Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Hamilton, Boyd M. October 30, 1878 - 
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     BOYD M. HAMILTON, of Portland, has made a remarkable record as 
northwestern agent for the Mosier Safe Company of Hamilton, Ohio, and his 
achievements have clearly stamped him as possessing business qualities of a 
high order. He is a native of Somerset, Nova Scotia, born October 30, 1878, 
and is a son of Henry B. and Annie E. (Magee) Hamilton. In 1881 the family 
moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where the father, who had been a fruit grower 
in Nova Scotia, engaged in agricultural pursuits, taking charge of a large 
farm near Worcester, and later managing a farm near Lowell. From 1885 until 
his death, in 1889, he was engaged in the piano business in Lowell. He was 
survived many years by his widow, who passed away in 1910.

     Boyd M. Hamilton secured a good education in the public schools of 
Lowell, and in 1897 he entered the employ of the Mosier Safe Company in 
Boston, receiving a salary of three dollars a week, out of which he paid two 
dollars and sixty cents a week for railroad fare from Lowell. He had to get up 
at five o'clock in the morning and walk a mile to the railroad station. 
However, his faithful and efficient performance of duty won him deserved 
promotions and in the course of time he became assistant district manager for 
Boston. In 1902 he moved to Winthrop, nearer the city where he was employed, 
and in 1905 he was sent to the Pacific coast to establish branch offices for 
the Mosier company. He first opened an office in Portland, followed by other 
offices at Seattle and Spokane, Washington, and Salt Lake City, Utah. He now 
has charge of the Mosier business in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and 
Utah, over which territory he is constantly traveling and a distinct tribute 
to his energy and efficiency is the fact that he now commands seventy-five per 
cent of the business in his line in the Pacific northwest. Mr. Hamilton does a 
good deal of special designing for banks and other customers and is able to 
supply special auxiliary equipment when needed. Among his customers are many 
of the best and largest business firms in his territory and he has a well 
established reputation for absolute dependability in all of his contracts, 
this being one of the foundation stones on which he has built his success.

     On January 5, 1922, Mr. Hamilton was united in marriage to Miss Crete M. 
Keller, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Keller, of Kenton, Oregon. Mr. 
Hamilton has one daughter and a son by a previous marriage. He is an 
independent republican in his political views, and is a member of Portland 
Lodge, No. 55, A. F. & A. M. He also belongs to the Rotary Club, the Multnomah 
Athletic Club, the Multnomah Golf Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and is a past 
president of the Benevolent League of Travelers. Candid and straightforward in 
manner, cordial and friendly in his social relations, he has a large and 
pleasant acquaintance throughout his territory. He takes a commendable 
interest in the welfare of his home city, where he is held in high regard by 
all who know him.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 746-747

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