James Lucius Edwin Clark, know generally as Lucius or L. E. was born to Willard and Mary Caroline (Berrian) Clark.
When he was but six months old his father drown while crossing a river on his horse in Illinois. Eventually his mother remarried and he was raised by a step father. He grew up in extreme poverty and vowed that he would better himself so that if he ever had a family of his own, he would be a good provider.
He eventually left Illinois, going first to Kansas where an uncle lived. His mother's brother James Berrian and removed to the Goldendale/Columbus area of Washington in 1873, and as his health declined he needed help on his farm. Lucius answered the call, taking a boat to the Isthmas of Panama, walking across, catching another boat on the Pacific side and eventually arrived in Columbus (now Maryhill, Washington in 1880.
It was here he set eyes for the first time on his first cousin, Ada Louise Berrian, who was 14 years old. It was love at first sight, and after her father died in the spring of 1883 they married that fall at the Umatilla House, in The Dalles, Oregon.
Within a few years he moved his growing family across the river to Biggs, Oregon where he obtained the receivership of grain coming down out of Sherman County, sold lumber and various things and was the first postmaster of little Biggs. He also owened and operated the ferry at Biggs.
Again his visions grew and he opened up Union Lumber Company in Wasco, Oregon, built a big home and moved his family there. He was very successful and had the first test plot of alfalfa in Sherman County.
He went into partnership with Wilson Barnett and two others in founding Wasco Milling. This was the only venture in his life that failed, due to the railroad going up through Wasco making it cheaper to ship the grain to Portland for milling and the fact that an uninsured barge of flour destined for China sank near Cascade Locks.
Finally Hood River, Oregon caught his eye and he bought a partially improved on land, again built a beautiful home and would become an above average farmer.
Later he would winter, with his family in Long Beach, California where he was involved in the oil business, spending the spring, summers and fall on his Pine Grove Ranch.
He was multi-talented, witty and full of fun. He wrote a weekly column in the Hood River Glacier, which generally was filled with his humor. He was also involved in his communities affairs, the Pine Grove Methodist Church, Apple Growers Association and other organizations within the valley.
Children:
Edwin Augustus and Leona Louise, twins born premature in Columbus, Washington. Buried in Maryhill/ Columbus cemetery. No stone, but on the northside of their material grandfather James Ausustus Berrian.
Nellie Violet married Perry Edward Wells
Bliss Wendell Lucius married Florence Ethlyn Brown
William Berrian Clark married Arabella Marr
Gladys Mary Sylvia married #1 Ralph Denison #2 Fred Diemer
Florence Lillian married Marcus Cecil Thrane
When he was but six months old his father drown while crossing a river on his horse in Illinois. Eventually his mother remarried and he was raised by a step father. He grew up in extreme poverty and vowed that he would better himself so that if he ever had a family of his own, he would be a good provider.
He eventually left Illinois, going first to Kansas where an uncle lived. His mother's brother James Berrian and removed to the Goldendale/Columbus area of Washington in 1873, and as his health declined he needed help on his farm. Lucius answered the call, taking a boat to the Isthmas of Panama, walking across, catching another boat on the Pacific side and eventually arrived in Columbus (now Maryhill, Washington in 1880.
It was here he set eyes for the first time on his first cousin, Ada Louise Berrian, who was 14 years old. It was love at first sight, and after her father died in the spring of 1883 they married that fall at the Umatilla House, in The Dalles, Oregon.
Within a few years he moved his growing family across the river to Biggs, Oregon where he obtained the receivership of grain coming down out of Sherman County, sold lumber and various things and was the first postmaster of little Biggs. He also owened and operated the ferry at Biggs.
Again his visions grew and he opened up Union Lumber Company in Wasco, Oregon, built a big home and moved his family there. He was very successful and had the first test plot of alfalfa in Sherman County.
He went into partnership with Wilson Barnett and two others in founding Wasco Milling. This was the only venture in his life that failed, due to the railroad going up through Wasco making it cheaper to ship the grain to Portland for milling and the fact that an uninsured barge of flour destined for China sank near Cascade Locks.
Finally Hood River, Oregon caught his eye and he bought a partially improved on land, again built a beautiful home and would become an above average farmer.
Later he would winter, with his family in Long Beach, California where he was involved in the oil business, spending the spring, summers and fall on his Pine Grove Ranch.
He was multi-talented, witty and full of fun. He wrote a weekly column in the Hood River Glacier, which generally was filled with his humor. He was also involved in his communities affairs, the Pine Grove Methodist Church, Apple Growers Association and other organizations within the valley.
Children:
Edwin Augustus and Leona Louise, twins born premature in Columbus, Washington. Buried in Maryhill/ Columbus cemetery. No stone, but on the northside of their material grandfather James Ausustus Berrian.
Nellie Violet married Perry Edward Wells
Bliss Wendell Lucius married Florence Ethlyn Brown
William Berrian Clark married Arabella Marr
Gladys Mary Sylvia married #1 Ralph Denison #2 Fred Diemer
Florence Lillian married Marcus Cecil Thrane
James Lucius Edwin Clark, know generally as Lucius or L. E. was born to Willard and Mary Caroline (Berrian) Clark.
