An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 383 HENRY O. LIESER, one of the prominent and influential farmers of Clarke county, was born in Franklin, Wisconsin, August 21, 1848, a son of Louis and Eliza (Hollingsworth) Lieser, the former a native of Germany and the latter of the State of Iowa. The mother died in 1855. Henry C., the third in a family of five children, crossed the plains to Oregon with his parents in 1850, locating in Clarke county, Washington. He followed teaching many years in Washington and Yam Hill counties, Oregon, also in Vancouver, Washington. In 1874 he became a law student in the office of Thomas Tongue, of Hillsborough, although he had made a special study of law for many years prior to that time, and in 1881 he was admitted to the bar. Mr. Lieser opened an office in Vancouver, Washington, in the same year, but soon afterward abandoned the legal profession and is now engaged in agricultural pursuits. His farm consists of 110 acres, located four miles east of Vancouver, fifty acres of which is under a fine state of cultivation, and twenty acres of which is devoted to an orchard. His residence is located on a high and picturesque point, overlooking the broad waters of the Columbia river. Mr. Lieser was married in Oregon, April 9, 1876, to Miss Elizabeth Hay, a native of that State, and a daughter of Valentine Hay, a pioneer of 1850, but now deceased. Our subject and wife have seven children: May, Miles, Herbert, Clyde, Leah, Ralph and Jessie. Mr. Lieser belongs to no secret societies, and is a stanch advocate of Republican principles, although he takes no active part in political matters. Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.