Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Oregon Republican League: History 101

Every Wednesday, the Oregon Republican League will post the biographies of important figures, in the League's/State of Oregon's history. Click on the head link above, to visit more of our listings at genealogy.com. Feel free to comment or share stories of your family's Republican affiliation.

Oregon Republican League:

Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 179-181.

BARRETT, HON. C.A. [Editor inserted: Charles A. Barrett], of Athena, was born in Maine in 1852. He settled in Umatilla County in 1872, and followed stockraising until 1883, when he began a successful mercantile career in Athena. Mr. Barrett is president of the First National Bank of Athena. He has been twice elected a member of the City Council and School Board, and was elected Mayor in 1890. He is president of the Republican club.

BARIN, LOUIS T., of Portland, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, March 13, 1842. In 1858 he went to the gold mines of California, and in 1862 came to Oregon and soon enlisted in the First Oregon Cavalry and served three years in the Indian country. He then took up a claim near Oregon City and farmed and studied law. He was admitted in 1872. The same year he was elected to the legislature. In 1874 and 1875 he was elected to City Attorney of Oregon City, and in 1877 was chosen Mayor, serving two terms. In 1878 he was appointed Register of the United States Land Office and was reappointed in 1882. In 1886 he was elected to the state senate for four years. In 1888 he was chairman of the state central committee. President Harrison appointed him United States Marshal for four years. He is now practicing law in Portland.

BAKER, FRANK C., of Portland, was born in Multnomah County (then Washington County), Oregon, in 1854. In 1865 the family removed to La Grande, where Frank entered the office of the Mountain Sentinel and learned the printer’s trade. He then worked on the Baker City Herald, and the Silver City Avalanche and Boise City Statesman. He then returned to Portland, worked on the Evening Journal and became foreman successively of the Evening Telegram, Evening Bee and Rural Spirit. In 1881 the Multnomah Typographical Union indorsed him for State Printer, and he received the Republican nomination and was elected. He opened the first regular printing office in the capitol and performed his work so successfully that he was renominated by acclamation in 1890 and re-elected. He is an earnest Republican and liberal in support of many party measures.

BANCROFT, F. A., of Portland, was born in Granville, Ohio, in 1819, and came to California in 1869. In 1870 he made a tour of Europe. In 1873 he settled in Portland, and two years later entered the employ of the Oregon & California Railroad, now the Southern Pacific, and having charge of the extensive local freight offices of that company. Mr. Bancroft has taken an active and honorable part in politics. He was a member of the East Portland City Council two years, was chairman of the East Portland Water Commission at the time of consolidation of the cities, and in 1892 was elected on the Republican ticket to the state senate, serving through two sessions.

BARKLEY, HON. HENRY L., of Woodburn, was born in Adams County, Indiana, March 19, 1858; was reared I Ohio, and came to Oregon in 1888, locating to Woodburn. He was a speaker in the stump in Ohio in 1884, and has made a reputation as a campaign orator since coming to Oregon. In 1894 he was elected to the legislature, and has again been nominated by the Republicans of Marion County. Mr. Barkley is a presiding elder of the United Bretheren Church.

BEACH, HON. S. C. [Editor inserted: S. Curtis Beach], of Portland, was born in Iowa in 1860. He became a printer at the age of fourteen. He established the Waco (Neb.) Star in 1878, the Stromburg (Neb.) Republican in 1880 and from 1884 to 1891 edited the Lakeview (Or.) Examiner. Since then he has lived in Portland, engaged in the printing business till 1895. He is now Superintendent of the Street-Cleaning department. Mr. Beach has been President of the Peninsular Club three years, and in 1894 was elected to legislature.

BEAN, HON. ROBERT S., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was born in Yamhill County, November 28, 1854, but has been a resident of Lane County from an early age. He graduated from the Monmouth College in 1873, and from the University of Oregon in 1877. In 1876 he was admitted to the bar. He practiced at Eugene until elected Judge of the second district in 1882. He was re-elected in 1886, was elected Supreme Court Judge in 1890, and has again been nominated to the supreme bench.

BEEGLE, JOHN R., editor of the St. Helens Mist. Was born in Jefferson County Kansas, April 12, 1863, and came to Oregon in 1874. He has lived continuously in St. Helens, except the two years of 1893-94, when he was editor of the Hillsboro Independent. In 1894-5 he was president of the Oregon Press Association, and in 1893 was a delegate to the National Editorial Convention. He was delegate to the Grand Lodge, K. of P., in 1894 and 1895. He is an earnest and consistent Republican, and has frequently been a member of conventions, and was in 1894 president if the Young Men’s Republican Club of Hillsboro.

BENSON, HENRY I. [Editor inserted: Henry L. Benson], of Grant’s Pass, was born in Stockton, California, July 6, 1854, and came to Grant’s Pass in 1886. He was admitted to the California bar in 1877 and practiced law in San Jose two years. He taught school a year at Wilbur, and was three years at State Normal School at Drain before settling in Grant’s Pass as principal of the public school. In 1892 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, and again in 1894, and is the only Republican ever getting a majority for that office in Josephine County. In 1888 he was nominated for County Clerk, and this year is the nominee for legislature. He was a delegate to the Douglas County conventions of 1882, 1884 and 1886, and was chairman if the first two.

BENSON, FRANK W., of Roseburg, was born in Santa Clara County California, March 20, 1858. From 1864 to 1868 he lived in Portland, Oregon and then returned to California. In 1880 he again came to Oregon, locating in Douglas County, and engaging in teaching school. He was elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1882, and again in 1884. He served three years as clerk in the United States Land Office. In 1892 he was elected County Clerk, and was re-elected in 1894. He is a member of the Republican Club and was a delegate to the league convention in 1895.

BECKETT, C.W. [Editor inserted: Clyde Wallace Beckett], of Dallas, was born in Polk County Oregon, July 12, 1861, and has lived in the county ever since. He was a delegate to the county conventions of 1892 and 1894, and was elected Assessor of Polk County in 1892, which office he still holds.

BENTLEY, WILLIAM H., of Baker City, was born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, March 24, 1831, and came to Oregon in 1852. He spent ten years in Yamhill County, working as a carpenter, and in January 1863, went to Umatilla County, where he was appointed Deputy Sheriff. In 1865 he located in Baker County and engaged in mining, farming, etc. Mr. Bentley has upheld the Republican standard in a Democratic County for a third of a century. In 1870 he was the nominee for the Joint Representative, and in 1878 for Assessor. In 1892 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and again in 1894. He was a member of the county convention in 1868, 1970, 1882 and 1884, and was president if the convention in 1882.

BEAN, HENRY J., of Pendleton, was born at Bethel, Maine, November 13, 1853, and came to Oregon in June 1881, settling in Pendleton. He is a member of the club in that city, and was a delegate to the county conventions of 1888 to 1894 and the state convention of 1894. He was elected to the legislature in 1888. In 1890 he was made United States Commissioner, and in1895 was appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court for the Eastern district.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh Tony, This is a great website. I'm very excited to find this. I'm a descendant of Robert Sharp Bean. I have a little bit of information about him and am looking for others. Who were his parents? I am so proud that he was a member of the "right" family. Do you have any other info? Enthusiastically yours, Libby. I'll send you a personal email when I get home tonight. Thanks so much for doing all this!!!!! :-)

Oregon Republican League said...

Hi Libby!! Glad you found us too. Robert's parents were Obediah and Julia Sharp Bean. I found some info on them and will rought out their family tree in a bit. Please check this website:

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=steedman&id=I01844

Here is Obediah's info:

Obediah went to CA in 1849 to mine. I found him on the 1850 El Dorado, Placerville, CA census. He was not married at the time. The family was in OR by 1852 settling in the Chehalem Valley not far from Newberg. The family was on the 1880 Lane Co., OR census. By 1885, JW was in Polk Co., OR.


Eugene City Guard, Saturday, March 22, 1890, page 5.

The many friends of Mr. O. R. Bean will regret to learn that he met with an accident at Acme Tuesday of last week that has proved or may prove fatal He had been to Florence and was returning to his home at Head of Tide on the steamer Mink. The steamer stopped at Acme and while he was going up stairs from the wharf his head struck a beam that projected near the head of the stairs, and he fell backward a distance of 12 feet sustaining severe internal injuries, and it is supposed a concussion to the brain. He was picked up unconscious and medical aid and his family summoned to his bedside. A gentleman from Florence informed us that up to Friday noon after the accident he had not regained consciousness, and his death was expected at any time. As communication between here and Florence is very slow on account of the road being washed out no further news has been received in regard to his condition. It is hoped that the injury has not proved fatal, and that Mr. Bean has recovered from the accident.


Eugene City Guard, Saturday, March 29, 1890

PROVED FATAL. The accident which happened to Mr. O. R. Bean at Acme, Tuesday, March 11 [1890], an account of which was published in last week's GUARD, was attended with a fatal result He never regained consciousness after the accident. O. R. Bean was born in Liberty, Missouri, February 2, 1830. He came to California in 1849, being attracted by the reports of the finding of gold, and remained there until 1852 when he came to Oregon. In 1853 in Yamhill he married Miss Julia A. Sharp who survives him. In 1855 he came to Lane Co. and settled on the prairie west of Irving, removing afterwards to a farm on the river road three miles south of Junction. In 1878 he bought the farm adjoining Eugene now owned by S. P. Sladden and resided there until about four years ago when he removed to Seaton on the Siuslaw. His family was a large one consisting of eight sons and two daughters. The funeral took place at Point Terrace March 16th. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity holding his membership in the Junction lodge. He was a county commissioner of Lane county from 1878 to 1880.

