Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Osborne, H. W. 1888 - 
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     H. W. OSBORNE, president of the H. W. Osborne Company, of Portland, is 
numbered among the able and successful real estate and insurance men of this 
city, and his high business principles and honorable dealings have secured for 
him the confidence and respect of his fellowmen. Mr. Osborne was born in 
Millington, Michigan, in 1888, and is a son of Horace and Helena (Glass) 
Osborne. The father has always followed the vocation of farming but is now 
retired from active business pursuits.

     Mr. Osborne is indebted to the public schools for his educational 
training, and his first position was as a traveling salesman, which line of 
work he followed for several years. In 1920 he came to Portland and entered 
the real estate and insurance business, in which he is still engaged. Success 
accompanied his efforts and in October, 1925, he incorporated the business 
under the name of the H. W. Osborne Company, of which he is president and 
manager and which is recognized as one of the strong and reliable concerns in 
its line in this city. Mr. Osborne is aggressive and enterprising in his 
affairs, has handled a large number of important real estate deals and is the 
representative of some of the strongest insurance companies in the country, 
for whom he has placed a vast amount of insurance throughout this section of 
the valley. He is a director and a past president of the Clarno Basin Oil 
Company.

     In April, 1914, Mr. Osborne was united in marriage to Miss Marie Swift, 
of Portland. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the 
Chamber of Commerce and the Portland Realty Board. A man of sterling 
qualities, fine public spirit and courteous and friendly manner, he has won 
and retains to a marked degree the esteem and good will of those with whom he 
has come in contact.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 569-570

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