"Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Chapman 
Publishing Company, 1903. p. 242.
 
OSCAR HAYTER

     one of the most promising of the younger generation of Oregon lawyers, and
representative of an old pioneer family of 1851, was born near Dallas, Polk
county, December 3, 1873. His father, Thomas Jefferson Hayter, a native of
Franklin county, Mo., and a retired citizen of Dallas who has twice Crossed the
plains, is mentioned at length in another part of this work. His mother, Mary I.
(Embree) Hayter, was born in Howard county, Mo., a daughter of C. D. Embree, who
crossed the plains in 1844, lived on a donation claim in Polk county from 1845
until 1889, and died in Dallas in 1900, at the age of ninety-four years.
     Until his tenth year Mr. Hayter was reared on the farm, and then located
with his parents in Dallas. He was educated In the public schools, subsequently
graduating from La Creole Academy. After studying law for a short time in Dallas
he became interested in the Clackamas Abstract & Trust Company as compiler of
abstracts, and at the same time continued the study of law, being admitted to
the bar October 9, 1895. Almost immediately he entered upon a practice of law in
partnership with Judge J. J. Daly, of Dallas, an association amicably and
satisfactorily continued until 1900, since which time Mr. Hayter has practiced
alone. He is a member and ex-vice president of the State Bar Association, and is
variously connected with the social organizations in which his town and county
abound. Fraternally he is a member of Jennings Lodge No. 9, A. F. and A. M., of
which he is past master ; Ainsworth Chapter No. 17, R. A. M. and Oregon
Consistory No.. 1, in Portland and Al Kader Temple N. M. S. In politics Mr.
Hayter is a stanch Democrat and at the present time is secretary and ex-chairman
of the County Democratic Committee. Mr. Hayter is a genial practitioner of the
law, and his career has been an active one from the day of entering practice.

     
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