Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 157.

MARION LEBOW

     The life history of Marion Lebow, one of the well known and highly esteemed
farmers in the vicinity of Creswell, Lane county, shows what may be accomplished
by persistent industry along well directed lines, while in the realm of private
citizenship his record has been such as to gain for him the sincere respect of
his fellowmen. A native of Lane county, born on the 21st of July, 1865, he is a
son of Thompson S. and Hannah J. (Shields) Lebow. His father came across the
plains, with ox teams, from Missouri in 1849, locating in California, where he
lived for a short time. Later he went by boat to Portland, Oregon, and thence up
the Willamette Valley to Cottage Grove, Lane county, where he took up three
hundred and twenty acres of government land. Here he developed a good farm and
spent his remaining years.    
     Marion Lebow was reared on the home farm and secured a good, practical
education in the district schools. For a number of years he operated his
father's ranch and he is now the owner of three hundred and seven acres of well
improved land, which he is still cultivating, with marked success. He carries on
general farming, raising all the crops common to this locality, and also keeps
twenty-seven head of sheep, five cows and two horses. His farm has been well
cared for the improvements being substantial and up-to-date in character, and in
all his operations he has shown sound judgment and keen discrimination.
     In 1891 Mr. Lebow was united in marriage to Miss Eliza J. England, a
daughter of David England, who also was a pioneer of Lane county, having come
across the plains in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Lebow have three children.:
Ernest W., who was born in Lane county in 1892, graduated from the Cottage Grove
high school and then entered the Northern Pacific Dental College, at Portland,
from which he was graduated, and is now practicing his profession at Cottage
Grove; Clara E., born in 1894, is a graduate of the Cottage Grove high school;
and Nora J., born in 1899, is a graduate of the Walker high school and also
completed a course at the Emanuel hospital at Portland. In his political
alignment Mr. Lebow is a democrat and has always shown a commendable interest in
matters relating to the welfare of his community, having served a number of
terms as a school director and several years as road supervisor. He has done his
full share in promoting the civic and moral standing of his locality and his
open-hearted and unaffected manner has commended him to the good opinion of his
fellowmen throughout his section of the county.
     
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