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Going to Iowa in 1855, Mr. Mallory became a pioneer teacher at New London, Henry county, where he remained for three years. Meantime a study of the resources of the west had decided him as to his future course, and in 1858 he started via Panama for Oregon, making the trip by ship to San Francisco and thence overland via Red Bluff and Shasta, riding muleback over the mountains. On his arrival at Roseburg he found a teacher was needed, so stopped there, accepted the school, and remained for fifteen months as teacher. During 1860 he was ad- mitted to the bar. and the same year he was elected district attorney of Jackson, Josephine and Douglas counties. The people of Douglas county in 1862 elected him to represent them in the legislature, and in the fall of that year he re- moved to Salem. Later he served for two years as district attorney for the third district, includ- ing Linn, Polk, Marion and Yamhill counties. Shortly after his retirement from that office in 1866 he was nominated for congress by the Re- publicans and received a fair majority over J. D. Fay. While a member of congress he was pres- ent at the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, which stands out in his memory as one of the most eventful incidents of his life. In the body
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of which he was a member were some of the greatest statesmen our country has ever had.
For a short time after his retirement from congress Mr. Mallory was engaged in profes- sional practice. In 1872 he was elected to repre- sent Marion county in the state legislature, and during his term of service had the honor of be- ing chosen speaker of the house. President Grant in 1874 tendered him the appointment of U'nited States District Attorney, to which position he was reappointed under the Hayes administra- tion, his service continuing until 1882. On the expiration ot his term the government chose him to act as special agent in relation to some mat- ters at Singapore, Asia, and he accordingly visited that city, afterward continuing around the world, his trip being completed in seventy- eight days. On his return to Oregon in Novem- ber, 1883, he, with C. B. Bellinger, entered the law firm of Dolph & Simon under the firm name of Dolph, Bellinger, Mallory & Simon. The con- nection continued until Judge Bellinger was ap- pointed by President Cleveland as United States District Judge for Oregon, when Judge Strahn was admitted, the firm becoming Dolph, Mallory, Simon & Strahn. On the death of Judge Strahin the title became Dolph, Mallory & Si- mon, and on the election of Mr. Simon to the United States senate another change was made to Dolph, Mallory, Simon & Gearin.
The record of Mr. Mallory in professional cir- cles brings his name into mention in con- nection with of the
many most noted cases in Portland. One of his specialties has been to act as attorney for defen- dants in damage suits. For some time he was attorney for various railroads, but on the segre- gation of the roads he withdrew. On the organ- ization of the State Bar Association he became a charter member and later was honored by elec- tion as its president. In the organization of the Columbia River & Northern Railroad Company he was an active factor, and has since aided in pushing the work of construction from the Col- umbia River northeast to Goldendale. He is a director of the City & Suburban Railroad Com- pany and the United States National Bank, and acts as attorney for both corporations. While living in Roseburg he married Lucy Rose, who was born in Michigan and by whom he has a son, Elmer E., attorney-at-law, of Portland. Mrs. Mallory is a daughter of Aaron Rose, a native of New York and pioneer of Michigan, who came overland to Oregon in 1851 and founded the town of Roseburg, where he settled upon a tract of six hundred and forty acres. Until his death in 1901 he was closely connected with the building up of the town.
During the existence of the Whig party Mr. Mallory was one of its adherents. In 1852 he
voted for Winfield Scott. On the organization of the Republican party he identified himself with the same and has since been loyal to its principles and candidates. In 1868 he was sent as a delegate to the national convention held in Chicago, at which time General Grant was nomi- nated for president. Again, twenty years later, he was appointed a delegate to the national con- vention held in Chicago, on which occasion he gave his support to Benjamin Harrison, candi- date for the presidency for the first time. On two occasions the Republicans of the state, in convention assembled, have honored him by electing him president of the meeting.
LAWRENCE A. McNARY. In tracing the genealogy of the McNary family, it is found that Hugh McNary, a Virginian by birth and a member of a Colonial family of the Old Domin- ion, identified himself with the pioneers of Ken- tucky, where the subsequent years of his life were passed in the task of clearing a home from the wilderness. During the Revolution he and a brother served with the patriot forces. and the gun that he carried was kept by the family and afterwards brought to Oregon.
