Bio of DOLLIFF, Lucius P., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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LUCIUS P. DOLLIFF (Lucius Palmer Dolliff) - Vol III, pg 675
Lucius P. Dolliff has been a resident of Minneapolis since 1884 and for nearly
forty years has concentrated his efforts upon the lumber business, gradually
extending the scope of his operations until he is now controlling large
interests. He is a member of an old New England family and was born and reared
in Oldtown, Maine, coming to Minnesota during the pioneer era in its
development. At the time of his arrival the pine forests still covered all of
this region, and foreseeing something of what the future held in store for this
section of the country, he purchased quarter section after quarter section but
lost his holdings through technicalities of the law. Never losing hope of
ultimately retrieving his losses, he courageously renewed his efforts and
eventually prospered and with the passing years his interests have increased
until he is today one of the largest lumber dealers in the Northwest, owning a
number of lumber­yards in Minnesota and South Dakota, and he is also a
stockholder in several other corporations. He conducts his business under the
style of the L. P. Dolliff Lumber Company, of which he is the head, and his two
sons are associated with him in the enterprise. He possesses that keen insight,
broad vision, executive force and self-reliance necessary for the development
and successful conduct of a large undertaking and his influence is one of
broadening activity and strength in the field in which he is operating.
Mr. Dolliff married Miss Mary Gould of Oldtown, Maine, and they have become the
parents of three children, two sons and a daughter, namely: Alfred G.; Thaddeus
G.; and Lora M., now Mrs. M. W. Boelter. Mr. Dolliff's fraternal connections are
with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he is also a member
of the Automobile Club, the Minneapolis Golf Club and the Interlachen Country
Club. His father died when he was but two years old and he has always been
dependent upon his own resources for a livelihood. Knowing that honest effort,
intelligently directed, will always win in the end, he took that method of
reaching the goal which his ambi­tion had set up, availing himself of every
legitimate opportunity that arose for the promotion and expansion of his
interests, and in the fulness of time he has reaped the rich harvests of his
labors and also the aftermath.