Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Bentley, John M.  March 9, 1842 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

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John M. Bentley
	The well-known real-estate and insurance broker of Pendleton, is a 
native of Missouri, being born in that state on March 9, 1842. He received his 
education in his native place and remained there until he grew to manhood. It 
was as early as 1861 that he took that noted trip, the experiences and scenes 
of which never can be erased from the memory, of crossing the plains with ox 
teams. He went through to the Pacific coast and engaged in stock raising in 
California. This was continued until 1871, when he first came to Umatilla 
county.  The following year he came to Pendleton and commenced work at his 
trade, carpentering and contracting, for several years.  Seeing a fine 
opportunity for stock raising, he embarked again in that enterprise, and was 
very successful, as he also was in farming, for he added that to his 
occupations. This business led him well over the county, and he became well 
acquainted with all the early settlers and the resources of the surrounding 
country. He gradually increased his holdings in real estate and also continued 
raising stock, and when an opening presented itself for a good venture in 
lumbering he at once accepted it and was well rewarded.  In 1893 he lost 
ninety thousand dollars in a fire and also eighteen thousand dollars in 
security notes. In 1885 the people called him to the position of sheriff of 
Umatilla county, which office he held and faithfully and acceptably discharged 
its duties for two years. He then took up the real-estate business, being able 
in that place to better look after his varied holdings through the county. In 
1892 he was appointed deputy United States marshal and continued in that 
capacity for four years. Since then he has continued his real-estate and 
insurance office. He has a large amount of real estate in the county and is a 
representative citizen who has the confidence and respect of his fellow 
citizens. He is always active for the interests of the county and so is more 
or less in its politics, not as a partisan but as one watching for the welfare 
of its citizens.
	He affiliates with the leading fraternal orders, being a member of the 
F. & A. M. and also of the chapter, of the I. O. O. F. and also of the A. O. 
U. W.
	He was married on January 2, 1868, to Miss Mary F. Yocum, in the state 
of California. She was a native of Missouri, Ray county. They have five 
children, as follows: Hattie, wife of Mort A. Ferguson, of this county; John 
E.; Carrie, wife of J. L. Deering, yard master at Umatilla; N. Francis and 
Mabel.


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

	Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Oregon Biographies 
Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the
individual featured in the biographies. 


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