Alexander, son of Hugh McNary, was born in Kentucky, whence he moved to Morgan county, Ill. In 1845, accompanied by his wife, two daughters and three sons, he crossed the plains by ox team, after having spent the winter of 1844 and 1845 in Missouri. The trip was a mem- orable one, and rendered especially dangerous by the participation of a portion of the immigrants of that year in the Meek-Cut-Off expedition. when a man named Meek attempted to find a shorter road for intending settlers in the Oregon territory, but became lost in the mountains. The family of Mr. McNary, with many others, were subjected for many days to suffering from ab- sence of water, proximity to hostile bands of In- dians and the ever present anxiety of winter overtaking them before civilization could be reached ; but they finally made their way to the old trail and on to Oregon, arriving at The Dalles after a journey of six months. Thence they proceeded by raft to Portland, where they camped in December, 1845. The city at that time had only one store and about one dozen houses.
From Portland Alexander McNary proceeded to Polk county, where he located a donation land claim, and ultimately acquired an improved es- tate of six hundred and forty acres, remaining on that homestead until his death, about the year 1860, at the age of sixty-two years. In his family there were the following named sons and daughters: Sarah E., who married A. C. R. Shaw, and died in Fresno county, Cal., in 1901,
Jouph Hellog
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at the age of seventy-four years; Hugh M., who was born in Morgan county, Ill., and was a youth of eighteen when the family came west, and who died at Salem, Ore., in 1891; Alex- ander W., a farmer, who died in Polk county in 1898; Catherine, who married John C. Allen, and died in Polk county about 1860; and Davis, who died in Polk county about the year 1862.
When twenty-one years of age, Hugh McNary took a claim in Polk county, and thereafter fol- lowed farming until 1859, when he removed to Wasco county and settled on Eight Mile Creek, eight miles from The Dalles. His attention was given largely to freighting from The Dalles to the mines of eastern Oregon and Idaho, and later devoting himself to the cattle business. He after- wards removed to Klickitat county. Wash., where he continued in the cattle business until the year 1876, when he removed to Salem, still continu- ing to be a large land owner, having about one thousand acres in Linn and Polk counties. At the time of his death, which occurred at Salem in 1891, he had reached the age of sixty-four years.
His wife, Catherine Frizzell, who was born in Green county, Mo., and now resides in Portland. was one of the six children of Rees and Lilly Frizzell, who brought their family to Oregon in 1852. The father died in the eastern part of the state before the completion of the journey, and the mother died in the year 1887, at her home- stead in Polk county.
Hugh and Catherine McNary had seven chil- dren, namely : Mrs. Sarah A. Smith. of Vale, Ore .; Anna L. and Lillian M., who reside at Salem; Angelo P., a stock raiser in Wheeler county ; Lawrence A., an attorney of Portland ; Hugh P., engaged in the hardware business at Salem; and Wilson D., a physician in the State Insane Asylum.
The education of Lawrence A. McNary, who was born in Wasco county, in the year 1866, was obtained in the public schools of Salem, and later at the Willamette University, where he took a three years' course. In 1888 he took up the study of law with Richard and E. B. Williams, of Port- land. In June, 1890, he was admitted to the bar and at once began the practice of his profession with ex-Governor W. W. Thayer, who at that time had just retired from the bench of the su- preme court of the state, which continued until a short time before the death of Judge Thayer, In 1902 the Republicans of Portland nominated him for the office of city attorney. He was elected and entered upon his duties in July of that year for a term of three years. While the duties of that office naturally require close at- tention, and while in addition to these responsi- bilities he retains the oversight of his general practice, he still keeps in touch with all move- ments looking toward the welfare of the city.
He is a member of the Oregon State Bar, the Multnomah Club, the Commercial Club and Port- land Lodge of Knights of Pythias. His capable, though brief, record as an office bearer has added prestige to the name of one of Oregon's oldest and most honored families.
CAPT. JOSEPH KELLOGG. Especial inter- est attaches to the records of those pioneers, who, during the earlier half of the nineteenth century, braved the dangers of the unknown west, the perils from wild animals and even more savage Indians, devoting their lives to the redemption of the Pacific coast region and counting no sac- rifice too great that was made for the benefit of their home locality. Such an one was Capt. Joseph Kellogg of Portland, one of the founders of the People's Transportation Company of the Willamette, and a man widely known and uni- versally honored.
The genealogy of the Kellogg family shows that they came from England to Massachusetts during the colonial period and numerous of their representatives were prominent in the old Bay state. The captain's grandfather, Joseph Kel- logg, Sr., was born in Vermont and became owner of a large tract of land at St. Albans. During the Revolutionary war he served under General Putnamı, and some years afterward re- moved to Longdale, Canada, where he was ap- pointed a magistrate and, it is said, married the first couple in the town. Next in line of descent was his son, Orrin, who was born at St. Albans, Vt., in 1790, and who married Margaret Miller in Canada in 1811, taking her back with him to Vermont. The following year they visited Can- ada and, owing to the outbreak of the war, were compelled to remain there until hostilities ceased. Thus it happened that their son, Joseph, who was born June 24, 1812, first opened his eyes to the light upon foreign soil, but, by act of con- gress, all children born under such circumstances were regarded as native-born sons of our repub- lic. After the war was ended the family crossed into the States and settled near the present site of Lockport, N. Y., but soon moved to a farm on the Maumee river in Ohio. There the son grew to manhood and, in 1844, married Estella Bush- nell, who was born in Litchfield, N. Y., February 22, 1818, and was taken by her parents to Ohio at the age of two years.
The family started for Oregon in 1847, and here the parents remained until death, the father dying at eighty-five and the mother when sev- enty. Of their twelve children nine attained mature years and seven settled in Oregon, namely: Joseph: George, who built and ran a boat on the Columbia river and was also a graduate physician and active practitioner ;
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Elisha and Jason, chief engineers on boats owned by Joseph; Edward, a farmer in southern Ore- gon ; Phoebe and Charlotte, who died in Ore- gon. While still a boy Joseph Kellogg learned the millwright's trade and at seventeen years of age built a frame bridge across the Ottawa river which at the time was pronounced the best bridge on the river. In Ohio his uncle had let a sub- contract to a millwright who built the mill, but the work was unsatisfactory, and the uncle asked his nephew to rebuild, which was done promptly and well. Inspired by this success, he took con- tracts to build mills in different parts of Ohio, but the country was low and swampy, causing him to suffer with fever and ague. Believing the west afforded better climatic and financial openings, he determined to seek a home there. November 24, 1847, he and his family started on the long journey. The following winter they spent at St. Joe, where they outfitted with an ox-train. As soon as the grass was long enough to provide feed for the oxen, they resumed their journey. When but a short distance out they met Joe Meek, who was hastening east with the news of the Whitman massacre and the Cayuse war. Undaunted, although saddened by this news, the party proceeded on their way.
Among the members of the company was P. B. Cornwall, who afterward became a wealthy citi- zen of California. Some time before this a few Masons in Oregon had sent to Missouri for a charter, which was granted by the grand lodge of that state October 19, 1846, authorizing the formation of Phoenix Lodge No. 123. It was entrusted to Mr. Cornwall to be delivered to his Masonic brethren in Oregon, but, while crossing the plains, he learned of the discovery of gold in California and decided to go there. Having found that the Kelloggs, father and son, were good Masons, he placed the charter in their care, to be delivered to Joseph Hull in Oregon. Jo- seph Kellogg accepted the responsibility and placed the charter in a small rawhide trunk, which he himself had made in Canada in 1834. and which was cylindrical, with a flat bottom, two feet long and one foot deep. This trunk he locked and put in the bottom of his wagon, and in due time the charter was delivered to Mr. Hull. Besides, he had the honor of assisting to establish Multnomah Lodge No. I, the first Ma- sonic lodge in Oregon, and of this he was the first secretary and treasurer.
