Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. 1893. p. 247. CHARLES E. LOCKWOOD Assistant United States Attorney, is a native of the State of Pennsylvania, born at Pittsfield, Warren county, June 14, 1866. His father, Olvin A. Lockwood, was a prominent business man and a leading merchant of that city. His mother, Barbara (Dalrymple) Lockwood, was descended from one of the old and distinguished families of the Keystone State. Mrs. Lockwood died in 1871, and the following year Mr. Lockwood removed to Northfield, Rice county, Minnesota, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for two years. At the end of that time he removed to California and after living a short time in that State, he settled in Roseburg, Oregon, in 1876. In 1878 he located at Eugene, where he still resides. Charles E. Lockwood is the youngest of three children, he having two sisters, Minnie L. Washburne and Mrs. W. T. Eakin, residing at Eugene. His primary education was received in the district schools of Minnesota, and later he attended the common schools of California and Oregon; he graduated from the public schools at Eugene in 1881, and then entered the Oregon State University; his studies were carried on there, with some interruptions, until 1886, when he took up the study of law in the office of his brother-in-law, Judge George S. Washburne, a prominent member of the bar; he studied law and continued the studies of which he was making a specialty at the university, until January, 1889, when he was appointed Clerk of the Public Land Committee of the Oregon Senate. In March, 1889, he resumed his law studies in the office of Dolph, Bellinger, Mallory & Simon, at Portland and with A. C. Woodcock, at Eugene, and also took a course in the law department of the Oregon State University, and later was graduated therein. He was admitted tot he bar in October, 1889, before the Supreme Court at Salem, after which he located at Portland and engaged in the practice of his profession. Upon the recommendation of the United States Attorney, F. P. Mays, and the Oregon delegation in congress, in September, 1890, Mr. Lockwood was appointed by the Attorney General of the United States, Assistant United States Attorney, for the District of Oregon, and is now engaged in the discharge of the duties of that office. He has made a most efficient officer, and is rapidly winning a position among the prominent members of the bar of the State. He belongs to Willamette Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M., and for several years has been an active member of the Oregon National Guard. He is a young man of superior ability, and has every prospect of gaining prominence in his profession. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.