Multnomah-Statewide County OR Archives Biographies.....Lounsbury, Harvey E. February 2, 1873 - 
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     HARVEY E. LOUNSBURY.  With a record of more than forty years of 
continuous railroad service, during the greater part of which time he has held 
positions of responsibility, Harvey E. Lounsbury, general freight agent of the 
Union Pacific system at Portland, is a conspicuous figure in the 
transportation circles of the northwest. He was born at Deer Lodge, Montana, 
on the 2d of February, 1873, and is a son of Daniel C. and Fannie E. 
(McKinstry) Lounsbury, who were pioneers of that state. Daniel C. Lounsbury, 
who was a contractor, moved his family to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1874, 
making the journey in covered wagons, and later located in Weston, Oregon, 
where he became the owner of a planing-mill and engaged in construction work. 
In 1883 he came to Portland, where he was identified with the contracting 
business to the time of his death, which occurred in 1920. His widow still 
resides in this city.
     Harvey E. Lounsbury secured a public school education and took a course 
in a business college. He then entered the law school of the University of 
Oregon, from which he was graduated in 1894, but did not engage in the 
practice of that profession. In October, 1887, he had gone to work as office 
boy in the office of the general passenger agent of the Oregon Railroad and 
Navigation Company, remaining there until 1891, when he was made a clerk and 
stenographer in the manager’s office of the Southern Pacific Railroad at 
Portland. In September, 1898, he entered the general freight department of the 
Southern Pacific as a traveling freight agent, holding that position until May 
1, 1906, when he was made district freight agent. On January 1, 1908, he was 
made general freight agent at Portland for the Union Pacific and Southern 
Pacific systems, and on January 16, 1910, was made district freight agent of 
the Southern Pacific’s Oregon lines. On November 1st of that year he became 
assistant general freight agent for the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific 
lines and on November 1, 1911, was appointed general freight agent for the 
Southern Pacific’s Oregon lines, and on January 22, 1912, was made general 
freight agent for the Union Pacific system, embracing the Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, the Oregon Short Line Railroad - Company, the Oregon-
Washington Railroad and Navigation Company and the Los Angeles and Salt Lake 
Railroad Company. He thus has charge of the freight for main line trackage of 
two thousand six hundred and fifty-six miles and a yard and siding trackage of 
seven hundred and sixty-four miles, or a total of three thousand four hundred 
and ten miles. The foregoing record of his service and various promotions 
stands in indisputable evidence of the high type of ability and the loyalty 
rendered by him and the effective results which have crowned his efforts.
     On April 3, 1899, Mr. Lounsbury was united in marriage to Miss Annie F. 
Reed, of Portland, a daughter of James S. Reed, who was long engaged in the 
insurance business but is now retired. Mr. and Mrs. Lounsbury have three 
children: Frances, who is the wife of Gus Hixson, of Salem, Oregon; Nan, who 
is at home; and Harvey E., Jr., who is a student in Oregon Agricultural 
College, at Corvallis.
     Mr. Lounsbury gives his political support to the republican party and is 
a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Arlington Club, the Ad Club, 
the Columbia Country Club, of which he is a director, the Chamber of Commerce, 
the Rose City Traffic Club and the Order of Hoo-Hoos. A man of keen mentality, 
vigorous and energetic in his methods and possessing a strong personality, his 
life has been fruitful in its results and he is recognized as one of the most 
reliable and efficient railroad men in this part of the country. Personally, 
he is cordial and friendly and throughout the range of his acquaintance is 
held in high esteem. 


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History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Pages 247-248

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