Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Suiste, Julius A. L. September 1830 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carlene Still crstill@oregontrail.net August 3, 2006, 2:58 am Author: Colonel William Parsons Page 391, 392 JULIUS A. L. SUISTE It is with pleasure that we accord this memorial to the prominent and talented gentleman whose name is at the head of this article, whose active Christian life has been a potent influence for good not only in this county but throughout the entire Pacific coast as well as many other portions of the globe. His was a masterful mind, combined with lofty moral integrity and a noble purpose to lift up and assist humanity, which purpose he faithfully carried out in many ways during his varied career of worthy activity. His native place was Paris, France, and the date of his birth September, 1830. At fourteen years of age he started to travel and visited many portions of the globe, constantly studying the customs and languages of the people, until about the middle of the century, when he settled at Vancouver, Washington. Here he was occupied in teaching, especially among the Indians, and also with attending to the duties of justice of the peace, to which office he had been elected, and practicing law. In those primitive days he was arbitrator, advisor and instructor to the natives and also to the whites, who soon recognized and respected his ability and uprightness. After fifteen years here he went to California, teaching among the Indians, and in 1885 came to Umatilla county, locating near Vinson post office, of which office he was the incumbent for a number of terms. His brightness is manifested as a linguist, when we mention that he could speak, read and write seven different languages, besides many inferior Indian tongues. He could also speak fluently the language of the natives of the Sandwich Islands. He was married at Vancouver, Washington, in 1860, to Miss Hermine Depuis, a native of Canada. To them have been born the following children: Albert, Joseph, Charley, Edward, Thresa, Maria, and Nellie, deceased. He was well known and respected by all, and has left behind that richest of all legacies, the bright example of a faithful, kind, Christian life. He died at the residence of his youngest son, near Pendleton, on February 18, 1901, and was buried at Pendleton. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/umatilla/bios/suiste165gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb