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Mr. Brix has been married twice and has a family of two sons and a daughter: Herbert S., who was born in 1898; Irene L., born in 1904; and John A., born in 1909. Mr. Brix gives his political allegiance to the republican party but has never held nor sought office save that he has served for eight years on the board of education in Astoria, the interests of the schools ever finding in him a stalwart champion. Frater- nally he is a Mason and his religious faith is that of the Methodist church. He is now serving on the official board of the Sunnyside Methodist church and in this is indicated the trend of his entire activity outside of business. He is of a devout, re- ligious disposition and almost his whole social activities are in some way connected with a religious organization. He has been teacher in the Sunday school, has served as president of the Young Men's Christian Association and has been most active in public and patriotic movements of the community. The Methodist colleges have also received his most earnest endorsement and support. He has contributed largely to the Willamette College and the College of Puget Sound at Tacoma, being not limited by the scriptural tithe in his giving, for, although possessed of large means, he has been known to give, according to the Victory Loan slogan, until it hurt. In a word he is most generous where he has believed his contributions to be of signal benefit toward the uplift of the individual and the betterment of the community.
FRANK E. SOUTHARD.
Frank E. Southard, who became a resident of Portland in 1889 and continued to make the city his home until his demise in 1920, was born in Berlin, Wisconsin, Feb- ruary 2, 1864, his parents being Edward and Martha Almira (Wallbridge) Southard, the former a native of the state of New York and the latter of Indiana. They became residents of Wisconsin in pioneer times and at the outbreak of the Civil war the father joined the Union army and served for four years in defense of the stars and stripes. The ancestry of the family can be traced back to the Mayflower and throughout all the intervening period a spirit of loyalty and patriotic devotion has been manifest and again came strongly to the front with the father's enlistment and service in the Civil war. After the cessation of hostilities he returned to Wisconsin and then removed with his family to Iowa, where he resided for a few years and later went to Nebraska, where his remaining days were passed.
Frank E. Southard obtained his education in the schools of Nebraska and in young manhood engaged in general merchandising at Pawnee, that state. Subsequently he removed to St. Joseph, Missouri, filling the position of paymaster at the stock yards there for several years. Again, however, he heard and heeded the call of the west and in 1889 came to Portland, where he took up bookkeeping, which he followed for twenty years. Later he engaged in the insurance business and devoted his remaining days to that pursuit, being thus active in the insurance field for eleven years.
In 1891 Mr. Southard was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Sharkey, a daugh- ter of Patrick and Elizabeth (McClement) Sharkey, who were natives of Ireland and on crossing the Atlantic in early childhood settled first in Canada, having accompanied their parents to the new world. They spent some years in Canada but later came to the United States and spent several years in West Virginia and finally in 1886 they came to Oregon, establishing their home in Portland, where they continued to reside until called to their final rest. To Mr. and Mrs. Southard were born five children: Harry E., who was with Company B of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Engineers
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in France for nine months; Helen E., the wife of Jerry Smolik of Portland; Katherine L., the wife of Joseph W. Kehoe, an attorney of Haines, Alaska, who served in the European war with the Ninety-first Division and was in France for two years; Mildred, the wife of Ira Marshall of Los Angeles, California; and Elizabeth, at home. Jerry Smolik, son-in-law of Mr. Southard, is in the United States navy and is still in the service on a submarine. He has served twelve years.
In his political views Mr. Southard was a stalwart republican, giving unfaltering allegiance to the party. Fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Woodmen of the World. He held membership in the Catholic church and passed away in that faith on the 30th of May, 1920. His had heen an active life, although in it there were no spectacular phases. His course was that of an energetic and enterprising business man who wins his success through close application and determined purpose. Steadily he advanced as the years went by and Portland regarded him as a thoroughly reliable citizen.
EDGAR OAKES DUTRO, M. D.
Dr. Edgar O. Dutro, a leading physician and surgeon of Hood River county, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession for about fourteen years, main- taining an office in Odell and also one in Hood River, is a native of Illinois, born in that state in 1870.