Shortly after his arrival in Oregon a donation claim was secured by Orrin Kellogg between Milwaukee and Oregon City, and this in time he converted into one of the most profitable estates in the whole region. Though somewhat ad- vanced in years, his energy and determination enabled him to cope with all the hardships of frontier life. One of the first tanneries there
was put up by him and he was also a pioneer in raising fruit. The subject of navigation on the lower Willamette and Columbia early engaged his attention, and he was the first of the family of river captains bearing the name of Kellogg. His interest in progressive movements was shown when he accompanied the expedition of his son, Dr. George Kellogg, in the opening of Yaquina bay to commerce. A man of superior ability and broad mind, he was qualified for the difficult task of opening a new region to settlement and add- ing a great commonwealth to our nation's gal- axy of states.
While the father was thus engaged, his son. Joseph, was no less active and progressive. Lo- cating a claim at Milwaukee, he laid out the town and built a sawmill, having with him as partners in the venture Lot Whitcomb and Will- iam Torrence. In the fall of 1848 he began building a schooner which was completed that winter and sent to San Francisco with a load of produce for the mines. On its arrival the vessel and cargo were sold, and a larger schooner pur- chased, which was used in carrying lumber from Portland to Sacramento. In a short time suffi- cient money had been made to enable the owners to secure the barque Lausanne and a pair of engines and boilers, also a complete outfit for a steamer. In the spring of 1850 they began to build the Lot Whitcomb, the first steamboat of any size built in Oregon. The launching of this steamer on Christmas day of the same year was the occasion of general rejoicing, but the day had a sad ending in the explosion of a cannon and the death of a ship captain.
The business of the firm increased with grati- fying rapidity. A flour mill was erected in Mil- waukee and later Captain Kellogg built the Mer- chant mill in Portland. Two vessels made regular trips to Sacramento, laden with lumber, the selling of which brought large profits to the firm. When the original partnership was dissolved, the firm of Bradbury, Eddy & Kellogg was established, and the standard flour mills were erected, which for years were the most extensive in the state. In 1863 he built the steamer Senator, which was later sold to the People's Transportation Com- pany, an organization formed in 1861 by a num- ber of influential men whose object was to navi- gate both the Willamette and Columbia rivers. However, by reason of an agreement made with the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, they confined their work to the Willamette river. About 1867 the company built the basin above the falls to facilitate the portage. This work, which was superintended by Captain Kellogg. stands today a monument of his engineering skill. With the steamer Onward he began the navigation of the Tualatin, and built a canal be- tween that river and Sucker lake, thereby mak-
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ing it possible to bring freight to Oswego and thence to Willamette. About the same time he laid out the village of Oswego.
Shortly after the People's Transportation Com- pany disposed of its interests in 1870, the Wil- lamette Transportation Company was organized, with Captain Kellogg as vice-president and a di- rector, and as superintendent of the building of the steamers, Governor Grover and Beaver. However, these interests were soon sold, and he formed a new company with his brother Jason and his two sons, placing his hoats on the Co- lumbia, on the line to Washougal and the Cowlitz. The two steamers, Joseph Kellogg and Toledo, were erected under his supervision, and his two sons were placed in command of them. They are still on the Cowlitz route and navigate that river into the heart of Washington. This cor- poration, known as the Joseph Kellogg Trans- portation Company, is one of the most popular in Oregon, and has proved a source of profit to its enterprising officers. In order to sail as far up the Cowlitz as possible, the company built the Chester, the lightest draught steamboat in the country, drawing only seven inches, and being used principally between Castle Rock and Toledo. Another boat owned by the company is the Northwest.
Possessing the characteristics of a public- spirited citizen, Captain Kellogg has done much to promote the welfare of the state and advance its interests. About 1857 he was actively con- nected with the telegraph line to be constructed between San Francisco and Portland and the first in the state of Oregon. At his mill were sawed the cedar posts for the section between Portland and Oregon City. An- other public-spirited enterprise which he fostered by a generous contribution was the building of the old macadam road between Portland and the White House, the first road of its kind in the northwest and still the best drive out of Portland. In early days it was his hope that Milwaukee might prove the metropolis of the state, but he has since discerned that the growth of Portland is advantageous for the entire state, as thereby the commercial interests of the lower river are massed at one point, rather than divided between some point higher up on the same river and an- other place on the Columbia river. Old river men declare that Captain Kellogg is the most efficient pilot who ever guided boats on the lower Willamette, and he performed success- fully the feat of taking vessels past Ross Island to her dock, which it seems impossible to do now. He was one of the first to receive a license and is now the oldest river pilot. Though now advanced in years he is still a first-class nav- igator, with a clear eye, a steady land and a vig- orous muscle, and were the necessity to arise he
could hold his own with the river men of the present generation.
