Multnomah-Wasco-Jackson County OR Archives Biographies.....Lueddemann, Max September 29, 1873 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com May 28, 2009, 6:29 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company MAX LUEDDEMANN, who has been actively engaged in the real estate business in Portland for eighteen years, has gained not only very satisfactory success, but also that which is of more value, the confidence and respect of his fellowmen, who have found him a man of stable and dependable character. Mr. Lueddemann was born in Alabama on the 29th of September, 1873, and is a son of Guido and Josie Sevier (Chisholm) Lueddemann. His father was born in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, from which country he was brought to the United States when seven years old. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in a New York regiment. After the war he located in Tuscumbia, Alabama, where he engaged in mercantile affairs to the time of his death. He was a public- spirited citizen, active and influential in the affairs of his community and was held in high esteem. His wife was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and was a daughter of Dr. L. C. Chisholm, and a granddaughter of John Sevier, the first governor of Tennessee. It was he who was chiefly instrumental in securing the separation of Tennessee from North Carolina, and who organized the free state of Franklin. Later he was five times elected governor of Tennessee. Max Lueddemann attended the public schools and entered the University of Alabama, in the class of 1894, after which he attended the law school of Cumberland University, from which he was graduated in 1896. He engaged in the practice of law in his native state, continuing there for two years, and in 1898 came to Oregon, locating first in Antelope, where he established the Antelope Herald, a weekly paper. Later he moved to Madras, Oregon, where he acquired the ownership of the Madras Pioneer, weekly, and also owned the Silver Lake Leader and the Ashford Prospector, later establishing the Bend Bulletin, which is now a daily paper. He thus owned five active newspapers at one time and was a busy and successful newspaper man, following that business until the fall of 1909. In January, 1910, Mr. Lueddemann came to Portland and engaged in the real estate business, to which he has closely devoted his attention to the present time. On October 7, 1903, Mr. Lueddemann was united in marriage to Miss Ollie McConnell, a daughter of Governor and Mrs. W. J. McConnell, of Idaho. To them have been born two children, Mary Borah and Joan Sevier. Mr. Lueddemann is a member of the Kappa Alpha college fraternity and the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and is a director of the Portland Realty Board. The republican party receives his political allegiance and he has shown a commendable interest in public affairs, giving his support to all measures which promise to be of benefit to his community. He is interested in a large pear orchard at Medford, Oregon, where he spends much time as a diversion from the routine of business affairs. He owes his success to his indomitable and tireless efforts, backed by a discriminating judgment that has enabled him to do the right thing at the right time, and his record here has given him an enviable reputation among the wide-awake and progressive business men of Portland. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 795-796 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/lueddema727gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb