JAMES STEEL DEAD
Paralysis Takes Oregon Pioneer of Portland.
BANKING EXPERIENCE WIDE
Public Offices Held by Prominent Resident Only Those of State Bank Examiner and School Director – Funeral Tomorrow.
James Steel, an Oregon pioneer, aged 78 years died yesterday afternoon at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. James F. Ewing, 610 Spring street, after a severe illness of one month, due directly to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered in 1911. The funeral probably will be held from the First Congregational Church tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Steel was born at Woodsfield, Ohio, and lived there 21 years, when he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where he remained six years, coming to Portland across the plains in 1862, where he had resided continuously ever since.
His first position was clerk in R. Pittock's grocery store. Two years later he straightened out the books of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, and in 1866, when the First National Bank was organized, he was chosen cashier, which bank he was with for 16 years.
He then was made president of the Willamette Savings Bank, which he helped organize, and two years later, when this bank consolidated with the Merchants' National Bank, he was chosen present, which position he resigned in 1890.
He was a pioneer electric street railway builder and built the line to Oregon City. He was identified with various other business enterprises, including the Oregon Pottery Company, organized in 1884, and the Klamath River Lumber & Improvement Company.
Mr. Steel was appointed State Bank Examiner in 1907, which office he held for three years. His only other public office was that of School Director.
In religious circles Mr. Steel was well known. He was a charter member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was deacon emeritus of the First Congregational Church. He had been Sunday school superintendent, treasurer and trustee.
He was married in 1866 to Miss Mary Ladd, who died in 1910.Four children, J. Marshall Steel, of Berkeley, Cal.; Mrs. H. M. Walthew, of Hanford, Wash.; Mrs. C. E. Warrens and Mrs. James F. Ewing, of Portland, survive. (The Oregonian, 09 Apr 1913)
Paralysis Takes Oregon Pioneer of Portland.
BANKING EXPERIENCE WIDE
Public Offices Held by Prominent Resident Only Those of State Bank Examiner and School Director – Funeral Tomorrow.
James Steel, an Oregon pioneer, aged 78 years died yesterday afternoon at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. James F. Ewing, 610 Spring street, after a severe illness of one month, due directly to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered in 1911. The funeral probably will be held from the First Congregational Church tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Steel was born at Woodsfield, Ohio, and lived there 21 years, when he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where he remained six years, coming to Portland across the plains in 1862, where he had resided continuously ever since.
His first position was clerk in R. Pittock's grocery store. Two years later he straightened out the books of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, and in 1866, when the First National Bank was organized, he was chosen cashier, which bank he was with for 16 years.
He then was made president of the Willamette Savings Bank, which he helped organize, and two years later, when this bank consolidated with the Merchants' National Bank, he was chosen present, which position he resigned in 1890.
He was a pioneer electric street railway builder and built the line to Oregon City. He was identified with various other business enterprises, including the Oregon Pottery Company, organized in 1884, and the Klamath River Lumber & Improvement Company.
Mr. Steel was appointed State Bank Examiner in 1907, which office he held for three years. His only other public office was that of School Director.
In religious circles Mr. Steel was well known. He was a charter member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was deacon emeritus of the First Congregational Church. He had been Sunday school superintendent, treasurer and trustee.
He was married in 1866 to Miss Mary Ladd, who died in 1910.Four children, J. Marshall Steel, of Berkeley, Cal.; Mrs. H. M. Walthew, of Hanford, Wash.; Mrs. C. E. Warrens and Mrs. James F. Ewing, of Portland, survive. (The Oregonian, 09 Apr 1913)
JAMES STEEL DEAD
Paralysis Takes Oregon Pioneer of Portland.
BANKING EXPERIENCE WIDE
Public Offices Held by Prominent Resident Only Those of State Bank Examiner and School Director – Funeral Tomorrow.
James Steel, an Oregon pioneer, aged 78 years died yesterday afternoon at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. James F. Ewing, 610 Spring street, after a severe illness of one month, due directly to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered in 1911. The funeral probably will be held from the First Congregational Church tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Steel was born at Woodsfield, Ohio, and lived there 21 years, when he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where he remained six years, coming to Portland across the plains in 1862, where he had resided continuously ever since.
His first position was clerk in R. Pittock's grocery store. Two years later he straightened out the books of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, and in 1866, when the First National Bank was organized, he was chosen cashier, which bank he was with for 16 years.
He then was made president of the Willamette Savings Bank, which he helped organize, and two years later, when this bank consolidated with the Merchants' National Bank, he was chosen present, which position he resigned in 1890.
He was a pioneer electric street railway builder and built the line to Oregon City. He was identified with various other business enterprises, including the Oregon Pottery Company, organized in 1884, and the Klamath River Lumber & Improvement Company.
Mr. Steel was appointed State Bank Examiner in 1907, which office he held for three years. His only other public office was that of School Director.
In religious circles Mr. Steel was well known. He was a charter member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was deacon emeritus of the First Congregational Church. He had been Sunday school superintendent, treasurer and trustee.
He was married in 1866 to Miss Mary Ladd, who died in 1910.Four children, J. Marshall Steel, of Berkeley, Cal.; Mrs. H. M. Walthew, of Hanford, Wash.; Mrs. C. E. Warrens and Mrs. James F. Ewing, of Portland, survive. (The Oregonian, 09 Apr 1913)
Paralysis Takes Oregon Pioneer of Portland.
BANKING EXPERIENCE WIDE
Public Offices Held by Prominent Resident Only Those of State Bank Examiner and School Director – Funeral Tomorrow.
James Steel, an Oregon pioneer, aged 78 years died yesterday afternoon at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. James F. Ewing, 610 Spring street, after a severe illness of one month, due directly to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered in 1911. The funeral probably will be held from the First Congregational Church tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Steel was born at Woodsfield, Ohio, and lived there 21 years, when he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where he remained six years, coming to Portland across the plains in 1862, where he had resided continuously ever since.
His first position was clerk in R. Pittock's grocery store. Two years later he straightened out the books of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, and in 1866, when the First National Bank was organized, he was chosen cashier, which bank he was with for 16 years.
He then was made president of the Willamette Savings Bank, which he helped organize, and two years later, when this bank consolidated with the Merchants' National Bank, he was chosen present, which position he resigned in 1890.
He was a pioneer electric street railway builder and built the line to Oregon City. He was identified with various other business enterprises, including the Oregon Pottery Company, organized in 1884, and the Klamath River Lumber & Improvement Company.
Mr. Steel was appointed State Bank Examiner in 1907, which office he held for three years. His only other public office was that of School Director.
In religious circles Mr. Steel was well known. He was a charter member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was deacon emeritus of the First Congregational Church. He had been Sunday school superintendent, treasurer and trustee.
He was married in 1866 to Miss Mary Ladd, who died in 1910.Four children, J. Marshall Steel, of Berkeley, Cal.; Mrs. H. M. Walthew, of Hanford, Wash.; Mrs. C. E. Warrens and Mrs. James F. Ewing, of Portland, survive. (The Oregonian, 09 Apr 1913)
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
