Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Bissinger, Samuel 1874 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 6-7
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     One of Portland's oldest and best known business concerns is that of 
Bissinger Company, which has been in existence for over a half century and has 
been conducted under the present name for forty-eight years. It is known 
throughout the northwest, having many connections, and has always commanded a 
leading place in business and commercial circles. The Portland and subsidiary 
branches are under the immediate supervision of Samuel Bissinger, who has 
shown marked executive ability and has been an important factor in the success 
of the business. This concern was first established in the early '70s by Louis 
Sloss and Louis Gerstle, on Front and Oak streets, Portland, a branch also 
being founded in Walla Walla, Washington, under the name of Louis Sloss & 
Company. In 1880 Adolph Bissinger, a pioneer of Portland, took the business 
over, at which time the location had been changed to Front and Salmon streets, 
and he gave his attention to the trade here until late in the '80s, when he 
moved to San Francisco and opened a branch of the Portland concern. 
Subsequently he made that the head office of Bissinger & Company, his plant 
being located at Front and Jackson streets, and he remained at the head of the 
business there until his death. The Portland office has always been maintained 
and has had control of all of the company's business in the northwest. In 1912 
the office was moved to Thirteenth and Irving streets, where it has remained 
to the present time. During the '80s the company built the first wool fullery 
in Oregon on the macadam road, in Portland, where it remained for some years, 
when it was moved to Sellwood. In 1924 it was moved to Troutdale, Oregon, 
where it covers fourteen acres of ground, the main building being constructed 
of concrete, while the warehouse is a block long. This plant has a capacity of 
three thousand skins a day. The Portland plant, which occupies a half block of 
space, is the collecting center for all of the northwestern branches, which 
are at Spokane and Seattle, Washington; Billings and Missoula, Montana ; 
Boise, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah; Reno, Nevada; Vancouver, British Columbia, 
and Calgary, Alberta. The present officers of Bissinger & Company are as 
follows: Newton Bissinger, president; Paul Bissinger, secretary, and Samuel 
Bissinger, manager for the northwest, at Portland. These gentlemen, with 
Herman Waldeck, of San Francisco, comprising the board of directors.

     Samuel Bissinger was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1874, and is a son of 
Max and Rose Bissinger, the former having passed away at the age of eighty-
four years. Samuel Bissinger was reared in his native land, securing his 
educational training in the public schools, and in 1890, at the age of sixteen 
years, he came to the United States. He took a commercial course in 
Armstrong's Business College, in Portland, and soon afterwards entered the 
employ of Bissinger & Company, with which concern he has been identified 
continuously since. For the past fifteen years he has been manager at 
Portland, in which capacity he has given a high type of service, devoting 
himself tirelessly to the interests of the business, which, under his capable 
management, has enjoyed a splendid measure of prosperity. Mr. Bissinger is a 
member of the Concordia Club, the Tualatin Country Club and the Portland 
Chamber of Commerce and ever since coming to this city has shown a commendable 
interest in its welfare and progress. His political support is given to the 
republican party. Personally he is a man of energetic manner, progressive 
ideas and up-to-date methods, is keen and discriminating in his judgment, and 
holds a high place in the estimation of all who are associated with him.

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