Multnomah-Lincoln County OR Archives Biographies.....Smith, Lloyd R. October 29, 1881 - ************************************************ 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 16, 2009, 1:49 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company LLOYD R. SMITH. Business development in Portland has been stimulated by the well directed efforts of Lloyd R. Smith, a successful realtor, who is also identified with other lines of activity. He was born October 29, 1881, and is one of Portland's loyal sons. His father, Albert Theodore Smith, was a native of New Jersey and as a youth went with his parents to Ohio. In 1842 he journeyed to Texas and there remained until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Confederate army. He migrated to Oregon in 1870, settling in Portland, and embarked in the lumber business in partnership with his brothers, Joseph S. and W. K. Smith. The former had located here in 1843 and the latter established his home in Portland in 1852. Theirs was one of the pioneer lumber firms of the city and their business kept pace with its growth. Albert T. Smith retired from the lumber industry in 1900 and was called to his final rest in 1914. His widow, Laura (Rittenhouse) Smith, was born in Ohio and afterward went to St. Louis, Missouri. For several years she was a teacher in the public schools of Portland and is still a resident of the city. Lloyd R. Smith was graduated from the Portland Academy in 1900 and afterward sailed for the antipodes, spending three years in Australia and New Zealand. After his return to Portland he was connected with the banking business for a short time and then filed on a homestead in Lincoln county, Oregon, devoting two years to the task of clearing and improving the land. In 1910 he entered the real estate business in Portland and has found this a profitable field of labor. The business is conducted under the style of Campbell, Smith & Cook, Inc., of which Mr. Smith is the president and manager. The firm is operating extensively in real estate and also writes insurance of all kinds, maintaining an office on the fifth floor of the Corbett building. Mr. Smith is thoroughly informed regarding property values in this locality and in the development of the business has followed a policy that has made the name of his firm synonymous with safety in real estate investment. His executive force and keen sagacity are also manifest in the affairs of the Ukase Investment Company, of which he is vice president and a director, and the Oregon Auto Dispatch, a transfer and storage company, of which he is secretary. In 1908 Mr. Smith was married in Portland to Miss Estelle Linehan, a native of Quincy, Illinois, and they have become the parents of two children, Barbara Jane and Peter. Mr. Smith is a member of the Meadow Lake Club and the Multnomah Golf club and a director of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. He is also identified with the Masonic order and gives his political support to the republican party. In local business circles he exerts a wholesome influence, his conservatism being a guarantee for the soundness of his investments, and his constructive labors have served to increase the value of property in the neighborhoods in which he has operated. Thus he has contributed materially toward Portland’s growth and improvement and his integrity, sincerity and public spirit are well known to his fellow citizens, who entertain for him high regard. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 715-716 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/smith664gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb