Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Strowbridge, David H. 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 307 - 308
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     DAVID H. STROWBRIDGE conducts both a wholesale and retail business as 
head of the Strowbridge Hardware & Paint Company of Portland, which is now the 
oldest concern of the kind on the east side, having been started by the 
present proprietor thirty-six years ago. He is a native of Sharon, 
Pennsylvania, where his parents were among the early settlers, and in the 
schools of that place he acquired his education. His initial experience in the 
business world was gained during a number of years' service as a bookkeeper. 
It was about 1890 that he came to Portland and about two years later he opened 
a store for the sale of paints, oils, sash and doors on Union avenue, whence a 
few years afterward he removed to Grand avenue. About 1912 he erected his 
present building at 106 Grand avenue, where he now occupies twenty-one 
thousand square feet of floor space. The enterprise has always been conducted 
within two blocks of the original location. Twenty years ago Mr. Strowbridge 
began dealing in hardware, which has since become the most important feature 
of the business. Wholesale shipments of paints, oils, lead and a certain line 
of hardware are made throughout Oregon and southwestern Washington, and 
employment is furnished to about fifteen people. The Strowbridge Hardware & 
Paint Company now handles a complete line of small hardware, kitchen hardware, 
china, paints, oils, glass, varnishes, etc., and an extensive and profitable 
trade has been developed in these commodities under the capable direction of 
the founder and head of the business.

     In early manhood Mr. Strowbridge was united in marriage, in Portland, to 
Miss Birdell Lott, who had come to this city four or five years prior to the 
arrival of her future husband. They are the parents of a son and a daughter. 
Edwin D., now associated with his father in business, was married in Portland 
and has a son, Edwin David. Irene is the wife of H. E. Wheeler, of Portland, 
and the mother of a son, David Harold.

     A worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes of the Masonic 
fraternity, Mr. Strowbridge has taken the degrees of both the York and 
Scottish rites and has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine. Moreover, he is a valued member of the East Side Commercial 
Club and has at all times exerted his influence in behalf of the community 
advancement, while his personal characteristics are such as have won for him a 
large circle of warm friends in his adopted city.

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