Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis
Pub. Co. 1893.  p. 1164.
 
FRANK M. MULKEY

     an esteemed native son of Portland, Oregon, and a promising young member of
the bar of the metropolis, was born August 4, 1866. His father, Marion Francis
Mulkey, was born in Johnson county, Missouri, November 14, 1836, and was the son
of Johnson Mulkey, who crossed the plains to Oregon, with his family, in 1846.
He located on a donation claim in Benton county, where his son, Marion, spent
his boyhood, obtaining his primary education in the customary log schoolhouse of
the pioneer. Later he attended the college at Forest Grove, which was then under
the able guidance of the late Dr. S. H. Marsh. While he was yet a student the
Indian war of 1856 broke out, and he immediately joined the army, serving until
the Indians were subdued and peace declared.
     In 1858 he entered Yale College, at which institution he graduated in 1862.
He then returned to Portland, Oregon, where he commenced the study of law under
the tuition of Judge E. D. Shattuck. While thus employed he acted, during 1863,
as Provost-Marshal, aiding in the enrollment of that year. The following year he
was admitted to the bar, and was for several years a member of the law firm of
Hill & Mulkey, of which the senior partner was W. Lair Hill. Mr. Mulkey was so
thoroughly equipped for the practice of law, for which he had such marked
ability, that, in 1866, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the Fourth
Judicial District, and the following year represented the Third Ward in the City
Council. In 1872 he was elected City Attorney of Portland, and the next year was
re-elected to the same position. On retiring from office he formed a law
partnership with the Hon. J. F. Caples, and during his partner's three
successive terms of service as District Attorney, Mr. Mulkey served as Deputy.
     Thus his business increased with his growing reputation until he found his
time most profitably employed. In the midst of his multiform duties he found
time to make many valuable investments in real estate in his favorite city, all
of which he improved. by the erection of substantial buildings thereon, thus
enhancing the value of his own property, besides benefiting that of others, and
at the same time building up and beautifying the metropolis. Among others may be
mentioned the Mulkey Block, a substantial business pile of 100 feet square,
three stories high, with a basement, located on the corner of Second and
Morrison streets, which is a monument to his enterprise and business ability.
     In politics, he was a Republican, and a worthy member of the Masonic
fraternity.
     He was married, in 1862, to Miss Mary E. Porter, of New Haven, Connecticut,
belonging to a highly respected family of the city of Elms. By this marriage
there were two sons: Frank M., whose name heads this sketch, who is now his
father's representative; and Fred, now in college. The mother resides in
Portland.
     The father's death occurred on February 25, 1889, when he was at the height
of his success and usefulness. It was most unexpected, and filled the community
with sadness. His life was one of unswerving integrity and exalted honor, and
the public press vied with the bar, of which latter institution he was so long
an esteemed member, in expressing in feeling terms, their deep sense of the
irretrievable loss suffered by the community in the death of this high minded
and public-spirited citizen.
     His son, whose name heads our sketch, was educated in the Oregon
University, at which he graduated in 1889. He then studied law with Judge
Caples, of Portland, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1891, and now has
charge of his father's business. He also bids fair to follow in the footsteps of
that illustrious man, whose memory he cherishes as that of a person deserving of
the deepest veneration.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in December 2008 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.