Dr. Dutro is a son of Thomas Corwin and Laura (Savitz) Dutro, the latter a descendant of old residents in America who were among the early settlers of Dutch extraction in the state of Pennsylvania, where the name is held in high esteem. The Dutros were natives of Ohio and Thomas C. Dutro, the doctor's father, was reared and educated in Zanesville, Ohio. He afterwards moved to St. Louis, where he occupied the position of president of the St. Louis Car Wheel Company until his death in 1886. This plant is one of the leading manufactories in that city.
Dr. Dutro, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the grade and high schools of St. Louis, in the Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, and received his professional training in the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he was grad- uated in 1892 with the degree of M. D. During the two years following his graduation he practiced his profession at St. Louis and for a time occupied the post of house sur- geon at the Missouri Pacific Hospital in that city.
It was in 1894 that Dr. Dutro decided to come to the west, where he felt that greater opportunities presented themselves for a young physician than in the crowded east. Having carefully considered all sections he decided in favor of Oregon for his future home, and on arrival in the state he went to Portland, where he opened an office in 1894, remaining in that city until 1898. From 1895 to 1897 Dr. Dutro was associated with Dr. A. E. Rockey, one of the most distinguished medical men on the coast. He spent two years as surgeon of one of the large ocean liners and from 1902 to 1906 practiced in various parts of Wasco and Hood River counties. In the latter year he decided to locate in Hood River county and has since practiced there.
Dr. Dutro resides on his ranch at Odell, Hood River county, and for the convenience of his patients maintains an office at Odell and also one at Hood River. He is a deep student and has devoted himself almost exclusively to the interests of his profession, following the developments of medical and surgical science. While giving his atten- tion to general practice he has also specialized in the treatment of the diseases of children hut the local field for this branch is not sufficiently extensive to enable him to devote all of his time to it. Dr. Dutro is a member of the Oregon Medical Society and of the American Medical Association, and is secretary of the Hood River General Hospital. Since coming to reside on the coast he has received the degree of M. A. from Westminster College. He is an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, in the affairs of which he takes a warm interest and in which he has filled all the chairs.
In 1902 Dr. Dutro was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Williams, a daughter of William N. Williams of Nebraska, who belongs to one of the trail blazer families of the west. Mr. Williams operated one of the early day freight lines to the Wyoming country in the days before the advent of the railroads. William F. Cody ( Buffalo Bill) came from the same family as Mrs. Dutro's mother. Two children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Dutro, namely: Virginia and Delma, students, respectively, of the high
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and grade schools. The doctor and his wife are members of a community in which they are extremely popular and where they take a prominent part in all social and cultural movements designed to advance the welfare of the people among whom they live.
WILLIAM H. MILLER.
In pioneer times in Oregon, William H. Miller became a resident of this state. Those who undertook the arduous task of planting the seeds of civilization in the hitherto undeveloped northwest are entitled to the gratitude and thanks of those who have come later and who have enjoyed the benefits of their labors. Great changes have occurred since W. H. Miller arrived in Oregon, coming to the west from Missouri.
William Henry Miller was born near Wheeling, West Virginia, and was a representa- tive of one of the old families of that state, the ancestral line being traced back to Major Miller, who was one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war, enlisting from West Virginia for service with the American army that after an eight years' sanguinary conflict won independence for the American colonies. William Henry Miller was also numbered among the military heroes of the country, for he served in the Mexican war and after his return from the army made his way across the country to Oregon in 1850, traveling over the long hot stretches of sand and across the mountain passes until he reached the verdant hillsides of the Pacific coast and eventually took up his abode at Astoria. There he secured a land claim and upon that place spent his remaining days. He was one of the early merchants of Astoria and was largely identified with the upbuilding, improvement and progress of the town, his labors constituting an important element in its growth and advancement. Fraternally he was connected with the Masons and was a worthy follower of the teachings of the craft. He journeyed westward with Dr. Ostrander and Seth Catlin and was therefore numbered among the earliest of the pioneers who aided in laying broad and deep the foundation upon which has been huilt the present progress and prosperity of the state.
