Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 4. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 96.
 
GEORGE E. FLATMAN

     Who started out in business life without any special advantages, has
steadily worked his way upward by the force of his own ability, determination
and ambition, and is today one of the representative men of Hammond, where he is
conducting a store and where he also owns other properties.  Moreover, he has
been active in the public life of the community and his fellow townsmen have
called him to a number of political positions.
     Mr. Flatman is a native of London, England.  He was born on the 19th of
January, 1861, and is a son of Charles E. Flatman, who was born is Suffolk,
England, on the 3d of April, 1838.  His grandparents, Eastgate and Harriet
Flatman, spent their entire lives in England, where the former engaged in
business as a carpenter and contractor to the time of his death, which occurred
in 1869.  His son, Charles E. Flatman, is the only one of the family of nine
children now living.  He was married in London, England, in 1860, to Miss Mary
A. Thompson.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Flatman there were born six children, of whom
George E. Flatman, of this review, is the eldest.  The others are:  Charles W.,
who was born in London and makes his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Arthur, who
was born in London and now resides in Mills City, Marion county, Oregon; Frank,
who was born in Michigan and now resides in Hammond; Robert, deceased; and one
who died in infancy.  It was in the year 1869 that the family came to America,
first settling in Belleville, Canada, where the father worked at the carpenter's
trade for a year.  He afterward spent six months at Brantford, Canada, and a
similar period at Fort Gratiot, Michigan.  later he was employed in the car
shops of the Michigan Central railroad at Detroit as a car builder, working on
passenger cars for fifteen years.  In 1889 he became a resident of Fort Stevens,
Clatsop county, Oregon, where he worked at carpentry for the government and he
is still in the government employ, making his home in Hammond since 1900.
     George E. Flatman, whose name introduces this record, was a lad of eight
years when the family came to the new world.  He accompanied his parents on
their various removals and acquired his education in the public schools of the
different localities in which he lived.  He remained under the parental roof
until he had attained his majority, after which he worked as a farm hand for two
years and then accepted a position as a steam engineer in the Fort Stevens Jetty
Works, at Fort Stevens, Oregon, continuing in the employ of the government for
nineteen years.  In 1889 he purchased a half interest in a mercantile store at
Hammond and is still an equal partner in that enterprise and in the building in
which it is located.  He also owns other property in Hammond and his life on the
whole has been a successful one, unfaltering industry being the secret of his
advancement and prosperity.
     On the 6th of July, 1893, Mr. Flatman was married to Miss Sarah Kindred,
who was born in Clatsop county, Oregon, and is a daughter of B. C. Kindred, who
is mentioned elsewhere in this work.  Mr. and Mrs. Flatman are now parents of
two children:  Vivian L., born March 17, 1894; and Edna R., July 30, 1895.  Both
are attending school.  Mr. Flatman and his family hold membership in the
Episcopal church and he belongs to the Order of Maccabees at Hammond.  His
political views are in accord with the principles of the republican party which
he has supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise.  For
several years he served as a member of the school board of Hammond and his
fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth as a citizen, called him to public
office as the chief executive of Hammond.  For two years he served as mayor and
his record was one highly satisfactory to the general public for he advocated
progress, reform and improvement and sought by practical methods to attain the
ends desired.
 
 
Transcriber's additional Notes:
 
Oregon Death Index -
Clatsop Co, OR; George E. Flatman
Date of Death: November 5, 1921
Certificate #  201


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