Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Lynch, James H. August 9, 1889 - 
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     JAMES H. LYNCH, president of the Mortgage, Bond and Acceptance 
Corporation, of Portland, has long been actively identified with important 
local interests and is regarded as one of the progressive business men.  Born 
in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 9th of August, 1889, he is a son of Timothy and 
Katherine Lynch. His parents brought their family to Portland in 1890 and here 
his father was engaged in railroad contracting for a number of years. Both 
parents are now deceased.

     James H. Lynch attended the public and high schools of Portland and 
entered the University of Montana, where he pursued a course in civil 
engineering. For several years he was engaged in railroad work as a civil 
engineer, after which he was employed in the operating department until 1906, 
when he returned to Portland as superintendent of terminals at the Union 
depot. He served in that capacity until 1914 when he became assistant 
superintendent of the Oregon Electric Railroad, filling that position until 
1916, when he joined the Lumberman's Trust Company as a bond salesman. He 
succeeded and in 1919 was made vice president of the company, which office he 
filled until 1925, when he resigned and on January 1, 1926, organized the 
Mortgage, Bond and Acceptance Corporation, with a paid-in capital stock of one 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, incorporated under the laws of Oregon. The 
officers are, James H. Lynch, president; W. W. Dean, vice president; H. Reich, 
secretary and treasurer, and with Bradley Ewers they constitute the board of 
directors. The company is specializing in the financing of local industries, 
handling the stock issues of high-grade propositions, and assists in the 
reorganization and management of concerns that need outside help. The company 
also handles bond issues of approved and going concerns, and in all of its 
operations has met with success, having established a sound reputation for 
reliability and trustworthiness.

     In 1910 Mr. Lynch was united in marriage to Miss Ruby Grayson, of 
Portland.   He is an ardent republican in politics and fraternally is a member 
of Oregon Lodge No. 101, A. F. & A. M.; Portland Consistory, A. A. S. R.; and 
Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He belongs to the University Club, the 
Portland Golf Club and the Chamber of Commerce. A man of earnest purpose, high 
principles and square dealing, he commands the confidence and respect of all 
who have had business relations with him, and wherever known is held in high 
esteem. Mr. Lynch is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted in 1918, 
being in the officers training school, Engineers Miscellaneous Personnel 
Battalion, and was in training at Fort Benjamin Harrisison, Indianapolis, 
Indiana, where he was commissioned a first lieutenant, but was not ordered 
overseas.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 78-790

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