a millwright and surveyor by trade. He later settled in Jefferson County, Ohio, from there removing to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he cleared and improved a farm. In 1853, with his wife and numerous members of the Myer family, he came to Oregon, locating in Jackson County. Taking up a donation claim near Ashland, he resided here until his death, January 13, 1870, at the advanced age of four score and one years. His wife, whose maiden name was Mona Ridinger, survived him, dying April 25, 1882, at the age of ninety years. Of their union the following children were born, and all came to Oregon with their parents in 1853: William Cortez, father of William Myer; Benjamin F., who died in Ashland, Jackson County, in 1896; Mrs. Eli K. Anderson, living near Talent, this county; Mrs. Fowler, who died in Oakland, Cal.; Mrs. John P. Walker, residing near Ashland; Mrs. A. G. Rockefeller, of San Diego, Cal., and Mrs. Sarada M. Scott, of Pennsylvania.
    Born in Jefferson County, Ohio, April 22, 1818, William Cortez Myer was a pioneer settler of Jackson County, and died in Ashland, May 21, 1903. With his parents, he removed to Iowa in 1843, and ten years later, with his own and his father's family, he crossed the plains to Oregon, arriving in the Rogue River Valley September 3, 1853. Very soon afterward he took up land near Ashland and embarked in agricultural pursuits. Having a large range, he made a specialty of stock-raising, being particularly interested in the raising of horses. In 1865, going back to Ohio, he bought the noted horse Captain Sligart, which he placed at the head of his herd. Deciding to again take up his residence in the Middle West he took two hundred head of horses across the plains, going by the southern route, and being five months on the road. Locating in Franklin County, Kans., six miles from Ottawa, he sold his horses and engaged in farming. A year later, not pleased with that country or climate, he came again to Oregon, settling on land that he had previously purchased, about one mile from Ashland. As interested as ever in the breeding of good stock, he brought with him four full-blooded Percheron horses, the first introduced on the Pacific coast, namely: White Prince, Doll, Maggie and Perche. Establishing a successful stock business, he soon found it necessary to add to his stock on hand, and again went east, returning in 1872 with Napoleon, a superb Percheron stallion, four Jerseys, the first brought to Oregon, and some Cotswold sheep for J. P. Walker, the first brought into Jackson County, and a few Durham cattle for E. F. Walker. In 1876 he brought from Wisconsin a Percheron stallion, Pride Perch, and General Fleury and two mares, White Rose and Jennie. In 1883 he again added imported horses to his herd, buying the fine stallion Gambetta, and a noted Shetland stallion, King Kole. In the breeding of a superior grade of horses and ponies he was one of the foremost in the state, making large shipments from his ranch to all the important points of the great Northwest. As an agriculturist he employed all modern methods, being the first in the valley to use a gang plow, an improved Haines header, and the screw pulverizer. In his efforts to have a pottery established in Ashland he was the first to attempt to make use of the kaolin beds of this locality. In his various importations of cattle and horses, Mr. Myer had some very noted animals, which attracted much attention, and will long be remembered. Among the finest of these imported to Oregon in 1878 was an Arabian Percheron, named Arabian Boy, which was sired by the Jenifer Arabian, imported from Arabia by Colonel Jenifer, an American officer in the Egyptian cavalry, and a handsome filly, Juanita, raised by Colon Cameron, of Pennsylvania.
    April 3, 1849, in Ohio, where he returned from Iowa for his bride, William C. Myer married Elizabeth Nessley, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 17, 1820, and died in Ashland, Ore., November 6, 1887. Two children were born of their union, namely: Frances M., a native of Iowa, the wife of G. F. Billings, of Ashland; and William, the special subject of this sketch. Politically Mr. Myer was a staunch Republican, and religiously he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
    Brought up on the homestead, William Myer obtained a practical education in the public schools, and in the old Ashland Academy. Endowed by nature with mechanical ability, he has always been interested in machinery, and has shown considerable aptitude for mechanical pursuits. From early manhood he assisted his father in his agricultural industries, later assuming the entire charge of the home farm, which originally comprised four hundred and sixty acres. Twenty-five acres of this land has been laid out as the W. C. Myer addition to the city of Ashland, and Mr. Myer now owns three hundred and two acres. He carries on general farming most successfully, raising large quantities of hay, and continuing the stock business established by his father, his Jersey cattle, Percheron horses and Shetland ponies being celebrated throughout the county and state.
    September 27, 1893, in Ashland, Mr. Myer married Annie L. Gall, who was born in Sams Valley, Jackson County, a daughter of C. C. and Sarah J. (Pankey) Gall, the former a pioneer ranchman of that locality, who crossed the plains from Iowa in 1852, settled in Jackson County and subsequently served in the Rogue River Indian War. Mr. and Mrs. Myer are the parents of two children, namely: Cedric Nessley and Frances Bernice. True to the political faith in which he was reared, Mr. Myer is a straightforward Republican. Fraternally he belongs to Ashland Lodge No. 45, I.O.O.F., and to the Woodmen of the World. Mrs. Myer is a member of Elizabeth Applegate Cabin, Native Daughters of Oregon, and both Mr. and Mrs. Myer are members of Acorn Circle No. 54, Women of Woodcraft, of Ashland. In 1903 they removed to their beautiful residence on High Street in Ashland.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 676-677


    W. C. MYER.--W. C. Myer and Elizabeth Nessly were born in Jefferson County, Ohio, the former April 22, 1818, and the latter June 17, 1820. They were married on the 3rd of April, 1849, and set out immediately for Iowa, to which place Mr. Myer, in company with his father's family, had removed in 1843. In 1853 the numerous Myer family, including the subject of this sketch, took up the line of march to the Pacific, arriving in Rogue River Valley on September 3rd of that year, and settling three miles north of Ashland. Engaging in the stock business Mr. Myer soon found himself surrounded with a large herd of horses. Wishing to improve the stock of this herd he went East in 1865, and brought out the noted horse Capt. Sligart. In 1869, not altogether satisfied with his adopted home, and desiring to find a market for his rapidly increasing stock, he determined to return to the western states, which he reached in the autumn of that year and settled in Kansas. Here he disposed of his horses and betook himself to farming. One year, however, of the climate of that country, with its doubtful crops, satisfied him that he had made a great mistake and turned his longing eyes and glad feet again toward the Pacific. During his Kansas experience, however, he never for a day ever forget his favorite--the horse. Industriously searching the records and the country, he found his ideal in the Percheron, and hastily selling his Kansas farm, bought White Prince, Doll, Maggie and Perche and returned to this country December, 1870. So rapid was the increase of this stock and so great the demand for it, that Mr. Myer found it necessary to make new importations. In 1872 he returned East and brought out Napoleon. With this importation he also brought out four Jersey cattle: one bull St. Louis, one cow Nacky, and two heifers. To these he has added from time to time by importations from the best milkers in California as the nature of the case demanded. Mr. Myer's fourth importation of stock from the Atlantic to the Pacific was made in 1876 when he brought out Pride of Perche, Gen. Fleury, White Rose and Jennie. In 1878 the fifth importation, consisting of an Arabian Percheron, named Arabian Boy, and the filly Juanita, was made. This filly, which appears elsewhere in the book, in Mr. Myer's group of fine stock, was raised by Colon Cameron of Brickersfield, Penn. Arabian Boy was sired by the pure-blooded Jenifer Arabian imported from Arabia by Col. Jenifer an American officer of Egyptian cavalry fame. He is the only Percheron Arabian in the United States. He may be seen in the group. With this importation Mr. Myer brought out a small lot of Cotswold sheep for J. P. Walker and a small lot of Durham cattle for E. F. Walker, also for himself four Shetland ponies. Two of these were brought from the Shetland Islands that year and two were bred in the United States, the stallion--Bobby Burns--by Alexander, of Kentucky. Taking advantage of the invitation given by the N.P.R.R. Co., in the autumn of 1883 to the pioneers of the Pacific, Mr. Myer made his sixth importation of fine stock, bringing the celebrated horse Gambetta and a Shetland stallion, both imported to America the same year and both of which also appear in his group. In this importation there were six Jerseys, one bull and five heifers, all directly descended from the best butter producers in the United States. Some of their ancestors have sold as follows: several for $2,000 each and one for $12,500. These Jerseys also appear in the group. Percheron horses bred from Mr. Myer's importations have found their way to British Columbia and Southern California, and from the Pacific throughout Oregon and Washington and Montana territories, and in all this territory are giving the very best of satisfaction. As additional evidence of the enterprising character of this gentleman we record the fact that to him belongs the credit of introducing to Rogue River Valley the first gang plow, the first improved Haines header and the first screw pulverizer; and to him and his brother Frank the first horse fork for hoisting and stacking hay. Though more than a decade past the meridian of life, Mr. Myer is more active and energetic than many other men at that very desirable epoch. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Myer are Frances, now Mrs. Billings, and William.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, pages 534-535


NAFFZIGER, Atlanta Parker
Artist; Club Leader.
b. Petaluma, Calif. 1872; educated public schools and academy Willamette Valley; m. Gilbert R. Satchwell; two daughters, Vale (Mrs. Carl Hoots) and Hattie (Mrs. Karl Knapp); m. 2nd C. E. Naffziger Sept. 15, 1942; resident Oregon since 1890; secretary Medford Chamber of Commerce during World War; head of civic department, Greater Medford Club, four terms; secretary three terms; secretary Jackson County Health Association three years; organizer for Southern Oregon District Federation Women's Clubs; president Rogue River chapter, Western National League of Writers three terms; secretary-treasurer 2 terms; former member Democratic Central Committee, Jackson County; former art teacher; artist in oils and pastels; writer and lecturer on early Oregon history, also author poems and fiction; member Greater Medford Club, Dixie Club, Kodak Club, Delphians, State Federation Women's Clubs; Democrat; Episcopalian; address 116 South Ivy, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 410

    CAPT. JOHN T. C. NASH. Yet another of the forerunners of civilization to step from a life before the mast, and in the wild and unsettled West find a continuation of the life of adventure and danger to which storm and tempest had accustomed him, is Capt. John T. C. Nash, a pioneer miner of 1850, an Oregonian since 1886, and a retired citizen of Medford since the early '90s. Hotel Nash, erected in 1895, with every thought for the comfort and convenience of guests, is a monument to the enterprise and sound business forethought of this honored man, while the esteem and popularity which he enjoys among his friends and the community at large is the best evidence of his fine personal traits and public spiritedness. Although conducted personally by Captain Nash, the management of the hotel has always reflected credit upon the builder, and is always patronized by a large transient and permanent trade, its sixty guest chambers affording ample accommodation for emergencies. Other property has come into his possession in the town and county, aside from his own beautiful home on the outskirts, which is surrounded by a fine hedge twelve feet high.
    Captain Nash was born in Knox County, Me., March 31, 1833, and when ten years old put to sea as a cabin boy on the ship of his father, Capt. Thomas Nash. The latter was also a native of Maine, as was also his wife, Rebecca (Elwell) Nash, the mother of four sons and three daughters, of whom John T. C. was the second. Capt. Thomas Nash began at the bottom round of the ladder in a sailing vessel, advancing to the position of able seaman, finally assuming command of the ship, upon which his death occurred when his son John T. C. was eighteen years old. True to teaching and example, the latter also advanced in nautical lore, took kindly to the freedom-loving existence, and courted rather than shunned danger and adventure. In 1848 he became mate of the William Jarvis, and in 1849 was quartermaster on the steamer Philadelphia. Some time prior to coming to the Pacific coast Captain Nash was employed on the Mississippi River, sailing the steamer Lyon until it was blown up. Later he sailed the steamer New Guatemala between New Orleans and Havana, Cuba. For a time thereafter he mined in California, but soon returned to his former business and had charge of the steamer Patagonia, plying between Valparaiso and London, England. This was followed by a return to California, where he was employed in the mines until placed in command of the clipper ship Silver Sea Wing, running from Valparaiso to Manila. He made two voyages. The captain has had many narrow escapes from a watery grave. At one time he was off Cape Horn in a terrible storm, during which the ship was [dismasted] and the rudder lost. Later the ship came into port with nothing but her lower sails and a jury rudder, which had been improvised from a barrel of water. Another narrow escape occurred off Cape Hatteras, when everything above deck was swept into the sea, and but for the timely arrival of another ship everyone would have been drowned. In 1850 Captain Nash first touched western shores as quartermaster of the sailing bark Illinois, having rounded the Horn and reached San Francisco just as the mining excitement was at its highest point. Quitting his ship, he engaged in placer mining on the Yuba River, and in 1852 took advantage of the exodus to Minnesota, Cal., where fortunes were supposed to await all who journeyed hither. A year later he went with renewed confidence in golden reports to Gold Lake, but for a year looked in vain for the wealth he had so fondly hoped for. These disappointments caused renewed faith in the occupation of sailing, and the year 1855 found him again in Maine, where he purchased a sailing craft called the Shenandoah, of which he became commander, and contracted to carry rock for the government to Staten Island. In 1857 he sold his vessel and came to the West by way of the Isthmus, engaging in mining at Monte Cristo, the following year going to La Porte, Cal., and later to Bald Mountain, at that time yielding large amounts of gold, but which has since then been phenomenally remunerative. He was the fortunate discoverer of the Yankee mine in 1859, upon which he erected a mill, but finally sold it, becoming identified in a similar capacity with the Black Bear mine in Siskiyou County, which he also sold, but which is still being operated.
    During 1859 Captain Nash returned to the East via the Isthmus of Panama and in 1860 was again in California, mining there and in the Boise Basin, Idaho, in the Caribou district, and in other parts of the Northwest. During the early days of the mining excitement in Idaho, Captain Nash, with a party of five other men, went on a prospecting tour, and while in the Green River country a band of one hundred wild Indians attacked them. When the Indians were within two hundred yards the men opened fire upon them, causing a lively retreat on the part of the Indians. About thirty Indians and horses were killed, and this so incensed the Indians that they renewed their attack upon the white men, who were saved with one exception, owing to the fleetness of their American horses. Picking up their dead comrade they carried him on a pack horse until they were out of danger, and then buried him. In his mining experiences Captain Nash was successful beyond his expectations, and in 1865 returned to California and mined in Trinity County until 1886. Near Riddles, Douglas County, he engaged in farming on four hundred acres of land for one year, during which time he continued to mine and prospect on Cow Creek, where he opened and developed the Victory mine, which has proved quite remunerative. Retiring from the farm, he located in Medford, as heretofore stated, and has since made this place his home.
    October 14, 1897, Captain Nash was united in marriage with Miss Ella Brown, a native of Columbia City, Ind., and a daughter of Daniel Brown, who lived and died in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Nash have one son, Elwell Crawford, born May 27, 1899. Fraternally the captain is widely known and is associated with Blue Lodge No. 103, A.F.&A.M., and the Royal Arch Chapter of Jacksonville. In national politics he is a Republican, and in religion is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Hale and hearty and good-natured, Captain Nash is a typical pioneer, broad-minded, liberal and humane, and with a fine capacity for making and keeping friends. In his travels Captain Nash has been around the world once by water, has visited all the large cities in the world, and been in all the seaports from Alaska to Cape Horn on the Pacific, and from Cape Horn to Prince Edward Island on the Atlantic. The last ship which he sailed on was the clipper ship Pride of the Ocean, in the service of the East India trade.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 735.  The Pride of the Ocean, a 1,400-ton clipper, in 1854 was one of the five ships that carried England's 17th Lancers from Portsmouth to the Crimea--and the Charge of the Light Brigade.


    GRANVILLE NAYLOR: lives near Jacksonville; is a farmer; was born in Jackson County, Ind., Feb. 16, 1822; came to state in 1851; to county in 1853; was married June, 1848, to Minerva Seris. Children Adolphus, Malvina, Melvin, Nettie, Alta, Minerva and Ida.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    S. M. Nealon, one of the three nominees for representative, was born in Connecticut and is fifty years of age. He was educated in the common school and is an old soldier, having volunteered during the war and served in the army of the Potomac until discharged with the regiment at the close of the war. He moved to Oregon from California and bought a farm in Table Rock precinct and has lived on it nearly nine years. He was postmaster at Table Rock over five years, and is an honest, straightforward farmer, and as a representative he would cause corruption to quail before convincing arguments.
"The Nominees," Medford Mail, April 22, 1892, page 1


    Residence, 16 Belmont Avenue; office 18 D'Anjou Street, Medford. Born at Bushnell Illinois, September 13, 1871. Son of John and Mary (Porter) Neff. Married October 19, 1895, to Isaben Neff. Attended public schools at Bushnell and the University of Minnesota, graduating therefrom in 1892 with B.L. degree. Admitted to the bar of Minnesota in 1892. Practiced at Minneapolis and at Duluth, Minnesota, from 1892 to 1908, when he removed to Oregon and was admitted to the bar of this state in that year. Democrat.
History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910, page 197


NEFF, Porter Joseph, attorney; b. Bushnell, Illinois September 13, 1871; to Oregon 1908; Minnesota University 1894; m. Isabel Mealey October 1900; children--John. City council Duluth, Minnesota; city attorney 1909-13. Delta Tau Delta; B.P.O.E.; University Club; Rogue River Gold Club. Address: Cargill Court Apartments, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 165


NEFF, PORTER JOSEPH
    Lawyer; member firm, Neff & Frohnmayer
b. Bushnell, Ill., Sept. 13, 1871; educ., Minnesota, Univ., 1894; Delta Tau Delta. Married Isabel Mealey of Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 19, 1900. Resident of Oregon since 1908. Director and attorney for Commercial Finance Corp.; president, Siskiyou Memorial Assn. Councilman, several years at Duluth, Minn. Former city atty., Medford, 1909-13. Member, Medford Town Club. Democrat. Home: Highcroft Addition. Office: Cooley Theatre Bldg., Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 405


NEFF, PORTER JOSEPH
Lawyer; member firm, Neff & Frohnmayer.
b. Bushnell, Illinois, September 13, 1871; son of John F. and Mary F. (Porter) Neff; educated Minnesota University LL.B. 1894; Delta Tau Delta; m. Isabel Mealey of Minneapolis, Minn. October 19, 1900; resident of Oregon since 1908; director and attorney for Commercial Finance Corp.; president Siskiyou Memorial Association; councilman, Duluth, Minn. several years; former city attorney Medford; member Medford Town Club; Democrat; home Highcroft Addition; office Cooley Theatre Bldg., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, pages 411-412


NEFF, PORTER JOSEPH
    Lawyer
b Bushnell, Ill, Sept 13, 1871; son of John F and Mary F (Porter) N; educ, Minn Univ, LLB, 1894; Delta Tau Delta; m Isabel Mealey of Minneapolis, Minn, Oct 19, 1900; resident of Or since 1908; mem law firm, Neff & Frohnmayer; dir and atty for Commercial Finance Corp; pres, Siskiyou Memorial Assn; councilman, Duluth, Minn, several yrs; former city atty, Medford; mem, Medford Town Club; Democrat; home, Highcroft Addition; office, Cooley Theatre Blg, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 409


    CLAIBORNE NEIL: lives near Ashland; is a farmer; was born in Claiborne County, East Tenn.; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1854; was married Dec. 5, 1839, to Louisa C. Gibson. Children James R., John H., William L., Sarah A., Leander A., Robert P., Louisa C., Thomas S., Tennessee V., Mary A., J. C. and Gertrude.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    CLAIBORNE NEIL. A veteran agriculturist, now living retired in Ashland, Claiborne Neil is numbered among the original settlers of this section of Jackson County. As a pioneer, he came here when the country was in its virgin wildness, schoolhouses, churches, costly residences, and substantial business blocks, barns and outbuildings being conspicuous only by their absence. Neither railways, telegraph or telephone lines spanned these broad lands, few evidences of civilization and refinement being then visible. In the changes that have since taken place, he has been closely identified, contributing his full share in establishing and maintaining beneficial enterprises. Little do the young people of this day and generation realize what they owe to those brave spirits of old, who first uprooted the trees, plowed the sod, and made a broad pathway for the advance of civilization and progress. A native of Tennessee, he was born near Tazewell, March 1, 1821, a son of John Neil, and grandson of Peter Neil, who was born in England, settled as a pioneer farmer in Claiborne County, Tenn., and died near Chattanooga, Tenn., at an advanced age.
    Born in Claiborne County, Tenn., John Neil was there reared and educated. He subsequently bought land in McMinn County, not far from Chattanooga, and there engaged in general farming. A man of strong individuality, well educated and intelligent, he was influential in the community, and one of the leading Democrats of his state. He served as county judge for many years, and as a prominent member of the constitutional amendment convention assisted in framing the laws of Tennessee. He was a deacon of the Baptist Church, and lived for more than four score years. He married Sarah Lane, a native of Tennessee, the daughter of Isaac Lane, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and subsequently a farmer in McMinn County, Tenn., where he died at the age of eighty years. She, too, attained the age of four score years. Of the eleven children born of their union, three are living, namely: Claiborne, the special subject of this sketch; Mrs. Sarah Fitzgerald, of Lakeview, Ore.; and Joseph, living in Tennessee.
    Brought up on a farm in Tennessee, Claiborne Neil received his early education in the primitive log schoolhouse of these days, when the teacher was paid by a subscription from each pupil. At the age of eighteen years he began the battle of life on his own account. Going with a sister to Missouri just as the Platte purchase was opened, in Buchanan County, he took up a claim, paid some on it, and was there engaged in farming for six years. Returning then to Tennessee he resumed his agricultural labors, remaining there until 1853. The country in that vicinity being so thickly populated with negroes, he decided to migrate to the western frontier. Purchasing oxen, wagons and other necessaries, he started with his wife and six children joining a company of fifty persons, Rev. T. H. Small being captain of the band. Traveling through Kentucky and Illinois to Missouri, the party spent the winter at St. Joseph. Leaving there April 22, 1853, Mr. Neil and his family continued their journey across the plains, coming by the Barlow route, and, although they had one or two skirmishes with the Indians, met with no losses. Arriving in the Santiam Valley September 22, they remained near Brownsville throughout the winter.
    Coming to the Rogue River Valley in the spring of 1854, Mr. Neil took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres five miles south of Ashland, on a creek that was subsequently named in his honor Neil Creek. Indians were very troublesome, keeping the pioneers in a state of terror much of the time. Mr. Neil assisted in building a fort at the Thomas Smith, now the Houck, place, and there the half-dozen families gathered for protection against the Indians. In the Rogue River Indian War that followed he took an active part. Moving his wife and younger children to Yreka, Cal., in the fall of 1855, he with his eldest sons remained on the farm, the family returning home in the spring. Improving a fine homestead, Mr. Neil carried on general farming and stock-raising most successfully for forty-eight years, making improvements of an excellent character. He set out a large orchard of all kinds of fruit, and put in the first irrigating ditch in this section, bringing the water from Neil Creek through the center of his land in such a way that the whole farm can be well irrigated. In 1901, when eighty years of age, he located in Ashland, leaving the care of his home farm to his son, Jefferson C. Politically Mr. Neil is a Democrat, and religiously he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
    Mr. Neil married first Louisa C. Gibson, who was born in Virginia, and died, in 1877, on the home farm, in Oregon. Her parents, James and Hannah Gibson, were natives of Virginia, but removed from there to Tennessee, and then to Buchanan County, Mo., where both spent their declining years. Mr. Neil married second Mrs. Amanda (Downing) Haymond, who was born and reared in Iowa. By his first marriage Mr. Neil had twelve children, namely: J. R., an attorney and ex-judge, living in Jacksonville, Ore.; John H., who died at the age of thirty years; William L., a stockman in Grant County, Ore.; Mrs. Sarah Chapman, residing near Ashland; Leander A., a farmer in Jackson County; Robert P., of whom a brief sketch will be found on another page of this volume; Louisa, wife of J. R. Tozer, of Ashland; Mrs. Jennie Alford, of Klamath County, Ore.; Mrs. Mary E. Dean, of Josephine County, Ore.; Jefferson C., who is carrying on the home farm; Mrs. Gertrude Murphy, of Jackson County; and Thomas, who died at the age of three years.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 671-672


    LEANDER A. NEIL: lives near Ashland; is a farmer and stock raiser; was born in Tennessee; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1854; was married Nov. 14, 1880, to Augusta R. Sisson. Children Elmore S. and Ellis.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    Robert P. Neil, nominee on the Democratic ticket for state senator, is a self-made man. He was born in McMinn County, Tennessee, April 12, 1851. He crossed the plains to Oregon with his parents in 1853. The first winter was passed in the Willamette Valley. In 1854 his parents located five miles south of Ashland, which place is still retained as the old homestead. His father having a large family to support, Robert struck out for himself at the age of 18, working in summer and going to school in winter. He finally graduated from what was then known as the Ashland College, conducted by Rev. J. H. Skidmore. In 1877 he married Miss Lydia Russell of Ashland.
    For several years Mr. Neil was engaged in the butcher trade in Ashland. In 1883 he sold out, and at the present time was one of the best ranches in the valley, near Ashland, and is engaged in other enterprises. Mr. Neil served as a councilman of Ashland for several terms, and in 1900 was elected mayor of Ashland. For several years he has been a member of the board of regents of the Southern Oregon state normal school. Mr. Neil is a successful business man and known for his integrity and affability. He is well qualified for the office of state senator, which he will fill with credit to himself and his constituents.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 29, 1902, page 4


    ROBERT PROCTOR NEIL. A pioneer settler of Jackson County, and the son of an honored pioneer, Robert P. Neil, of Ashland, is well worthy of representation in a work of this character. Prominently associated with the industrial progress of this section of the county, being one of its largest landholders, and most active business men, he is widely and favorably known as an upright, straightforward man, and a representative of the leading agriculturists of this part of the state. Coming here as a small child, when a half dozen families constituted almost the entire population of the southern portion of the Rogue River Valley, he has been among the foremost in transforming the wild land into a magnificent agricultural region, which is devoted to general farming and stock-raising. A son of Claiborne Neil, he was born April 12, 1851, in McMinn County, Tenn. His grandfather, John Neil, was a lifelong resident of Tennessee, and was a son of Peter Neil, who emigrated from England to the United States in colonial times. (Further parental and ancestral history may be found elsewhere in this work, in connection with the sketch of Claiborne Neil, a venerable and highly esteemed resident of Ashland.)
    One of the twelve children of Claiborne and Louisa C. (Gibson) Neil, being the sixth child in order of birth, Robert Proctor Neil was two and one-half years old when he came with his parents to Oregon, and three years of age when they located on a farm about five miles south of Ashland, where he grew to manhood. Through the days of his boyhood and youth, he assisted in the farm labors, attending in the meantime the district school. Beginning life for himself at the age of seventeen years, he worked for wages at general farming, and completed his studies at the Ashland Academy, paying his own way through that institution. In 1873, in company with his brother, L. A. Neil, he embarked in the butcher business as a member of the firm of Neil Brothers, proprietors of Central Market. He afterwards continued business on the same site as junior member of the firm of Pelton & Neil, having three hundred and twenty acres of land, on which the slaughterhouse stood, on Bear Creek, in addition renting a large ranch. Continuing thus employed until 1888, Mr. Neil carried on a successful business in that line of industry. Buying then, in company with Mr. Virgin, the Ashland Flouring Mill, he operated it for four years, when he sold out his interest in the plant. In 1892 Mr. Neil purchased the old B. F. Meyer farm of nineteen hundred acres, lying two and one-half miles northwest of the city, with twelve hundred acres of it plowed land. On this ranch, which is the largest in the valley, he raises stock and grain, keeping a high grade of Hereford cattle, and cutting usually one hundred and fifty tons of hay per annum. He has also a stock range of five hundred and sixty acres in Dead Indian Valley, about sixteen miles east of Ashland, and this he devotes to stock-raising, and the raising of hay. He has a valuable residential and business property in the city, and likewise owns considerable real estate in Ashland. A man of energy and enterprise, he has met with far more than average success in his various operations, and is entitled to rank among the leading business men of Jackson County.
    In Ashland, February 25, 1877, Mr. Neil married Miss Lydia F. Russell, a native of Missouri, whence she crossed the plains to Oregon in 1863. Three children have been born of their union; Frederick Robert, who was graduated from the Portland Business College, is associated with his father in stock-raising and also holds the chair of bookkeeping and penmanship in the Southern Oregon State Normal School and is secretary of the faculty; Roy H. died while in the senior class of the Southern Oregon State Normal School, at the age of nineteen years; and Grover Russell is a student in the Southern Oregon Normal School. Mr. Neil has always been deeply interested in promoting the educational welfare of his city and county. He was a member of the board of regents of the old Ashland College, and since that institution was reorganized into the Southern Oregon Normal School he has served continuously as a member of its board of regents, and a member of its executive committee. In December, 1900, he was elected mayor of Ashland, and served for one term. For a number of years he rendered good service as councilman and school director, and is now a member of the Ashland Board of Trade. In national politics Mr. Neil is a sound Democrat, and an ex-member of the county central committee. He is connected with several fraternal organizations, belonging to Ashland Lodge No. 23, A.F.&A.M.; to the Woodmen of the World; to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past noble grand and past chief patriarch of the encampment. He is also a member of the Jackson County Pioneer Association. Mr. and Mrs. Neil are members of the Ashland Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Neil is serving as an elder and trustee.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 677-678


NEILSON, GEORGE WILBERT
District Attorney, Jackson County.
b. Toronto, Canada Sept. 20, 1886; son of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Neilson; educated public schools Toronto, business college Toronto; University of Oregon LL.B. 1916; m. Dorothea Moore of San Jose, Calif. June 23, 1910; sons Donald W. (Lt. U.S.A.) and John H. (Lt. U.S.A.); railroad employee 1902-21; superintendent P&ERR Medford 1917-21; active law, lumber and mining business 1922 to date; deputy district attorney 1928-40, District Attorney 1940 to date (term of office to 1949); active in the d'Autremont bandit case; Intelligence Service World War I; government appeal agent World War II; owner Associated Lumber Co.; member Oregon State Society, Oregon Bar Association; Elk; Pythian; Eagle; Kiwanian; K.T. Mason; Al Kader Shriner; patron Order of Eastern Star; Republican; Presbyterian; home 436 N. Bartlett; office Courthouse, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 412


NEILSON, GEORGE WILBERT
    District Attorney
b Toronto, Can, Sept 20, 1886; son of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) N; educ, pub schs, Toronto, Business Coll, Toronto; Univ Oreg, LLB, 1916; m Dorothea Moore of San Jose, Cal, June 23, 1910; ch, Donald W, John H; railroad employee, 1902-21; supt, P&ERR, Medford, Or, 1917-21; active law, lbr and mining business, 1922-; deputy dist atty, 1928-40; dist atty, 1940 to date; active in the D'Autremont bandit case; Intelligence Service, WWI; gov't appeal agent, Lumber Co; mem, Oreg State, So Oreg Bar Assn; Elk; Pythian; Eagle; Kiwanian; KT Mason; Al Kader Shriner; Eastern Star (patron); Repub; Presbyterian; home, 436 N Bartlett; ofc, Court House, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 528


    GUS NEWBURY. Although admitted to the bar as recently as 1902, Gus Newbury already has a gratifying clientele, recruited from the ranks of those who, for many years, have watched his growing success as an educator. In his case it would seem that teaching is contagious, for three of the two sons and two daughters in his father's family have achieved excellent results along educational lines, all having contributed to the advancement of the schools of Jackson County. Mr. Newbury was born in Tioga County, Pa., March 27, 1869, his father, George W., a native of England, being at the time engaged in milling and mill-building, an occupation to which he devoted the most of his active life. The elder Newbury died in Tioga County at the age of eighty-seven years, and is survived by his wife, formerly Barbara Yaudas, a native of Germany, who now lives in Jacksonville, Ore., with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Peter.
    The boyhood of Gus Newbury was characterized by excessive zeal as a student, and by considerable expenditure of midnight oil. At the age of sixteen he entered upon his educational career in Jacksonville, to which he came in 1881, and taught continuously in the town and county until engaging in the practice of law. For five years he was vice-principal of the schools of Jacksonville, and in 1894 was elected county superintendent of schools on the Republican ticket, in 1896 being re-elected, and serving in all four years. In 1898 he was elected county clerk, succeeding himself in the election of 1900. In the meantime, in 1894, he began the study of law, and since being admitted to practice has devoted his entire time to his professional duties. At present he is a clerk on the school board, and is a member of the Republican county central committee. Mr. Newbury is also an active member of the board of trade.
    In Jacksonville, in 1893, Mr. Newbury was united in marriage with Nellie Rose, a native daughter of this county, and whose father, L. A. Rose, is a farmer in the vicinity of Phoenix, this state. Maud, Donald, and Carl, the three children born of this union, are living at home and are being educated in the public schools. Mr. Newbury is connected with Warren Lodge No. 10, A. F. & A. M., of Jacksonville, Ore.; the Eastern Star; Medford Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Woodmen of the World; and the Artisans, in which he has passed all of the chairs.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co. 1904, page 826


    NICKELL, CHARLES, whose upward career in Oregon is attracting favorable notice, was born at Yreka, Cal., on the 27th day of February, 1856. His parents had been drawn to that part of the country on account of the great gold stir, and the early environments of their son's life were of a nature calculated to inspire him with an adventurous spirit. Before he was fourteen he assisted Professor Duenkel in the English-German school for a period of four months. From the school room Mr. Nickell stepped into the Yreka Journal office, and for two years learned the rudiments of the typographical profession. In 1871 the Democratic Times, of Jacksonville, Ore., required a quick, reliable worker, and Mr. Nickell was engaged. Within a year he rose to the position of city editor, having charge of the local news department, notwithstanding that he was but sixteen years old. Shortly after he, with P. D. Hull, purchased the Times. Mr. Nickell assumed editorial charge of the paper, and the prospects for a successful career seemed bright. Then came a fire, and paper, press, and type were turned into smoldering ruins. July, 1873, witnessed the resurrection of the journal and the continuance of the partnership. In 1874 Mr. Nickell purchased the entire interest in the Times, and from that time to the present has remained sole proprietor of the newspaper. His work in establishing the property on a paying basis has been fraught with a rare degree of success. From a small folio sheet with the modest patronage of four hundred and eighty subscribers, the Times, in his hands, has grown to a paper containing thirty-six columns subscribed for by over 2400 people and patronized by leading advertisers. Ever since his majority Mr. Nickell has rendered active service to the Democratic Party. He has been present at nearly all the state conventions since 1878. In 1886 he was the Democratic candidate for State Printer. In June, 1892, he was elected a member of the Oregon Legislature by a large majority. He has served his town as councilman for several terms and is prominent in every enterprise. Mr. Nickell is eminent as a journalist in the Northwest, and has served as president and secretary of the Oregon Press Association. When the National Editorial Association met at St. Paul, Minn., in 1891, he represented Oregon in the convention, and was chosen a delegate to the same body in 1892. In all his achievements, public and private, he has been actuated by motives of the highest order, and the place which he holds today in the esteem of his many friends is one of admiration and respect.
Julian Hawthorne, The Story of Oregon, vol. II, New York 1892, pages 456-457


    M. NICKELSON: lives at Ashland; is a blacksmith; was born in Holland County, Norway, May 26, 1831; came to America July, 1849, and to Oregon in 1854.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


NIEDERMEYER, Henry Frederick
Farm and Community Leader.
b. Medford, Oregon April 1, 1901; son of Louis and Charlotte (Bergfeld) Niedermeyer; educated public and high schools (correspondence course in business management); m. Marion Gray of Medford March 4, 1932; child Evelyn Carol; began working for father on farm; became partner 1922-29; partnership with brother, Niedermeyer Bros. 1929-38; operator, owner 1938-; director Niedermeyer Inc. (commercial building owners); member, secretary, Jackson County Selective Service Board No. 1 1940-47; director Medford Gun Club; Granger (past master); secretary, past president Jackson County Recreation Club; Elk; Republican; Presbyterian (trustee); address Rt. No. 2, Box 466, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 417


NILES, EDWARD CHATFIELD
Lumberman; Manager, Medford Lumber Company.
b. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Feb. 27, 1909; son of John D. and Gertrude (Chatfield) Niles; educated Minneapolis public schools; University of Minnesota, Forestry, Commercial Lumbering 1931; Tau Phi Delta; m. Helen Marie Schonebaum of Minneapolis October 14, 1933; children Robert John, Bruce; began at Canfield Dietrich Lumber Company, St. Louis Park 1931; with U.S. Forest Service 1935-42; entered lumber business Medford, Oregon; manager Medford Lumber Company 1945-; member Young Men's Christian Association board 1946-; served on Community Chest committee; Kiwanian (president 1947); Elk; Republican; Presbyterian; home Rt. 1, Box 524; office 3rd and Fir, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 417


NILES, EDWARD CHATFIELD
    Lumberman; Manager,
    Medford Lumber Company
b Minneapolis, Minn, Feb 27, 1909; son of John D and Gertrude (Chatfield) N; educ, Minneapolis pub schs; Univ Minn, Forestry, Commercial Lumbering,1931; Tau Phi Delta; m Helen Marie Schonebaum of Minneapolis, Oct 14, 1933; ch, Robert, John, Bruce; began at Canfield Dietrich Lumber Co, St Louis Park, 1931; with US Forest Service, 1935-42; entered lumber business, Medford, Or; mgr, Medford Lbr Co, 1945-; mem, YMCA bd, 1946 to date; committee, Community Chest; Kiwanian (pres, 1947); Elk; Repub; Presbyterian; home, Rt 1, Box 524; ofc, 3rd and Fir, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 542


    WARREN H. NORCROSS. The genealogy of the Norcross family is traced to William Norcross, who came from England in an early period of our country's history. Accompanying him were two sons, one of whom settled in Maine. From him descended John Norcross, a native of Maine, and a school teacher by occupation. While visiting a brother in Pennsylvania he made the acquaintance of the lady who afterward became his wife. For a time they resided in Vermont, but later made their home in New York, and as early as 1839 became pioneers of Wisconsin, where they spent their remaining years. They were happy in their married life and in death were not long divided. When he was seventy-seven and she seventy-six years of age they passed away within two days of each other and were buried in the same grave. In their family were four sons and two daughters. One of the sons of the family, Walter W., was born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, N.H., February 28, 1824, being the youngest of the children. When a boy he attended district schools in New York and Wisconsin, but the knowledge he possessed was acquired less from textbooks than from habits of observation and self-culture. In 1840 he took up a tract of government land near LaGrange, Walworth County, Wis., and there he continued to reside until, feeling the burden of advancing years, he retired from active cares. His last days were spent in the town of LaGrange, where his life came to an end after seventy-two useful and honorable years. In 1849 he married Lucy A. Moore, who was born in New York state, in the town of Millsville, August 4, 1833, and now makes her home at Whitewater, Wis. Of their union were born the following named children: Edward J., of California; Leonard L., of South Dakota; Warren H., of Oregon; Zoa E., Mrs. Arnold, of Iowa; Lucy A., Mrs. Brown, of Wisconsin; Sarah, Mrs. Holt, also of Wisconsin, and Justice B., who is manager of a mine in Bisbee, Ariz.
    On the home farm near LaGrange, Walworth County, Wis., Warren H. Norcross was born July 22, 1855. Excellent advantages were given him in youth. After having completed the studies of the LaGrange public school, he carried on supplementary studies in Whitewater (Wis.) Normal School and later was a student in Milton (Wis.) College. His first occupation was that of teaching, which he followed in Newburg, Minn. In 1874 he went to Ida Grove, Iowa, where he taught school for four years. On abandoning that work, in 1878, he entered the employ of the Sioux City Nursery & Seed Company, with whom he remained as field manager for nine years, meanwhile gaining a thorough knowledge of the nursery business in all of its details. His interest in the fruit business dates from that period, and the large fund of information on the subject which he now possesses was acquired during those years of active experience. Before leaving Iowa he was united in marriage, January 22, 1888, with Lola M. Hull, who was born near Logan, that state. Their family comprises four children, Eva G., W. F. Hull, Paul J., and Helen.
    In the spring of 1888 Mr. Norcross came to Oregon and settled in Jackson County, where soon afterward he bought twenty-four acres one mile east of Central Point. The entire tract was heavily timbered, and it represented the work of many months and years to remove the timber and bring the land under cultivation, but this he has done, and in addition has erected a neat frame dwelling and good outbuildings. The improvement of this desirable property by no means represents the limit of Mr. Norcross' activities. Finding upon experimenting that fruit could be successfully grown in this locality, he planted his place in an apple orchard and established here the first nursery in the vicinity of Central Point. This he has since conducted, although it is his present intention to retire from the business as soon as practicable. Another important organization which owes its inception largely to his enthusiastic support is the Rogue River Fruit Growers' Union, of which he is secretary and manager and which has its office and packing house at Medford. No man in the valley has done more than he to advance the fruit industry, and the large success it has attained may be attributed in a considerable measure to his keen judgment and thorough knowledge of the business. Aside from voting the Republican ticket at elections and holding membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen (in which he has held all the chairs) he has devoted his attention wholly to the fruit industry since coming to Southern Oregon.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 951-952


    JOHN R. NORRIS. A prominent business man of Ashland, John R. Norris is actively associated with its mercantile progress as a member of the well-known firm of Vaupel, Norris & Drake. He is a man of mark, and of recognized worth as a citizen, his ability and integrity being unquestioned and his character irreproachable. As to his private affairs, he is enterprising and progressive, rarely allowing anything that might improve his business methods to escape his notice. A son of Ralph S. Norris, he was born September 6, 1862, in Galena, Ill. He comes of English ancestry, his Grandfather Norris having been born and reared in England, afterwards emigrating to the United States, and settling in Maryland.
    Born in Maryland, near Baltimore, Ralph S. Norris was there reared and educated. As a young man, he took up his residence in Illinois, and was for some time engaged in mining pursuits in Grant and Jo Daviess counties. Making his home in the latter county, he ran a furnace there for a number of seasons. Subsequently buying a farm about three miles from Galena, on Hazel Green, he embarked in agricultural pursuits, continuing thus employed until his death, in 1887, at the age of sixty-nine years. He was active in the management of public affairs, and for fourteen years served as county clerk of Jo Daviess County, being re-elected to the position six times. He married Phoebe S. Wood, who was born in Alabama, and brought up near Gratiot Grove, Wis., where her father, Jeremiah Wood, was a pioneer school teacher.
    The youngest child of the parental household, John R. Norris, spent his earlier years in the vicinity of Galena, Ill., acquiring his rudimentary education in the public schools. Subsequently being graduated from the academical department of Beloit College, in Wisconsin, he entered the college as a pupil, and completed the freshman course of study. The ensuing year he worked on the home farm, assisting his father in its care. In 1883 he came to Oregon, locating in Ashland, where his sister, Mrs. McLean, was then residing. His first employment in this locality was that of chain bearer for the surveyors in constructing the railroad addition to the eastern part of the city. For nine years afterwards Mr. Norris was a clerk for J. M. McCall, in the store which is now a part of his own establishment. In May, 1893, forming a partnership with Messrs. Vaupel and Drake, he bought out Mr. McCall, and embarked in business on his own account as a member of the firm of Vaupel, Norris & Drake. Subsequently buying out D. R. and E. V. Mills, this firm has built up an extensive and prosperous business, being the leading merchants of Jackson County. The large, double store occupied by this firm is 40x100 feet, and is well stocked with a choice assortment of general merchandise.
    In Ashland, Mr. Norris married Sarah May Drake, a native of Jacksonville, Ore., where her father, the late M. H. Drake, was a pioneer settler. Born and reared in Steuben County, N.Y., M. H. Drake came by way of Cape Horn to the Pacific Coast in 1852, and for six or more years was engaged in mining in California, afterwards being in the stock business in the vicinity of Stockton. Coming to Oregon in 1859, he stopped at first in Portland, remaining there until September of that year, when he settled in Jackson County, taking up land, and engaging in the raising of stock, near Jacksonville. Removing with his family to Ashland in 1873, he resided here until his death, in 1893. He served for a time as county commissioner of Jackson County, and was identified by membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Elizabeth Preator, who was born in Ione, Cal., of English ancestry, both of her parents having been natives of England. Mrs. Drake survived her husband, and is now living in Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Drake became the parents of five children, namely: Frederick M., junior member of the firm of Vaupel, Norris & Drake; Ida, who died in the seventh year of her age; Belle, wife of J. S. Parson, of Ashland; Sarah May, now Mrs. Norris; and Ella, wife of George S. Calhoun, of Grants Pass, Ore. A native of Jacksonville, Ore., Frederick M. Drake was educated in the public schools of Jackson County, and for four years after leaving school was a clerk in his father's store. For seven years thereafter, he was a resident of Harney County, Ore., being associated with his father in the cattle business. On retiring from that industry he engaged in mercantile pursuits with his present partners, becoming junior member of the firm. A staunch Republican in his political convictions, Mr. Norris is a member, and ex-president, of the Ashland school board. He is also a member, and the vice-president, of the Ashland Board of Trade. He is connected with several fraternal organizations, being a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and of the Woodmen of the World. Mrs. Norris is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 526-527


NUTTING, BERNARD LEE, SR.
Manager, Medford Corporation.
b. Iron River, Wisconsin July 18, 1901; son of Henry Lee and Nelda (Rossman ) Nutting; educated public schools Columbia City, high schools Silverton, Salem; Oregon State college B.S. 1923; Kappa Sigma, Xi Sigma Pi; m. Ruby A. Swanson of Bellingham, Wash. Aug. 27, 1927; children Bernard L. Jr. and Ronald Gene; began as tallyman, yard foreman, California-Oregon Lumber Co. (now Medford Corp.) since 1924, various positions from yard foreman to assistant manager 1938; manager 1940-; member executive committee West Coast Bureau, Lumber Grades and Inspection; director Willamette Valley Lumberman's Association; trustee Pine Industrial Relations Committee; served on City Budget commission; Medford; director Community Chest 1944; director YMCA 1943 to date (president 1946); director Keep Oregon Green committee; Rotarian; member Chamber of Commerce (director three terms); member Izaak Walton League; Mason; Elk; Republican; Protestant; home 31 Glen Oak Court; office N. Riverside Ave., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 421


NUTTING, BERNARD LEE, Sr.
    Manager, Medford Corporation
b Iron River, Wisc, July 18, 1901; son of Henry Lee and Nelda (Rossman) N; educ, pub sch, Columbia City, high sch, Silverton, Salem; Oreg State Coll, BS, 19_; Kappa Sigma, Xi Sigma Pi; m Ruby A Swanson of Bellingham, Wn, Aug 27, 1927; ch, Bernard L Jr, Ronald G; began as tallyman, yard foreman, Cal, Oreg Lbr Co, Brookings, Or; with Owen-Oreg Lumber Co (now Medford Corp) since 1924, various positions from yard foreman to asst mgr, 1938; mgr, 1940-; mem exec com, West Coast Bur Lbr Grades and Inspection; dir, Willamette Valley Lbrman's Assn; trustee, Pine Industrial Relations Comm; served on City Budget Comm, Medford; dir, Community Chest, 1944; dir, YMCA, 1943 to date (pres, 1946); dir, Keep Oreg Green Committee; member, Chamber Commerce (dir, three terms); Izaak Walton League; Rotarian; Mason; Elk; Repub; Protestant; home, 31 Glen Oak Ct; ofc, N Riverside Ave, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 539


    This gentleman came to Oregon in the pioneer days, made his home here, invested every cent of money which he possessed in our land, and ever since has had his interests identified with that of the state. Such being the case, he ever stood ready to contribute his share by word and act toward its prosperity, and the result has been that today Mr. Oatman is one of our large land owners, and possesses multifarious interests throughout our city and state. He was born in Courtland, New York, in 1826. When a child his parents moved to Bellevue, Ohio, where he attended school, and when he was at the age of twelve they again removed, this time to Rockford, Illinois, in which place they farmed for four years. At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Oatman was married to Miss Lucena K. Ross, and in the year 1852 he, with his wife and family, crossed the plains to Oregon and located in Rogue River Valley, where he engaged in farming and afterwards mined and trafficked in merchandise. He remained there fourteen years and then came to Portland, where he has since resided. On arriving here, he went into the grocery business, and, becoming the owner of considerable real estate, he finally gave up the grocery trade and devoted himself solely to speculating in lands. Last October, when the Metropolitan Savings Bank was organized, Mr. Oatman was one of the first subscribers to its stock, and he is now one of its heaviest stockholders. On April 4, 1865, Mr. Oatman joined the First Oregon Infantry, and after serving two years, was mustered out July 14, 1867. It was said that this company was the last one composed of white men in the volunteer service. In this company Mr. Oatman was made lieutenant and was frequently commended for gallant conduct on the field.
Frank E. Hodgkin and J. J. Galvin, Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon, 1882, pages 118-119


    OATMAN, HARRISON B., of Portland, was born in Courtland County, New York, February 25, 1826. His father, Harvey B. Oatman, died one year after the birth of our subject. One year later he accompanied his mother to Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, where the family remained ten years and then settled in West Liberty, Ohio. Here they remained four years, after which they removed to Elgin, Illinois, and a few years later to Ogle County, in the same state. The latter place was at this time a new country, and here Mr. Oatman commenced life on his own account as a farmer on land obtained from the government. On December, 25, 1847, he was married to Miss Lucena K. Ross, a most estimable lady, who from that day to the present time has not only shared his fortunes, but has been a most excellent wife and mother and in its highest sense a worthy helpmate and companion.
    He remained at Ogle until the fall of 1852, when he removed to Des Moines, Iowa, and the following summer (1853) with his brother, Harvey B. Oatman, and their families, started on the long journey across the plains to Oregon. After several weary months of traveling they arrived in the Rogue River Valley, in the fall of 1853, and here the two brothers and their wives took up a claim of 640 acres to which they were entitled under the donation act, near Phoenix. The old wagon which had survived the journey of more than 3,000 miles was placed on the line dividing the respective claims and served as a place of habitation until a log cabin could be erected, and in this primitive way they commenced life in Oregon.
    For fourteen years following Mr. Oatman remained in the Rogue River Valley engaged in farming, mining and merchandising. He was a part owner of the mine of the "49" Mining Company in Southern Oregon, retaining his interest until after he had located in Portland. He also established the first store in Phoenix, which he successfully conducted for some time. Numerous incidents occurred during the period Mr. Oatman resided in Rogue River Valley illustrating the dangers of pioneer life in Oregon at that day. Perhaps the most thrilling incident in his experience occurred on September 25, 1855. On the preceding day Mr. Oatman, with Daniel P. Brittain and Calvin M. Field, started from Phoenix, each with ox teams and a load of flour destined for Yreka, California. Camping the first night near the foot of the Siskiyou Mountains, the train started up the ascent in the morning, Mr. Oatman in the lead. When within 300 feet of the summit the party was fired upon by Indians. Field and a young man by the name of Cunningham, who was passing at the time, were killed, Mr. Oatman alone escaping of those attacked, as Mr. Brittain, who was in the rear of the party had not reached the scene, but having heard the shots fired in the vicinity of the men in advance, fled down the mountain to the Mountain House, three miles from the place of attack. Mr. Oatman, although within sixty feet of the guns, miraculously escaped unhurt and fled to the Mountain House for assistance. Before leaving, the Indians killed thirteen of the oxen, the remainder of them escaping. The attack was without provocation and the first in a series of Indian outrages which led to the greatest Indian war known on the Pacific Coast, which raged along the Columbia, around Puget Sound and in the region of Rogue River, from the fall of 1855 to the summer of 1856. No less than 4,000 warriors were at times in arms against the whites, and only a lack of hearty and intelligent cooperation on the part of the hostiles saved the outlaying settlements from total annihilation, and the more populous communities of the Willamette Valley from all the horrors of barbaric warfare.
    The first years of the war of the rebellion passed without faraway Oregon experiencing much of the hardships of the great struggle. But as it grew in magnitude and hundreds of thousands of men were needed by the North to carry on the gigantic strife, the regular troops were withdrawn from the remote frontiers and sent to the front. Oregon, in common with the other states and territories of the Pacific Coast, was left exposed to the hostility of the Indians, who immediately after the departure of the troops who had kept them in peaceful subjection, began to assume a warlike attitude and on several occasions were guilty of acts of violence. In this emergency the loyal men of Oregon were called upon to defend the life and property of the people. Mr. Oatman was among those who promptly volunteered for this service and on April 4, 1865, enlisted in the United States Army, to serve during the war, being mustered in at Camp Baker, Rogue River Valley, as first lieutenant of Company I, Captain F. B. Sprague, First Regiment of Oregon Infantry. The services of this regiment were confined to the protection of the frontier and in operations against the Indians, being actively employed until mustered out July 19, 1867, and supposed to be the last volunteer regiment discharged from service by the government.
    Mr. Oatman made a highly commendable record as a soldier, on several occasions being entrusted with important duties, which he discharged in such manner as to receive high praise from his superior officers. On October 14, 1866, he was ordered by Capt. Sprague, with twenty-two men from his command, and four Klamath Indians as scouts, to proceed from Fort Klamath and to scout the country from that point east to Camp Bidwell, California. On the day following the order he started on his mission, and in seven days arrived at Camp Bidwell, 153 miles distant. On the return Lieut. Oatman's command was joined by a small detachment of regular troops, under Lieut. Small, U.S. Cavalry, and on October 25th an engagement was had with a band of Snake Indians, in the vicinity of Lake Abert. In this engagement, which lasted for three hours, the Indians numbering seventy strong were completely routed, fourteen were killed, more than twenty wounded and fifteen lodges, together with winter supplies for a hundred men were destroyed. For his service in this battle Lieut. Oatman's conduct was highly commended in general orders by Major General George F. Steele in command of the Department of the Columbia, while Lieut. Small in his report of the battle stated: "Lieut. Oatman commanded the line on the left with commendable skill and energy, and the troops acquitted themselves throughout the engagement in the most soldierly manner."
    In October, following his discharge from the army, Mr. Oatman with his family located in Portland, where he has ever since resided. He first embarked in the grocery business, in which he continued for some two years alone, after which Hon. Van B. DeLashmutt became a partner. The latter was succeeded as a partner by Frank Hackney, with whom Mr. Oatman remained in partnership about two years. At this time he had become the owner of considerable real estate, and he gave up the grocery business that he might devote his attention to land speculation. In 1872, with Mr. DeLashmutt, he embarked in a real estate and brokerage business. They are still associated in numerous purchases of real estate in and near the vicinity of Portland, owning many acres of very valuable land. Mr. Oatman has been very successful in his real estate speculations, which have been conducted on a large scale, and which already have realized him a large fortune. He was one of the first subscribers to the stock of the Metropolitan Savings Bank, and is also largely interested in the Coeur d'Alene mines.
    As a business man Mr. Oatman has achieved a high degree of success. He started in life with very limited educational advantages, and without the aid or assistance of money or influential friends. All that he has he has acquired by his own exertion, and is a fine type of the so-called self-made man, of whom the Pacific Slope furnishes so many illustrious examples. He is a man of cheerful, jovial nature, who looks on the bright side of life and believes in extracting all the good out of existence possible and consistent with right living.
    Mr. and Mrs. Oatman have had four children, all of whom are living. The eldest, James Harvey, is a very prosperous merchant at Bonanza, in Southern Oregon, while the other children, Charles, John and Lucena, are living at home with their parents.
H. V. Scott, History of Portland, Oregon, 1890, pages 617-619


HARRISON B. OATMAN, one of Oregon's respected pioneers, came to the state in 1853. He was born in Cortland, New York, February 26, 1826. His parents, Harry B. and Matilda (Knapp) Oatman, removed to Ohio, where the subject of this sketch was raised until his twelfth year. He then went to Rockford and was married there to Lucinda K. Ross in 1847. She was a native of Orleans County, New York, and the daughter of Nathan K. and Lucy (Braman) Ross. When Mr. and Mrs. Oatman came to Oregon they settled first in Jackson County, on a donation claim. Their house was contrived out of the wagon cover with which they had crossed the plains, and it was in these wilds that they lived. Their nearest neighbor was over a mile off. When the Rogue River Indian war broke out, Mr. Oatman enlisted in Company I, First Oregon Infantry, and was stationed at Fort Klamath. He was made first lieutenant at the close of the war and was mustered out. After he had spent several years at the mines he located a mile south of Phoenix, in Jackson County. He took out considerable gold from what was called the Forty-Niner Claim. In the fall of 1867 he sold it and came to Portland and engaged in the retail grocery trade, on the corner of First and Main streets. After five successful years of business he sold out and embarked in the real estate business on his own account. The constant increase in the value of land in Portland and vicinity crowned his efforts with success and resulted in his amassing a large amount of property. He purchased a farm three and one-half miles southeast of the center of the city of Portland and built a house upon it in 1877. He cleared up the land, and one of the railroads runs through the property. He has enlarged and rebuilt the residence, and now has a beautiful home and the land is valued at $1,500 an acre. Seventeen years ago it cost $20 an acre. Mr. Oatman has a large amount of city property.
    They have four children: James Harvey, married to Priscilla Dollarhide of Iowa, and have six children. The other children are Charles, John R. and Lucena, now the wife of C. W. Kern.
    Mr. Oatman is a member of the G.A.R. and of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Republican. At the time of writing this article Mr. Oatman was in poor health, and most of the material for the article was given by his son James Harvey. Mr. Oatman is a good man, a worthy pioneer, and his many friends wish him a speedy recovery.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, pages 315-316


    J. H. OATMAN: lives near Phoenix; is a farmer; was born in Ogle County, Ill., Jan. 28, 1849; came to state and county in 1853; was married Dec. 31, 1875, to Priscilla Dollarhide. Children Olive I. and Jessie.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    BARTLETT OBENCHAIN: lives near Central Point; is a farmer and stock grower; came to state and county in 1862; married June 23, 1850 to Nancy Morse. Children Elias N. (deceased), Alice I., Hiram N. (deceased), Elizabeth H. (deceased), Maldoren, Jennie, Silas H., Sarah M., Nancy M., Minnie C. and George E.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    BARTLETT OBENCHAIN. During the forty-one years of its existence in Jackson County, the family to which Bartlett Obenchain belongs has been the only unbroken one between Gold Hill and Jacksonville. Its members have uniformly cherished high ideals, and have been exceptionally worthy from the standpoint of character and ability. Painstaking and conservative, and never wasting their energies in useless directions, they have built up a strong wall of popular esteem, and are valued as exemplary and notable acquisitions to a prosperous and promising community.
    Bartlett Obenchain, representing the second generation in the West, was born in Botetourt County, Va., September 22, 1827, the son of John and Margaret (Obenchain) Obenchain, natives of Virginia and of German descent. The year after the birth of Bartlett the family removed to Indiana, remaining there until settling in Illinois in 1842. Two years later they made their way to Iowa, and in 1861 crossed the plains with horse and mule teams, being on the road about six months. Six months in the mines of California sufficed as an experiment of more or less doubtful character, and the family then came to Oregon, settling first near Central Point, Jackson County. Soon after they moved to Butte Creek, where the father farmed and raised stock for the balance of his life, and died in 1884 aged eighty-four years, and where his wife also died four years later at the age of eighty-eight years. Besides Bartlett, the oldest of the ten children, those living are John, of Butte Creek; and Washington, of Klamath County.
    Educated in the public schools, Bartlett Obenchain had the advantage of the schools of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and passed his youth in toil on the home farm, leaving it only upon the occasion of his marriage, June 23, 1850, with Nancy Morse, who was born in Erie County, Pa., February 16, 1836, a daughter of Samuel L. Morse, own cousin of Professor Morse, inventor of the telegraph. Mrs. Obenchain's brother, Amasa Morse, met a tragic death at the hands of the Indians during the Rogue River War, November 20, 1855. At the time he was an enlisted soldier in Company B, First Oregon Volunteers, under command of Capt. R. L. Williams. Amasa Morse was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1828, in time removing with his family to Iowa, from which state he crossed the plains in 1853, settling in Josephine County, where he mined on Althouse Creek until the outbreak of the Rogue River War.
    After his marriage Mr. Obenchain went to housekeeping in Buchanan County, Iowa, afterward living in several counties in the state until coming to the West in the spring of 1861. Starting April 28, he crossed the plains with horse teams, being five months on the way, and encountering no serious trouble with the Indians. He first located in Marysville, Cal., and after following teaming for nine months came to Oregon, reaching his present farm June 18, 1862. This farm consists of one hundred and forty-nine acres of land, and is located one mile west of Central Point, its points of vantage being manifold, and its improvements of the highest order. Mr. Obenchain has never been content to follow the example of others in the management of his farm, but has continually sought broader methods, welcoming any advance based upon utility and practical common sense. Twelve children have been born to himself and wife, of whom Alice A. is the wife of James Lindsley of Klamath County; Maldoren lives at Gold Hill; Jennie is the wife of J. Wilson of Klamath County; Silas is a farmer of Klamath County; Sarah M. is the wife of O. R. Pankey of Central Point; Nannie is the wife of William H. Pankey of Klamath County; Minnie is the wife of Fred Peninger of Gold Hill; and George is a farmer and stock-raiser of Klamath County. Mr. Obenchain is a Republican in politics, as have been his father and grandfather, his sons adhering to the same political principles. Mrs. Obenchain has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since her fourteenth year.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 868


    GEORGE WASHINGTON OBENCHAIN. A native of Indiana, since coming west, in 1861, Mr. Obenchain has resided almost continuously in Oregon, where he has made a record for himself as a successful rancher and stockman, and as a man of enterprise and progressiveness. As in the case of many others, his land when purchased was without a single improvement, and the energy of Mr. Obenchain is proven by the fact that not only is it now under cultivation, but it has been added to until now there is a fine eight-hundred-acre farm in place of the original purchase of one hundred and fifty-eight acres.
    The Obenchains originally came from Germany, but the father, John Obenchain, was a native of Virginia, being a farmer by occupation. After his marriage in that state he removed to Indiana, locating in Putnam County until 1844, when he went west to Illinois for the winter. In the spring of the next year Mr. Obenchain located in Iowa, first in Linn County, but afterwards in Buchanan County, where he remained until his removal west. His first trip to the Far West was in 1850, at which date he traveled to Yreka, Cal., engaging in mining there for two years and returning to Iowa in 1852. Again going westward, this time accompanied by his family, he located in California at Marysville for one winter, removing to Oregon in the spring. A permanent settlement was made in Jackson County, where the father engaged in stock-raising on Butte Creek until 1893, when he departed this life, at the age of eighty-five years. His marriage had united him with Miss Margaret Deady. a Pennsylvanian, who also passed away when about eighty-four years old. Of the nine children born to this honored couple, but three are now living, as follows: Bartlett. a resident of Central Point, Ore.; John, of Brownsboro, Jackson County, Ore.; and G. W., of Bly. Three sons and three daughters are deceased; Julia Anne, Emma, Jane, Davis, James and Madison.
    February 22, 1835 marks the birth, at Fincastle, Putnam County, Ind., of George Washington Obenchain, who when a boy was taken by his parents to Iowa, where his early education was received. When the family crossed the great plains to Oregon G. W. accompanied them, and in 1866, after a few years' residence there, spent two years in Idaho during the gold excitement there. The Sprague River Valley first became his home in 1877, when he brought a herd of cattle to that place and located permanently, purchasing his ranch of which we have spoken. Besides his general farming interests, he makes a specialty of stock-raising, with splendid success, owning two hundred head of fine cattle and eighty horses. As he has all his life been honest and persevering, success has crowned his efforts as a natural result. As consistent in his political views as in other matters, Mr. Obenchain has been a Republican all his life, and supports that party to the best of his ability.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 984


    MADISON OBENCHAIN. During many years of active life in Jackson County Madison Obenchain was known as an industrious and worthy citizen and one who was always ready to lend a helping hand to those less fortunate than himself. The patience with which he bore a long and trying illness, which terminated in his death December 29, 1896, was indicative of the unselfish nature of his character, which invariably evidenced greater thought for others than for himself. As a youth of eighteen he came to Oregon in 1862 from Buchanan County, Iowa, where he was born January 29, 1846, and where his father owned a large farm. The family located on Butte Creek, Jackson County, Ore., in the spring of 1863, and here Madison lived and worked until about twenty-five years of age. He then came to Jacksonville and engaged in a butchering business for a short time, and in 1880 removed to Klamath County, where he took up four hundred acres of land and engaged in cattle-raising on a large scale. He cleared a large portion of his farm, made many fine improvements, and prospered greatly until stricken with illness, during which time he was in Jacksonville, surrounded by his friends, and cared for by his faithful and devoted wife.
    Near Jacksonville Mr. Obenchain married Minnie Krach, who was born in Germany, a daughter of Simon Krach, a native of the same portion of the Fatherland. Mrs. Obenchain's mother, Dora (Topper) Krach, after being left a widow in the country across the sea, brought her daughter Minnie to America, and settled on a farm near Jacksonville. Subsequently she lived with her daughter until her death in 1888, at the age of sixty-nine years. Franklin, the only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Obenchain, is one of the wide-awake and successful farmers of Klamath County, and at present is living on and managing his late father's property in that county. Mr. Obenchain added to his land from time to time, and at his death owned four hundred acres which has since been added to and is owned by his wife and managed by his son. It is one of the finest farms in that section, and the progressive son is continually adding to the improvements made by his father. It is located near Bly, between Lakeview and Klamath Falls. Mrs. Obenchain also owns town property, including her pleasant home. Her motherly and domestic spirit is shown in the air of comfort which pervades the interior, and the love of nature which is manifest in the pretty arrangement of flowers and shrubs on the surrounding grounds. Mrs. Obenchain can only think of her husband as the personification of kindness and consideration in his family. While an ardent Republican, he never cared for office or the turmoil of political agitations. For many years of his life he was identified with the Masonic fraternity and was prominent in the lodge of Jackson County.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 869


O'BRIEN, IDA BELLE
    Director of Training; Associate Professor Education,
    Southern Oregon State Normal School
b. Oxford, Iowa, Nov. 19, 1880; educ., Iowa State Teachers College, 1901 and 1903; Drake Univ. 1906-1907; Univ. of Iowa, B.S. 1927; Univ. of Southern Calif., M.S., 1932; Pi Lambda Theta. Unmarried. Teacher, elementary schools, Iowa, Washington, and Minnesota, 1903-1916, principal grade school, North English, Iowa, 1916-18; supt. of schools, Iowa County, Iowa, 1918-1924. Primary supervisor, Conn. State Board of Educ., Canaan, Conn. 1927-1930. Primary supervisor and instructor in education, Southern Oregon State Normal School, 1930-1931; intermediate supervisor and instructor in education, 1932-1934. Author: A Comparison of the Use of Intensive Training and of Wide Reading in the Improvement of Reading, publ., Educational Method, Mar. 1931; A Drive on English in a Rural Supervisory District, publ., Elementary English Jurisdiction Journal, April, 1931; A Unified Course in Social Studies and Sciences in Primary Grades, pub., Oregon Education Journal, March, April, 1932. Member, American Assn. of Univ. Women. Republican. Christian Scientist. Home: 316 Hargadine St. Office: So. Ore. State Normal School, Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 414


O'BRIEN, IDA BELLE
Educator.
b. Oxford, Iowa Nov. 19, 1880; daughter of Joel Pleasant and Emma Isabelle (Williams) O'Brien; educated Iowa State Teachers College 1901, 1903; Drake University 1906-07; University of Iowa B.A. 1927; University of Southern California M.S. 1932; Pi Lambda Theta; teacher elementary schools Iowa, Washington and Minnesota 1903-16; principal grade schools, North English, Iowa 1916-18; superintendent of schools Iowa County, Iowa 1918-24; primary supervisor Connecticut State Board of Education, Canaan, Conn. 1927-30; primary supervisor and instructor in education Southern Oregon College of Education 1930-31; intermediate supervisor and instructor in education 1932-34; Supervisor of Training and Associate Professor of Education 1935-; author: A Comparison of the Use of Intensive Training and of Wide Reading in the Improvement of Reading, published in Educational Methods, March 1931; A Drive on English in a Rural Supervisory District, published in Elementary English Journal, April 1931; A Unified Course in Social Studies and Sciences in Primary Grades, published in Oregon Education Journal, Mar.-Apr. 1932; member American Association of University Women; Republican; Christian Scientist; home 450 Liberty St., Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 422


    JOHN O'BRIEN: lives on Applegate; is a farmer and stock raiser; post office, Applegate; was born in County Galway, Ireland, 1828; came to state and county in 1852; was married March 19, 1862, to Sarah S. Barkdull. Children Emmett, John E., James A. and Sarah R.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 508


    Among the candidates is none more worthy of the place than John D. Olwell, nominee for representative of Jackson County on the Democratic ticket. He is known to almost every resident in Southern Oregon. He was practically forced into accepting the nomination by his friends; but since he has entered the fight he is determined to win. In sending such a man to represent Jackson County the people will make no mistake. He is frank, open, genial, thoroughly honest, and once knowing he is right nothing will move him from his purpose. Taxpayers can feel safe when such men are in power. He was born in 1870. He came to this state as a boy with his parents. The family came to Jackson County by wagon from Roseburg. Mr. Olwell, Sr., was engaged in the milling business in Missouri and at Phoenix, and John was brought up in the trade of flour milling. Subsequently the family engaged in the fruit business. Some fourteen years ago they planted 160 acres of vacant land to orchard at Central Point, apples being the leading feature. This orchard has become noted as one of the finest apple orchards in the whole Pacific West, and is accepted as a model as to rare management and production of fine apples by horticulturists in Southern Oregon. The business is managed under the the name of Olwell Bros., of which John is the head. They are now the largest shippers of apples in Oregon. The name of Olwell Bros. is a guarantee to buyers of apples as to fine quality, for every box bears it in the extensive markets of the eastern states and in Great Britain, where their product is sold. Mr. Olwell from habit and training is painstaking and vigilant as to all details of his business. He received a liberal education in the schools of this county, and in San Francisco and Portland, is a young man of excellent understanding, and with a mind alert to all that comes before him. He is therefore without narrow prejudices, and would be open, liberal and competent in his treatment of all questions which would come before him as a legislator in the event of his election. The state educational institutions, with which he is familiar, would have a good friend in Mr. Olwell. He is one of the regents of the State Agricultural College, under appointment of Gov. Geer.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 29, 1902, page 4


    JOHN ORTH: lives in Jacksonville; is a butcher; was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 14, 1834; came to state 1857, and to county in 1859; was married March, 1862, to Ella Hill. Children Flora, Celia, Charles S. (deceased), Josephine, John S. (deceased), Annie, Henry and Ella.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    Another native son whose clean-cut career will tell largely in his favor when the votes are counted is John S. Orth, a native of Jacksonville, who, at the earnest solicitation of friends, consented to run for county clerk on the Democratic ticket. Not only is he genial and competent, but he has sterling business qualities, a firm character and a knowledge of human nature, all of which make him well fitted to fill the position.
    Mr. Orth was born October 9, 1872 and is therefore 29 years of age. His father, the late John Orth, was a butcher by trade, and one of the leading business men of Jacksonville. Upon his death John, then a mere boy, took charge of the business, and by careful management has continued to conduct it upon a good paying basis, and today is regarded as one of the solid and successful men of the county. He is a young man of correct social and business habits, of fine native ability, superior judgment, and as a good practical education, supplemented by a wide and critical knowledge of business. He has never sought office. Mr. Orth is a man of clean and sturdy character, which invites confidence. As county clerk he would be an efficient and pleasant official, and would early establish a kindly relation between himself and those having business at the county seat.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 29, 1902, page 1


    WILLIAM OWENS, of Jackson County, Ore., owns a farm of two hundred and eighty acres near Medford, which bespeaks the prosperity and thrift of the owner and is one of the best improved in the neighborhood. Born in Clay County, Mo., January 21, 1834, Mr. Owens continued to live there until he was eleven years old, accompanying his parents at that time to Des Moines, Iowa. When sixteen years old Mr. Owens accompanied his father to California, and soon after their arrival in that state the father fell a victim to the scurvy. The son followed prospecting and mining in that state for three years, but became discouraged and in 1853 turned his face homeward, making the journey on pack mules to his home in Iowa, where his mother and the remainder of the family still lived. For two years after his return home he was engaged in breaking prairie with ox teams and in other farm work, which occupied his attention until his marriage with Miss Sarah Harper, a native of Indiana. Soon after marriage the young people went to Kansas and engaged in farming pursuits near Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, and during their stay in that section the famous border war took place. In 1856 they moved to a farm near Lawrence, which Mr. Owens afterwards traded for three hundred and twenty acres in Jackson County, near Holton, whither he removed in the fall of 1864. The year following he sold this farm to advantage and determined to locate in the Far West, and purchased a three-hundred-and-twenty-acre farm near Harrisburg, in the Willamette Valley. Here for seventeen years he cultivated and improved his farm, and in connection with ranching pursuits he ran a sawmill, thus developing the natural resources of the country.
    Disposing of his interests in that county, Mr. Owens invested a part of his savings in stock and embarked in cattle raising in Crook County, but during the severe winter of 1884-85 nearly all of his stock perished. This caused him to leave that section and seek a more desirable location for a home in Jackson County. Locating upon the farm which is still his home, once more he turned his attention to stockraising and this time success has crowned his efforts. His fine ranch is located along Dry Creek.
    Upon first taking up his residence in Kansas Mr. Owens had considerable trouble with the Indians, who frequently annoyed the settlers and caused loss by their depredations. In making the trip overland across the plains in 1865 he was chosen captain of the party. In politics his views coincide with Republican principles, and although not an active politician he has served as judge of the election and in other minor offices. His busy life has excluded him from joining many fraternal orders, and he is a member of but one secret society, the Masons, which he joined in 1857.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 962


PAINE, William Herman, army, retired; b. Westford, Connecticut May 9, 1870; to Oregon 1921; U.S. Military Academy West Point 1894; Infantry & Cavalry School, Kansas, 1905; U.S. army staff college 1906; m. Ella Belle Vail June 1, 1897. U.S. army 1890-; Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines; Spanish War veteran; American Legion; association of graduates U.S. Military Academy. Republican. Presbyterian. Address: 56 N. Orange Street, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 171


PAINE, WILLIAM HERMAN
    Colonel, U.S. Army, retired
b. Westford, Conn., May 9, 1870: educ.. U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1894; Infantry & Cavalry School, Kansas, 1905; U.S. Army Staff College, 1906. Married Ella Belle Vail of New York City, June 1, 1897. Resident of Oregon since 1921. Served United States Army, 1890-1920. Active service, Puerto Rico, 1898; Cuba, 1899-1902; Philippines, 1906-07, 1916-17, 1918-20. Member, Spanish War Veterans; Assn. of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy; American Legion. Past District Comm. of Boy Scouts. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 56 North Orange St., Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, pages 422-423


PAINE, COL. William Herman
U.S. Army Officer, retired.
b. Westford, Connecticut, May 9, 1870; educated U.S. Military Academy, West Point 1894; Infantry and Cavalry School Kansas 1904; U.S. Army Staff College 1906; m. Ella Belle Vail of New York City June 1, 1897; resident of Oregon since 1921; served United States Army 1890-1920; active service Puerto Rico 1898; Cuba 1899-1902; Philippines 1906-07, 1916-17, 1918-20; member Spanish War Veterans; Association of Graduates of U.S. Military Academy, American Legion, former district commander, Boy Scouts of America; Republican; Presbyterian; home 56 North Orange, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 431


PAINE, COL. WILLIAM Herman
    U.S. Army Officer, Retired.
b Westford, Connecticut, May 9, 1870; educ, US Military Acad, West Point, 1894; Infantry and Cavalry School, Kansas, 1905; US Army Staff College, 1906; m Ella Belle Vail of New York City June 1, 1897 (dec'd); res of Oreg since 1921; served US Army, 1890-1920; active service, Puerto Rico, 1898; Cuba, 1899-1902; Philippines, 1906-07, 1916-17, 1918-20; member Spanish War Veterans; Assn of Graduates US Military Acad, former dist comnr, Boy Scouts; active in Red Cross work; Legionnaire; Republican; Presbyterian; home, 56 North Orange, Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 106


PALMER, Burton J., merchant; b. Cortland, Illinois October 8, 1869; to Oregon 1911; m. Esther C. Isaac June 8, 1892; children--Alice, Marion, Dorothy, Esther, Elinor. School director; M.W.A. Democrat. Methodist. Address: 211 N. Oakdale, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 171


    JAMES A. PANKEY: lives in Sams Valley; is a farmer; was born in Hickman County, Tenn.; came to state in 1853, and to county in 1859; was married March 1842, to Fannie Stricklin. Children Catherine (deceased), Sarah J., Martha L., Lydia (deceased), Thomas L., Mary A., Emily and Emma, twins, and Ross (deceased).
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    JAMES A. PANKEY has been a resident of Oregon for half a century, and all but the first six years of that time he has lived in Jackson County, where he now lives in peaceful retirement, enjoying the fruits of his past years of toil. He is the owner of a fine ranch seven miles northeast of Gold Hill, in the Sams Valley district, of which he originally purchased one hundred and sixty acres, adding to this until now his home place comprises four hundred and twenty acres. Although he still makes his home on this ranch Mr. Pankey leases out the land and derives a competence from the income and from some mountain lands which he also owns.
    But little is known concerning the ancestry of James A. Pankey save the fact that his parents resided in Hickman County, Tenn., where he himself was born June 22, 1822. While he was still a small child the family removed to what is now Saline County, and in 1848 located in Morgan County, Ill., and James A. there passed his youthful days and resided until reaching young manhood. However, this was not always to be his home, for, in 1853, believing that the Far West held opportunities for his betterment, he began the journey across the plains, with two wagons, nine yoke of oxen, seven cows and two mares, but, on various accounts, when he reached his destination, only nine head of oxen and three cows were left of his possessions, after a trip of six months.
    Upon taking up his abode in the Far West, a desirable location was found in Polk County, Ore., and farming pursuits occupied his attentions there, where he bought the right to a donation claim four miles from Dallas, engaging in his chosen vocation until 1859. In the fall of that year he sought a more southern home and settled permanently in Jackson County, making his first land purchase there the same year. We have already told of his landed interests, and his success in farm pursuits, and his present position of affluence testifies to his worth. Well known in his county, he is honored and esteemed not only by the Democrats, with whose principles his political views coincide, but by all who have the honor of his acquaintance. His patriotism to his country was shown by active service in quelling the Modoc Indians in the war of 1872. Mr. Pankey and his worthy wife, who was before marriage Miss Fannie Strickland, became the parents of ten children, three sons and seven daughters. Five of these are now living; Louisa, who married J. N. Smith; Thomas, who resides at Sams Valley post office; Louis, a stock dealer living on Sprague River; Mary Ann, who married James Fredenburg; and Emily, who lives at home.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 833-834


    CHARLES C. PARKER: lives on Kanes Creek; is a farmer and lumberman; post office Willow Springs; was born in Marion County, Oregon; came to county in August 1854; was married October 13, 1880, to Mrs. Mary M. Marshall. Children Charles S. and Delbert H.; children by first marriage, Joseph E. and Hartie Bell.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    WM. H. PARKER: lives at Brownsboro; is a school teacher; was born in Knox County, Ill., in 1845; came to state in 1852; to county in 1854; was married August 11, 1867, to Fannie Jones. Children Jennie, Iva M., George, Day, Otis, Joseph Watt.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    JACOB PARKS: lives near Sterling Creek; proprietor of saw mill; post office address, Jacksonville; was born in Poweshiek County, Iowa; came to state in 1875, to county in 1880; was married in 1871 to Lizzie Waters. Children Edna M., Mattie A., Ethel V., Ella A. and Hollis I.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    J. S. PARSON: lives in Ashland; is a physician and surgeon; was born in Lycoming County, Pa., in 1850; came to state and county in 1881; was married October 11, 1882, to Olive Belle Drake.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    JOHN S. PARSON, M.D. The family represented by Dr. Parson, of Ashland, is of English lineage, but has long been identified with our own country. One of the honored members of the family, Rev. George Parson, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., and upon the completion of the regular collegiate course entered the Gettysburg Theological Seminary, an institution conducted under the auspices of the Lutheran denomination. After completing the course he was ordained to the Lutheran ministry. Thereafter his life was devoted to the preaching of the gospel, his field of labor lying in the central part of Pennsylvania. When the infirmities of advancing years rendered continuance in the ministry inadvisable he retired from the profession, but not until his death (which occurred at seventy-nine years) did his interest in the work cease. As his earliest ambitions had been toward ministerial work, so his latest thoughts were fixed upon the advancement of Christianity. His wife, Emma, was born in Lycoming County, Pa., and now makes her home at Sunbury, that state. She was a daughter of Benjamin Bear, a native Pennsylvanian, of German descent, and by occupation a farmer.
    In the family of Rev. George Parson there are four sons and two daughters, all now living. One of the sons, Rev. W. E. Parson, D.D., of Washington, D.C., pastor and builder of the Church of the Reformation, was at one time professor of mathematics in the Imperial College of Tokyo, and also enjoyed the distinction of making a tour of the world with Prince Kido of Japan. Dr. John S. Parson, who was third among the six children, was born in Muncy, Lycoming County, Pa., May 25, 1850, and spent the years of boyhood in his native town. He was sent to Milton High School and Hanover Academy and spent one year in Pennsylvania College. The study of medicine he prosecuted in Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1873 with the degree of M.D. During his stay in Philadelphia he had the advantages offered by St. Mary's Hospital.
    After engaging in general practice in Pennsylvania for a short time and later holding the position of surgeon for the Indiana Block Coal Company near Covington, Ind., in 1880 Dr. Parson came to Oregon and settled at Ashland, where he now conducts a general practice in medicine and surgery and also holds the position of district surgeon for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Actively associated with organizations connected with his profession, he was at one time honored with the presidency of the Southern Oregon Medical Association, and is also identified with the State Medical Society and American Medical Association. The only local office which he has thus far consented to hold is that of city health officer. Intensely devoted to his profession, he justly deserves the high standing he has gained as a practitioner, for he has been a constant student of the science of materia medica, a thoughtful reader of medical journals and an earnest advocate of modern methods of acknowledged value. In politics he is a firm Republican and in religion, though not a member of any denomination, is a contributor to the Presbyterian Church, with which his wife is connected. After coming to Ashland he married Miss Belle Drake, who was born in Jackson County, this state, and they have one son, George Frederick.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 525


    The president of the Northwestern Fruit Exchange of Portland, Oregon, Reginald Hascall Parsons, was born October 3, 1873, in Flushing, New York. In 1880 his family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
    Mr. Parsons received his education in private schools in the East and the University of California.
    While living in Colorado Springs Mr. Parsons became interested in gold mining in the Cripple Creek district, which afforded an opportunity for a wide business experience. Subsequent to his residence in Colorado Mr. Parsons engaged in the manufacturing business with Bemis Brothers Bag Company at St. Louis. From St. Louis he went to San Francisco in the interest of the same company, and in 1904 removed to Seattle to establish a branch factory for the company. Mr. Parsons continued in the general management of the Seattle branch for several years, but the lure of the land was always strong in his veins, his ancestors for several generations having been engaged directly and indirectly in horticulture. It was natural, therefore, that this life should appeal to him, and he was particularly attracted to the Rogue River Valley, in Southern Oregon. He became the principal owner of one of the largest and finest orchards in America-- the Hillcrest Orchard Company, at Medford, Oregon.
    The Hillcrest Orchard, valued at between $400,000 and $500,000, is one of the most famous in all the world, and its brands are in eager request in all of the principal consuming centers, being particularly well known in New York and London. The Hillcrest Orchard brand of Comice pears holds the world's record in price for car lots. A car of this brand was sold in London two years ago at an average of $10.08 per box. This season a car of the same brand averaged $10 per box. The Hillcrest Orchard comprises two hundred acres, of which one hundred and ninety-two acres are in trees and one hundred and fifty-eight acres in bearing. There are one hundred and five acres of pears, including Bartletts, d'Anjous, Howells, Boscs, Winter Nelis and Comice, and the balance--eighty-seven acres--are in apples, the principal variety being Yellow Newtowns, and the balance Spitzenbergs and other red varieties. There are about 11,000 trees in this wonderful orchard, which is in the highest state of scientific cultivation. In Mr. Parsons' office at Hillcrest are found every modern feature of orchard record and accounting. There are maps of various kinds, some showing land contour, water and air drainage, etc., and others showing the location and variety of every tree of the eleven thousand. Mr. Parsons is working on a pathological record by which he will be able to trace the history of every tree in the orchard and keep a record of its bearing from year to year. The Hillcrest Orchard has every modern mechanical appliance. Packing houses, fire system and barns were built on the most modern lines.
    Mr. Parsons says modern orchardry is practically manufacturing, and his business is conducted accordingly. It is his ambition to have the Hillcrest Orchard pass, undivided, to his children and his children's children. He is not a land promoter or real estate operator in any sense of the word, but a fruit grower first and last.
    It became apparent to him very soon after becoming interested in fruit growing that the weakest side of the industry from the growers' standpoint was the assembling and marketing of the fruit. Realizing the difficulties of the individual grower, no matter how large a producer he may be, in meeting the demands of the increasing supply of deciduous fruit produced in the Northwest, he became instrumental in the formation of the Rogue River Fruit and Produce Association at Medford. This step having been successfully taken, it became further apparent that without a consolidation of the common interests of the entire Northwest in some strong, practical central selling agency, it would be impossible to conduct the marketing of the fruit in a scientific and thorough manner. The elimination of wasteful competition was the main thing to be brought about, from the growing of the fruit to the final consumption of it. During the latter part of July, 1910, the Northwestern Fruit Exchange was organized, with Mr. Parsons as president and other prominent and public-spirited fruit growers, representing other important producing districts in the Northwest, as officers and directors. The Exchange has met with phenomenal success, having been carefully organized and conducted with the view of effecting a wide distribution of the fruit, which would permit the avoidance of the crowded centers and thereby enable better prices to be obtained. About seven hundred cars were put at the disposal of the Exchange during its first season by various fruit growers' associations, with results which have been universally gratifying to the growers. Mr. Parsons has cast his lot with the fruit growers and producers of the Northwest and is doing his best to aid in solving the problems connected with the industry. He has given a great deal of time to the direction of the Exchange, and its success is largely due to his public-spirited work.
    In all of his previous business experience Mr. Parsons has shown his wide public spirit. He is a member of the Municipal League and Chamber of Commerce of Seattle and director in the Title Trust Company of that city. Before leaving Seattle for Medford he was chairman of the "City Beautiful" and a member of various municipal committees engaged in solving some of the more important municipal problems.
Better Fruit, May 1911, page 73


    JOSHUA PATTERSON was born in Eaton County, Michigan, December 2, 1857. His parents took him to Iowa when quite young, and from Belfountain they crossed the plains to Oregon in 1862, being five months and five days making the journey to Ashland. The family first settled on the Holton ranch, where they resided about one year, then took up a residence on a farm five miles north of Ashland, where the father lived up to the time of his death. The subject of this sketch went to California in the fall of 1872 and engaged in farming and running a threshing machine for about nine years. He there made the acquaintance and married Ella Jane Fewel on the 18th of September, 1881. They came to Oregon that fall and settled on the old homestead where he has since lived. His children are Myrtle, born July 4, 1882, and Henry Clay, born Nov. 12, 1883.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, pages 536-537


    JOSHUA PATTERSON. The foundation of the present ample competence of Joshua Patterson was laid in patient toil and unusual perseverance, for this honored farmer of Jackson County had practically no resources when he first began to earn his living in 1873. At that time he was sixteen years old, having come to the West with his parents in 1862, from Eaton County, Mich., where he was born December 2, 1857. Choosing Sonoma County, Cal., as his home, he worked on a farm for a year, ran in debt for a threshing machine, which he paid for on time, and conducted with fair returns for a couple of years. Disposing of this machine he purchased a $5,000 threshing outfit, operated it for a year, and the following year purchased one costing $6,000. During 1876 and 1877 he farmed on the plains of Yolo County, and altogether made considerable headway in acquiring the fortune of which he had thought so much, and for which he had planned so wisely.
    In 1882 Mr. Patterson renounced his bachelor state and married Ella J. Fewel, in Sonoma County, soon afterward returning to Jackson County, where he purchased the ranch upon which his parents had settled in 1862, and where he has since made his home. He now owns two hundred and thirty-eight acres in the home place, one and a half miles east of Talent, besides another ranch in the vicinity consisting of two hundred and forty acres. He also owns forty acres of timber land. Repeating his former threshing success, he has owned and operated machines in this county continuously from 1882 until 1900, and his experience in the line is probably as varied and lengthy as that of any other man in the West. His patronage from the largest and most prosperous farmers in this state and California has enabled him to gain an accurate idea of the grain and general produce resources of the West, and it is needless to say that he thinks this part of the country a Mecca for the deserving and ambitious young man. In platting his land Mr. Patterson has thought of the pleasures as well as the profit of existence, and his gardens and orchard are intended primarily to contribute to the comfort and convenience of his immediate family. He had one hundred and thirty-five acres set out in apples, including the three leading varieties of winter apples--the Spitzenberg, Yellow Newtons and Jonathans. He raises high-grade stock, grain, alfalfa, and garden produce, and runs his farm along modern and scientific lines. Mr. Patterson is a Republican in politics, and in addition to other local offices, he was elected county commissioner in 1901. He finds diversion in two of the foremost fraternal organizations of the country, viz., Ashland Lodge No. 45, I.O.O.F., and Phoenix Lodge No. 107, A.O.U.W. Mr. Patterson is highly respected by his fellow agriculturists of Jackson County, and wherever he has lived his earnest and industrious and highly moral life has commanded both approval and admiration.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 214


    SYLVESTER PATTERSON. Prominent among the solid, alert and progressive citizens of Ashland is Sylvester Patterson, a prosperous orchardist, and one of the foremost business men of the city. For many years he was conspicuously identified with the promotion and advancement of the agricultural prosperity of Jackson County as one of its most skillful and thoroughgoing farmers. Ever ready to lessen the labors connected with farming, and to add to the profits of his work, he took advantage of the most approved modern machinery and appliances, keeping abreast of the times in regard to inventions, and has the distinction of having introduced the first derrick wagon for elevating headed grain from the stack to the thresher, and subsequently of being the first to bring a combined harvester and thresher into Southern Oregon. This harvester was run by twenty-two horses, and was of great assistance to the men in the harvest field. A native of Michigan, he was born near the town of Charlotte, January 14, 1856. Further parental and ancestral history may be found on another page of this volume, in connection with the sketch of William Patterson, a brother of Mr. Patterson.
    Coming across the plains with his parents when a lad of six years, in 1862, Sylvester Patterson remembers but little of the dreary journey which consumed about six months. Brought up on the home farm, he attended the Wagner Creek school when it was in session, obtaining a practical knowledge of the three Rs. In 1872 his father, while on a visit east, died suddenly. Mr. Patterson, then a youth of sixteen years, started in life for himself. With his brother Lair he took charge of the homestead, conducting it for his mother for five years. In 1877, forming a partnership with his brother Joshua he purchased the parental homestead of five hundred acres, and continued his agricultural labors there for two years. Selling his interest in the estate in 1879, Mr. Patterson bought the Frank Meyer farm of one hundred and sixty acres, lying three and one-half miles north of Ashland. He subsequently purchased adjoining land, increasing the size of his ranch to five hundred and twenty acres, and was extensively and profitably engaged in grain and stock-raising for several years, being one of the most enterprising and thrifty farmers of the county. Since 1886 he has rented his farm, and resided in Ashland. Buying eight acres of land in Ashland, he set out an orchard of peach trees and apple trees, and has since carried on a large and remunerative business as a fruit grower, his trees being in a fine bearing condition, and bringing him in a good annual income. In 1894 Mr. Patterson was nominated for sheriff, and, although not a regular candidate, was elected to the office, and served from July, 1894, until July, 1896, when he declined a renomination to the position.
    In Phoenix, Jackson County, Mr. Patterson married Sarah E. Payne, who was born in Linn County, Ore., where her father, C. T. Payne, now living retired in Ashland, was a pioneer settler. Three children have been born of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, namely: Rosa, Lillie and Dexter. Politically Mr. Patterson is a staunch Republican, and has served one term as councilman. Fraternally he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member and past chancellor of Ashland Lodge, K.P. Mrs. Patterson is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which she is an active worker.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 959-960


PATTERSON, Sylvester, farmer; b. Eton County, Michigan January 14, 1856; to Oregon 1862; m. Sarah E. Payne April 29, 1877; children--Rose, Lillian, Dexter. Vice president Citizens Bank, Ashland; Sheriff Jackson County 1894-96; city council; I.O.O.F.; K. of P.; B.P.O.E. Republican. Address: 639 N. Main, Ashland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 173


    WILLIAM PATTERSON. The present superintendent of the Ashland Water Works assumed his responsibility in 1900, and has since had ample opportunity to demonstrate his managerial and general ability. Under his control the works have been enlarged, new machinery placed, and at present there is no more modern or satisfactory water supply in this part of the state. The water is brought from Ashland Creek and is conveyed through large steel pipes, every effort being made to insure pure and clean water as well as a sufficiently large supply. Mr. Patterson is a pioneer of 1862, and previous to assuming his present position was well known as a carpenter and builder, lumberman and miner. He was born near LaFayette, Ashland County, Ohio, May 10, 1845, a son of Joshua and Catherine Patterson, natives of Dauphin County, Pa. Joshua Patterson removed at an early day to Ohio, living first in Ashland, but later near Charlotte, Eaton County, afterward removing to near Knoxville, Monon County. In all of these places he was a pioneer settler, and cleared farms from almost primeval wilderness. In 1862 he brought his wife and eight children to Oregon, buying a farm near Talent, and engaged in farming and stock-raising for the balance of his active life. He died while on a visit to his old home in Ashland County, Ohio, his wife also dying in the same state. The children, in order of birth, are: John, of Riverside County, Cal.; Elizabeth, the wife of James Thornton, of Ashland; William; George, of San Francisco; Joseph, of Portland; Lair, living in San Diego County, Cal.; Sylvester, a resident of Ashland, and ex-sheriff of Jackson County; Joshua, a farmer near Talent and county commissioner; Frederick, living in Mariposa County, Cal.; B. F., a resident of San Diego County, Cal.; and Belle, Mrs. Morris, of Mariposa County, Cal.
    William Patterson was educated in the public schools, and in 1854 went to Michigan, removing to Iowa in 1859. In the latter state he heard much about the West, and determined to cast his fortunes with its growing prosperity. Leaving Iowa in May, 1861, he came by way of Lander's Cut Off on the Snake River, then down to Humboldt and through the Shasta Valley to the Rogue River and Talent. Here he remained on his father's farm until 1866, in the meantime supplementing his rather meager education by a course at the nearby public school. In 1866 he began sawmilling on his own responsibility, erecting a mill on Wagner Creek, and later conducting a similar enterprise on Big Butte Creek. Subsequently he removed to the north Umpqua River in Douglas County and ran a mill for a couple of years, then sold out and came to Ashland, where he followed the carpenter's and builder's trade for many years. He also became interested in mining in Siskiyou County, Cal., giving up these combined interests to become superintendent of the Ashland Water Works in 1900.
    One of the pleasantest residences in Ashland is that built and now occupied by Mr. Patterson. This home is presided over by his wife, a native of Canada, whose maiden name was Annie E. Clift. Six children have been born into the family, of whom Elsie M., Maude E. and Minnie Blanche are graduates of the high school, and Jessie, Harold and Margaret are prospective graduates of the same institution. Mr. Patterson is a staunch adherent of Republicanism, and in religion is a Presbyterian. Fraternally he is a popular member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of which he is past noble workman, and the Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor. He is a progressive and highly honored citizen, lending his influence to all efforts for the betterment of the community which he is faithfully serving.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 960-961


PATTON, Hamilton, financier; b. Chicago, Illinois October 21, 1891; to Oregon 1914; Amherst 1913; m. Edith Platt Warner October 15, 1914; children--Dons Warner, Helen, Hamilton Jr., William Weston. Chi Phi; B.P.O.E.; Rotary; University Club. Republican. Protestant. Address: 10 Jackson County Bank Building; home: 1211 West Main Street, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 173


Was born in Carrollton, Ohio, March 19, 1829, and in 1838 moved with his parents to Findlay, Ohio. He attended school at Martensburg Academy and the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, read law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. He started for Oregon overland in 1851, and settled in Yamhill County, where he remained a few months and moved to Salem in December of the same year. In the spring of 1853 he went to Jackson County and was shortly afterwards elected County Judge, which position he resigned in 1854. During the Indian war of 1853 he served as orderly sergeant in Company A, commanded by Captain John F. Miller. He returned to Salem, and on August 3, 1854, was married to Miss Fannie Cooke, only daughter of Hon. E. N. Cooke, afterwards State Treasurer. He served as Chief Clerk of the House in 1860 and was appointed Chief Clerk in the office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs in 1861 under W. H. Rector, Esq. He was for several years secretary of the People's Transportation Company, and was again elected Chief Clerk of the House in 1866. In 1872 he was elected a member of the House from Marion County, and on the 26th of March, 1876, he was appointed Appraiser of Merchandise for District of Willamette, which position he still holds. He was elected Grand Master of Masons in 1872 and was re-elected in 1873. Mr. Patton is a gentleman of about medium height, spare built, with sharp-pointed features, eyes set back well into his head, with full beard and hair of a dark brown color. He is a good business man, cautious in his investments and therefore more or less successful in his business enterprises. He owns considerable real estate in Salem and is considered comfortably well-fixed in worldly matters. His family consists of three children, two sons and one daughter, the latter married to John D. McCully, Esq., of Joseph, Union County. Politically speaking, Mr. Patton is a Republican, and his religious tendencies are cast with the Congregational Church.
Frank E. Hodgkin and J. J. Galvin, Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon, 1882, page 103


    THOMAS McF. PATTON: an early resident of Jackson County, but now a member of the legal profession in Salem, Oregon; is a native of Carrelton, Ohio, and at an early age began the study of the law; a short time after his admission to the bar, he started for the Pacific Coast, selecting Oregon for his future home, arriving within its borders in the fall of 1851; in 1853 Mr. Patton located in Jacksonville and in that year was elected to the office of county judge, he being the first to fill that position in Jackson County; two years later, on the expiration of his term of office, he removed to Salem where he has since resided. Mr. Patton was united in marriage in 1854 to Miss Francis M. Cook.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 521


    PATTON, HON. THOMAS McF., deceased, was born in Carrollton, Ohio, March 19, 1829. He was admitted to the bar in 1850, and came to Oregon in 1851. With the exception of a short time in Jackson County where he was County Judge, he lived many years in Salem. In 1860 and 1866 he was chief clerk in the house of representatives of this state. In 1872 he was elected to the legislature, and from 1876 to 1884 was United States Appraiser, when he was appointed United States Consul to Japan. Upon his return he engaged in business in Salem till his death, a few years ago.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 259


HONORABLE THOMAS McF. PATTON, a representative pioneer of Oregon and one of Salem's prominent business men, is a native of Ohio and was born in Carrollton, Carroll County, that state, on March 19, 1829. His father, David Patton, one of Ohio's pioneer settlers, married Margaret McFadden, a native of Middletown, Pennsylvania. They have nine children, a son and eight daughters. The son, the subject of this sketch, and one daughter, are now the only surviving members of the family. He was the oldest child and was educated at Martensburg Academy and at the Ohio Wesleyan University. He read law with Judge James M. Coffenbury of Cleveland, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1850, and the following March started for Oregon, making the trip overland in company with Mr. Edwin N. Cook and Mr. Hiram Smith. Mr. Patton with another young man left the train and walked to Portland, where he at once engaged in such work as he could get to do. His first job, he remembers, was cleaning out a well, for which he received $18, nearly as much as he was paid for a month's teaching in Ohio. He then thought he would dress up, and paid $14 for a pair of corduroy pants. He then paid $1 to have his hair cut and the alkali cleaned out of it, so that he soon parted with his first earnings. He then went to Yamhill County, where he was employed as clerk in a store at Dayton at $50 a month. He had been there but a month when the proprietors sold out. He had boarded at a hotel and slept on the counter in the store. When he asked for his board bill, he was told that it was $64. He gave the man his $50, and said "That is what they paid me for my work while I was boarding out, and it is all I have in the world." He then went to the river and found a boat coming to Salem. He told the captain that he had no money, but the captain took him on board, made him his guest and landed him at Salem. It was then about the middle of November, 1851. He first got a job to saw wood. He then hung out his shingle and began the practice of his profession, but the clients came in slowly, so he did a little of everything he could get to do. In the spring of 1853 he started for Rogue River and commenced to practice there and grew up with the country. After being there a week he was elected county judge of the new county of Jackson. After serving in this capacity for a year he was nominated for the Legislature. He resigned his judgeship, made his canvass and was beaten by sixty-five votes. He was on the Territorial ticket, and the Democrats prevailed, and through a legal technicality it was found that he was still the legal judge. He held two sessions of court and then resigned a second time. He returned to Salem and later went into the Office of Indian Affairs, and received the appointment of chief clerk. In this capacity he served for two years under the administration of President Lincoln. He later helped to organize the People's Transportation Company, of which he was secretary for two years. They built fourteen or fifteen steamboats and were very successful. They sold out to Benjamin Holladay when that gentleman began the building of the Oregon & California Railroad. In 1872 Mr. Patton was elected to the Legislature on the Republican ticket, and through his efforts the money was voted to build the statehouse at Salem, and it was also his privilege, as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Oregon, to lay the cornerstone of the edifice, and used a silver trowel for the purpose which was afterward presented to him, and which he still cherishes among his most precious possessions. On the 26th of March, 1876, he received the appointment of Appraiser of Merchandise for the district of Willamette, in which capacity he served for seven years. After this, May 20, 1884, he was appointed United States Consul to Kobe, Japan, where he remained two years, one year under President Arthur's administration, and one under that of Cleveland. During the Indian war of 1853 he served the country as Orderly Sergeant in Company A, Captain J. F. Miller. He served as chief clerk in the Legislature of 1860. After his services in Japan he returned to Salem and purchased the book and stationery business in which he has since been engaged. He has a fine store, which he built, owns a large stock, and does a good business.
    Mr. Patton was married August 3, 1854, to Miss Frances M. Cooke, only daughter of Hon. E. N. Cooke, who afterward became State Treasurer, and who came to Oregon in the same company with Mr. Patton. Mr. and Mrs. Patton have had five children, three sons and two daughters, all born in Salem: Lillian E. married Mr. John D. McCully; Flora C. died when three years of age; Edwin C. and Hal D. are with their father in the store and are efficient and capable young business men. A little son, Roy V., died when eight years of age, and in 1886, after thirty-two years of happy married life, Mrs. Patton also died.
    Mr. Patton has an enviable record as a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was made a Mason on June 24, 1852, in Salem Lodge, No. 4. In 1853 he was one of the organizers of Warren Lodge, No. 10, and was appointed its Master, under dispensation. He secured its charter and was afterward elected Master. He has served two terms as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the state. He was appointed Grand Treasurer to fill a vacancy, and has served three years as Deputy Grand Master, and was the elected Grand Master, and as such laid the corner-stone of the state capitol, on the 8th of October, 1873. He has taken all the degrees, including the thirty-second, and by virtue of his office is a life member of the Grand Lodge. He represented the Grand Chapter, R.A.M. of Oregon, in General Grand Chapter at Detroit, Denver and Washington City, and Grand Encampment of Knights Templars at Chicago in 1880; San Francisco, 1883; St. Louis, 1886 and Washington City, 1889, and Denver, 1892.
    At his home in the city of Salem he takes an interest in the moral and religious affairs of the place, and has been connected with the Congregational Church for many years. He is a deacon in the church, and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty-one years, continuously, except for the two years when absent in Japan.
    On the 10th of January, 1889, Mr. Patton married his present wife. She is a native of New York and is the daughter of James J. Buss, a native of England. She was the widow of Mr. Joseph Holman, who came to Oregon in 1840, and who was one of the most worthy pioneers of the state. His son by his first wife was the first male white child born in Marion County. Mr. Holman was a linseed oil manufacturer and a prominent merchant of Salem and figured prominently in the earliest settlement of Marion County. Mrs. Patton is a refined and intelligent lady. She has been the second wife of two of the worthy men of the state. She takes a deep interest in the city of Salem and in the prosperity of the state. They own a beautiful home, appropriate surroundings for persons of their worth and culture, which is often thrown open for the entertainment of their host of admiring acquaintances and friends.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, pages 552-554


