Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Bonham, Harry W. 1870 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 393
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     HARRY W. BONHAM holds a foremost place among the able and successful 
business men and public-spirited citizens of St. Johns, Portland, where he has 
been identified with commercial affairs for twenty-three years. During this 
period he has also been actively interested in local public affairs and is 
regarded as one of the representative men of his community. Mr. Bonham was 
born in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1870, and is a son of George W. and Harriet 
(Blackburn) Bonham, both of whom are deceased.
     
     Having acquired a public school education, Mr. Bonham was first regularly 
employed as a billing clerk in a shoe factory. Later he worked in a book and 
stationery store, after which he was with S. F. Baker & Company, at Keokuk, 
until 1905. In that year he came to Portland, and entered into a partnership 
with Edmonde S. Currier, establishing a general merchandise business, under 
the name of Bonham & Currier. This has proven a very successful enterprise and 
is regarded as one of St. John's most reliable business houses and one of the 
best suburban stores around Portland. Mr. Bonham is president of this company, 
also of the firm of Couch & Currier, which established a grocery store in St. 
John in 1922, is secretary of the real estate holding concern of Currier & 
Company and a director of the Peninsula National Bank. He has prospered in all 
of his undertakings and has earned a reputation as a man of clear headed 
judgment and right methods.

     In October, 1906, Mr. Bonham was united in marriage to Miss Alice M. 
Bond, of Chicago, who was born in Iowa. They are the parents of a daughter, 
Katharine H., who is a student in the University of Oregon. Mr. Bonham has 
always given his political support to the republican party and fraternally is 
a Royal Arch Mason. He has shown a helpful interest in local affairs and has 
rendered effective service as a member of the city council and the school 
board. Because of his excellent business record and fine personal qualities he 
commands the uniform respect and esteem of all who know him.

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