Mr. Bean was a genial, kind-hearted man and had many noble qualities that made friends of those with whom he came in contact. He was unassuming in his manners and conduct, and did not esteem labor derogatory to the standing of a man. Of late years, through an unfortunate combination of circumstances, he had not prospered financially although from no fault of his own, but with indomitable energy, at 60 years of age, he was winning back his former prosperity, when the unfortunate accident caused his death.

The Masonic Cemetery is boxed in between 25th, 27th, University St. and Onyx Street in Eugene, WA.

Oregon Republican League said...

Hi Libby - This is best viewed from a fully expanded page. This is the family tree, from rootsweb.com. If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to ask. -Tony :)

Descendants of Obediah Roberts Bean

1 Obediah Roberts Bean b: 02 Feb 1830 in Liberty, Clay Co., MO d: 15 Mar 1890 in Lane Co., OR
.. +Julia Anne Sharp b: 25 Feb 1838 in Caddis, Harrison Co., OH m: 21 Oct 1853 in Yamhill Co., OR d: 19 Feb 1908 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR (#5944) (obit) Eugene Masonic Cemetery
........ 2 Robert Sharp Bean b: 28 Nov 1854 in Yamhill Co., OR d: 07 Jan 1931 in Multnomah Co., OR (obit/dc) Riverview Cemetery
............ +Ina Elizabeth Condon b: 13 Nov 1857 in Linn Co., OR m: 07 Sep 1880 in OR--maybe Lane Co. d: 11 Apr 1937 in Multnomah Co., OR (obit/dc) Riverview Cemetery
................... 3 Condon Roy Bean b: Dec 1881 in Eugene, Lane Co., OR d: 08 Feb 1967 in King Co., Seattle, WA
....................... +Anna b: 1888 in Minnesota m: 1919 d: 29 Sep 1969 in King Co., Seattle, WA
............................. 4 Nancy Anne Bean b: 1922 in CA
............................. 4 Thomas Bean b: 1925 in WA
................... 3 Ernest G. Bean b: Dec 1883 in Eugene, Lane Co., OR d: 02 Oct 1917 in Ventura Co., CA (obit) Santa Paula Cemetery
....................... +Inez May Kelsey b: Jul 1882 in Ventura Co., CA m: Bet. 1910 - 1916 in Ventura Co., CA d: 12 Jun 1964 in Ventura Co., CA Santa Paula Cemetery
............................. 4 Robert Sharp Bean b: 07 Jan 1916 in Santa Paula, Ventura Co., CA d: 09 Nov 1974 in Ventura Co., CA (obit) Santa Paula Cemetery
................................. +Fauvette d: Aft. 1974 in Not buried in Santa Paula Cemetery
........................................ 5 Robert E. Bean d: Aft. 1974 in Not buried in Santa Paula Cemetery
........................................ 5 Cheryl Bean d: Aft. 1974 in Not buried in Santa Paula Cemetery
............................................ +Roger Orr d: in Not buried in Santa Paula Cemetery
................... 3 Ormond Robert Bean b: Mar 1886 in Multnomah Co., OR d: 14 Feb 1975 in Multnomah Co., OR
....................... +Eva V. Allen b: Aug 1887 in Multnomah Co., OR m: 15 Nov 1911 in Multnomah Co., OR Marriage Reg. d: 24 Dec 1971 in Multnomah Co., OR Death Reg.
............................. 4 Richard Bean b: in Multnomah Co., OR d: Aft. 1994 in Living in Eugene, OR
............................. 4 Terrance Bean b: in Multnomah Co., OR d: Aft. 1994 in Living in Oswego, OR
............................. 4 Betty Bean b: in Multnomah Co., OR d: Aft. 1994 in Living in CA
................................. +Lewis
............................. 4 Ormond Robert Jr. Bean b: 1914 in Multnomah Co., OR d: 02 Jun 1994 in Washington Co., OR (obit) Riverview Cemetery
................................. +Jean Audrey Withington
........................................ 5 Becky Bean d: Aft. 1994 in Living in Hillsboro, OR
............................................ +Living Wade
............................. 4 Mary E. Bean b: 1917 in Multnomah Co., OR d: Aft. 1930
................... 3 Harold Cedric Bean b: 28 Dec 1889 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: 02 Jan 1930 in Multnomah Co., Portland, OR (d/c)
....................... +Esther Gilmer b: 1894 in Virginia m: 1917 in Baltimore, MD d: Aft. 1930
............................. 4 Harold G. Bean b: 1929 in Oregon
............................. 4 Janet Sharp Bean b: 1924 in Oregon
................... 3 Robert Douglas Bean b: Sep 1893 in OR d: 02 Jul 1954 in Multnomah Co., OR (#7990)
............................. 4 Yvonne Bean
........ 2 James Riley Bean b: 27 Oct 1856 in OR d: 29 May 1946 in Multnomah Co., Portland, OR
............ +Harriet b: Jan 1866 in OR m: 1884 in OR--assumed d: Aft. 1930 in Can't find on OR Death Index
................... 3 Hazel Bean b: Jan 1887 in OR
........ 2 John W. Bean, Dr. b: 05 Dec 1858 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: 23 Mar 1929 in Ventura Co., CA (obit)
............ +Sarah Lavinia Lee b: 20 Dec 1856 in OR m: 17 Dec 1885 in Polk Co., OR d: 10 May 1949 in Ventura Co., CA
................... 3 Irwin H. Bean b: Jan 1891 in WA d: Bet. 1900 - 1910
................... 3 Child2 Bean b: Aft. 1900 d: Bef. 1910
................... 3 Child3 Bean b: Aft. 1900 d: Bef. 1910
........ 2 Emma A. Bean b: 31 Jan 1861 in Lane Co., Junction City, OR d: 24 May 1928 in Aberdeen, WA Fern Hill Cemetery (obit)
............ +Marshall E. Lucas b: 1862 in Wyandotte Co., KS m: Bef. 1901 d: Bef. 1928 in 1920 Living in Aberdeen
................... 3 Julia A. Lucas b: 1901 in Aberdeen, WA d: Aft. 1928
........ 2 Joseph H. Bean b: 20 Apr 1863 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: 1897
........ 2 Edward A. Bean b: 03 Sep 1865 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: 27 Aug 1926 in Lane Co., OR (not on death index/no obit)
............ +Hester Niccole b: 31 Dec 1876 in Oregon m: 17 Apr 1901 d: 1941
................... 3 Marcel Bean b: 28 Dec 1901 in Oregon d: 1960
....................... +Viola Checarilli
................... 3 Elizabeth Estella Bean b: 08 May 1906 in Oregon
....................... +Harry R. Clark b: 10 Jul 1900
........ 2 Louis Elmer Bean b: 21 Nov 1867 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: 06 Jul 1929 in Marion Co., OR (obit & d/c) Masonic Cemetery
............ +Katharine Patterson b: 28 Aug 1874 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR m: 1905 in Lane Co., OR d: 22 Feb 1944 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR (d/c & obit) Rest Haven Cemetery
................... 3 John William Bean b: 1905 in Lane Co., OR d: 19 Aug 1932 in Lane Co., OR (324)
................... 3 Louis Alexander Bean b: 1911 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: Aft. 1944 in Ck Deschutes 6-15-1988
....................... +Velva b: Mar 1912 d: 09 Mar 1975 in Ck Deschutes Mar 9, 1975
................... 3 Margaret Bean b: 1913 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: Aft. 1944 in Living in Alabama
....................... +Bockman
................... 3 Louis Elmer Jr. Bean b: 1920 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: in Ck 533 Marion Co.
........ 2 Frederick Carroll Bean b: 10 Feb 1869 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: 24 Oct 1921 in Lane Co., OR (obit & d/c) IOOF Pioneer Cemetery
............ +Laura E. Colman b: 1870 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR m: 27 Jun 1900 in Mapleton, Lane County, Oregon d: 1906 in Lane Co., OR IOOF Pioneer Cemetery
................... 3 Hortense Bean b: 29 Sep 1901 in Oregon d: 1975
....................... +W. D. Rowland m: 08 Jan 1927
................... 3 Rupert Bean b: 30 Jun 1903 in Oregon d: Mar 1978 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
........ *2nd Wife of Frederick Carroll Bean:
............ +Anna Mae Hammitt b: 31 Jul 1866 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR m: 30 Jun 1909 in Lane Co., OR Marriage Register d: 06 Jan 1927 in Lane Co., OR (obit) IOOF Pioneer Cemetery
........ 2 Charles Bean b: 1870 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: Bef. 1880
........ 2 Mary C. Bean b: 10 Aug 1872 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: 1873 in Lane Co., OR
........ 2 Chester O. Bean b: 06 Sep 1875 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: 03 Jan 1954 in Raymond, Pacific Co., WA #1034 DC
............ +Kathryn Brund b: 1885 in NY m: 1903 in WA or OR d: 22 Feb 1944 in Where? Not on WA Death Index
................... 3 James L. Bean b: 1912 in WA
........ 2 Estella A. Bean b: 13 Feb 1878 in Lane Co., Eugene, OR d: 17 Jul 1944 in Los Angeles Co., CA (obit)
............ +William Walter Jr. Pope b: Feb 1880 in St. Louis, MO m: Abt. 1925 in CA d: 14 Feb 1942 in Ventura Co., CA (obit)