Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 2. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 965.
 
CARLTON E. BELLOWS

     dealer in confectionery and proprietor of land at Lents, Multnomah county,
Oregon, was born at Port Henry, New York, in March, 1874, a son of Frank H. and
Mary Bellows. The father and mother were both born in Vermont but were married
in the state of New York. At the time their son Carlton was six years of age
they moved to Michigan and settled at Cheboygan where the father followed the
carpenter's trade for nine years. Then, deciding to try his fortune on the
Pacific coast, in 1886 he took his family to California, settling in Pasadena,
where he followed his trade for two years. In 1889 he removed to Jackson county,
Oregon, and located at Ashland, but after only a short time there took his
family to a farm of seven acres situated near that town, there remaining three
years. The Bellows family then rented a farm at Talent, Oregon, where they lived
for two years. At the expiration of that time the father bought one hundred and
five acres of land near Eagle Point and on this farm the family made their home
until the father's death, which occurred in 1902. The mother still survives at
the age of sixty-five years and now resides at Coburg, Oregon. In their family
were five children of whom Carlton E. is the eldest. The others are: Ora, of
Coburg; Arthur, a resident of Roseburg; Fred, of Creswell; and Herbert, also
making his home in Coburg.
     It will be seen from the foregoing that Carlton E. Bellows passed various
periods of his youth in New York, Michigan and California, his education being
received in these various states. At the early age of fourteen years he started
out in the world for himself and began working on a farm, an occupation which he
followed for seven years. During the period that he was working away from home,
he and his father bought one hundred and five acres of land in Jackson county,
Oregon, and to this farm the family moved at the end of the period in which the
son was being employed away from home. After remaining on the farm for several
years and subsequent to his father's death he took charge of a ranch for D. A.
Jackson, deputy sheriff of Jackson county, which he operated for two years.
After that time he returned to his own farm, remaining until 1911 thereon, when
the farm was divided between the heirs, since which date Mr. Bellows has been
operating his present confectionery business in Lents.
     It was in 1903 that Mr. Bellows was married to Miss Lena Wyant, a native of
Ashland, Oregon, where she was born in 1885, a daughter of Benjamin and Malinda
(Trailer) Wyant. Her father was born in Indiana and her mother in Clackamas
county, Oregon, and they were married in this state where they spent most of
their lives, upon a farm which they owned in Jackson county. The father
continues to make it his place of residence but the mother died in 1903. Of
their family of twelve children ten are still living, as follows: Mary; Alice;
May; Lena, now Mrs. Bellows; Bert; Annie; Benjamin; Nettie; Christina; and
James. The deceased were Walter and John. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Bellows have been
born three children, namely: Frank E., who passed away at the age of eighteen
months; Edward H., born in October, 1906; and Benjamin Lewis, whose birth
occurred in 1909.
     Politically Mr. Bellows is a republican and in his fraternal connections is
a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is
numbered among the well known business men and farmers of Multnomah county and
one of the substantial citizens of this community. He has by the hard labor of
his earlier years aided in no small degree in the improvement of this section.
His geniality has attracted to him a large number of friends and acquaintances
and in all circles he is regarded with the highest respect.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2007 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.