William H. Miller was married in Missouri to Margaret Browning. Their daughter, Margaret M. Miller, became the wife of George Balsam on September 1, 1891, and to Mr. and Mrs. Balsam were born four children: Constantine George, who enlisted on the 3d of December, 1917, at Mare Island, California, in the United States Marine Corps for service in the World war and was discharged March 8, 1919; Evellea, Marcina and William Miller, all at home. Mrs. Balsam and her family reside at 403 Hancock street in Portland. Her long residence in the northwest has made her familiar with the entire history of this section of the country. She has seen its development from a wild and unimproved region and has watched its transformation into a populous state, with thriving towns and beautiful cities, with every known business enterprise, cities that in turn are surrounded by rich farming districts, while in every other way nature has seemed most lavish in her gifts to Oregon. All this Mrs. Balsam has witnessed and she can relate many most interesting incidents of the pioneer times and the changes which have been wrought by man as the years have passed.
JAMES P. LIEUALLEN.
A most prominent and progressive farmer of Umatilla county, residing on section twenty-six, range thirty-five, township four, post office Weston, is James P. Lieuallen, who was born on this farm on the 12th of March, 1867, a son of William and Margaret (Fuson) Lieuallen. William Lieuallen was born in Anderson county, Tennessee, August 7, 1832, a son of Payton and Jemima (Smith) Lieuallen. When a small boy William Lieuallen left Tennessee with his parents, who settled near St. Joe, Missouri, but later removed to Mercer county, Missouri, where his father took up homestead on which he built a log house. The mother of William Lieuallen died here in 1859 and some time afterward the father went to make his home with a daughter, Mrs. Absalom Cox of DeKalb county, where he passed away. Throughout his life Payton Lieuallen had been a stanch supporter of the democratic party and firmly believed in the principles of that party as factors in good government. William Lieuallen assisted his father on the farm in Missouri until 1864, when he was married to Miss Margaret J. Fuson, and on April 15, the day after his marriage, he and his bride started for the west as
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members of an emigrant train. Many of their fellow travelers met their death on this journey, but Mr. and Mrs. Lieuallen came through unscatched. The journey was made by way of Omaha, up the North Platte river, over the Rockies by way of the Landers cutoff and down the Snake river, until they reached what is now known as Weston. Here William Lieuallen took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of wild land, on which he built a log house, making his home here for some time. Here he took a prominent part in community affairs and served the public as justice of the peace for some time. He subsequently bought one-half section of railroad land up Pine creek for a stock ranch, and in 1899 he and his wife removed to Weston, where they bought a nice home. At the time of his demise, March 27, 1908, he was held in high esteem in the community, being readily recognized as one of Weston's representative citizens. William Lieuallen also gave his allegiance to the democratic party and his fraternal affiliations were with the Masons. He had been a consistent member of the Baptist church throughout his life, for he had joined that church in 1859, having been reared in that faith since childhood. The wife of William Lieuallen was a native of Knox county, Kentucky, whose father died in that county, and later Mrs. Lieuallen sent for her mother to come to her home in Weston, and it was while residing with her daugh- ter that Mrs. Fuson's death occurred. Three children were born to that union: Thomas A .; James P., whose name initiates this review; and John W., now deceased.
The boyhood of James P. Lieuallen was spent on the old home farm, on which he is now residing, and he received his education in the schools of Weston. Upon putting his textbooks aside he assisted his father with the farm work, continuing in this con- nection until his father's death, at which time he fell heir to one-half of his father's farm land, Thomas A. being the recipient of the other half. In agricultural circles Mr. Lieuallen is widely known as being most successful and progressive and he is in possession of two hundred and forty acres of farm land and has three hundred and fifteen acres in pasturage in addition to much range land. On his ranch he runs large numbers of cattle, specializing in the Hereford breed.
