Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Somerville, Charles S. April 13, 1895 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 34-35
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     CHARLES S. SOMERVILLE, manager for F. S. Harmon & Company at Portland, is 
a man of marked executive ability and reliable judgment and is handling the 
Portland business of his company in an able and satisfactory manner. Mr. 
Somerville was born in Napavine, Lewis county, Washington, on the 13th of 
April, 1895, and is a son of Samuel S. and Sarah (Hawkins) Somerville. His 
parents came to the coast in the early '80s, locating in Washington, where the 
father was for many years engaged in the lumber business, but is now retired 
from active affairs and resides in Tacoma.

     Charles S. Somerville attended the public schools, graduating from the 
high school at Tacoma, and engaged in the clothing business, to which he gave 
his attention for two years. In July, 1917, he enlisted in the United States 
Navy, in which he served on the United States steamship "Great Northern," 
which was in the transport service, and the United States battleship "Kansas." 
He was honorably discharged in February, 1919, after which he entered the 
employ of F. S. Harmon & Company at Seattle and was with that concern two 
years in Seattle and seven years in Tacoma, working as a city salesman in the 
latter city. In September, 1927, he was made manager of the Portland office, 
in which position he is still serving. F. S. Harmon & Company was founded in 
Tacoma, Washington, in 1883, and is one of the largest manufacturers and 
sellers of furniture in the entire northwest. Its Portland branch was 
established in 1898 and in 1904 the business here was moved into its present 
building, at Johnson and Fourteenth streets, where it occupies five floors, 
one hundred by two hundred feet in size, embracing one hundred and twenty 
thousand square feet of space. The firm carries a large and complete line of 
furniture, which it sells wholesale exclusively, and has five traveling 
salesman covering the Portland territory, which includes northern California, 
all of Oregon, the southern part of Idaho and south-western Washington. The 
company's factory is located in Tacoma and its export business is done through 
that port.

     In July, 1920, Mr. Somerville was united in marriage to Miss Belle 
Winston, of Jackson, Tennessee, and they are the parents of two children, 
Barbara Ann and Diana Patricia. Mr. Somerville gives his political support to 
the republican party and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of 
Elks. He holds a responsible position and is a very busy man, but at the same 
time maintains a helpful interest in everything concerning the prosperity and 
welfare of his community. His business record has been a creditable one and 
all who know him hold him in the highest regard.

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