Clark County WA Archives Biographies.....Rossiter, L. J.  1876 - 
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Source: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

    L. J. ROSSITER, a member of the old and well known harness and saddlery 
firm of Rossiter Brothers, is one of Vancouver's leading business men, having 
been engaged in his present enterprise continuously since 1906, and his sound 
business methods and square dealing have gained for him an enviable place in 
public esteem.

     Mr. Rossiter was born near Toronto, Canada, in 1876 and is a son of 
Robert and Elizabeth (Humphrey) Rossiter. The father, who was a native of 
England, was descended through the maternal line from the Prince of Orange, 
his mother having been a Webber.  Robert Rossiter located in Canada on 
crossing the Atlantic and was there engaged in farming until 1879, when he 
came to the United States, locating near Salem, Oregon, where he was engaged 
in ranching for several years, after which he turned his attention to teaming 
in Salem, and during that time he hauled the bricks used in the construction 
of the old Scotch mills in that city. He followed that business until 1896, 
when he moved to Portland, Oregon, where his death occurred in 1912. His wife 
was born in Devonshire, England and became the bride of Robert Rossiter in 
Canada. She survived her husband a number of years, her death occurring in 
Vancouver in 1928.

     L. J. Rossiter secured his education in the public schools of Salem, to 
which locality the family had moved when he was about three years old. Later 
he went to Portland and learned the harness and saddlery business with the 
firm of W. H. McMonies & Company. In 1906 he and his brother, C. F. Rossiter, 
came to Vancouver and bought out an old established saddlery and harness 
business and, under the firm name of Rossiter Brothers, have carried it on to 
the present time. They manufacture a full line of saddles, harness and 
horse "haberdashery," which they sell at retail only, and during the years 
they have enjoyed a large patronage, being the only firm in their line in 
Clark county. In 1908 they erected the splendid building which they now 
occupy, having been previously at 310 Main street.

     On April, 22, 1913, in Portland, L. J. Rossiter was united in marriage to 
Miss Nan Howe, a native of Missouri, who in her young girlhood was left an 
orphan and in 1904 came to Portland with a married sister. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Rossiter have been born two children, Elizabeth and William.

     Mr. Rossiter is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in 
which he has passed through the chairs, and has been a representative to the 
grand lodge several times. Mrs. Rossiter is a member of the Rebekah Lodge, I. 
O. O. F. Mr. Rossiter enjoys a wide acquaintance throughout his city and all 
who know him hold him in high esteem for the fine type of citizenship which 
has been exemplified in his life and his cordial and affable manner.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 329-330

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