A combination of data and excerpts from Austin Mires’ Obituary, The News Review (Roseburg, Oregon) Wednesday, 4 March 1936, p1 “Austin Mires Was Umpqua Academy, Wilbur, Oregon Graduate”, and “Who’s Who on the Pacific Coast,” pp 402; “A biographical compilation of notable living contemporaries west of the Rocky Mountains,” Franklin Harper©1913
Austin Mires, Esquire, Lawyer; was born in Parrish, Des Moines County, Iowa on February 11, 1852 and was the son of John Harris Mires and Anna M. (Deardorff) Mires. Austin was descended from the Livingstons, and Edward Bates, French and American Colonial ancestry. As a toddler, Austin, with his family, crossed the plains by ox team in 1853, settled in the Umpqua Valley of Oregon, and was reared there from the age of 2 years until after he turned 21.
Austin, after graduating from the Umpqua Academy of Wilbur, Oregon, in 1876, continued his education attending the Christian College at Monmouth, and went on to earn an LL. B. from the Law School at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1882.
Austin was immediately gainfully employed as a Railway Mail Agent for 3 years, en route from Portland to Roseburg, Oregon.
Austin Mires served as Chief Clerk of the Senate for the Oregon Legislature, from 1882 to 1883. Austin Mires removed to Ellensburg, Washington in June of 1883; there he met and later married, Mary Loretta Rowland on March 5, 1884.
Mr. Mires was the first Mayor of Ellensburg, and served two terms; he served as the City Attorney of Ellensburg for six terms; Ellensburg City Treasurer, two terms; and School director, one term.
Mr. Austin Mires campaigned in every election for the Republican Party since going to Washington, except one.
*Austin Mires was elected to act as one of the 75 members of the Constitutional Convention in the Washington Territory in 1889 to serve in the transition of the territory to statehood.
Austin was employed as the Vice-president of the now defunct Ellensburg National Bank, for 6 years.
Mr. Austin Mires acted as Supervisor of U. S. Census in 1900, for the 2nd District of the state of Washington. Austin Mires served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Kittitas County, Washington for one and a half terms and he was the president of the Washington State Bar Association for one term from 1901 to 1902.
Mr. Mires served as a member of the board of Equalization and Appeals serving Washington State for three years; and he was the nominee of the Republican Party for Presidential Elector in 1912; Progressive Republican. Pioneers said he dominated the Republican Party for 20 years.
Austin Mires was the author of "Eulogies on Old Kittitas County Pioneers." Residence: 407 North Ruley Street; Office: Olympia Block, Ellensburg, Washington
*“The History of the state of Washington” – Part V ‘Statehood,’ Chapter 26 – “Organizing the State” by Edmond S. Meany, M.L., Professor of History, University of Washington
Austin Mires, Esquire, Lawyer; was born in Parrish, Des Moines County, Iowa on February 11, 1852 and was the son of John Harris Mires and Anna M. (Deardorff) Mires. Austin was descended from the Livingstons, and Edward Bates, French and American Colonial ancestry. As a toddler, Austin, with his family, crossed the plains by ox team in 1853, settled in the Umpqua Valley of Oregon, and was reared there from the age of 2 years until after he turned 21.
Austin, after graduating from the Umpqua Academy of Wilbur, Oregon, in 1876, continued his education attending the Christian College at Monmouth, and went on to earn an LL. B. from the Law School at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1882.
Austin was immediately gainfully employed as a Railway Mail Agent for 3 years, en route from Portland to Roseburg, Oregon.
Austin Mires served as Chief Clerk of the Senate for the Oregon Legislature, from 1882 to 1883. Austin Mires removed to Ellensburg, Washington in June of 1883; there he met and later married, Mary Loretta Rowland on March 5, 1884.
Mr. Mires was the first Mayor of Ellensburg, and served two terms; he served as the City Attorney of Ellensburg for six terms; Ellensburg City Treasurer, two terms; and School director, one term.
Mr. Austin Mires campaigned in every election for the Republican Party since going to Washington, except one.
*Austin Mires was elected to act as one of the 75 members of the Constitutional Convention in the Washington Territory in 1889 to serve in the transition of the territory to statehood.
Austin was employed as the Vice-president of the now defunct Ellensburg National Bank, for 6 years.
Mr. Austin Mires acted as Supervisor of U. S. Census in 1900, for the 2nd District of the state of Washington. Austin Mires served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Kittitas County, Washington for one and a half terms and he was the president of the Washington State Bar Association for one term from 1901 to 1902.
Mr. Mires served as a member of the board of Equalization and Appeals serving Washington State for three years; and he was the nominee of the Republican Party for Presidential Elector in 1912; Progressive Republican. Pioneers said he dominated the Republican Party for 20 years.
