Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Bannon, Patrick J. 1858 - 
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     PATRICK J. BANNON, who has been actively engaged in the practice of law 
in Portland for more than four decades, holds a place in the front rank of his 
profession here because of his learning, ability, success and personality, and 
throughout this city he commands uniform confidence and respect. Mr. Bannon 
was born at Stratford, Ontario, Canada, in 1858. His parents, Patrick J. and 
Julia (Inglesby) Bannon, were natives of Ireland, in which country they were 
reared and married, and in 1840 went to Canada on their wedding trip. There 
the father was for many years engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he 
prospered. Both parents are now deceased.

     Patrick J. Bannon, Jr., completed the public school course and attended 
St. Michael's College in Toronto, after which he entered St. Jerome's College 
in Berlin, Canada, from which he was graduated. From 1879 to 1881 he studied 
philosophy at the Collegio Germanico in Rome, Italy, and on his return to 
Canada took up the study of law under John Iddington, the crown attorney and 
clerk of the peace at Stratford and the present chief justice of Canada. He 
then entered the law school of the University of Michigan, from which he was 
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1886, and in the following 
September came to Portland, Oregon, where he entered upon the practice of his 
profession, in which he has been engaged continuously to the present time. He 
has conducted a general practice and has always had a large and representative 
clientele, being regarded as one of the most capable and dependable members of 
the bar of the city.

     In 1891 Mr. Bannon was united in marriage to Miss Anna Evangeline Dowell, 
of Jacksonville, Oregon, a daughter of B. F. and Nancy A. Dowell, the former 
of whom came to this state in 1849.

     Mr. Bannon gives his political support to the republican party and is a 
member of the Oregon State Bar Association.  He has devoted his attention 
closely to his profession, though he is also interested in mines in eastern 
Oregon, and during his entire residence here has been regarded as one of the 
community's solid and reliable citizens, whose support can always be counted 
on in the promotion of measures for the betterment of the public welfare. 
Kindly and courteous in demeanor, cordial and friendly in his social 
relations, and true to the highest ideals in professional and private life, he 
has dignified his profession and honored his community, and commands to a 
notable degree the confidence and respect of all who know him.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Page 
860

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