Multnomah-Yamhill County OR Archives Biographies.....Vial, M.D., Arthur J. April 1871 - September 24, 1924
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Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II, 
Pages 75-76

	ARTHUR J. VIAL, M. D.  Throughout practically his entire professional 
career Dr. Arthur J. Vial practiced in Portland, his native city, with every 
increasing success and his devotion to duty and pronounced ability placed him 
with the leading physicians and surgeons of this part of the state.  He was 
born in April, 1871, son of Leon and Louise P. (Belier) Vial, natives of 
France.  His father was born in the Basse Alps and case in his lot with the 
pioneer settlers of Oregon.  The mother was born in the city of Paris and 
before coming to Portland was a teacher in a girls’ school in San Francisco.
	Dr. Arthur J. Vial was one of four children and received his public 
school education in Portland.  He was graduated from the medical department of 
Willamette University and at once opened an office in Portland but a year 
later located in McMinnville, Oregon.  There he followed his profession for 
two years and then returned to the Rose city, which he left during the gold 
rush of the ‘90s.  For a short time he practiced in Nome, Alaska, and then 
resumed his professional activities in Portland.  He had a deep insight into 
human nature and possessed a genial, sympathetic disposition, which is one of 
the physician’s chief assets in the sick room.  Through earnest study he was 
constantly enlarging his field of usefulness and his medical knowledge and 
skill were much in demand.
	On the 21st of June, 1893, Dr. Vial married Miss Grace Watson, a 
native of Portland and one of the three children of Andrew J. and Ona (Eddy) 
Watson.  The father was born in the southern part of England and the mother’s 
birth occurred in Watertown, New York.  Mr. Watson spent a number of years in 
the mining district of Idaho.  Afterward he opened a real estate office in 
Portland, buying property which he sold to advantage, and also built the 
Newmarket Theater.  Mrs. Vial attended the public schools of Portland, 
completing her education in the Annie Wright Seminary at Tacoma, Washington, 
and remained at home until her marriage.  To Dr. and Mrs. Vial were born three 
children.  Louise, who, following her graduation from the Portland high 
school, took a kindergarten course at Oakland, California, and was a 
kindergarten teacher in Portland for two years, is now the wife of A. S. 
Peterson and the mother of one child, William Douglas.  Marie was graduated 
from the Portland Academy and also took a course in a training school for 
nurses at Oakland.  In Waldport, Oregon, she was married to J. S. Middleton, 
by whom she has a son, John H.  Robert D. Vial completed a course in the 
Washington high school at Portland, after which he was graduated from Stanford 
University of California.
	In Masonry, Dr. Vial attained the thirty-second degree and was also 
identified with the Elks and the Woodmen of the World.  His religious views 
were in harmony with the teachings of the Episcopal church, with which Mrs. 
Vial also united, and his political support was given to the republican 
party.  Toward the close of his career he retired from practice and on 
September 24, 1924, was called to his final rest.  Dr. Vial maintained the 
dignity and honor of his profession, and his innate courtesy, his unselfish 
spirit and kind heart won for him a secure place in the esteem of all with 
whom he was associated.  Mrs. Vial is connected with the Women’s Convalescent 
Home and manifests a deep interest in philanthropic projects.  Along social 
and cultural lines she is affiliated with the Woman’s Club and the MacDowell 
Club of Portland.  She has a keen sense of life’s duties and obligations and 
her influence has been a potent force for good.


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History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II, 
Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928

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