    WILLIAM PATTON: lives near Talent; is a farmer; came to state in 1873, and to county in 1874; was born in Vermilion County, Ill., 1827; married June 13, 1852, to Marena A. Parham, born Decembers 8, 1834. Children Mary F., Georgetta C., Annie B., Emma E., Willie S., Laura M., Alpha C. and Nathan F.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    C. T. PAYNE.--Among the early settlers of Oregon is the subject of this sketch, and a view of his residence is one of the illustrations in this history. He was born in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri, on the 15th of December, 1831. Here he grew to manhood and married Elizabeth McCollum, April 15, 1852. She was born in Chariton County, Missouri, October 21, 1834. They emigrated to Oregon with ox teams in 1852, via overland route, and arrived in Linn County, where they settled August 10th of that year. Here he maintained a permanent residence until coming to Jackson County in June 1868, and the following February settled on his present ranch. John, James M., David, Sarah E., Martha J., Minnie May, Stacy, Champ T., Taylor, Mandy Lee and Richard F. are the names of their children.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 537


    EMIL PEIL has the distinction of being an expert mechanic, and for many years has successfully followed his trade as a blacksmith in various localities. Since 1893 he has been a citizen of Ashland, where he now has one of the finest and best equipped wagon, buggy and implement stores in the city. Mr. Peil began dealing in agricultural implements in 1900 and recently built a fine three-story store building, 60x70 feet, to accommodate his increasing trade. He deals in all kinds of farm implements and carries the largest and most complete stock of its kind in Ashland. He makes a specialty of handling Benicia Hancock disc plows, Canton plows, Buckeye & Hodges harvesters and mowers, Bain wagons and Racine buggies.
    Emil Peil was born October 6, 1858, in Linkoping, Sweden, a son of Carl and Ulla (Carlson) Peil, who never left their native land, Sweden. The beloved mother died at the age of forty-eight years, and the father's death occurred in 1900, he being then in his eighty-fourth year. He served in the Swedish army and after returning to civil life took up the occupation of a farmer for a livelihood. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Peil. Three of these are living, all being residents of America. They are Frank, of Medford, Ore.; Emil, and August, a farmer in Idaho. Emil was reared to farm life in his native land and in 1873 he came to America, where his brothers were already located. He joined them at Calumet, Mich., and attended school there seven months, also taking a course in a night school. Subsequently he became apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade, and for eight years he worked at his trade in that locality. In 1881 he went to Denver and did similar work in the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad shops for a couple of years. While there he was a diligent student at St. John's Hall night school, from which he derived great benefit. In 1883 he went to Salt Lake City and entered the railroad shops of the same road there, but remained only four months, afterward proceeding to Oregon. His first work in this state was in Medford, where he established a blacksmith shop, which was also the first building to be erected in that place. He conducted this shop until the following spring, and then purchased a ranch on Antelope Creek, and like nine out of every ten who went to that section, he engaged in stock-raising. He still owns this ranch and has added to his original purchase until he now has five hundred and thirty-seven acres in one tract. He followed ranching for three years and in 1887 re-engaged at his trade as blacksmith during the building of the big tunnel through the Siskiyou Mountains on the Southern Pacific Railroad. When that difficult piece of engineering was successfully accomplished Mr. Peil accepted a position with the company and for two years worked in their shops at Sacramento.
    Leaving Oregon, Mr. Peil secured a lucrative position in the shipyard at Seattle, Wash., and worked there until the spring of 1892, then he went to Douglas Island, Alaska, in the interest of the Treadwell Mining Company. He made a second trip to that section for the same company the following year, but before its close he returned to Oregon, locating in Ashland, again taking up his favorite occupation. In the spring of 1894 he opened a shop near the depot, but the following year rented a shop opposite the Hotel Oregon. Two years later he bought the Matison blacksmith shop and devoted his entire time to the wagon and implement business. Since then Mr. Peil has given the latter business his undivided attention and his patronage is steadily on the increase. As a businessman he is shrewd and methodical and has few equals among his countrymen. While a resident of Michigan, he united with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and now affiliates with the local lodge, of which he is a past noble grand. He also belongs to the Rebekah Lodge, Woodmen of the World, and is a valued member of the Board of Trade in Ashland. In his political convictions he is ever on the side of the Republicans, and both his vote and influence are used in advancing the cause of that party.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 224


    ENOCH PELTON: died in Sams Valley; was a farmer; was born near Little Rock, Ark.; came to state and county in 1853; married Mary S. Rowe. in 1857. Children Horace I., James W. and John E.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    HORACE PELTON. Many of the most successful agriculturists of Jackson County, Ore., are her native sons, men who were born and reared within her friendly boundaries, and who have made there their permanent homes. These men know the land and are more capable of making a success of cultivating it than those who, although expert farmers, are comparative strangers in the West. We name Horace Pelton as belonging to the former class and as one who deserves credit for the progressive spirit which he manifests in carrying on his farm pursuits.
    In the early '50s there came to Oregon a man named E. C. Pelton, a native of Little Rock, Ark., who had traveled across the great plains in search of a good western location. Attracted by the stock and farming possibilities of Jackson County, he settled therein and purchased a farm in Sams Valley, where he resided continuously up to the time of his death with the exception of two years spent in Idaho running a pack train to and from the mines. A thorough American, he displayed his patriotism by active service in the Rogue River Indian War. He left this life September, 1865, leaving his wife and three sons, all of whom were natives of Oregon. His wife was before marriage Miss Mary Stewart Rowe, a native of Missouri, who crossed the plains in 1850, but did not come to the Rogue River Valley until seven years later. Horace is the eldest son, and his two brothers, James W. and John, are both stockmen, the former at Fort Klamath and the latter at Ashland. The widowed mother survived her husband until December 28, 1901, when she too passed away.
    Horace Pelton was born in Jackson County, September 1, 1858. Choosing farming as his life work, he studied to that end, and after leaving the common school in 1877 he entered the State Agricultural College at Corvallis, Ore., taking a course of about three years. Feeling equipped for a successful career, in 1880 he began to apply his knowledge as a farmer and stockman on the home ranch. Situated five miles north of Gold Hill in Sams Valley, this ranch comprises four hundred acres of excellent land and has been improved wonderfully by Mr. Pelton. Devoting his time especially to general farming, Mr. Pelton also is a co-partner with his brother James in a fine sixteen-hundred-acre ranch at Fort Klamath, and of this place the latter gentleman acts as manager. In connection with this ranch Mr. Pelton also conducts a dairy.
    Making such a success of his vocation, Horace Pelton is justly considered a representative citizen of Jackson County, and, being still a young man, he will undoubtedly make a fine record. He and his brother James are directors in the Medford Bank, and both are Masons, being valued members of the Jacksonville lodge. The Democratic Party claims him as their staunch supporter, but he cannot be termed an active politician.
    On January 5, 1902, Mr. Pelton was united in marriage with Miss Meta Morine, of Jackson County. Her father, Frank Morine, is a stock-raiser and farmer of Klamath County, Ore.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 843


    JASPER C. PENDLETON. The success which has come to Jasper C. Pendleton, of Table Rock, Jackson County, has been the result entirely of his own efforts. Being forced to rely upon his own exertions, at sixteen years of age he gave the strength of a practical and progressive nature toward the upbuilding of that fortune which is every man's right though not every man's possession, and has accomplished much in a comparatively brief time. Since 1893 he has been engaged in general farming upon the ranch of one hundred and sixty acres, which he purchased in that year, becoming well and favorably known throughout Jackson County, the esteem of the people being manifested by his election in 1898 as county assessor and his re-election in 1900 to the same office.
    The birth of Mr. Pendleton occurred in Winterset, Iowa, April 13, 1859, and that location remained his home until 1870, when his parents crossed the plains to Dixon, Cal. A short time afterward they removed to the Pit River country, or what is known as the Big Valley, being one of the first families to locate there. They took up government land and engaged extensively in stock-raising, but met with serious losses during the hard winter of 1874, immediately thereafter locating in Reno, Nev. Just about this time Mr. Pendleton, then a boy of sixteen years, found it necessary to seek his own livelihood, which he did by engaging in freighting from Reno to Virginia City and other points, continuing for five years, when he entered commercial activity as a traveling salesman. For thirteen years thereafter he was so employed, traveling throughout the Pacific coast states in the interests of a hardware business and ably demonstrating his ability to take a leading part in the commercial world. However, becoming interested in the agricultural possibilities of the Northwest, he came to Oregon in 1893 and purchased the ranch whereon he now makes his home, and has since proven the benefit of the practical training and business methods which has enabled him to make a success of his work in whatever line he chose to follow.
    Mr. Pendleton was united in marriage in 1885 with Miss Maude M. Hall, of Oakland, Cal., a stepdaughter of W. J. Frierson, a pioneer of California, and they have one son, Verne H., who is now fifteen years old. In 1879 Mrs. Pendleton was graduated from the Sacramento Seminary and thereafter engaged in teaching for a number of years. In his political convictions Mr. Pendleton is a Republican and has always been active in the promotion of the principles which he endorses. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order of Medford.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 842-843


    DAVID PENINGER: lives near Willow Springs; is a farmer; was born in Lewis County, Virginia; came to state and county in 1852; was married March 1869, to Louisa Cox. Children John and Charles, twins, George (deceased), Fred and Hattie.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    WILLIAM H. PENINGER. A large number of the men now prominent in the development of the resources of Oregon are native-born sons of the state, and such a distinction belongs to Mr. Peninger, who was born February 13, 1856, in the county of Jackson, where he still makes his home. He is a member of an honored pioneer family. His father, John Peninger, was born in Hampshire County, Va., the son of a family of farmers early established in the Old Dominion. In his native county, in 1836, he married Mary Smith, who was born there January 7, 1816. Six years after marriage they removed to Iowa and settled on a raw tract of land, the development of which engaged their attention for some years. During 1852 they started across the plains with ox teams. It was a time of peril. Whole trains of emigrants had been murdered by the Modoc Indians in that year. Pioneers truly carried their lives in their hands in attempting the long and toilsome journey across plains and deserts. Yet they escaped with no further trouble than the theft of some horses by the savages. However, the journey was marked by a great sorrow in the death of one of their little children.
    After six months the family arrived in Jackson County, Ore., where Mr. Peninger took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres, occupying the present site of Tolo, ten miles north of Medford. During the Indian troubles of 1853 all of their property was burned. Later a military reservation was established and a fort built on his land, which was known as Fort Lane. At the same time he established a trading post on his place and this he conducted until his death, in the fall of 1855. On account of an error in the office at Washington, proofs of his claim were overlooked, so, in 1857, his widow bought a ranch of three hundred and twenty acres, known as the Walter Davis and Ben Drew donation claims, situated nine miles north of Medford. The first improvements of any value on this place were made under her direction. In June of 1863 she became the wife of Daniel Fisher, who had crossed the plains to California in 1849, came to Oregon two years later, and served as an unenlisted soldier in the Indian wars of 1853-55-56. Their union was a happy one and death did not long part them, for Mrs. Fisher died June 5, 1898, and Mr. Fisher on the 4th of July of the following year. After the death of Mrs. Fisher a committee consisting of Mrs. J. M. McCully, Mrs. R. M. McDonough and Mrs. W. J. Plymale prepared a memorial in behalf of the Oregon pioneers, testifying to her beautiful character and self-sacrificing life. From it we quote as follows: "During her lifetime she followed to the grave nine of her ten children; the saddest of all must have been the little grave she left unmarked on the plains, and only those who have lost children can realize what that implies. Well do we all remember the winter of 1852 in Jacksonville, known to the pioneer as the winter of hardships, privations and starvation. Mrs. Peninger, then a young woman in the prime of life, cheerfully took hold without a murmur, creating comfort with her cheering presence, and alleviating pain by her tender touch. When flour sold for $1 per pound, salt for $16 per pound, and not to be had at that price only a pinch at a time for the sick (and they were many) Mrs. Peninger and others soaked the flour sacks to make gruel for the sick and destitute. All the flour and groceries used that winter were packed on backs of mules from Salem, Ore., through rains and floods, through cañon and over mountains. The empty flour sacks were of much value for the caked flour in the rich corners to soak for gruel. Adversity in pioneer days brought out all the ingenuity in their makeup. Many a big cup of this gruel did Mrs. Peninger carry to the sick in their miserable huts and tents, and felt happy if she could obtain a pinch of salt to season this delicious beverage; with a few dried herbs she brought across the plains in case of emergency, cheerfully divided around to make tea for the sick in the fever-stricken camps. The poor homeless boys would return thanks with many a prayerful blessing for their 'ministering angel,' as they called her. The fear of Indians overshadowed our lives for months and months, as we prayed to God for aid and protection, putting out trust in heavenly promises. Nevertheless our faith would waver sometimes and we all frequently expected to be killed before the light of another day. The camp guards would come in and order all lights to be put out. 'Indians! We are surrounded by Indians! Let the women and children all get together for protection.' Mrs. Peninger would try to be brave and say, 'All I ask is to be killed outright and all together. We are as near heaven here as any place on earth.'
    "Mrs. Fisher's last days were surrounded by plenty. She never was so poor but she had always to spare. No one ever went away empty-handed from her door. She needs no flowery obituary to perpetuate her memory. No pen in the hand of any pioneer can do justice to this noble woman. Her charitable deeds will live and be handed down to posterity when many of the high officials of the pioneer days of Oregon will be forgotten."
    The only surviving child of the ten born to the union of John Peninger and Mary Smith is William H. Peninger, who remained at home until his marriage, March 15, 1885. His wife, Alvina Hess, was born in Germany January 27, 1862, and came to the United States with her relatives in 1867, two years later settling in Jackson County, Ore., where she grew to womanhood. Of her marriage there are three children, viz.: Mary E., Bertha A. and William H., Jr. The family occupy the old home place, where Mr. Peninger now owns four hundred acres, one hundred acres being under cultivation to general farm products. A specialty is made of stock-raising, in which he has been successful. Substantial improvements have been made on the place, among which may be mentioned the neat and modern dwelling. The political views of Mr. Peninger are in harmony with the principles of the Democratic Party, and fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Degree of Honor.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 572-573


    GEORGE F. PENNEBAKER: lives at Talent; is a farmer; was born in Shelby County, Ky., April 1, 1821; came to state and county in 1879; was married April 8, 1858, to Sarah A. Predmore. Children E. Della, John S., George W., Mary B. and Edwin R.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


PENNINGTON, LLOYD DREW
    Chemist; College Professor
b Portland, Oreg, April 4, 1917; son of Chester P and Kathern S (Gumm) P; educ, Reed College, BA, 1939; Oregon State College, MA, 1941; Univ of Wisconsin; m Hazel Franke of Atlanta, Idaho, Aug 30, 1942; ch, Craig Anthony, Gary Noel, Carol Louise, Kathryn Ann; began as a chemist with Crown Mills, 1941; junior engineer, Oregon Shipbuilding Corp, 1941-42; chemist, Portland Gas and Coke Co, 1942-45; teaching asst, Univ of Wisconsin, 1945-46; asst professor of Science, Southern Oregon College, 1946 to date; mem, Am Chemical Society, Am Assn of University Professors; Republican; Christian Scientist; home, 932 S Walker, Ashland, Ore.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 111


    REV. MARTIN PETERSON: lives at "Mound Ranch," on Sticky Flat, is a minister and farmer; post office, Jacksonville; was born near Cincinnati, Ohio; came to state and county in 1864; was married in 1842 to Sarah Arrowood (deceased), leaving one child, Mary E. Was again married September 18, 1844, to Elizabeth Hamrick. Children Lorena (deceased). Kittie, Silas (deceased), William G. (deceased). Smith (deceased), Frank (deceased).
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    Southern Oregon and the County of Douglas in particular owe a debt of gratitude to Julian Wells Perkins, who has been a dominant factor in the upbuilding of this section of the state. After having traversed the United States from coast to coast, he selected Douglas County, Oregon, as his home, not because of what it could do for him but because of its mild and even climate and because there was plenty of
development work to occupy his time and talents.
    Julian W. Perkins was born in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1870, a son of William H. and Julia Ellen (Atkins) Perkins. Both parents were descendants of families of pre-Revolutionary days, one of the forebears of Mr. Perkins being that eminent man, Governor Welles of Connecticut, who wrote his name indelibly on the early pages of the American Republic. The early boyhood of Julian Wells Perkins was spent in his native state, and there he remained until 1884, when his father removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, to accept the position of vice president and general manager of the E. C. Atkins Saw Company, a position he held until his death in 1897. Mr. Perkins completed his education in the high school at Indianapolis and, as was customary in those days, entered the factory of the Atkins Saw Company to learn the business from the bottom up. From the actual manufacture of the company's product he steadily advanced to the general offices, where he remained until 1894, when he was sent as traveling salesman on the road, first covering the Middle West. Later he was made assistant secretary of the company, having charge of the jobbing trade throughout the United States. In 1900 he was appointed Pacific coast branch manager at Portland, Oregon, and retained that position for three years, when he decided that he preferred a wider field of activity, being possessed of a desire to assist in the upbuilding of the Pacific coast and especially the state of Oregon. As a result he resigned his position with the Atkins Company and purchasing some two hundred acres near Medford, Oregon, on which was an apple and pear orchard of twelve thousand trees, he proceeded to develop the land. His success is evidenced by records which show that his orchard, "Hillcrest," became one of the showplaces of southern Oregon and that it secured the maximum price record for fruit on the New York market, bringing three thousand two hundred dollars per carload for "Comice" pears, which established southern Oregon as a fruit growing section. In 1904 he sold his orchard and promoted the acreage that is now the town of Sutherlin in Douglas County. To him almost alone is due the growth of that thriving community of today, with its orchards and general appearance of prosperity. Selling his interests in Sutherlin and becoming satisfied that this section could and would produce oil in commercial quantities, Mr. Perkins turned his attention to that field and was the first man to use the diamond drill in Douglas County. He is still a firm believer in oil production in Douglas County and is actively engaged in prospecting another valley where indications are most encouraging. In all of his enterprises for the upbuilding of the country Mr. Perkins has never offered to the people of Oregon one dollar in stock sales and has consistently declined to sell any portion of his projects. In 1912 he purchased a lot on Cass Street in Roseburg, Oregon, and engaging the services of a Portland architect, erected a four-story modern brick office building that is complete in every detail and contains every modern device known to office buildings in our largest cities. The Perkins building houses four large stores and has seventy-two offices, with hot and cold water in every office, has elevator service and is the finest office building in the state outside of Portland. In addition to the Perkins block he owns some of the best business property on Cass Street, much of which is already improved and occupied as business premises. He will build on his vacant lots to suit reliable tenants.
    In 1903, in Portland, occurred the marriage of Mr. Perkins and Miss Essie M. Sherman, a daughter of W. J. Sherman, connected with the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company.
    Mr. Perkins gives his political support to the Republican Party and was a representative in the state legislature from Jackson County in 1907. He has since refused political preferment, desiring to devote his entire time to his business interests. Fraternally he is a Mason and is a member of the Shrine, which he reached by both the York and Scottish Rites. He is likewise affiliated with the Elks. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and during the World War was very active in all drives and other patriotic projects.
    Like his forebears, he lends his aid to his country at all times, never forgetting that his ancestors fought gallantly in the Revolution and the War of 1812 and that his father was a volunteer in the first heavy artillery company leaving Connecticut for service in the Civil War and valiantly defended the Union throughout the period
of hostilities between the North and the South. 
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, vol. III, 1922, pages 711-712


PERL, (William) FRANK
Manager, Perl Funeral Home.
b. Jennings, Louisiana Nov. 14, 1904; son of John A. and Nellie (Bundy) Perl; educated grade and high schools Medford; Oregon State College; Cincinnati College of Embalming; Delta Upsilon; m. Dorothy Brown of Medford, Nov. 17, 1928; children Marianne, William Frank Jr.; entire activity in Perl Funeral Home; firm established by father 1908; with firm since 1926, manager 1935 to date; county coroner 1932-40; member Oregon State and National Funeral Associations; past president Southern Oregon Funeral Directors Association; Kiwanian; Elk; S.R. Mason; Hillah Shriner; Republican; Presbyterian (former trustee); address 426 W. 6th St., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 440

    WILLIAM PERNOLL: lives on Applegate; is a merchant and farmer; post office, Applegate; was born in Hamburg, Germany; married, July 8, 1876, to Nancy Miller. Children John W., Martin V., Lillie H. and infant.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 509


PEROZZI, Louise A. (Mrs. D.), born in Chicago, Illinois, July 13, 1877, a resident of Oregon for forty years. Married to D. Perozzi. Children: Lucille, Thelma. Member of Board of Education (chairman 1927-28). Member of Oregon Republican State Executive Committee. For eight years Secretary County Educational Board. President Rebekah Assembly of Oregon (1928-29). Member P.T.A., Ashland Study Club, Delphian, Women's Civic Club. Home: 88 Granite Street, Ashland, Oregon.
Max Binheim, ed., Women of the West, Los Angeles 1928, page 163


PEROZZI, Louise A., b. Chicago July 13, 1877; to Oregon 1880; Eastern Oregon Normal School; m. D. Perozzi November 12, 1902; children--Lucille, Thelma. State advisory committee state Republican organization; city and county boards of education; Rebekah; P.T.A.; study club. Republican. Methodist. Address: 88 Granite Street, Ashland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 176


PEROZZI, LOUISE A.
Clubwoman.
b. Chicago, Illinois July 13, 1877; educated public schools Ashland; Southern Oregon Normal School, graduate 1899; m. D. Perozzi, Ashland, Oregon November 12, 1902; children Lucille and Thelma (Dorsch); taught school Ashland and Jackson County 1894-1902; resident of Oregon since 1880; for many years active in civic and public affairs; past president Rebekah Assembly of Oregon (1928-29); member Study Club; Women's Civic Club; Republican; Methodist; home 88 Granite, Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 440


PERRY, WILLIAM
Farm Leader.
b. on farm near Butte Falls, Oregon Feb. 16, 1876; son of Martin and Susie (Singer) Perry; educated public schools Oregon; m. Margaret E. Betz 1907 (deceased); m. 2nd Augusta E. N. Seefield of Lake Creek, Oregon June 3, 1945; one daughter, Gertrude Fay (Mrs. G. W. Pruitt); followed extensive farming until 1920, ranch owner until 1942; deputy county roadmaster and supervisor 1921-32; county commissioner, Jackson County, 1938-47; director Eagle Point Irrigation District eight years; president Little Butte Irrigation Co. (director 1915 to 1946); member Crater Lake-Butte Falls school board; member Eagle Point school board; member State Welfare Commission; one of original growers of clover and alfalfa, Eagle Point district; Granger (past master, overseer); Elk; Eagle; Mason (life member); Republican; Protestant; home Box 1093, Eagle Point.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 441


    SAMUEL PHILLIPS: lives on Applegate Creek; is a farmer and stock grower; post office, Uniontown; was born in Wayne County, Ky., in 1819; came to state and county in 1853; was married January 1, 1858, to Mrs. Elizabeth J. Finley. Children by first marriage, Lucinda, William, Henry and Grant; by second marriage, Adaline and Charles R.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    Residence, 1313 Riverside Avenue; office, rooms 1-2 Stewart Building, Medford, Oregon. Born in Alleghany County, North Carolina, August 2, 1868. Son of A. B. and Margaret Ann (Cox) Phipps. Married to Clara Rader, October 27, 1909. Attended public schools and State Normal School at Athens, West Virginia; Carson College, Tennessee, and Hiwassee College, Tennessee. Taught school several years. Came to Oregon in July, 1893, admitted to the bar of Oregon in June, 1898, since practicing law in Jackson County, Oregon. City Attorney of Medford, Oregon, 1901-1903; of Ashland, Oregon, 1904-1905. Democrat.
History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910, page 205


    E. BARTON PICKEL, M.D., a prominent physician of Medford, Oregon, was born in Monroe County, east Tennessee, September 17, 1861. He was the son of French and Mary H. (Matheny) Pickel. The former was a native of Virginia, of German descent, and came to Oregon and located in Medford, May, 1888. He died November 26, 1890. His mother was a native of Tennessee, of English extraction. Her people were early pioneers of Tennessee. The family consisted of ten children, E. Barton Pickel being the ninth child.
    At the close of the war the family removed to the state of Georgia, locating at Athens, but after one year returned to east Tennessee in Roane County. E. Barton attended the Grant Memorial University at Athens, Tennessee, and completed his course in 1880. He began the study of medicine at Rockwood, Tennessee, in 1883, with Dr. J. E. George, an eminent physician of the old school. He took his first course of lectures in the medical department of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1885. He practiced medicine two years in Roane County, Tennessee, after which he again returned to Louisville, and there graduated in medicine and surgery, in the class of 1887 and 1888.
    He came to Medford in the same year, and has since enjoyed a good practice. The doctor is a man who always keeps abreast of the times, as is manifested by the number of medical journals to be found on the tables in his office. Although comparatively a new arrival at Medford, he has already gained for himself a reputation in the community, not only as a skillful physician, but also as a progressive and prominent citizen.
    He is a member of the State Medical Society, also secretary of the Medical Society of Southern Oregon, organized May 10, 1892. He is chairman of the City Board of Health, and was elected to the City Council in 1892. The doctor takes no active part in political parties, but is prominently identified with the orders F.&A.M. and I.O.O.F., and Camp degree of the last-named order. He has passed all the official chairs in the Subordinate Lodge, I.O.O.F.
    He was married in Loudon County, Tennessee, May 14, 1885, to Miss Mattie E. De Lashmutt, also a native of Tennessee. They have no family.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, page 431


    CYRUS H. PICKENS (deceased)--Mr. Pickens was born in Greene County, North Carolina, November 8, 1801, and is a descendant of that branch of the family which is so well known in that state today. He emigrated to California in 1849, crossing the Isthmus of Panama. In 1865 he came to Jackson County and settled on the ranch now owned by his son, Elijah P. Pickens, and died there, aged seventy-seven years. He married Helen Moore, who was born in Landon County, Virginia, July 6, 1808. Elijah P. Pickens, son of the above, was born in Pleasants County, [West] Virginia, August 3, 1841. In 1858 Mr. Pickens came to California, settling in Siskiyou County, where he lived until 1878, then moved to Jackson County and settled on the farm of his father in Table Rock precinct--a view of which is found in this work. He married Elizabeth A. Everill, a native of England.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 537


    Among the veterans of the Civil War, who did valiant service for the Union and later settled on the Pacific coast, is Benjamin W. Powell of Portland. He is a son of George W. and Margaret (Miller) Powell, and was born in De Kalb County, Indiana, March 9, 1844. He comes of good American ancestry. His grandfather, Benjamin Powell, served in the war of 1812, and was wounded at the battle of Sackett's Harbor. The father was a farmer and served as first justice of the peace of Fairfield township, De Kalb County. His brother, John G. Powell, was a member of the One Hundredth Indiana Volunteers, and died in service at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
    Benjamin W. Powell was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. Shortly after he had passed his seventeenth year, the early battles of the Civil War created intense excitement all over the country and, like thousands of patriotic young men in the North, he responded to President Lincoln's call to arms, and at Toledo, Ohio, on the 22d of August, 1861, he enlisted to serve three years, or during the war. He was mustered into the United States service at Toledo as a private of Captain Jacob W. Brown's Company C, Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonel James B. Steadman commanding. In the winter of 1861-62 he was sent to a hospital at Lexington, Kentucky, and when able to be forwarded, he rejoined his regiment at Mill Springs, Kentucky, and from there was sent to a hospital at Louisville, was granted a furlough and returned home, receiving an honorable discharge on the 1st of April, 1862, by reason of disability. He reenlisted at Indianapolis, Indiana, on the 19th of August, 1862, for another term of three years, or during the war, and was mustered in as a private of Captain Carl C. Kingsbury's Company C, Seventy-Fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which was commanded by Colonel Charles W. Chapman. The regiment proceeded to Indianapolis, where eight companies were mustered into the service August 21, 1862, and at once moved to Louisville, Kentucky. From this point the regiment went to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where it remained until September 5, and then returned to Louisville.. On the 1st of October it marched with the Second Brigade, First Division, Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of General Bragg, and his command participated in that campaign and in the battle of Perryville or Chaplin Hills, Kentucky. Companies C and K joined the regiment at Castillian Springs, Tennessee, December 4, 1862, thus making the organization complete. December 7 it aided in driving Morgan's force across the Cumberland River at Hartsville and on the 25th marched northward, overtaking the enemy December 30 and driving them across the Rolling Fork of Salt River. The regiment was now assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the following engagements: Stone River, or Murfreesboro, and Hoover's Gap, Tennessee; Dug Gap, Chickamauga, Georgia; Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee; Buzzard Roost, or Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Rome, Dallas, or New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Lost Mountain, Chattahoochee River, Peach Tree Creek, the siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, the march to the sea and Savannah, Georgia; Averasboro and Bentonville, North Carolina; and a number of minor engagements. April 30, 1865, the regiment started for Washington, D.C., encamping near Richmond, Virginia, and arriving at the national capital May 19, where it participated in the grand review on the 24th and remained there until June 9, when it was mustered out of service. Private Powell was slightly wounded several times, but did not leave his regiment. With two companies of the Seventy-Fourth Indiana he was captured at Mumfordville, Kentucky, September 17, 1862, the detachment having been surrounded by the enemy. He was paroled on the field, given thirty days' furlough and went home. At the expiration of the furlough he reported to the provost marshal and was sent to the Soldiers Home at Indianapolis, thence to the hospital and when convalescent was granted a furlough and returned home. He rejoined his regiment, having in the meantime been exchanged. These two companies, C and K, were left at Indianapolis to fill up their ranks and complete their organization, starting on the 27th of August for Bowling Green, Kentucky, to join the regiment, but were stopped at Mumfordville on the 30th to assist in the defense of that place. On the 14th of September the companies took part in an engagement at that place until compelled to surrender after a gallant defense against greatly superior numbers on the 17th of September, 1862. The companies were exchanged November 17th and rejoined the regiment December 4th. In addition to engagements at Mumfordville, Kentucky, Private Powell bore a gallant part in all other engagements of his regiment, beginning with Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and he rendered faithful and meritorious service throughout the time of his enlistment. He received an honorable discharge at Washington, D.C., on the 9th day of March, 1865, by reason of the close of the war.
    After the expiration of his military service, Mr. Powell engaged in his duties as a private citizen and later studied law, being admitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1881. Soon afterward he became, by appointment, judge of the county court of Colfax County, Nebraska. For seven years from 1884 he lived at Medford, Oregon, and was city recorder there, holding that position until he resigned in 1889. He was the first city attorney of Castle Rock, Washington, and for five years served as a member of its city council and also for six years filled the office of justice of the peace of Castle Rock, which he resigned in August, 1907, to remove to Portland, where he has since made his home.
    In 1871 Mr. Powell was united in marriage to Miss Alice G. Wade, at Butler County, Nebraska, and unto them one daughter was born, Estella, now living at Govan, Washington. On the 5th of December, 1900, at Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Powell was married to Miss Carrie Koehler. Two sons bless this union, Benjamin Russell and Binger W., the elder being born March 20, 1902, and the younger May 9, 1905.
    Mr. Powell is a man of strong individuality, and although he did not begin the practice of law until middle life, he threw so much energy into his work that he has attained success as an attorney and even surpassed many who started earlier in the race, with advantages of college and technical training. Energy, perseverance and determination have accomplished for him what they will accomplish for any ambitious man, if properly directed. Mr. Powell is a member of General Compson Post No. 22, Department of Oregon, Grand Army of the Republic, and also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has many friends in the Northwest who admire him for his manly qualities.
Joseph Gaston, Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders, 1911, page 296


POWELL, KENNETH DeWITT
    Newspaper Publisher; Editor
b Medford, Or, Feb 10, 1909; son of Arthur E and Virginia (Smith) P; educ, Sch for the Deaf, Salem, Or; m Violet M Franks of Monmouth, Or, Nov 19, 1939; son, Teddy Franks; printer under Arthur E Powell; co-publisher, Central Point American since 1931; Lutheran; Repub; home, 247; ofc 124 N Second, Central Point, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 496


    ALEXANDER H. PRACHT. Conspicuous among the rising young business men of Jackson County is Alexander H. Pracht, who is well and favorably known to many of the patrons of the Southern Pacific Railway line as proprietor of the Depot Hotel at Ashland. Active, enterprising, genial and accommodating, he is an ideal host, and is meeting with excellent success in the management of his house, which is well patronized and very popular with the traveling public. A native of Missouri, he was born February 18, 1875, in St. Louis, a son of Max Pracht.
    Born and reared in Germany, Max Pracht came with his parents to America, and for a while lived in Ohio. During the Civil War he served as a soldier, being connected with the United States navy. He was subsequently commercial salesman for a St. Louis firm for a while, and then settled in San Francisco, Cal., where he traveled for Neville & Co. for a number of years, for about ten years being a member of the firm. Going thence to Alaska, he was engaged in salmon packing at Loring until 1887, when he came to Oregon, locating in Ashland, where he became identified with the Ashland Woolen Mills. Subsequently buying twenty-five acres of raw land, he improved it and set out a large number of fruit trees, establishing the now celebrated Peachblow Paradise orchard, which contains a choice variety of peach trees and other varieties of fruit. As head of the firm of Max Pracht & Sons, he is carrying on an extensive and remunerative fruit business, having his own packing house and shipping principally to Portland and the Sound cities. The products of the Peachblow orchard are widely and favorably known, having taken premiums and gold medals at several expositions, including the World's Fair, held at Chicago in 1893; the Pan American Exposition, held in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1901, and at Charleston, S.C. Under President Harrison Max Pracht served as collector of customs for the district of Alaska, being located in Sitka. He drafted and secured the passage of the bill establishing the Alaska Fish Commission, and was afterwards fish commissioner in Alaska. He married Mary Winings, a native of Ohio, and of their union three children were born, namely: W. B., of Ashland; Alexander H., the subject of this sketch; and Charlotte Bronte, wife of A. R. Wilkins, of Dunsmuir, Cal.
    Removing with his parents to San Francisco when quite young. Alexander H. Pracht attended the public schools of that city until 1888, when he came to Ashland, where he continued his studies, completing his education at the public schools. He subsequently assisted in the care of the home orchard until 1891, when he became clerk in the large hotel, The Oregon, which his father owned and managed from 1891 until 1892. Since that time Mr. Pracht has been in the hotel business more or less. Entering the employ of J. A. Gross in 1895, he became clerk at the Depot Hotel, with which he is now connected, and gradually worked his way up to manager of the house. In 1901 Mr. Pracht bought out Mr. Gross' interest in the house, which he has since conducted with good success, making it one of the leading hotels of Southern Oregon, being especially patronized by transient guests.
    In Portland, Ore., October 15, 1899, Mr. Pracht married Miss Susie Martin, who was born and bred in Chippewa Falls, Wis. In politics Mr. Pracht is a firm adherent of the Republican Party and has served as councilman one
term, representing the first ward. Fraternally he is a member of Roseburg Lodge, No. 326, B.P.O.E.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chicago 1904, page 308

    PRACHT, MAX, of Ashland, was born in the Palatinate, Germany, in 1846, and two years later his father fled from the persecution that also drove Schurz, Hecker, Sigel and Rosecrans to the land of liberty, and brought his family to America. He served in the navy during the Rebellion, and is a comrade of Burnside Post, No. 23, G.A.R. He is the proprietor of the famous Peachblow Paradise orchards, at Ashland, and is still waiting for the Cleveland administration to raise enough revenue or sell enough bonds to buy him the gold medal he won as the first prize against all comers at the World's Fair. He is a Republican of irrepressible enthusiasm. It was born and bred in him. Much of his time the past two years has been spent traveling in the interest of the American Protective Tariff League, of which he is financial secretary. During the last Republican administration he was Collector of Customs and special commissioner in charge of the salmon fisheries of Alaska, and his Republicanism was so offensive that, as soon as Cleveland was inaugurated, the telegraph and a special steamer were used to inform him that he was removed from office. In 1894 Mr. Pracht was chairman of the Oregon delegation at the National League convention, at Denver, and was made vice-president for Oregon for the ensuing year. Wherever he goes, whether at home or abroad, his voice and pen are used to acquaint the world with the beauties and resources of Oregon, inducing both immigration and the investment of capital.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 260


    JOHN WALTER PRALL. The fortune which John Walter Prall has made in life is all the more valued since it is the result of his own unaided efforts. Thrown upon his own resources at the age of seven years, he has clearly demonstrated his ability to make and hold a prominent position in the everyday affairs of life, while earning a livelihood and accumulating a competence not neglecting to give of his success that potent influence which materially aids in the moral, mental and financial growth of a community. Mr. Prall is now a resident of Medford, Jackson County, and though but a brief time has elapsed since his permanent settlement in the West he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who have come to know him. Commercially, he is well known, the result of his successful connection with a brick yard, while as a stock dealer no man on the coast exceeds him in the quantity of stock purchased.
    John Walter Prall was born in Fayette County, Ohio, November 4, 1850, the son of Jacob Prall, also a native of that state. The elder man was a well-known hunter and trapper of the states in that section of the country and became very friendly and intimate with the Indians, by whom it is supposed he was killed, as he disappeared when his son, John W., was but six months old and was never heard of again. His mother was in maidenhood Mary Ann Ryan, who was born near Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., the daughter of Messick Ryan, who was born and died in that state, having spent his entire life as a farmer. Mrs. Prall was married three times, besides two sons and one daughter by her first husband having two sons and two daughters by the other unions. John Walter Prall was the youngest of his father's family and received his education in the common schools of Indiana and Missouri, having been taken to the former state when he was but six months old, his mother returning then to her parental home. In the fall of 1856 the mother took her family to Iowa, traveling in a large company to Spirit Lake. When within seventy-five miles of their destination they stopped to spend the winter, which proved a disastrous one for them, as the Sioux Indians went on the war path, killing seventy-two families in the train, including nearly all of the relatives of Mr. Prall. Out of seventeen taken prisoner only two were rescued, these two being spared for eleven months when the government bought them; the others were tortured to death, one by one. The remainder of the party sought a refuge in northern Missouri, where Mr. Prall located near Trenton, Grundy County, securing a brief attendance in one of the primitive schools of the county. The following year found him earning his own livelihood, remaining in Missouri until 1861, when with the family he went to Osceola, Iowa. After the war he again located in Grundy County, where he continued to make his home until his marriage in 1868, in that year removing to Clay County, Neb. He there engaged in farming and with the accumulation of sufficient funds became interested in the cattle business, buying cattle and hogs and shipping to the markets of Chicago and Omaha with profitable results. In 1890 he came to The Dalles, Ore., and in the surrounding country purchased a thousand range horses and shipped to Nebraska and disposed of them with considerable profit, continuing in this occupation two years and becoming the owner of about a dozen farms, which contained an aggregate of sixteen thousand acres. Five of these farms are still in the possession of Mr. Prall. In 1891 he entered into partnership with a lawyer of Arcadia, Neb., John Wall by name, and this partnership continued for four years. In 1895 he came to Medford and later bought the Wrisley ranch of one hundred and ninety-six acres located two and a half miles north of town, where he cultivated alfalfa and raised Jersey cattle. At a later date he bought the Hagy property, which consists of three acres set to fruit, and after renting the farm Mr. Prall removed to the city, where he has since made his home. As before mentioned, he is engaged in a brick manufactory located in this city and also has a plant at Gold Hill, which has a capacity of ten million per year. Mr. Prall will contract for brick buildings at any location in the state and has furnished brick for many buildings, among them being the post office at Salem, Ore. Mr. Prall owns the Fredenberg gold mine at Gold Hill, which is as yet entirely undeveloped though the mine is equipped with two tunnels seventy feet deep. In his stock dealing Mr. Prall buys at all the main stations from Grants Pass to Red Bluff, Cal., and ships to Portland and San Francisco.
    The marriage of Mr. Prall occurred in Grundy County, Mo., in 1868, and united him with Sarah J. Tolle, a native of Indiana, by whom he has had five children, namely: William J., who is thirty-one years old, resides in Idaho; Joseph died at the age of ten years; Theodore is at home; Charles, twenty-four years old, lives near here on his ranch; and Maud is deceased. In his fraternal relations Mr. Prall is associated with the Odd Fellows, being a member of Medford Lodge, No. 83, of Medford, and is a Republican in his political convictions. One of the most absorbing interests of Mr. Prall is that of deer and elk raising, having given over fifteen acres of his ranch near Medford to this purpose. He has stocked the park with twenty deer and ten elk and contemplates raising for the market.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 859-860


PRICE, RICHARD WILLIAM
Vice-President, Managing Director, Crater Lake National Park Co.
b. Portland, Oregon July 9, 1880; educated public schools Portland; Minnie Struble of Portland; three daughters, Mrs. Joseph P. Price, Mrs. Jane McConkle, Ruth Catherine; began as apprentice harness maker; later in harness business, Portland; over fourteen years manager Mallory Hotel, Portland; now and for several years active as vice-president and managing director Crater Lake National Park Co. and Crater Lake Lodge; Rotarian; address Sept. 20th to June 15th 3966 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., Portland; summer Crater Lake.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 455


    WILLIAM KERTIS PRICE. The ranch which has been Mr. Price's home since 1887 comprises three hundred and twenty acres, of which two hundred acres have been brought under cultivation. Formerly known as the Hughes donation claim, it lies in the immediate vicinity of Tolo, Jackson County, one mile south of Table Rock and nine miles northwest of Medford. Among the valuable ranches of the county this holds a conspicuous position. The farmhouse is one of the neatest in the vicinity, the other buildings are substantial and adapted to their varied purposes, and everything is arranged so as to facilitate the raising of stock and general farm products. In the stock industry he makes a specialty of Shorthorn cattle. He was one of the first in this vicinity to experiment with the raising of alfalfa, and his success encouraged others to follow his example.
    The Price family is of Virginian ancestry and Revolutionary stock. Nimrod Price, the son of a native Virginian, was born in Kentucky in 1819 and settled on a farm near Danville, Ill., at an early date. While living there, about 1848, he married America Froman, who was born in Indiana. The Price family, consisting of himself and wife, his mother, two brothers and two sisters, in 1849 traveled across the plains with ox teams and after a journey of six and one-half months arrived in Oregon, having fortunately escaped attacks from Indians, then numerous and hostile. During the same year he took up a donation claim four miles east of Albany, Linn County, and also operated a sawmill on the Santiam River. In March of 1850 he settled on his claim and there he makes his home to this day, a period of more than fifty years since his location thereon. With the exception of Isaac Froman, he is the only man in his vicinity who is still living on the donation claim that he took up from the government. Besides conducting ranch and stock-raising pursuits he has engaged in the sawmill business. His house was the first one built in Linn County that received a finish of plaster. The improvements on his place were made under his personal direction, and many of them represent the work of his own hands. Politically he votes with the Democratic Party, and fraternally belongs to Corinthian Lodge, No. 18, A.F.&A.M., of which he is the only charter member now living. Not only has he met with fair success, but at the same time he has enjoyed great personal popularity and is one whom all his associates respect and honor. It is worthy of note that he and his wife are the oldest married couple living in Linn County. Of their  twelve children the following survive: William K., of Tolo, Jackson County; Richard S. and Thomas B., of Prineville, Crook County; Clark, who cultivates the home place in Linn County; Mrs. Anna E. LaFollett and Mrs. Kate Powell, both of California; and Mrs. Clara E. Wolverton, of Salem, Ore.
    On the home farm near Albany, Ore., William K. Price was born January 19, 1850. His education was completed in Albany College. January 15, 1872, he married Pauline Hackleman, who was the first white child born in Albany, Ore. Immediately after his marriage he settled on a ranch near his father's home and there engaged in raising stock, also in buying and selling the same, his sales being made largely in eastern Oregon. On disposing of his stock interests in 1884, he removed to Albany. A year later he sold out there and came to Jackson County, where at first he farmed near Medford, but since 1887 has owned and operated a ranch near Tolo. In his family there are two sons, namely: Roscoe K., a coffee and cotton merchant at Tampa, Mexico; and Sterling, who is now at Prineville, Ore. Interested in politics, Mr. Price is a firm believer in Democratic principles, and on his party ticket he was elected to the legislature from Jackson County in 1889. In addition he has filled various minor offices. In every office he has been characterized by high principle, promptness and dispatch in business, and devotion to the welfare of his constituents. In fraternal relations a Mason, he holds membership in Warren Lodge, No. 10, A.F.&A.M., in Jacksonville. In his character are noticeable those traits of integrity and honor that are his rightful inheritance as the son of a pioneer and the descendant of a long line of worthy ancestry. The position which he occupies is that of a resourceful and capable man, a public-spirited citizen and a successful stock-raiser.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 243-244


    CHARLES PRIM. A prominent and well-known resident of Jacksonville, and one of its native-born citizens, Charles Prim holds an honored position as county judge of Jackson County. A skillful attorney, he has brought into the practice of his profession an earnest zeal, a well-trained mind, and habits of industry that have gained for him success in the legal world. Keenly alive to the truth of the facts, and the principles of the law, involved in cases brought to his special notice, he is ever just in his rulings, and his decisions are rarely questioned. A son of the late Paine Page Prim, he was born July 25, 1859, in this city.
    A native of Tennessee, Paine P. Prim was born near Nashville, in 1822, and died in Jacksonville, Ore., in 1898. Early deciding upon a professional career, he was graduated from the law school of Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tenn., and first settled as a lawyer in his native state. Coming across the plains to Oregon in 1851, he took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres near Albany, Linn County. Settling in Jacksonville in 1852, he was engaged for awhile in placer mining, and then resumed the practice of his profession. In 1857 he represented Jackson County in the constitutional convention. Upon the organization of the state, and after its admittance into the Union, he was appointed by Governor Whiteaker, justice of the supreme court of Oregon, and served in that position from 1859 until 1879, discharging the duties devolving upon him with commendable fidelity, punctuality and success. In 1882 he was elected to the state senate, and served for one term. He was subsequently engaged in the practice of law in Jacksonville until his death. He married Theresa M. Stearns, who was born in Vermont, and is now living in Jacksonville. Of their three children, Charles, the subject of this biography, is the second child, and only son.
    Acquiring his early education in the public schools, Charles Prim subsequently took a general course in Willamette University, which he attended two years, from 1874 until 1876. Beginning his active life as a teacher, he taught first in Applegate, and afterward in Jacksonville for two years, during the time spending his vacations and leisure hours in reading law in his father's office. In 1881 he was deputy sheriff under William Bybee, and subsequently deputy county clerk for six months. Being appointed deputy internal revenue gauger and storekeeper in Jacksonville, Mr. Prim served in this capacity from 1883 until 1887. Resuming the study of law with his father in 1888, he was admitted to the bar in 1890. Immediately forming a partnership with his father, he continued in practice with him for eight years, when the partnership was dissolved by the death of the senior member of the firm. Mr. Prim subsequently continued as a general practitioner until 1900, when he was elected to his present position of county judge of Jackson County.
    August 18, 1882, Mr. Prim married Effie Bybee, a native of Jackson County, and they have five children, namely: Mabel T., wife of John F. Miller, postmaster in Jacksonville; Maud E.; Leila; Bertha I.; and Charles William Page. Politically Judge Prim is a straightforward Democrat, and has served one term as city councilman. Fraternally he is a member of the Artisans of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of P. P. Prim Cabin, Native Sons of Oregon, and Roseburg Lodge No. 326, B.P.O.E. As a testimonial to Judge P. P. Prim the local cabin of the Native Sons was named in his honor.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 682


Senator from Jackson County, is a gentleman who has been prominently connected with the history of our state for a number of years past. He is a Democrat and is held in high esteem by his party. He was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1822. He followed the plow on his father's farm until well along in years and graduated in the law department of the Cumberland University at Lebanon. He came to Oregon in 1851, his means of transportation being the primitive emigrant wagon of the day. He settled in Linn County and moving to Jackson County in 1852, commenced the practice of law. His knowledge of the profession, and his keen perception of technicalities, soon attracted the attention of litigants, and he found himself possessed of a lucrative practice. The year 1857 marked two important epochs in his life, the most prominent being his marriage with Miss Teresa M. Stearns, which event was closely followed by his election as a member of the State Constitutional Convention. He continued the practice of law until the organization of the state government in 1859, when he was appointed Supreme Judge and ex-officio Circuit Judge of the first Judicial District. This position he held until the act of 1878 was passed, making a separate Supreme Court, when he was appointed one of the Associate Judges. Being renominated in 1880, he was defeated, and, on doffing the ermine, again resumed practice and is now acknowledged as one of the leading attorneys of the first district. He was elected Senator from Jackson County at the last general election, and was the Democratic caucus nominee for United States Senator, receiving thirty-three votes for that honorable position. He is considered one of the ablest men of that body.
Frank E. Hodgkin and J. J. Galvin, Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon, 1882, pages 17-18


    HON. PAINE PAGE PRIM was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1822. He followed the plow on his father's farm until well along in years, graduating in the law department of the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee. He came to Oregon in 1851, the means of transportation being the primitive wagon of the day. He first settled in Linn County, but moved to Jackson County in 1852, where he was engaged as a miner, and afterwards commenced the practice of law at Jacksonville. His knowledge of the profession and keen perception of technicalities soon attracted the attention of litigants, and he found himself possessed of a lucrative practice. The year 1857 marked two important epochs in his life, the first being his marriage with Teresa M. Stearns, which event was closely followed by his election as a member of the state constitutional convention. He continued the practice of law until the organization of the state government in 1859, when he was appointed supreme judge and ex-officio circuit judge of the first judicial district. This position was held until the act in 1878 was passed making a separate supreme court, when he was appointed one of the associate judges. He was nominated for the same position in 1880, but, being defeated, again resumed the practice of his profession, and is now acknowledged as one of the leading attorneys of the first judicial district. He was elected senator from Jackson County in 1882, and was the Democratic caucus nominee for United States Senator, receiving thirty-three votes for that honorable position. He is a gentleman who has been prominently connected with the history of our state for many years and is held in high esteem by relatives and friends.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 537


PALMER, BURTON, J.
    Real Estate
b. Cortland, Ill., Oct. 8, 1869; educ., Sycamore, Ill., high school. Married Esther Isaac of Maple Park, Ill., June 8, 1892; children, Alice, Marion, Dorothy, Esther, Elinor. Began as grocer clerk, Aurora, Ill., 1889-99; owner, 3rd interest in laundry, 1889-1902; salesman, McCormick Harvester Co., 1902-04; piano salesman, 1904-11. Established Palmer Music House, Medford, 1911, president; sold firm, 1936. Many years director, Medford public schools. Now in real estate business. Modern Woodman. Democrat. Methodist. Home: Route 2, Box 211, Medford. Office: 234 East Main Street, Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 423


PEROZZI, LOUISE A.
    Club Leader
b. Chicago, Ill., July 13, 1877; educ., pub. schs., Ashland, Oregon; Southern Oregon Normal School, graduate, 1899. Married D. Perozzi, Ashland, Ore., Nov. 12, 1902; two daughters, Lucille and Thelma. Teacher, pub. schs., Ashland and Jackson County, Oregon, 1894-1902. Resident of Oregon since 1880. Active with Red Cross during World War. Member, State Advisory Committee and State Republican Organization, 1924-32. Member, City and County Boards of Education, 1924-34. Past president, Rebekah Assembly of Oregon, 1928-29. Member, Parent Teachers Assn., Study Club Women's Civic Club, Delphians, Pub. Health Assn. of Jackson County. Rebekah. Republican. Methodist. Home: 88 Granite Street, Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 433, also page 448


    DANINA BANANI PROVOST. The mayor of Ashland, who has been identified with the history of Oregon since 1870, is a descendant of an ancient French family and was born near Montreal, Canada, February 26, 1852. He was one of four sons, the others being Moses, a farmer in the Northwestern Territory; Julian, a general merchant at St. Paul, Marion County, Ore., and Peter, a retired merchant residing in Ashland. The father, Benjamin, a native of Montreal and the son of a Canadian farmer, followed agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in his native land at sixty-six years of age. In early manhood he married Favi Leonard Favrost, a member of an old Montreal family of French extraction; she survived him many years, dying in 1902, at ninety-three years of age.  
    During boyhood years D. B. Provost was a pupil in the national schools of Canada. In 1867 he went to Troy, N.Y., and a few months later worked his way to Savannah, Ga. In the spring of 1870 he came west to California, and in the fall of the same year settled in Oregon, where for three years he rented a farm near Gervais, Marion County, on French Prairie. Removing from there to Yamhill County, in 1874, he embarked in the meat business at Bellevue and continued in the same enterprise until 1890. Meanwhile he bought and improved farm lands, and owned eight hundred acres of fine valley land, all under excellent improvement, and situated a few miles north of Sheridan. In 1893 he disposed of all of his possessions in Yamhill County and came to Ashland, where he built and now occupies a comfortable residence on the hill. Soon after his arrival he became a member of the firm of Kenney & Provost, owners of the finest hardware store in the town. Later he purchased his partner's interest and conducted the business alone until 1902, when he sold out to his nephews. While conducting the store he learned the tinsmith's trade and did a large business in that line, also established an important trade in plumbing. During the early days of his residence in Oregon he learned the carpenter's trade and did some work in house building, but since then he has given little attention to that trade, except in superintending the erection of buildings for himself. Possessing mechanical ability of a high order, he is an expert worker with tools and understands the putting together of machinery of all kinds.
    The industry with which Mr. Provost is now especially identified, the Ashland Iron Works, is an incorporated company, of which he is president and treasurer, and which owns a plant thoroughly up to date in every respect. In addition to his duties as an officer of the company, he is now filling the office of mayor of Ashland, to which he was elected on the Democratic ticket in December, 1902, taking the oath of office in January, 1903, for a term of one year. A prominent member of the Democratic local ranks, he has rendered efficient service not only as a member of the county central committee, but also as a member of the state central committee. Fraternally he is connected with the Woodmen of the World. Physically and mentally, he is sturdy, vigorous and robust. That he possesses a fine constitution was proved by an experience he met with in the summer of 1903. While helping to pull out the rods from an old oil well, by some means he was struck by the cable, which hurled him through the air and landed him fifteen feet away, with his head against a pile of lumber. Those who hastened to his side feared life would be extinct and were relieved to find that, though unconscious, he still breathed. He was carried to his home, where he lay for four weeks and two days before regaining consciousness, but his strength then came back to him rapidly and he is now apparently none the worse for his dangerous experience. Among the people of Ashland he is held in the highest esteem, as a man of the utmost integrity, an able administrator of civic affairs and a successful business man.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, 1904, page 314


    ROLAND PRYCE was born in North Wales in 1848, growing to manhood in his native land, where he received a fine education. He attended Dublin Medical College, after which he came to the United States, settling first in the state of Vermont. From a residence in Vermont he removed to Ohio, and later came to Hillsboro, Ore., where he lived for a few years, after which he located in Medford. He practiced his profession of physician and surgeon after coming to the United States and met with entire success in his work. September 10, 1893, he was united in marriage with Mary A. Chavner, who was born in Jackson County, and in 1893 they removed to the ranch which had been the property of Mrs. Pryce's father, where they lived at the time of Dr. Pryce's death in 1894. He was then a prominent and influential physician of the community with a large and lucrative practice, to the attention of which he gave the effort and energy of a practical knowledge. He was also largely interested in the political affairs of the community, serving as county coroner for several terms in the interests of the Democratic Party, of whose principles he was a staunch adherent. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 202


    M. PURDIN: lives at Eagle Point; is a blacksmith; was born in Linn County, Mo.; came to state in 1864, and to county in 1873; was married Sept. 1874, to Lizzie Worlow. Children Ira E., Iva, Lindsay and Lottie.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910, page 208



    MARTIN PURKEYPILE: lives near Myrtle Creek; is a carpenter; came to state and [Douglas] County in 1874; was born in Champaign County, Ohio, February 25, 1842; married September 11, 1864, to Maria Hall.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 515


PURUCKER, LILLA MIRIAM
Businesswoman; Owner, Purucker Piano House and Melody Lane.
b. Union, Tennessee; daughter of Rev. Sherwood L. and Lucy M. Grigsby; educated Mississippi Synodical College; College of Emporia and Kansas State Normal School; m. Herman O. Purucker of Medford, Oregon Feb. 24, 1916; son Robert L. (deceased); began as music teacher, Kansas State Normal School; removed to Pendleton, Oregon, later Medford; owner Purucker Piano Store since 1932; has developed an outstanding music store and is very active in musical circles; recipient of national recognition by all leading music magazines; store acclaimed one of most attractive in U.S.; active Music Club and Medford Musical Society; member Garden Club; Protestant; home 13 Glen Oak Court; office 111 N. Central, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 456


Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 29, 1902, page 1


    JOSEPH M. RADER. A man of activity, ability and sterling integrity, Joseph M. Rader, of Jacksonville, is a worthy representative of the native-born citizens of Jackson County, where his entire life has been spent. Born and reared to agricultural pursuits, he became a tiller of the soil from choice, and in the prosecution of his free and independent calling he has met with well-deserved success. A son of the late Jackson Rader, he was born near Eagle Point, Jackson County, July 31, 1864.
    Born in Missouri, near St. Louis, Jackson Rader joined the tide of emigration moving westward when a comparatively young man, and crossed the plains of Oregon in 1852. Locating in Jackson County, he at first took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres near Jacksonville. Not satisfied with his purchase, he sold out, and removed to Antelope Creek, near Eagle Point, where he bought land, improved a good ranch, and engaged in general farming and stock-raising, with good success. He was a staunch adherent of the Democratic Party, and influential in public affairs. In 1870 he was elected as representative of the state legislature for a term of two years. In 1871, during a session of the legislature, he was stricken with the smallpox, and died in Salem, the capital of the state. He married Clara Loehkamp, who was born in St. Louis, Mo., and still resides on the home farm, in this county. Of her six children, three sons and three daughters, Joseph M., the subject of this sketch, is the fourth child. 
    In the district school, with its limited accommodations and equipment, Joseph M. Rader acquired his early education. Left fatherless when scarcely seven years of age, he was brought up on the home farm, and as soon as old enough assumed its management. Industrious, ambitious and persistent in purpose, he has continued the improvements inaugurated on the homestead before he took charge of it, and has a well-appointed ranch, everything about the premises being neat and tasteful, indicating the supervision of an enterprising and progressive farmer. He and his mother live together, their home being most pleasant and attractive. In June, 1902, Mr. Rader was elected sheriff of Jackson County for a term of two years, and in this capacity is rendering most efficient service. He is a steadfast Democrat in politics, and an earnest worker in party ranks.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 894-895


    JOSEPH M. RADER, ex-sheriff of Jackson County, is one of Oregon's popular sons now residing on a little farm of twenty acres near Phoenix, this county, living comparatively retired. He was born a mile and a half south of Eagle Point. July 31, 1864, a son of Jackson and Clara (Loehkamp) Rader. The mother crossed the plains from Missouri to Oregon in 1850 or 1851, coming as a girl with friends, her parents having died when she was a child. The father migrated to this state some time previous, and both settled in Jackson County. It was soon after the mother came to this state that their marriage was celebrated, and they took up their abode near Jacksonville. Four or five years later they removed to a ranch near Eagle Point, where the father died in 1872. His widow continued to reside on the homestead until 1902. when she made her home in Jacksonville with her son Joseph, of this review. Four years later she removed to Medford, where she has since resided with her daughter, Mrs. Clara Phipps.
    Joseph M. Rader was reared in the home of his parents and acquired his education in the common schools of Oregon. After attaining his majority he continued to remain at home and assisted in the operation of the home ranch, containing five hundred and thirty acres, and it required the combined efforts of the entire family to successfully conduct the farming business in which they were engaged. In 1904 Joseph Rader purchased the old home ranch, which he sold to
advantage in 1910. During the same year he purchased his present little home of twenty acres near Phoenix, where he is now living comparatively retired and at ease.
    In 1902 Mr. Rader was elected to the office of sheriff of Jackson County on the Democratic ticket, being reelected in 1904 to succeed himself in that office. During his period of service as a public official he proved to be a popular and efficient sheriff.
    Mr. Rader was married on the 7th of April, 1908, to Miss Bertha M. Rose, a daughter of L. A. Rose, one of the pioneer settlers of Jackson County, who is still living, making his home in Phoenix. Politically Mr. Rader has always been a staunch Democrat and for many years has been an active man in his party. He is a member of Medford Lodge, No. 168. B.P.O.E., and belongs to Jackson Tribe. No. I. I.O.R.M. He is one of the well-known residents of Jackson County, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. III, 1912, pages 293-294


    ALFRED F. RAGSDALE: lives on Salt Creek; is a farmer and stock raiser; post office is Brownsboro; was born in Jackson County, Georgia, came to state in 1852, and to county in 1872; was married July 2, 1872, to Malinda W. Taylor.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    FRED RAPP. As representing what may be accomplished through the exercise of superior ability and practical common sense is the farming enterprise being conducted by Fred Rapp and his parents, a family held in the highest esteem by all who are privileged to know them. Mr. Rapp has known no home save that upon which he is now living, for he was born here July 19, 1880, received his education in the nearby common schools, and in 1896 attended the Ashland normal school. A conscientious student, he advanced rapidly in his classes, and has since improved every opportunity to keep abreast of the times, not only agriculturally, but from a general standpoint.
    Joseph Rapp, the father of Fred Rapp, was born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., December 15, 1818, and was in turn the son of John Rapp, the representative of a Dutch family. In 1849 Joseph Rapp came to California and engaged in mining, an occupation which he followed for many years with gratifying success. About 1872 he came north to Oregon and located in Jackson County, upon a farm advantageously situated upon Wagner Creek, one and a half miles from Talent, where he remained until his death, September 21, 1897. He was engaged principally in horticultural pursuits. In fraternal relations he was a Mason and politically adhered to the principles of the Republican Party. He belonged to the Lutheran Church. January 13, 1876, in Ashland, Ore., Mr. Rapp married Martha E. Reames, who was born in Grayson County, Ky., October 26, 1841. Her father, Woodford Reames, was also a Kentuckian by birth, his father having accompanied Daniel Boone to that state in the early days of the Middle West. In 1848 Woodford Reames emigrated to Illinois, where he remained until 1852, when he crossed the plains to Oregon in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company. Upon his arrival in the West he located at St. Helens until 1853 and then removed with his family to Jackson County and took a donation claim near Phoenix. He died near Talent, twelve miles from Jacksonville, May 21, 1882. Two children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Rapp, of whom Edward Woodford, born in 1878, died in infancy, and Fred, of this review, is living in Talent.
    The Rapp farm consists of three hundred acres of land, one hundred and ten of which are in the bottoms, and remarkably fertile. A specialty is made of alfalfa, and the sixty acres thus covered furnish three crops a year, and averages five tons to the acre. During the past year the farm yielded two hundred and forty tons. A large orchard is not the least remunerative part of the farm, and gardening is carried on extensively, as well as stockraising. The finest of modern improvements increase the value and add to the productiveness of this model property, the house being a comfortable and roomy one, and the barns sufficiently large to house the hay, grain and general products. Mr. Rapp is one of the most energetic and resourceful of the young farmers to whom old residents look for the carrying on of their pioneer efforts, and his personal characteristics are such as to win him friends in the present and popularity and influence in time to come. He has but recently established a household of his own, having married Artie E. Oatman, July 7, 1903.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 894


    GEO. W. RATRIE: lives on South Fork of Butte Creek; is a farmer and stock grower; was born in Loudoun County, Virginia; came to the state, and county in 1860; was married January 15, 1872, to Sarah Swingle. Children Henry H., Edith O., May and Ida S. Post office Brownsboro.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    WILLIAM RAY: lives on Applegate Creek; is a farmer, post office Jacksonville; born in Butler County, Penn.; came to state and county in 1857; was married October 23, 1872, to Mrs. Louisa Engart Ward (deceased). Children William, Robert, Mary B. and Mathew.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    J. K. READER, M.D. As one who holds an indisputable position of prominence among the representative citizens of Jackson County, Ore., we have undertaken to briefly outline the life history of Dr. Reader, who for more than twenty-two years has been profitably engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in that section, and whose history is closely interwoven with the home of his adoption since the date of his location there in 1880. As a successful practitioner, both of medicine and surgery, in the city of Ashland, where he located in 1896, Dr. Reader also has the unique distinction of having represented the state of Oregon at various national and international gatherings and has materially added to her proud fame. He was appointed by Governor Lord as delegate to the Prison Reform Association, which met at Austin, Tex.; by Governor Geer as commissioner from Oregon to the Universal Exposition at Paris in 1900; and by Governor Chamberlain as commissioner from Oregon to the Fifth International Exposition at Osaka, Japan. Each trip occupied several months' time and added fresh laurels to his fame.
    In tracing the ancestry of Dr. Reader back on the paternal side to the grandfather, Jeptha Reader, we find him to have been born at an early day in Salem, Roanoke County, Va. Leaving his native state he settled in Overton County, Tenn., and was known to be a rich planter in that section. The latter years of his life, however, were spent in Macoupin County, Ill., whither he removed and where his death took place, but not before he had rendered valuable military services as lieutenant colonel of a regiment of Illinois troops during the Black Hawk War. By his marriage with Winifred Harrison, he linked his fortune with one of the most illustrious families of Virginia, as Mrs. Reader was a granddaughter of Gov. Benjamin Harrison, one of the colonial governors of Virginia, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. It is worthy of mention that it is through his relationship to this ancestor that Dr. Reader is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. This colonial governor was an uncle of William H. Harrison, of Tippecanoe fame, and great-granduncle of the late Benjamin Harrison, each of whom filled the highest executive office in our country, that of President.
    The father of Dr. Reader, P. L. Reader, was also a native of Salem, Va. After the family located in Illinois, he took a prominent part in military tactics, being promoted in the state militia to the rank of major, and taking active part against the savages in the Black Hawk War. He also assisted in driving the Mormons out of Nauvoo, Ill., witnessing the death of Joseph Smith, their leader. His military career over, he became prominent as a farmer in Macoupin County, and spent his remaining years in that section of the state, which he represented at one time in the state legislature. His marriage united him with Margaret Rafferty, a Kentuckian, daughter of James Rafferty, who left Kentucky for a home in Macoupin County, Ill., where he followed farming pursuits and became the father of ten children, only four of whom are living at this writing. Both parents passed to their final rest on the old home farm in Macoupin County, the scene of their many triumphs and happy days.
    We will now proceed without further delay with the personal history of Dr. Reader, who is the eldest son of his parents, born May 13, 1846, in Carlinville, Macoupin County, Ill. The recipient of a splendid education, the foundation of which was obtained in the public schools, and supplemented by a scientific course in the Blackburn University, from which he graduated in 1868 with a degree of A.B. attached to his name, at the age of seventeen, young Reader took up the profession of teaching during the winter months, working on the farm in vacation time. In this way he saved his earnings toward defraying the expenses of a professional education. Having decided upon entering the medical profession as his life work, he accordingly spent two years studying medicine in the office of Dr. Humbert, of Upper Alton, subsequently entering as a student the Missouri College of Homeopathy at St. Louis, graduating from that institution in 1872, a full-fledged M.D. Immediately engaging in the practice of his chosen profession at Auburn, in Sangamon County, and later in his native county of Macoupin, Dr. Reader met with fair success, and in 1875 went on a pleasure trip to the Pacific coast. Returning to Illinois the following year, he re-engaged for several years in the practice of his profession. In 1880 he again went to the Pacific coast, this time to seek a permanent location. Locating in Wallowa County, Ore., near Lostine, as a pioneer physician of that section, Dr. Reader soon became prominent and was elected on the Republican ticket to the office of county coroner. Removing in 1890 to Coos County, he established a good practice at Myrtle Point, which was his home until the date of his removal to Ashland in 1896. Since locating in that city, Dr. Reader's ability as a physician and surgeon has again brought him into prominence, and he now has a practice second to none in that locality. He is an influential member of the Pension Bureau and for nearly a quarter of a century has been United States examiner for pension applicants in his section. It may be appropriately mentioned in this place that the doctor is a worthy subject for a pension himself, having entered the Union army in 1862 when a mere lad, as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-second Illinois regiment, serving until the close of the war. He has served one term on the city council and is a prominent member of the Board of Trade in Ashland. He keeps abreast of the times in his profession, is a member not only of the State Homeopathic Medical Society, but of the International Homeopathic Medical Association, having served as a delegate from this county to the meeting of the latter association in Paris in 1900. In his religious views, Dr. Reader is an active member of the German Baptist Church. He is known to be a broad-minded, liberal citizen, influential in every movement for the public good, largely interested in mining and prospecting and in developing the natural resources of the country. While a young man, practicing his profession in Auburn, he was united in marriage with Miss L. E. Poley, a native of that city, and a brief sketch of her life is given in close proximity to this.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 897-898


    MRS. J. K. READER. Mrs. Reader is a daughter of Joseph Poley, who changed the family name from Pauly to Poley, as the people persisted in calling him. A Kentuckian by birth, he left his native state for a home in Illinois at an early day, and he very soon became a man of consequence in the Prairie State. He took up the double occupation of a farmer and stockman, and at one time he owned forty thousand acres of land in Sangamon and Morgan counties. He was also engaged in saw- and grist-milling at Auburn, and possessed keen business foresight. He possessed the confidence of the people to a large degree and his faithful services as county treasurer of Sangamon County and as justice of the peace showed that their confidence was not misplaced, and he filled the latter office for a number of years at Auburn.
    In tracing the ancestry of Mrs. Reader further back, we find the progenitor of the family in America to have been her grandfather, Charles Pauly, a native of either France or Germany, it is not certain which. At any rate, he was highly educated in French and also wrote and spoke six other languages, and two of his brothers fought under King Louis VII [sic]. This grandfather came of an important Catholic family, and, upon coming to this country, settled in Muhlenberg County, Ky. Here for years he was overseer of a large plantation, but so kind-hearted and just was he that he never raised a hand or a whip to strike a negro, believing rather in a more humane policy of dealing with them. During his latter years he forsook the family religion and united with the German Baptist Brethren Church, and his descendants still cling to that faith. After his death, his widow and child removed to Illinois.
    On the maternal side, the grandfather of Mrs. Reader, Michael Gates, was a native of Germany, and, upon emigrating to this country settled for a time in Kentucky, but afterward removed to Illinois, where the remainder of his life was spent. His daughter, Fanny Gates, the mother of Mrs. Reader, was born in Green County, Ky., but accompanied her parents to Illinois, where she married and thereafter knew no other home. Ten children were born to her and her husband; nine of these children lived to reach manhood and womanhood and seven of them are still living, among them Mrs. Reader, who, like her brothers and sisters, was reared in Illinois.
    It is a pleasant thing to be able to trace one's family record through long years of change and struggle, but it is doubly pleasant when this record presents the lives of men or women who have achieved some special feat of bravery which forever rendered their name famous. It is just so in the Pauly ancestry and one illustrious member, John Baptiste Pauly, a brother of Mrs. Reader's grandfather, was a member of an astronomical party which was sent by King Louis XV of France to California to observe the transit of Venus, which took place June 3, 1769, and was an object of interest to all noted astronomers throughout the world. Mr. Pauly was geographical engineer for King Louis and was the only survivor of the expedition, and by his efforts alone were the observations preserved for the benefit of the scientific world. The party set sail for Mexico in September, 1768. After a perilous voyage of three thousand leagues they arrived at their destination on Easter Day, 1769. Eight days later they resumed the journey, traveling on mules a distance of three hundred leagues, amid lofty mountains, dreadful precipices and arid deserts. At last they arrived at the port of San Blas, on the Pacific Ocean, whence they embarked for California on a brigantine, which the viceroy of Mexico had had prepared. After six weeks' sailing, during which time they had covered one hundred and fifty leagues, they found themselves near the port of San Joseph, which, however, was a very perilous landing. Some of the party wished to wait for a favorable wind to land at Cape St. Lucas, about ten leagues distant, and while this discussion was going on Mr. Pauly and several others let down the longboat and started out in search of a landing place. After many fruitless attempts at disembarking they finally discovered the mouth of an unknown river, and they at last reached the coast, although with the greatest difficulty. They sent the boat back after the rest of their party, landing on the peninsula May 21, 1769, thirteen days before the epoch of the transit of Venus. After considerable difficulty they constructed an observatory, and a few days later, on June 3, made the observations for which they had risked their lives. The distressing scourge which was prevalent in that country attacked the party six or seven days after the observation. One by one they buried their companions. Fearing that none of the party would survive to tell of their expedition, Mr. Pauley gathered all the papers relating to the object of their voyage and, placing them in a casket, addressed it to the viceroy of Mexico. This was to return on the vessel which was to arrive in September to take them back to France. The captain of the vessel finally arrived, and the remnant of the party embarked for the return trip. Several of their number succumbed on the way. They landed at Cadiz, Spain, July 21, 1770, and reached Paris on December 5 following. Mr. Pauley sent the observations which they had made in California to the academy, the society expressing the greatest satisfaction with his zeal and services, and presented him to the king and to all the ministers.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 898-900


    ALFRED EVAN REAMES. A man of literary and scholastic attainments, well versed in legal science, Alfred Evan Reames is now rendering excellent service as district attorney for Jackson and Josephine counties. A native-born citizen, Jacksonville, the city in which he resides, may well be proud of her distinguished son, who has achieved praiseworthy success in his professional career, and has won a good reputation for judicial impartiality and legal ability. A son of Thomas G. Reames, an early settler of Jacksonville, he was born February 5, 1870. Woodford Reames, his paternal grandfather, a native of Kentucky, came to Oregon with his family in 1853, crossing the plains with ox teams, the customary mode of traveling in those days. Locating in Jackson County, he took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres, lying midway between Phoenix and Talent. The upper portion of his claim was the site of the diggings of 1849, and is still rich in placer, and valued highly by the family, who have retained its possession until the present time. Retiring to Jacksonville in 1884, he lived here until his death, in 1885, at the age of seventy-two years. He was a blacksmith by trade, and worked at his trade in connection with farming during his years of activity.
    A native of Grayson County, Ky., Thomas G. Reames was but a boy when he came with his parents to Oregon. Completing his education in the pioneer schools of Jackson County, he first embarked in mining pursuits, and was afterwards a general merchant in Phoenix for three years. Disposing of his Phoenix store, he came to Jacksonville, and, in company with his brother, E. R. Reames, bought out the firm of Sachs Bros. & Co., and engaged in the mercantile business, conducting a general store. He subsequently organized the firm of Reames, Martin & Co., of Klamath Falls, Ore., the firm including, besides his brother and himself, Alex Martin, now living retired in Oakland, Cal., and Charles S. Moore, now state treasurer. E. R. Reames is still at Klamath Falls, where he is carrying on a prosperous banking and general mercantile business. During the time that the soldiers were in Fort Klamath, Mr. Reames and his brother carried on a substantial business in that locality. On retiring from the business in Jacksonville, E. R. Reames was succeeded by John F. White at first, and later by Lee Jacobs. In 1886 Mr. Reames became connected with the banking business of Jacksonville as junior member of the firm of Beekman & Reames, a position that he retained until his death, in 1900, at the age of sixty-three years. In 1885 he was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster inspector for Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Montana and Alaska, but at the end of eighteen months he resigned the position. In 1874 he was deputy sheriff of Jackson County, and in 1887 was elected sheriff, and served one term. In 1878 he was nominated for the position of secretary of state, but was defeated by only one hundred and twenty-six votes. One of the leading Democrats of the state, he served on the county and state Democratic committees until 1890. He married Lucinda Williams, who was born in Missouri, near St. Joseph, and is now residing in Berkeley, Cal.
    The second child in a family of four sons and six daughters, Alfred Evan Reames acquired the rudiments of his education in the common schools of Jacksonville. From 1888 until 1889 he continued his studies at the University of the Pacific, in San Jose, Cal., and the ensuing three years was a student in the University of Oregon, where he took a short course preparatory to taking up the study of law. Entering the Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, Va., in 1892, he was graduated in 1893 with the degree of B.A. Returning to Oregon, Mr. Reames began the practice of his profession with Eugene Skipworth of Eugene. Going to Portland in 1894 he was associated with C. M. Idleman, who was later attorney general of Oregon. Returning to Jacksonville in the fall of 1896, he was engaged in practice with William M. Colvig until 1900, when the partnership was dissolved. In that year he was elected district attorney for Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lake counties on the Democratic ticket, receiving a majority of four hundred and eighty-nine votes, although the counties went Republican by a majority of seven hundred and fifty votes. On the death of his father-in-law. Congressman Tongue, in 1903, Mr. Reames received the Democratic nomination for congressman from the First Congressional District.
    In Hillsboro, Ore., in 1895, Mr. Reames married Edith L. Tongue, who was born in Hillsboro, Washington County, Ore., August 26, 1871, a daughter of the late Thomas H. Tongue, of whom a brief biographical sketch may be found elsewhere in this work. A man of activity and enterprise, progressive and far-sighted, Mr. Reames is associated with many of the leading industries of this locality. He owns a controlling interest in the Deep Gravel Mining Company, of which he is secretary. This company, incorporated with a capital of $85,000, of which $75,000 is paid up, owns a valuable mine in Josephine County, about a mile north of Waldo. He is president of the Three Pines Timber Company, which owns ten thousand acres of timber land in Jackson and Josephine counties. In Jacksonville he built, and owns, the Jacksonville Gasoline Lighting Plant, the only one in existence in this part of the state. He is a student, and his valuable library contains a choice collection of books, being one of the finest in Jackson County.
    Politically Mr. Reames is an earnest supporter of the principles of the Democratic Party, and a prominent worker in its ranks. Fraternally, he is a member of Warren Lodge No. 10, A.F.&A.M.; of Oregon Chapter No. 4, R.A.M.; of Oregon Commandery No. 1, K.T. of Portland; of Al Kader Temple. N.M.S., of Portland; of P. P. Prim Cabin, Native Sons of Oregon, of which he was grand president in 1900-01; and of Pocahontas Tribe No. 1, I.O.R.M.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 305-306


    As one reads the history of early Oregon the name of Reames will frequently appear upon its pages, for the family was among the earliest pioneers of the state and its members have done much to develop and upbuild the country. Woodford Reames, a native of Kentucky, in which state his people settled in pioneer times, came to Oregon in 1852 and for a brief period resided at St. Helens. A year later he took up a donation claim in Jackson County and thus the name became identified with the progress of southern Oregon. His son, Thomas G. Reames, was a small boy when the family came to this state and after reaching manhood he turned his attention to mining, while later he became a merchant and eventually a banker. In 1886 he concentrated his attention upon banking business as a member of the firm of Beekman & Reames, who succeeded to the banking business of Beekman's Banking House. Mr. Reames held many positions of public honor and trust in Oregon and left the impress of his individuality and ability for good upon many lines of the state's development. He held the office of sheriff of Jackson County for several years and under the Cleveland administration he served as post office inspector for the district embracing Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Alaska. He was one of the most popular residents of southern Oregon, as is evidenced by the fact that he came within but a few votes of election as secretary of the state, although the Democratic candidate in a commonwealth that normally gives a strong Republican majority. He married Lucinda Williams, whose parents came to Oregon in 1853. To this marriage was born on the 5th of February, 1870, at Jacksonville, Oregon, a son, Alfred Evan Reames, now residing in Medford.
    Alfred Evan Reames acquired his education in the common schools of his native city and in the University of the Pacific at San Jose, California, in the University of Oregon and the Washington and Lee University of Virginia, being graduated from the last named institution in 1893. He was admitted to the bar in that state, after which he returned to Oregon and was admitted to practice in the courts here. He entered upon the active work of his profession in connection with E. R. Shipworth of Eugene, under the firm style of Shipworth & Reames, there remaining until 1894, when he removed to Portland and became associated with C. M. Idleman up to the time the latter was elected attorney general of the state. Mr. Reames then associated himself with William M. Colvig at Jacksonville, Oregon, and the partnership was maintained until 1902, when Mr. Reames was elected district attorney, in which office he continued to serve for eight years. In 1906 he became associated with his brother, Clarence L. Reames, in a partnership that was terminated with the appointment of the latter as deputy United States attorney for Oregon. After that time Alfred E. Reames practiced alone in Medford until 1921, when he admitted his younger brother, Charles W. Reames, to a partnership, the latter having recently served as deputy United States district attorney. Thus the firm has again become Reames & Reames, a style that is well known in Oregon, for they enjoy an extensive practice of an important character, the brothers ranking high as able representatives of the Oregon bar.
    Alfred E. Reames was united in marriage to Miss Edith L. Tongue, a daughter of Congressman Thomas L. Tongue of Hillsboro. She passed away in 1918, her death deeply deplored by many friends.
    Upon the death of his father-in-law in 1903, the Democratic Party nominated Mr. Reames to succeed him as candidate for the office of congressman and though the Republicans carried the district he succeeded greatly in reducing their usual majority. In fact his vote was so large that for a time the result was in doubt. The large vote accorded him was certainly an indication of his personal popularity and of the confidence and trust reposed in him.
    Mr. Reames has always been active in the upbuilding of his state and has contributed to its development in many ways. He has been interested in mining and in timber and has been the active head of large companies which have done important development work along these lines. His native town of Jacksonville is indebted to him for its lighting plant, which he built almost alone. As a lawyer he is a member of the Southern Oregon Bar Association and of the Oregon State Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Bar Association. His status as a lawyer requires no comment, for his ability is conceded on all sides and his name is known in legal circles throughout the West as that of one of the strongest representatives of the bar in the Pacific coast country. Fraternally he is a Mason, having attained the Knights Templar degree of the York Rite, and he is a past high priest of his chapter and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His activities and his interests are thus broad and varied. While appreciative of the social amenities of life and a valued representative of the different orders to which he belongs, it has been by reason of his connection with important business and professional interests that he has come to the front as one of the prominent residents of his state. He is a man of broad vision, displaying keen insight into the opportunities of a situation and readily recognizing and utilizing opportunities which have not only resulted in the upbuilding of his individual fortunes but have constituted a splendid element of public progress and improvement. 
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, vol. III, 1922, pages 304-307


REAMES, ALFRED EVAN
    Lawyer
b. Jacksonville, Ore., Feb. 5, 1870; educ., public schools, Jacksonville; Univ. of the Pacific, San Jose, Calif.; Univ. of Oregon; Washington and Lee Univ. of Virginia graduate 1893. Married Edith L. Tongue, (dec'd.) of Hillsboro. Admitted to bar of Va. and Oregon; practice of law with E. R. Skipworth as Skipworth and Reames, Eugene, Ore., until 1894; in association with C. M. Idleman, Portland, Ore.; in partnership with William M. Colvig, Jacksonville, until 1902; District Attorney, Jackson County, 1902-10; in partnership with brother, Clarence L. Reames; in practice alone at Medford, Ore.; 1921 in partnership with brother, Charles W. Reames, as Reames & Reames. Active in politics. Interested in mining and timber. Built lighting plant for Jacksonville. Mem. Southern Ore. State, and Am. Bar Assns. K.T. Mason. Shriner. Elk. Member Exec. Com., Demo. State Central Committee. Home: 816 W. 10th St. Office: Liberty Bldg., Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 454


REAMES, Charles Wilkinson
Lawyer.
b. Jacksonville, Oregon April 5, 1891; son of Thomas G. and Lucinda (Williams) Reames (father and mother crossed plains in ox team; father was partner in Jacksonville, famed Beekman and Reames Bank; was one of first sheriffs of Jackson County); educated grade and high schools Berkeley; University of Oregon; LL.B. 1917; Phi Alpha Delta; m. Bess Myall of Oakland, California Feb. 10, 1914; children Thomas (U.S. Army), Carvel (Mrs. Harold Wall), Betty (Mrs. Vernon Plank); began as chief clerk U.S. Attorney's office, Portland, also assistant U.S. Attorney, admitted to Oregon Bar 1917; partner, brother late A. E. Reames; private practice 1926 to date; special assistant in charge of war work, World War II, U.S. Attorney's office; admitted to practice, U.S. District Court 1917; member of state and local bar associations; Lion; Elk; K.T. Mason; Hillah Shriner; Presbyterian; home 27 Geneva St.; office Medford Center Bldg., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 461


    EVAN ROGERS REAMES. In reviewing the career of Evan Rogers Reames one is impressed with the practical and substantial, as against the speculative and visionary, in business. Starting out in life as a clerk in a general store, he advanced by easy stages, keeping his mind focused on success, and with no thought of failure to clog his mental or physical machinery. It is to this steady and persevering class of men that communities owe their backbone, and whose affairs, always in order and well adjusted, are rarely influenced by temporary financial depression. Mr. Reames' fifty-three years of life began in Litchfield, Montgomery County, Ill., April 5, 1850, his father being Woodford Reames, born in Hart County, Ky., April 4, 1811, and his mother, Hulda (White) Reames, born in the same state and county April 2, 1825. His paternal grandfather, Aaron Reames, although a southerner and large slave owner, ranged himself on the side of the Union when the keeping of slaves became a national issue, emphasizing his sincerity by liberating those who had toiled for his success with the yoke of ownership upon their shoulders. In the Civil War he attained to the rank of colonel in the Union army. He was probably of Scotch descent, his emigrating ancestor having settled in Virginia, from where his parents moved to Kentucky, the state of his birth. He was the father of nine children, and he lived to an advanced age. Woodford Reames learned the blacksmith trade in his youth, working at the same in Kentucky and after his removal to Montgomery County, Ill. In April, 1852, when Evan, who was next to the youngest of the six children, was two years old, the father brought his family across the plains with ox teams, having six yoke of cattle, and a sufficient number of wagons to travel in comfort. There were many other home seekers in the train, and the party arrived at St. Helens, Columbia County, in October, 1852. The following spring Mr. Reames located one mile south of Phoenix, Jackson County, where he took up three hundred and twenty acres of land, the same now occupied by his son, James R. On this farm he made many fine improvements, and in connection with farming ran his little shop, one of the first in his neighborhood. About 1879 he retired to Jacksonville, where his death occurred in 1884, his wife surviving him until 1890. The oldest son in this family, Thomas G., a banker of Jacksonville, died in March, 1900; Martha is the widow of Joseph Rapp, of Talent, Ore.; James R. is a farmer of the vicinity of Phoenix, Ore., and Dora is the wife of Oliver Harbaugh, of Jacksonville, Ore. One child died in infancy.
    The early public schools of Jackson County afforded the preliminary education of Evan R. Reames, and at the age of nineteen he entered upon a six years' clerkship in the store of Major James T. Glenn, a pioneer merchant of Jackson County. While thus employed the Modoc War made an appeal to the able-bodied sons of the state, and he enlisted, as second lieutenant November 26, 1872, in Company A, First Oregon Volunteer Cavalry, serving until April, 1873. The company, under command of Capt. Harris Kelly, was detailed to service in both Klamath and Siskiyou counties, and at the first important battle Mr. Reames received a flesh wound in the leg. With the return of order he again took his place in the general store, and in 1881 engaged in a similar business in Jacksonville, in partnership with his brother, Thomas G., under the firm name of Reames Brothers. The business expectations of the brothers were so far realized that they were enabled to start a branch store in Klamath Falls, of which Evan R. assumed control in 1881, moving here, the better to superintend what was in reality a business of county importance. The store here was managed under the firm name of Reames, Martin & Co., and Mr. Reames continued with it until 1886, when he sold his interest both in this and the Jacksonville store, and turned his attention to stock-raising on his splendidly appointed ranch of two thousand acres two miles south of Klamath Falls. For a few years he was engaged in business in San Jose, Cal., the superior educational facilities of that town for his child being the chief incentive, for removal. Returning to Klamath Falls in 1890, he engaged in a general hardware business with George T. Baldwin, and in 1898 sold out both his stock and hardware business engaging in a general merchandise and banking enterprise with Alexander Martin and son. At the expiration of two years Mr. Reames purchased Martin's interest, and has since conducted his business under the firm name of Reames & Jennings.
    The broad and tolerant public spirit of Mr. Reames has found vent in many avenues of town activity, and he has been particularly energetic in seeking to gain the foremost of modern advantages for his adopted town. He is one of the promoters and a stockholder in the light and water works of Klamath Falls, and is treasurer of and owns a quarter interest in the Midway Telephone & Telegraph Company. He is also vice-president of the Klamath County Bank, one of the solid financial institutions of this part of the state. Although independent in politics, he has held many positions of honor in the community, and when Klamath was divided from Lake County he was appointed county treasurer by the Governor, and was elected to succeed himself, serving in all four years. For many terms he has been a member of the town council. Fraternally he is connected with the Klamath Falls Lodge No. 77, A.F.&A.M., the Knights Templar, and the Royal Arch Masons, being the present treasurer of the latter organization.
    Near Jacksonville, Ore., October 3, 1873, Mr. Reames was united in marriage with Jennie E. Ross, who was born in 1855 on a farm near Jacksonville, Jackson County, Ore., a daughter of Gen. John E. Ross, one of the best known of the Indian fighters of the Northwest. Mollette, the only daughter born of this union, is one of the cultured and very popular young women of the county, and is the wife of F. W. Jennings, of the firm of Reames & Jennings. Architecturally and otherwise, the Reames home on the riverside is an exposition of latter-day elegance and refinement, and just such a center of hospitality as one might expect from a man of Mr. Reames' advanced ideas and unquestioned appreciation of the benefits of beautiful and attractive surroundings. To an unusual extent the genial owner possesses the nameless element of popularity, and with it the sincere good will of the many associates who regard him as the embodiment of western prosperity and shrewd business sagacity.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 924-925


    JAMES R. REAMS: lives near Phoenix, is a farmer; was born in Grayson County, Ky., January 6, 1844, came to state and to county in 1853; married May 16, 1875, to Lavica A. Strong. Children Lillie M., Elsie A., Harry W. and Nellie.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    JAMES R. REAMES. The ranch now occupied by James R. Reames has been in the possession of his family since 1853, and in the meantime has undergone a change from the wild and uncultivated to the modern and productive. Located one and a half miles southwest from Phoenix, it is three hundred and twenty acres in extent, and the successful owner raises a variety of products, as well as much fine stock. He has a pleasant rural home, bearing slight resemblance to the one-room log cabin erected by his father when he first came here, and his barns are far superior to the rude shacks which protected from the blasts of winter the stock which crossed the plains. Mr. Reames and his industrious and capable sons are thoroughly practical in their methods, and their farm presents one of the typical examples of agriculture to be found in this county.
    In Grayson County, Ky., where he was born January 6, 1844, Mr. Reames lived the first four years of his life, and in 1848 was taken by his parents to Macoupin County, Ill., where his father, Woodford Reames, engaged in farming and blacksmithing. In the spring of 1852, when James R. was eight years old, the family started across the plains with two wagons and six yoke of oxen, accomplishing the long journey to Oregon without any particular adventure. After spending the winter at St. Helen they came in the spring of 1853 to Jackson County, where the elder Reames selected the farm now occupied by his son, erected the log cabin heretofore mentioned, and finally cleared a little patch of ground for the sowing of the first seed. Soon afterward he went to Talent and Fort Wagner with his wife, and four children, in both of which places the settlers had stockades to protect them from the Indians. After the Rogue River War life and property were assured greater safety, and the family returned to their own, and industriously set about making a home in the wilderness. The father lived to be seventy-two years of age, and almost up to the time of his death in 1882 kept his cheerful spirits and good health. His wife, many years younger than himself, survived him until 1891, dying at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs. Reames was formerly Malinda White, and she was the mother of six children, of whom Thomas G., the oldest son, is deceased; Martha is the widow of Joseph Rapp; James R.; Evan R. lives at Klamath Falls, Ore.; Medora is the wife of Oliver Harbaugh of Jacksonville, Ore.; and Richard died at an early age.
    Until 1869 James R. Reames lived on the home farm and then tried to improve his prospects by engaging in the livery business in Jacksonville for a couple of years. He afterward clerked in a general store in Phoenix for five years, making himself a valuable employee of Reames & Sachs. At the end of this period Mr. Reames, in company with C. S. Sargent, purchased the business which they conducted until 1876, when their store was destroyed by fire. Mr. Reames soon afterward opened a business of his own, which he conducted for five years or until he located on his present farm. In 1875 he was united in marriage with Alice Strong, of which union six children have been born: Lillie, Elsie, Harry W., Ernest, Archie, and Nellie, all of whom are still at home. From his home in Phoenix Mr. Reames returned to the old home place in Jackson County, where he has since lived uninterruptedly. He finds his mercantile experience of invaluable aid in the management of his farm, but naturally prefers the occupation in which he was trained in his youth, and which nets him a comfortable yearly income. From time to time Mr. Reames has taken an active interest in local politics, and for eighteen successive years has been a member of the school board. He is a supporter of the Democratic Party, although he is liberal minded enough to vote for the man best qualified for the office in question. He is esteemed as a man of honest convictions, industry, and progressiveness, and his farm and himself are a credit to his prosperous and well-conditioned community.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 846-847


    THOMAS G. REAMES was born in Litchfield, Kentucky, December 15, 1838. When he was about six years old his parents settled in Carlinville, Illinois, where they remained until 1852, and came to Oregon that year. With his father he was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company during the winter, and in the spring they came to Jackson County, arriving just before the commencement of the Indian war in 1853--and settled near Phoenix. Mr. Reames was farming and mining here until 1864, when he took up his residence in Jacksonville and was appointed deputy sheriff, holding the office until 1868. That year he was elected sheriff--serving one term. After engaging in the livery business one year he opened a mercantile house at Phoenix, under the firm name of Reames & Sachs, which continued four years. Then, in conjunction with his brother, [he] bought out Messrs. White & Martin, at Jacksonville, and since that time the firm has been "Reames Bros." Mr. Reames has been mayor of Jacksonville several terms, and a number of times a member of the common council. He was appointed brigadier-general of the first brigade of Oregon militia by Governor Thayer. Received the nomination for secretary of state on the Democratic ticket in 1878, but was defeated by R. P. Earhart by 191 votes. He is a prominent citizen of Jacksonville, and is a past grand master of Masons in Oregon. His portrait appears in this work. Married Lucinda Williams, and has a family of seven children.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 538


REDFORD, Walter, educator; b. Osceola, Missouri April 9, 1888; to Oregon 1926; B.A. University of Washington; M.A. 1925; Ph.D. 1926; m. Hazel Margaret Beeler April 14, 1917; children--Lois Margaret. Head geography department Southern Oregon Normal School; F.&A.M.; Phi Delta Kappa; Commercial Club; Phi Delta Kappa Nu. Methodist. Address: 427 Palm Avenue, Ashland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 183


REDFORD, WALTER
    President, Southern Oregon Normal School
b. Osceola, Mo., April 9, 1889; educ., pub. schs., Mo.; U. of Wash., B.A., M.A., Ph.D., 1912-17; Phi Delta Kappa. Married Hazel Margaret Beeler, April 14, 1917; one daughter, Lois. Supt. of schools, Whitman Co., Wash., 1917-22. Head Geography Dept., Southern Oregon Normal School, 1926-32; President, Southern Oregon Normal School, 1932 to date. Served U.S. Army training school, Camp Zachary Taylor, World War, Member, Ashland Commercial Club. Mason. Methodist. Home: 427 Palm Avenue. Office: Southern Oregon Normal School, Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 454


REDFORD, DR. WALTER
Realtor; ex-College President; Councilman, Ashland.
b. Osceola, Missouri April 9, 1890; son of Charles and Margaret (Furry) Redford; educated public schools Mo.; University of Washington B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 1912-17; Phi Delta Kappa; m. Hazel Margaret Beeler April 14, 1917; one daughter, Lola; superintendent of schools, Whitman County, Wash. 1917-22; head Department of Geography, Southern Oregon Normal (now Southern Oregon College of Education) 1926-32; president of the college 1932-46; real estate business 1946; member city council; served U.S.A. Training School Camp Zachary Taylor, World War I; former member executive board Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association; Rotarian; member Ashland Chamber of Commerce; Mason; Methodist; home 427 Palm Ave.; office 40 E. Main St., Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 462


    C. H. REED: lives in Jacksonville, is a painter; was born in Howard County, Ky., came to state in 1853, and to county in 1854; was married June 23, 1863, to Calista Smith. Children Edd, Dell, Myrtle and Frank.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 506


    BENJAMIN F. REESER. Among the earlier settlers of prominence in Jackson County Benjamin F. Reeser occupies a noteworthy place. Locating in this section of the state more than forty years ago, he has since been a most useful and honored citizen, and an able assistant in promoting its agricultural and industrial interests. Having by industry, energy and persistency of purpose acquired a competency, he is now living retired from active business cares in Ashland, where he and his estimable wife are respected for their many excellent traits of mind and character. He was born August 14, 1838, in Mount Carbon, Pa.
    His father, Benjamin Reeser, a native of Berks County, Pa., was born near the town of Reading, being descended from one of the early and respected families of that locality. A miller by occupation, he was first established in business in Dauphin County, afterwards removing to Mount Carbon, where he operated a grist mill for a number of seasons. Going thence to Pottsville, Pa., he there spent his last years, dying in 1855. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Leiz, was a lifelong resident of the Keystone State. She bore her husband eleven children, of whom seven grew to years of maturity, Benjamin F. being the youngest member of the family and the only one to come to the Pacific Coast. One son, Reuben Reeser, served with a Pennsylvania regiment during the Civil War.
    Leaving school at the age of fourteen years, Benjamin F. Reeser spent the next three years as a copying clerk under his brother Lewis, who was county clerk and recorder for Schuylkill County, Pa. Migrating then to Iowa, he served an apprenticeship at the tinner's trade under Spooner & Hulbert, the leading tinsmiths of Lyons. After his marriage he started for the Pacific Coast with his father-in-law, Horace Root, leaving Clinton, Iowa, with horse and mule teams, April 15, 1861. Crossing the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, the company proceeded by way of South Pass and the Humboldt River to Susanville, Cal., thence over the mountains, via Lawson Butte, first into the Shasta Valley in California, and then to Rogue River Valley, in Oregon, arriving there August 31, 1861. Locating in Jacksonville, Ore., Mr. Reeser was a tinner and plumber for the firm of Love & Bilger for the ensuing five years or more. Investing his money in land in 1868, he purchased a ranch near the site of the present town of Talent, and was there engaged in grain and stock-raising for three years, being quite successful as an agriculturist. In 1872, just as Ashland was beginning to grow, he sold his farm, and moved into the embryo city, of which he was subsequently one of the active and prominent upbuilders. At once erecting a store on Main Street, he embarked in mercantile pursuits, putting in a stock of hardware, stoves and tinware. He also worked at his trade as a tinsmith, and afterwards did plumbing throughout the city. More room being required in the management of his extensive business, Mr. Reeser subsequently added to the original building, giving his store a frontage of fifty-four feet. He continued in business for nearly three decades, being the leading hardware merchant and plumber of the city until January, 1901, when he sold out, and has since lived somewhat retired, attending only to his private interests, which are extensive. He owns a tract of four hundred and eighty acres of fine timber land on Dead Indian Road, twelve miles from Ashland, on which he has erected a sawmill. In 1888 Mr. Reeser bought fourteen acres of land on what is now Gresham Street, and has since laid out Highland Park addition to Ashland, on which his fine residence stands.
    In Iowa Mr. Reeser married Matilda J. Root, who was born in Illinois, a daughter of Horace Root. Mr. Root was born and reared in New York state. Engaging in agricultural pursuits, he was a pioneer farmer of Clinton County, Iowa. Crossing the plains to California with the "forty-niners," he was engaged in mining pursuits for four years, when, going by way of the Isthmus, he went back to Iowa. In 1861, accompanied by his family, which included Mr. and Mrs. Reeser, he returned to the coast. Locating in Jackson County, Ore., he purchased the old claim on which he formerly lived, near Phoenix, and resided there for a time. Afterwards buying land which is now within the corporate limits of Talent, he carried on general farming quite successfully for many years. He married Eliza Thomas, a native of New York state, and they reared three children, namely: Matilda J., now Mrs. Reeser; Mrs. Anna M. Gunnison, whose death occurred in Ashland; and Charles A., who died in Talent, Ore. Both Mr. and Mrs. Root spent the declining years of their lives with their daughter, Mrs. Reeser, he passing away at the age of seventy-three years, and she at the age of seventy-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Reeser became the parents of nine children, namely: Mrs. Hattie Camps, of Ashland; Lida, a music teacher of Ashland; Benjamin, who died at the age of five years; Mrs. Tillie Pennebaker, of Jackson County; Mrs. Pearl Hooper, of Ashland; Margaret, a graduate of the Oregon state normal school at Ashland, living at home; Horace, who is engaged in extensive stock-raising with his brother-in-law, G. W. Pennebaker, near Ashland; Netta, the wife of W. B. Freeland, of Portland; and Olive, who died in Ashland, at the age of two years. Mr. Reeser is a member of the Ashland Board of Trade, with which he has been connected for many years. He is a firm adherent of the Republican Party, and during Ashland's earlier history was honored with the office of city treasurer. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mrs. Reeser is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which she is an active worker.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 957-958


REIMER, FRANK CHARLES
    Horticulturist; U.S. Dept. Agri., So. Oregon Experiment Station
b. Stevensville, Mich., Sept. 4, 1881; educ., Mich. State College, B.S., 1903; Univ. of Florida; M.S., 1905. Assistant botanist and horticulturist, Florida, 1905; asst. professor; associate professor, and professor, horticulture, North Carolina State College, 1905-11. Superintendent, Southern Oregon branch experiment station, Talent, 1911 to date. Explorer for state of Oregon and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Japan, Korea and China, 1917-19. Author of Pollination and Breeding Muscadine Grapes; Blight Resistance of Pears; Sulfur as a Fertilizer for Alfalfa. Member, A.A.A.S.; Society of Horticultural Science; Phytopathic Society; Assn. of Northwest Horticulture, Entomology and Plant Pathology, president, 1931. Address: Talent, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 456


REIMER, FRANK CHARLES
Horticulturist; Southern Oregon Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
b. Stevensville, Mich., Sept. 4, 1881; educated Michigan State College B.S. 1903; University of Florida M.S. 1905; assistant botanist and horticulturist Florida 1905; assistant professor, associate professor and professor of horticulture North Carolina State College 1905-11; superintendent Southern Oregon branch experiment station, Talent, 1911 to date; explorer for State of Oregon and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Japan, Korea and China 1917-19; author of Pollination and Breeding Muscadine Grapes; Blight Resistance of Pears; Sulphur as a Fertilizer for Alfalfa; member American Association for Advancement of Science, Society of Horticultural Science; Phytopathic Society; Association of Northwest Horticulture Entomology and Plant Pathology (president 1931); address, Talent.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 464


    JESSE RICHARDSON. In the early days of the history of Oregon, men accompanied by their families flocked here from every section of the United States, and not a few of the early settlers were Kentuckians by birth, Mr. Richardson being of the number. He was born in Cumberland County, August 12, 1834, and when about three years old, his parents went west to Illinois and settled for a time in the vicinity of Jacksonville. A few years afterward, in 1840, they continued westward to Macon City, Mo., where young Jesse attended the public schools and in them obtained the rudiments of an education without which no man can compete with the progress of the age and successfully fulfill his mission on earth. His early manhood was also spent in that locality, and on October 13, 1861, his marriage took place to Miss Martha Plymire, in Caldwell, Mo., and of the four children born to them, two are living--Henry H. Richardson, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Samuel I., of Medford, Ore.
    Having heard a great deal about the increased advantages of life in the West, the young people determined to seek a home there and in 1864 began the tedious journey across the country. After traveling for six months and enduring many hardships, they reached Austin, Nev., spending the winter there. When spring opened and the weather became milder, they continued their journey to Butte County, Cal., which was their home for a couple of years. Not being entirely satisfied with that section of the country, in 1866 Mr. Richardson journeyed northward in search of a more favorable location, which he found in Jackson County, Ore. Renting land on the present site of Medford, he followed agricultural pursuits there for two years, and was so well pleased with the country that he decided to purchase land, and accordingly became the possessor of three hundred and twenty acres of fertile land, three miles to the east of his former location. For a period of fifteen years, he cultivated and improved his land and carried on general farming pursuits with an unusual degree of success. He invested his savings in an adjoining farm, whither he removed and which continued to be his home until 1897. He then purchased a fine farm at the head of Sams Valley and his splendid four-hundred-and-four-acre ranch there is among the best improved in that vicinity, and upon it a variety of farm products are raised. His undivided attention has been given to the furtherance of his business interests, to the almost total exclusion of anything else. Politics do not appeal very strongly to him, and he is content to exercise his franchise as a simple American citizen and as a supporter of the Democratic Party. Although not an office-seeker, he has upon several occasions filled various minor offices in his locality, always proving worthy of the trust reposed in him by his fellow citizens. The wife of his young manhood died in 1868, and in 1876 Mr. Richardson was again married, his second wife being Miss Cordelia Bell, of Jackson County, Ore. Eight children were born of the second marriage, four boys and four girls--Jesse Sanford, Miles Monroe, Walter Woodford and Christopher Claud; Mary Elizabeth, Clara Bell, Gertrude and Josephine.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 897