Austin Mires was the author of "Eulogies on Old Kittitas County Pioneers." Residence: 407 North Ruley Street; Office: Olympia Block, Ellensburg, Washington
*“The History of the state of Washington” – Part V ‘Statehood,’ Chapter 26 – “Organizing the State” by Edmond S. Meany, M.L., Professor of History, University of Washington
A combination of data and excerpts from Austin Mires’ Obituary, The News Review (Roseburg, Oregon) Wednesday, 4 March 1936, p1 “Austin Mires Was Umpqua Academy, Wilbur, Oregon Graduate”, and “Who’s Who on the Pacific Coast,” pp 402; “A biographical compilation of notable living contemporaries west of the Rocky Mountains,” Franklin Harper©1913
Austin Mires, Esquire, Lawyer; was born in Parrish, Des Moines County, Iowa on February 11, 1852 and was the son of John Harris Mires and Anna M. (Deardorff) Mires. Austin was descended from the Livingstons, and Edward Bates, French and American Colonial ancestry. As a toddler, Austin, with his family, crossed the plains by ox team in 1853, settled in the Umpqua Valley of Oregon, and was reared there from the age of 2 years until after he turned 21.
Austin, after graduating from the Umpqua Academy of Wilbur, Oregon, in 1876, continued his education attending the Christian College at Monmouth, and went on to earn an LL. B. from the Law School at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1882.
Austin was immediately gainfully employed as a Railway Mail Agent for 3 years, en route from Portland to Roseburg, Oregon.
Austin Mires served as Chief Clerk of the Senate for the Oregon Legislature, from 1882 to 1883. Austin Mires removed to Ellensburg, Washington in June of 1883; there he met and later married, Mary Loretta Rowland on March 5, 1884.
Mr. Mires was the first Mayor of Ellensburg, and served two terms; he served as the City Attorney of Ellensburg for six terms; Ellensburg City Treasurer, two terms; and School director, one term.
Mr. Austin Mires campaigned in every election for the Republican Party since going to Washington, except one.
*Austin Mires was elected to act as one of the 75 members of the Constitutional Convention in the Washington Territory in 1889 to serve in the transition of the territory to statehood.
Austin was employed as the Vice-president of the now defunct Ellensburg National Bank, for 6 years.
Mr. Austin Mires acted as Supervisor of U. S. Census in 1900, for the 2nd District of the state of Washington. Austin Mires served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Kittitas County, Washington for one and a half terms and he was the president of the Washington State Bar Association for one term from 1901 to 1902.
Mr. Mires served as a member of the board of Equalization and Appeals serving Washington State for three years; and he was the nominee of the Republican Party for Presidential Elector in 1912; Progressive Republican. Pioneers said he dominated the Republican Party for 20 years.
Austin Mires was the author of "Eulogies on Old Kittitas County Pioneers." Residence: 407 North Ruley Street; Office: Olympia Block, Ellensburg, Washington
*“The History of the state of Washington” – Part V ‘Statehood,’ Chapter 26 – “Organizing the State” by Edmond S. Meany, M.L., Professor of History, University of Washington
Austin Mires, Esquire, Lawyer; was born in Parrish, Des Moines County, Iowa on February 11, 1852 and was the son of John Harris Mires and Anna M. (Deardorff) Mires. Austin was descended from the Livingstons, and Edward Bates, French and American Colonial ancestry. As a toddler, Austin, with his family, crossed the plains by ox team in 1853, settled in the Umpqua Valley of Oregon, and was reared there from the age of 2 years until after he turned 21.
Austin, after graduating from the Umpqua Academy of Wilbur, Oregon, in 1876, continued his education attending the Christian College at Monmouth, and went on to earn an LL. B. from the Law School at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1882.
Austin was immediately gainfully employed as a Railway Mail Agent for 3 years, en route from Portland to Roseburg, Oregon.
Austin Mires served as Chief Clerk of the Senate for the Oregon Legislature, from 1882 to 1883. Austin Mires removed to Ellensburg, Washington in June of 1883; there he met and later married, Mary Loretta Rowland on March 5, 1884.
Mr. Mires was the first Mayor of Ellensburg, and served two terms; he served as the City Attorney of Ellensburg for six terms; Ellensburg City Treasurer, two terms; and School director, one term.
Mr. Austin Mires campaigned in every election for the Republican Party since going to Washington, except one.
*Austin Mires was elected to act as one of the 75 members of the Constitutional Convention in the Washington Territory in 1889 to serve in the transition of the territory to statehood.
Austin was employed as the Vice-president of the now defunct Ellensburg National Bank, for 6 years.
Mr. Austin Mires acted as Supervisor of U. S. Census in 1900, for the 2nd District of the state of Washington. Austin Mires served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Kittitas County, Washington for one and a half terms and he was the president of the Washington State Bar Association for one term from 1901 to 1902.
Mr. Mires served as a member of the board of Equalization and Appeals serving Washington State for three years; and he was the nominee of the Republican Party for Presidential Elector in 1912; Progressive Republican. Pioneers said he dominated the Republican Party for 20 years.
Austin Mires was the author of "Eulogies on Old Kittitas County Pioneers." Residence: 407 North Ruley Street; Office: Olympia Block, Ellensburg, Washington
*“The History of the state of Washington” – Part V ‘Statehood,’ Chapter 26 – “Organizing the State” by Edmond S. Meany, M.L., Professor of History, University of Washington
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