Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. 1893. p. 1127. HERBERT KITTREDGE is one of Oregon's bright sons, and was born in Shasta county, California, June 8,1863. His father, Franklin Kittredge, was born in Michigan, in 1828, and his grandfather was a noted physician of Michigan, born in Massachusetts. The family are of English parentage, and came over here and settled in the Bay State at an early day. The first marriage of the father of our subject took place in Michigan, but his wife died shortly after, and in 1849 Mr. Kittredge went to California, where he engaged in mining for several years. He has made the trip around by Cape Horn, and also across the Isthmus, and has crossed the plains, making the trip four times. He had been a school teacher in Michigan, but when he went to California it was to the mines. From that State he went into Oregon, and there he met Miss Mary Powell, of Powell's Valley, Multnomah county, and subsequently married her. She was a native of Missouri, who had been brought to Oregon, when very small, by her parents. Soon after marriage Mr. Kittredge returned to California, and there our subject, Herbert, the first of a family of eight children, was born, in the summer of 1863, in the mining regions of Shasta county, and a year later the family returned to Multnomah county, Oregon. The parents and a part of the children now reside in Benton county, Oregon. The names of the members of this family are: Lota, the wife of George Wallace, of Corvallis; Emma, the wife of W. H. Mahony, of Oakland, California; Daisy, May, Mary, Walter and Willie are at home. Our subject is the eldest of the family, and was reared and educated in Oregon. He first attended the common schools of his town, and then took an academic course in the Willamette University at Salem. After this our subject took a course at the Agricultural College at Corvallis, and received a degree of A. B. in 1886, and of A. M. in 1888. He has applied himself to teaching ever since; and, in fact, he earned a part of his education by teaching. He has conducted schools in Zena, Polk county, and Lane county, also at Corvallis, and Monroe, in Benton county. He has been principal of the Corvallis school, of the Junction City school, and in 1889 he came to Baker City, where he was principal for four years, until called to a position in Portland University, where he now is. He has a manner that pleases, and his efficiency is so well known that he gives the best of satisfaction wherever lie goes. Our subject was married June 11, 1890, to Miss Jessie Groves, daughter of William and Emma (Horning) Groves. The mother of Mrs. Kittredge was born in Missouri, in Kansas City. Her father raised the money with which the first church was built in Kansas City, and he was the principal founder of the Agricultural College in Corvallis, Oregon. The family are of German descent, having come to America in the person of the grandfather of Mrs. Kittredge when he was ten years old. Mr. Groves was born in Virginia in 1836, and Mrs. Groves in. Missouri in 1849. Mrs. Kittredge has two sisters and one brother at home with her father, she being the next oldest and the only one of the family yet married. Prof. and Mrs. Kittredge have one little boy, Tracy B., born May 5, 1891. They both are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Professor is a member of the Masonic and I.O. O. F. fraternities. Mrs. Kittredge is a lady of intelligence and education, having graduated from the Agricultural College at Corvallis, with the degree of A. B. in 1888. Transcriber's additional notes: Census indexing KIDRIDGE FRANKLIN 40 M W MI OR MULTNOMAH SANDY PCT 1870 KITTRIDGE HERBERT 17 W CA OR BENTON MONROE 1880 KITTREDGE HERBERT 37 M W CA OR UMATILLA WESTON PCT 1900 KITRIDGE HERBERT 46 M W CA CA CONTRA COSTA 8-TWP 1910 KITTRIDGE HERBERT 56 M W CA CA ALAMEDA BERKELEY; OAKLAND TWP 1920 ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.