    THOMAS RILEY. For more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Riley has proved himself to be a useful citizen of Jackson County, Ore., chiefly engaged in the agricultural development of this section, although a part of his attention has been given to the stock industry. The first thirteen years of his residence there found him a resident of Jacksonville, but a subsequent removal in 1890 to his present home along Antelope Creek brought him increased prosperity and success. At that time he purchased his fine four-hundred-acre farm eleven miles east of Medford, many improvements having been added to this place, which is one of the best-improved ranches in that locality.
    A worthy descendant of a prominent Ohio family, Mr. Riley claims the same state as the place of his nativity, having been born in Belmont County in the vicinity of Barnesville, April 8, 1850. His attendance at the public schools of his native place was terminated by a desire for adventure and a taste for a military career, for, at the early age of fourteen years, young Riley ran away from home and enlisted in the Union army, without the consent of his parents, who had no knowledge of his whereabouts. He took up our country's cause April 14, 1864, as a private in Company E, Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into service at Marietta, Ohio. Participating in the siege of Richmond, Va., where his company was stationed for sixteen months, he was wounded in an active engagement on the second day of April, 1865. Comrades carried him from the field and he was taken to the field hospital for treatment, but was afterwards transferred with others to Hampton hospital at Fortress Monroe, where his wounds received attention and he was discharged from Hampton June 16, 1865. His military career covered a period of three years. Returning home to Ohio, he remained there only a short time, subsequently going west as far as Illinois, where he took up his residence for several years, afterward removing to the territories of Dakota and Montana. Anxious to avail himself of the increased advantages of the Far West, in 1877 he sought a home on the Pacific Slope, locating in Jacksonville, Ore., for a number of years as previously mentioned. December 30, 1882, Mr. Riley was united in marriage with Miss Sarah G. Hurst, a daughter of Martin Hurst, an esteemed citizen of Jackson County, Ore. Three children now brighten their home, Thomas M., Myrtle M. and Josie P. The family enjoy the highest esteem of their neighbors and acquaintances and are among the most useful citizens of their community. In fraternal circles, Mr. Riley is a prominent member of the Red Men of the World, and owing to his military career he is a worthy member of the Grand Army of the Republic organization of Medford. His adherence to the Republican Party is unquestionable, and his election by that party to the office of county commissioner in June, 1900, was an auspicious circumstance, and the manner in which he discharges the duties of that office is highly commendable.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 788-791


    JASPER N. RINEHART is a highly esteemed citizen of Ashland, Jackson County, and stands foremost among the successful agriculturists and stockmen of his section. At the present writing he is acceptably filling the position of city councilman from the third ward, but is otherwise living in retirement, enjoying the fruits of his early industry. The Rinehart family is of German descent and originally came from England to America. The progenitors of the family in this country were three brothers, one of whom was the grandfather of Jasper N. These brothers settled in Philadelphia, where Mr. Rinehart's grandfather followed the shoemaker's trade. The other two brothers were able-bodied men, and as such they took up the defense of our country in her war for freedom. Their fate is unknown, but it is supposed they perished in the Revolutionary War. The grandfather afterward moved to Tennessee and located on a farm near Memphis, where Lewis Rinehart was reared, although a Pennsylvanian by birth.
    Jasper N. Rinehart was born November 20, 1848, near Oskaloosa, Iowa, and is a son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Ellis) Rinehart, whose marriage took place in Tennessee. Shortly afterward, they removed to Illinois, but later located near Oskaloosa, Iowa, and were among the early settlers of that place. In 1854 they started across the plains in wagons drawn by oxen, six months later landing near Eugene, Lane County, and soon afterward purchased a farm in that vicinity. In 1870 they moved into Union County, buying land near Summerville, where they spent their declining years. The father passed to his final rest in 1881, aged eighty years. The beloved mother survived him for many years and died when she had attained to the age of ninety-four years. Both parents were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and were esteemed for their sterling qualities. Their family consisted of eight sons and five daughters, as follows: John, who died in Union County; Mrs. Polly Ann Ratliff, who died in Iowa; Mrs. Barbara Edwards, who died in Lane County; George, a stockman in Gilliam County; Mrs. Louisa Duncan, who died in Lake County; Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Jasper, who died in Union County; J. H., an ex-member of the legislature and successful miller and banker of Union County; F. M., a stockman of Gilliam County; Henry, an ex-member of the legislature, now a stockman of Union County; L. B., who is also engaged in the stock business, in Yakima, Wash., and is an ex-state senator; W. E., a stockman of Idaho; J. N., the subject of this narrative; and Sarah, who is married and lives in Gilliam County.
    Jasper N. Rinehart was reared to farm life, and his early mental training was obtained through attendance at the district schools. In 1854 he accompanied his parents to Oregon, and completed his education in the Eugene schools. In 1870 he went into Union County and purchased three hundred and twenty acres of wild and undeveloped land. After plowing his land he hauled rails ten miles to fence it in, and engaged in raising wheat and other cereals. He followed this line of work for a period of thirty years and was very successful. In 1900 he sold this farm in Union County and purchased a fine place on Fairview Street in Ashland, which is still his home. Upon this he built his present fine residence, which is surrounded by ample grounds of about an acre and a half. However, he still owns a ranch, twelve miles east of Ashland, on Dead Indian Road, where his son George carries on cattle-raising.
    Mr. Rinehart chose for his wife Catherine Neville, and their marriage being solemnized at the home of the bride in Union County. Mrs. Rinehart is a native of Iowa, and was born in Wapello County, a daughter of E. T. and P. J. (McGuire) Neville. Mr. Neville settled in Union County, Ore., in 1871, following farming and stock-raising, and served one term as county commissioner. Three children blessed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart. Edward, the eldest, was accidentally drowned when a youth of sixteen years; George, previously mentioned, conducts his father's ranch; and Stella is at home with her parents. The family worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which they are members and in which Mr. Rinehart is serving as trustee and steward. In politics he is a pronounced prohibitionist and believes intemperance to be the greatest evil in our fair land.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 665-666


    Though it has been many years since Horace Greeley uttered his well known admonition "Go west, young man," the advice is still being followed, and throughout the Pacific coast country and especially in Oregon the alert and dynamic young men of the state are sturdy fellows who have come west to embrace the opportunities offered in a growing and rapidly developing country. They are to be found in all sections and in all professions, a great number being representatives of the law. Among those who are conspicuous as progressive and able lawyers is George M. Roberts of Jackson County. He was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1889, his parents being George M. and Kate H. (Harding) Roberts. The Roberts family were among the earliest of the pioneers of Indiana and their lineage is traced back through the Roberts and White families to the colonial epoch in American history, many representatives of both families serving as soldiers in the war for independence and later In the War of 1812. The Hardings were of old Ohio pioneer stock and are closely connected with the early history of that state. George M. Roberts, Sr., was a prominent Indiana lawyer and for many terms served as mayor of Lawrenceburg, where he was also honored with various other positions of public trust.
    George M. Roberts of Medford was educated in the graded and high schools of his native town and in the University of Indiana, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Laws degree. Admitted to the bar of Indiana, the same year he accepted the position of assistant cashier in the People's National Bank at Lawrenceburg and continued to occupy that position for a year. He then determined to find a broader field of labor and started for the Pacific coast. He left his old home assured that he could build up a practice in his home town, with the backing of his father, but he was ambitious to succeed on his own account and traveled along the Pacific coast from San Francisco to Seattle. With rare good judgment he decided to become a resident of Medford and since 1912 has practiced law here, his clientage growing steadily, while a well-earned reputation places him in the front rank among the able lawyers of this part of the state. In 1916 the public, recognizing in him an attorney above the average and a man of excellent oratorical ability, tendered him the office of district attorney, to which he was in due time elected, serving with satisfaction to his constituents and with credit to himself until January, 1921. He has accepted no other political office, determining to devote his attention to the practice of his profession and at all times regarding the pursuits of private life as in themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts.
    In 1912 Mr. Roberts was married to Miss Blanche Early, a daughter of H. B. Early, the president of the Early & Daniel Company, grain merchants of Cincinnati, Ohio, with a national reputation. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts now have two children: Mary Lee and Dorothy Frances, both of whom are pupils in the Medford schools. Mrs. Roberts is a graduate of the Bartholomew-Clifton College of Cincinnati, and is regarded as a model mother and a most gracious hostess. Mr. Roberts is a Knights Templar Mason and has crossed the sands of the desert to membership in Hillah Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Ashland. He likewise belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, to the Knights of Pythias and still holds his membership in the Phi Kappa Psi, a fraternity of which he was president in his college days. He belongs to the University Club and to the Medford Chamber of Commerce. In politics he is an ardent Republican, but prefers to serve his party in the ranks rather than in office. In a word, it is his desire to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his professional interests and duties and he is now the general attorney of the Medford National Bank and of other large interests. 
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, vol. III, 1922, pages 237-238


ROBERTS, George M., lawyer; b. Lawrence, Indiana August 2, 1889; to Oregon 1912; LL.B. Indiana University 1911; m. Blanche Early August 1, 1912; children--Mary Lee, Dorothy. District attorney Jackson County 1916-20; Phi Kappa Psi; Mason; Shrine; K.P.; B.P.O.E. Address: 201 Medford National Bank Building; home: 22 Geneva Avenue, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 186


ROBERTS, GEORGE M.
    Lawyer
b. Lawrenceburg, Ind., 1889; educ., grade and high schools of Ind.; Univ. of Ind., LL.B., Phi Kappa Psi (former pres.). Married Blanche Early, of Cincinnati, O., 1912; children, Mary Lee, Dorothy Frances. Admitted to bar of Ind.; asst. cashier, People's Nat'l. Bank, Lawrenceburg, one year. Since 1912 in practice of law at Medford, Ore.; Prosecuting Attorney, Jackson County, 1916-21; genl. attorney for Medford Nat'l. Bank; mem. Medford Chamber Commerce. K.T. Mason. Shriner. Elk. Pythian. Home: Crown Hill. Medford. Office: Medford Nat'l. Bank Bldg., Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 464


ROBERTS, GEORGE M.
Lawyer; ex-District Attorney.
b. Lawrenceburg, Indiana 1889; educated grade and high schools of Indiana; University of Indiana LL.B.; Phi Kappa Phi (former president); m. Blanche Early of Cincinnati, Ohio 1912; children Mary Lee, Dorothy Frances; admitted to Indiana bar; assistant cashier Peoples National Bank, Lawrenceburg, one year; law practice Medford, Oregon since 1912; District Attorney Jackson County 1916-21; member Board of Governors, Oregon State Bar Association (1938-September 1941, past president); member Medford Chamber of Commerce; K.T. Mason; Shriner; Elk; Pythian; home Crown Hill; office U.S. National Bank Building, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 474


ROBERTS, GEORGE M.
    Lawyer
b Lawrenceburg, Ind, 1889; educ, grade, high schs, Ind; Univ Ind, LLB; Phi Kappa Psi (past pres); m Blanche Early of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912; ch, Mary Lee, Dorothy Frances; admitted Indiana bar; asst cashier, Peoples National Bk, Lawrenceburg, Ind; law practice, Medford, Or since 1912; dist atty, Jackson Co, 1916-21; governor, Or St Bar Assn, 1938-41 (past pres); mem, Chamber Commerce; KT Mason; Shriner; Elk; Pythian; home, Crown Hill; office, US Nat Bank Bldg, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 546


ROBERTS, William Jackson, Civil Engineer; born, Caroline Islands, 1860; son, Ephraim Peter and Myra Holman (Farrington) R.; A.B., Univ. of Ore., 1887; S.B., (C.E.), Mass. Inst. of Technology, 1891. Married, Caroline Odell Wilmore, June 15, 1911, at Berkeley, Cal. 1891-92, Irrigation Engr.; 1892-95, City Engr., Colfax Wash.; 1895-98, Asso. Prof., C.E. Wash. State College; 1896, survey of boundary, Colville Indian Reservation, Wash.; 1906-09, Sanitary Engr. in charge drainage and protection of Seattle's water supply, during construction C.M.&P.S. Ry.; 1898-1908, Sanitary Engr., Wash. State Board of Health; 1908-10, construction of water system for Medford, Ore. Since 1911, State Highway Commissioner, Olympia, Wash. Member: Am. Soc. Civil Engrs., New England Water Works Assn., Soc. for Promotion of Engrg. Education. Author: "Improvement of Country Roads,: 1899, issued as Bulletin No. 39 from Agr. College, Exp. Station, Pullman, Wash.; "Drainage," article in "Drainage Journal"; "Economic Size of Penstock in High Heads," printed in Transactions of Am. Soc. C.E.; "Computation of Brickwork in Egg-Shaped Sewers," printed in "Engineering News." Address: State House, Olympia, Wash.

    Clarence Josiah Semon, president of the Medford Concrete Construction Company and one of the most progressive business men of Medford, was born September 17, 1879, in the state of Michigan, of the marriage of David H. and Hannah (Stancliff) Semon. The father was a native of New York city and a descendant of an old Dutch family that had come to America in the days when the present American metropolis was known as New Netherlands and was governed by a Dutch burgomaster. The Stancliffs were English and the family was early established in New England.
    Clarence J. Semon was educated in the common schools of his home town, passing through consecutive grades to the high school. He did not return to his father's farm upon completing his studies, for he had a strong leaning toward civil engineering and went to work for the Great Northern Railroad, continuing with that company in Montana and Washington, and in fact along the whole line of its route to Seattle, Washington, where he arrived in 1892. On leaving the railroad employ he was engaged by the city of Seattle in engineering work and until 1910 was busily employed, not only in his professional capacity but as a contractor with the city of Seattle in street construction.
    In 1910 Mr. Semon removed to Medford, where he resumed contracting business and established the first material plant of the city. In the same year he organized the Medford Concrete Construction Company, of which he was elected president and in that position he has since served, directing the activities and shaping the policy of the corporation. For a period he was also associated with S. S. Bullis in the promotion and development of the Applegate Lumber Company and is now associated in highway construction with the building of the Smith Hill Highway under contract. His work has therefore been of a most important character, constituting an element in general progress and improvement. The Medford Concrete Construction Company is one of the most important plants in southern Oregon, devoted to the manufacture of sewer pipes, drain tile, concrete culverts and brick, and employment is given to a force of thirty men. This industry, which is of great benefit to Jackson County and southern Oregon, is a monument to the energy and business ability of Clarence J. Semon, who is accounted one of the sterling business men and manufacturers of this section of the state.
    In 1898 Mr. Semon was married to Miss Stella Dibble, a daughter of Russell A. Dibble, a well known Michigan farmer. Their children are: Russell David, who is secretary of the Medford Concrete Construction Company; Marjorie E., a high school student; and Beatrice A., a pupil in the grade. The son enlisted in the service of the country early in the World war as a member of the Aviation Corps. In July, 1917, he was sent for training to San Diego, California, and in October, 1917, was sent to France, where he served until March, 1920. He was then returned to America and received an honorable discharge.
    Mr. Semon's only fraternal affiliation is with the Elks, due largely to the fact that his business interests requires his frequent absence from home for extended periods. His wife often travels with him and thus they manage to get most of their enjoyment out of the necessary business trips. Determination and energy have carried Mr. Semon far toward success and the other quality which he has displayed is that of marked capability, bringing most substantial results. 
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, vol. III, 1922, pages 302-303


SEMON, CLARENCE JOSIAH
    Contractor
b. Michigan, Sept. 17, 1879; educ., common schools, Mich. Married Stella Dibble, 1898; children, Russell David, Marjorie E., Beatrice A. In civil engineering dept. Great Northern R.R. on work along line to Seattle, Wash., until 1932; engineering for city of Seattle, 1892-1910. Construction and highway contractor, Medford, Oregon since 1910. Organizer and pres. of the Medford Concrete Construction Co. With S. S. Bullis, founded the Applegate Lumber Co. Elk. Home: 209 Crater Lake Ave. Office: Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 490


SEMON, C. J.; Concrete products manufacturing, Medford; deceased '46; '42 edition.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 500


SHANGLE, JAMES VERNE
Commercial and Portrait Photographer.
b. Portland, Oregon Aug. 18, 1902; son of Frank Marion and Eva Shangle; father was captain of a one-thousand-wagon division in train to Oregon in 1840s; educated public and technical schools; m. Ruth R. Galliher of Seattle June 10, 1928; children Verne G., Robert D., Carolyn Ruth; began as a newspaper carrier in Portland; fishing, mining and trapping in Alaska 1914-18; with Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company 1918-19; with A. Guthrie Company of Portland 1919-21; Steffens Colmer Studio 1921-25; D. Perry Evans Studio 1925-26; owner Shangle Studio of Medford since 1927; professional photography, portrait, aerial and commercial; instrumental in organizing boys' basketball school in 1935, later known as Medford Athletic Association; selected for Who's Who in American Portrait Photography 1942 (one of two selected from Oregon and one of 269 from the entire United States); member of Chamber of Commerce (director Jackson County 1934-38); Lion (president 1937); member Y.M.C.A. board of directors 1944-; Elk; Republican; Presbyterian (member board of trustees since 1942, chairman 1945); home 1445 Kings Highway; office 321 Medford Bldg., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 503


SHAW, Howard M., physician; b. Berwick, Nova Scotia October 18, 1870; to Oregon 1897; Acadia University; McGill University 1895; m. Mattie B. Shaw, M.D. June 19, 1897; children--Victor B., Marvin Brown. Coroner, health officer, Marshfield; American and state medical societies; Mason; W.O.W.; Yeomen. Independent. Protestant. Address: North Bend, Oregon; home: Ashland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 197


    Benjamin C. Sheldon of Medford, Republican candidate for representative, Jackson County, was born at Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, December 3, 1876. He attended the common schools, high school at Minneapolis, Minn., and entered the University of Minnesota. He has been employed as secretary of an irrigation company, as manager of a mine in California, in newspaper work at Minneapolis, and as an orchardist and rancher in Jackson County. He served as a member of the house in the 1917, 1919 and 1920 sessions.
    His slogan is: "My best efforts to serve Jackson County and Oregon."
"Candidates and Platforms in Oregon," Oregon Journal, Portland, May 11, 1920, page 10




    David S. Stearns, engaged in the real estate business in Portland, is numbered among Oregon's native sons, for his parents were among the earliest settlers of the state. He was born in Medford in 1857 and following the removal of the family to Portland he continued his education in the old Central High School, situated on the present site of Hotel Portland. He afterward learned the trade of iron molding with John Nation, who had a stove foundry on the present site of the Inman-Poulsen Lumber Mill. He continued in that business until about 1882, when he turned his attention to the cigar business, which he conducted for two years. He was afterward engaged in the newspaper business as route agent and later as advertising solicitor but in 1887 turned his attention to the real estate field, in which he has since operated with the exception of about a year, when he filled the office of city assessor by appointment of the late Mayor Mason. He is thoroughly informed concerning property values and has negotiated many important realty transfers, having secured a large clientage in this line.
    On the 17th of February, 1884, Mr. Stearns was united in marriage to Miss Mattie A. Wilkinson, a daughter of Isaiah Wilkinson, a veteran of the Civil War, who died at Evansville, Indiana, from illness contracted while in the army. Her mother's people were early pioneers of Oregon. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Stearns has been born a son, David Lloyd, now attending the Hawthorne School. Mrs. Stearns is a member of the Taylor Street Methodist Church and is much interested in its work. Mr. Stearns is a son of the Rev. Samuel E. Stearns, long a prominent home missionary of the Northwest and is a twin brother of Gustavus Stearns. They are the oldest living twins born in Oregon. Both David S. Stearns and his wife have a wide acquaintance in Portland and the friendship of the great majority who know them is cordially extended.
Joseph Gaston, Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders, 1911, page 13


STEARNS, David Stockstill, realtor; b. Jackson County, Oregon, September 18, 1857; m. Martha A. Wilkinson February 17, 1884; children--David L. Portland, Oregon city assessor 1892-94; Oregon industry promotion for Chamber of Commerce; City Club; Oregon State Motor Association; Oregon Pioneer Association; historical society; Lang Syne Society; Chamber of Commerce. Protestant. Address: 511 Corbett Building, Portland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 209


STEARNS, DAVID STOCKSTILL
    Realtor, retired
b. Jackson Co., Ore., Sept. 18, 1857; son of Samuel E. and Susan Terry (Whitaker) S.; educ., pub. schs., Portland. Married Martha A. Wilkinson, Feb. 17, 1884; one son, David L. Began as carrier for Morning Oregonian; assessor, City of Portland, 1892-94; real estate business, West & Stearns, 1886-1913; private real estate and investments, 1913 to date. Served as Lieut. Colonel of war drives, Portland, World War. Active in promotion and location of Oregon industries for Portland Chamber Commerce, 1913-20. Builder and owner, D. S. Stearns Bldg., Portland. Contributor of pioneer articles in newspapers. Active in the fight to save Lone Fir Cemetery and responsible for its permanent safety from desecration. Pres., Lang Syne Society; past pres. now treasurer, Oregon Pioneers Assn.; director, Oregon Historical Society; member, Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers. Republican. Protestant. Home: 1733 S.E. Belmont Street. Office: Corbett Bldg., Portland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 520


    STEARNS, J. O., of Waldport, was born in Jackson County, Oregon, October 15, 1855. From 1863 to 1879 he lived in Portland, working seven years as a machinist in Smith Bros.' shops. In 1879 he moved to Walla Walla and engaged in insurance and real estate business, and in 1887 located at Waldport, where he is engaged in farming. He was a candidate on the Republican ticket for the legislature from Benton County in 1892, and was defeated by a small majority. He was appointed one of the first county commissioners of Lincoln County in 1893 and served one year. He was justice of the peace seven years. In 1895 he was a delegate to the state league, and is now president of the Alsea Republican Club.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 267


    Residence, 1641 Base Line; office, 2-5 Washington Building, Portland. Born October 15, 1855, in Jackson County, Oregon. Son of Samuel Eastman and Susan Terry (Whitaker) Stearns. Married to Isa Roy Smith at Walla Walla, Washington, May 15, 1881. Received his education in the public schools of Portland, Oregon. Admitted to the bar at Salem, Oregon, 1896. County Commissioner of Lincoln County, Oregon, 1893-1894, and County Judge from 1896 to 1898. Came to  Portland, Oregon, in May, 1863. Removed to Walla Walla, Washington, 1879, where [he] was engaged in real estate and insurance business until 1887, when with family removed to Alsea Bay, in Lincoln County (then Benton), Oregon. Upon organization of Lincoln County, 1893, was appointed member of the first Board of County Commissioners. Thereafter, in 1896, was appointed Judge by Governor Lord; at expiration of term in 1898 removed to Portland, where has since been engaged in practice of law. Member of I.O.O.F. fraternity. Republican.
History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910, page 228


    ORSON AVERY STEARNS. One of the best stock ranches in Klamath County lies six and three-quarters miles southwest of Klamath Falls and comprises four hundred and seventeen acres, of which three hundred acres have been improved. This place has been the home of Mr. Stearns since April 5, 1867, and its fine condition is due wholly to his earnest and untiring efforts through all these years. A specialty is made of stock-raising and the dairy business, for which purposes he keeps more than one hundred head of cattle. It has been only through the most constant and difficult labor that he has brought his land to its present condition, and for his effective and judicious exertions he is entitled to rank among the leading stockmen of the county.
    On his father's farm sixteen miles northwest of Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill., Orson Avery Stearns was born January 9, 1843, being a son of David Ebenezer and Fidelia S. (Cannon) Stearns, who were married September 19, 1840. His father, David E., was born at Monkton, Vt., February 11, 1808, a son of Rev. John and Asenath (Campbell) Stearns. At nine years of age he left home and became an apprentice to the carpenter's trade. When fourteen years old he started out for himself, wandering here and there, and working wherever an opportunity was presented. Many of the early buildings in Buffalo, N.Y., were erected with him as one of the workmen. During the early '30s he went to Winnebago County, Ill. At that time Illinois was considered the far distant west. Settlers were few, advantages conspicuous by their absence, and improvements also lacking. He took up land from the government and engaged in farming there until 1853. Meanwhile he had met and married Miss Cannon, who was born near Twinsburg, Ohio, September 30, 1820, and accompanied her parents to Winnebago County, Ill., settling at Tyler, three miles from Mr. Stearns' place. April 5, 1853, Mr. Stearns started for Oregon, crossing the plains with ox teams and on October 9 camping near Wagner's Springs, eleven miles south of Ashland. Two days later he took a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres on Wagner Creek, near Talent, Jackson County, where he remained until his death. To him belongs the credit of raising the first peach ever raised in Jackson County, where fruit is now both plentiful and of such luscious quality as to gain widespread fame. In politics he was a lifelong Republican. His wife died February 4, 1869; he survived her many years, passing away August 31, 1886. They were the parents of six children, viz.: Oscar Leroy, deceased; Orson Avery, of this sketch; Newel Doski, deceased; Arminda Melissa, wife of James Purves, of Talent; George Arthur, who died in 1861; and Emilie Maria, also deceased.
    When ten years of age Orson Avery Stearns accompanied the family from Illinois to Oregon, where he grew to manhood upon the land claim. November 17, 1864, he became a member of Company I, First Oregon Infantry, being the first man to enlist as a private in that company. He remained in Jackson County until May 25, 1865, when he went to Fort Klamath, where his company commander, with part of the company, located and built a new road from the fort to Rogue River, passing near Crater Lake, at that time almost unknown. It was while out viewing the progress of the construction work on the road that Captain Sprague and Sergeant Stearns met a party of gentlemen from Jacksonville, Ore., and together went to view the wonderful lake, Sergeant Stearns and a Mr. Gates attempting a descent to the water. Sergeant Stearns first reached the water's edge and christened the lake at that time Lake Majesty. It was afterwards called Crater Lake from the discovery of a crater in the island near the northwestern bluff.
    Mr. Stearns served with his company in the Snake country when they helped build Camp Alvord during the fall of 1865 and made several campaigns after the hostile Indians, having one engagement near Albert Lake in 1866. On enlistment Mr. Stearns was appointed first sergeant and served as such during the entire period of his connection with the army, with the exception of two months. July 19, 1867, he was mustered out at Jacksonville. Meantime he had located his present place and on being mustered out settled on the farm, to the cultivation of which he has since given his exclusive attention.
    At Sacramento, Cal., May 17, 1873, Mr. Stearns married Margaret Jane Riggs, who was born in Ray County, Mo., July 22, 1855, and died May 17, 1895. They were the parents of the following children: Leslie Orin, of Klamath Falls; Blanche Alice, wife of George Ager, who owns a farm adjoining her father's place; and Eva May, Mrs. Theodore Bryant, of Klamath Falls. The second marriage of Mr. Stearns occurred January 10, 1897, and united him with Luella M. Sherman, who was born in Ohio in July of 1861. The only child of the second marriage is Ernel Everett.
    Politically Mr. Stearns is a pronounced Republican. He was the first delegate to a political convention from this section of the state, being a representative of the Republican soldier vote at Fort Klamath March 16, 1866, held at Jacksonville, Ore. As one of the first justices of the peace here, his jurisdiction at that time embraced all of Klamath and Lake counties. In 1880 the members of his party elected him to the state legislature when Klamath was still a part of Lake County. His service in that body was satisfactory to his constituents and proved the possession on his part of ability in legislative matters.
    The family represented by Mr. Stearns is among the earliest established on American shores. The genealogical records state that on the morning of April 8, 1630, Isaac Stearns and family, Sir Richard Saltonstall and family, Rev. George Phillip, Governor Winthrop and many others embarked at Yarmouth, England, in the good ship Arabella, which anchored at Salem, Mass., June 12, of the same year. An investigation of the location convinced the passengers that they did not desire to settle there, so they soon proceeded to Charlestown and from there to Watertown near Mount Auburn, Mass. From that day to this members of the family in each generation have contributed to the development of their various localities and have been citizens of high standing and the loftiest principles of honor.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 932-933


STEARNS, Robert Wilson, surgeon; b. Webster City, Iowa January 31, 1884; to Oregon 1909; B.S. University of Iowa 1906; M.D. Northwestern University; m. Emma Kurz August 18, 1910; children--Roberta Frances, Katherine Esther, Helen Louise. Manager Southern Oregon Clinic, Medford; manager Community Hospital; R.O.C.; B.P.O.E.; Shrine; Kiwanis; American Legion; Crater Club. Republican. Methodist. Address: 835 E. Morris Street, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 209


STEARNS, ROBERT WILSON
    Surgeon
b. Webster City, Iowa, Jan. 31, 1884; educ., pub, schs., Webster City; Univ. of Iowa, B.S. 1906; Northwestern Univ., Chicago, 1909. Married Emma Kurz of Morning Sun, Iowa, August 18, 1910 (dec'd. 1928); children, Roberta Frances (Mrs. Charles E. Sounders), Katherine Esther and Helen Louise. Resident of Oregon since 1909. Medical practice, Medford, 1909 to date. Served in U.S. Army, World War, Member, Officers Reserve Corps. Manager, Southern Oregon Clinic since 1921; Community Hospital, Medford, 1922-28. Member, American Legion, Craters Club. Elk. Kiwanian. Mason. Shriner. Republican. Methodist. Home: 836 East Morris. Office: Medford Bldg., Medford, Or.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 520


    We are apt to think mainly of the representatives of trade, commercial and professional interests as the builders of the state, together with those who frame the laws, and yet largely underlying the labors in all those lines is the motive force of the recognition of moral and religious obligations. And while less tangible, the work of those who have been teachers in the latter field is of inestimable value to the race and to the country. It was largely in the branch of home missionary service that Samuel E. Stearns labored, and his influence was far-reaching and beneficial. He was born in Vermont, in 1813. He married Susan T. Whitaker, who is numbered among Oregon's pioneer women of 1853, in which year she came by the ox team route across the country from Rockford, Illinois, traveling for six months and five days. She was born in 1826 and is a daughter of Judge Israel and Lucinda (Schaler) Whitaker, the latter a daughter of Major Schaler, an officer of the American army in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Stearns was born in Clermont County, Ohio, and spent her girlhood days at home with her parents until the 12th of November, 1844, when she gave her hand in marriage to Samuel E. Stearns. They began their domestic life in Ohio, where they remained for about nine years. Mr. Stearns was a school teacher and Baptist minister and was thus identified with the intellectual and moral progress of the community in which he lived. About 1852, however, he decided to come to Oregon and the following year started on the long and arduous journey across prairie, desert, mountain and stream for the Pacific coast. He brought with him his wife and two children, Louisa and Edwin Avery, and was also accompanied by his father, his two brothers, David and Avery P., and his sisters, Mrs. Valina Williams and Mrs. Charlotte Emily Pengra and their families. It was in 1852 that Mr. and Mrs. Stearns left Ohio, journeying as far as Rockford, Illinois, where his brothers and sisters lived and from that point they all started for the Northwest. The only members of the party at the outset were the relatives previously mentioned and those whom they hired to help them on the journey. They traveled as far as Laramie, Wyoming on the Platte River and by this time the Indians were proving so troublesome that they joined other emigrants for protection, thus forming a considerable train. They came on to the coast by the Yreka route through the Klamath country, Captain Hannibal acting as escort.
    On reaching southern Oregon Mr. Stearns and his family settled in the Rogue River Valley, where he took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres that includes the present site of the town of Medford. They remained upon that place for about four years, at the end of which time Mr. Stearns entered actively upon the work of a traveling missionary and so continued until his death, which occurred in Idaho on the 29th of December, 1891. His life work was a potent element in the moral development of the community. He was an earnest and eloquent speaker and the permeating truth of his utterances proved an influencing force in the lives of many with whom he came in contact. In his family were nine children, six of whom are living, while one died in infancy and Edwin, a machinist, died in 1904, at the age of fifty-two years. He was port engineer for the Northern Navigation Company. The living members of the family are: Louisa, the wife of Charles A. Stewart, of Clon, Oregon, who is living retired; Anna M., who is the widow of J. Frank Niles and is living in Walla Walla, Washington; Joseph O., an attorney of Portland; David S., who is engaged in the real-estate business in Portland; Gustavus M., who is a twin brother of David and is mining in Yukon; and Andrew J., who is engaged in the printing business in Dakota. Following the death of her first husband Mrs. Stearns gave her hand in marriage to Jacob McDuffee and they are now pleasantly located in an attractive home in Portland.
Joseph Gaston, Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders, 1911, page 27


WILLIAM GLADSTONE STEEL is a native of Stafford, Monroe County, Ohio, born September 7, 1854. His father, William Steel, reformer, was born in Biggar, Scotland, August 26, 1809, and died in Portland, Oregon, January 5, 1881. He came to the United States with his parents in 1817 and settled near Winchester, Virginia, but removed soon afterward to Monroe County, Ohio, where from 1830 to the Civil War he was an active worker in the "underground railroad," of which he was one of the earliest organizers. During these years large numbers of slaves were assisted to escape to Canada, and in no single instance was one retaken after reaching him. At one time the slaveholders of Virginia offered $5,000 for his head, when he promptly addressed the committee, offering to bring it to them if the money was placed in responsible hands! He acquired a fortune as a merchant, but lost it in 1844. From 1872 to his death he resided with his sons in Oregon. In the early days of the antislavery movement Mr. Steel was the recognized leader of the Abolitionists in southeastern Ohio. He was at one time a candidate of the Liberty Party for Congress, and in 1844 circulated in eastern Ohio the great petition, whose signers agreed to vote for Henry Clay if he would emancipate his one slave (Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. V, page 659). The mother of our subject, Elizabeth (Lowry) Steel, was a native of Virginia, and her ancestors were among the Dutch colonial settlers of Pennsylvania.
    The educational advantages of William G. Steel were very meager, being confined to the district school five miles distant, to which he walked daily, until the family removed to Portland in 1872; he then entered the high school, where he was a student for eighteen months. After leaving school he was apprenticed to Smith Brothers, iron manufacturers, to learn the trade of pattern-making; he served three years and then engaged in newspaper work, filling various positions until the fall of 1879, when he went to Albany, Linn County, and established the Albany Herald for the purpose of carrying the county for the Republican Party, which effort was unsuccessful. In the summer of 1880 he sold his paper and returned to Portland. Here he and his brother David began the publication of the Resources of Oregon and Washington, but the enterprise, being supported by Henry Villard, was discontinued upon his failure. Mr. Steel then secured a position as substitute letter carrier in Portland and was promoted to the position of Superintendent, which he filled until the Cleveland administration. He next engaged in the real estate business, and in 1891 the firm of Wilbur & Steel was formed. In 1889 Mr. Steel and C. Heald projected the railroad from Drain, Douglas County, to the mouth of the Umpqua River and Coos Bay.
    Since 1875 Mr. Steel has been deeply interested in explorations of the mountains, and in 1885 his attentions were drawn to Crater Lake in Klamath County. Visiting the spot, he was so deeply impressed with the beauty and grandeur of the surroundings that he immediately took steps toward having the place set aside as a national park. During the summer of 1886 the United States Geological Survey was ordered to examine the lake. Boats were transported by rail a distance of 343 miles, carried 100 miles into the mountains, and then launched over a cliff 1,000 feet high; this difficult task safely accomplished, the soundings were made, and it was found that the water measured 2,008 feet deep; the lake is six by seven miles in extent and is entirely surrounded by cliffs from 500 to over 2,000 feet high. Another of Mr. Steel's conceptions was the illumination of Mount Hood, which was first attempted July 4, 1886, but not successfully accomplished until July 4, 1887. This effort resulted in the organization of the Oregon Alpine Club in October 1887. He is the author of the beautiful little volume entitled "The Mountains of Oregon"; he is deeply interested in the natural resources and beauties of the state, and in the preservation of her early history.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, pages 588-589


    G. W. STEPHENSON. The distinction of being the best judge of horseflesh in Southern Oregon belongs without a doubt to Mr. Stephenson, the well-known horseman of Ashland, who has dealt with and handled horses ever since his boyhood days, and his services as government inspector of horses have been in requisition since first locating in the Far West in the early sixties. An Ohioan by birth, born January 20, 1834, in Seville, Medina County, he is a son of James and Jane (Canon) Stephenson, the latter, although a native of Pennsylvania, being reared principally on a farm in Ohio, whither her father, John Canon, had removed from the Keystone State. On the paternal side of the family, the grandfather, a native of Ireland, emigrated to America at an early day, settled in Vermont and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. It was in that state that James Stephenson, the father, was born, but in after years he settled in Medina County, Ohio, and was engaged in farming pursuits there, prior to removing to Janesville, Wis., in the interest of a stage company. Both he and his wife died, however, in the vicinity of Rochester, Minn., after rearing a family of eleven children, six of whom are living at this writing. The third child of this interesting family, and reared as he was in his native state, Mr. Stephenson had the advantage of attending good district schools there during his boyhood and early youth. When fourteen years old, his parents moved to Wisconsin, and G. W. worked out as a farmhand for two years. At sixteen years of age he was employed as stage driver in southern Wisconsin, and it was there that he first began to learn the habits, care and management of horses, to which so many of his useful years have since been devoted. Upon the removal of the family to Minnesota, in 1856, he began working in his own behalf and spent some time improving a farm near Rochester. But farm work was distasteful to him, so he relinquished that occupation in favor of teaming. In 1860 he and some companions started west to Pike's Peak with an outfit consisting of two wagons of supplies, one drawn by mules and one by horses, and $18 in cash. On the plains, the horses were traded for a yoke of oxen and several milch cows, and with these the party continued on their journey until they reached the present site of Denver. Attracted to this place by the discovery of gold a few years previously, they now found the mining camps five thousand feet above the level of the sea, and this and other difficulties which they had to contend with caused the party to proceed on their journey toward the Pacific Slope. At Salt Lake City they decided on going to Oregon and at Green River sold the mules and light wagon for cash, and by purchasing an additional yoke of oxen and all crowding into one wagon, they passed through the old South Pass into Phoenix, after a six-months' journey. At that time low prices prevailed there, especially on stock, and cattle were considered almost worthless. Upon reaching Phoenix, Mr. Stephenson had but twenty-five cents left, and to retrieve his fallen fortunes he found employment as cook at the Mountain House the first winter, and afterward followed similar work at Crescent City. Returning to Phoenix a little later, he took up his favorite occupation--teaming--this time in the government service, and, in connection therewith he began trading and speculating in horses. He bought and drove horses to California, where he sold them at a profit, and in this way more than forty thousand horses passed through his hands. In time he acquired much useful knowledge concerning horses and soon grew to be an expert in their selection, and with keen judgment and ready tact he was soon able to distinguish between the good and bad points in each animal that he examined.
    It was not until some years later that Mr. Stephenson purchased a ranch near Applegate and began ranching pursuits, but since then he has bought and sold many different farms, speculating to some extent in real estate. Selling some farms, he rented others devoted to stock-raising principally. He conducted a livery stable at Ashland for two years, and selling out he went to California, opened a similar business at Oakland, but after one year, on account of ill health, he sold out and returned to Ashland, where he again opened a livery stable and carried on a profitable business for five years. About this time he was injured in a runaway by getting caught in a wheel, and had one of his legs broken in three places. Although obliged to use crutches for three years, he finally recovered and conducted a stable at Lakeview for one year. He then returned permanently to Ashland, and since then his attention has been given to buying and selling horses and speculating in real estate, and today he is one of the largest real estate owners in the section. He owns seven fine residences in the city, besides the Ashland House, Johnson buildings and other valuable business property. He also owns thirty-seven acres on the boulevard and three hundred and eighty acres adjoining the city on the north, lying along Bear Creek, two hundred acres of it being fine farming land; and a one-hundred-acre farm near Phoenix.
    The home ties of Mr. Stephenson began September 12, 1855, when his marriage with Miss Lucinda E. Grace was consummated in Janesville, Wis. Mrs. Stephenson is a native of Chatham, N.H., and her father, Thomas Grace, was a sturdy Vermonter, but in early manhood followed farming pursuits in New Hampshire, afterward settling in Wisconsin, where he died. Her mother was, before marriage, Parmelia Emerson, a daughter of Daniel Emerson, formerly of Maine. Mrs. Grace was also born in Vermont, and her father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, but followed agricultural pursuits for a livelihood. The beloved mother died in New Hampshire and she and her husband were blessed with a family of eight children, six of whom grew to maturity and four of them are still living.
    Educated as she was in the schools of New Hampshire, Mrs. Stephenson continued to live in that state until after the death of her mother, when her father settled in Wisconsin, her marriage taking place there as previously mentioned. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson consists of four children. Of these Elmer, the eldest, is a resident of the state of Washington; Carrie is now Mrs. Riggs, and resides in Ashland; Lottie, the third child, died when thirty-four years old; and Emma, the youngest, still graces the home with her presence. Fraternally, Mr. Stephenson is allied with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, his wife also affiliating with the Rebekah or auxiliary lodge, and in his political convictions he is a Republican, but has never sought office.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 551-552


STEPHENSON, RALPH
    Lumberman.
    State Representative-Elect
b. Thurman, Iowa. Lumber business, American Falls, Idaho; entered mill and elevator business, Nebraska. Resident of Medford, 1926 to date. Former chairman, Jackson County Democratic Central Committee; former member. Medford city council. Elected State Representative, Jackson County, to serve 1937-39. Democrat. Address: Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 524


STEVENSON, DR. ELMO NALL
President, Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland.
b. Yuba, California, February 25, 1904; educated public schools San Jose, Calif.; San Jose State College B.A. 1927; Stanford University M.A. 1929, Ed.D. 1939; Phi Delta Kappa, Tau Delta Phi, Phi Sigma, Kappa Delta Pi; m. Caroline Miles of Modesto, Calif. Dec. 18, 1926; children Rosemary Ann, Vivian Jean and Kenneth J.; formerly assistant Boy Scout executive, Bay Area, California 1926-29; assistant professor of Science Eastern Oregon College of Education 1929-40; professor of Science Education Oregon State college 1940-45; appointed president Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland 1945; instructor natural history Stanford University summers 1938-39; instructor natural science San Jose State College summer 1938; University of Oregon extension service courses 1937-39; administered and supervised Boy Scout activities in Eastern Oregon Council; author: Nature Rambles in the Wallowas; Nature Games Book; also articles in natural history and on educational subjects, appearing in several national magazines; past president of La Grande and Corvallis Lions clubs, Union County School Master's Club; past president Union County Wildlife Federation; member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Education Association; Republican; Protestant; address Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, pages 534-535


STEVENSON, DR. ELMO NALL
    President, Southern Oregon
    College of Education, Ashland
b Yuba, Cal, Feb 25, 1904; educ, pub schs, San Jose, Cal; San Jose State Coll, BA, 1927; Stanford Univ, MA, 1929, EdD, 1939; Phi Delta Kappa, Tau Delta Phi, Phi Sigma, Kappa Delta Pi; m Caroline Miles of Modesto, Cal, Dec 18, 1926; ch, Rosemary Ann, Vivian Jean, Kenneth J; formerly asst Boy Scout exec, Bay Area, Cal, 1926-29; asst prof, Science, Eastern Oreg Coll of Educ, 1929-40; prof, Science Educ, Oregon State Coll, 1940-45; apptd pres, So Oreg Coll Educ, Ashland, 1945; instr, natural history, Stanford Univ, summers, 1938-39; instr, natural science, San Jose St Coll, summer, 1938; Univ Oreg extension serv courses, 1937-39; administered and supervised, Boy Scout activities in Eastern Oreg Council; author, Nature Rambles in the Wallowas; Nature Games Book; selected Procedures in Teaching Biology, Pets, Wild and Western; also articles on natural history and on educ subjects, appearing in several nat magazines; past pres, La Grande and Corvallis Lions Clubs (dist gov); Union Co Sch Master's Club; past pres, Union Co Wildlife Fed; mem, Am Assn Advancement of Science Nat Educ Assn, Oreg St Teachers Assn; Repub; Protestant; addr, So Oreg Coll of Educ, Ashland, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 478


    JOSEPH HOWARD STEWART. As a pioneer fruit-grower of Jackson County Joseph H. Stewart takes first rank, and his products are shipped to all parts of the United States and Europe. He is a profound student of everything pertaining to horticulture, and is one of the best-posted men in his line between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. When he first came to Oregon, people generally questioned the advisability of raising fruit, but there are many today who wish they had followed his example. His father, William Stewart, was born of Scotch parents in in the north of Ireland, and upon coming to America about 1821 located on the coast of Maine, in Washington County. He had made a former visit there while sailing before the mast and studying navigation, to which he did not take kindly, having a genius for mechanical invention. In Maine he married Nancy Marston, a native daughter of the state, and who, at the time of her death in Quincy, Ill, left seventy-five descendants. Fourteen children were born to William Stewart and his wife, ten sons and four daughters, Joseph Howard, born in Washington County, Me., November 22, 1833, being the fourth son. After bringing his family to Quincy, Ill., in 1836, William Stewart inaugurated a career which did him credit from many standpoints. Settling on land in Adams County he started a nursery and farming business, and the first fruit trees brought to Oregon in an ox train came from this farm. He was one of the original Free Soilers, and took an active part in political matters. He was president and one of the foremost promoters of the first agricultural society in the state of Illinois, organized in 1854, supporting the same by his hearty zeal and cooperation the remainder of his life. Mr. Stewart died in 1859, at the age of fifty-six years, leaving his family and friends a legacy of an honored name and to those dependent upon him a comfortable inheritance.
    Owing to early association with his father's nursery, Joseph H. Stewart had scant opportunity for attending school, a deficiency which has since spurred him to unusual effort along educational lines. At the age of twenty-one he married, in Quincy, Ill., Elizabeth Hyman, who was born on the Atlantic ocean while her parents were en route to America from Germany. Her father, George Hyman, was a tailor by trade, and in 1836 located in Adams County, Ill., where he died at an advanced age. In 1853 Mr. Stewart removed to Hannibal, Mo., taking with him an already established reputation as a practical fruit-grower, having taken many premiums at state exhibits, and served on fruit commissions. In 1860 he removed to Quincy, and there engaged in the nursery business until 1884. While residing there in 1860 he made the first large exhibit of fruit in the East, showing one hundred and twenty varieties of pears and apples at the American Pomological Society held in Philadelphia. In 1870 he was elected to the state legislature and during the session secured the passage of the drainage law. During the building of the levee at Quincy, in 1878, he superintended the work in the Indian Grave Drainage District. Ambitious and resourceful, he firmly believed that Oregon held exceptional opportunities for the fruit-grower, and in the spring of 1884 he took a trip to the state, investigating the soil and general prospects. Well pleased with what he found, he returned to his family in the fall, and in February, 1885, located in the Rogue River Valley. Two months later found him in Illinois, negotiating for the sale of his property, with the proceeds of which he removed his belongings to the coast. Needless to say, fruit trees constituted a large part of the outfit. The first year in the valley he had one hundred and sixty acres under orchard, and the next year an additional one hundred acres. In 1890 he shipped the first carload of fruit out of Jackson County, and in 1896 his output consisted of ninety-five carloads of apples and pears. [That sentence is likely the genesis of the myth that no fruit was shipped from the Rogue Valley until 1890. That sentence means--and should read--"he shipped his first carload."] Mr. Stewart has sold the first two orchards which he started, and at present has about four hundred acres devoted exclusively to apples and pears.
    In 1898 Mr. Stewart built a fine residence in the Cascade Mountains, on the Upper Rogue River, surrounded by thirty acres of orchard, and fitted with every modern improvement. He has taken an active part in the business life of Medford, and in 1899 was one of the organizers of the Bank of Medford, owning the bank building and serving as the president of the concern for two years, and is now its vice-president. The bank is one of the solid financial institutions of the county and is incorporated for $50,000. Mr. Stewart is encouraging fruit-growing in his children, and his son William is one of the large fruit ranchers of Jackson County. One child, Junie I., died at the age of twenty, and three daughters, Mrs. A. J. Weeks, of Oakland. Cal., Mrs. H. M. Crowell and Mrs. D. R. Hill are living. Mr. Stewart is a Democrat in political affiliation, and fraternally is a charter member of Blue Lodge No. 103, A.F.&A.M. of Medford.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 479-480


STODDARD, Harry C., Electrical Engineer; born, Villisca, Iowa, Oct. 16, 1875; son, Charles N. and Mary B. (Cable) S. Married, Minnie Fryer, at Lincoln Nebr., July 18, 1900. Constructed steam and hydroelec. power plant for La Grande Light and Power Co., 1903; Supt. and Construction Engr., Citizens Light and Traction Co., Salem, Ore., 1904; constructed hydroelectric power plant for Condor Water and Power Co., Tolo, Ore., 1905, and acted as supt. of this co., reorganized under name of Rogue River Electric Co., until 1911; constructed 20,000-h.p. hydroelec. plant for Prospect Cons. Co., at Prospect, Ore., 1911; Supt., Ore. Div., Calif.-Ore. Power Co., Medford, Ore., 1912. Now Commercial Manager, Calif.-Ore. Power Co. Member: Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. Res.: 1327 Reddy Ave.; Office: 216 W. Main St., Medford, Ore.

