An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, page 382.

LAURENCE N. BLOWERS was a prominent business man of Hood River for fifteen
years, but tiring of the exacting and arduous life of a merchant, sold his
business here in March, 1904, and was appointed Deputy United States Marshall
upon the recommendation of United States Senator Charles W. Fulton and
Representative J.N. Williamson. He is therefore residing temporarily at
Portland. His birth occurred in Iowa, on April 18, 1867, his parents being Amby
S. and Ellen (Damon) Blowers, who are particularly mentioned elsewhere in this
volume.      

When an infant, our subject was taken by his parents to Minnesota and thence,
with the family, which consisted of his parents and eight children, he came to
Oregon. His education was received from the schools in the various places where
he had resided and when fifteen years of age, he embarked in business with his
father. In 1889, they came to Hood River, and soon there-after, they bought out
E.L. Smith, a leading merchant, and since that time they have continued at the
head of a large business. However, our subject has spent one year in Sumpter,
Oregon, where he was in the mercantile business and while in that town, he was
elected mayor. He was also, the second mayor of Hood River, and in these public
capacities, as in private life, the same care and faithfulness characterized his
acts. For three years, Mr. Blowers served as lieutenant of Company D, Oregon
National Guards, his father being captain.      

At Hood River, on August 29, 1891, Mr. Blowers married Miss Bertha Mifflin, a
native of Washington, D.C. Her father, Charles H. Mifflin, was born in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, coming from a family well known in history for worth
and prominence. One of the family, Major General Thomas Mifflin, was president
of the Continental Congress and later, first governor of Pennsylvania. The
county and town of Mifflin, Pennsylvania were named from this family. Charles H.
Mifflin married Miss Alice Lipscomb, a native of Washington, D.C., and descended
from a leading Virginia family. Mrs. Blowers has one sister, Elizabeth, wife of
W.J. Parker, a merchant in Denver, Colorado. Four children have been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Blowers, namely Paul Mifflin, Loyd Mifflin, Ellen and Ruth. Mr. Blowers
is a member of the A.F. & A.M., and a man of excellent standing and prestige in
the community.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.