Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Elliott, Lee S. 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 647 - 648
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     LEE S. ELLIOTT.  In its special field, the Defiance Tea and Coffee 
Company is one of the leading firms of Portland, and Lee S. Elliott, who 
established the business, is known as an aggressive, wide-awake and 
enterprising man, who well merits the success which has come to him. Mr. 
Elliott was born in Denver, Colorado, and is a son of A. N. and Emma S. 
Elliott. His paternal grandfather, John Elliott, took his family to Colorado 
in 1849 and on the Saint Varine river, near Plattville, secured the first 
water right for irrigation purposes in that state. This right, No. 1, in 
Colorado, is still in the possession of the family.

     Lee S. Elliott received his education in the public schools and in 1909 
came to Portland. He entered the employ of the Jones Mercantile Company, with 
which he remained for ten years as city salesman, and on February 1, 1918, he 
established his present business under the name of the Defiance Tea and Coffee 
Company. He is engaged in manufacturing and distributing tea, coffee, spice 
and extracts, in which he has built up a large business, and employs seven 
people, of whom two are traveling salesmen, who cover Oregon and Washington. 
The original location of the company was at 63 Front street, but in 1926, the 
business having outgrown its quarters, Mr. Elliott bought a three-story 
building at 74 Front street, which he now occupies and which is well adapted 
for his purposes. The success of the enterprise has been due to the sound 
business policy of Mr. Elliott, who handles only the best quality of goods and 
gives fair treatment to every customer, so that he has a well established 
reputation for reliability.

     In August, 1918, Mr. Elliott was united in marriage to Miss Hortense 
Thurman, a daughter of J. W. and Mary (Fisher) Thurman. The former was a 
native of Virginia and the latter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and both of 
whom are deceased. Mr. Thurman was long engaged in contracting and was a man 
of high standing in the business world. Mr. Elliott is a member of the 
Portland Advertising Club and is actively interested in all movements for the 
betterment of the community along material or civic lines. Through an 
agreeable manner he has a large circle of loyal friends and is greatly 
esteemed by all who have come into contact with him.

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