    B. P. Theiss is a native of Lee County, Illinois, born April 10, 1860. He was reared and educated in his native state. His parents were Godfrey and Barabe (Beever) Theiss, both natives of Germany, the mother now deceased, dying March 22, 1871. In a family of nine children, our subject was the third in order of birth. He followed farming until fifteen years of age. He then engaged in a still-house some eighteen months. The following twelve years he engaged in clerking in a merchandise house in La Salle, Illinois.
    He was married October 5, 1887, to Minnie Scott, a native of Illinois. They have one daughter, Geraldine. The family removed to Medford in 1890, where Mr. Theiss engaged in manufacturing spirits [with the Medford Distilling & Refining Company].
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, page 1148


THIEROLF, HENRY ALBERT
Business Executive.
b. Iowa March 26, 1880; son of John H. and Mary (Holcomb) Thierolf; educated grade school Beloit, Kansas; m. Phoebe Hance of Medford, Oct. 2, 1915; son Richard Burton (Major U.S. Army WWII); began as clerk in store Kansas City, Mo.; to Medford 1905; with Iowa Lumber & Box Co. 1905-08; partner Big Pines Lumber Co. 1908-18; president and owner 1918- (oldest and leading building supply firm in Medford); member Medford Water Commission 1935; member Chamber of Commerce (ex-director); Elk; member Rogue Golf Club; Republican; Protestant; home 907 S. Oakdale; office 32 W. 6th St., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 550


    A life actuated by high purposes, fraught with good deeds, brought to Ernest E. Tressler the kind regard of all who knew him, and Portland classed him with her important citizens for many years. He was born December 9, 1876, near Bryan. Williams County, Ohio, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Tressler. On leaving Ohio the family first went to Kansas City, Missouri, and in 1892 came to Oregon, settling first in Medford. Ernest E. Tressler began his education in Bryan. Ohio, and afterward studied at Medford until he put aside his textbooks to start out in the business world. When twenty-one years of age he became identified with the Simonds Manufacturing Company of Fitchburg, Pennsylvania, as coast auditor for nineteen years or until his death. He was a most capable and faithful representative of the eastern house, loyal to its interest and efficient in its work. He belonged to the Credit Men's Association and was honored with election to the presidency.
    On the 29th of September, 1901, Mr. Tressler was married to Miss Elizabeth R. Freehauf, a daughter of Augustus A., and Caroline (Nicolai) Freehauf, the latter a daughter of Henry Nicolai, who became one of the earliest of the Oregon pioneers. Mrs. Tressler was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and acquired her education there. She also took up the study of music, which she followed in Ann Arbor and afterward went west, where she is still engaged in teaching music. She has developed her powers to a high degree of proficiency in the art and is also a most capable instructor.
    Mr. Tressler was a member of the Taylor Street Methodist Episcopal Church for a number of years, but during the last ten years of his life was connected with the Christian Science Church and was chairman thereof in which connection he worked very hard to promote the interest of the organization. He belonged to the Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the Commercial Club and also of the Automobile Club. He was a Mason of high degree, having attained the thirty-second degree in Portland Lodge, No. 55, A.F.&A.M., was a Scottish Riter and belonged to the Shrine. His life was ever an upright and honorable one and the sterling worth of his character has made his memory reverenced by all with whom he was associated while still an active factor in the world's work. 
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, vol. III, 1922, pages 515-516


TROWBRIDGE, Everett Going, manufacturer; b. Hancock, Michigan December 20, 1881; to Oregon 1908; Michigan College of Mines; m. Katherine Esther Semon. Mason, B.P.O.E., K.P. Republican. Protestant. Address: 10th & Grape Streets; home: 907 West 11th Street, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 220


TROWBRIDGE, EVERETT GOING
    President, Trowbridge Cabinet Works
b. Hancock, Mich., Dec. 20, 1881; educ., Mich. College of Mines, 1901. Married Katherine Esther Semon, Jan. 27, 1919. Resident of Ore. since 1908. Established and pres., Trowbridge Cabinet Works, Medford. Member, Medford Chamber Commerce. Elk. Pythian. Kiwanian. Mason. Republican. Protestant. Home: Jacksonville Star Route. Office: 10th & Grape Sts., Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 549


TURNEY, Rev. George Reginald
Episcopal Clergyman.
b. Princeton, New Jersey May 10, 1907; son of John S. and Margaret P. (Knight) Turney; educated public schools Princeton, New Jersey; Trinity College, Hartford; Berkeley Divinity School, New Haven, graduate 1932; member I.K.A., Delta Phi; m. C. Betty Felker May 27, 1940, Portland; clergyman, rector, St. Andrew's Church, Manitou Springs, Colorado 1932-36; Vicar St. James Church Coquille and St. John's Church, Bandon 1936-40; Rector Emmanuel Church, Marshfield, 1940-43; St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Medford 1940-; Red Cross chairman, Manitou Springs, Colorado 1934-36; Coquille, Oregon 1938-40; trustee Diocese of Oregon 1939-; Dean, Southwest Oregon 1939-40; president Coquille Rotary Club 1938-39; Elk (chaplain, Marshfield 1939-43); home 203 N. Oakdale; office 5th and Oakdale, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 562


TUTTLE, Lee, editor-publisher; b. Summerville, Oregon May 5, 1883; m. Mary Fay Shirley June 24, 1916; children--Shirley Adin, Joan. Editor Medford Daily News; A.F.&A.M.; Chamber of Commerce; O.E.S. Democrat. Address: P.O. Box 1125; home: Kings Highway, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 221


TUTTLE, SHELBY MASON
General Manager, Southern Oregon Sales, Inc.
b. Benton, Ohio Sept. 3, 1892; son of James G. and Hannah M. (Wert) Tuttle; educated grade and high schools Benton; Ohio Northern University C.E. 1916; Sigma Pi; m. Emilia Gordon of San Francisco, Calif. Sept. 8, 1918; children Shelby G., Robert M. and Nina (Mrs. R. G. Rayburn); orchardist Table Rock Orchard, Medford 1921-26, operator until 1944; assistant manager Southern Oregon Sales Inc. 1926-34; general manager 1934 to date; chairman Winter Pear Control Committee (comprising Oregon, Washington, Colorado under Federal Marketing Act) 1940-; member Oregon Washington Pear Control Bureau (trustee); commander Civilian Defense 1941-45; professor Military Tactics, Washington Lee University, Lexington, Ky., 1919-21 and Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg; 2nd Lieut. to Major (Infantry) United States Army 1916-21, Mexican border, France and Germany; attended Staff College 8th Division, France; member Jackson County Sheriff's Posse; member Chamber of Commerce, Medford Rifle Club, University Club; Rotarian; Mason; Republican; Episcopalian; home 232 Valley View Drive; office Box 1266, 18 Stewart, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 563


TYREE, Darwin Garrett, executive; b. Catlettsburg, Kentucky January 7, 1896; to Oregon 1919; Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; University of Southern California; Oregon Law School; m. Nanette Elizabeth Gutshall October 30, 1918; children--Emily Jane. District counsel U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 1919-23; admitted to bar 1920; secretary California Oregon Power Co. 1924-27; manager investment department since 1927; Mason; B.P.O.E.; Lions; American Legion. Republican. Methodist. Address: 16 Geneva Street, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 221


TYREE, DARWIN GARRETT
    Manager, Investment Dept.,
    California-Oregon Power Co.
b. Catlettsburg, Ky., Jan. 7, 1896; educ., Georgetown Univ.; U. of So. Calif.; U. of Ore. law school. Married Nanette Elizabeth Gutshall, Oct. 30, 1918; one daughter, Emily Jane. Resident of Ore. since 1919. Admitted Ore. Bar, 1920. With California-Oregon Power Company many years; sec., 1924-27; manager, investment dept, 1927 to date. Former dist. counsel, U.S. Bureau Reclamation, 1919-23. Served U.S. Army, World War. Elk. Lions. Legionnaire. Mason. Republican. Methodist. Home: 16 Geneva St. Office: California-Oregon Power Co., Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 552


    WILLIAM ULRICH. As a man of excellent business ability, who is shrewd and has been decidedly successful in whatever he has undertaken, Mr. Ulrich, who is extensively engaged in ranching pursuits in the vicinity of Eagle Point, Ore., may be rightfully termed a self-made man in the truest sense of the word, for at an early age he was deprived by death of his father and without educational advantages or capital he was forced to make his own way in the world. He was born in Burlington, Iowa, January 18, 1858, and two years later was brought to a home in the Far West by his parents, Christian and Barbara Ulrich, who took up their abode in Jackson County, Ore., in 1860. They settled in Jacksonville, where William grew to manhood. He attended the common schools of that city, but obtained but a limited education, for in 1869 his father died and thus early in life the son was thrown upon his own resources and compelled to work for his living. Obtaining employment on a nearby ranch as a chore boy, he worked one year for his board and clothes, after which he was paid wages, remaining on the same ranch for three additional years, and the following year he was employed in and about the mining camps. He then became apprenticed to learn the baker's trade in Jacksonville, and he followed that line of work there for five years. About that time the railroad was being built in that vicinity, and Mr. Ulrich followed truck teaming for about a year in connection with the railroad camps. Selling his team he went to Medford, and in 1885 he opened a fire insurance office there and did fairly well at this business. He was the organizer and promoter of the Southern Oregon Pork Packing Company, which did a flourishing business in Medford, and for five years was its efficient manager, while at the same time he conducted a retail butcher shop. He subsequently formed a partnership with Mr. Slinger and engaged in the cattle business, and together they carried on a profitable business until the death of the latter, whereupon Mr. Ulrich purchased the interest of his former partner and continued in the business alone. His home ranch in the neighborhood of Eagle Point contains twelve hundred and twenty acres and many improvements have been made upon the farm by Mr. Ulrich since taking possession of it, and it now ranks among the best in this section. He also owns an interest in another ranch up in the mountains, which at the present writing furnishes grazing for about six hundred head of choice Hereford cattle.
    The marriage of Mr. Ulrich took place in June, 1884, with Miss Emma A. Milner. Their family now consists of five children, whose names are William L., Earl, Annie, Gertrude and Loraine. In politics Mr. Ulrich is a  Democrat, and his interest in the welfare of Medford was made manifest by his many worthy acts while a member of the city council, giving, as he did, his support to any and all measures that had a tending to better the condition of the city or the community at large. In fraternal orders, he is allied with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, being a charter member of Banner Lodge No. 23, of Jacksonville, Ore.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 836


UTZ, GLENN HAROLD
Business Executive.
b. Corydon, Indiana, Feb. 2, 1901; son of Adrian and Cora (Byrne) Utz; educated grade and high schools, Prosser, Washington; University of Washington; Wilson's Business College; m. Harriet Krogh of Port Orchard, Wash., June 24, 1923; daughters Joyce Carolyn, Joanne Harriett; began in The Crescent, Prosser, Wash. 1920-31; owner The Clothier Store, Kennewick, Wash. 1931-39; owner Glenn H. Utz Men's Furnishings, Glenn H. Utz Men's Furnishings, Medford, Oregon 1939-47; member Chamber of Commerce, Toastmasters Club, Izaak Walton League, Knife and Fork Club; Lion; Mason; Republican; home 301 Crater Lake; office 125 E. Main, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 565


UTZ, GLENN HAROLD
    Businessman
b Croydon, Ind, Feb 2, 1901; son of Adrian and Cora, (Byrne) U; educ, pub schs Prosser, Wn; Univ Wash; Wilson's Business Coll; m Harriet Krogh of Port Orchard, Wn, June 24, 1923; ch, Joyce Carolyn, Joanne Harritt; began in The Crescent Store, Prosser, Wn, 1920-31; owner, The Clothier Store, Kennewick, Wn, 1931-39; owner, Glenn H Utz Men's Furnishings, Medford, Or, 1939-47; owner, Henninger Bros, Men's Store, in Grants Pass, 1951, renamed, Glenn H Utz Men's Wear; mem, Chamber Commerce (dir), Knife and Fork Club (dir, 1952), Rogue Rod and Gun Club; Rotarian; Mason; Royal Gladiolian; Repub; addr, 421 S E 6th, Grants Pass, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 395


VAN DYKE, FRANK JACKSON
    Lawyer
b. Penang Island, British Straits Settlements, Malaysia, Aug, 10, 1907; educ., pub. schs., Medford, Ore.; Willamette Univ., LL.B., 1931; Alpha Psi Delta; Delta Theta Phi; Blue Key. Married Naomi Hohman of Portland, June 3, 1934. Law practice, Ashland, 1933 to date. City Attorney of Ashland, 1933 to date. President, Lincoln Club of Jackson County; president, Ashland Republican Club. Esquire. Lodge 944, Elks; district governor, Active International; past president, Ashland chapter, Active International; president, Chamber Commerce. Republican. Methodist (supt., interm. dept., Sunday Sch.). Home: 765 Boulevard. Office: First National Bank Bldg., Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 555


VAN DYKE, FRANK J.
    Lawyer
b Penang Island, Malaysia, Aug 10, 1907; son of B F and Esther (Jackson) V; educ, Willamette Univ, LLB, 1931; Blue Key; Delta Theta Phi, Phi Delta Theta; m Naomi Hohman, Portland, Oregon, June 3, 1934; ch, John Patrick, Bonnie Jean; practice of law, Ashland, 1932-46 and Medford since 1946; mem. House of Representatives, Oregon Legislature, 1943-50; Speaker, 1949-50; member, board director, Ashland public schools, June 1, 1939-48; member, board director, Jackson County Chamber Commerce, Jan 1, 1948 to date; hon discharge after service in World War II; Legionnaire; mem State Board of Higher Educ, 1950-; mem, Am Bar Assn and Oregon State Bar, mem, Medford Lodge 1168, Elks (past exalted ruler); Mason; Hillah Shriner; Rotarian; Repub; Methodist (trustee); home, 22 Modoc; ofc, Goldy Bldg, Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 236


    JOHN G. VAN DYKE. For seventeen years John G. Van Dyke engaged in sheep-raising in Jackson County, and his good fortune in this connection has made him an enthusiast regarding the stock possibilities of his adopted state. This successful man and large land owner is solely responsible for his own headway in life, and few of his friends or associates claim sturdier or more practical traits of character. Out of his varied experiences he has evolved many interesting theories, and he attributes a large share of his progress to the fact that he has always attended strictly to his own affairs, has been cautious in his judgment, and broad in his tolerance and sympathy.
    Born in Mercer County, Pa., July 27, 1836, Mr. Van Dyke is a son of Samuel D. Van Dyke, also born in Pennsylvania, grandson of John Van Dyke born in Westmoreland County, Pa., and founder of his family in Butler County, and great-grandson of John Van Dyke, who was born in New York and located in Westmoreland County, Pa. Samuel D. Van Dyke was by nature a wanderer during the earlier part of his life, and was known among his intimates as the "Wandering Jew." Previous to moving to Iowa in 1845 he had visited almost every part of the United States, his observing brain making note of people and general conditions. He married Keziah Gilmer, a native of Mercer County, Pa., daughter of Robert Gilmer, born either in Pennsylvania or Ireland, and the father of a large family. Mr. Gilmer was a blacksmith by trade, and he entertained a justifiable pride in his ancestral connections. Mr. Van Dyke naturally improved the opportunity to come to the West in 1849, his love of travel and adventure responding readily to the tales of gold which upset the equilibrium of half the people in the country. It is not recalled that he met with unusual success, for in 1852 he came to Oregon and took up a donation claim near Medford, upon which he spent the remainder of his life. Established upon a paying property of his own, he developed substantial and upbuilding traits of character, and became prominent in the agricultural and political undertakings of his neighborhood. As a Democrat he served as county commissioner, and in 1862 he was elected to the state legislature. With his family he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and toward this and other worthy causes contributed generously of his hard-earned fortune. There was a daughter and son in his family, the former and oldest of whom is deceased.
    In his youth John G. Van Dyke had scant opportunity for acquiring an education, and his broad general knowledge is therefore the result of intelligent observation and later application to books and periodicals. He was sixteen years old when he crossed the plains in 1852 with his parents to Jackson County, and he remained on the home farm until locating near Phoenix in 1862. In 1870 he located near Ashland and engaged in stock-raising. He had one hundred and sixty acres of land, and continued to improve it until 1885, when he came to the vicinity of Medford and started upon his seventeen years of sheep-raising. This was abandoned in 1899, owing to Mr. Van Dyke having contracted the grippe, although he still owns nearly seventeen hundred acres near the town. He also owns and for some time operated a general merchandise store in Medford, now being managed by his son. He has ten acres in pears and apples, but although general farming has always accompanied stock-raising, it is in the latter capacity that he has excelled, because he liked it best, and believed it to be the most practical way of making money in the county. He studied stock, became familiar with the individual characteristics of each kind, and always maintained the highest standards in his own selections.
    In Pennsylvania Mr. Van Dyke married Sarah Stewart, a native daughter of the state, and she has proved a devoted and capable mother to her nine children, one of whom, John G., the sixth child, met death by drowning in June, 1903. William Stewart, the oldest in the family, is a resident of Ashland; Kate makes her home in San Francisco; S. G. lives on the home ranch; B. F. is in Singapore, China; Carrie is the wife of a Mr. Thompson of Chicago; Edgar A. and Edith A. are twins, and the latter graduated from the Albany College in 1903; and Sarah A. is at home. Mr. Van Dyke is a Republican, but aside from the formality of casting his vote has never identified himself with party matters. He is essentially a home-loving man, and finds his greatest enjoyment in watching and aiding the careers of his children.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 830-833


    PETER V. VAN HARDENBERG. The ranch of one hundred and eighty-one acres, lying three miles north of Central Point, Jackson County, is the home of Mr. Van Hardenberg and is owned by him in partnership with his two brothers, Albert and William. Originally purchased by their brother, Joseph J., who died February 7, 1902, and by him improved to some extent, since his death the other brothers have continued the work of improvement and cultivation which had been so well begun under his painstaking care. While general farm products are raised to some extent, these are utilized almost wholly in the feeding of their stock, for the breeding, raising and fattening of cattle is their specialty, and in it they are meeting with a gratifying degree of success.
    In St. Louis, Mo., the subject of this narrative was born September 18, 1874. His father, Peter Jacob, was a native of Belgium, born in 1830, and was one of eight children. After having completed the studies of the public schools he learned the baker's trade under his father, who had made that his lifelong occupation. At twenty-four years of age he left home and came to the United States, where he settled in Philadelphia. During the two years of his residence in that city he was employed at his trade. From there he removed to Allerton, Mo., and engaged in the grocery business. Meantime he had married, in the vicinity of St. Louis, Miss Marguerite Todd, a native of St. Louis County, and for a time they made their home in St. Louis, removing from there to Allerton. Some years later they returned to St. Louis. From there, in 1892, they came to Oregon and settled on a farm in Jackson County. Seven years later they bought the ranch still owned and managed by the family. On this place the father died in May of 1902, after more than three score and ten busy years. Besides his three sons before named, he had several daughters, all now married, namely: Mrs. Anna Cliff, of North Bend, Ore.; Mrs. Pauline McCoy, of Medford; and Mrs. Nellie Gall, of North Bend.
    The public schools of St. Louis furnished Peter V. Van Hardenberg a fair education. He accompanied his parents in their various removals and came with them to Oregon when about eighteen years of age. In the work of bringing the farm under cultivation he bore his part, assisting his father and brothers in all their undertakings. When he married Miss Kate Vaughn, a native of England, March 1, 1903, he brought his bride to the old home and here they now reside. In religion they are members of the Baptist Church. The principles of the Socialistic Party find a hearty and warm admirer in Mr. Van Hardenberg. In spite of the many duties connected with his home life, he manages to keep posted concerning current events and believes that the highest good can never come to the greatest number until the doctrines of Socialism are brought into universal use. Fraternally he is associated with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 250-252


    JAMES KELSEY VAN SANT. In the business annals of Jackson County no name stands higher in regard to financial ability and integrity than that of James K. Van Sant, who is now living retired from active pursuits in Ashland, enjoying a well-earned leisure. Of an enterprising temperament, keen-witted and capable, endowed with sterling common sense and practical judgment, he has achieved a remarkable degree of success in the mercantile world, and through his own efforts has made rapid advances along the pathway of prosperity. A native of Indiana, he was born near South Bend, January 18, 1839, of Holland ancestry, being the descendant of an early and honored family of Philadelphia, Pa., the birthplace of his father, Alonzo Van Sant.
    Learning the trade of a carpenter and builder, Alonzo Van Sant removed to Indiana, settling near South Bend, where he followed his trade for a year. Going thence to Iowa, he improved a farm in Cedar County, and was afterwards engaged in agricultural pursuits in Jones County, clearing and improving a homestead near Monticello. In 1874 he removed with his family to Solano County, Cal., locating in Dixon, where he lived retired until his death. He married Effie Woodington, who was born in Philadelphia, Pa., of English ancestry, and died in Dixon, Cal. Of the six children, two daughters and four sons, born of their union, one daughter and three sons are living, James K., the special subject of this sketch, being the third child.
    After completing his studies in the public schools of Iowa, James K. Van Sant attended a United Brethren College in Iowa for a year. At the age of twenty-one years he began his active career as clerk in a store in Monticello, afterwards running a peddling wagon in Iowa. In 1872, on account of ill health, he came to the Pacific Coast. Locating in Dixon, Cal., with $125 in his pockets, he bought a lot, and built a home, running in debt for the same. Being offered a salary of $80 per month to run a grocery and vegetable wagon, he accepted it, and the following spring his wages were raised to $85 per month. Resigning his position in 1874, Mr. Van Sant, with the $500 he had accumulated, started in the grocery and vegetable trade on his own account. Having previously formed the acquaintance of the majority of the people within a radius of twelve miles from Dixon, he found no trouble in soon building up a very large and successful business, which he conducted about nine years. Selling out in 1883, he carried on a flourishing mercantile business in Red Bluff, Cal., for about five years dealing in general merchandise. In 1888 Mr. Van Sant disposed of his interests in that locality and settled in Ashland, Ore. Buying a building, he soon opened a grocery store, which he conducted successfully many years, building up an extensive and very satisfactory trade. Selling out his store and stock in 1900, he has since lived retired from business activities.
    Since coming to this city Mr. Van Sant has been identified with its highest interests, and has done much towards promoting its prosperity. He has erected several substantial dwelling houses, and is the owner of a large store building and a fine warehouse at the corner of Main and Helman streets, some of the most attractive and valuable business and residential property of Ashland being in his possession. He was also one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Ashland, of which he is vice-president, and a director, and is a member of the Ashland Board of Trade.
    Mr. Van Sant has been three times married. His first wife lived but a year after their marriage. For his second wife he married Miss Lizzie Sheets, of Iowa, by whom he had four children, namely: John, of Sacramento City, Cal.; Charles, of Healdsburg, Cal.; Jessie May, wife of John Coleman, of Dixon, Cal.; Harry, a midshipman in the United States navy. Mr. Van Sant's present wife was Mrs. Elizabeth J. Holburg, a native of Jackson County, and daughter of Hon. Patrick and Mary M. (Hill) Dunn, a sketch of whose lives may be found elsewhere in this work. Mr. Van Sant occupies a place of importance in the leading fraternal organizations of this locality, being a member of Ashland Lodge No. 23, A.F.&A.M.; of Ashland Chapter R.A.M.; of Malta Commandery No. 4, K.T.; of the Al Kader, N.M.S.; and both he and Mrs. Van Sant are members of the Ashland Chapter, O.E.S. At the age of twenty-one years, in Iowa, Mr. Van Sant was made an Odd Fellow, and is now a member of the Odd Fellows lodge of Dixon, Cal., of which he is past noble grand, and a member, and past chief patriarch, of Ashland Encampment. He is likewise a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Politically he is a Republican, and religiously he belongs to the Baptist Church, of which he is one of the trustees. Mrs. Van Sant is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 771-772


    CHARLES H. VAUPEL. Long experience, augmented by special aptitude for his chosen occupation, has made of C. H. Vaupel one of the best-equipped merchants of Jackson County. As senior member of the firm of Vaupel, Norris & Drake, of Ashland, he represents one of the strongest, if not one of the oldest, mercantile enterprises in the town, and one which reflects, in its management and commercial standing, the high character of the man directing its affairs. Like all truly successful merchants, Mr. Vaupel began at the bottom round of the ladder, and as an humble errand boy and clerk gained the attention of his superiors by being willing to do a little more than was required of him. He had the advantage of starting out under the direction of a merchant father who prized honesty and fair dealing, and with this example, an active and well balanced brain, and dogged perseverance, it is not surprising that success has come his way.
    Mr. Vaupel is the fifth in a family of eleven children, nine of whom are living. He was born on a farm seven miles north of McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa, October 13, 1858, and was educated in the public schools of Elkader, Iowa. His father, J. C. Vaupel, came from the Rhine country, Germany, as a young man, settling in Clayton County, of which he was a pioneer and prominent man. Eventually he left the farm and settled in Elkader, Iowa, where he engaged in a mercantile business, and where his death occurred in 1874. He was much interested in politics, and served as county treasurer for several years. His wife, formerly Clara (Sanganger) Vaupel, was also born in Germany, and her parents were among the early settlers of Clayton County, Iowa. Mrs. Vaupel now makes her home in Des Moines, Iowa.
    Until his father's death young C. H. Vaupel clerked in the Elkader store, and at the age of fourteen went to live on a farm. When seventeen years old he began to clerk for Joe Lamm, and afterward for Carter Mills & Company, both firms taking a keen interest in the ambitious and faithful boy. In 1887 he removed to Ashland and found employment with the mercantile firm of D. R. and E. V. Mills, remaining with them for six years, and in 1893 founded the firm of Vaupel, Norris & Drake. At this time he purchased the store and stock of E. K. Anderson, remodeled and enlarged the building, and now has floor space covering 40x100 feet. In 1901 he bought out the stock of D. R. and E. V. Mills. Notwithstanding his large mercantile responsibility, this prosperous business man finds time for affairs of public moment, and is nothing if not public spirited. He was one of the organizers, and has been a director from the start of the First National Bank of Ashland, one of the most reliable and substantial monetary institutions of the county. As a Republican voter he has been before the public as a worker if not office seeker, although he gave efficient service in the town council for two years.
    In Elkader, Iowa, in 1881, Mr. Vaupel was united in marriage with Maria Barnum, born in Elkader, and a daughter of Hiram Barnum, who was born in Pennsylvania and became an early settler of Iowa. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Vaupel was born in Vermont, removing from there to Pennsylvania, and from there to Iowa, where both he and his son, Hiram, spent their last days. Hiram Barnum married Elizabeth Bachtell, born in Chester County, Pa., and daughter of David Bachtell, who settled in Clayton County, Iowa, in 1854. Mrs. Barnum still lives in Iowa. Myrtle, the oldest daughter born  to Mr. and Mrs. Yaupel, died at the age of fourteen years and Leta, the younger, is living at home. Mr. Vaupel is a member of the Board of Trade. He is prominent fraternally, being identified with the Ashland Lodge, No. 23, A.F.&A.M., of which he is a past master, and to which he came from the lodge in Elkader, Iowa. He was also transferred from the Elkader R.A.M. to the Siskiyou Chapter, No. 21, of which he is past high priest. He is a member of Malta Commandery No. 4, K.T. Mr. Vaupel is a shrewd and painstaking business man, a liberal and progressive citizen, and a loyal and generous friend. To an exceptional degree he enjoys the confidence and esteem of the community whose best interests he is endeavoring to promote.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 562-563

    Vernon Hill Vawter, cashier of the Jackson County Bank of Medford and its chief executive, is not only prominently associated with business interests and enterprises which have much to do with the upbuilding of the city, but has in many other ways manifested his public spirit through cooperation with projects of great benefit to the state. He now has the distinction of serving as the youngest member of the board of regents of the State University, and his labors are at all times a direct and constructive element of public progress. Mr. Vawter is numbered among the native sons of Medford, his birth having occurred November 13, 1890, his parents being William I. and Etta M. (Hill) Vawter. The father was also a native of Linn County and the members of the family rank high as factors in the growth and progress of southern Oregon. The first American ancestors of the Vawter family came from England more than a hundred years ago. William I. Vawter has the credit of being the "father of banking" in Medford, and his fame is not confined alone to this field of activity, for his memory is cherished as that of one of the potential builders of the town, his efforts contributing in substantial measure in many ways to the early progress and later improvements of the city.
    Vernon H. Vawter was educated in the graded and high schools of Medford and in the University of Oregon. Following his graduation from the state institution he returned to Medford and accepted a position in the Jackson County Bank, of which his father was then president. The son is now the cashier of the bank and its chief executive, contributing much to its development and growth. In fact under his guidance the bank has come to be regarded as one of the most substantial financial institutions of the state.
    During the World War Mr. Vawter was accepted in a civilian Officers' Training Camp, but returned home incapacitated as a result of a severe attack of influenza and before he had recovered his health the armistice was signed. No man of his age in Oregon occupies a more prominent place in the business life of the state than does he. As a leading citizen of Medford he is called to act on every public service committee and he cheerfully responds to all demands made upon his time and means. He has had an unusual honor bestowed upon him in that he has been selected as one of the regents of the University of Oregon, enjoying the distinction of being the only man of his years who has ever been so highly honored. He is a member of the Medford public library board and belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, of which he served as president, cooperating in all of its activities for the benefit and upbuilding of the city. His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party, and he steadily declines to become a candidate for office.
    In 1915 Mr. Vawter was married to Miss Aletha Emerick of Boise, Idaho, a daughter of V. J. Emerick, one of the most prominent residents of the city, who for two terms served as mayor of Medford.
    Mr. Vawter is the treasurer of the Elks lodge of Medford and is also the treasurer of the Big Bend Milling Company, which has constructed in Medford several of its best business blocks on Main street and Central avenue, North. Nor does Mr. Vawter selfishly confine his energies to the growth and improvement of the city in which he makes his home, but takes an active interest in all matters for the benefit of the state. He is now one of the committee engaged in improving Crater Lake and the Crater Lake National Park. Progress and enterprise are the keynotes of his character and have constituted the forces that have thrown open for him the portals of success. 
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, vol. III, 1922, pages 178-179


VAWTER, Vernon Hill, banker; b. Medford, Oregon November 13, 1890; A.B. University of Oregon 1913; m. Aletha Emerick October 24, 1916; children--Vernon Emerick. Cashier Jackson County Bank; board of regents University of Oregon 1921-; B.P.O.E.; Shrine; Chamber of Commerce; University Club; Library Board, 11 years. Republican. Address: Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 223


VAWTER, VERNON HILL
    Owner, First Insurance Agency.
b. Medford, Ore., Nov. 13, 1890; educ.. Univ. of Ore., B.A., 1913. Married Frances Nell, March 20, 1931; one son, Vernon Emerick. For many years active in banking and formerly cashier, Jackson County Bank, Medford. Now owner, First Insurance Agency, Santa Barbara, Calif. Past member, Board of Regents, Univ. of Oregon, 1921-26. Member of board, Santa Barbara Chamber Commerce. Elk. Shriner, Republican. Address: 1266 Ferello Road, Santa Barbara, California.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 608


    WILLIAM I. VAWTER.--Among the substantial institutions of southern Oregon is the Jackson County Bank of Medford, which was established September 1, 1888, and was conducted successfully as a private bank by William I. Vawter until July 1, 1892, when the capital stock was increased from $25,000 to $50,000, and incorporated with the following named officers: William I. Vawter, president; William Slinger, vice president; G. W. Howard, cashier; and J. E. Enyart as assistant cashier. Exchanges drawn on Portland, San Francisco and New York. The bank has done a safe and prosperous business since its doors were thrown open to the public, and it ranks among the substantial banking houses of the state.
    William I. Vawter, whose name heads the official list, is a native of Linn County, Oregon, born March 24, 1863. His father emigrated from Indiana across the plains to Oregon, in 1853. His mother is a native of Missouri, and also crossed the plains by ox teams, with her parents, as early as 1846. Her people located in the Willamette Valley, which at that early day was populated with Indians.
    William was reared and educated in his native state, graduating from the university of the state in 1886, and filled the position of principal in the public schools in Eugene, until 1888, when he established the Jackson County Bank, at Medford.
    Politically he is a staunch Republican, and takes an active interest in the party. He is a member of A.F.&A.M. Since he became a resident of Medford, he has been closely identified with the interests of that city, and is always among the first to give his support financially to every public enterprise tending to develop the city. Although a young man, he has gained a reputation for himself in the community as one of the most influential and progressive citizens, as well as an able scholar and financier.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, page 564


    VAWTER, WILLIAM I., of Medford, president of the Jackson County Bank, was born in Linn County, March 24, 1863, and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1886. He was principal of the Eugene public school till 1888, when he established the bank at Medford. He is an earnest Republican, has been a delegate to county and state conventions and league meetings, a member of the congressional and state central committees, and chairman of the county central committee.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 275


    WILLIAM IRA VAWTER. The bar of Jackson County numbers among its successful members William Ira Vawter, who has been in continuous practice in Medford since 1891. Aside from his professional interests Mr. Vawter is deeply interested in financial matters, being president of the Jackson County Bank. Mr. Vawter, who comes of pioneer parentage, on both sides of his family, represents the third generation in the state, and was born in Linn County, Ore., March 24, 1863. His mother, Sarah A. (Finley) Vawter, crossed the plains from Missouri with her parents in 1846, his father undertaking the same hazardous journey in 1852.
    From the drudgery of the Linn County farm Mr. Vawter stepped into an active student life at the University of Oregon in 1880, and while in the law department spent a portion of his time teaching county schools. Soon after his graduation in 1886 he was appointed principal of the public schools of Eugene, remaining in that position for two years. In 1888 he entered the world of finance and founded the Jackson County Bank at Medford, and for the past twelve years has served as the honored president of one of the substantial and reliable monetary institutions of this part of the state. Since his first voting days Mr. Vawter has been a staunch upholder of Republican principles, but has steadfastly declined to range himself with the office seekers of his county. For years he has been prominent in the lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in 1896 was elected grand master of the state lodge of Oregon, in 1897 being elevated to the position of sovereign grand representative, which he held two years. He has taken an important part in the deliberations of this august fraternal organization, and the esteem in which he is held by his fellow members adds to the universal estimate merited by his high character, his profound intellectual attainments and his public-spirited efforts as a citizen of the great Northwest.
    In 1889 Mr. Vawter was united in marriage with Etta M. Hill, of which union two sons have been born, Vernon Hill and William Ira, Jr.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 354-355


    Residence and office, Medford, Oregon. Born in Linn County, Oregon, March 24, 1863. Son of Cyrus and Sarah A. (Finley) Vawter. Married to Etta M. Hill, February 10, 1889. Attended public schools at Halsey, Oregon; later Philomath Academy, at Philomath, Oregon. Graduated from Oregon University, at Eugene, in 1886, with degree of A. B., and five years later received degree of A. M. Admitted to Oregon bar in 1892. Mayor of Medford, 1905; member Legislature, 1905 to 1907; member of Masonic and I.O.O.F. fraternities; President Jackson County Bank, of Medford. Republican.

VAWTER, William Ira, Banker and Lawyer; born, Linn County, Ore., Mar. 24, 1863; son, Cyrus and Sarah A. (Finley) V. Married, Etta M. Hill, Jan. 10, 1889, at Eugene, Ore. A.B., Univ. of Ore., 1886; A.M., 1894. Founded Jackson County Bank, at Medford, Ore., in 1888, and has been its President for 23 years. Treas., Big Bend Milling Co., Davenport, Wash. Member, Oregon Legislature, 1905; Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means. Mayor of Medford, one term. Member: Rogue River University Club, Medford, Ore. Res.: 310 W. Main; Office: Room 1, Jackson Bank bldg., Medford, Ore.
Franklin Harper, ed., Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, Los Angeles 1913, pages 580-581


VAWTER, William Ira, 1 Jackson County Bank Bldg.; res. 310 W. Main St.,
        Medford, Ore.
    Banker; b. Linn County, Ore., March 24, 1863; s. of Cyrus and Sarah A. (Finley) Vawter; grad. Oregon Univ., A.B., 1886, A.M. 1894; m. Eugene, Ore., Feb. 10, 1889, Etta M. Hill; children: Vernon H., William Ira, Jr. Asst. Cashier Jackson County Bank; treas. Big Bend Milling Co.; dir. Fish Lake Water Co. Mayor Medford, Ore., two terms; member Oregon Legislature one term, Odd Fellow (Past Grand Master).
Who's Who in Finance, Banking and Insurance, 1922, page 702


VINING, Irvin Edwin, lecturer: b. Tacoma, Washington June 12, 1874; to Oregon 1876; Monmouth Normal; postgraduate Teachers College, Columbia University; American Academy of Dramatic Art, N.Y., president Oregon State Chamber of Commerce 1924-28; 7 years instructor Southern Oregon Normal School; 7 years board Oregon State Chamber of Commerce; board Stanford Commercial Secretaries School; 8 years lecturer business psychology; 2 years lecturer war work. B.P.O.E. Republican. Address: 35 Granite St., Ashland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 224


VINING, IRVING EDWIN
    Lecturer
b. Tacoma, Wash., June 12, 1874; educ., Monmouth Normal Sch.; postgraduate,  Teachers College; Columbia Univ.; American Academy Dramatic Art, N.Y. Resident of Ore. 1876. Active lecturer on business psychology. Lecturer, World War Drives. Instructor, Southern Oregon Normal School, seven years; member board, Stanford Commercial Secretarial School, lecturer on business psychology, eight years. Member, board, Oregon State Chamber Commerce, seven years; president, 1924-28. Elk. Republican. Address: 35 Granite Street, Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 558


    WILLIAM J. VIRGIN. Standing second to none among the leading men of Ashland is William J. Virgin, proprietor of the Ashland Mills. Noteworthy for his energetic enterprise, keen intelligence and good business ability, he has established a large and successful industry, manufacturing a superior grade of flour, which he has placed upon the market under his especial brand "Virgin's best." In the different cities, towns and states in which he has resided, he has always been regarded as a man of integrity and honor, and is held in high respect by the community in which he is now a member. A native of England, he was born in Taunton, Somerset County, October 20, 1848.
    Born in Devonshire, England, John Virgin, father of William J., was engaged in farming and hotel keeping in Somerset County for a number of years. He subsequently resided for a time in Chard, England, from there emigrating to this country. Locating in Michigan, he lived near the town of Hawley until his sudden death, which was accidental, being caused by a fall from a wagon. Until that time, although in the seventy-second year of his age, he had been strong and vigorous. He belonged to a family noted for its longevity, his father having lived seventy-eight years, while his mother attained to the remarkable age of one hundred and two years. He married Ann Vincent, who was born in Devonshire, England, and died in Michigan. Of the ten children that blessed their union, all grew to years of maturity, William J. being the eldest child.
    Brought up in his native land, W. J. Virgin worked on the farm as a boy, obtaining his education at a night school, supported by subscription. Entering the employ of his uncle, Thomas Butler, of Chard, when fifteen years old, he served an apprenticeship at the miller's trade, becoming an expert stone dresser. Receiving a letter from his uncle Henry Vincent, urging him and his brother to come to Portsmouth, Ohio, he sailed from England for New York on the City of Boston. Subsequently, while on the way from Cincinnati to St. Louis, he stopped at Vanceburg, Ky., where he secured work as a stone dresser, receiving $3 per day for his labor, which he considered good pay for a boy of eighteen years. A year later he went to Michigan, locating in Oakland County, where his uncle was living. The ensuing year he worked in the Clarkston Mills, and the following four years resided in Greenville, Montcalm County, where he was first employed in the Partlow Mills, and later in the Middleton Mills. Removing to Minneapolis, Minn., in 1872, he worked for Pillsbury Brothers, and for Governor Washburn. Going from Minneapolis to Boardman, Wis., he entered the employ of Johnson & Brother, and after helping them build a new mill in Richmond, Wis., he was admitted into partnership with them as junior member of the firm of Johnson Brothers & Virgin. For twenty years this firm carried on a large and profitable business, running both the Boardman and the Richmond mills. In 1886 Mr. Virgin made his first trip to the Pacific coast, and was so pleased with the country that he made a second trip in 1890, visiting Tacoma, Wash. Coming to Ashland, Jackson County, Ore., in 1891, he, in company with Mr. Jacobs, purchased the F. Roper Mills, and the following year moved his family to this city. In 1893 Mr. Neil bought out Mr. Jacob's interest in the business, the firm name being changed from Jacobs & Virgin to Virgin & Co. Two years later Mr. Virgin bought out his partner, and has continued the business alone until the present time. He also owns, in company with A. A. Davis, the Central Point Mill, having a half interest in it. Mr. Virgin has greatly enlarged his mill, which was built in 1852, remodeling it, and increasing its capacity from thirty barrels to seventy barrels a day. He has an excellent water privilege, having the priority of water right from the Ashland Creek.
    In Greenville, Mich., Mr. Virgin married Oresta Goodsall, a native of Allegheny County, Pa., and of their union three children have been born, namely: Mrs. Grace Drake, of Ashland; William, who entered the United States navy in July, 1902, is now on the cruiser Reno, in Japan; and Claudie, who died in her twentieth year. A staunch Republican in his political affiliations, Mr. Virgin served as councilman in Richmond, Wis., and is always interested in local and national affairs. In religion he is a member of the Episcopal Church.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 556-557


VOORHIES, GORDON
    President, Southern Oregon Sales, Inc.
b. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 30, 1868; educ., private and public schools, Lexington; Univ. of Kentucky; graduate, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1891. Married Helen Strong Burrell of Portland, Sept. 14, 1893: children, Margaret, Marian (Mrs. Sprague Riegel), and Charles Howard. Served U.S. Army, 2nd lieutenant, inf., cavalry, 1891-97. Served in Spanish-American War, captain and asst. adj. general, 1898-99; major, brigade adj., 91st div., 1917; lt. col., 364 inf., 1918, World War. Action at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Lys-Scheldt offensives. Active in fruit industry, Ore., 1899 to date. Secy. and director, Burrell Investment Co., 1903-12. Director, R.A.C.C., 1932-33. President, Medford Production Credit Assn., 1934-35. President, Southern Oregon Sales, Inc. Member, Rogue Valley Golf Club Portland; Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland: Army and Navy Club, Washington, D.C.; past president, University Club, Medford; vice president, Arlington and Waverley Country Clubs, Portland. Member, Sons American Revolution, N.Y.; Society of War of 1812, Philadelphia. Non-partisan. Address: Box 1073, Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 559

    WAGNER, F. D., editor of the Ashland Tidings, was born in Jackson County, Oregon, October 9, 1868. He was educated at the Ashland Academy and the University of Oregon. His father, Jacob Wagner, was a pioneer of Jackson County, and represented it in the legislature from 1862 to 1866. For sixteen years Mr. Wagner was general assistant to Hon. W. H. Leeds, now State Printer, in the Tidings office, and in January 1895 became a partner and editor and manager of the paper.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 276


    FRED D. WAGNER. Prominent among the native-born citizens of Jackson County is Fred D. Wagner, who is widely known throughout Southern Oregon as editor, business manager and one of the proprietors, of the Ashland Tidings, a bright and newsy journal, published semi-weekly, and having an extensive circulation in Jackson and surrounding counties. A man of culture, energy and ability, he has gained a position of influence in the community in which he resides, and is justly recognized as one of the leaders in civic affairs. He comes of German stock, the immigrant ancestor of that branch of the Wagner family from which he is descended having been one Philip Wagner, who was born in Germany, but came to the United States prior to the Revolution, and settled first in Virginia, going from there to Pennsylvania as a pioneer. A native of Ashland, Ore., Mr. Wagner was born October 9, 1868, a son of the late Jacob and Ellen (Hendrix) Wagner, and in a sketch of his father, which may be found elsewhere in this work, further parental and ancestral history appears.
    After leaving the public schools, Fred D. Wagner pursued his studies at the Ashland Academy and then entered the University of Oregon, at Eugene, where he was a pupil from 1886 until 1888. Prior to this time, by working whenever at leisure, he had learned the printer's trade in the office of the Ashland Tidings, and on leaving the University Mr. Wagner accepted a position on this paper, with which he has since been connected, and since 1895 has owned a half interest and is editor and business manager. The Ashland Tidings was established as a weekly paper in June, 1876. being founded by James Sutton, a prominent journalist of Southern Oregon, and was the first newspaper published in Ashland. Mr. Sutton sold out to Capt. O. C. Applegate, who owned it but a brief period, selling it in 1879 to W. H. Leeds. Mr. Leeds was sole publisher and editor of the paper until January 1, 1895, when he accepted the position of state printer, and disposed of a one-half interest in the journal to Mr. Wagner, who is junior member of the firm of Leeds & Wagner. In January, 1894, the Tidings became a semi-weekly paper, and is now a seven-column folio, devoted to the advancement of the agricultural, commercial and industrial interests of Southern Oregon, and is a strong exponent of Republicanism. Under the editorship and management of Mr. Wagner its circulation has largely increased, and its influence is felt throughout a large territory. Its printing department is now thoroughly equipped and has in connection with it a good job printing office, where work of a superior order is quickly and well done.
    Active in public affairs, Mr. Wagner has been a member of the Republican County Central Committee for a number of years and is now its secretary. He is a trustee, and one of the influential members of the Ashland Board of Trade, and belongs to the P. P. Prim Cabin, Native Sons of Oregon, of Jacksonville. He is connected with many of the foremost fraternal organizations of this vicinity, being a member and senior warden of Ashland Lodge No. 23, A.F.&A.M.; of Siskiyou Chapter, R.A.M.; a member of Malta Commandery No. 4, K.T.; and of Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Portland; a member and past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Knights of the Maccabees.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 558-561


WAGNER, FRED DAY
    Ex-Postmaster, Ashland
b. Ashland, Ore., Oct. 9, 1868; educ., public schools, Ashland; University of Oregon. Married Stella Case, Ashland, Aug. 23, 1905; three sons, Paul Case, Lawrence Day and Wilfred Miles. Began as country printer and publisher; learned printing trade with Ashland Tidings; retired as editor and owner, 1911. Director, U.S. National Bank and First National Bank of Ashland (consolidated), 1912 to date. Served state legislature, House of Representatives, 1915. Appointed postmaster, Ashland, 1923; served three terms until April, 1936. Elk. Eastern Star. Commandery, Mason. Shriner. Republican. Address: 47 Granite Street, Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 560


    JACOB WAGNER: lives in Ashland; is a miller; was born September 26, 1820, in Dayton, Ohio; came to state in 1850, and to county in 1851; was married in 1860, to Ellen Hendrix. Children Annethi, John M., Frederick N., Mabel E., Ella T., Jessie N. and Jacob Ernest.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    HON. JACOB WAGNER, of Ashland, who is owner and proprietor of the Ashland Flouring Mills, was born at Dayton, Ohio, September 26, 1820. With his parents, John and Hester Wagner, he removed to Elkhart County, Indiana. From thence he came to Louisa County, Iowa; and from thence to Oregon in 1850, and settled on Wagner Creek, Jackson County, in the spring of 1852. In 1862 he moved to Ashland, where he resides at this writing. He was state senator from June, 1862, to June, 1866, and was at the extra session of the legislature called together to adopt the 13th amendment to the constitution of the United States--was county commissioner in 1874-5, and has been a prominent and honored citizen from the first. In 1860 he returned to Iowa and was united in marriage to Miss Ella Hendrix. Their children are: Annettie, John M., Fred D., Mabel E., Ella T., Jessie N. and Jacob Ernest.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 542




    JACOB WAGNER. Occupying a place of prominence in the vast pioneer army of brave and fearless men that left homes in the civilized East, crossed the barren desert, and invaded the Rogue River Valley when it was a well nigh primeval waste, was Jacob Wagner, late of Ashland, and for nearly half a century one of Jackson County's most highly respected and esteemed citizens. Coming here when the red-skinned children of the land held full sway, he assisted in the arduous labor that transformed the entire country and conditions, helping to set and keep in motion the wheel of progress. A man of acknowledged enterprise, keen intuition, and of rare mental and moral caliber, he became one of the leading spirits in inaugurating beneficial projects. Schoolhouses and meeting houses were built, struggling hamlets became thriving villages and towns, Indian trails gave way to smooth wagon roads, and industrial enterprises of all kinds were permanently established. Keeping pace with the more strenuous times of later days, he watched with gratification what were in some respects still greater changes, a vast network of railways spanning the entire country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, telegraph communication becoming established throughout the length and breadth of the Union, while telephones were installed in rural as well as city homes. In local and public affairs he was active and prominent, and as a man of unquestioned honor and integrity his influence was felt throughout the community in which he resided. A son of John Wagner, he was born September 26, 1820, in Dayton County, Ohio, and died January 4, 1900, at his home, in Ashland, Jackson County, Ore.
    Philip Wagner, Mr. Wagner's paternal grandfather, was born and bred in Germany. With two of his brothers, Peter and John, he emigrated to America in colonial days. Peter and John were soon lost track of, but Philip Wagner settled in Rockingham County, Va., where he married Margaret Andrews. He subsequently removed with his family to Pennsylvania, going thence to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life.
    One of three children of Philip and Margaret Wagner, John Wagner was born in old Virginia, April 16, 1779. Going with his parents to Pennsylvania, and then to Ohio, he settled permanently in the latter state, where he was engaged during his active life in agricultural pursuits. April 17, 1806, he married Esther Crull, by whom he had eleven children, three of whom came to the Pacific Coast, namely: Mrs. Delilah McConnaha, who resided in California until her death; Isaac, who settled in Salem, Ore.; and Jacob, the special subject of this brief sketch, and the seventh child in order of birth of the parental household.
    Reared on the homestead in Ohio, Jacob Wagner attended the district school when young, and as a boy and youth was trained to agricultural pursuits. Before attaining his majority, he turned his footsteps westward, going first to Indiana, where he worked as a farm laborer. Migrating to Iowa, he was employed in carpentering and building in Louisa County for a number of years. In 1850, while yet unmarried, he started across the plains with an ox team train, and after a tedious journey of six months arrived at Oregon City, where he had a severe attack of mountain fever, narrowly escaping death. Subsequently going to Astoria. he looked over the country in the vicinity of the Columbia River, but not especially pleased with the outlook, he returned to Oregon City, where he worked at the carpenter's trade a few months. Going overland to Siskiyou County, Cal., in the spring of 1851, he was employed in mining in the Yreka district for about a year, his experiences being decidedly varied.
    Settling in the Rogue River Valley, Ore., in the spring of 1852, Mr. Wagner took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres on the little stream that was subsequently named in his honor, Wagner Creek. On this tract of land, lying about five miles north of Ashland, near the site of the present village of Talent, he was successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising for ten years. He took an active part in subduing the Indians in the troubles of 1853, when Fort Wagner was built on his farm as a rendezvous for his family and neighbors. November 10, 1855, during the Rogue River Indian War, he enlisted in Company D, Second Oregon Mounted Volunteers, and served under Colonel Williams until receiving his honorable discharge from the army, May 15, 1856. He was brave and fearless, working in the fields oftentimes with his gun at hand, and had several narrow escapes from the treacherous redskins, at one time being saved from death by the kindly interception of some Indians whom he had befriended.
    In 1857 Mr. Wagner bought an interest in the Ashland Flour Mills, but continued his farming. In 1858 he went east by way of the Isthmus, and in the fall of 1860 took unto himself a wife. Sailing with his bride from New York, he came by way of Panama to Red Bluffs, Cal., thence by stage to Fort Wagner, where he continued the improvement of his farm. Moving to Ashland in 1862, Mr. Wagner assumed the management of the Ashland Mills, of which he had control the ensuing twenty-six years, the plant being the only flour mills in the Rogue River Valley for several years. He was in partnership with different persons, but was most of the time the principal owner and business manager, being associated with E. K. Anderson, Capt. John McCall, W. H. Atkinson, and others. At the same time Mr. Wagner, who was a man of great business enterprise and ability, was interested in the Ashland Woolen Mills, in mining property, and in mercantile pursuits, and was, without doubt, one of the best-known men of Southern Oregon and Northern California, becoming acquainted with the farmers through his wheat buying, and with the merchants and commission men through whom he sold flour. On account of failing health he sold the Ashland Mills in 1884, and subsequently bought the Soda Spring Ranch, lying ten miles southeast of Ashland, and removed there, taking charge of the hotel. He engaged in the stock business while there, and largely developed the fine spring on the ranch. His hotel was the stage station on that route, and was a most popular house of public entertainment. The waters of the spring were found rich in mineral properties, and are now in charge of Mr. Wagner's son, J. M. Wagner, who bottles it, and sells it under the name of the Siskiyou mineral water. Returning to Ashland in 1887, Mr. Wagner lived retired from active pursuits until his death, as above stated.
    August 25, 1860, in Muscatine County, Iowa, Mr. Wagner married Ellen Hendrix, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., a daughter of Henry D. Hendrix. Grandfather Hendrix was born and reared in Pennsylvania, but as a young man lived for a few years in Ohio, then settled permanently in Indiana, where he followed general farming until his death. A native of Ohio, Henry Hendrix moved with his parents to Indiana, where he followed the independent occupation to which he was reared. Subsequently becoming a pioneer of Iowa, he cleared and improved a fine farm in Muscatine County, where he was profitably engaged in stock-raising for many years. He attained the venerable age of eighty-nine years, and was respected and esteemed by all. He was a man of upright principles, honest and square in all his dealings, and was a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife, whose maiden name was Theodosia Willitts, was born in Indiana, and died, when but thirty-seven years old, in Iowa. Of their seven children, three came to Oregon, namely: Charles; Mrs. Angeline Rockfellow; and Mrs. Wagner. Charles Hendrix crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850, but after residing here two years returned to his old home in Iowa, and remained there permanently. Mrs. Rockfellow came to the Rogue River Valley in 1850, and settled at Colestin, Jackson County, where she lived many years. She subsequently made her home in Washington, although her death occurred in Oregon City, Ore. Mrs. Wagner was but three years old when she removed with her parents to Muscatine County, Iowa, where she was reared and educated, attending first a subscription school, and later Mount Pleasant Academy. She is now living in Ashland, beloved and respected for her pure heart and noble character. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Wagner seven children were born: Nettie, a graduate of Ashland Academy, is now the wife of W. H. Leeds, who was state printer from 1894 until 1902, and is now a resident of San Diego, Cal.; John Marshall, who was educated at the University of Oregon, and is now proprietor of the Siskiyou Mineral Water Company, married Anna Anderson; Fred D., also educated at the University of Oregon, is editor and proprietor of the Ashland Tidings; Mabel E., a graduate of the Ashland High School, is the wife of A. E. Kinney, a hardware merchant in Redding, Cal.; Ella died at the age of eight years; Jessie, who completed her early education at the state normal school, is the wife of T. W. Miles, a prominent educator of Bakersfield, Cal.; and J. Ernest died at the age of three and one-half years.
    In public affairs Mr. Wagner took a keen and intelligent interest, and served his fellow men in many positions of trust and responsibility. In 1862 he was elected to the Oregon state senate, and during his term of four years attended three sessions of the legislature, one being the special session called to ratify the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. He was subsequently county commissioner for Jackson County, serving one or more terms. He was a staunch Republican in his political views, and ever true to the principles of his party. He was a charter member, and at the time of his death the oldest member, of Ashland Lodge No. 23, A.F.&A.M.; and was a member, and ex-president, of the Jackson County Pioneer Society. A man of deep religious convictions, he was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which Mrs. Wagner also belongs. Mrs. Wagner is one of the charter members of Alpha Chapter No. 1, O.E.S., of Ashland.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 616-618