When he was but six months old his father drown while crossing a river on his horse in Illinois. Eventually his mother remarried and he was raised by a step father. He grew up in extreme poverty and vowed that he would better himself so that if he ever had a family of his own, he would be a good provider.
He eventually left Illinois, going first to Kansas where an uncle lived. His mother's brother James Berrian and removed to the Goldendale/Columbus area of Washington in 1873, and as his health declined he needed help on his farm. Lucius answered the call, taking a boat to the Isthmas of Panama, walking across, catching another boat on the Pacific side and eventually arrived in Columbus (now Maryhill, Washington in 1880.
It was here he set eyes for the first time on his first cousin, Ada Louise Berrian, who was 14 years old. It was love at first sight, and after her father died in the spring of 1883 they married that fall at the Umatilla House, in The Dalles, Oregon.
Within a few years he moved his growing family across the river to Biggs, Oregon where he obtained the receivership of grain coming down out of Sherman County, sold lumber and various things and was the first postmaster of little Biggs. He also owened and operated the ferry at Biggs.
Again his visions grew and he opened up Union Lumber Company in Wasco, Oregon, built a big home and moved his family there. He was very successful and had the first test plot of alfalfa in Sherman County.
He went into partnership with Wilson Barnett and two others in founding Wasco Milling. This was the only venture in his life that failed, due to the railroad going up through Wasco making it cheaper to ship the grain to Portland for milling and the fact that an uninsured barge of flour destined for China sank near Cascade Locks.
Finally Hood River, Oregon caught his eye and he bought a partially improved on land, again built a beautiful home and would become an above average farmer.
Later he would winter, with his family in Long Beach, California where he was involved in the oil business, spending the spring, summers and fall on his Pine Grove Ranch.
He was multi-talented, witty and full of fun. He wrote a weekly column in the Hood River Glacier, which generally was filled with his humor. He was also involved in his communities affairs, the Pine Grove Methodist Church, Apple Growers Association and other organizations within the valley.
Children:
Edwin Augustus and Leona Louise, twins born premature in Columbus, Washington. Buried in Maryhill/ Columbus cemetery. No stone, but on the northside of their material grandfather James Ausustus Berrian.
Nellie Violet married Perry Edward Wells
Bliss Wendell Lucius married Florence Ethlyn Brown
William Berrian Clark married Arabella Marr
Gladys Mary Sylvia married #1 Ralph Denison #2 Fred Diemer
Florence Lillian married Marcus Cecil Thrane
When he was but six months old his father drown while crossing a river on his horse in Illinois. Eventually his mother remarried and he was raised by a step father. He grew up in extreme poverty and vowed that he would better himself so that if he ever had a family of his own, he would be a good provider.
He eventually left Illinois, going first to Kansas where an uncle lived. His mother's brother James Berrian and removed to the Goldendale/Columbus area of Washington in 1873, and as his health declined he needed help on his farm. Lucius answered the call, taking a boat to the Isthmas of Panama, walking across, catching another boat on the Pacific side and eventually arrived in Columbus (now Maryhill, Washington in 1880.
It was here he set eyes for the first time on his first cousin, Ada Louise Berrian, who was 14 years old. It was love at first sight, and after her father died in the spring of 1883 they married that fall at the Umatilla House, in The Dalles, Oregon.
Within a few years he moved his growing family across the river to Biggs, Oregon where he obtained the receivership of grain coming down out of Sherman County, sold lumber and various things and was the first postmaster of little Biggs. He also owened and operated the ferry at Biggs.
Again his visions grew and he opened up Union Lumber Company in Wasco, Oregon, built a big home and moved his family there. He was very successful and had the first test plot of alfalfa in Sherman County.
He went into partnership with Wilson Barnett and two others in founding Wasco Milling. This was the only venture in his life that failed, due to the railroad going up through Wasco making it cheaper to ship the grain to Portland for milling and the fact that an uninsured barge of flour destined for China sank near Cascade Locks.
Finally Hood River, Oregon caught his eye and he bought a partially improved on land, again built a beautiful home and would become an above average farmer.
Later he would winter, with his family in Long Beach, California where he was involved in the oil business, spending the spring, summers and fall on his Pine Grove Ranch.
He was multi-talented, witty and full of fun. He wrote a weekly column in the Hood River Glacier, which generally was filled with his humor. He was also involved in his communities affairs, the Pine Grove Methodist Church, Apple Growers Association and other organizations within the valley.
Children:
Edwin Augustus and Leona Louise, twins born premature in Columbus, Washington. Buried in Maryhill/ Columbus cemetery. No stone, but on the northside of their material grandfather James Ausustus Berrian.
Nellie Violet married Perry Edward Wells
Bliss Wendell Lucius married Florence Ethlyn Brown
William Berrian Clark married Arabella Marr
Gladys Mary Sylvia married #1 Ralph Denison #2 Fred Diemer
Florence Lillian married Marcus Cecil Thrane
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