Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Michael, Albert F. February 8, 1854 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

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Albert F. Michael
	The career of our subject presents one round of industry and activity 
that bespeak an energy and wisdom far above the ordinary, and place him among 
the leading business men in this part of the west; coupled with this he has a 
reputation for uprightness that his every day life demonstrates is fully 
merited and has been instrumental in placing him in the center of a large 
circle of admiring friends. He first saw the light in the Keystone state, 
Columbia county, on February 8, 1854, where his father, Andrew Michael, was an 
operator of canal boats on two of the principal canals of the state. He 
remained with his father until 1877, acquiring a good education and such a 
practical training as afterward made him the successful man that he has been. 
In 1880 he came to Mitchell county, Kansas, and bought a farm of one hundred 
and sixty acres, where he lived for two years, then selling out he went to 
Norton county, the same state, and took up a homestead, staying upon it for 
two years. During that time he was occupied with contract work on the grade of 
the B. & M. R. R. in Nebraska, and later was superintendent of construction on 
the Union Pacific in Kansas. In the winter of 1882 he went to Nebraska and 
took contract work on the Missouri Pacific, and the next year found him 
operating on the Oregon Short Line in Idaho. In the fall of 1883 he first came 
to Umatilla county as operator on the construction of the O. R. & N. R. R., 
and the spring following was in Portland and was solicited to take full charge 
of the grading of the Northern Pacific to Kalama. After this was successfully 
accomplished he went to Washington and pursued his vocation on the Northern 
Pacific in that state. After this he came to Pendleton and put in a switch 
from the main line of the O. R. & N. to Byers' mill. April 1st of 1885, he 
moved to Pilot Rock and engaged in farming and stock raising, where he was 
very successful. It was in 1891 that he bought the place where he now resides, 
two hundred and twenty-seven acres. In addition to this he owns half a section 
adjacent to Pilot Rock, which is all first-class wheat land and is all under 
cultivation.
	On February 11, 1875, he was married to Miss Mary E. Reynolds, whose 
father was a general merchant in Sullivan county, Pennsylvania, where their 
marriage occurred. To this union the following children have been born: Lilli 
May, born May 20, 1877; Ellery E., born November 13, 1879; Ella R., born June 
11, 1882; Charles A., born December 28, 1886; Sadie E., born April 17, 1887; 
Bessie, born August 17, 1888; John W., born October 12, 1891; Roy M., born 
March 17, 1893; Nora B., born August 31, 1894; Josie M., born April 9, 1896; 
Ivy M., born November 26, 1897.
									
	

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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