Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Fraley, A. L. August 12, 1875 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 736
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     A. L. FRALEY, who for many years has held various positions of trust and 
responsibility, is now rendering effective service as secretary of the 
Portland Trust and Savings Bank and is materially contributing to the success 
of that widely known institution. Mr. Fraley was born in Winterset, Iowa, 
August 12, 1875, and is a son of A. H. and Delia (Morton) Fraley. His father, 
who was long a traveling auditor for the Kratzer Carriage Company, is now 
retired and lives in Des Moines, Iowa. The mother is deceased.

     A. L. Fraley secured a public and high school education and graduated 
from a business college in Des Moines. He entered the employ of a large 
implement concern as a shipping clerk, was later promoted to the head of the 
shipping department, in which position he served three years, and then went to 
work for the Bell Telephone Company, for which he was head collector for three 
years. He was afterward assistant cashier of the International Harvester 
Company until August 1, 1907, when he resigned and came to Portland, of which 
city he has been a resident to the present time. Here he was first employed as 
rental clerk for the Portland Trust Company and he has been identified with 
the banking business continuously since. In September, 1927, he came to the 
Portland Trust and Savings Bank as secretary and is performing the duties of 
that responsible position in a very satisfactory manner.

     On June 22, 1900, Mr. Fraley was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude M. 
Little, of Des Moines, Iowa, and they are the parents of a son and daughter — 
Donald, who is married and lives in San Francisco, California, and Blanche, 
who is in high school. Mr. Fraley is a member of Sunnyside Lodge, No. 163, A. 
F. & A. M.; Oregon Consistory No. 1, A. A. S. R.; Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. 
M. S.; the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Chamber of Commerce, in which he 
is serving on the membership committee. In 1919 he was president of the 
Portland chapter of the American Institute of Banking and has been a delegate 
from Oregon to several national conventions of that organization. He is a 
member of the Sunnyside Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been a 
trustee for the past twenty years. His political affiliation is with the 
republican party and he has been a close student of public affairs, holding 
well defined opinions on national issues, while in matters affecting the 
welfare and prosperity of his community he shows a live and effective 
interest. Because of his splendid business record and his sterling personal 
qualities, he commands the genuine respect of all who know him and has a large 
circle of loyal friends.

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