Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Huckabay, Elbert S. April 26, 1880 - 
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     ELBERT S. HUCKABAY has for over twenty years been connected with the 
public offices of Multnomah county, and in every position held by him has 
demonstrated unusual efficiency. Now, as deputy county assessor, he is 
rendering a service that is greatly appreciated by the taxpayers of the 
county. Born in Boulder City, Colorado, the 26th of April, 1880, he is a son 
of Thomas and Martha (Shearer) Huckabay.  His father died in the early '80s 
and on January 1, 1885, the widowed mother brought her family to Portland, 
where she is still living. Mr. Huckabay, who was about five years of age when 
he came west, receiving a good public school education, after which he 
attended Tualatin Academy and Pacific University. In 1901 he started to work 
for the Portland Street Railway Company, first in platform service, and four 
years later was advanced to the claim department, in which he remained until 
December, 1907. In the following January he was appointed deputy sheriff, 
serving as such until March 1, 1913, when he became chief of the collection 
department of the sheriff's office and served in that capacity until January 
1, 1925, when he was made chief deputy sheriff. In 1914 he was also made 
deputy county treasurer, and by virtue of the dual position he was in charge 
of the tax collection department of the county treasurer for two years. In 
1925 Mr. Huckabay was made chief deputy county assessor, which position he has 
held to the present time. He is recognized as a tax authority, having long 
been a scientific student of the vital problem of taxation, one of the most 
vexatious questions that confronts the government of any political division.

     In 1900 Mr. Huckabay was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Garrison, whose 
father, J. M. Garrison, was long a professor in Willamette University, but is 
now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Huckabay have two children, Marjorie and Dorothy, 
both of whom are at home. The republican party receives Mr. Huckabay's earnest 
support and he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which 
he has attained the Royal Arch degree. He is a man of earnest purpose and 
consistent life, and his record has gained for him the uniform regard and 
esteem of all who know him.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Page 
539

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