In 1893 Mr. Lieuallen was united in marriage to Miss Eva G. Logan, a daughter of Miles and Mary Logan, and a native of McCune, Kansas. Mrs. Lieuallen came west with her mother, her father having died as the result of wounds received in the Civil war. Mr. Logan entered the service in 1862 and served two years, when he was honorably discharged, on account of ill health. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lieuallen ten chil- dren have been born: Roy, Lena, Mabel, James, Geneva, Lois, Thomas, Harlan, Herman, and Georgia.
Since age conferred upon Mr. Lieuallen the right of franchise he has been a stanch supporter of the democratic party, in the interests of which he has always taken an active part. He is fraternally affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Khoras- san, and the Woodmen of the World, and in connection with his stock raising interests he is a member, as well as president, of the Stock Association of Wenaha, and at Walla Walla. He is also president of the association in Weston, which he has served in that capacity since its organization four years ago.
CHARLES A. LOCKWOOD.
Charles A. Lockwood is one of the active young business men of Roseburg whose present enviable position is attributable entirely to his ability, integrity and energy. He was born at Laurel, Indiana, November 9, 1888, and is a son of Oliver and Belle (Gwinup) Lockwood. His father, a farmer by occupation, became one of the pioneer settlers of Indiana and contributed to the early development of that state. He was descended from Samuel Lockwood, one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war. The mother was a native of Indiana and came of a long line of New England ancestors.
Charles A. Lockwood was educated in the graded and high schools of his native town and engaged in farming with his father until he reached the age of eighteen years, when he resolved to start out in life on his own account. He had no capital but American pluck and determination, and with these as a foundation on which to build success he went to Indianapolis, where he secured employment with the E. C. Atkins Saw Company, with which he remained for about two years. He then took the mail service examination and spent the next year as a railway mail clerk but at the end of that time was compelled to resign on account of a severe attack of typhoid fever. In 1911 he came to Portland, where he engaged in the fisheries business
CHARLES A. LOCKWOOD
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for one season, and later he secured employment with the Warner Speedometer Com- pany, with which he remained until the company was absorbed by the Stewart Speed- ometer Company. He had a natural bent for mechanics and soon acquired intimate and expert knowledge of the mechanical end of the business. Accordingly when in 1915 the company decided to discontinue the operation of their service station, he purchased the Portland station and conducted it until 1920, when he was tendered the agency of the Ford Company for Douglas county and the same year removed to Roseburg, where he has since remained. He is conducting his business under the name of the C. A. Lockwood Motor Company, occupying premises eighty by one hundred feet at the corner of Rose and Oak streets, where he has a showroom for Ford cars and Fordson tractors, besides a service station and an accessory department. As an example of the pushing business ability of this young man, it may be stated that he has placed some two hundred Fordson tractors on the farms of Douglas county and has also been equally successful in the sale of motor cars.
In October, 1915, Mr. Lockwood was married to Miss Leila Burch, a daughter of W. C. Burch, of Gresham, Oregon, one of the pioneer miners of this state. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood are members of the Methodist church, and fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He belongs to the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce, of which he is now serving on the board of directors, and he has mem- bership in the State Automobile Association. His position in the business and social circles of Roseburg is assured and he has made many friends during the period of his residence in this part of the state.
FRANK BOONE INGELS.
Frank Boone Ingels is one of the most prominent ranchmen of central Oregon. His interests are most extensive and important and his labors have demonstrated the pos- sibility for successful achievement in wheat raising and in the production of other crops. He is likewise successfully engaged in raising cattle and in all things demon- strates his ability to sense quickly the opportunities of any business situation and wisely to direct his activities along the lines where fruition is certain.