In politics Captain Kellogg is a stanch Re- publican. One of the recollections of his Ohio experiences is connected with a rally in 1840, attended by thirty thousand people and addressed by General Harrison. It was the captain's priv- ilege to meet the hero of Tippecanoe and he entertains a pleasant memory of the kindly pres- sure of his hand and cordial expression of inter- est. As might be expected of so influential a pioneer, he holds membership in the Oregon Historical and Pioneer Association, among whose membership none is more highly regarded than he. In Masonry he ranks high. June 27, 1872, he became a member of Portland Lodge No. 55, and in 1858 identified himself with Clack- amas Chapter, R. A. M., but is now connected with Portland Chapter No. 3, R. A. M. He is also a Scottish Rite Mason of the thirty-second degree. September 11, 1891, on the occasion of the forty-third anniversary of the organization of the first lodge in Oregon, he was made an honorary member of the Masonic Veteran Asso- ciation of the Pacific coast, in recognition of his services in bringing the charter safely through in the perilous journey over the plains. At Den- ver, Colo., August 11, 1890, he was elected a member of the Masonic Veteran Association of the United States and vice-president for Oregon. The lofty principles of Masonry have been incul- cated into his life. It has been his aim to ex- emplify the teachings of the order, carrying out its precepts of kindness and brotherly love, which, indeed, may be said to be his religion.
Three sons were born to the union of Captain and Mrs. Kellogg, of whom the youngest, Har- vey, died in infancy. The oldest, Orrin, is also represented in this volume, as is the second son, Charles H., whose death August 7, 1889, was recognized as a heavy loss to the river interests and the steamboat business.
CAPT. ORRIN KELLOGG, JR. The name of Kellogg has been indelibly impressed upon the navigation history of the northwest, any rec- ord of which would be incomplete without con- siderable mention of Capt. Joseph Kellogg, and his capable sons, Capt. Orrin and Capt. Charles H. Kellogg. The former of these sons, who is also the older, was born in Wood county, Ohio, October 16, 1845, and was two years of age when the family started for the far west. His earliest recollections, therefore, are associated with the Pacific coast regions, particularly with the village of Milwaukee, where he attended the common schools. Habits of industry and perse- verance were early impressed upon him, and at an early age, when most boys are care-free, he
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began to assist in the cultivation of the farm and the management of the sawmill. Upon removing to Portland he attended the Central school and still further enlarged his education by a course in the Portland Business College, of which he was among the first graduates.
Leaving school, he took up the occupation of steamboating on the Tualatin river, first as en- gineer and later as captain of the steamer On- ward. Since then he has given his attention mainly to navigation interests, although for a time he owned and conducted a dry goods store in Hillsboro. Returning to Portland in 1874 he resumed steamboating, and has since operated on the Willamette and Columbia rivers. In 1878 he was placed in command of the steamer Toledo, owned by the Joseph Kellogg Trans- portation Company, of which corporation he is president. In the running of his steamer he has sought to accommodate ranchers all along the line of the boat, giving each a landing, taking their produce on his boat, selling it at market, and bringing back the money, or purchasing for the ranchers any farm machinery, household goods, etc., that they might need. His accom- modating spirit has made him very popular, and he has a host of warm friends among the people of the Cowlitz country. In addition to accom- modating farmers he has done much other im- portant work. Through his influence govern- ment aid was secured for the Cowlitz river im- provement, and the resources of the company were drawn upon to further the same. As a result of his broad and progressive policy his company gained control of the trade of the Cow - litz country, opened up a valuable region for settlement, developed thriving villages from pas- ture lands and gave the ranchers a market for their produce at reasonable freight rates, thus preventing railroad monopoly. Due credit must be given him for these satisfactory results.
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