Portrait and biographical record of Portland and vicinity, Oregon, containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 29

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In Oswego, N. Y., December 29, 1868, Mr. Gaylord was united in marriage with Myra A. Sweet, a native of Wisconsin, and a direct lineal descendant of John Tilly, who came over in the Mayflower. Of this union there have been born three children : Daisy Louise ; Harry Sweet. who is connected with the Richet Company of Portland ; and Howard F., at present a traveling salesman with Bell & Co. of Portland. Mr. Gaylord is and always has been a Republican in politics, and is a member of the National Union. In religion he is identified with the' First Congregational Church, of which he has been clerk for several years; and he is also sec- retary of the Oregon Home Missionary Society of the Congregational Church. Personally he is held in high esteem by those who have learned to know him best, who, by association with him

in business, social and religious circles, are in a position to appreciate the many fine qualities in his character.

ANDREW GRAF. Among the agricultur- ists of Multnomah county who have abandoned remunerative trades for the more peaceful occu- pation of tilling the soil may be mentioned An- drew Graf, a former machinist, and the present owner of a well developed farm of one hundred and fifty-five acres. Originally heavily tim- bered, Mr. Graf has experienced the trying per- sonal effort necessary for the clearing of his property, and he has also experienced to a grati- fying degree the abundant harvests yiekled by the primeval richness of the soil.

Inheriting the thrift and energy of his Teu- tonic ancestors, Mr. Graf was born in Germany in April, 1855, and remained on his father's farın until 1881. Arriving in the United States, he located in St. Louis, working in the machine shops of that city for two years, and in 1883 came to Oregon and homesteaded the farm upon which he has since lived and prospered. Fine improvements have been brought about, modern machinery introduced to save time and labor, and every department of the farming enterprise is conducted along advanced and therefore prof- itable lines.

With him from Germany came the first wife of Mr. Graf, who was formerly Ana M. Foster, and who died leaving one child, Alfred E. The second Mrs. Graf was named Theresa Middle- set, and is the mother of five children, the order of whose birth is as follows: Elsie, Eliza, Mar- tha, Albert and Fritzie. As a stanch upholder of Republican institutions Mr. Graf has served the interests of the community as school direc- tor, but he has never shown a disposition to de- vote more time than necessary to political undertakings. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, and is a man of high moral principle and many fine personal attributes.

T. M. HINES. For fifty-five years T. M. Hines has been a resident of Oregon, coming to this state in its pioneer days when its forests were difficult to penetrate, and its mountains hard to climb. Its streams were then unbridged and few of the thriving towns which we see at the present time had been established. All was wild and unimproved and into this pioneer region Mr. Hines made his way, here to establish his home and aid in laying the foundation for the present prosperity and upbuilding of Oregon. He was born near Franklin, Mo., May 1, 1819, and is the last member and also the only sur- vivor of a family of seven children born unto

C. R. Davis

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Wesley and Elizabeth (Davis) Hines. The an- cestral history of the family can be traced back to Virginia and it is known that the Hines lin- cage is Welsh. John Hines, the grandfather of our subject, was born in the Old Dominion and served his country in the war of 1812. He re- moved to Kentucky at an early day and afterward took up his abode in Howard county, Mo., where he carried on agricultural pursuits. Sub- sequently he became a resident of Cole county, where his death occurred. Wesley Hines was born in Kentucky and did service for his country in the Indian wars of Missouri. He became a farmer of Howard county and afterward of Ray county, Mo., and his death occurred in Caldwell county, that state, when he was sixty years of age. He married Elizabeth Davis, a daughter of Augustus and Mary ( Halliday) Davis, and unto them were born seven children.

T. M. Hines, of this review, was reared upon the home farm in Missouri, remaining a resi- dent of Howard county until thirteen years of age, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ray county, where he spent seven years, later becoming a resident of De Kalb county. He had obtained his education in one of the pioneer log school-houses near his home and he assisted in the cultivation of the home farm until attaining his majority, when he pur- chased wild land in De Kalb county, Mo., and began agricultural pursuits on his own account. Not a furrow had been turned nor an improve- ment made upon his property, but he at once began to clear and break the tract of one hundred and twenty acres and in course of time it was developed into a productive farm. He became in- terested, however, in the reports which he heard concerning Oregon, and resolved to seek a home in the far northwest. Before he started, how- ever, he had a dream of the country in which he saw clearly the land and the waterways of west- ern Oregon. So vivid was his dream that he said when he reached the state it all seemed familiar to him. On the 2d of May, 1848, he left St. Joseph, Mo., traveling with a train of thirty wagons drawn by oxen. In the company were the Watts and Roberts families. They jour- neyed by way of the Oregon trail, reaching this state on the Ist of September, and on the 25th of the same month Mr. Hines located in Yamhill county, where he secured a claim of six hundred and forty acres on the Tualatin river in the south- western corner of Washington county. With characteristic energy he began its improvement and development, fenced the land and carried on the raising of grain and stock. In 1858, however, he removed to Forest Grove, where he was en- gaged in farming, and the following year he sold his original farm. Later he purchased four hundred and nineteen acres adjoining Forest

Grove on the south. This was bottom land, on which he took up his abode and for many years he successfully operated the fields, cut the hay and meadows and raised his stock on the verdant pasture lands. Eventually, however, he dis- posed of this property and bought a farm at the head of Lousignot's Lake.

Mr. Hines was married in Missouri to Miss Mary Buckingham, a native of Pennsylvania, and for many years they traveled life's journey hap- pily together, but were separated by death in December, 1901, Mrs. Hines being called to the home beyond. In their family were five children : Cicero, who is now living in Forest Grove; George, who died in Jacksonville, Ore., in 1900; Willis, who died in Washington county in 1869, at the age of thirteen years; Thomas, who died at the age of ten months; and Charles, who is engaged in the practice of medicine and is con- ducting a drug store in Forest Grove. Mr. Hines has always given his political support to the Re- publican party since its organization, believing firmly in its principles. The history of the pioneer settlement of Washington county would be incomplete without his life record, for when Oregon was cut off from the advantages and comforts of the east by the long hot stretches of sand and by mountains he made his way across the plains, braving all of the hardships and trials of pioneer life in order to make a home in the northwest-rich in its resources, yet unclaimed from the dominion of the red man.

CHARLES RAYMOND DAVIS. Portland, in fact the entire Pacific northwest, is a country of young men, who without any special advantages of youth have risen to positions of affluence and power. Among the young men of Portland who belong to this class of American citizens is Charles R. Davis, organizer and owner of the C. R. Davis Fuel Company. Of old New Eng- land ancestry, Mr. Davis was born in Holland, Orleans county, Vt., March 29, 1869, a son of Hon. S. M. and Malhala ( Buckland) Davis, the former being a native of Orleans county, Vt., while the latter was born in Canada, a daughter of Erastus Buckland, who claimed Massachusetts as the state of his nativity. The paternal grand- father, Hon. Elisha Davis, was born in the Old Bay state, and when a young man settled in Vermont. Here he cleared a farm from the wilderness and later became prominent politically and otherwise. He had a natural aptitude for politics, and not only served his community as selectman for many years, but was also a member of the state legislature. Hon. S. M. Davis, the father of Charles R., was a farmer and stock raiser, and in the latter line conducted a very ex- tensive business. He used to take large droves

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of cattle to Boston and Montreal, and was thus employed until disposing of his interests in Oc- tober, 1902. Like his father he has taken an ac- tive interest in politics, and for many years served as selectman, and also represented his county in the state legislature. He was the only child born to his mother, who before marriage was Miss Eliza French. She passed away in February, 1902, at the advanced age of ninety-six years. Hon. S. M. Davis, who is still living retired in Portland, is the father of two children, of whom Hattie, now Mrs. G. F. Kilbourne, of Fossil, Ore., is the oldest, and C. R. the youngest.

