Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  pp. 100-1.
Includes portrait.

CHARLES TYLER EARLY

There is perhaps no history in this volume that indicates so clearly the
possibilities that he before the American youth as does that of Charles Tyler
Early, the vice president and general manager of the Oregon Lumber Company and
one of the most prominent lumbermen of the Pacific coast country. He started out
in connection with the lumber business at the commonest kinds of labor and upon
the substantial qualities of industry, determination and faithfulness has
builded his notable success. There are many who claim that opportunity is much
more limited than it was a generation ago. The careers of such men as Mr. Early
indicate the futility of such a statement. Business lines are constantly
broadening and opportunities are continually increasing and to the Individual
fortune will yield her rewards in return for persistency of purpose and effort,
intelligently directed.

Charles T. Early was born in Somerset, Kentucky, August 3, 1869, a son of Grant
S. Early and a descendant of old Virginia stock, being distantly related to
General Jubal A. Early. He obtained a high school education but had no means
which would enable him to pursue a college course. In fact while he was still a
student in the public schools he worked on a farm during the summer months for
fifteen dollars per month and did chores in the winter seasons for his board
while attending school. He thus early displayed the elemental strength of his
character and soon came to a realization of the eternal principle voiced by the
Greek sage Epicharmus: "Earn thy reward; the gods give naught to sloth." He
secured a most humble position in connection with the lumber industry and his
life story since that has been one of steady advancement, won through hard work.
Step by step he has progressed until he has reached the position of vice
president and general manager of one of the leading lumber concerns in Oregon,
which was founded in 1888 by the late David Eccles, many times a millionaire
and responsible for much of Oregon's development. He became confidential man of
what was known as the Eccles Interests, controlling the Oregon Lumber Company,
the Mount Hood Railroad Company and the Sumpter Valley Railway. His official
designation at the present time is that of vice president and general manager of
the Oregon Lumber Company and also of the Oregon American Lumber Company and the
Mount Hood Railroad Company and he is assistant to the president of the Sumpter
Valley Railway Company. Thus he has come into positions of administrative
direction and executive control and is bending his efforts to constructive work
in the management of the mammoth business now under his guidance.

At Hood River, Oregon, on the 30th of April, 1891, Mr. Early was married to Miss
Edith C. Blowers, a daughter of Amby S. Blowers and a descendant of Sir Samuel
Salter Blowers, one of the early chief justices of Nova Scotia. On the maternal
side she comes of French ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Early have become the parents of
a son, Roy B.

Mr. Early's military record is limited to service with Company D of the Oregon
National Guard at Hood River. In politics he is a republican and is usually
active in furthering the interests of the party. He has no hesitancy in
expressing his views on any subject and can be relied upon absolutely by his
friends. He fights fair and when the battle is over all is forgotten. He has
held only minor public offices but the records show efficiency in service, the
offices being conducted purely on a business basis. His activity in politics,
however, has been largely limited to his interest for others, an interest
followed by a large degree of success. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic
order and also of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He belongs to the
Arlington Club, to the Portland Chamber of Commerce, to the Transportation Club,
the Portland Realty Board, the Automobile Club and the Portland Golf Club --
associations which indicate much concerning the nature of his interests and his
social activities. He makes liberal contributions to the support of religious
work and is keenly interested in all that pertains to the public welfare, having
never allowed the attainment of success in any way to warp his kindly nature nor
dwarf his sensibilities concerning his public duties.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2006 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.