Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 2. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 115.
 
FRANK A. TRIPP

     Belongs to that class of young men to whom Oregon is looking for her future
development and prosperity.  He is well known in the business circles of Eugene
and in other parts of the state as a member of the Devereaux & Tripp timber
company.  He was born near Binghamton, New York, April 24, 1879, and is a son of
George H. and Naomi (Dunham) Tripp.  Moreover, he is descended from on of the
old New York families but his father left the Empire state and removed to
northern Minnesota in 1880.  He settled about three hundred miles north of
Minneapolis, and Crookston, twenty-five miles distant, was his nearest
postoffice.  At the place of his location, however, he opened a little
postoffice, which he called Mentor, giving the name to the tiny village which
sprang up in that district.  He was a farmer and to his agricultural pursuits
devoted the greater part of his time and attention.  However, he was active and
influential in the public life of the community and did all in his power to
further general progress.  He served as clerk of the school district and the
cause of education found in him a stalwart champion.  He was also for many years
chairman of the board of supervisors and in that connection did much for
improvement and progress in the county.
     Frank A. Tripp was educated in the schools of Mentor and in the high school
of Park Rapids, Minnesota, and when he had put aside his text-books he turned
his attention to lumber and timber interests, spending about six years in the
timber woods of northern Minnesota before coming to Eugene in February, 1903.
He thoroughly understands woodcraft and is an excellent judge of the valuation
of timber properties.  In the spring of 1903 he joined C. P. Devereaux in
organizing the Devereaux & Tripp timber Company and they have since been
successfully engaged in buying and selling standing timber, their operations
covering much of Oregon and northern California.  They carry at least two
hundred million feet of standing timber all of the time.
     Frank A. Tripp was married on June 27, 1911, to Miss Sadie Addison, a
daughter of John Addison, of Eugene.  They are well known socially and are
prominent members of the Congregational church, in which Mr. Tripp is serving as
secretary and treasurer.  He takes most active and helpful part in various lines
of church and Christian work and is now state treasurer of the Oregon Christian
Endeavor Union.  His religion is not a matter of Sunday observance but a factor
of his life seven days in the week.  He belongs to that class of young men who
are alert and enterprising and who hold also to high ideals -- the class of
young men who are making Oregon one of the great states of the union, building
upon a safe foundation of material, intellectual and moral progress.
     

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.