WAHL, FRED ERNEST
Retired Banker; Businessman.
b. Waterloo, Iowa, Jan. 8, 1882; son of Charles and Rosa (Sebold) Wahl; educated grade school Waterloo; m. Zelma Alice Roe of Spokane, Wash. Dec. 24, 1911; daughter Betty Joanne; started Chicago, First National Bank 1905-08; Old National Bank Spokane, two years; Bank of Medford; with Bardwell Fruit Co. 1918-40; cashier 1919, later president Farmers and Fruit Growers Bank until retirement 1940; since retirement from banking in real estate and insurance business; active Victory Loan drives, World War I; developer of resorts, served as director of Diamond Lake Resort, also assisted in development of Lake of the Woods Camp and Buckhorn Mineral Springs; Eagle; Democrat; Lutheran; home Rt. 3, Box 110; office Brophy Bldg., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 571


    AMOS W. WALKER, who for eight years has been successfully identified with the business interests of Medford as the manager and proprietor of a livery stable, was born in Canada on the 22d of June, 1878, and is a son of Thomas and Anna Walker. The parents were born, reared and married in Canada, and there they resided until 1894 when they crossed the border into the United States, locating in Lane County, Oregon. Here the father purchased the ranch which he continues to operate, agricultural pursuits having engaged his energies ever since the time when he became self-supporting. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Walker, two of whom are still living.
    Amos W. Walker was a youth of sixteen years when he came to the United States with his parents, his education having been acquired in the common schools of his native land. He remained at home assisting his father with the work of the fields and the care of the crops until he was twenty-one years of age, thus becoming thoroughly familiar with the manifold duties of the agriculturist. Feeling that he was fully qualified to begin ranching for himself, upon attaining his majority he left home and for five years thereafter devoted his attention to general farming and stock-raising, with a very satisfactory degree of success. Believing that a business career offered better remuneration for the same expenditure of energy, at the expiration of that time he disposed of his agricultural interests and went to Eugene, where he operated a livery stable for a year. At the end of that period he removed his equipment to Medford and has ever since been located here. He keeps thirty-five horses and has an excellent line of vehicles, and as his place is well kept up and he accords his patrons the most courteous and considerate treatment, he has built up a good trade.
    In 1897 Mr. Walker was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Mulkey, a native of Iowa, and to them have been born four children, as follows: Ila F., Clarke J., Paul A. and Annabelle.
    Mr. Walker is a staunch Republican in his political views and fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, while both he and Mrs. Walker are members of the Christian Church. He is diligent and enterprising and by reason of his intelligent direction of his undertakings is meeting with well-merited success, and in addition to his finely equipped stable he owns a very pleasant residence property, on South Fir Street.
Joseph Gaston, The Centennial History of Oregon, vol. III, 1912, pages 236-237


    DANIEL WALKER. Yet another of the pioneers of Jackson County who have spent the best years of their lives in developing its resources is Daniel Walker, formerly owner of four hundred acres of land six miles from Ashland, and who is one of the substantial and highly honored agriculturists and stock-raisers of his neighborhood. Mr. Walker has always lived in the country, as did his forefathers, and he acknowledges special liking for an existence far from the rush and turmoil of cities. Everything about his farm suggests thrift and progressiveness, and it is apparent to his many friends that farming to him represents a pleasure as well as a means of livelihood. This earnest and large-hearted agriculturist was born on a farm near Indianapolis, Ind., February 12, 1834, and his education was acquired during the winter months in the common schools of Indiana and Iowa, to which latter state his parents removed when he was fourteen years old. After his marriage with Frances McGahey, of Iowa, he farmed independently in that state, and in 1864 sold his farm and bought the necessary outfit for transporting his family across the plains. The old-time ox teams were substituted by the more rugged and tireless mule teams, and the party arrived in Polk County, Ore., after a comparatively speedy journey. In 1867 they removed to Jackson County and bought two hundred and sixty-one acres of land, Mr. Walker also entering another one hundred and sixty acres, the same summer purchasing the ranch upon which he has since made his home. He is an expert in judging of fine stock, and for many years has devoted himself to buying, selling and raising the higher grades in demand by practical and progressive stock men. His house and barns are modern, commodious and convenient, and it is noticed that each year is marked by some addition in the way of implements or general improvements. Mr. Walker studies the advance in general farming in older and more settled communities, and profits thereby as his means and inclination dictate.
    The children born of Mr. Walker's first marriage are as follows: W. A., a resident of Klamath County, on a fifteen-hundred-acre ranch in which Mr. Walker is half owner; Mary, the wife of J. A. Parker, of Klamath County; James G., living near Ashland; and D. G., living on his father's home place. In 1886 Mr. Walker married his present wife, who came of one of the pioneer families of the state, and was formerly Sarah Grubb, a native of Iowa. Samuel Grubb, who attained to prominence in the early affairs of this county, was born in 1815, and crossed the plains with his family in 1852. The first winter he spent in Jacksonville, and in the spring of 1853 took up a donation claim a mile from Ashland, where he encountered many obstacles in clearing his land and establishing a home. He was a carpenter and builder by occupation, and after coming to the West put up many houses and barns for the settlers. He assisted in laying out all of the roads of this part of the state, and helped to organize the first schoolhouse in this vicinity. This was a small frame structure, and the pupils were in danger of being attacked by the Indians at any time. In fact the Indians were so troublesome that the settlers were obliged to erect a fort in which to protect themselves and their children. It is recalled that four of the settlers were killed about this time, and the stock was either killed or appropriated to the use of the red men. When times became quieter Mr. Grubb prospered and at the time of his death in 1883, left a competence to his heirs.
    Mr. Walker is a Democrat in political affiliation, but has never been willing to accept office. Industriously he has carved his fortune out of the crude resources of Jackson County, his influence increasing every year, and his name being associated with all that is progressive and of good report. Losing his father at the age of three years, his youth knew little save hard work and constant striving, and he therefore stands for the noble body of men which this country delights to honor, and who have depended solely upon their own efforts for advancement.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 728-729


    Enoch Walker, nominee for county treasurer, is too well and favorably known to need a lengthy sketch. He was born in Kentucky in the year 1814, and emigrated to Oregon in 1853, being one of its pioneers. He was elected to the legislature in 1872 on the Republican ticket, but at that session learning of the tricks and corrupt methods of legislation, he immediately left the old party and affiliated with the greenbackers as long as it existed. He has been with every reform party since, and was nominated state treasurer on the Union Labor ticket. The county's funds could not be placed in safer hands than his, and appreciating this, his many friends are sanguine of his election.
"The Nominees," Medford Mail, April 22, 1892, page 1


    JAMES WILLIAM WALKER, who is of Welsh-Irish descent, was born in Howard County, Mo., February 8, 1836, and is a son of Jesse and Nancy M. (Miller) Walker, both Kentuckians by birth, the latter born February 18, 1816. Jesse Walker was born in 1815 and was a man of consequence in his day. His father, Ellis Walker, had gone west as far as Missouri, and both he and his wife were still living in that state when Jesse Walker crossed the plains with his wife and located in Oregon. Jesse Walker was a farmer by occupation, and in 1845 he made the trip overland to Oregon behind four yoke of oxen. The emigrants' train of which his outfit was part was in charge of Solomon Tetherow, who served as pilot and captain. The trip consumed six months' time, and the first winter was spent in Washington County, on the Tualatin plains.
    In the spring of 1846 Mr. Walker moved to Sauvie's Island in Multnomah County, and took possession of a squatter's claim, remaining there until 1852. He then moved his family to Jackson County and took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres, one-half mile west of Jacksonville. He proved up on his claim and spent the remainder of his life in that vicinity. In 1854 he was elected to the legislature from Jackson County on the Democratic ticket, and during his short residence there was a man of prominence. He was captain of Company A, Ninth Regiment of the Oregon militia, his company being composed of Jackson County men. His useful life was terminated by death in 1866. His widow reared their three children: James William; Elizabeth Anne, wife of William Bybee of Jacksonville; and Sarah Jane, wife of William Thompkins of Tillamook County.
    James Walker was nine years old when his parents crossed the plains, and he distinctly remembers many incidents of that long and tedious journey. He attended irregularly the schools of Southern Oregon and received but a meager education. After the death of his father he remained with his mother and sisters, and, as the eldest child and only son, it devolved upon him to stand bravely by his mother and render all the assistance in his power. In 1864 he sold his share of the homestead to his brother-in-law, William Bybee, and, accompanied by his mother, he moved into Washington County, locating in Hillsboro. In 1869 he moved on his present farm in Nehalem Valley. He pre-empted a claim of one hundred and forty-five acres, to which he has added, now having one hundred and sixty-five acres, eighty acres under cultivation. He began to clear and cultivate his land and engaged in stock-raising, and has built good, substantial buildings. His mother resided with him many years, but died in 1899, at the home of Mrs. Bybee, in Hillsboro.
    In 1866 at Forest Grove, Washington County, Mr. Walker wedded Mary Elizabeth Harrell. Three children blessed this union: Margaret C., wife of Timothy Corcoran, of the Nehalem River district; Ione, wife of James Jamieson, of the same vicinity; and Georgia, still at home. Mrs. Walker was born October 31, 1843, and is a daughter of Isaac Harrell, a native of Butler County, Ind., where his birth took place in 1806. He went overland to Oregon in 1847, residing in Clatsop County until 1855, and then removed to the vicinity of Forest Grove, Washington County. About 1880 he removed to Portland, where his death occurred in 1893. Mr. Walker is a Democrat in politics. He has been prominently before the public as justice of the peace, notary public, school director and as road supervisor. He affiliates with the local lodge of Masons, having been demitted from Forest Grove lodge, where he was first initiated into Masonry. Mr. Walker is a valued member of the Farmers' Grange of Forest Grove, and is filling out his allotted time as a good and useful citizen of his community.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 1024-1025


    JOHN P. WALKER: lives near Ashland; is a farmer; was born in Christian County, Ky.; came to state and county in 1853; married January 26, 1855, to Mrs. Mary A. Walker. Children Mary E., Milo A., Cassius C. and Annie T.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    JOHN P. WALKER was born in Christian County, Kentucky, and is now in his sixty-second year. In 1827 he, with his parents, moved to Illinois, and in 1839 to Iowa. There he engaged in farming until 1849, when the gold fields of California lured him across the plains to the golden state. However he sojourned in the gold fields but a few months, when he returned to Iowa. Like most others who once enjoyed the beautiful climate of the Pacific Coast, he concluded to come to Oregon, which he did in 1853, by the southern route, direct to Jackson County, where he has since lived, amassed a competency, and built up a reputation for truth, honesty, and integrity. Mr. Walker was married January 26, 1855, to Mary A., relict of C. F. Walker, and daughter of Nathaniel Myer, late of Ashland. His family now consists of his wife and four children, viz: Mary E., Milo A., Cassius C. and Annie T. His home--a view of which appears in this history--is situated one mile south of Ashland, [and] is among the most valuable and best improved farms in Southern Oregon. Mr. Walker is ever ready, both by means and counsel, to assist in the advancement of every good cause. Thus distinguished for all the virtues that adorn the character of friend, neighbor and citizen, he lives in his own quiet way in the enjoyment of the fruits of his own industry.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 542


    WILLIAM ALBERT WALKER. The success of Mr. Walker, who is one of the most extensive stockmen and hay-raisers in Klamath County, Ore., is phenomenal, and his splendid eighteen-hundred-acre ranch in Sprague River Valley is considered one of the most productive in this locality, all being utilized with the exception of about two hundred acres. The large, new residence, of modern design, six commodious barns, and many other improvements have all been made by Mr. Walker, who has three hundred head of cattle, two hundred and fifty head of horses and mules, and some idea of the magnitude of his hay crop may be gleaned from the fact that during 1903 he cut eleven hundred and seventy-four tons, seven hundred tons being stored in his large barns.
    In tracing the ancestry of Mr. Walker, we find his father, Daniel Walker, to have been born in February, 1834, near Indianapolis, Ind., and his mother, whose maiden name was Fanny McGahey, to have been a native of the same state. In 1864 the parents crossed the plains to Oregon, reaching Portland in October, after a six months' trip behind horse and mule teams. A little later the same fall they proceeded to Benton County and to King's Valley and the father soon secured employment, assisting in the construction of the Chambers sawmill on the bank of the Luckiamute River. Removing in the spring of 1866 to the vicinity of Ritner's, in Polk County, he remained there but a short time, and in 1867 located permanently in Jackson County. Purchasing a place in the fall of the same year, about five miles southeast of Ashland, he turned his attention to farming pursuits and still resides upon this place, having met with success. A few years after settling in Jackson County, March 20, 1873, he wife died, leaving the following five children: William Albert; John, now deceased; Mary H., wife of J. A. Parker, of Bly, Ore.; Butler, of Ashland, and Daniel of the same city. Some time after the death of his first wife, Mr. Walker married Miss Sarah Grubb.
    Born in Keokuk County, Iowa, near Sigourney, May 11, 1858, William A. Walker distinctly remembers many incidents of this long and tedious journey. The rudiments of an education were obtained by faithful attendance of the district school of Jackson County, in the vicinity of Ashland, and this was supplemented by a more advanced course in the academy at Ashland, several years afterwards. At the early age of sixteen he began his career by leaving home in the spring of 1874, and engaging in stock-raising in the Sprague River Valley in Klamath County. In 1878 he purchased three hundred and twenty acres, one and a half miles northeast of Bly, and spent the following winter attending the academy in Ashland. Returning from school in 1879, and proceeding again to the Sprague River district, he made his home for the three years following with James Taylor, who lived about three miles from Bly, but in 1880 he took up his residence on his own place, where he has lived ever since, increasing its size by additional purchases from time to time until he has acquired the magnificent ranch previously mentioned.
    The marriage of Mr. Walker, June 18, 1882, in Lake County, Ore., united him with Miss Addie Witt, a daughter of William Witt, a pioneer settler of Oregon. Mrs. Walker was born in Douglas County, Ore., July 5, 1858. She and her husband have three sons; Ray, the eldest, is attending normal school in Ashland, but the two younger boys, Earl and Luke, are still at home. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Walker has done his part in furthering the interests of the neighborhood of Bly, and has served for years on the school board, as road supervisor and as constable. Socially he is allied with Camp 7610, W. of W., of Klamath Falls; and Lodge No. 143, I.O.O.F., of Bonanza.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 989-990


WALTHER, Harry L., 216 West Main St.; res. 19 Crater Lake Av.,
        Medford, Ore.
    Elec. Engr., Exec.; b. Jackson, Amador Co., Calif.; s. Otto and Kittie E. (Trowbridge) Walther; grad. Sacramento High School; m. 1st, Ashland, Ore., 1893, Charity F. Harris of Ashland, Ore., 2nd, Carlotta S. Banks of Medford, Ore.; children: Lyle H., Leah C. In employ of various cos. and contractors in the erection of mining plants and bldgs., etc., also a variety of constrn. work, 1883-86; engaged in all branches of railroading, 1886-1911; constrn. work, Southern Pacific Co. and Pacific Impvt. Co., 1886-88, and while with Southern Pacific Co. served as machinist and night foreman of roundhouse at Dunsmuir, Calif., and later locomotive engr. between Red Bluff and Ashland; in Alaska in charge of erection of a quartz mill and gold reduction plant for N. S. Trowbridge and associates of San Francisco, Calif., 1895-96; location of Sumdum on Endicott arm of Holcomb Bay, Southeastern Alaska; gen. mgr., having direct charge and control of all branches of service, Yreka R.R. Co., 1896-1911; mgr., Rogue River Elec. Co., Ore., 1911-12; merged with Siskiyou Elec. Power & Light Co. of Calif., the Klamath Falls Light & Water Co. and a number of smaller cos. into the present Calif.-Ore. Power Co., 1912, and apptd. gen. supt. in charge of constrn. and operation; co. further enlarged and divided into divisions to better facilitate accounting and constrn. in accordance with rules of both the Ore. and Calif. R.R. Commns., 1915, and apptd. mgr. of Rogue River Div., in charge of operation, maintenance, constrn., accounting and commercial depts., which position now holds. Pres. Jackson Co. Fair Assn., pres. Medford Chamber of Commerce, 1920; dir., Jackson Co. Fire Patrol Assn. Mem. A.I.E.E., Northwestern Elec. Light & Power Assn. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner, Elk. Clubs: Rogue River Valley University. Republican. Protestant.
John William Leonard, Who's Who in Engineering, 1922, page 1328


WARNER, MARY COLVIG
Bulb Grower.
b. Jacksonville, Oregon Dec. 24, 1886; daughter of William M. Colvig and Addie B. (Birdseye) Colvig; grandfathers pioneers of 1850s; educated public schools; Oregon State College one year; m. William J. Warner of Medford July 27, 1907; children Gordon C., Winifred Birdseye (Becker) and Margaret Nye (Forsyth); member of the firm of W. J. Warner Gladiolus Gardens of Medford; Republican; address 519 S. Oakdale, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 576


    Was born at Time, Pike County, Illinois, on the 25th of November, 1849, and is therefore 33 years of age. In 1860 his parents removed to Logan County, where in 1862 his father enlisted in the 106th Illinois Volunteers, and remained in active service until the close of the war. This left the boy at the age of 13 to support a family of nine, all younger than himself except one sister. His father was a farmer, and in the cornfield the boy passed his time until 20 years of age. This portion of his life constituted one of the severest trials that an ambitious youth could well bear. He could not attend school, and the small, still hours of night found him wrestling with a meager supply of books and no teacher, while from daylight till dark the winter's storms and summer's heat found him toiling for the support of the family. At the end of the war his father returned to the family, reduced by the hardships of such a life to a wreck of his former self, from which, though he lived until 1878, he never recovered. Young Watson's task as head of the family continued without intermission until 1870, when he borrowed $100 and came to California. He reached Sacramento City October 1st with one dollar and fifty cents. He secured a job of wood chopping on Cache Creek, near Woodland, for seven months, losing but seven days in that time. He then came to Oregon, stopping in Rogue River Valley, where he spent the summer of 1871. In the fall of the same year and during the winter he attended school at Ashland, where he paid board by cutting wood and "doing chores." In the spring of 1872 he commenced teaching school. After teaching for a short period he and six others started for Boise City with a band of horses. Returning in the fall of that year he again attended school at Ashland Academy. The summer and fall of 1873 was spent in teaching and in surveying. In May, 1874, he received the nomination for Representative by the Republicans of Jackson County, but was defeated. He was married September 1, 1874, to Miss Ella J. Chitwood, daughter of J. H. Chitwood. From 1874 to 1876 he was connected with Dr. Chitwood in a drug store, and during that period studied law. In 1875 he became a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney for the First Judicial District, and was beaten by 185 votes. In 1877 he took charge of the Oregon Sentinel, which position he held for nearly a year. In December of that year he was admitted by the Supreme Court of Oregon. In March, 1878, he went to Lake County and opened an office and in November with his brother, W. W. Watson, established the State Line Herald. In this year his name was again placed on the Republican ticket as a candidate for District Attorney of the First District, but he declined to run. In the early part of 1880 he enlarged the Herald and made it a stalwart Republican paper. In April, 1880, he was placed on the Republican ticket as a candidate for Presidential Elector, and received the highest vote on the ticket. During this canvass his newspaper office was burned with all in it. In November, 1880, he changed his residence to Portland, and during the last campaign made a canvass of a portion of the state in behalf of the Republican Party.
Frank E. Hodgkin and J. J. Galvin, Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon, 1882, pages 90-91


    WATSON, C. B., of Ashland, was born in the town of Time, Illinois, November 25, 1849. He was raised on a farm, with only the benefits of a country district school for a few months in the year. At an early age he had the responsibility of a large family, while his father was at the front fighting for the Union. In 1871 he came to Oregon, where he began to study law, and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court in 1877. Mr. Watson was one of the Garfield electors in 1880, and carried the vote of Oregon to Washington. For many years he was one of the Republican stumpers of the state. In January 1882 he became Collector of Customs for the district of Southern Oregon, which office he held until the Cleveland administration. He then resigned and removed to Astoria, where he served as deputy district attorney for three years, and then located in Ashland. Mr. Watson is one of the leading lawyers of Southern Oregon. He is a graceful and versatile writer, and has been quite prominent in journalistic work at different times within the last twenty years, his contributions on political topics, mountain outings and geological studies being highly prized by newspapers and periodicals of first rank. He is a ready and fluent speaker, and his services in this line are in frequent demand in social meetings, political conventions, and by literary and educational institutions.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, pages 277-278


CHANDLER B. WATSON is among the most worthy members of the bar of Southern Oregon. He is a man of unassuming disposition, and especially requests that no undue praise should be given him in the production of this article. While we will endeavor to comply with his requests, there are some facts regarding the history of this gentleman which, in our judgment, should be set forth in a work of this character.
    Since his advent into the state of Oregon he has been one of its most public-spirited and progressive citizens, especially in the developing of mining resources of Southern Oregon, although his executive ability in other degrees has been highly creditable to him in other parts of the state.
    As an attorney he has been duly recognized as an able and conscientious practitioner, both among the members of the legal fraternity and the public at large. As a man of literary ability he has also been highly honored, not only in this state, but also in California. Prior to his last study, he also has had many years experience in journalistic circles, and during that time has produced many able and valuable productions of a statistical and historical nature, but owing to lack of space we will not go into detail in this notice, but in justice to him will state that from early boyhood he has been an active and industrious worker, both mentally and physically. A brief resume of his life and various changes may not be amiss in the sketch of this nature.
    Mr. Watson was born near Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, November 24, 1849. His paternal ancestors were of Scotch and Welsh extraction, whose advent to America antedates the Revolutionary days, his grandfather having participated in the battle of Lundy's Lane. The Watsons first located in the state of New York. Chandler B. Watson's parents were William T. and Jane (Mitchell) Watson, the former a native of Indiana, while the latter was of Ohio. She was of English extraction, her people being among the pioneers of the Buckeye State. Her grandfather, Charles Mitchell, was a pioneer of Vermont and was connected with the early Indian wars of Indiana.
    The subject of this sketch was the second child in the family of nine children.
    He received a liberal education in the public schools of Logan County. He came to California in 1870 and located at Woodland in Yolo County, where he remained one year, thence to Ashland, Oregon, where he studied law and was admitted to practice in 1877. He was one of the presidential electors of 1880, and had the honor of carrying the state vote to Washington. After the inauguration of Garfield, he returned home and was appointed Collector of Customs in 1882 for the district of Southern Oregon, with headquarters at Coos Bay. This position he filled for three years.
    Mr. Watson is a staunch believer of the Jackson principles--to the victor belong the spoils, and in consequence was the first collector in the United States to tender his resignation after the election of President Cleveland. He was Deputy Prosecuting Attorney at Astoria for a period of two years.
    After returning to the city of Ashland he resumed his professional practice and was the candidate of his party for Prosecuting Attorney. He has always taken an active interest in the welfare of his party, it being the Republican, and has canvassed this section several times by the request of the Central Committee. At the present time Mr. Watson is devoting most of his time to the developing [omission] and mining prosperity, both quarry and placer mining; the results of past and present investigation have been highly satisfactory, and he has great faith in the future developments of Jackson County.
    Mr. Watson was united in marriage at Ashland, September 1, 1864, with Miss Ella Chitwood, daughter of Dr. J. H. Chitwood, who located in Oregon in 1872. They have two children: Lilly and Warren.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, pages 1251-1252


    Among the young men who have prominently come before the public, and who have attained high honor and distinction for sterling qualities and native talent, none have pursued a more upright course than Hon. E. B. Watson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon. Standing, as it were, upon the very threshold of life, he can but feel an honorable degree of pride in the importance and responsibility of his present high position, and with an ambition to deserve the commendation of all honorable men, he has anchored himself to truth, honesty and justice. In him we perceive another example of the feasibility of young men being afforded an opportunity of making a record for themselves in public life. He has proved himself every way worthy of the great confidence reposed in him, and is daily adding laurels to those already won by him during his occupancy of the bench. His entire career has displayed a force of character and indomitable energy which, in the long run, never fails to land the possessor of these qualifications at the top. He is unassuming, and makes friends without an effort, and being full of good humor, relishes a joke when properly told, and is himself replete with anecdote. Judge Watson was born in Clayton County, Iowa, October 7, 1844, and with his parents crossed the plains in 1853 and came to Oregon. They spent their first winter in Lane County, and in the spring of 1854 they moved to Douglas County and took up a ranch in the fertile valley of the Umpqua. The subject of our sketch helped his father on the farm during the summer months and attended the district school in winter. In 1861 he entered the Umpqua Academy and continued his studies there at intervals until 1860, when he went to Forest Grove and entered as a student in the Pacific University, which is second to none in the state for thoroughness and general excellence. Mr. Watson graduated in the class of '66, and at once returned to Douglas County and commenced reading law under Hon. J. F. Watson, who at that time was a young attorney in Roseburg. He was admitted to the bar in 1868, and in October of the same year went to Jacksonville and opened an office with Hon. B. F. Dowell, with whom he remained until June, 1871, when he formed a partnership with Hon. C. W. Kahler. In 1872 he was elected County Judge for Jackson County and served for four years. In June, 1878, he was elected County Clerk of Jackson County, and in 1880 he was placed in nomination by the Republican State Convention as one of its candidates for Supreme Judge. Although well and favorably known in his own county, the name was not familiar to the people generally. On the judgment, however, of the convention that had placed him in nomination and on the reputation accorded him by well-known citizens of Jackson County, and his extreme popularity in Southern Oregon, where he was best known, he was elected by a handsome majority over an opposing candidate, who was undoubtedly the strongest man the Democracy could have placed in the field against him. The first two years of his term he sat as an Associate Justice, but the rule of rotation made him at the commencement of the October term of 1882, Chief Justice, and be it said to his credit, he is filling his position and discharging its duties in a manner highly creditable to himself and [in] every way satisfactory to the bench and bar beneath him. As a jurist he has displayed marked ability. His decisions are carefully prepared, thoroughly revised, and when presented bear upon their face the impress of a thorough and complete knowledge of the law, an earnest, conscientious research of authorities, and a ready command of language of sufficient simplicity to enable those outside even of the profession to understand the case and grasp with readiness the theories advanced and the position taken. He is an untiring worker, and his vacations are frequently spent in laborious study and research. Aided and abetted by his able associates, judges Lord and Waldo, the decisions of the present Supreme Court are considered substantial bulwarks of law and doctrine, and are extensively quoted in the higher courts of other states. Judge Watson has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Mary E. Owen, of Jackson County, to whom he was united July 11, 1872. She died February 9, 1875, and on May 28, 1879, Judge Watson married his present wife, née Miss Ella C. Kubli, of Jacksonville, their family consisting of two children, a boy and a girl. The Judge is a member of the A.F. and A.M., Improved Order of Red Men and the A.O.U.W. Judge Watson is destined to many long years of usefulness, and the people will not fail to take advantage of his abilities in the future as they have in the past.
Frank E. Hodgkin and J. J. Galvin, Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon, 1882, pages xiv-xv


    WATSON, HON. E. B., an attorney of Portland, was born at Garnaville, Iowa, October 7, 1844, and at the age of nine came to Oregon, locating in Douglas County. He attended the Umpqua Academy, and in 1866 graduated from the Pacific University. In 1868 he was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Jacksonville. In 1872 he was elected county judge, serving four years. In 1878 he was elected county clerk. In 1880 he was elected to the supreme bench and became Chief Justice in 1882. Since retiring he has practiced law in Portland as a member of the firm of Watson, Hume & Watson, now Watson, Beekman & Watson.
Republican League Register, Portland, 1896, page 277


    Residence, 371 Madison Street; office, 308 Commercial Block, Portland. Born at Garnaville, Iowa. Son of James and Emily Adams Watson. Received his early education from his parents and at district schools, later attending the Wilbur Academy, Douglas County, Oregon, and graduating from the Pacific University at Forest Grove, with degree of B.A., in June, 1866. He then read law under his older brother, James Finley Watson, at Roseburg, and was admitted to the bar of this state in 1868. After his admission he settled in Jacksonville and commenced the practice of his profession and remained there until the fall of 1884, when he removed to Portland and engaged in the practice of law, and continues to date. Was County Judge and County Clerk, Jackson County, and was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Oregon in 1880, serving one term. In January, 1893, he entered into partnership [with] James Finley Watson and B. B. Beekman, which continued until his brother's decease in 1897, under the firm name Watson, Beekman & Watson; has remained associated with Mr. Beekman in the practice ever since, under the firm name of Watson & Beekman. Republican.
History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon, 1910, page 241


    JOHN WATSON: lives near Central Point, is a farmer and stock grower; post office Jacksonville; born in St. Stephens, New Brunswick; came to state and county in 1854; married 1861, to Phebe Hill.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    ALFRED WEEKS. Among the successful fruit-growers and business men of Medford may be mentioned Alfred Weeks, whose public-spirited efforts have contributed not a little to the upbuilding of Jackson County. When he came here in 1887 Mr. Weeks had the advantage of several years of experience as a furniture dealer and manufacturer in Woodstock, Canada, where he was born September 15, 1856. His father was an ambitious and successful man who had gained a competence as a merchant, furniture manufacturer and farmer, and the son naturally followed in his footsteps, especially as he had been placed to work in the manufactory at an early age. The enterprise of this Canadian father seems to have been handed down to his sons, for one of them came to Oregon at an early day and started the first fruit ranch of any size in the Rogue River Valley. He was successful in his new home, and, being convinced that the country offered unlimited inducements to the industrious and painstaking, wrote home glowing accounts of the soil, people and climate. In 1887 the northern home was further depleted by the starting for the West of Alfred Weeks, who, with his brother-in-law, Eugene Orr, made the long trip successfully, and entered into partnership with their already well established relative. The three men had every reason to rejoice over their prospects, for they had one hundred and forty acres of orchard, including peaches, prunes, apples and pears, and they found a ready market for their fruit, which was the best possible to be found in this state. In 1897 a new orchard of one hundred acres was set out, but by this time Alfred Weeks had succeeded to the principal management of the orchards, for in 1890 his brother and brother-in-law had opened a furniture factory in Phoenix, and devoted much of their attention to the mercantile venture. In 1901 Mr. Lewis purchased the interest of the brother and brother-in-law, since which time Alfred Weeks has been sole manager of the orchards. Mr. Orr died in August, 1901, but the furniture business, conducted under the firm name of Weeks Brothers, is still catering to a flourishing trade.
    Alfred Weeks is a Republican in politics, and is fraternally connected with the Knights of Pythias. He has done much to elevate the standard of fruit-growing in this county, and has given the subject that absorbing study into which all true agricultural enthusiasts are irresistibly led. He is a man of honor, intelligence and broadmindedness, and commands the respect of all who are fortunate enough to know him.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 727-728


    JAMES WELLS. A pioneer himself, and the son of one of Jackson County's most prominent pioneers, James Wells occupies a place of distinction in the annals of Ashland. For a long time he was actively identified with the stock-growing industries of this part of the county, but for the past few years has been more closely associated with its horticultural interests. Coming to Ashland in 1897, he has acquired valuable city property, and during his residence here has enjoyed in a marked degree the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, a tribute which is never withheld from those who worthily deserve it. A son of the late Col. Giles Wells, he was born August 14, 1847, in Van Buren County, Iowa.
    A South Carolinian by birth and breeding, Giles Wells migrated from his native state to Kentucky, thence to Illinois, and then to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for a time. Crossing the plains in 1849, he searched for gold in the mines of California for a few months. His efforts proving futile, however, he returned to Iowa, by the Isthmus of Panama, in 1850, and resumed farming. In March, 1853, with three wagons and several yoke of oxen, he came across the plains with his family, taking the southern route, via Salt Lake, to Oregon. Arriving in Jackson County the first of September, 1853, he took up a donation claim three miles above Ashland, on Neil Creek, and began the improvement of a farm. Public-spirited and full of push and energy, he became one of the leading factors in the upbuilding of the Rogue River Valley, and was largely instrumental in clearing the valley of Indians. During the Rogue River Wars of 1855 and 1856 the Indians made frequent raids into the head of the valley, plundering the early settlers and destroying their crops. As the regular soldiers did not exert themselves very much on such occasions, Giles Wells raised a large company of independent volunteers, and followed the savages on one occasion, giving them battle, and almost annihilating the entire band of Indians, with but little loss among his own men. This effectual defeat probably had as much, if not more, to do with closing up the Rogue River Indian troubles than anything else. He was ever active in local and national affairs, and during one term served in the Oregon legislature, representing Jackson County. He attained a venerable age, dying in December, 1894, at the age of ninety-six years. He married Martha Fruit, who was born in Kentucky, in 1806, and died in Jackson County, September 16, 1894. Eight children were born of their union, namely: Erastus, who died in Ashland; Mrs. Elizabeth Dean, of Grants Pass, Ore.; Cecilia, wife of William F. Songer, of Ashland; Joseph, residing in Illinois; Giles, who died in Ashland; Martha, wife of M. S. McConnell, of Yreka, Cal.; John, a stockman, in Bly, Ore.; and James, the particular subject of this brief biographical sketch.
    Coming across the plains with his parents when a boy of six years, James Wells was too young at the time to realize the perils of such a trip, remembering, perhaps, only an occasional incident of the long journey. On the home farm he became thoroughly familiar with the various branches of agriculture while yet young, and in the pioneer district school he acquired a limited education in the common branches of study. Going to Albany, Ore., in 1863, he served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for about six years. Returning to Jackson County, he then located on a ranch six miles north of Ashland, where he carried on a large and successful business as a sheep raiser and dealer for many years. Disposing of his ranch and stock in 1897, Mr. Wells purchased property in Ashland, where he owns two residences, and has since been numbered among its most prosperous citizens. Near Normal he also owns land, having a tract of twenty acres, one-half of which is set out as an orchard, containing peaches and apples, and at the end of B Street, in Ashland, he has two and one-half acres of land, which is now devoted to gardening, but on which he is erecting a new residence.
    September 29, 1871, in McMinnville, Mr. Wells married Emily McKern, who was born near Decatur, Iowa. Her father, Henry McKern, a native of North Carolina, came across the plains with his family in 1862, locating first in Walla Walla, Wash., where he lived three years. Removing to Oregon in the fall of 1865, he located in Yamhill County, where he engaged in farming until his death, August 27, 1888, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife, whose maiden name was Kitty Collins, was born in Kentucky, and died in Oregon, at the age of forty-nine years. Of the eleven children born of their union, eight are living, Mrs. Wells being the fourth child.
    Mr. and Mrs. Wells are the parents of seven children. Mrs. Stella Payne, a music teacher, resides in Jackson County; Percy, who was graduated from the Southern Oregon state normal school, is a teacher by occupation; Kittie, also a normal graduate, is teaching at Fort Klamath; Edna H., also a teacher, graduated from the normal school; Frederick was accidentally killed at the age of thirteen years, a horse falling upon him; Mattie and Emily complete the family. Politically Mr. Wells is a strong Republican. Mrs. Wells is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 801-802


    JOHN W. WELLS: lives near Ashland; is a farmer and stock raiser; was born in Van Buren County, Iowa, October 26, 1843; came to state and county in 1853; was married June 4, 1878, to Mrs. Phebe J. Walker. Only one child, Spratt. Mrs. Walker's children Camilla E. and Phebe M.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    JOHN W. WELLS. It is said that to gain success one must not wait for opportunity to come his way, but must go opportunity's way, and John W. Wells, having followed this course, was bound to find results satisfactory to his taste. Having for many years devoted his energies to stock-raising and ranching, it is not surprising that he is today considered a very important man in Klamath County, Ore., where his splendid ranch is situated in the Sprague River Valley, near Ely. Starting with three hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land, Mr. Wells has by careful management and labor increased his property until he today owns no less than ten hundred and twenty acres, finely cultivated and fenced in, and upon this ranch he has one hundred and eighty head of the finest mules obtainable in California, making a specialty of raising them.
    Of Welsh-English descent, John W. Wells had a distinguished father, Giles Wells by name, who was born in South Carolina in 1798 and came west during his life, serving during the '60s as a member of the legislature, elected by the Democratic Party from Jackson County. While a young man he had moved from South Carolina to Kentucky, thence to Illinois and later to Van Buren County, Iowa, which was his home until he went west in 1853. At that date he crossed the vast plains by way of the Applegate route to Oregon, settling in Jackson County, where he took up a squatter's claim of six hundred and forty acres three miles south of Ashland. This place was the residence of Giles Wells until his demise in 1894, when he left a wife and children to mourn him. The former was before marriage Miss Martha Fruit, born in 1806, near Mammoth Cave, Ky., in which state she was also married.. A more extended sketch of her life will be found in W. F. Songer's biography in another part of this history. She survived her husband one year only, departing this life in October, 1895. Of their eight children, Erastus, the eldest, and Giles, the fifth, have been claimed by death; those living are Elizabeth, the widow of the late G. W. Dean of Grants Pass, Ore.; Cecilia, wife of W. F. Songer, of Ashland; Joseph, residing in Illinois; Martha S., widow of the late William McConnell of Yreka; John W., of Bly; and James, also of Ashland.
    John W. Wells was born in Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa, October 25, 1843. After changing their place of residence a number of times, his parents finally located in Jackson County, Ore., where John W. was educated. When he had attained manhood he entered an apprenticeship to learn the blacksmith's trade at Yreka, studying that for one year, after which he started out for himself. After engaging at his trade for seven years he began sheep raising near Ashland, continuing this for seventeen years. Trading sheep for his brother Giles' mule interest in Klamath County, in 1884 he came to this county and bought his place. Of the three hundred and twenty acres of his original purchase, but one hundred and twenty acres were fenced in, and the sole improvement was a log cabin. Great changes wrought by Mr. Wells have converted the place into a ranch of great value, improved and up to date in all respects.
    In 1878 Jackson County was the scene of the marriage of Mr. Wells and Mrs. Phebe Jane Walker, the latter born in Illinois in 1847, a daughter of Henry Erb. Coming to Oregon in 1864 the latter located in Washington County, but three years later came to Jackson County and lived on a farm one and a half miles south of Ashland until his demise. One son, Spratt, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wells and he is still at home. Politically Mr. Wells is a Democrat, but was elected county commissioner of Klamath County by the Populists, serving from 1894 to 1898. Seemingly always successful, Mr. Wells' prosperity can well be attributed to his zeal and industry and to his honest labor.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 649


WELLS, Wayne Winfield, educator; b. Lee's Summit, Missouri January 28, 1892; to Oregon 1908; B.A. University of Oregon 1919; M.S. University of Washington 1926. Instructor in biology, Southern Oregon Normal School; teacher Blue River, Oregon 1912-13; Baker High School 1919; Marshfield High School 1920-25; Whitman College 1926. Democrat. Methodist. Address: Ashland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 230


WELLS, WAYNE WINFIELD
    Associate Professor Biology, Southern Oregon State Normal School
b. Lee's Summit, Mo., Jan. 28, 1892; educ., pub. schs., Anaheim, Calif.; Univ. of Ore., B.A., 1919; Univ. of Washington, M.A., 1926, Ph.D., 1931; Sigma Xi; Phi Sigma; Theta Delta Phi. Began teaching at Blue River, Ore. 1912-14; Baker High Sch., 1919; Marshfield High Sch., 1920-25; instructor, Whitman College, Wash., 1926. Member, faculty, Oregon State Normal School since 1926. Served in 65th Coast Artillery Corps., World War. Author of "Pinnotheridae of the Puget Sound Region." Member, Ore. State Teachers Assn., N.E.A., A.A.A.S., and Ecological Soc. of America. Republican. Methodist. Home: 790 Iowa St. Office: So. Ore. Normal Sch., Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 572


WELLS, DR. WAYNE Winfield
Associate Professor Biology, Southern Oregon College of Education.
b. Lee's Summit, Missouri January 28, 1892; educated public schools Anaheim, California; University of Oregon B.A. 1919; University of Washington M.A. 1926, Ph.D. 1931; Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Theta Delta Phi; began teaching at Blue River, Oregon 1912-14; Baker High School 1919; Marshfield High School 1920-25; instructor Whitman College Washington 1926; member faculty Oregon State College of Education since 1926; served in 65th Coast Artillery Corps, World War; author Ecological Studies on the Pinnotherid Crabs of Puget Sound; member Oregon State Teachers Association, National Education Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Republican; Methodist; home 790 Iowa St.; office Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 583


WENDT, CHESTER H.
Dairyman; Farm Leader.
b. Jacksonville, Oregon April 14, 1895; son of Henry and Mary (Schlaka) Wendt; educated public schools of Jacksonville, Oregon; m. Anne Niedermeyer of Jacksonville, Oregon May 17, 1923; children Phyllis Anne and Warren Chester; employed on father's farm to 1916; mail carrier 1916-18; operated family farm and other grain land to 1926; owner and operator dairy farm near Medford since 1927; from six original cows has developed a very large herd of high producers; past and present activities include: president Dairy Producers Association, Medford; director Jackson County Chamber of Commerce 1935-36; director Oregon Grange Wholesale, Portland 1937 to date; member State Milk Control Board and Land Use Planning Committee; several years member Jackson County A.A.A. Commission; director School District 95, Jackson County; member Grange (Master 1932); Elk; Pythian; Republican; Presbyterian; address Old Stage Road, Rt. 2, Box 261, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, pages 583-584


WESTERBERG, Hjalmar R. Jr.
    Dairy and Orchard Owner
b Ashland, Or, March 12, 1923; son of Hjalmar R and Pearl E (Nichols) W; educ, Southern Or Coll, Ashland, Or; Oreg State; Miami Univ (Oxford, Ohio); Sigma chapter of Theta Chi Frat; married Elizabeth Ann Bunnell of Klamath Falls, Oregon, Robert Craig; farming since 1944; commissioned midshipman, US Navy, before medical discharge, 1944; mem, Oreg Guernsey Cattle Club, Klamath-Jackson Co Guernsey Cattle Club (pres 1950-51); Jackson Co Farm Bureau; Jackson Co DHIA; Milk Producers League (pres, 1951-53); Jackson Co Dairy Breeders Assn; Jackson Co Dairy Men's Assn; Siskiyou Knife and Fork Club; Elk; Demo (precinct com); Congregational; addr Rt 1, Box 126, Ashland, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 533


    MR. JOHN A. WESTERLUND, Medford, Oregon, Member of the Board of Control of Ten, Representing the Southern Oregon District in the Fruit Growers' Council of 107.
    John A. Westerlund of Medford, Oregon, was born in Henry County, Illinois, June 10, 1865, on the farm of his father, Peter Westerlund, one of the early settlers of Henry County and today one of the leading bankers and farmers of that vicinity. Mr. Westerlund is 49 years of age.
    Mr. Westerlund received his early training on the farm of his father, where he remained until he was twenty-two years of age. He attended high school at Orion, Illinois, and being desirous of a higher education he entered Bethany College at Lindsborg, Kansas, where he attended for six years, graduating in the year 1891 in the classical and scientific courses with the degree of A.B., and was a member of the first class graduated from this institution. In the same year Mr. Westerlund moved to Chicago, where he engaged in the real estate, insurance and colonization business, identifying himself with the immigration and colonization business, especially along the lines of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. He has been closely identified with agricultural and horticultural pursuits for the past twenty years. In 1902 and 1903 he was operating extensively as special traveling immigration agent for the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, during which years over four thousand homeseekers were brought to Oregon, Washington and Idaho by Mr. Westerlund. As an appreciation of his splendid work in bringing settlers to the West, Governor Chamberlain of Oregon appointed him State Commissioner of Immigration.
    Ten years ago Mr. Westerlund became extensively interested in fruit growing near Medford, Oregon, where he now resides, and proceeded by cooperation to develop over one thousand acres in one single block into one enormous fruit orchard of apples, pears, peaches, apricots and other fruits. Success was met with from the start and Mr. Westerlund is today at the head of two of the leading fruit-growing concerns in the Rogue River Valley--the Monitor and Medford Orchard companies, known commercially as the Westerlund Orchards. These orchards promise to become excellent producers and have their own packing and shipping warehouses on the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, where the fruit from the orchards is brought down, the orchards being located from two to four miles from the growing city of Medford.
    Mr. Westerlund has twice been honored by the people of his county, having been elected a member of the legislature in 1911 and 1913. Here he devoted much time and energy and was successful in securing better horticultural laws for the fruitgrowers of the state of Oregon.
    Mr. Westerlund, while not a frequent talker, before the convention at Tacoma was regarded as a successful business man, having accomplished achievements that are worthy of credit. His ability as a manager is shown by the large orchard of which he is the manager in Southern Oregon.
    As Southern Oregon sent but one delegate to Tacoma and as Mr. Westerlund was the delegate selected, it seems reasonable to assume that he has a standing in his own community that is worth having, and which is further indicated by the fact that he was chosen representative to the state legislature, having received a large vote. It is believed that Mr. Westerlund will render services to the fruitgrowers of the Northwest in his new position which will be of great value, because he has had a large experience in dealing with big propositions.
"Members of Executive Committee and Board of Control," Better Fruit, April 1915, page 5


    CHARLES E. WHITE: lives near Rock Point; is a farmer; was born in Hillsdale County, Michigan; came to state in 1858, and to county in 1859; was married December 24, 1878, to Mollie Farra. Children Corlies and Harry.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


WHITE, Eva Laura, educator; b. Fillmore County, Nebraska; to Oregon 1926; Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska Teachers' College, M.A. 1926. Instructor, primary education supervisor, Southern Oregon Normal School; instructor and primary supervisor, Technical Institute, Pocatello, Idaho. Alpha Delta Theta. Methodist. Address: State Normal; home: 430 [Siskiyou] Boulevard, Ashland, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 232


    H. L. WHITE: lives in Rock Point, is a hotel and livery keeper, was born in Hillsdale County, Michigan; came to state in 1858 and to county in 1859; married October 13, 1880, to Hattie A. Tuffs. Children Charles T. and William M.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    L. J. WHITE: died at Rock Point, October 25, 1877; was a native of Livingston County, N.Y.; came to state in 1858, and to county in 1859; was married June 27, 1844, to Jane E. Ganiard. Children George (deceased), Julius (deceased), Leicester, Henry, Charles, Colonel and Ella (deceased). Mr. White was the principal founder of Rock Point.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    RANSOM HENRY WHITEHEAD. That capacity for determined and independent action which became apparent when Ransom Henry Whitehead ran away from the drudgery of a Wisconsin farm and enlisted in the Civil War when he was scarcely fifteen years old, proved something more than a temporary trait, traceable to the excitement of the time, or the pressure brought to bear by his youthful companions. It has followed him from the field of battle to the field of business, and enabled him to grasp waiting opportunities in such a manner as to draw out their financial worth, and turn them to the best possible account. It thus happens that he is one of the substantial, benevolent and public-spirited men of Jackson County, a former extensive miner, stock-raiser, speculator in lands and mines, and a director, and one of the incorporators, of the Medford Bank.
    The ancestors of Mr. Whitehead were first heard of in England, from where his paternal grandfather emigrated to the United States, settling in Trenton, N.J. His son, James, the father of Ransom, was born in Trenton, N.J., and the grandfather afterward engaged in the woolen mill business near Philadelphia, in time owning a mill of his own. He lived to the advanced age of ninety-six years, and died at the home of his son in Wisconsin, in 1893. James Whitehead removed to Alton, Ill., about 1834, and there worked at the carpenter trade and married Elizabeth Linker, who was born in Newburn, N.C., and died on the old Wisconsin homestead at the age of seventy-six. This homestead was taken up by Mr. Whitehead two years after his marriage, or in 1836, and consisted of three hundred and twenty acres of land in Rock County. It was a wilderness when he first went there, and his neighbors were few and far apart. Yet he made a comfortable home for those dependent upon his energy and care, rearing his five children in comfort, among them being Ransom Henry, born in Rock County, January 10, 1847. In 1853 the elder Whitehead took a trip to California with the possible expectation of making it his home, but returned after eighteen months, well content to spend the remainder of his days in the Middle West. He died on his farm at the age of seventy-eight years.
    As a boy Ransom Whitehead used to trudge through two miles of snow to the little log schoolhouse in Rock County, and if memory serves him rightly the work on the home farm was sufficient to employ the time not spent in school. Fearing parental opposition, he said nothing about enlisting in the Civil War, and August 22, 1862, became a soldier in Company H, Thirty-third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Janesville. He was not afraid of danger because he had never encountered it, and he therefore went forth to do and dare with fine courage, perseveringly maintained to the end of the combat. For a time his regiment was with the Seventeenth Army Corps, and later with the Sixteenth, and from the battle of Vicksburg, July 4, to the close of the war, he was with General Grant or General Smith. He participated in the battles of Cold Water, Pleasant Hill, Jackson, Tupelo, and many minor skirmishes, and was sent to Missouri after Price, and to Nashville after Hood. January 4, 1863, he had the thumb shot off from his right hand on the Hatchie River, by accident. In 1864, while assisting in tearing up the Jacksonville & Mobile Railroad, he sustained a severe rupture, from the effects of which he still suffers. For a time he was at Fort Blakely, Miss., was then sent to Montgomery, Ala., then to Tuscumbia, Ala. He was discharged at Madison, Wis., August 28, 1865, a sadder and vastly wiser youth than when he first donned the blue of the Union cause.
    After the war Mr. Whitehead ran a threshing machine in Wisconsin for a season, and in the spring of 1867 removed to California and found employment in a sawmill on the Feather River. In May, 1867, he went to the Comstock mine at Virginia City, Nev., and for eighteen months mined and prospected as an employee of the mine owners. He then engaged in the stock business near Big Bend, on the Carson River, and in connection therewith freighted in the neighborhood, engaging also in general farming. His location proved a fine and profitable one, and he remained on the farm for the long period of sixteen years. Disposing of his interests in 1881, he came to Umatilla County, Ore., and started a wheat-raising business, at one time owning a section and a quarter of land. His former success was duplicated in this new departure, and he continued to raise wheat until selling this farm in 1890. Mr. Whitehead reached Medford October 13, 1890, intending to settle down to a quiet, retired life, but his innate energy and accustomed habits rebelled at leisure, forcing him again with the active arena of work. He began to loan money and invest in various securities, also speculated in stock, grain, produce, and other fluctuating commodities, about the same time becoming interested in mining in Josephine County. In 1892 he purchased an interest in the Hale mines of that county, but sold his stock in July, 1901. Aside from assisting in the incorporation of the Medford Bank he has aided in the starting of other town enterprises, his efforts being especially noteworthy while serving in the city council from 1899 to 1901. During the term he was chairman of many of the committees, and it was principally through his strenuous efforts that the present sewage system was placed. This project was bitterly fought for a year or more, but its present popularity is the best guarantee of the wise farsightedness of those in control of its construction. Another bitter contest was waged over the present water system, but this opposition was overruled, and resulted in greater convenience for everyone. If determined, Mr. Whitehead backs his determination with practical good sense, and thorough consideration for the best interests of his county. He has repeatedly won the gratitude and praise of his erstwhile opponents, converting them into his staunchest supporters.
    On the farm of Dr. Glen, in what is now Glen County, Cal., Mr. Whitehead married Lizzie Johnson, a native daughter of Wisconsin. Of the three children born of this union, Leonard and Ray are deceased, and Grace is living with her parents. Mr. Whitehead is a Republican, and is fraternally identified with the Blue Lodge No. 103, A.F.&A.M. of Medford. He is a vigorous representative of the self-made, well-made man, and as such deserves both his popularity and success. 
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 930-931


