Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Folsom, William October 1, 1859 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

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William Folsom
	The respected and prominent citizen of whom we now speak is well known 
in educational, social and political circles in our country, and merits his 
position both by his integrity and ability, which have been demonstrated 
continuously in the various capacities where he has been called to operate. He 
is a product of the west, being born in Oregon City, this state, on October 1, 
1859. When but an infant, his parents moved onto a farm seventeen miles from 
Oregon City, where they continued for eighteen years. In 1880 he came to John 
Day valley and Long creek, and engaged in teaching the same year, after which 
he moved to Pendleton and was occupied in various lines until he took the 
contract to carry the mail from Pilot Rock to Alba. Here he served for four 
years on a sub-contract and four more years as original contractor. Upon the 
completion of this work he entered the drug business at Alba and followed it 
for six years with flattering returns financially, when he was burned out. 
During this period he was postmaster, which duties he discharged with accuracy 
and dispatch to the satisfaction of all concerned. After the fire he came to 
Pilot Rock and engaged in farming for two years and then was called to fill 
the office of postmaster at Pilot Rock, where he still is the incumbent.
	On June 14, 1885, he was married to Miss Mary Johnson, who was born in 
St. Joseph, Missouri, on October 7, 1866. They have three children as follows: 
W. Percy, born July 26, 1887; Jessie H., born April 9, 1889; Jack, born 
January 1, 1892. In fraternal relations Mr. Folsom is associated with the 
Woodmen of the World, the I. O. O. F. and the United Artisans. The father of 
our subject was born in Old Town, Maine, in 1824, and died in 1897 at Sprague, 
Washington. His mother was born in Indiana, in 1824, and is now living at 
Sprague, Washington. Mrs. Folsom's mother is living in Peck, Idaho. Her 
father, David Johnson, was a veteran of the Civil war and died here October 
15, 1880. He has six brothers living and two dead. In public office and 
private life Mr. Folsom has always maintained an enviable reputation, seeking 
to fulfill the duties of the trying position of federal postmaster as well as 
all other trusts that devolve upon him with a conscientiousness that has met 
with much approval as the call to his present position testifies, and it is 
with pleasure that we accord him a representation in this volume that will 
preserve the account of his faithfulness as a stimulus to the moral virtues of 
those to follow.
	Mr. Folsom is a lineal descendant of the Old Town Folsome family.


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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