Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis
Pub. Co. 1893.  p. 485.
 
PETER JOSEPH NEUBURG

    P. J. Neuburg, of Portland, Oregon, is one of the many respectable,
industrious and successful citizens Germany has furnished the United States to
embark successfully in all the professions and enterprises of the country and
who have, everywhere, distinguished themselves as good citizens. Peter Joseph
Neuburg was born in Prussia, Germany, June 20, 1842, of German parents. They
were artisans in Germany. He came to the United States in 1855, then in his
thirteenth year and proceeded to Wisconsin and there resided until the breaking
out of the civil war. After the war had progressed for some time and the ranks
had been broken by losses in battle, the demand for men to replenish the veteran
regiments became so great that he enlisted in the Third Volunteer Minnesota
Regiment, Company E. He was at the battle of Pine Bluff and at Duval's Bluff and
did considerable scouting after the bushwhackers and would have done more
fighting if it had been in his department. He performed every duty faithfully.
He was honorably discharged July 28, 1865, and returned to Wisconsin and engaged
in lumbering at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin and in 1875 be became engaged in
jobbing and the next year went to California and engaged in a sash and door
manufactory at Chicago. In 1877 he came to Portland and from there to Salem and
was engaged in a sawmill for three years. He ten {sic; then} returned to
Portland and opened his present merchandise business in which, by close
attention to business, he has met with deserved success. His business is located
at No. 365 Sixteenth street, where he enjoys a nice retail trade.
    Mr. Neuburg was married in 1867 to Miss Frances M. Havland {sic; Hevland} of
Pennsylvania and the daughter of Richard Havland. They have had six children,
three of whom are living: Annie, wife of Charles Conroy; Celia married Henry
Parrott of East Portland and Minnie is attending school. Mr. Neuburg joined the
G. A. R. in 1883, Governor Wright Post, and has held the office of Surgeon in
same. He is a member of A. O. U. W., and has been Financier of the lodge for two
years. He is a Republican in politics. Having invested in Portland city property
he has made money in that direction and he is interested in all the office of
the county, is a self-made man and is deserving citizen of Portland.

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