Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. 1893. p. 374. DR. OSMAN ROYAL Prominent among the medical profession of Portland stands the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He was born near Bloomington, Illinois, on January 3, 1856. His father, C. W. Royal, was a native of Ohio, born in 1823. They are of English ancestry. The Rev. William Royal, the father of C. W. Royal, emigrated from England and settled in Virginia. Later he removed to Ohio and then to Illinois, and was there during the Black Hawk war. In 1853 he with his family crossed the plains to Oregon. The company with which he started did not think of staying in camp on Sunday, and when he announced his intentions of not traveling on that day he was laughed at, and told that when he got in the Indian country he would get over that, however, he remained true to his God and to his convictions of right and wrong, and rested himself and teams of the Lord's day, and usually on the following Tuesday he would again overtake his company. When they arrived in the country, where there was danger from the Indians, he was besought not to be so reckless as to stay behind, but he headed them no. At places there were notices of "Look out for the Indians!" They also say many traces of these murderous savages, but nothing daunted this man persevered in his resolve not to travel on Sunday, and the result proved the correctness of his course, as he arrived first in Oregon, with his teams in a better condition than the others. In Oregon he was a faithful Methodist minister, doing much itinerant and pioneer work, and was the founder of the Cenenary Methodist Church of East Portland. Two of his sons became preachers of the gospel, Rev. T. F. and Rev. J. H. B. Royal. At an anniversary meeting held at the house of grandfather Royal, forty of his posterity were present, every one of whom were Methodists, which illustrated quite fully the value of the faithful goodly life of the man who, by his faithful life, won the confidence of all who knew him. Dr. Royal's father was a wholesale hardware merchant in Illinois, but removed to Oregon in 1865 and settled at Salem, and was active in the office of that city and was elected a member of that City Council. He married Miss Rachel E. P. Misner, of Illinois, and they had five children, of whom two are still living. The Doctor was nine years of age when he arrived in Oregon, and he was educated at the Willamette University, and then took a three years' course in the Ohio Weslyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. He took his medical course in the medical department of the Boston University. He was there four years, the last of the four in hospital work. He was then one year acting resident physician and one year resident surgeon at the Concord street dispensary, also a half year acting resident physician at Grove Hill hospital, known as the consumptive's home. From there he came to Portland and began his practice in this city. He gives close attention to his chosen profession and is meeting with marked success. He is a member of the Oregon Homeopathic Society and also the Multnomah County Society. He is president of the latter society and is also a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy. The Doctor has a valuable tract of land, where he is building cottages, and is forwarding a sanitarium of Mount Tabor. From this point the scenery is superb, as it overlooks the city of Portland, takes in a beautiful view of all the scenery with the mountains in a distance. The Doctor designs it particularly for those afflicted with nervous diseases. He has all the facilities for treating such diseases. He was married in 1889 to Miss Julia Morgan, a native of Ilion, New York. They have a son, born in Portland. The Doctor's political views are Republican. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and is a gentleman in every way worthy of the esteem that he enjoys. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in March 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.