Walla Walla County WA Archives Biographies.....Gholson, D. Leo January 1, 1887 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 655 - 656
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     D. LEO GHOLSON.  The largest livestock commission firm at the Portland 
Union stockyards is that of Kidwell & Caswell, of which D. Leo Gholson is 
president, and to him must be given due credit for his efforts in cooperation 
with other members of the firm and its employees over a long period of years, 
resulting in the splendid growth which this company has enjoyed. Mr. Gholson 
was born in Monroe county, Iowa, on the 1st day of January, 1887, and is a son 
of Daniel and Lydia (Beck) Gholson. His father and grandfather came to Oregon 
in 1860, the father remaining here until 1867, when he returned to Iowa, by 
way of the isthmus of Panama. They were farmers by occupation and both are 
deceased.

     D. Leo Gholson attended the public and high schools of his native state 
and for several years was employed at various occupations. In 1907 he came 
west, locating first in Walla Walla, Washington, where he became connected 
with the Walla Walla Meat Company, with which he remained for two years and 
nine months. In 1910 he entered the employ of Kidwell & Caswell, of the 
Portland Commission Company, his first assignment being as a stock shipper in 
California. Later he was put in charge of feeders and in 1912 came to the 
Union stockyards as a stock seller for his firm. During the ensuing years he 
worked in every department of the business and in 1923 he acquired the 
controlling interest in the firm, of which he became president and has since 
been the executive head, the other officers of the firm being Harry H. Cofoid, 
vice president, and Miss E. H. Kennedy, secretary and treasurer. Miss Kennedy 
has been with the firm since February, 1914, and has been secretary and 
treasurer since 1920. The volume of business done by this firm has steadily 
increased and now averages nearly four million dollars a year, putting it at 
the head of the livestock commission firms of this locality. Mr. Gholson is 
also the owner of a large feedyard at Bremerton, Washington, where he feeds 
hogs and chickens. The firm handles all kinds of livestock and has a well 
earned reputation for reliability and trustworthiness.

     In 1913 Mr. Gholson was united in marriage to Miss Ruth M. Weaver, of 
Kansas City, Missouri, and they are the parents of five children, Maude, Ruth, 
Nancy, Frances and Patricia. In his political views Mr. Gholson is a strong 
republican and fraternally is a Mason. He served as president of the Portland 
Livestock Exchange in 1924 and has shown a keen interest in everything 
relating to the success and prosperity of the livestock industry, in which he 
is a prominent and influential figure. A man of high business ideals, 
progressive and energetic in his methods and loyal and true in all the 
relations of life, he commands a high place in public esteem.


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