Portland, Oregon - Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders : in Connection with the An (part 13 of 25)

In 1873 Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Ida May Jewett, and they have two sons, Robert J., who is now associated in business with his father under the firm style of W. P. Lewis & Son ; and William J., who is attending school. The family residence is at No. 725 Prospect Drive. Mr. Lewis has never had occasion to regret his determination to leave England and seek his home in America, which has aptly been termed "the land of opportunity." Here where capability and industry constitute the forces of advancement, he has made substantial progress and gained splendid success.

Samuel F. Scott

Samuel F. Scott, who is a guard on the steel bridge at Portland, was born January 28, 1849, ^t Crawfordsville, Indiana. His father, John McClung Scott, came to Oregon in the early '60s. He, too, was a native of Indiana, having been born in Montgomery county, October 14, 1823. His parents were James and Mary (Marquis) Scott, the former born in the north of Ireland and the latter in Pennsylvania. Their family numbered four sons and three daughters. The Scotts have always been noted for longevity, many of the name having reached very advanced age.

The usual experiences of farm life came to John McClung Scott in his youth. The early subscription schools of Indiana afiforded him his early educational privileges, and he was still quite young when the management of the home farm devolved upon him, owing to his father's death. In early manhood he was married in Indiana, on the 5th of September, 1844, to Mrs. Sarah W. Coons, who was born in Tennessee in November, 1822, and was the widow of Jesse Coons. By her first marriage she had one son, William Henry, who was born in 1841 and is now farming in Powells Valley, Oregon. He crossed the plains with Mr. Scott and lived with his mother and step-father up to the time of his marriage to Eliza Wallace.

Mr. and Mrs. John M, Scott resided upon an Indiana farm until 1853, when they removed to Wapello county, Iowa. They found the winters were too severe there, and in search of a more salubrious climate, they came to Oregon in 1862. They left their Iowa home in April and were several months upon the journey, reaching Portland on the 8th of October. A week was spent in this city, after which they removed to Lane county and a year later took up their abode on the Columbia river, where Mr. Scott rented a large dairy farm. Three years passed and he then invested in two hundred acres of land on the Columbia river, devoting his attention to general farming there for seventeen years. Three times the floods swept over his place, causing him heavy losses, yet he carefully and persistently conducted his farming and dairy enterprise until he had reached a place among the substantial citizens of this part of the state. In 1883 he sold his farming property and purchased a home in East Portland. There he conducted a small dairy business for a time, keeping a number of cows, but in the later years of his life lived retired. He was a witness of much of the growth and development of Portland, especially of the east side, for there were only a comparatively few houses on the east bank of the Willamette when he took up his abode there. In 1889 Mr. Scott returned to Iowa and Indiana to visit relatives, and the following year Mrs. Scott's mother, Mrs. Coons, came to Portland and lived with them for fourteen months, being at that time eighty-seven years of age. She then returned to Indiana, where her death occurred. On the lOth of April, 1897, Mrs. Scott died, her death being deeply deplored by many friends as well as by her immediate family. She and her husband had traveled life's journey together for more than fifty years, sharing with each other the joys and sorrows, adversity and prosperity which checker the careers of all. She held membership in the First Christian church of Portland, to which Mr, Scott also belonged. In 1854 he was made a Mason at Ottumwa, Iowa, transferring his membership later to Mount Tabor Lodge, and at one time served as its master. He was one of the organizers of the Columbia Lodge in 1858, and at all times was loyal to the principles of the fraternity. While he never sought ofifice as a reward for party fealty, his fellow townsmen frequently called him to positions of public trust. His early political support was given to the whig party, his first presidential vote being cast for Henry Clay, and upon the dissolution of that party he became a stalwart republican. In 1876 he was chosen to represent his district in the state legislature and was reelected in 1878, so that he served during the last session held in the old state house and the first session held in the new capitol. After a long and useful life he passed away on the i6th of November, 1910, at the age of eighty-seven years. A plain man, an exponent of the simple life, the keynote of which through all of his active years was devotion to duty that lay nearest to his hand, and an honest man in principle and in practice, he was beloved by his family, respected by his neighbors and honored by the community in which he lived. His long residence in Portland and this part of the state made his history closely interwoven with Oregon's development. To omit his record would be to break a link in the chain of pioneers that binds the past to the present.

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Scott became the parents of the following named sons and daughters: Mary, the eldest, born in 1845, was married in Portland to Stephen Hill, who died, leaving three children. Samuel F. is the second. Riland died in Indiana at the age of six years. Sarah E., born in Iowa in 1855, was married in 1876 to H. R. Long of Portland, and to W. F. Wagner in 1907. Laura H., born in Iowa in 1858, completes the family.

Samuel F. Scott was only four years of age when his parents removed to Wapello county, Iowa, where he remained until 1862. The family then came to Oregon, and though a youth of about thirteen years, he still remembers the trip across the plains. It was a long and wearisome journey, for the ox teams made but little progress and many hardships and privations befell the travelers as they slowly proceeded toward the setting sun, crossing prairie and plain, stream and mountain. Eventually they reached The Dalles and from that point proceeded down the Columbia river by boat. Samuel F. Scott completed his education in the Portland Academy under Professor Frambie. The period of his youth was largely devoted to assisting his father on the farm, and he there remained until twenty-four years of age, when he was married to Clara S. Payne, a daughter of W. H. Payne, who was born near Wheeling, West Virginia, October 30, 1830, and was one of the Oregon pioneers of 1851. Her father came here from Ohio and her mother from Iowa. Mrs. Scott was born near the old Captain Love place on the Columbia, one of the noted ranches of the early days. Her birth occurred September 8, 1855, and she is a member of the Oregon Pioneer Association.

Following his marriage, Mr. Scott removed to a farm of his own and unto him and his wife there were bom six children : Captain R. O. Scott, an officer of the Oregon National Guard ; Winnie, who died in infancy ; OHve May ; Eva Inez, the wife of Capt. W. C. North, who is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, having served in the Philippine Islands and is now deputy assessor; Frank Morton, a civil engineer of this city; and Ruby Wray.

After devoting a number of years to farming, Mr. Scott took up his abode in Portland and is now acceptably filling the position of guard on the steel bridge. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist church and are loyal to its teachings. His political indorsement is given to the republican party and he is interested in all that pertains to Portland's development and progress. While he came too late to Oregon to be numbered among its pioneers, he has lived continuously in the state for forty-eight years, so that he has w^itnessed much of its growth and development.

Hon. Henry Wagner

Mastering the lessons of life day by day until his post-graduate w^ork in the school of experience has placed him w^ith the men of eminent business ability, Henry Wagner has for years figured prominently in the life of Portland, being recognized for a long period as an able lawyer, while in later years he has concentrated his energies upon the management of the Henry Weinhard estate. To speak of him only as a business man, however, would be to give but an impartial and one-sided view. He is prominent in the social life of the city and more particularly in the musical circles, his labors and cooperation constituting a valuable factor in promoting the musical culture of the city. His varied interests and activities have, therefore, made his a well rounded character and, moreover, he has been an interested witness of Portland's growth and development for forty-six years.

It was in this city that he was born, September 5, 1864. Hessen, Germany, was long the ancestral home of the family and it was in that province that his father, John Wagner, was born in 1836. Crossing the Atlantic to New York in 185 1, when a youth of fifteen years, he remained in the eastern metropolis for a time and afterward became a resident of New Orleans. In 1858 he arrived in San Francisco and four years later established his home in Portland, remaining a factor in the business life of this city throughout the intervening period to the time of his death. No native born citizen displayed greater loyalty to America or a loftier patriotism. He was prominent among the German citizens of Portland and manifested the deepest interest in the welfare of his fellow countrymen. He was president of the German Aid Society, of the Verein Eintracht and the Independent German School Association and he was likewise an active member of many American societies. In early manhood he married Miss Charlotte Hergenroeder, also a native of Hessen, Germany, who died in Portland in 1897, leaving two sons, Henry and Alexander, the latter for many years note teller of the First National Bank of Portland. The death of John Wagner occurred in 1907, when he had reached the age ot seventy-one years.

That Henry Wagner was an apt pupil and applied himself diligently to the tasks assigned him in the acquirement of an education is indicated in the fact that he was only thirteen years of age when he completed the course in the Independent German School. With the broad field of business opening before him he sought a position in the employ of C. A. Landenberger, editor of the German paper and later in preparation for the duties of business life attended the Portland Business College. At the age of fourteen years he entered the dry-goods house of Lewis & Strauss, where he remained for four years, when consideration of the different activities he might follow led him to the belief that the practice of law would prove more congenial than merchandising. Accordingly he began reading under the direction of Ellis G. Hughes and in 1886 was admitted to the bar at the October term of the supreme court and entered upon active practice the following year. He gave his attention to general interests along professional lines, specializing in no department, proving his capability in many. He followed his profession continually and successfully until 1896, when he was elected to the state legislature on the repubUcan ticket and took his seat in the lower house of the general assembly. The following year he became connected with the Henry Weinhard brewery, to which he has since devoted his entire attention, becoming one of the managers of the estate upon the death of Henry Weinhard in 1904.

