Multnomah-Lincoln County OR Archives Biographies.....McMillan, A. J. May 1, 1894 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 139-140
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     A. J. MCMILLAN is a member of one of the old and prominent families of 
Oregon and a typical westerner. He is a partner in a well known contracting 
firm of Portland and a veteran of the World war. His birth occurred at Kaslo, 
British Columbia, May 1, 1894, and his parents were A. J. and Annie E. 
(Parker) McMillan. When a young man his father entered the field of journalism 
and was a correspondent for some of the leading democratic newspapers of the 
east, afterward becoming a civil engineer. Coming to Oregon when this was a 
frontier region, he was here engaged in building railroads, also constructed 
tunnels through the Siskiyou mountains in California for the Southern Pacific 
system and was with the engineers on the development of the coast harbors. 
Later he crossed the Canadian border and continued his activities as a 
railroad builder, aiding in opening up the province of British Columbia. His 
engineering skill won for him a commission in the east and he was one of the 
builders of the Croton aqueduct in New York. Mr. McMillan was a distinguished 
representative of his profession and his was a successful career of broad 
usefulness. In 1914 he was called to his final rest. His widow is living in 
Toledo, Oregon, where her mother also resides. Mrs. Parker has reached the 
venerable age of ninety-seven years and is one of Oregon's oldest pioneers. 
Mrs. McMillan's father, Allen E. Parker, migrated to Oregon in 1852 and was 
the second sheriff of Linn county. He was one of the prominent business men of 
Albany and conducted a flour mill in addition to his operations in connection 
with the lumber industry. Mr. Parker was first senior warden of Newport Lodge, 
No. 85, F. & A. M., also aided in organizing the first Masonic lodge at Albany 
and was an exemplary member of the order. He was one of the first 
commissioners on the Oregon City locks and aided in pushing forward the wheels 
of progress in this region.

     A. J. McMillan (II) received a public school education and under the 
expert instruction of his father was thoroughly trained in the work of civil 
engineering. That the son was an apt pupil is indicated by the fact that at 
the age of twenty-one he was made county engineer of Lincoln county, Oregon, 
and fully justified the confidence reposed in his ability. Later he was city 
engineer of Toledo and Newport, Oregon, and since 1922 has been associated 
with Ward Mayer in the contracting business under the style of Mayer & 
McMillan. Their work is performed with thoroughness and skill and has become 
an important feature in Portland's upbuilding and improvement.

     In 1920 Mr. McMillan was married in Seattle, Washington, to Miss Emma 
Gertrude McKnight and they now have two children, Enita and Donald.

     Mr. McMillan enlisted in the United States Army in 1917 and went overseas 
with the Thirty-second Engineers, remaining in Europe for over a year. He won 
the commission of second lieutenant and is now a member of the Officers 
Reserve Corps. In the formation of the Toledo Post of the American Legion he 
was the leading spirit and was made the first commander of the post. At 
Toledo, this state, he also organized Voiture No. 728 of the Forty & Eight and 
was its first chef de gare. He is also a Royal Arch Mason. He is a registered 
civil engineer in Oregon and a member of the Society of American Military 
Engineers. Mr. McMillan is the only republican in a prominent democratic 
family and has filled the offices of deputy sheriff and deputy assessor. 
Although young in years, he has accomplished much and displays in his 
character the admirable qualities of his pioneer forbears.

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