Unlike most of the youths of his day, Charles R. Davis received the benefits of a good school- ing, and after finishing in the public schools his study was supplemented by a course in the Wes- leyan College at Stanstead, Canada, which he at- tended for two years. During his vacations he assisted his father in the cattle business and as a young chap of few years he used to accompany his father on the trips to Boston and Montreal, he performing his share of the duties. The cat- tle business, however, was not the line of business that appealed to him and after mature delibera- tion lie decided that the far west offered better opportunities for the young man than the more crowded east, and December 27, 1888, he bade adieu to home and friends and January 3, 1889, he arrived in The Dalles. Soon after he secured a position with McFarlain & French, general merchants of that place, and at the expiration of one year he changed his occupation by accepting a place on the ranch of Gilman & French in east- eru Oregon. After one year spent in this man- ner he came to Portland and entered the store of J. K. Gill as a salesman, where he remained until December 20, 1892. He then accepted a clerk- ship with Ladd & Tilton, bankers, and by strict attention to the interests of his employer he was finally advanced to the position of bookkeeper, which he resigned in June, 1898.

His next venture was for himself and in the same year he organized the Forbes-Davis Fuel Company, the plant being located at No. 181 East Water street. In May, 1901, Mr. Forbes' share of the company came into the possession of Mr. Davis, and he organized the C. R. Davis Fuel Company, locating at No. 287 East Morri- son street, on the east approach to the bridge. A warchouse, 100x150 feet, ground dimensions, gives ample facilities for supplying the constantly increasing patronage. The company has a leased wharf and own their own barges. Down the Columbia river seventy-five men are constantly employed in cutting wood during the winter time. the company having established the practice of buying up large tracts of fir and other woods, being thus independent, from the foundation of their business up. At the present time there are

piled up in the forests eighteen thousand cords of wood. For the convenience of the force of men employed the company has established. a store and general commissary department.

While Mr. Davis has little time for outside interests, he has, nevertheless, become an active member of the Portland Board of Trade, and among the younger business men of the city there is none that takes a more lively interest in its welfare, and all movements intended to be of benefit to the city of his adoption have his active support. Fraternally he is a Mason, holding membership with Willamette Lodge No. 2. A. F. & A. M .; Knights of Pythias, Mount Hood Lodge ; and the Ancient Order of United Work- menl.

In marriage Mr. Davis was united with Miss Edith Marsh, who is also a native of Holland, \'t., and as a result of this union two children have been born, Hattie Constance and Stephen Marsh.

DR. CHARLES HINES. Among the distin- guished citizens of Washington county is Dr. Charles Hines, who has attained prestige as a representative of the medical profession and has also been honored with election to the state leg- islature. He is the representative of a pioneer family, and the work of progress and improve- ment which was begun by his father has been carried forward by him. A son of T. M. Hines and a grandson of Wesley Hines, he was born in Washington county, near Forest Grove, Oc- tober 25, 1858. His great-grandfather was John Hines, who was of Welsh descent and became one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war, loyal- ly aiding in the struggle for independence. The grandfather was a native of Kentucky, whence he removed to Missouri, settling first in Howard county, and afterward in Cole county, where he died.

T. M. Hines, the father of the doctor, was born near Franklin. Mo., and was united in marriage to Mary Buckingham, a native of Penn- sylvania and a daughter of John Buckingham, who died in Missouri. The father of the doctor is still living, but his mother passed away in 1901. They came to Oregon in 1848 and since that time T. M. Hines has been an interested witness of progress and improvement here, nor has he been an unimportant factor in the sub- stantial development of his adopted county. ln the family were five children, two of whom are vet living, the brother being Cicero, a retired farmer living in Forest Grove.

Dr. Hines was reared upon the home farm in Washington county, attending the public schools in his early youth and afterward entering Tuala- tin Academy, where he prepared for college.

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Subsequently he became a student in Pacific Uni- versity. In early life he manifested special apt- ness in his studies and great fondness for intel- lectual improvement, and throughout his life he has been a reader and student. Under the direc- tion of Dr. Wilson Bowlby he took up the study of pharmacy, preparatory to studying medicine, and remained with that physician for two years. In 1885 he entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, where he also spent two years, after which he matriculated in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, of New York City, being graduated from that institution in 1888 with the degree of M. D.

Well equipped for his chosen profession by broad and comprehensive knowledge, Dr. Hines then returned to Oregon and opened an office in La Grande, Union county, where he continued until 1891, at which time he took up his abode in Dallas, Polk county. Two years later he came to Forest Grove, where he remained for a similar period and then removed to Jackson- ville, Ore., in 1895. During his residence there of four years he served for two years as county coroner. In 1900 he returned to Forest Grove, where he opened an office and has since been successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. On the Ist of November, 1901, he purchased the drug store belonging to M. E. Austin and has since conducted the enterprise with good success. He also owns a ranch on Gales Creek, which he rents. The doctor is a man of good business capability as well as wide professional knowledge, and in the management of his farm and store he displays sound judg- ment and executive force.

In Jacksonville, Ore., the doctor was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Devlin, who was born in Ashland, Ore., and is a graduate of the state normal school located in Ashland. They have one child, Willis. Both the doctor and his wife are held in the highest esteem by a large cir- cle of friends, and their pleasant home is cele- brated for its gracious hospitality. The doctor has served for one term as a member of the city council of Forest Grove, but still higher official honors awaited him, for in 1902 he was nominat- ed by the Republican party for state legislature and was elected over the fusion candidate by a majority of more than two hundred, the largest vote given to any one on the legislative ticket. This was certainly a compliment to his personal popularity and indicated the trust reposed in him by his fellow citizens. He is therefore serving as a member of the twenty-second biennial ses- sion in 1903. During the senatorial contest of 1903 Dr. Hines was one of the thirty-three mem- bers of the legislature who supported the can- clidacy of Hon. Charles W. Fulton for the United States senate, casting his ballot for him from the

beginning to the end of the memorable contest. Fraternally he belongs to Holbrook Lodge No. 30, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a past master, is also connected with the Knights of Pythias and is medical examiner for the Woodmen of the World. He is likewise medical examiner for the New York Mutual, the Penn Mutual, the Union Mutual of Maine, the Bankers of Iowa and the Provident Savings and Life, and the New York Life Insurance companies. In the line of his profession he is connected with the Washington County Medical Society, the State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Earnest effort, close application and the exercise of his native talent have won him prosperity and prestige as a physician and sur- geon of prominence, and although he has prac- ticed in Forest Grove for but a brief period he has here a large and growing patronage. Patriot- ism in matters of citizenship may well be termed one of the salient features of his career and his public life is as honorable as his private history. He is widely known as a man of integrity, straightforward in all that he does, and his fellow townsmen entertain for him a warm regard.

ARTHUR K. BENTLEY. The Bentley fam- ily was founded in America in the early Colonial days by an Englishman of that name who settled in New York City. The records of the family show that some of its representatives served in the Revolutionary war, and in the war of 1812. Hon. Jolin Bentley, paternal grandfather of Ar -. tlur K. Bentley, a native of New York state, im- migrated to Wisconsin in the pioneer days of that state, and was one of the founders of Mil- waukee, where for many years he plied his voca- tion as contractor and builder. Many of the pub- lic buildings and other structures in that city which were erected during the early period of its growth were the result of his skill and superior handiwork. Nor was his service to his city lim- ited to the erection of durable and substantial structures. In numerous other ways he proved himself a worthy citizen and public-spirited man. Especially was his service efficient and able in the Wisconsin state legislature, in which he served with distinction in both houses. He filled at vari- ous times other offices, including those of council- man of Milwaukee, and sheriff of his county. While a resident of New York he was made a Mason, and after his removal to Milwaukee be- came a charter member of Excelsior Lodge No. 175, and a member of the commandery. In re- ligion he was of the Congregational faith. At the time of his death he was more than eighty years of age.

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his father, he became a contractor and builder, having charge of important works in various cities of the United States. It may be said that no contractor has a higher reputation for relia- ble work than he. Many public and private buildings in large cities, especially throughout the middle west, bear testimony to his consummate skill and workmanship. At the present time he is engaged in the construction of the waterworks system in Cincinnati, Ohio. Like his father, he is a Knight Templar in Masonry. His wife, Emily King, was born in Buffalo. N. Y., of Eng- lish and Welsh descent, and accompanied her father, Walter King, to Milwaukee, where he en- gaged in the lumber and cooperage trade. Of her marriage to Mr. Bentley four children were born, namely : Arthur King, of Portland ; W. J., a resident of Milwaukee, and secretary of the Bentley Construction Company ; John, a resident of San Francisco, who has charge of the work of the Bentley Construction Company in that city and vicinity ; and Horton, a student in the pub- lic schools of Cincinnati.

The eldest of the four sons, Arthur King Bentley, was born in Milwaukee, Wis., October 19, 1872, and received a public school education, supplemented by a course in the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a trade school in New York City. In order to assist his father, he abandoned his studies at the university, and in 1894 became president of the Bentley Construc- tion Company. At a later date he was elected treasurer of the concern, his father becoming the president. As an officer of this corporation he assisted in the supervision of the erection of many buildings on the Columbian Exposition grounds at Chicago, and since then has had charge of other important contract work in vari- ous parts of the country. The government rec- ords show that the Bentley Construction Com- pany has erected more federal buildings than any other concern in the United States. Many of these have been in the west. Two of the finest buildings on the Pacific coast were erected under their supervision, namely : the postoffice building in San Francisco and the federal build- ing in Portland. The last named was begun in April. 1898, and completed in 1900, while the construction of the San Francisco building oc- cupied four years.

While in charge of the work in Portland, Mr. Bentley organized the Adamant Company, of which he has since been vice-president and man- ager. This company is engaged in the manu- facture of a superior wall plaster, a product which it ships to all part of the country. Hc is also the head of the Oregon Lime and Plas- ter Company, of which he is vice-president and manager. This company owns and operates large kilns and extensive gypsum deposits at Hunting-

ton, Ore. Mr. Bentley also retains his interest in the Bentley Construction Company, of which he is still treasurer.

Though the management of these three inter- ests, each of considerable magnitude, renders him a very busy man, he has found time for active participation in local affairs. In June, 1902, he was elected to represent the fourth ward in the Portland city council, receiving the largest ma- jority of any candidate on the Republican ticket in the city. In various ways he has exhibited a sincere and unselfish interest in the promotion of the best interests of the city, and has become rec- ognized as a thoroughly representative young man.

In Milwaukee, in 1893, Mr. Bentley was mar- ried to Florence Clason, a graduate of Milwaukee Downes College. They have one child, Florence. The lodge of which his grandfather was a char- ter member, Excelsior Lodge No. 175, A. F. & A. M., of Milwaukee, was the first Masonic body with which Mr. Bentley was associated ; and he afterward became a member of Excelsior Chap- ter No. 40, R. A. M., and Wisconsin Comman- dery No. 1. K. T. During his residence in Mil- waukee he was for two years a member of the Fourth Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard. Various social organizations in Chicago, New York, Washington, D. C., and Milwaukee number him among their members, besides which he is identified with the Arlington Chib, the Commercial Club (in which he is a member of the board of governors), the Chamber of Com- merce, the Manufacturers' Association, and the Waverly Golf Club, all of Portland.

JOHN A. ANDERSON. Of sterling quali- ties and excellent attainments, John A. Anderson attracts to himself a more than passing notice of works well done and success deservedly achieved, for it has been entirely the result of his own efforts. At the age of twelve years hic was forced to seek his own livelihood, with noth- ing to guard or guide him but the strong integ- rity and judgment inherited from his Scottish ancestry, and with this small beginning in the scale of life lie has risen to a position of promi- nence in his adopted city, the esteem of a large circle of friends being his.

In his humble home at Arbroath, Scotland, John A. Anderson was born June 5. 1855, the son of William and Elizabeth ( Mills) Ander- son, both of whom were natives of that country, the latter being born in July, 1807, at Dundee, where she now lives at the advanced age of ninety-six years. The father was superintendent of a large bleach field, and died in 1857. Be- sides our Mr. Anderson there were the following children in the family: Alexander, manager of

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Portrait and biographical record of Portland and vicinity, Oregon, containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 29

Author: Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Chicago, Chapman Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 946

Author:
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 946