JOHN D. WHITMAN.--Among the prominent horticulturists of Southern Oregon few names are more familiar to the public, especially of Jackson County, than that which heads this sketch, and while not a state pioneer, he is certainly one of the pioneer fruit-growers of this section and has done much to advance the interests of the community in his line and, incidentally, benefit the country at large.
    Mr. Whitman settled in Medford in 1885 and immediately turned his attention to fruit culture, to which he found the country in this vicinity peculiarly adapted, both on account of the mild climate and the fertile soil. He bought eighty-five acres of good land just outside of the city limits, thirteen of which he planted the following year with choice fruit trees of a general variety, to which, in 1886, he added fifty-seven acres more. His orchard now consists of seventy acres, divided as follows: Eighteen in peach, both early and late, numbering some 1,700 trees; three acres each of pears and prunes of different varieties; and the remainder, forty-six acres, are in apple trees of a general assortment, although principally of winter apples, numbering 4,000 trees. These are all in a thoroughly healthy condition, and the yield of fruit in 1891, as regards size, quantity and quality, was something marvelous, but that of 1892 was light, owing to late frosts. In 1891, to further facilitate the handling and shipping of this large amount of fruit, he erected a warehouse, which is provided with all the modern improvements and conveniences for the purpose. Mr. Whitman's son, James A., who has heretofore had charge of the shipping, will hereafter have added to his duties that of handling the fruit. The shipments of 1891 were extensive, large quantities being sent both north and south--particularly was this so of apples, which were shipped into California and thence consigned to New York and Europe.
    Mr. Whitman is probably as well informed in regard to fruit culture as any man in the state, having made horticulture a special study and practice for many years and during his residence in Medford has been among the progressive element, ever among the first to lend aid and encouragement to all public and private enterprises which have for their object the advancement and prosperity of the city and county. He is an efficient member of the State Board of Horticulture of the Third District, to which position he was appointed by Governor Pennoyer in 1889. As a citizen he is equally public-spirited and enterprising, and has unbounded faith in the future prosperity of Medford, on account of its central location, superior natural advantages and excellent railroad facilities.
    The subject of this sketch is a native of the Empire State, having been born in Austerlitz, Columbia County, August 20, 1824. He descends from an old New England family, whose ancestors were English, and came to America about 1638. The American Whitmans are descendants of John Whitman, of Massachusetts, the subject of this sketch belonging to the seventh generation. Mr. Whitman's parents were Levi and Mary A. (Doty) Whitman, both natives of New York state, the former born in 1792. They joined the westward tide of emigration in 1858, removing to Dallas County, Iowa, where they both died, the father September 17, 1867, and the mother December 5, 1881. They had five sons, of whom Mr. Whitman of this notice was the third in order of birth.
    This gentleman was educated in the state of his birth and at an early age learned the carpenter's trade from his father, which young Whitman followed for many years in Massachusetts, the family having removed to Stockbridge, that state, in 1846. He accompanied his parents, twelve years later, to Iowa, and there engaged in horticulture and farming, remaining on one place twenty-seven years, meeting with flattering success. Induced by favorable reports of the Northwest, Mr. Whitman removed in 1885 to Medford, where his prosperity has been continued as a just reward of his energy, industry and ability.
    Mr. Whitman was first married in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in 1846, to Miss Catherine Harteau, of French descent, and a native of that state. This union was of short duration, being terminated by the death of the devoted wife, March 18, 1851. In 1852 Mr. Whitman married Miss Mary A. Hulet, also a native of Massachusetts, who, after a married life of thirty-nine years, passed away July 28, 1891, leaving her family and many friends to mourn her loss. To this union was born six children, two of whom survive: John H. and James A. Those deceased are: Frank L., who died in 1888; Mary A., died June 26, 1879; Cora, February 8, 1867; and Eva F., August 23, 1861.
    In politics, Mr. Whitman has always been allied with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, although he has never held office in this state, having frequently declined to allow his name to go before the public as a candidate for office, his attention being absorbed by his private and business interests. He has, however, been active in school matters and is, at present, a member of the board of school trustees, educational interests strongly appealing to his sympathies. It is to such men of brain and brawn that Oregon owes her magnificent strides in the march of progression until she now stands in the foremost rank of the glorious sisterhood.
Rev. H. K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, 1893, pages 1296-1297


WILEY, THORNTON SCOTT
    Mayor, City of Ashland
b. Bridgeport, Moon, County, Calif., Aug. 31, 1880; educ., pub. schs., Ashland, Ore. Married Lucy Bachtell, S. Dak. (dec'd. 1933). Married 2nd, Fredrica Patterson; children, Howard Scott, Mary Frances, Lois Emily, and Ellen Lucille (Mrs. E. Hart). Owner and operator, Scenic Heights Orchards, Ashland. Mayor, City of Ashland, 1933-1937; re-elected to serve 1937-41. President. Federal Farm Loan Assn. since 1926. Partner, Ashland Fruit and Produce Co. Member, Ashland city council, one term. Second vice-president, League of Ore. Cities; regent, Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, Idaho; member, advisory board, North Pacific District, Nazarene Church. Republican. Trustee and Sunday School Supt., Nazarene Church over 25 years. Home: 631 Walnut Street. Office: City Hall, Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 579


WILEY, THORNTON SCOTT
Orchardist; Mayor of Ashland.
b. Bridgeport, Mono County, California Aug. 31, 1880; educated public schools Ashland (Oregon); m. Lucy Bachtell, South Dakota (deceased 1933); m. 2nd Fredrica Patterson; children Howard Scott, Mary Frances, Lola Emily and Ellen Lucille (Mrs. E. Hart); owner and operator Scenic Heights Orchards, Ashland; Mayor, City of Ashland 1932-; councilman, one term; active in League of Oregon Cities; regent Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, Idaho; member General Board Church of the Nazarene; trustee and Sunday School Superintendent Nazarene Church over 25 years; home 631 Walnut St.; office City Hall, Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 590


    GEORGE M. WILLARD: lives in Ashland; is a merchant; was born in Orange County, Vt., February 26, 1853; came to state in 1882 and to county in 1883; was married December 23, 1876 to Lottie C. David, of Minneapolis, Min.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    ISAAC F. WILLIAMS. The mail contract at Central Point has been under the management of Isaac F. Williams since 1890, and a flourishing livery business has been conducted by the same energetic business man since 1893. In addition, Mr. Williams is known as a most successful hotel man, his well-kept and modern hostelry contributing to the well-being of many guests during the course of a year. Energetic and wide awake, this practical business man has made the most of his western opportunities, and has come to the conclusion that Jackson County offers a fair living to all who possess the requisite determination and good judgment.
    Born in Howard County, Mo., February 6, 1853, Mr. Williams comes of farming ancestry, identified for many years with the state of Mississippi. His father, Isaac B. Williams, was born in the latter state September 11, 1831, and spent his earliest years on a farm near Salem. He accompanied his parents to Missouri in 1847, and in 1852 married Dinah C. Jewell, a native of Missouri, but who died in 1859. Isaac F. is one of the four children of this union. Isaac B. Williams married Mrs. Mathilda Martin for a second wife, and of this union there were three children, of whom James R. lives in Portland; John B. occupies a farm in Sams Valley; Augusta L. lives in this vicinity. The second Mrs. Williams dying January 6, 1892, Mr. Williams married Mrs. Catherine Fink. Isaac B. Williams lived in several counties in Missouri, and achieved fair success as a farmer and stock-raiser, his good fortune continuing after his removal to Oregon in 1875. Locating on a farm ten miles northeast of Central Point, he made that his home until 1889, and has since lived retired in this promising little town. From time to time he has interested himself in political undertakings, invariably voting with the Democrats, to whom he owed his early allegiance. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and is regarded as a progressive and intelligent farmer and citizen.
    Isaac F. Williams remained on the Missouri farm until his marriage, April 13, 1875, to Lucy McClung, and the following year he brought his wife to Oregon, settling in Jacksonville, where he engaged in the hotel business for a year. Afterward he engaged in ranching near Eagle Point until 1890, and then assumed control of the mail route, one of his present responsibilities. At the same time he is telephone agent at this point, and, taken as a whole, his life is a broad and useful one, his time being well taken up with his many duties. Politically he follows in the footsteps of his sire, and has creditably filled several local offices in the vicinity. Fraternally he is connected with Medford Lodge No. 14, K.O.T.M. Mr. Williams is giving his six children an excellent common school education, and all hold out promise of realizing his expectations for them. John, the oldest son, is living at home; Oscar is a resident of Oregon City; Mrs. Ella Roper lives in San Francisco; May is at home; Lelia lives in Portland; and Etta is at home. Mr. Williams attends strictly to business, and in the hotel, mail, and agency enterprises conscientiously considers the best interests of his patrons and friends.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 870-871


    JUDGE LEVI F. WILLITS. The identification of Judge Willits with Klamath Falls dates from September 23, 1896, when he came to this city for the purpose of embarking in business. The location was not new to him nor its possibilities unknown, for he has had an intimate acquaintance with almost every part of Southern Oregon during a considerable period of time. On coming here he purchased a mercantile business, of which he has ever since been the proprietor. In June of 1898 he was elected, on the Republican ticket, to the office of county judge, which he filled faithfully and well during the term of four years.
    On a farm in Cedar County, Iowa. Levi F. Willits was born February 27, 1850, being a son of Amos and Sarah Anna (Thornton) Willits. His paternal grandfather, William Willits, was a native of New York, of Welsh extraction, and as an occupation followed farming. Amos Willits was born in Wayne County, Ind., August 20, 1817, and in 1835 removed to Iowa, settling in Muscatine County, and from there in 1849 he moved to Cedar County. In both of these counties he was a pioneer and an industrious, hard-working farmer. During 1875 he came to Oregon and settled in Ashland, where resided all of his family except his sons, O. P., L. F. and B. R. His death occurred in that town November 23, 1899. At the time of the Black Hawk War he had enlisted in the service, but the required quota being filled he was not sent to the front. His wife was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., November 25, 1820, and accompanied the Thornton family to Muscatine County, Iowa, in 1835. In that county her marriage to Mr. Willits was solemnized October 18, 1842, and seven years later she went with her husband to Cedar County. Many years afterward they removed to Oregon, and in this state she died May 6, 1897. Their children were named as follows: O. P., who is a mail contractor residing at Aledo, Ill.; Esmeralda, wife of J. H. Vandever, of Nebraska; Theodosia, Mrs. Marion McCauley, deceased, formerly a resident of Iowa; Levi F., of Klamath Falls; J. Q., county superintendent of schools of Lake County, Ore., residing at Lakeview; B. R., who now makes his home in Ashland, this state; W. W., of Jackson County; and Luella, Mrs. Peter Wilson, formerly a resident of Gold Hill, this state, but now deceased.
    Subsequent to his public school education Levi F. Willits had the advantage of two years of study at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, also a full course in Bryant & Stratton's Business College in Davenport, Iowa, from which he was graduated in 1873. For a time he engaged in clerking in a store, also in teaching school in southern Indiana. During 1876 he came west and joined his parents in Ashland, where for three years he held the principalship of the Ashland public schools. For a similar period he was employed in the Jacksonville schools. On his return to Ashland he was for two years principal of the city schools, after which he conducted the Ashland Academy and Business College for one year. In 1884 he took charge of the Lakeview schools. A year later he abandoned teaching and went to Salem, Ore., where for two years he engaged in the drug business. On his return to Jackson County, he became manager of the general merchandise store of C. K. Klum, at Talent, from which place in 1891 he came to Klamath County. During the next four years he was engaged in the Indian service as superintendent of the Yainax Indian industrial and boarding school, on the Klamath Indian Reservation, and later spent a year in Ashland. On his return to Klamath County he settled at Klamath Falls, where he has since made his home, and been closely identified with the business interests of Klamath Falls and county.
    The marriage of Judge Willits was solemnized in 1878 and united him with Laura A. Alford, who was born near Harrisburg, Linn County, Ore., February 6, 1859. Her father, Albert Alford, crossed the plains during an early day and settled in Linn County, Ore., whence he removed to Talent, Jackson County, and has since resided in the latter town. During his residence in Ashland Judge Willits was for one year a member of the city council and since coming to Klamath Falls he has acted as a school director, and is a member of [the] present city council. Ever since attaining his majority he has participated in local affairs as a member of the Republican Party and a supporter of its principles. Fraternally a Mason, he is at present master of Klamath Lodge No. 77, A.F.&A.M.; and is a member of Siskiyou Chapter, R.A.M., and Malta Commandery No. 4, K.T., at Ashland, Ore.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 612-615


WILSON, EZRA MORTON
    Certified Public Accountant, Wilson Auditing Company
b. Putnam, Ill., Nov. 30, 1866; educ., pub. schs., Calif. Married May E. Lee, Yreka, Calif., July 14, 1889 (dec'd.). Married 2nd Addie K. Rippey, Medford, Ore., May 1, 1919; one daughter, Edith M. (Gifford). Published weekly newspaper, Adin, Calif., 1883-97; manager, Cooperative Mercantile Assn., 1899-1904. Public accountant, 1904-13; practice as Certified Public Accountant, 1913 to date. Mem., Wilson Auditing Co. Member, Ore. State Board of Accountancy, 1915-31, Medford City Council, 1929-30. Former Mayor, City of Medford, 1931-34. Past Grand Master, K.T.. S.R., Mason. Elk. Odd Fellow. Republican. Home: 340 S. Riverside Avenue. Office: City Hall, Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 585


WILSON, EZRA MORTON
Certified Public Account, Wilson Auditing Company.
b. Putnam, Illinois November 30, 1866; son of Samuel A. and Frances H. (Williams) Wilson; educated public schools California; m. May E. Lee, Yreka, Calif. July 14, 1889 (deceased); m. 2nd Addie K. Buzan Rippey of Medford, Oregon, May 1, 1919; one daughter, Edith M. (Gifford); published weekly newspaper Adin, California 1883-97; manager Cooperative Mercantile Association 1899-1904; public accountant 1904-13; practice as certified public accountant 1913 to date; owner Wilson Auditing Co.; member Oregon State Board of Accountancy 1915-31; Medford City Councilman 1929-30; Mayor of Medford 1931-34; 33rd degree S.R., K.T. Mason (past Grand Master); Elk; Odd Fellow; Republican; home 340 S. Riverside Ave.; office 427 Medford Center Bldg., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, pages 594-595


WILSON, (Late) EZRA MORTON
    Certified Public Accountant
b Putman, Ill, Nov 30, 1866; son of Samuel A and Frances H (Williams) W; educ, pub schs, Calif; m May E Lee, Yreka, Calif, July 14, 1889 (dec'd); m 2nd, Addie K Buzan Rippley of Medford, Ore. May 1, 1919; dau, Edith M (Gifford) pub weekly newspaper, Adin, Calif, 1883-97; mgr, Co-operative Mercantile Assoc, 1899-1904; pub acct, 1904-13; CPA, 1913 to date; owner, Wilson Auditing Co; mem, Oreg State Bd Accounting, 1915-31; city councilman, 1929-30; mayor, 1930-34; mem, Sons Am Rev; 33rd degree SR, KT Mason (past grand master); Elk Odd Fellow; Repub; home, 340 S Riverside; ofc, 427 Medical Center Bldg, Medford, Oreg (died October 16, 1951).
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 321


    JEFFERSON WILSON. It is said by some of the most prominent men of our day that energy and perseverance are sometimes better than ability, and that in order to succeed a man must have a definite ambition and by close application of thrift and industry, avoid wasted energy and thereby increase his chance of success. Mr. Wilson has exalted ideas on this subject and for the whole of his life his mind has been centered on agricultural pursuits in his native state, Oregon. Of English extraction, born September 4, 1858, near North Yamhill, Yamhill County, and a son of Thomas and Margaret Anne (Dodson) Wilson, Jefferson Wilson was one of a family of six children. Of these two died in infancy and since then death has claimed another, Charles Elmer. One brother, Simpson, resides at Trail Creek, in Jackson County, Ore., and one sister, Mary E., married George McDonald, and resides in Langells Valley.
    The beautiful Willamette Valley offered many inducements to the homeseeker in the early days, and among those who took up their residence there was Thomas Wilson, who located in Yamhill County, which continued to be his home until 1868. Removing at that time to Klamath County, then a part of Jackson County, the father took up a preemption claim of one hundred and sixty acres in Langells Valley, seventeen miles southeast of the present site of Bonanza, and turned his attention to stock-raising. Among the first to locate in this valley, he took an active part against the Indians in the Cayuse War, and it was while serving as a volunteer that he lost his hearing, and was thus afflicted for life; this sad affliction and a complication of diseases proved in after years too great a strain for even his strong constitution, causing his mind to give way, and his subsequent removal to an asylum at Salem, Ore., was a matter not only of necessity, but of deep regret to his many friends and sorrowing relatives. His death took place at that institution in November, 1902, in his seventy-sixth year, and he was preceded to the grave many years by his wife, who was probably a native of Iowa and passed to her final rest about 1872 in Klamath County.
    The story of Mr. Wilson's life is briefly told, for he is modest and unassuming, and of his achievements he will speak but little. By his faithful attendance at the common schools of Jackson County a good education was secured, and this was greatly added to by self-tuition. Arriving at manhood's estate, he became interested in the stock business with his father, and in a comparatively short time proved to be a competent assistant with a special aptitude for the business to which he has devoted the best years of his life. The stock business held inducements for him above all others, and he devoted his energies assiduously to the success of this branch of agriculture, until 1902, selling his stock at that time and engaging in hay-raising for the market. Soon after his marriage Mr. Wilson homesteaded a claim of one hundred and sixty acres in the vicinity of the old home place, and today he is the proud owner of both farms. Many good improvements made by him are evidences of his success and thrift, and one hundred acres of his land is devoted to the cultivation of wild hay, which is profitably grown in that section.
    The home ties of Mr. Wilson began September 13, 1882, by his marriage in Jackson County with Jenerva Obenchain, a daughter of Bartley Obenchain, a prominent farmer near Central Point, Ore., where he located in 1862 upon the farm which is still his home. While en route to Oregon with his family, the birth of Mrs. Wilson took place, she being one of a family of eight children. The family unite in worshiping at the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Wilson is a devout member. Mr. Wilson's loyalty to the cause of education is shown by his six years' service as a member of the local school board. In his political attachments he is an unswerving Democrat, but his strict attention to his business has excluded politics to a great extent.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, page 556


    Robert Bruce Wilson was born June 2, 1877, in Portland, Ore., the son of Robert Bruce Wilson, M.D. University of Virginia '49 (deceased), and Caroline Elizabeth (Couch) Wilson. His father was born in Portsmouth, Va., and his mother in Newburyport, Mass. He has two brothers: Holt C. Wilson, M.D. University of Virginia '76, and George F. Wilson, M.D. University of Virginia '79; and four sisters: Mary Caroline Burns, Clementine Wilson, Virginia Wilson, and Maria Louise Linthicum.
    He was prepared at Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J., and at Portland Academy, Portland, Ore., and graduated from Yale College in 1901.
    He is unmarried.
    After graduation from the Forest School, Wilson entered the United States Forest Service. He resigned from the Service in March, 1908, at which time he held the position of supervisor of the Cascade National Forest. In 1907 he had purchased an apple and pear orchard in Rogue River Valley, Ore., and since he left the Service has been a rancher and fruit-grower there.
    In politics he is a Progressive.
Biographical Record of Graduates and Former Students of the Yale Forest School, 1913, page 89


    JACOB WIMER: lives on Applegate Creek; is a miller and proprietor of a mine; post office Murphy; was born in Huntington County, Penn., 1816; came to state in 1863, and to [Josephine] County in 1867; married July 16, 1835, to Catherine Markle. Children Mary A., Adam A., George W., Catherine, William J., J. Henry (deceased) and James A.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 509


WINETROUT, Clarence Arthur
Retired Automobile Distributor.
b. Galion, Ohio, April 1, 1886; son of George and Caroline (Melchior) Winetrout; educated grade schools Applegate, Oregon (near Medford); m. Alice E. Hanson of Grants Pass; children Clarence A. Jr. (veteran U.S.N. overseas), Marilyn; began as rodman and recorder U.S. Government Geological Survey, Oregon and California three years; Grants Pass Hardware Co., Grants Pass 1908-13; C. A. Winetrout, farm implement business Grants Pass 1913-20; C. A. Winetrout Ford Dealers 1920-44, now retired; also operated dealerships as partner Lakeview, Klamath Falls, Roseburg, Grants Pass and Medford (Oregon) and Crescent City (California), partner now Medford and Roseburg; owner Montgomery Ward Bldg., Grants Pass; former director Oregon Caves Resorts; former president Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce; past chief Big Horn, Cave Men; member state, national auto dealers associations; member Old Time Auto Club of America; active all war drives World War II; S.R. Mason; Hillah Shriner (Jesters); Kiwanian; Republican; Protestant; home 39 Berkeley Blvd., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 596


WINETROUT, Clarence Arthur Jr.
Automobile Dealer.
b. Grants Pass, Oregon May 23, 1919; educated public schools Grants Pass; University of Oregon; Kappa Sigma; m. Betty La Rue of Orange, Calif. Dec. 20, 1939; children Gary, Jerry, C. A. III; entire business activity with Crater Lake Motors, beginning used car department Grants Pass, manager, partner Medford 1941- (Ford products dealers); veteran U.S.N. World War II (five engagements); member Oregon Auto Dealers Association; Southern Oregon Dealers Association; National Auto Dealers Association Medford Auto Dealers Association; member Chamber of Commerce; Country Club; Elk; Kiwanian; Mason; Hillah Shriner; Republican; Protestant; home 2435 Lyman; office West Main and Front streets, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 596


WING, CHARLES A.
    Realtor; Orchardist; President, Charles A. Wing Agency. Inc.
b. McPherson, Kan., Oct. 2, 1898; educ., pub. schs. Dodge City, Kan.; Bethany Coll., Kan.; Northwestern Univ.. B.S., 1921; Acacia. Married Elizabeth Strickler, Sleepy Eye, Minn., Oct. 25, 1922; two daughters, Acacia Jean and Charlotte Ann. Asst. cashier, Farmers State Bank, Bloom, Kansas, one and one-half years; teller, First Nat'l. Bank, Medford, Ore., 1923. Entered real estate business, Medford; established Charles A. Wing Agency, 1924; president to date. Purchased orchard properties in valley; developed and improved until now one of largest privately owned orchards in Northwest; exporter of apples and pears; owner, large Guernsey milch cattle herd. Past director, Pacific Northwest Real Estate Assn.; former councilman, Medford, member several committees on land appraisals and finance. Past chmn., mayoralty campaign. President, Rogue River Dairyman's Assn. Member, Chamber Commerce, chmn., agri. comm. World War veteran. Legionnaire. Rotarian. One of founders and past treas., Lions Club. S.R. Mason. Shriner. Republican. Trustee, Presbyterian Church. Home: Old Stage Road, Medford. Office: 109 East Main Street, Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, pages 587-588


WING, CHARLES A.
Retired Realtor and Orchardist.
b. McPherson, Kansas October 2, 1898; educated public schools Dodge City, Kansas; Bethany College, Kansas; Northwestern University B.S. 1921; Acacia; m. Elizabeth Strickler, Sleepy Eye, Minn., October 25, 1922; two daughters, Acacia Jean and Charlotte Ann; assistant cashier Farmers State Bank, Bloom, Kansas one and one-half years; teller First National Bank Medford, Oregon 1923; entered real estate business Medford; established Charles A. Wing Agency, Inc. 1924, president to 1938; past president Bear Creek National Farm Loan Association; operated one of largest privately owned orchards in Northwest; president Wing Orchards Inc. and sold to George and Gordon Green; owner large Guernsey milch cattle herd; now president Pumistone Products Co., Calif.; president State Guernsey Breeders Association 1941; former director of Pacific Northwest Real Estate Association; former councilman, Medford; member several committees on land appraisals and finance; past chairman mayoralty campaign; past president Rogue River Dairymen's Association; past president Jackson County Guernsey Breeders Association; World War I veteran; Legionnaire; Rotarian (one of founders and past treasurer); Lions Club; S.R. Mason; Shriner; Republican; former trustee of Presbyterian Church; address 2819 Hillside Drive, Burlingame, Calif.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, pages 596-597


WING, CHARLES A.
    Retired Realtor and Orchardist
b McPherson, Kansas, October 2, 1898; educ, public schools, Dodge City, Kansas; Bethany College, Kansas, Northwestern Univ, BS, 1921, Acacia; m Elizabeth Strickler, Sleepy Eye, Minn, October 25, 1922; two daughters, Acacia Jean and Charlotte Ann; asst cashier Farmers State Bank, Bloom Kansas, 1½ years; teller, First Nat Bank, Medford, Oregon, 1923; entered real estate business, Medford; established Charles A Wing Agency, Inc, 1924, pres to 1938; past president, Bear Creek Nat Farm Loan Assn; operated one of largest privately owned orchards in Northwest; pres Wing Orchards, Inc, and sold to Geo and Gordon Green; owner large Guernsey milch cattle herd; past pres, Pumicestone Prod Co, Calif; pres, Wing Investment Inc, Grants Pass; pres, State Guernsey Breed Assn, 1941; former director of Pacific Northwest Real Estate; former councilman, Medford; member several committees on land appraisals and finance; past chmn mayoralty campaign; past pres, Rogue River Dairymen's Assn; past pres, Jackson County Guernsey Breeders Assn; World War I veteran; Legionnaire; Rotarian (one of founders and past treas); Lions Club; SR Mason; Shriner; Republican; former trustee of Presbyterian Ch;addr, RFD 4, Box 202, Grants Pass, Oreg.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 413


    JOHN WINTJEN: lives in Jacksonville, is a liquor dealer; was born in 1823, in Karstadt, Germany.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


WIRE, MELVILLE THOMAS
    Minister, Methodist Church, Ashland
b. Austin. Ill., Sept. 24, 1877; educ., pub. schs., Ore.; Willamette Univ., Univ. of Ore.; Grad., Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill. Married Bessie Edna Burgess of Lakeview, Ore., June 30, 1914. Pastorates, Methodist Episcopal Church, Oregon; Brownsville, 1902-04; Drain, 1903-05; Patton Church, Portland, 1905-08; The Dalles, 1908-10; Lakeview, 1910-12; Gresham, 1912-15; Grants Pass, 1915-19; Oregon City, 1919-21; Astoria, 1921-25; Pendleton, 1925-30; Klamath Falls, 1930-33; Albany, 1933-35; Ashland, 1935 to date. Landscape painter and member, Ore. Society Artists, Republican. Address: 117 Laurel Street, Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 589


WIRTH, HENRY E.
    State Manager, Great Northern Life Insurance Co.
b. Osceola County, Mich., Dec. 6, 1879; educ., high school. Married Myrtle Reese, Feb. 1899; children, Henry D., Wilkes B., Ethel Striplin, Madolyn Dean, Marian Smith, Grace A., Glenda A., and Norma D. School teacher, Marion Co., 1879-98; farmer and carpenter, Marion Co., 1899-1908. Fraternal Insurance, 1909-13; Occidental Life Ins. Co., field supervisor, 1914-26: state manager, Western Union Life, Salt Lake City, 1927-28. State manager, Great Northern Life Ins. Co., Portland, 1929 to date. President, H. E. Wirth Agency, Inc. Candidate for Governor of Oregon on independent ticket, 1934. Author of "Press On." Member, Accident and Health Managers Club. Life Managers Club, Portland Chamber Commerce. Odd Fellow. Rebekah. Republican. Protestant. Address: 322 S. Newton Street, Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 589


    WISE BROS.: live in Ashland; are merchants; Solomon was born September 26, 1854, and J. M. July 5, 1856 in New York City; Solomon came to state and county in 1878; J. M. came to state in 1877 and to county in 1882.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    J. F. Wisner, nominee for county recorder, was born and bred in Michigan until seven years ago when he became a citizen of Oregon. He is an educator of no mean qualities, and is a prominent member of the order of I.O.O.F. His present residence is Kubli, Oregon, where he is teaching in the schools. He has always been a foremost worker in the ranks of political reform, and is honored and trusted by his large circle of friends. Elect him and you have a recorder worthy of his hire.
"The Nominees," Medford Mail, April 22, 1892, page 1


    WOLCOTT, CHARLES E., editor of the South Oregon Monitor, at Medford, was born in Vernon, Michigan, July 24, 1868, and came to Oregon in May, 1890. He engaged in newspaper work in Eugene three years, and then founded his paper in Medford December 4, 1894, publishing semi-weekly. He was a delegate to the Lane County convention in 1894, and the league from the Medford Club in 1895.
Republican League Register, Reporter Publishing Co., Portland, 1896, pages 281-282


    H. H. WOLTERS: lives in Ashland: is a butcher; is a native of New York City; came to state and county in 1861.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


WOOD, Clara M. (Miss), born in St. Helena, California, March 26, 1884; daughter of W. P. R. and Agnes Jane Genung Wood. Former resident of Wisconsin; living in Oregon for the last 24 years. Banker, Assistant Cashier, Medford National Bank. First woman of Oregon to be received into Association of Bank Women (New York headquarters); prominent in all bank problems; attends all bankers' conventions. Member: D.A.R., Association of Bank Women, O.E.S., Daughters of Veterans. Home: 31 Geneva Ave., Medford, Oregon.
Max Binheim, ed., Women of the West, Los Angeles 1928, page 166


WOOD, CLARA M. (MISS)
    Banker
b. St. Helens, Calif., March 26, 1884; daughter of W. P. R. and Agnes Jane Genung Wood. Resident of Oregon past thirty-three years. First woman in Oregon to be received into Association of Bank Women, N.Y. headquarters; prominent in all bank problems; attends all bankers' conventions. Former cashier, Medford National Bank. Member, Daughters American Revolution. Association of Bank Women. Order Eastern Star. Address: Medford, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 591


WOOD, David R., orchardist; b. Leith, Scotland June 17, 1879; to Oregon 1907; m. Inez Alice McCray July 31, 1910; children--Helen McCray. President Fruitgrowers' League, Jackson County 1922-25; president Oregon State Horticultural Society 1924-25; president Table Rock District Improvement Co. 1922-; B.P.O.E.; Chamber of Commerce; University Club; Rogue Valley Golf Club. Republican. Presbyterian. Address: Box 972; home: 31 N. Orange Street, Medford, Oregon.
Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930, Oregon City Enterprise, page 237


WOOD, DAVID R.
    Orchardist
b. Leith, Scotland, June 17, 1879. Married Inez Alice McCray, July 31, 1910; one daughter, Helen McCray (dec'd.). Res. of Oregon since 1907. Pres., Fruitgrowers’ League Jackson County three years; President, Oregon State Horticultural Society, one year; president, Table Rock District Improvement Co., 1922 to date. President, Medford Winter Pear Committee, 1928 to date, Member, Chamber Commerce. Elk. Republican. Rogue Valley Golf Club. Presbyterian. Home: Box 150, Rout 4. Office: Box 972, Medford. Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 591


WOOD, DAVID R.
Orchardist, Farm Leader.
b. Leith, Scotland June 17, 1879; m. Inez Alice McCray July 31, 1910; one daughter Helen McCray (deceased); resident of Oregon since 1907; for many years manager The Palmer Corporation (Oregon division); president Fruitgrowers League, Jackson County three years; president Oregon State Horticultural Society one year; president Table Rock District Improvement Co. 1922 to date; president Medford Winter Pear Committee 1928 to date; member Chamber of Commerce, Rogue Valley Golf Club; Elk; Republican; Presbyterian; home Box 150, Route 4; office Box 972, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 599


    MARVIN S. WOOD. When the war broke out between the North and the South Mr. Wood was among the first in his section to respond to our country's call for troops, and in 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company F, Eleventh Michigan Infantry, and rendered valiant service during that bitter conflict. His company was first sent to Louisville, Ky., and afterward to Bardstown, Ky., where they wintered, losing about sixty men out of the regiment with smallpox and measles. The first active engagement in which he participated was at Stone River, and at the battle of Chickamauga, on September 20, 1863, he was wounded by a minie ball, which passed through the lower jaw, penetrating the left shoulder, through which it also passed, coming out below the shoulder blade. Taken at once to the field hospital, his wounds received attention there for six weeks, when he lived on less than quarter rations, and he was subsequently removed to the hospitals at Chattanooga, Bridgeport and Nashville, Tenn. When first taken to the hospital the doctor said there was "no use doing anything for that fellow." The nurse heard them say this, but did not repeat it to the patient until three weeks afterward. It was not until January 19, 1864, that he was honorably discharged as being incapacitated for further service on account of disability. Although he went into the service as a private he was discharged as a corporal. Mr. Wood has every claim to be classed among the most honored members of the G.A.R. organization of Central Point, in the vicinity of his old home place, and it was his pleasure to attend the grand encampment of this organization at San Francisco in 1903.
    Born in Erie County, N.Y., October 8, 1836, and taken while young to St. Joseph County, Mich., Mr. Wood was principally reared on a farm near Sturgis Prairie. He commenced work in his own behalf when seventeen years of age, hiring out by the month to do farm work, and his time and energies were spent in this line of work until his enlistment in the army. Returning home from the war and again turning his attention to farming pursuits for several years, in 1868 he was persuaded to come to Oregon by a brother who had previously located here. The trip was made by water via the Isthmus of Panama, and soon after his arrival in Oregon he engaged in farm pursuits upon a homestead claim his brother had taken up some time before in Jackson County. This farm was subsequently purchased by Mr. Wood, who continued to reside there until 1901, when he relinquished the farm in favor of his eldest daughter and her husband. During the long residence on this farm, he had made many fine improvements on the place.
    Politically Mr. Wood is a staunch Republican, and he has served one term as school director and filled the office of road supervisor in 1871. Mr. Wood was united in marriage with Miss Susan Griffith, and to them three children have been born. The eldest of these, Ora, married Thomas Henderson, and resides on the old home farm. The two younger children, Mamie and Walter, brighten the home with their presence and are able assistants to their parents.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 619-620


WOODELL, MARSHALL E.
Educator.
b. La Grande, Oregon, March 20, 1911; son of James A. and J. Elizabeth (Baker) Woodell; educated Baker High School; Linfield College B.A. (cum laude) 1935; University of Oregon M.A. 1937; Phi Epsilon; m. Dorothy L. Dirks of Roseburg, Oregon Dec. 23, 1933; instructor in social science Ashland High School 1936-38; assistant principal Ashland High School 1938-39; executive secretary and registrar Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland 1939 to date; member Pi Gamma Mu (national social science honor), Pi Kappa Delta (national speech honor) Phi Delta Kappa (national education honor); address 119 7th St., Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 601


    Nathaniel Woods came to America from his birthplace in England about 1670 and upon growing to manhood married a descendant of Joshua Stevens, whose wife, Migail Stevens, was the descendant of one of the pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. The son of Nathaniel Woods, Caleb Woods was born in 1737 and his sons fought in the American Revolution. One of his younger sons, Stephen J., was born in 1771 and his son, also named Stephen J., was born in 1801. The latter had a son named Joshua, born in 1848, who married Martha Elizabeth Huggins, and in 1875 there was born to them at Chicago, Illinois, Ernest Arthur Woods, now a specialist in Ashland, Oregon. The family lived in Massachusetts for many years, but at length Joshua G. Woods removed to Chicago, where he engaged in the livestock commission business until his death in 1910.
    Ernest A. Woods was educated in the grade schools of Chicago and the Englewood High School and in due time entered the University of Chicago, from which institution he was graduated in 1893 with the degree of A.B. He then accepted a clerkship in the First National Bank of Chicago, in two years rising to the exchange teller's desk. Deciding upon a medical career he then entered the medical department of the University of Minnesota in 1895 and was graduated in 1899, as a member of the first class to pursue the new four years' course in that institution. Having secured his M.D. degree he began practice at Clear Lake, Minnesota, and remained there for ten years, building up an extensive and lucrative practice. While practicing in Clear Lake he was local surgeon of the Northern Pacific Railroad and was active in civic affairs as a member of the school board, of the city council and district health officer. Upon the failure of his health Dr. Woods determined to regain it on the Pacific Coast and upon looking around for a location to his liking, both as to climate and people, he selected Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon, and since 1910 has practiced in that city. For five years previous to his location in Ashland he had practiced in Rogue River, being a member of the city council of that place and president and secretary of the Commercial Club. In 1915 Dr. Woods decided to specialize in eye, ear, nose and throat, having taken a postgraduate course along that line in 1908 at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital at Chicago. He has since that time devoted his talent to that specialty and has won wide fame throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California.
    In 1901 occurred the marriage of Dr. Woods and Miss Adel Anna Anderson, a graduate of the St. Cloud Normal School and a daughter of A. O. Anderson, one of the best known and most successful Minnesota farmers. Four children have been born to their union: Chester Y., Harvey A., Marcus B. and Clarence A. The three older children are students in the high and junior high school of Ashland, and the youngest son is still in the grade schools. Mrs. Woods is active in social and club affairs and quite musical in her tastes. She is frequently in demand for musical affairs and is active in musical clubs as well as the French Club.
    Dr. Woods affiliates with the Masonic order only. He is ex-president of the Southern Oregon Medical Society, a member of the State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the Pacific Oto-Ophthalmological Society. While quite a student of his profession he finds much recreation in the out of doors and is fond of all athletic sports. Aside from his professional work Dr. Woods has been active in civic affairs, and his value to Ashland and Southern Oregon, both as a physician and a citizen, is readily conceded.
Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, vol. III, 1922, pages 124-125


WOODS, ERNEST A.
    Physician and Surgeon
b. Chicago, Illinois; educ., Univ. of Minn., College of Medicine and Surgery, 1899; Chicago, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, 1915. Married Adel A. Anderson, of Clear Lake, Minn., 1901. Children, Chester Y., Hervey A., Marcus B., Clarence A. Medical practice, Stillwater, Minn.; Clear Lake, Minn.; Rogue River, Ore.; specializing in Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Ashland, Oregon to date. Member, Am. Med. Assn.; Ore. State Med. Soc.; So. Ore. Med. Soc.; Jackson County Med. Soc.; Pacific Coast Oto-ophthalmological Soc.; Portland Academy Medicine. Modern Woodman. Elk. Home: 333 North Main St. Office: Swedenburg Bldg., Ashland, Oregon.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936-37, page 593


WOODS, DR. ERNEST A.
Physician and Surgeon.
b. Chicago, Illinois; son of Joshua G.; educated University of Minnesota; College of Medicine and Surgery 1899; Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 1915; m. Adel A. Anderson (who is now prominent in music circles) of Clear Lake, Minn. 1901; children Chester Y., Harvey, Marcus B., Clarence A.; medical practice Stillwater and Clear Lake, Minn., Rogue River, Oregon; specialist in eye, ear, nose and throat, Ashland, Oregon many years; member American Medical Association, Oregon State Medical Association; Jackson County Medical Society; Pacific Coast Oto-ophthalmological Society, Portland Academy of Medicine; Modern Woodman; Elk; home 333 N. Main St.; office Swedenburg Bldg., Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 601


WOODS, DR. HARVEY A.
Physician and surgeon; public worker of Ashland; active in various state and county health groups; served as member of State Board of Health (term to January 1943); City Health Officer of Ashland; member county and state medical associations; veteran of World War Two; home 83 Granite Street; office Swedenburg Bldg., Ashland.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 602


    JAMES P. WOODSON: lives in Ashland, is a teamster and farmer; was born in Richmond, Virginia, June 7, 1830; came to state in 1859; was married November 7, 1864, to Laura J. Million. Children Flora A., Delia M., Phebe A., Maggie, George B. and Nellie B.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


WRAY, (Milbird) THOMAS
Farm Implements and Machinery Dealer.
b. Dodge City, Minn. Jan. 11, 1888; son of Cary and Lucy (Vinacke) Wray; educated grade school Minnesota; high school Silverton; University of California one year; m. Bertha May of Portland, Oregon Sept. 23, 1912; children M. Thomas Jr., Richard (U.S. Air Corps, 2nd Lt. World War II); started on farm, Minn.; various positions, sales department Ford Machine Co. (manufacturers) San Jose, Calif.; sales engineer 1915-35; partner Hubbard Wray Co. Medford, farm machinery and implements 1935 to date; active in all community betterment programs; director Red Cross board, Jackson County; member Chamber of Commerce (president 1943); Izaak Walton League; Rotarian (president 1945-46); Mason; Republican; Christian; home 2425 Hillcrest Rd.; office, 29 N. Riverside Ave., Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 603


    JOHN WRIGHT. Among the agriculturists of Jackson County who have to their credit a record as soldiers during the Civil War may be mentioned John Wright, a sturdy, honorable and successful land owner in the vicinity of Central Point. Mr. Wright came to Oregon from Kansas in 1874, and for twenty years lived in Phoenix, this county. There he gained a reputation for substantial character and effort, and was numbered among the very successful men of his neighborhood. He then brought his excellent record to his present farm, one and a half miles northwest of Central Point, which is eighty-six acres in extent, and constitutes a portion of the old Watson donation claim. Though not as wild and timbered as many pioneers have had to contend with, Mr. Wright has not depended on the improvements which accompanied the purchase of the farm, but has continually substituted his own advanced ideas, and at present has a modern frame dwelling, and satisfactory barns and implements. He raises general produce and stock, and though not large as compared with the farms of some of his neighbors, it is so disposed of as to yield a comfortable yearly income.
    Reared to farming as had been his forefathers, Mr. Wright spent fifteen years of his life on the farm in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he was born October 10, 1841, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Davey) Wright, natives of Green County, Pa. and Vermont respectively. Samuel Wright was born in 1810 and married soon after his removal from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and besides John there was a daughter born to him, now Mrs. Elizabeth Stancliff, of Phoenix, Ore. His wife dying in Ohio, he married for a second wife, Amy Swager, a native of Ohio, and who bore him five children: Ella, the wife of T. Barr, of Medford; Artaminta, the wife of George Williams, of Dunsmuir; Janie, the wife of William Beardsley of Phoenix, Ore.; and William and Charley S., also of Phoenix. The family of Mr. Wright moved to Kansas in 1856, and followed farming there until 1874, during that spring removing to Phoenix, Jackson County, Ore. In 1880 Mr. Wright settled in Coquille and retired from active life, his death occurring there at the age of seventy-eight. He is survived by his wife, who makes her home in Phoenix. Mr. Wright was quite a politician and liked to discuss the national Republican issues with his friends. In religion he was a Baptist, and gave liberally of his means toward the church and general charities.
    When the Civil War broke out John Wright was working hard on the paternal farm in Kansas, and in 1862, August 22, when twenty-two years of age, he enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in at Atchison, Kans. His regiment was assigned to General Blunt's corps for the first year, and detailed to field duty, and although it did not participate in the world-famous battles fought in the South, the regiment had a taste of warfare in the battles of Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, and numerous minor skirmishes. After being mustered out he was glad to exchange three years of life in camp and field for the peace of his father's farm, and September 26, 1865, celebrated the return of order by marrying Annie Bradford, a native of Boston, Mass. Thereafter the young people settled down to farming in Kansas until 1874, in which year he accompanied his family and that of his father to the West, of which he has since been an enthusiastic and helpful resident. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wright: Mrs. Laura Cochran, of Central Point; John S., of California; George F., of Klamath County; Joseph N., of Central Point; Mrs. Effie M. Hefling, of Grants Pass; Thomas William, of Central Point; Charles E. and Jesse B., of Klamath County.
    Mr. Wright is public spirited in the extreme, and may be depended on to support with both time and money any practical effort at improving his locality. He is president of the Grand Army Hall Association of Central Point, and is a member of the Central Point Post No. 67, G.A.R. In political affiliation he is a Socialist, and in religion is a member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 834-835


    THOMAS WRIGHT: lives near Willow Springs; is a farmer and stock raiser; was born in Madison County, Ky., came to state and county in 1852; was married May 27, 1863, to Elizabeth Cooper. Children Laura (deceased), William N., Mary M. and Margaret E.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    JOHN B. WRISLEY.--A man whose almost entire life has been spent on the frontier, was born in Middlebury, Vermont, August 16, 1819. During Mr. Wrisley's early life his father was proprietor of a large manufacturing establishment at Hoosac Falls, but being called upon suddenly for the payment of a large security debt he was financially broken up, and removed with his family to the Genesee Valley in the state of New York. When John was only thirteen years of age his father moved to Silver, Washtenaw County, Michigan, then a wild territory, settling with his family at a point from which their nearest neighbor was eighteen miles distant. Here John B. Wrisley learned blacksmithing and the rudiments of farming, and in 1840 the family scattered; he went to the territory of Wisconsin and commenced work in the lead mines at Mineral Point. On June 15, 1845, he married Eliza Jane Jacobs, by whom he has raised ten children, the eldest daughter, Mrs. Alice Goddard, being the first white child born in the Rogue River Valley. In 1849, Mr. Wrisley crossed the plains alone to California, working at Auburn, Placer County, at Yankee Jim's on the North Fork of the American River, and on the Trinity, being one of the first miners on the latter stream. Returning to Auburn from Trinity, he found an extremely rich claim, but being in bad health and unable to work, he returned to his family in Wisconsin in 1850. He did not remain long, however, and yearning for the free wild life of the early days on this coast, he started across the plains with his family and a large band of cattle, arriving in Yreka with but two yoke of cattle and one cow out of the whole band. Mr. Wrisley remained but a short time in Yreka. Coming to the Rogue River Valley in 1852, he located a donation claim on the north side of Rogue River, where he resided for thirteen years. In 1865, Mr. Wrisley bought a farm near Central Point, which now comprises four hundred and eighty acres of rich land, and as near the frontier as he wishes to be. John is truly a pioneer if there is one, and knows the danger of pioneer life. He has voted for the state constitution of Wisconsin, California and Oregon. He has passed safely all the Indian wars of this section as a high private, never accepting military or civil office. John B. Wrisley still continues to reside on his farm near Central Point--a view of which can be found in this work--and is noted for being an honest, upright gentleman, a careful, industrious farmer, honored by friends and beloved by his family.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 544


    GEORGE YAUDES: lives on Sterling Creek; is a miner and farmer; post office, Jacksonville; is a native of Tenn.; came to state and county in 1852; was married December 1, 1872, to Mrs. Annie Comstock. Mrs. C. had one child, Oda; by last marriage has Letta M., Aaron B. and Albert.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


    HENRY YORK: lives on Applegate Creek; is a farmer and stock grower; post office Applegate; was born in Clay County, Ky., in 1834; came to state in 1852, and to [Josephine] County in 1854; was married July 4, 1862, to Sarah E. Slagle. Children William B., Martha. A., Ida, Albert S., Joseph S., Emily, Alice (deceased), Francis M., Bertha M. (deceased) and Jacob.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 509


    HENRY YORK. A pioneer of Oregon, and for many years an esteemed resident of Josephine County, the late Henry York was well known throughout the community as an industrious and enterprising farmer, a trustworthy citizen, a kind neighbor and friend, and a loving father and husband. He was born March 15, 1833, in Clay County, Ky., and died on the home farm, about thirteen miles south of Grants Pass, November 21, 1902, his death being a cause of general regret. His father, Joseph York, a native of Clay County, Ky., removed to Iowa in 1836, and was engaged in farming in Henry County until his death, in 1841. His wife, whose maiden name was Rhoda Morris, was born in Kentucky, and died in Oregon in 1886.
    Moving with his parents to Iowa when but three years old, Henry York acquired a limited education in the district schools of Henry County. Following the march of civilization to the western frontier, he crossed the plains with plodding ox teams in 1852. and after a six months' trip arrived in the Willamette Valley, Ore. After spending a short time in Linn County he located in Josephine County, and for about nine years thereafter was engaged in prospecting and mining. He was an active participator in the Rogue River Indian Wars of 1855 and 1856, serving for four months as a private in Capt. Jonathan Kenney's company. In 1861 Mr. York settled on Applegate Creek, and April 17, 1862, bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, lying thirteen miles south of Grants Pass, on the Applegate River, and at the same time entered forty acres of adjoining land, owning at the time of his death two hundred and eighty acres. Laboring industriously and intelligently, he improved a good farm, on which he resided until his death, as above mentioned. He was interested in the public welfare, and was a staunch supporter of the principles of the Democratic Party.
    In 1861, on Williams Creek, Josephine County, Mr. York married Sarah E. Slagle, a native of Dade County, Mo., and a daughter of Conard Slagle. Mr. Slagle was born and reared in Kentucky, but was later a resident of Tennessee, and then of Dade County, Mo., where he was a tiller of the soil. Crossing the plains with ox teams in 1852, he located in Lane County, Ore., near Eugene, where he took up a donation claim of one hundred and sixty acres, on which he lived five years. Removing to Jackson County in 1857, he was engaged in farming in the vicinity of Applegate until his death, at the age of sixty-six years. He served in the Indian wars of 1855 and 1856. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. York twelve children were born, namely: William B., at home; Martha A., wife of W. J. Russell, of Grants Pass; Ida, wife of John McDonough, of Idaho; Albert S., at home; Joseph S., at home; Mary Emma, wife of R. Cousins, of Grants Pass; Rhoda Alice; deceased; Francis Marion, of Lakeview, Ore.; Bertha May, deceased; Harvey, at home; Cora Elizabeth, at home; and Conrad Lee, at home.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904, pages 384-385


YOUNG, DR. CLARENCE M.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
b. Princeton, West Virginia March 5, 1887; educated public schools; Loyola Medical School M.D.; Valparaiso University A.B.; Phi Delta; m. Grace Vilman of Indiana Nov. 15, 1909; started practice 1910; general practice twenty-one years in Aberdeen, Washington; Medford 1941-; new clinic built 1942; member Grays Harbor Medical Association (past president); honorary fellowship, Washington State Medical Association; member American, Oregon, Jackson County medical associations; member American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Ophthalmologists (only member from Jackson County); home 433 W. 8th; office 109 S. Oakdale, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 607


    NICHOLAS A. YOUNG: lives near Eagle Point; is a farmer and stock grower; was born in Lorraine, France, in 1824; came to state and county in 1852; was married in 1865 to Willamina Shriner (deceased 1882). Children Anna, Peter F., Thomas F., Katie, Nicholas and Clara M.
A. G. Walling, History of Southern Oregon, 1884, page 507


ZACHARISEN, N. HENRY
Businessman.
b. Hancock, Iowa, Nov. 27, 1900; son of O. Chris and Mary (Friese) Zacharisen; educated in public schools of South Dakota; m. Charlotte Clase of Portland Nov. 10, 1923; child Jean Helen; served in U.S. Army 1920-21; began with Electric Service Company of Portland; with California-Oregon Power Company for eighteen years (from outside salesman to manager of store); owner of Zack's Appliance Co. 1946-; payroll chairman and County War Bond Chairman throughout World War II; Salvage Chairman 1942-44; activity in Red Cross and Community Chest drives; member Chamber of Commerce; Northwest Power and Light Association; Lion; nonpartisan; Protestant; home 714 Beekman; office 220 W. Main, Medford.
Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948-49, page 608


ZACHARISEN, N. HENRY
    Businessman
b Hancock, Ia, Nov 27, 1900; son of O Chris and Mary (Friese) Z; educ, pub schs, SD; m Charlotte Clase of Portland, Nov 10, 1923; ch, Jean Holen; US Army, 1920-21; with Electric Service Co of Portland; Calif-Oreg Power Co, for eighteen years; owner, Zack's Appliance Co, 1946 to date; active many drives, WWII; mem, Chamber Commerce, Northwest Power and Light Assn; Lion; home, 714 Beekman; ofc, 220 W Main, Medford, Or.
Capitol's State Who's Who Combined with Who's Who for the Western States, July 1953, page 497


ZUMWALT, Julia Kinsey (Mrs. Don J.), a native of San Francisco, California, daughter of Rev. Solomon and Mrs. Madge Oliver Kinsey, resident of Oregon for the last 23 years. Married to Don J. Zumwalt. Teacher of voice and piano. Has given many student recitals, adhering to the higher standard of best music; sang one season as mezzo prima donna with the Andrews Light Opera Co. Her pupils are making real successes here and abroad. Has given many concerts for the benefit of the library, churches and lodges. Supervisor of Delphian Club; president, County Music Teachers Assn. Member: Woman's Club, Delphian Club, American Assn. of University Women, D.A.R., Klamath County Music Teachers Assn. Home: 430 So. Riverside St., Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Max Binheim, ed., Women of the West, Los Angeles 1928, page 166