Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Pownall, Horton C. April 19, 1888 - 
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     HORTON C. POWNALL.  Entering business circles of Portland in a lowly 
capacity, Horton C. Pownall owes his rapid rise to the exercise of the 
qualities of diligence, perseverance and enterprise and is now numbered among 
the successful insurance men of the city. He was born in Pomeroy, Ohio, April 
19, 1888, and is a son of Henry C. and Maude A. (Powers) Pownall. His father 
is a retired river captain and still resides in Ohio but the mother died June 
19, 1908.
     Horton C. Pownall was reared in his native state and supplemented his 
public school education by a course in the University of Ohio, from which he 
was graduated in 1912 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. During that year 
he visited Portland during the Elks convention, which was held in Portland, 
and liked the city so well that he decided to remain here. His funds at that 
time amounted to thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents but he secured a position 
as office boy with the firm of McCargar, Bates & Lively, afterward known as 
Bates, Lively & Pearson, and received a salary of forty dollars a month at 
first. His best efforts were given to every task assigned him and his keen 
mind enabled him to readily assimilate the details of the business. He was 
made an assistant in the underwriting department and later was promoted to the 
position of underwriter in the casualty department. In 1918 he severed his 
connection with the firm and ventured in business for himself, securing the 
Portland agency of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, the Aetna Casualty & 
Surety Company and the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Company. Since that 
time he has widened the scope of his activities and is also agent for the 
National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, the Home Insurance Company of New 
York and the Commercial Union Assurance Corporation of London, England. Three 
persons are employed in his office on the third floor of the Yeon building and 
the business is conducted with system and efficiency. Mr. Pownall is 
thoroughly acquainted with the various forms of insurance and is able to give 
his clients expert advice in the selection of policies which will meet their 
requirements.
     On the 27th of October, 1914, Mr. Pownall was married to Miss Mamie A. 
McCombs, of Youngstown, Ohio, and they have become the parents of a daughter, 
Elizabeth Anne. Mr. Pownall is a Knight Templar Mason, a Shriner and an Elk. 
He belongs to the Automobile and Kiwanis Clubs of Portland and has served on 
the directorate of the latter. Formerly he was secretary and a member of the 
executive committee of the Fire Insurance Exchange and is also identified with 
the Life Underwriters Association. He is a past president and a past treasurer 
of the local chapter of Sigma Pi, a college fraternity, and his political 
support is given to the republican party. Utilizing his opportunities to good 
advantage, Mr. Pownall has pressed steadily onward toward the goal of success, 
and his genuine worth is attested by Portland’s citizens, who speak of him in 
terms of admiration and respect.


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History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Pages 275-276

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