Mr. Wagner was married on the 21st of June, 1893, to Miss Louise Henrietta Weinhard, daughter of Henry Weinhard. Mrs. Wagner died on the 24th of October, 1905, leaving a son, Henry Weinhard Wagner, now sixteen years of age, a student in the Portland Academy. The family residence is at No. 61 North Eighteenth street.

Mr. Wagner is identified with various clubs of the city and is of a preeminently social disposition with high appreciation for the pleasures and obligations of citizenship. He has cooperated in progressive public movements as a member of the Chamber of Commence and of the Commercial Club. He belongs to the Arlington Club, Waverly Golf Club, Hunt Club, German Aid Society, Verein Eintracht, Turn Verein, Sons of Herrmann and the Arion Singing Society. He was one of the organizers of the Orchestral Union, a noted amateur orchestra, which flourished between 1881 and 1892. He acted as concert meister for four years, succeeding E. E. Coursen, one of the leading violinists of Portland. He was also one of the organizers of the Arion Society and of the Boyer Glee Club. Aside from business his interests center perhaps most largely in music. His unfeigned cordiality has won him high and enduring regard and he is ever a welcome visitor in club life and in the different homes to which friendship wins him entrance.

Charles Jerome Reed

Charles Jerome Reed, engaged in the life insurance business in Portland, was born in Auburn, New York, May 12, 1855. His father, Silas Walker Reed, also a native of the Eriipire state, was proprietor of the rolling mill at Auburn during the greater part of his life and there died in 1906, at the age of eightyfive years.) His wife, whose maiden name was Euphemia Louise Holmes, was also a native of New York and a representative of one of the old families of Auburn. Her death occurred about 1871. Their family numbered two sons, th^ elder brother, George Mathews Reed, being an iron manufacturer who died in 1888.

Charles J. Reed pursued his education in the public schools of Auburn until graduated from the high school in the class of 1870. He was for many years in the employ of D. M. Osborn & Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery, and in 1880 he came to Portland as their representative. Here he engaged in the agricultural implement business until 1900. and on selling out in that year became receiver for the Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works. In 1902, after settling up their affairs, he turned his attention to the life insurance business in v/hich he has since continued, securing a large clientage in this connection whereby he writes an extensive amount of insurance each year. In 1905 he was appointed United States marshal, which office he filled until the ist of August, 1910. The appointment came to him from President Roosevelt, on the recommendation of Francis J. Heney, Mr. Heney having the utmost confidence in the integrity and stability of Mr. Reed. Upon retiring from the office he again established himself in the life insurance business with offices in the Henry building.

On the 15th of November, 1886, in Portland, Mr. Reed was married to Miss Margaret Green, the eldest daughter of Henry D. Green, one of the old-time residents of this city. They have two children : John Silas, twenty-three years of age, now traveling in Europe ; and Henry Green, twenty years of age, a student in Harvard. The family reside at 715 Everett street.

Mr. Reed belongs to the Arlington Club and in politics is a republican. He has always taken a citizen's interest in politics, and in 1910 was induced to run for the nomination for congressman from the second district of Oregon. He has become an enthusiastic supporter of the northwest and cooperates earnestly and effectively in various movements which are features in the upbuilding and welfare of Portland.

Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann was one of ten children born to Andrew and Magdelene (Graham) Mann, on the 28th of April, 1836, on the farm Lindeen near Sir Walter Scott's seat, Abbotsford, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Being a feeble child, he was unable to take advantage of such schools as existed at that day, but later, when eleven years of age, he attended school in Selkirk, walking four miles - a peat in one hand and a penny in the other, to pay for five days' instruction in reading, writing and arithmetic. His father died in 1849, and as wages were very low in Scotland, he left that country in April, 1852, and made his way to Newcastle, England, where remuneration for labor was much better. After two years' work on a railroad, in coal mines and in brickwork, Thomas Mann, in company with Michael Stephensen, boarded the American sailing ship Constitution, under command of Captain Gray, at Liverpool, on the 22d day of June, 1854, and arrived at New York on the 6th of August following. After five years spent in the state of New York, Canada and the western states, working in Buffalo, Toronto, Brentford and London, Canada, Chicago, Illinois, Valparaiso, Indiana, and other western cities, he found himself, in June, 1859, aboard the steamship Star of the West in New York harbor bound for Aspinwall. He crossed the isthmus by railroad, viewed the ancient city of Panama under armed escort and then boarded the steamship Golden Age bound for San Francisco, where he arrived on the 17th of July. On the 20th of the month he left San Francisco on the steamer Forward for Victoria, on Vancouver Island. When on this steamer he saw for the first time the Oregon coast mountains. The stea'mship Forward anchored in Neah Bay, Washington, where he had the first glimpse of the natives, took a ride in their canoe, and first set foot on the soil of this great northwestern coast. He arrived in the infant city of Victoria on the 27th of July and spent five years there in contracting and building. The spring of 1866 found him, with many others, broken in spirit and in purse, for during the winter of 1865-6 diphtheria and typhoid fever ruined many fair and happy families, his beloved wife, Mrs. Barbara Mann, being among the number who succumbed to disease.

After trying the Big Bend mine on French Creek, Mr. Mann took passage on the steamer 49, which was bound for Fort Colville, Umatilla, The Dalles and Portland, Oregon, arriving at the last named place on the 28th of June, 1866. He worked that year for T. M. Richardson on a building for Chas. M. Carter at Front and Washington streets, and in the spring of 1867 he went to San Francisco, where he followed his trade. The climate there, however, did not agree with him, and on the 22d of June, 1868, he returned to Portland on the steamship Pacific. This was a notable trip, coasting close to the Oregon shore, a party of United States engineers being aboard. He has continued to make Portland his home from that date - 1868.

Mr. Mann, on arriving on this coast, was so much impressed with its possibilities that he immediately took steps to bring all his brothers and sisters with their families, and also his mother, to the northwest. There were twenty-eight persons in all, young and old, whom he induced and aided to come to this promising northwest coast.

In 1863 Mr. Mann went to Paris; Canada, where he married Barbara Brown on the 13th of March, 1864. He returned to Victoria by the Aspinwall route, reaching San Francisco in due time on the Constitution, then proceeding as a passenger on the Sierra Nevada to Portland and V^ictoria. This was his first visit to Portland. The First Presbyterian church was being built at the corner of Third and Washington streets, where the Spaulding building now stands. On returning to Victoria he was weather-bound in the North channel near Ilwaco for two days. He aided greatly in building up Portland and other Oregon cities, having the contracts for brickwork on the state capital and insane asylum, also three of the additions thereto and the contract for the brickwork on the Lincoln high school of Portland in 1883, the Oregon City courthouse in 1884 and the Benton county courthouse in 1886. At length he met with an accident which incapacitated him for further work in that line. Li 1874 he entered the medical department of Willamette University and was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1876. The same year he pursued a post-graduate course in the University of California.

Mr. Mann was married in Canada, March 13, 1864, to Barbara Brown, who died in 1866, leaving one son, Thomas Stephensen Mann, manager of the Pacific Stoneware Company of Portland. In 1873 Mr. Mann wedded Elizabeth Driver, who died in February, 1884. In 1900 he married Mary Hawthorne, who died in October, igo6, and in 1909 Bessie F. Hill became his wife. By this marriage there is one daughter. Mr. Mann is a member of Willamette Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of Portland Chapter No. 3, R. A. M. He has always endeavored to do his duty as he saw it toward all men. He helped to organize the first St. Andrew's Society in Victoria in i860 and also the First Presbyterian church of that place in the same year.

Benton Killin

The laudable ambition and firm purpose which enabled Benton Killin to provide for his own education in the face of difficulties, which would have deterred many a youth of less resolute spirit, foreshadowed the success which he would achieve in later life and which made him one of the successful business men and prominent lawyers of Oregon. Portland has ever been proud of his record, inas much as he was ever a high type of American manhood and chivalry, who stanchly defended the interests of the city and sought her progress along all legitimate lines.

A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Benton Killin, was born August 5, 1842. When only three years of age his parents, John and Frances (Ulam) Killin, crossed the plains and after spending some time in Linn county, Oregon, in the spring of 1847 took up their abode on what became known as the old homestead on Butte creek in Clackamas county. It was a difficult task that confronted the pioneer who must reclaim his farm from the wilderness, cutting away the timber, plowing the fields hitherto undeveloped and meeting with difficulties and hardships that he knew naught of until they confronted him in his efforts to establish a homestead upon the western frontier.

Benton Killin devoted twelve years of his youth to hard work upon the farm, assisting his father in the development of the place. While his time was occupied with the work of plowing, planting and harvesting, his ambition reached out to other lines. He was desirous of securing a better education than had been afforded him in the district schools of the neighborhood and when sixteen years of age he started from home, imbued with the purpose of providing the means that would enable him to continue his studies. The summer months were devoted to unremitting toil upon a farm and with the wages thus earned he met his tuition and the other expenses of a course in the Willamette University, where he remained as a student until the spring of 1861. All through the periods of vacation his time was occupied with farm labor, and on Saturdays he sought such employment as he could secure in order to supplement his very limited financial resources. In the spring of 1861 his health failed. There was every symptom of incipient tuberculosis and he knew that outdoor life must be had if he regain his health. Accordingly he went to the mines in the mountain regions of Idaho, where he remained until January, 1862. He was benefited and, in fact, entirely restored by the life which he there led.

His patriotism being aroused by the continued attempt of the south to overthrow the Union, Mr. Killin joined the army, enlisting January 20, 1862, as a member of Company B, First Oregon Cavalry. He was stationed that winter at Fort Vancouver, Washington, and in the following spring was sent with his company to guard the Oregon trail against the Snake Indians. He served continuously for the three years of his enlistment, enduring many hardships, and was made corporal October i, 1863. He was honorably discharged at Fort Vancouver on the 20th of January, 1865, at which time a lieutenant's commission in the regular army was offered him, but he chose to enter the legal profession.

Mr. Killin then bent his energies toward the acquirement of such an education as he regarded a sufficient equipment for life's practical and responsible duties. In the fall of 1865 he became a pupil in the Pacific University at Forest Grove, and with untiring diligence prosecuted his studies for a year, completing the work of a two years' course in that time. He then took up the study of law and, in order to provide for his support while preparing for the bar, devoted the winter months to teaching school. He proved his capability in that connection and in 1866 was elected superintendent of the schools of Clackamas county. In the fall of 1867 he was admitted to the bar and at once opened an ofBce in Oregon City. No dreary novitiate awaited him. Almost from the first he won recognition as one of the strong and able lawyers practicing tliere, and in the opening year of his connection with the legal fraternity he tried and won what was regarded as one of the most stubbornly contested damage cases ever fought in the courts of Oregon, whereby his clients recovered four thousand dollars. In 1870 offers of a partnership were made him by Hon. E. D. Shattuck, of the firm of Logan & Shattuck, and on the ist of January of that year he joined the firm under the style of Logan, Shattuck & Killin and did much to maintain the high reputation which the firm always enjoyed. The partnership was continued for about four years, the firm becoming recognized as one of the most prominent in the state, so that v\^hen it was dissolved in 1874, by the retirement of Hon. David Logan and the return of the Hon. E. D. Shattuck to the bench, Mr. Killin's position in the front rank of the Portland bar was fully established. He never for an instant receded from the eminence to which he attained during that period and, in fact, made further progress in a profession which is a sure indication of individual merit and ability, as success must always depend upon those qualities.

In July, 1873, Mr. Killin was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Burnett Hoover, who was born in Washington county, Oregon, June 6, 1848, a daughter of Jacob and Malinda (Case) Hoover. Her father, who is now deceased, came to Oregon during the early period of the state's development and for many years was one of the most honored pioneers of Washington county. Her brother, Hon. Jacob Hoover, was at one time mayor of Spokane Falls, and was the organizer and president of the Exchange National Bank of that city. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Killin are: Thomas Benton, now living in Portland; and Letitia Estelle, the wife of Dr. Frank B. Kistner.

In the practice of his profession, Mr. Killin devoted his attention largely to that branch of the law bearing upon land titles and real estate, and his opinions, always honestly given, carried with them a weight second only to the decisions of the highest courts. His understanding of the principles of the law bearing upon his specialty was most comprehensive and accurate. He never allowed personal bias or prejudice to interfere in the faithful performance of his professional duties, but sought to advise his clients according to the best interpre- \ation of the law, while in the courts he protected their interests with unfalter-

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In his political views Mr. Killin was an earnest democrat but not aggressively partisan. He believed that the welfare of the country should transcend all partisanship and that the interests of the community should ever be considered before personal aggrandizement. He was appointed a member of the board of regents of the Oregon Agricultural College by Governor Lord December 15, 1894, serving nine years. In later years he was much interested in agriculture and was largely instrumental in building up that institution. At the time of his death, May 26, 1905, he was a trustee of Pacific University, the same institution in which he received a part of his early education. A keen intellect, a habit of analytical reasoning and of close deduction enabled him to view any question from almost every standpoint and to arrive at a just and unbiased opinion. He always fearlessly expressed his views, yet never intrenched on the rights of others in this connection. He was a man of spotless integrity and honor, who enjoyed in the fullest measure the confidence and good-will of all who knew him. He stood for all that was best in manhood and in citizenship and no one has ever more fully merited the regard of his fellow citizens than did Benton Killin.

William Alfred Spanton

William Alfred Spanton, president and manager of The Spanton Company, realty operators, was born at Pruett, Kentucky, February 17, 1883, a son of T. W. and Lucy Ellen (Frazier) Spanton, the former a farmer by occupation. The Fraziers have a family tree which gives the ancestral record for several generations. The Spanton family is of English lineage.

William Alfred Spanton supplemented his early educational privileges by study in the Kentucky State College at Lexington. He pursued a classical course, but left college in 1903, a year prior to the date which would have been that of his graduation. His first business undertaking was in the line of horse trading. He was reared upon a farm and had the Kentuckian's love of horses, so that when he was but eleven years of age he was well known in the home locality as a horse trader. He was sixteen years of age when he matriculated in the Kentucky State College, and while there pursuing his studies he played right tackle on the varsity football team. He still retains fond memories of Lexington, of her beautiful and true women, of the fine blue grass fields, and of the indolent colored population - all characteristic features of that region.

After leaving college, Mr. Spanton entered the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Cincinnati. Ohio, in a clerical capacity, filling the position from the 15th of June, 1903, until he resigned on the 15th of July, 1904, in order to come to the northwest. He M'as keenly interested in this section of the country and its possibilities and as the months passed by he resolved that he would seek 'his fortune on the Pacific coast. He arrived at Bellingham, Washington, on the 31st of August, 1904, and there remained until July 9, 1905, when he went to Seattle. He returned to Bellingham on the ist of October, and on the loth of March, 1906, again became a resident of Seattle. On the last day of May of the same year he arrived in Portland, and in December, 1906, organized the Spanton Company of which he has always been the president. He has since been identified with real-estate interests in this city, and in the intervening period of four years has secured a large clientage that makes his business one of considerable importance. During this time he has put on the market fifteen subdivisions, including the Spanton addition, Terrace Park, Villa Hill, Evanston. Alder Springs, Council Crest and Healy Heights, for which they paid an excess of three hundred thousand dollars.

On the 9th of November, 1910, Mr. Spanton was united in marriage to I\Iiss Elizabeth Searles of Lexington, Kentucky, who belongs to a family that was founded in that state eighty years ago. On her father's side she is connected with the Lee family, of which Robert E. Lee was a prominent member, and she is also a cousin of General Hood of the Confederate army.

Mr. Spanton is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church. Although a young man, he has made for himself a creditable position in business circles, and the qualities which he has displayed augur well for further success in the future.

Marshall J. Kinney

Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position in commercial circles of Portland and the northwest than Marshall J. Kinney, one of the foremost representatives of the salmon canning industry and of the lumber interests of the Pacific coast. His prominent position is due not alone to the success he has attained but also to the straightforward business principles which he has ever followed - principles which have never sought nor required disguise, and which are based upon a recognition of the rights of others. In the course of his advancement he has followed only constructive measures, never sacrificing the interests of others to his own progress but rather securing his success along lines which have proved of benefit to his fellowmen as well as to himself. For more than six decades the name of Kinney has been an honored one in commercial circles in this part of the country.

Marshall J. Kinney was brought to Oregon in his infancy by his parents, Robert C. and Eliza (Bigelow) Kinney. The former was a son of Samuel Kinney and a nephew of Governor William Kinney, of Illinois. His birth occurred at Belleville, St. Clair county, that state, in 1813, while his parents were natives of Kentucky. In his early manhood he preempted a tract of land on the western bank of the Mississippi river, laid out a town, built a hotel and wharf and thus became the founder of Muscatine, Iowa, between which point and St. Louis he ran a boat. He was also identified with the milling interests of that place, operating both a flour and saw mill. He also read law for a time under Judge Hastings, and though he never engaged in practice his knowledge of the law proved a valuable element in his commercial career. A study of the country and its natural resources led him to the opinion that splendid opportunities were offered in the northwest and in 1847 ^^ started with his family by way of the Platte road and over the Oregon trail to the Pacific coast. After weary months of travel he took up a donation claim near La Fayette, Oregon, but later joined in the rush to the gold fields of California, where he spent portions of the years 1848 and 1849. H!e did not realize the fortune which report had said could be secured there in an almost increditably short space of time, and, returning to Ore gon, he again took up his abode upon his farm, devoting a number of years to its development and improvement. He again became identified with milling interests in 1859, when he purchased the McMinnville mills, which he conducted with profit, and further extended his efforts in that direction by the purchase, in 1875, of the flour mills in Salem, to which place he removed his family. The substantial growth of the business and the expansion of his trade connections led to the establishment of branch offices in Portland. San Francisco and in Liverpool, England. The Salem Milling Company chartered the first vessel for the shipment of flour from Portland to Liverpool, China, Hindoostan and other points in the Orient, and to Montevideo, South America. With the development of the business Mr. Kinney took his sons into partnership and the operations of the firm became among the most extensive in their line in the northwest. At the same]

Robert Kinney

On the 9th of November, 1910, Mr. Spanton was united in marriage to ]\Iiss Elizabeth Searles of Lexington, Kentucky, who belongs to a family that was founded in that state eighty years ago. On her father's side she is connected with the Lee family, of which Robert E. Lee was a prominent member, and she is also a cousin of General Hood of the Confederate army.

Mr. Spanton is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church. Although a young man, he has made for himself a creditable position in business circles, and the qualities which he has displayed augur well for further success in the future.

Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position in commercial circles of Portland and the northwest than Marshall J. Kinney, one of the foremost representatives of the salmon canning industry and of the lumber interests of the Pacific coast. His prominent position is due not alone to the success he has attained but also to the straightforward business principles which he has ever followed - principles which have never sought nor required disguise, and which are based upon a recognition of the rights of others. In the course of his advancement he has followed only constructive measures, never sacrificing the interests of others to his own progress but rather securing his success along lines which have proved of benefit to his fellowmen as well as to himself. For more than six decades the name of Kinney has been an honored one in commercial circles in this part of the country.

Marshall J. Kinney was brought to Oregon in his infancy by his parents, Robert C. and Eliza (Bigelow) Kinney. The former was a son of Samuel Kinney and a nephew of Governor William Kinney, of Illinois. His birth occurred at Belleville, St. Clair county, that state, in 1813, while his parents were natives of Kentucky. In his early manhood he preempted a tract of land on the western bank of the Mississippi river, laid out a town, built a hotel and wharf and thus became the founder of Muscatine. Iowa, between which point and St. Louis he ran a boat. He was also identified with the milling interests of that place, operating both a flour and saw mill. He also read law for a time under Judge Hastings, and though he never engaged in practice his knowledge of the law proved a valuable element in his commercial career. A study of the country and its natural resources led him to the opinion that splendid opportunities were offered in the northwest and in 1847 he started with his family by way of the Platte road and over the Oregon trail to the Pacific coast. After weary months of travel he took up a donation claim near La Fayette, Oregon, but later joined in the rush to the gold fields of California, where he spent portions of the years 1848 and 1849. Tie did not realize the fortune which report had said could be secured there in an almost increditably short space of time, and, returning to Oregon, he again took up his abode upon his farm, devoting a number of years to its development and improvement. He again became identified with milling interests in 1859, when he purchased the McMinnville mills, which he conducted v/ith profit, and further extended his efiforts in that direction by the purchase, in 1875, of the flour mills in Salem, to which place he removed his family. The substantial growth of the business and the expansion of his trade connections led to the establishment of branch offices in Portland, San Francisco and in Liverpool, England. The Salem Milling Company chartered the first vessel for the shipment of flour from Portland to Liverpool, China, Hindoostan and other points in the Orient, and to Montevideo, South America. With the development of the business Mr. Kinney took his sons into partnership and the operations of the firm became among the most extensive in their line in the northwest. At the same temperance movement. She was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania, in 1854, and was the sixth daughter of George W. and Susanna Kerr (Wallace) White. She was descended in both the paternal and maternal lines from Scotch ancestry, although the families were residents of northern Ireland for several generations. Her mother was a direct descendant of Adam Wallace, who was burned to the stake in Scotland because of his religious belief, the record thereof being found in Fox's Book of Martyrs. His sons, David and Moses Wallace, then fled to the north of Ireland, whence Hugh Wallace came to America in 1796, settling in western Pennsylvania. He was the father of Susanna K. Wallace. Walter White, an ancestor of Mrs. Kinney in the paternal line, was one of the Christian martyrs of the reign of Queen Mary and four of the different ancestors of Mrs. Kinney were soldiers at the battle of the Boyne. Her father, George W. White, was a man of broad scholarship, well versed in history, literature and in biblical knowledge. He was killed in a railroad accident near his home in 1883 when eighty years of age. He married Susanna K. Wallace, who when a young lady of eighteen years came from her native country of Ireland to America. Like her husband, her life was permeated by her Christian faith and their children, a son and seven daughters, were reared in a religious atmosphere and were liberally educated, the parents recognizing the fact that they could give to them no better legacy than a liberal education. The youngest daughter, Maria, from her early childhood longed to become a missionary in foreign fields and at length, gaining her parents' consent, began preparation for the work of a medical missionary. After graduating from a medical school in New York city she spent a year in work in the slums of the metropolis and in 1886 sailed for India, beginning work in Sialkote under the board of the United Presbyterian church. In a few years she had raised funds sufficient to found a medical hospital there, the work of which in its physical and moral phase, being of incalculable benefit to the people of that district. After several years Dr. White returned to America with health greatly impaired but in 1902 again sailed for India.

Narcissa White was educated in the public schools of Grove City, Pennsylvania, and in the State Normal School, from which she was graduated with high honors. She was then elected principal of the training school in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, and later was sent out through the state to organize county institutes, in which she gave instruction in chart work and in elocution. Her close application and zeal undermined her health and she entered upon an enforced rest of two years. During that time her deep mterest became aroused in the temperance crusade which resulted in the organization of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She studied the movement, its aims and its methods, and at length entered heart and soul into the work, at first concentrating her energies upon the Grove City Union, of which she was an active president. Later she became county president, then state superintendent of scientific temperance instruction and in that connection visited county institutes, where she gave instruction in scientific teaching of the effects of alcoholics and narcotics upon the human system in such a logical way as to elicit warm commendation from educators generally. In 1880 she was chosen national lecturer and organizer and in that capacity visited every state and territory in the Union, also in Canada and British Columbia. Gifted by nature with a keen mind and ready sympathy, she made wonderful progress and development in the years of her public work. One of her biographers has said : "She possessed a keen, logical mind, a most persuasive manner, a quick, sparkling wit and a charming personality. Her face was handsome and expressive, one that would attract attention among the crowds. She had a lofty, graceful bearing and a fine physique. Her address was dignified, without a suggestion of haughtiness. She was gracious to everyone, yet without a trace of superiority. Her success as a platform orator was remarkable. She had developed into one of the most brilliant speakers in the entire coterie engaged in reform and educational work and was sought far and near and everywhere hailed with delight. Her presence was magnetic; her voice, which she had carefully culti- vated, was clear and penetrating, so flexible and sympathetic that she swayed her audience at her will. She brought to the platform such intense enthusiasm that it was contagious and impelled her hearers to give assent to her earnest pleadings. As a champion of truth and righteousness and in shaping and carrying forward the great reforms of her day, she had no mean part. Her great heart was stirred to its very depths by the wrongs inflicted upon defenseless women and children by the liquor traffic, and her deep sense of right and justice was outraged by the protection the traffic received from our national and civic government, so she threw her whole soul into the battle for prohibition and her strong personality and burning eloquence left their impress upon every community she visited in our great commonwealth."

While visiting the Pacific coast in connection with her temperance work she formed the acquaintance of Marshall J. Kinney, who sought her hand in marriage, and in 1888 they established their home at Astoria. Leaving the lecture field, Mrs. Kinney took up various lines of philanthropic, charitable and educational work, including the task of elevating and Christianizing the hundreds of fishermen in the employ of her husband, who was in full sympathy with her in this movement. Her work there was of incalculable benefit. Formerly a member of the United Presbyterian church, she became a member of the Presbyterian church in Oregon but her Christianity was above all creeds or sectarian bias. Her great, warm heart reached out in an effort to uplift all humanity, using the agencies of education, of temperance reform and of biblical instruction as well as of ready sympathy and material assistance to benefit mankind. In 1894 she was elected president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Oregon, only resigning the work when compelled to do so by ill health. In the autumn of 1899 Mr. and Mrs. Kinney removed to Portland, where she was again making her talents felt in a field of great usefulness when she was called from this life. Her teachings and her influence remain as a beautiful benediction in the life of all with whom she came in contact and her memory is enshrined in the hearts of all who knew her. Who can tell where the seeds that she sowed fell in good ground and are bringing forth fruit an hundredfold?

While Mr. Kinney has never entered actively into philanthropic and charitable work to which his wife devoted so much of her life, he was in hearty sympathy therewith and has been a generous contributor to various benevolences and philanthropic movements. His talents, however, fitted him for activity in other directions. He has been deeply interested in historic research and is a member of the Oregon Pioneer Association and of the Oregon Historical Society. He is likewise a life member of the Occidental Lodge of Masons in San Francisco. His strength and talents, however, have been chiefly directed into channels of business wherein he has become one of the prominent upbuilders of the northwest, promoting, encouraging and managing productive and manufacturing industries which have been most important factors in the upbuilding and growth of this section of the country.

Jasper J. Johnson

Jasper J. Johnson, for twenty years a member of the Portland bar, a large and distinctively representative clientele being accorded him, was born on a farm in Multnomah county, July 6, 1862. His father, Jacob Johnson, was one of the first settlers of the state. His birth occurred December 20, 1828, in Highland county, Ohio. He was a relative of Albert Sidney Johnson, one of the distinguished generals of the Confederate army in the Civil war, and a son of William Johnson, who in pioneer times took up his abode in Oregon, establishing his home in Multnomah county in that section where his descendants have since resided. Jacob Johnson was a young man of eighteen years at the time of the emigration of the family to tlie northwest, and in his later years related many interesting incidents concerning the trip across the country, several months having passed ere it was completed. He secured a land claim some distance further up, the creek than his father's home. This creek was named in honor of Jacob Johnson by the United States surveyors when they were dividing into sections that district. He had erected a mill there, which was known as Johnson's Mill. Afterward he removed to Portland, where he resided until i860, when, having purchased the old home place upon which his father had settled, he removed there and resided thereon until his demise, in January, 1901. There he reared his family, of whom four sons and four daughters survive the father.

Jacob Johnson was one of the best known and most useful citizens of his part of the county. He possessed a generous spirit and kindly disposition and was widely known for his distinct individuality, quaint speech and perfect integrity. In the community in which he lived he was recognized as a man of force and influence. For many years he served as a director of the schools in his district and was a stanch champion of the cause of education. He was also somewhat of a leader in political circles and was once chosen to represent Multnomah county in the state legislature. In his early manhood he attended the old Portland Academy and was married in Kernsville, Clackamas county, the lady of his choice being Miss Martha J. Lee, who still survives him. She was the second cousin of General Robert E. Lee of Virginia, and came to Oregon in 1853. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Johnson were born the following named : W. W. ; J. J.; H. L. ; Charles; Mrs. James Clark; Mrs. George P. Lent; Araminta, now the wife of William G. Zinser of Portland ; and Jennie Johnson. The father was for a long period one of the prominent members of the Patrons of Husbandry, which organization took charge of his funeral services. He passed away on the 25th of January, 1901, and his remains were interred in Multnomah cemetery.

Jasper J. Johnson acquired his early education in the schools of Portland and afterward attended the Oregon Agricultural College. Determining upon the practice of law as a life work, he began studying with the firm of Johnson & Idleman, and after a thorough course of preparatory reading was admitted to the bar on the lOth of June, 1890. He has since engaged in practice in Portland and has made steady progress in a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit. He is regarded as a wise and safe counselor as well as an able advocate, and is thoroughly versed in the various departments of jurisprudence, making a specialty of probate and real-estate law, and has an extensive equity practice. Pie stands as an able representative of the calling to which life, property, right and liberty must look for protection, and while his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law.

Mr. Johnson's military record covers service as a member of Company K of the Oregon National Guard. In his political views he is an earnest republican, giving allegiance to the party and its principles. He has never been in sympathy with the idea that party should serve the interests of the few but has always believed that it should promote the greatest good for the greatest number. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and with the Odd Fellows, and in the latter organization has filled all of the chairs. He is also a prominent member of the Foresters and was formerly state lecturer of the Grange. His connection with the Grange has undoubtedly been of a more irvportant character than that of any other man connected with the organization, his labors in its behalf being at all times practical, far-reaching and beneficial. He systematized and directed the educational features of the organization to such a degree that they received the highest commendation from the National Grange. He declined to fill the office for a second .term and on his retirement from the position was presented Vv^ith a fine watch and charm as the token of high esteem in which he was held. He was the president and organizer of the first county fair held in Multnomah county in 1907. This was a pronounced success, both in attendance and exhibits, and the fairs have since been conducted with great success each year. While not a member of any rehgious organization, he is a trustee of the Methodist church.

Mr. Johnson was married in October, 1886, to Miss Minnie E. Tyler, a daughter of Captain Tyler. She died on the 8th of February, 1901, leaving three children, namely: Harriet M., a musician of superior ability, now acting as soloist in the Trinity Episcopal church ; Alice M. and Clifton W. On the 31st of December, 1903, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Ella Crawford, a daughter of Judge W. M. Crawford, of Clay county, Nebraska, and to them has been born a daughter, Gladys L. Mrs. Johnson is an active member of the Eastern Star, the Rebekahs and the Methodist church.

It is probable that no other man in Oregon has a more extensive acquaintance over this state than Jasper J. Johnson - certainly none are held in higher esteem. This is not due to any political prominence, but because of his admirable personal characteristics and engaging social qualities, together with the important work which he has done for the public service in connection with the Grange and other associations.

John Henry Nolta

Among the respected citizens and property owners of Portland is John Henry Nolta, a native of Jennings county, Indiana, who was born August 6, 1861. He is a son of Henry and Maria (Shermier) Nolta, both of German descent. The father engaged in farming for many years and attained the success that is usually the result of industry, economy and perseverance, traits which are so prominent in the German character. He died in 1894, and the mother passed away in

John Henry Nolta lived upon the farm until he was seventeen years of age, attending school in the winter and assisting his father during the other seasons of the year. In 1878 he removed to Wilton Junction, Iowa, where he took up his residence with an uncle, continuing there for one year. At the end of that time, feeling the impulse for independence which is the starting point in the career of so many young men, he went to Moline, Illinois, rented a farm and began for himself. After farming independently for a year he returned to Moline, where he engaged as a coachman. After a few years he went east and spent one year traveling and observing the people and the country.

About 1887 Mr. Nolta returned west as far as Omaha, where he was married, and eight months later, having heard glowing reports of the Pacific coast region, his eyes first alighted upon Portland. At this time his finances were low, as is shown by the fact that his total cash amounted when he entered Portland to the sum of fifteen cents. Plowever, he was not discouraged and, taking advantage of the first opportunity that presented, began working upon a farm and later in blowing stumps out of the right of way for the St. Johns Electric Railroad. After this undertaking was completed he came to Portland and entered the employ of the Portland Flouring Mills, making his home with Mathew Patton, one of the pioneers of Oregon. By diligence and economy he gradually became independent financially and purchased the property where he now resides in 1890. In 1904 he bought one hundred acres of farm land near Orchards, Washington, and resided there for nineteen months, but returned to Portland the following year and resumed his residence at his old home in North Albina. For a number of years he has been acquiring real estate and is the owner of much valuable property in that immediate locality.

On the nth of April, 1888, Mr. Nolta was married to Miss Sarah A. Edwards, of Omaha, a daughter of Richard and Anna Edwards, whose ancestors came from England. The family residence is at No. 1165 Haight street and is one of the handsomest of the many fine modern homes of Piedmont. Mrs. Nolta is an active member of the Patton Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Nolta is identified with a number of fraternal organizations, among which are the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, the Women of Woodcraft and also of the Degree camp of the Woodmen of the World. Motoring and travel are his chief source of recreation. In his political views he is a republican but at local elections votes for the man whom he believes best qualified for office regardless of party ties. He is a self-made man in the full sense of the word and is proud of it. He has a deep attachment for his chosen home and by precept and example is a daily inculcation of public spirit and true local patriotism.

Mr. Nolta is a believer in the future of North Albina and is identified with all enterprises calculated to advance the interests of that part of the state. He has been an earnest supporter of the Broadway bridge project and has probably done more than any one man to secure this accommodation for east side residents. He was especially active in securing paving for Killingsworth avenue, which was on completion the longest paved street in Portland. He was also largely instrumental in promoting the Jefferson high school, which is the finest building of its kind on the Pacific coast and one of the finest in the United States. To him is due much credit for the extension of the street car lines to the Union Stock Yards and he secured the land and money for the development of Peninsular park. Mr. Nolta was also one of the active promoters of the Peninsular rose carnival and served as its manager for two years and also organized and served as manager of the Peninsular band for two and a half years. Active in charities, he has been especially interested in supplying flowers for the patients of the various hospitals on the east side.

The fourth decade of the nineteenth century witnessed the founding of Portland and since that decade representatives of the McNary family have here resided, bearing active and helpful part in the work of general improvement and progress in this section of the state. While conditions are radically different from that which met the earlier members of the family, Lawrence A. McNary manifests an equally helpful interest in the projects which are established and promoted that Portland's growth and improvement may be further augmented. He has won recogniton as an able lawyer and in the twenty years of his connection with the bar, has been accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage.

He was born in Wasco county, Oregon, in 1866, a son of Hugh and Catherine (Frizzell) McNary. The ancestry is traced back to Hugh McNary who was a native of Virginia and a representative of an old colonial family. During the period of the Revolution he and a brother joined the American army and fought for the independence of the colonists. The musket which he carried was preserved by the family and afterward brought to Oregon. After the close of the war he removed to Kentucky, settling there ere that district had ceased to deserve its application of the "dark and bloody ground." In the midst of the wilderness he began the development of a farm.

His son, Alexander McNary, was born in Kentucky and afterward lived for a number of years in Morgan county, Illinois. In 1845, accompanied by his wife, two daughters and three sons, he journeyed across the plains with an ox team, after having spent the winter of 1844-5 i" Missouri. The journey was one never to be forgotten. They traveled with a wagon train and experienced much suffering because of a lack of water and were constantly in danger from the proximity of hostile Indian bands. Moreover, a man named Stephen Meek, attempting to find a shorter road to Oregon, drew many of the emigrants from the main traveled trail and it was some time before they found their way back to the road usually used. However, at the end of six months they arrived at The Dalles and proceeded by raft to Portland, where they encamped in December, 1845. The city, now beautifully located on its verdure covered hills and possessing all the modern equipments and advantages known to the older cities of the east, then contained only one store and about a dozen houses. Alexander McNary was among those who secured donation claims and his energy and diligence enabled him at length to clear and improve six hundred and forty acres of land, on which he made his home until called to his final rest in i860 when sixty-two years of age. His children were: Sarah E., who became the wife of A. C. R. Shaw and died in Fresno county, California, in 1901 at the age of seventy-four years ; Hugh M., who was born in Morgan county, Illinois, and died at Salem, Oregon, in 1891 ; Alexander W., a farmer, who died in Polk county, this state, in 1898; Catherine, who became the wife of John C. Allen and passed away about i860 in Polk county; and Davis, who died in the same county about 1862.

Hugh McNary, the father of Lawrence A. McNary, secured a claim in Polk county when about twenty-one years of age and there engaged in farming until 1859, when he established his home on Eight Mile creek, eight miles from The Dalles, in Wasco county. He largely devoted his attention to freighting between The Dalles and the mines of eastern Oregon and Idaho for a number of years, while subsequently he became engaged in the cattle business. He continued in the same business after his removal to Klickitat county, Washington, until 1876, when he became a resident of Salem, Oregon. In the meantime he had made extensive investments in land until his holdings embraced about one thousand acres in Linn and Polk counties. He married Catherine Frizzell, who was born in Greene county, Missouri, and was one of the six children of Rees and Lilly Frizzell, who came to Oregon with their family in 1852. Her father died in the eastern part of the state before the completion of the journey, and the mother passed away on the old homestead in Polk county in 1887. The death of Hugh McNary occurred in Salem in 1891 when he was sixty-four years of age, and his widow now resides in Portland. Their family numbered seven children : Mrs. Sarah A. Smith, of Marshfield, Oregon ; Anna L., of Portland; Lillian M., a resident of Salem; Angelo P., a stock-raiser of Wheeler county, Oregon ; Lawrence A. ; Hugh P., now a resident of Portland ; and Wilson D., a physician of Portland.

After mastering the elementary branches of English learning in the public schools of Salem, Lawrence A. McNary had the benefit of a three years' course in Willamette University and later took up the study of law under the direction of Richard and E. B. Williams, of Portland, in 1888. His reading was thorough and comprehensive and enabled him to successfully pass the required examination for admission to the bar in June, 1890. He at once entered upon active practice in connection with ex-Governor W. W. Thayer, who had just retired from the bench of the supreme court of the state, and the business association between them was continued until a short time prior to Judge Thayer's demise. Mr. McNary has remained an active practitioner of the Portland bar and has been connected with much important litigation tried in the courts. His devotion to his client's interests is proverbial, yet he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law and has ever been found an able minister in the temple of justice. The only office he has held has been in line with his profession, for in 1902 he was elected on the republican ticket as city attorney of Portland, for a term of three years and was reelected for a term of two years. While in office, as in the private practice of law, he prepared his cases with great thoroughness and care and added to his already well es-

Appreciative of the social amenities of life Mr. McNary belongs to the Multnomah and Commercial Clubs. He also holds membership with the Knights of Pythias of Portland and in more strictly professional lines is connected with the Oregon State Bar Association. His entire life has been in harmony with that of an honored ancestry so that the name of McNary still stands as a synonym for valued citizenship in Portland and this part of Oregon.

George Bam Ford

George Bamford in early life learned the trade of a stone-mason and in 1876 came to Portland. As he was entirely unknown here he felt that it would be wiser for him to seek employment with others than to attempt contracting on his own account for a time, but after two years, when he had become somewhat acquainted, he engaged in contracting and continued actively in business until 1895, when he retired. During that period he was engaged on the construction of many of the important buildings of Portland of both a public and private nature. He was identified in a business way with such well known men as H. W. Corbett, W. S. Ladd, Harvey Scott and others, having done work for all of them and enjoying their confidence in a marked degree.

Mr. Bamford is a member of the Episcopal church and he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The family residence is at 13 15 East Stark street.

Samuel N. Steele

The story of a successful life is always inspiring and the most interesting books in the world are those which tell of men or women who have attained positions of honor and usefulness. The successful career involves the conquest of difficulties and it is this conquest which strengthens the judgment, develops the character and prepares the way as the years pass for larger responsibilities. It was through years of application and earnest endeavor that Samuel N. Steele attained the position he occupies as a citizen whose work and influence contribute in no small degree in promoting the best interests of Portland. In business and religious circles he has worked for the advancement of harmony and peace in all relations of life. One of the pressing needs of all communities is an increase in the number of such workers.

Samuel N. Steele was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, July 12, 1861. His father, Samuel Steele, was a native of Indiana and was a merchant and livestock dealer. He died in 1861, seven weeks after the subject of this sketch was born, and his widow, whose maiden name was Harriet N. Evans, survived him forty-nine years. She was also a native of Indiana and was in many respects a remarkable woman. She proved a true mother and never considered any sacrifice too great if it contributed to the happiness or benefit of her family. In 1868 she removed to Geneva, Kansas, and there the subject of this sketch was reared and educated in the public schools, later engaging in business until 1889, when he removed to Portland as an employe of the Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage & Trust Company, of Kansas City. Mrs. Steele came to Oregon after her son was fairly established and made her home in this state until 1908, when she was called to rest after a long life of helpfulness not only to her own family but to others who were less fortunate.

For a few months after arriving in Portland Mr. Steele continued with the Mortgage & Trust Company, but he soon came to the conclusion that there were large possibilities in real estate in the northwest. Resigning his position, he went into the real-estate business in his own name at Albany, Oregon, where he built up a good trade and continued until 1907. He then settled in Portland, assisting in the organization of the Brong-Steele Company, which devotes its attention principally to suburban additions, among which are the El Tovar and the Loveleigh additions. The firm is also interested in farm and orchard lands of the Willamette valley and has a high reputation in one of the best lines of business in ,a growing and highly prosperous city.

Mr. Steele is the happy possessor of musical qualifications and earlier in life was a band leader. For several years he has furnished music for republican campaigns in the Willamette valley. He is a member of the Apollo Club, the leading musical organization of Portland, and is an active worker in musical circles. He is a member of the Third Presbyterian church and officiates as elder and also as superintendent of the Sunday school. He was formerly leader of the church choir and is now a member of that organization. In business, social and fraternity circles he is well known, being a member of the Portland Chamber of Co'mmerce, Commercial Club, Portland Heights Club, Woodmen of the World and Modern Woodmen of America.

Mr. Steele was united in marriage in eastern Kansas to Miss Abbie M. Southard, a daughter of Newell Southard, one of the pioneers and first sawmill owners of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Three children have been born to them : Horace N., engaged with his father in the real-estate business ; Medora, a student in the Portland high school ; and Leighton Howe, a pupil in the public school. The family residence occupies a beautiful location at 571 Jackson street, Portland Heights.

Mr. Steele is an ardent advocate of education and for many years has been a trustee of Albany College. That the family is happily endowed is evident to any one who comes into contact with the subject of this sketch, and also by the reputation of his brother, a noted artist, Theodore C. Steele, of Indianapolis. Among Mr. Steele's well known works are portraits of President Harrison, Vice Presidents Hendricks and Fairbanks and James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet. The artist has spent several summers with his brother in Oregon, painting western scenery. It is a notable fact that he is one of the few Americans who ever took first prize at the great exhibitions at Munich.

John B. Yeon

The visitor to Portland is always impressed with the large number of fine structures in the down town district. Among those most recently erected none will be more noticeable, more modern in every particular, than the Yeon building, which is now in course of erection and will stand as a splendid monument to the enterprising spirit, development and business success of him whose name introduces this review.

Mr. Yeon was born April 24, 1865, at Plantagenet, Ontario, Canada. His parents were John B. and Delamose (Besonet) Yeon. He remained at home with his parents until seventeen years of age, continuing his education in the public schools until he became a high-school student in Plantagenet. When his school days were over he crossed the border into the United States to find here business opportunities which he believed would be superior to those he might secure in his native land. He made his way to Defiance, Ohio, in 1882, and there became connected with the logging business, working for a dollar per day. He was thus employed from four o'clock in the morning until late at night, driving a team. It was difficult, arduous labor, but he persisted and in his determination and energy laid the fovmdation of his success. At that time the

In 1885, however, Mr. Yeon sought the coast and has since made Oregon his home. His previous Ohio experiences determined the course of his life for a time. He reached Oregon with only fifty dollars but firmly resolved that he would make his way and he at once took up the logging business. His course has since been marked by continuous progress. He has made good use of time and opportunities and whatever he has undertaken he has carried forward to success. He continued in connection with the lumber industry for some time. His steady advance in the business world is indicated in the fact that he is now engaged on the construction of a fifteen story structure, to be known as the Yeon building, situated at the corner of Fifth and Alder streets. On the nth of August, 1910, the work of hauling the big beams and girders from the freight terminals to the site of the building was begun. On the 15th of August the actual work was undertaken and by the ist of October all of the steel frame work for this mammoth structure was in place. It is expected that the building will be ready for occupancy by the ist of February, 191 1, and almost all of the space has already been rented. Mr. Yeon is an enthusiast as to Portland's future and in erecting the Yeon building he has largely exceeded the necessary expense to make it not only superior as to utility but as to architectural beauty as well.

On the 17th of July, 1907, Mr. Yeon was united in marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Welsh, a daughter of John Mock, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. They now have an interesting little daughter, Pauline, two years of age, and a son, John B., Jr.

Mr. Yeon belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and both he and his wife are members of the Catholic church. He is also a member of the Arlington Club and the Commercial Club, and his political indorsement is given to the republican party. What he has accomplished represents the fit utilization of his innate powers and talents. He has never wavered in his determination to progress along business lines and where favoring opportunity has pointed the way he has quickly followed. His sound judgment has prevented him from making any false moves and each year has chronicled his progress, his position being now a conspicuous one among the successful men of Portland. His leisure time is mainly devoted to motor touring, fishing and out of door sports.

Benjamin Gardner Whitehouse

Few men in the northwest are more highly esteemed throughout the state of Oregon or occupy a more honorable place in the love and respect of their friends than the one whose name appears at the head of this sketch. For more than fifty years he has been a citizen of Portland, during all of which time he has been connected with the business interests. He is one of the most widely known members of the Masonic order in the state and many years ago was awarded a place of honor in the order as a member of the thirty-third degree, the highest degree that is recognized by Masonry and one which is granted only to men of the highest standing in character as well as in service to the order.

Benjamin G. Whitehouse was born in Boston. Massachusetts, December 5, 1834. At the age of four years he removed with his parents to Vassalboro, Maine, where six years later he lost his mother by death, and five years subsequently his father died. He then took up his home with an uncle. Captain Reuben Weeks, a kind-hearted farmer of New England, who treated the orphan boy as his own child and saw that he shared equally with other members of the family. There he resided until he reached the age of eighteen, assisting in the work of the farm and attending school to a limited extent in winter. In 1852 he yielded to the lure of the city and returned to Boston, where he found employment in a count- ing house during the day and in the evening attended a private commercial college. After a year he was promoted to the position of assistant bookkeeper with the firm of Door, Proctor & Company. In the fall of 1856 he was sent west by his employers to the lumbering district of Wisconsin, at Green Bay, to take charge of the interests of the firm in manufacturing and shipping lumber to Milwaukee and Chicago, cities then in their infancy. After two years' absence, becoming tired of frontier life, he returned once more to the city of his birth. About this time he caught the California fever through encouraging letters from friends on the coast, and in February, 1859, started for San Francisco, leaving at Boston his young wife, while he sought fortune in a land that promised immediate and large rewards. He journeyed by steamer to Panama, thence by land to the western coast and arrived in San Francisco March 22, 1859. Things were not so fair as his imagination had pictured, and after a few weeks in the city, then thronged with thousands of excited gold hunters, he traveled north, arriving at Portland, May 22, 1859. Here he secured employment as hotel clerk with S. N. Arrigoni and continued with him as long as he remained in the business. He made many friends in his new home and upon completion of the overland stage route between Portland and Sacramento was appointed agent for the company and cashier for Oregon. He held the position until the office was discontinued on account of the completion of the Oregon & California Railway, the first railway into Portland. In September, 1867, Mr. Whitehouse became connected with the Portland Gas Light Company and the Portland Water Company, continuing with both companies during their existence. He was one of the incorporators of the Portland Gas Light Company and continued as director and cashier of the company until it sold out. The Portland Water Company was purchased by the city in 1886. Mr. Whitehouse is: now: with the Portland Gas & Coke Company. , -:^:.i-:...----'-'-'^r.

The Masonic record of Mr. Whitehouse has probably not been duplicated anywhere in the country. He was the first secretary and first candidate entered, passed and raised in Portland Lodge, No. 55, A. F. & A. M., after its organization, which lodge is now the largest in the state. He served as secretary of the lodge twelve years, secretary of Portland Royal Arch Chapter for four years, secretary of Oregon Commandery, K. T. for eighteen years and of the Scottish Rite bodies for twelve years. He has been grand treasurer of the Grand Commandery of the Knights Templar for eighteen years, past almoner and treasurer of the Oregon Consistory for sixteen years and has served as first and only recorder of Al Kader Temple for twenty-two years. He was elected a life member of Oregon Commandery, K. T., in 1908, and for faithful services as grand treasurer of the Grand Commandery the honorary title of past commander was conferred upon him in 1908. He was coronated thirty-third degree Mason by the Supreme Council in Washington, D. C, January 18, 1893.

On December 15, 1858, Mr. Whitehouse was united in marriage to Miss Clara Bradley Homans, eldest daughter of Harrison Homans, of Vassalboro, Maine. He was absent from his wife three years in the early part of his married life, Mrs. Whitehouse joining him in the summer of 1862 at Portland, where they have since resided. Five children were born to them but the eldest son died in infancy. Two daughters, Gertrude and Qara, now Mrs. Edward Cookingham and Mrs. E. L. Brown respectively, are living in Portland. May married H. S. Hostetter, of Washington, D. C. Morris, whose sketch appears in this volume, completes the family.

It would be difficult in the space necessarily allotted in a publication of this character to do justice to a life such as is briefly outlined above. Mr. Whitehouse is a pioneer not of the ordinary type and yet possessing many of the characteristics that led to the settlement of the west and the erection of a civilization that is the wonder of the world. In him were born and bred the gentler virtues - the virtues that have softened the asperities of harsher natures, whose mission

Whitehouse has been to present living examples of the higher traits that embellish civilization and make home a synonym for tenderness and love. Both sorts o£ men are necessary and both have nobly performed their work. Their monument is written in enduring characters in the hearts of tens of thousands now living in happy homes and who recognize that to the pioneers they owe the blessings they enjoy today.

Joseph Buchtel

If the life history of Joseph Buchtel were written in detail the reader would be thrilled with exploits of athletic prowess, inspired by the tales of devoted and loyal public service and aroused to admiration by the stoKy of what he has accomplished in the field of art and mechanical invention. For fifty-eight years he has been a resident of Portland, the period bringing him from young manhood to old age but without the attendant weakness so often regarded as inseparable from advanced years. Keeping in touch with the times, his mind has remained alert and receptive, and he discusses the questions of the present with the same interest that he does the stories of the pioneer past.

A native of Ohio, Joseph Buchtel was born near the city of Canton in Stark county, on the 22d of November, 1830, and represented one of the old pioneer families of that state, where his grandfather, Martin Buchtel, was long and well known in agricultural circles. He passed away there at the advanced age of ninety years. As the name indicates, he was of German lineage and ere his removal to Ohio was a resident of Pennsylvania, where his son Michael Buchtel, the father of our subject, was born.

In his youth Michael Buchtel learned the trade of shingle making and continuously followed it as a life work. After living in Ohio for some years, during which time he was married, he removed with his family to Urbana, Champaign county, Illinois, where he operated the sav/ and shingle mill of Colonel Busey, continuing in that connection until his death in 1841. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Harvey and was of English descent. Her second husband was John Johnson, a tailor, by whom she had one daughter, Addie, who became the wife of Thomas Maxwell and came to Portland with her mother. Mrs. Johnson spent her remaining days in Oregon, passing away at the home of her son Joseph in Portland in 1895 when eighty-four years of age. Of the children of her first marriage three went to Illinois. Samuel Buchtel, a younger brother of Joseph Buchtel, served as a soldier in the Civil war and after the close of hostilities became a resident of Portland, while later he went to California, where his death occurred in 1901. A sister, EHza Buchtel, died in Urbana, Illinois, in

In the public schools of Ohio and IlHnois Joseph Buchtel pursued his education and following the death of his father, assisted in the support of the family until his mother married again. At the age of fifteen years he visited Chicago, which was then but a small town. He learned the tailor's trade under the direction of his stepfather, but did not find it congenial and never followed it. He early learned the art of making daguerreotypes and for a time conducted business along that line in Urbana, where he also engaged in clerking. He served as deputy sheriff of Champaign county, Illinois, when Abraham Lincoln was attorney in the court. He was among the first to introduce all kinds of pictures, including ambrotypes, tintypes, solar pictures, porcelain, watch dial pictures, enamel cameos and medalions. He made his first daguerreotype in 1853 and his first photograph about 1855.

In the meantime Mr. Buchtel had become a resident of the northwest. The year 1852 stands out most clearly in history as that which brought the greatest number of immigrants to Oregon before the building of the railroads. Mr.

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Buchtel was among the number who journeyed with ox teams across the plains and over the mountains, a train of sixty wagons leaving Illinois on the 23d of April and reaching Portland on the 27th of September. They had no trouble with the Indians and proceeded happily along their way until near the end of their journey, when the food supply became low and fourteen were sent ahead with barely enough to last until they reached their destination. By this plan more food could be given the remaining members of the train, the main body of which arrived about a month after the advance guard of fourteen, of which Mr. Buchtel was a member.

From The Dalles Mr. Buchtel proceeded by sailboat and canoe as far as the Cascades on the Columbia river and thence crossed the Cascade mountains to Portland. He was without capital and eagerly availed himself of any employment that would yield him an honest living. He worked upon the rivers until 1853, when he again turned his attention to daguerreotyping, opening galleries in Portland, Oregon City and Astoria. The summer months were devoted to the conduct of the business, while in the winter seasons he was again employed upon the river. He introduced the first photographs in Portland and was the second to make daguerreotypes in this city, his predecessor being L. H. Wakefield, whose business, however, he soon purchased. For over thirty-five years he was known as one of the most prominent photographers not only of Portland, but of this section of the country and throughout that period kept in close touch with the progress made in the art, utilizing all the modern methods which tended toward securing perfection in that field.

Mr. Buchtel has also been widely known in other connections and his public service has been of a most helpful character, embodying the elements of all that is practical and progressive. He was associated with Judge Beck in agitating the question of constructing a bridge across the Willamette river, and though it was delayed by a court injunction for seven years, at the end of that time the Morrison street bridge was erected by a corporation, and when the bridge was opened, Mr. Buchtel's efforts in bringing this about were recognized when he was chosen the first man to cross by authority, riding at the head of the procession. He organized the East Side Improvement Association, it being the first association of business men organized to advance the interests of the east side in particular and the whole city in general. Mr. Buchtel secured the first franchise and laid the rails for a street railway on Grand avenue ready for the rolling stock. The terminus was to be the City View Park, in which property he was deeply interested.

For two years Mr. Buchtel filled the office of county sherifif and was twice chief of the volunteer fire department, of which he was one of the organizers and in which he continued to hold office during the existence of the volunteer department. He became the fourth chief of the paid fire department and acted in that capacity for two years, during which time he brought the organization up to a high standard of excellence, equipped a fire boat to be used on the river and introduced other improvements which have been valuable elements in this system of the city service. He is still a member of No. 2, known as the Multnomah Fire Engine Company. At present he and A. B. Stewart are the only survivors of original Multnomah Benevolent Association. His efforts were largely instrumental in securing a broad campus for the Central school in East Portland, which is located on two blocks, including the streets. He recognized what such a campus would mean to the youths attending the school at an age when healthful outdoor sport is one of the essentials in the education of boys.

Ever deeply interested in all manly outdoor sports and especially a devotee of our national game, he became one of the organizers of the Pioneer Baseball Club, the first of the kind in the city, in 1866. Six months later he was chosen captain, manager and pitcher and so continued for fifteen years. In addition to winning the state championship the club also carried off the centennial gold medals offered as a prize by the city. A number of the original club are still living and several of them are prominent business men of Portland and this section of the state. Of the first nine all are still living, eight in Portland and one in the east. Mr. Buchtel's ability to throw a ball backward to a given point underhand without looking, especially to second base, making it almost impossible for a runner to steal base, won him wide distinction. He is one of three men who have covered one hundred and fifty yards in fifteen seconds, standing start, and the other two men were professionals while Mr. Buchtel was never specially trained.

Throughout his life Mr. Buchtel has manifested marked mechanical ingenuity, resulting in bringing forth many useful inventions, a number of which have been patented. These include a telegraph fire hose, which enabled a man fighting a fire in a building to signal by an electric bell when to turn the water on and off. He also has a spray nozzle that is ahead of anything ever placed on the market, making it possible for one to walk right into a fire, as it throws a solid wall of water in all directions. His patent fire extinguisher is also a great improvement on anything previously introduced. His inventions, moreover, include a gold mining caisson for working in the bottom of rivers ; the steel fence post, being about one-third the weight of any other post. Other useful inventions have been brought forth as the result of his marked ability, careful investigation and experiment.

In fraternal lines Mr. Buchtel is well known as a leading Odd Fellow and Mason, having been initiated into the latter order at Oregon City in 1852. He has taken the degrees of the blue lodge and also of Royal Arch chapter and of the subordinate lodge and encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1870 he served as a representative to the national convention of the latter at Atlanta, Georgia.

The attractive home life of Mr. Buchtel had its beginning in 1855, when he wedded Miss Josephine Latourette at Butteville, Oregon. She was born in Michigan, of French parentage, in 1836 and came to Oregon with an uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Buchtel have had a family of seven children, but three have passed away: Joseph, at the age of six years; Albert Z., when twenty-three years of age; and Frank S., in 1901. The surviving members of the family are: Lucy LilHan, the wife of N. L. Curry, of Portland; Addie E., the wife of Wilber G. Kerns, of Portland; Archie L., now deputy county clerk and a resident of Portland; and Fred G., sealer of weights and measures of Portland.

Such in brief is the life history of Joseph Buchtel, whose record presents many interesting and varied phases. In whatever he has undertaken he has risen to leadership. He ranked with the most able photographers of the coast while a representative of that art ; he brought the fire department up to a proficiency never before attained ; made the Pioneer Baseball Club the most successful in its class ; and in independent connections has achieved prominence and success. His labors have covered a wide field and on the whole have been of intense usefulness. Such a life has brought Joseph Buchtel to an honored old age and as he nears the eighty-first milestone on life's journey he receives the respect and veneration of all who come in contact with him or know aught of his interesting history.

Allen B. Crosman

Allen B. Crosman, dealer in timber lands, mining properties, stocks, bonds, and investments, with offices in the Board of Trade building in Portland, and well known by reason of his active and effective service in public connections as well as in the conduct of private business affairs, was born in Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1846. His father, the Rev. James Crosman, came to Oregon by way of the isthmus route in 1864 and established and built the Evan-

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Allen B. Crosman largely pursued his education in the schools of the east. He arrived at Salem, Oregon, in June, 1864, and entered business circles on the coast as a clerk in the employ of Heath, Dearborn & Company. He was a member of the Salem fire department for twenty-three years and rose to the position of chief. During his term in that position members of his department responded to a call for assistance from Portland and they made the remarkably fast time of one hour and sixteen minutes in reaching Portland from the time they received word in Salem. In 1870 Mr. Crosman formed a partnership with J. J. Murphy for the conduct of a clothing and men's furnishing business under the firm name of Murphy & Crosman. The enterprise was conducted successfully as a partnership concern for ten years, when Mr. Murphy retired. In 1887 Mr. Crosman removed to Portland, where he continued in the men's furnishing goods business, successfully carrying on the enterprise until the fall of 1897, when he was called to public office. He had previously served as postmaster at Salem from 1883 until 1886 inclusive under appointment of President Chester A. Arthur. He served as police commissioner of Portland during Mayor Frank's term and in 1898 entered upon the duties of postmaster, in which office he continued until 1903, giving a businesslike administration that was marked by careful systematization of every department of the office. Since his retirement he. has given his attention to the brokerage business as a dealer in timber lands, mines, stocks, bonds and investments. He is thoroughly informed concerning the value of securities and few men are better informed concerning the natural resources of this section of the country as represented in timber lands and mining property. He has therefore developed a business of large proportions, bringing him substantial success.