JOHN C

John C Uglow
Submitted by: Lynn Mack

John C. UGLOW, a veteran of the Spanish-American war, is identified

with business interests of Dallas as proprietor of the Majestic

Theater and is also an expert violin maker, a number of noted artists

having played his instruments. Mr. UGLOW is a native of Oregon. He

was born in Polk county, November 13, 1874, and is a son of Abel and

Margaret (HUNTER) UGLOW, the former a native of Cornwall, England, and

the latter of Canada. In 1860 the father emigrated to the United

States, making the trip to the Pacific coast by way of the Isthmus of

Panama. He first resided in San Francisco, where he was connected

with the milling business, and subsequently removed to Oregon,

constructing a flour mill at Kings Valley and later becoming the owner

of mills at different points in the state. He was very successful in

the conduct of his milling interests, continuing active along that

line for many years, but is now living retired in Dallas in the

enjoyment of a well earned rest. He is eighty-one years of age and

the mother also survives.

Their son, John C. UGLOW, was reared and educated in his native

county, attending the first public school in Dallas. Subsequently he

became a pupil in an academy at Dallas, from which he was graduated in

1891, and then entered upon the study of law under the preceptorship

of J. J. DALY and Oscar HAYTER. Later he attended the Portland

Business College, after which he pursued a course in the law school of

the University of Oregon and was admitted to the bar in 1900. In the

meantime he had become active in business circles, becoming the

proprietor of a photograph gallery, which he conducted from 1891 until

1896. It was while he was pursuing his law studies that war was

declared between Spain and America, and filled with the spirit of

patriotism he went to Portland, where he volunteered for service,

becoming a member of the Second Oregon Volunteers. He went with the

first expedition to the Philippines and on the expiration of a year's

service was honorably discharged at Manila, after which he returned to

Oregon to resume his law course. Going to Washington, he became

connected with the Northwestern First Insurance Association of Seattle

and subsequently moved to South Bend, Washington, where for two years

he was associated with his brother-in-law in the conduct of a store.

In 1904 he returned to Dallas and engaged in the clothing business,

which he conducted very successfully for a period of fifteen years, or

until 1918, when he disposed of his mercantile interests and took over

the Majestic Theater, of which he has since been the proprietor, his

being the only enterprise of the kind in the town. He conducts a

first-class place of amusement, offering only the best attractions,

and is accorded a large and gratifying patronage. He has had broad

experience in a business way and energy, enterprise and ability have

constituted the basis of his present-day success.

In February, 1904, Mr. UGLOW was united in marriage to Miss Fay MARTIN

and they became the parents of three children, namely; Margaret, who

died in December, 1910, at the age of six years; Abel C., whose birth

occurred in April, 1913; and Rachel E., born in May, 1914.

In his political views Mr. UGLOW is a republican and he is much

interested in the welfare and progress of his community, serving as a

member of the city council. Fraternally he is identified with the

Woodmen of the World, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent

Protective Order of Elks. He is also a Chapter Mason. He is widely

and favorably known in the locality in which he makes his home, being

recognized as a reliable and progressive business man and a patriot

and public-spirited citizen, loyal to the best interests of the

community.

History of Oregon, Biographical, Vol. II, The Pioneer Historical

Publishing Company, 1922, Pages 458-459.

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