Clatsop County OR Archives Biographies.....Badollet, John 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 523 - 524
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     JOHN BADOLLET.  One of the most conspicuous figures in the early history 
of Astoria was the late John Badollet, to whose enterprise in the canning 
industry the community was largely indebted for its prosperity and whose sound 
judgment, sagacity and sense of fair dealing gave him great influence among 
his fellowmen. Mr. Badollet was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and when six 
weeks old was taken by his parents to Vincennes, Indiana. There he attended 
the public schools and prepared himself for entrance to West Point Military 
Academy, but was prevented by ill health from following his ambition in that 
direction. In 1849 he joined the gold rush to California and engaged in mining 
on the American river, where in a short time he cleaned up fifteen hundred 
dollars. However, he was again taken sick and spent a large part of his money 
in his efforts to regain his health. In 1851 he came to Astoria, where lived 
one of his uncles, Colonel McClure, a veteran of the Mexican war, who had come 
some years previously and secured a donation land claim, a part of which he 
laid out in town lots, the tract being now known as McClure's addition to 
Astoria. For several years after coming here Mr. Badollet clerked in Leonard & 
Green's general store, and in the late '50s was elected county clerk, in which 
office he served several years. In 1873, in partnership with C. Leinenweber, 
Hiram Brown, John Hobson and Robert Adair, he built the first salmon cannery 
in Astoria, it being also the first cannery established west of Tongue Point 
and one of the first on the Columbia river. He devoted his attention closely 
to this enterprise, which proved very successful, and operated it until his 
death, which occurred June 2, 1881.

     On February 17, 1869, in Astoria, Mr. Badollet was united in marriage to 
Miss Mary Jane Nowlen, who was born in Tazewell county, Illinois, and was a 
daughter of Michael and Nancy (Bowman) Nowlen, of Revolutionary ancestry. Her 
father was born in Dublin, Ireland, and the mother in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. 
Nowlen crossed the plains to Oregon in 1851 and lived in Portland a short 
time. He then moved to Silverton, Marion county, Oregon, where he bought a 
farm, and soon afterwards built a sawmill and a gristmill, known to the 
pioneers as Scott's mills. In 1854 he sold out there and came to Astoria, 
where he built and operated a blacksmith shop and foundry. He carried that 
business on for many years, retiring sometime prior to his death, which 
occurred here in 1903. His wife died in 1909. To Mr. and Mrs. Badollet were 
born five children. Dora, who was born in Astoria, received her early 
education in the public schools of this city, and St. Helen's Hall at 
Portland, subsequently attended the State Normal School at Monmouth, and the 
University of Oregon, and has since taught in the public schools of Astoria, 
being now dean of girls in the high school; Mrs. W. G. Howell, second of the 
family, of Astoria, is the mother of four children: Herbert, who lives at 
Grants Pass and is county agricultural agent of Josephine county, is married 
and has two children, Jean and Joan; Genevieve, who is the wife of Roy Tate, 
of Portland, and has four children, Josephine, Elizabeth, Robert and Margaret; 
Lucille, who is the wife of Victor Nielsen and has two children, Richard and 
Beverly; and Mildred Howell, who is principal of the Olney school in Astoria. 
Georgia, the third daughter, is the wife of T. S. Trullinger, a member of one 
of Oregon's pioneer families, and has two children, Clyde, who is married and 
has a daughter, Mary Jane, and John. The son, J. P. Badollet, is married and 
is engaged in business in Astoria in partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. 
Trullinger. Mary died at the age of four years. The mother of these children 
died May 15, 1926.

     Mr. Badollet was a member of Temple Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., of which 
he was secretary for a number of years. He served many years as a member of 
the school board and the city council and took a keen and effective interest 
in everything pertaining to the betterment of his community along material, 
civic or moral lines. As an evidence of his strength of character, his 
forceful individuality and his standing in the community, he was the one man 
who stopped the fishermen's strike here in the early '80s, when hundreds of 
angry men paraded the streets of Astoria, carrying banners which bore the 
inscription, "Fifty Cents or No Fish," his influence over the men undoubtedly 
preventing serious rioting. He was essentially a man among men, commanding 
respect by innate force as well as by superior ability, and as a citizen he 
easily ranked with the most influential of his compeers in matters looking 
toward the welfare of the community. His death removed from Astoria one of its 
most substantial and highly esteemed citizens and the many tributes to his 
high standing in the world of affairs and as a man and citizen attested the 
high place he had in the hearts of the people.

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