Mr. Ingels was born at Ingelside, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1882. His father, Evan S. Ingels, was of Scotch English descent and belonged to a pioneer family of which the famous explorer, Daniel Boone, was also a representative. The home in Kentucky in which many representatives of the Ingels family were born was one of Lexington's show places. It was built on exactly the same specifications and, surrounded by spacious grounds, was a replica of the baronial home of the family in the north of England, on the Scottish border. Evan S. Ingels great-grandfather founded and operated the first iron foundry west of the Alleghanies. The mother of Frank B. Ingels bore the maiden name of Jennie McGranigan and was a daughter of one of the old established Kentucky families. Her great-granduncle, Clark by name, was one of the signers of the Declara- tion of Independence, and her father, Dr. William McGranigan, was not only a pioneer of Kentucky but also one of the leading physicians of the state.
It can readily be understood that born of such parentage and reared in such an atmosphere Frank B. Ingels started out in life equipped with strong and forceful char- acteristics that have developed him into a man possessed of qualities of leadership. He obtained his education at the common schools of Lexington and in the University of Kentucky. He initiated his business career by securing a position in the office of the superintendent of the Queen & Crescent Railroad Company, there remaining for three years. He afterward accepted the position of general mail and baggage foreman with the St. Louis Terminal Railroad Company and continued to occupy that position until 1906, when he retired to accept a post with the government in connection with the Panama Canal. It was about this time, his friends having extolled to him the beauties of Alaska and the opportunities for success there, that the blood of his forebears began to assert itself and he determined to try his fortune in the golden north. He mushed from Valdez to Fairbanks, Alaska, a distance of four hundred and five miles, and upon his arrival at the latter camp accepted the post of teller in the Fairbanks Bank. Anxious, however, to do outside work, he was assigned to the Gold Pack train, composed of a company of hardy men whose duty it was to take care of the gold dust in transit from the several mines to the bank. After one season he left that work and began digging gold on his own account. He met with success in the undertaking and remained in
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Alaska until 1913. While mining he was also engaged in merchandising, being one of the owners of the E. W. Griffin Mercantile Company that operated stores at Cheno, Ruby, Idittarod and other camps. In 1913 he left Alaska but did not dispose of his interests then nor has he done so to the present time.
While located in the far north Mr. Ingels came out of Alaska many times and in passing through central Oregon he says he never dreamed of what was behind the hills of Wasco county. In 1913, however, he was called to The Dalles and visited the Dufur section. The fertility, beauty and value of the district at once decided him to locate. His first purchase made him owner of sixteen hundred acres adjoining the town of Dufur and in fact a portion of his land was within the town limits. Upon this portion there had been erected a commodions brick hotel called the Balch Hotel, which is one of the best to be found in the inferior towns of the state. The section of the ranch upon which the hotel is located is within the corporation limits of Dufur and all of the east and west streets pass through his ranch property. In addition to this holding Mr. Ingels purchased eight hundred and eighty acres on Fifteen Mile creek, which he also operates, ninety acres being devoted to an apple orchard, while about one hundred and fifty acres is planted to alfalfa and the remainder to corn and wheat, with some pasturage land. Six thousand bushels of wheat are his usual crop. In addition to cultivating wheat and other cereals and developing further his orchard interests, Mr. Ingels also breeds Aberdeen Angus cattle, having registered sires at the head of his herd. He likewise raises Hampshire sheep, both sires and ewes being registered, and Duroc Jersey hogs. In 1919 he shipped three carloads of hogs alone, in addition to the sheep and cattle which he sold. Both of his ranches are equipped with the latest labor-saving devices and the most improved farm implements and are numbered among the most highly developed and perfected ranch properties in America. Employment is given to about thirty hands at all times, which number is largely increased in the harvest season.
In 1909 Mr. Ingels was married to Miss Ethel Stanley Chambers, a daughter of J. H. Chambers, one of the prominent manufacturers of St. Louis, Missouri. He was president of the Dyas Chemical Company and president of the Chambers Publishing Company and he was a member of the Betty Ross Clan. The family were founders of the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and the original American ancestors came to the new world prior to the Revolutionary war. Mr. Ingels has two sons: James Shelby, who was named in honor of Governor Shelby, an ancestor, who was the first governor of Kentucky; and Frank Boone, whose middle name was given him from the fact that his ancestors were connected with the Boone family who were pioneers of Kentucky.
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