Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Braley, George A. 1882 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com June 19, 2009, 9:21 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company GEORGE A. BRALEY. The agency for the popular Dodge line of automobiles in northwestern Oregon is in the capable hands of Braley & Graham, of Portland, which firm has well earned the reputation which it enjoys as one of the most progressive and successful concerns in its line in this section of the state. The president of the company, George A. Braley, was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1882, and is a son of Winslow and Lillie (Williams) Braley, who were early settlers of that state where the former engaged in the real estate business. He was successful in his affairs and is now retired and he and his wife are living in San Diego, California. George A. Braley received a public school education and then entered a bank in Sioux Falls, in which he was employed for five years. In 1915 he became identified with the automobile business in Sioux Falls as a salesman for Dodge Brothers, with which firm he remained for two years, and in 1917 acquired the agency for the Reo car. In 1918 he took over the Dodge agency at Sioux Falls, and two years later went to Sioux City, Iowa, where he formed a partnership with A. B. Graham and handled the Dodge cars until 1922, when they sold out there and came to Portland. Here, under the firm style of Braley & Graham, they have the distributing agency for the Dodge cars and the Graham line of trucks, in the handling of which they have made a fine record. Business has grown to the extent that has compelled them to seek much larger quarters and they are now erecting a fine, three-story, reinforced concrete building, occupying nearly a block of space between Stout, Ella, Morrison and Yamhill streets, where they have six hundred and fifty feet of street frontage and about twenty-six thousand square feet of floor space. The building, which will be ready for occupancy by April 1, 1929, will be in every respect well adapted to the purpose for which it will be used and will provide the best facilities for handling the cars to advantage. In addition to the offices and salesrooms, there will be a complete repair and service department, as well as a body and paint shop, so that they can handle everything in connection with the cars they sell. When completed, it will be the best and most thoroughly equipped plant of its kind on the coast. The firm employs sixty-five people and is well known for its uniform attention to the requirements and tastes of its patrons. Mr. Braley is giving his close attention to the business in Portland, and is also president of the Braley Motor Company, in Centralia, Washington, the Oslendorf Motor Company, at Klamath Falls, Oregon, and the Eakin Motor Company, at Medford, Oregon, all of which handle the Dodge line of cars. In 1908 Mr. Braley was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Pullman, of Estherville, Washington, and they are the parents of a son, Warren Winslow, now fifteen years of age. Mr. Braley is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree of the York rite; is a Mystic Shriner and belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Portland Golf Club, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. Politically he gives his support to the republican party and maintains a deep interest in everything that in any way relates to the material or civic welfare and advancement of his community. An energetic and wideawake business man, a public-spirited and dependable citizen, he is well worthy of the place which he holds in the esteem of his fellowmen and the success which is crowning his efforts. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 934-935 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/braley830gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb