Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis
Pub. Co. 1893.  p. 356.
 
W. W. ROYAL, M.D.

     Of East Portland, was born in Virginia, September 16, 1835, a son of John
Royal, who was a native of the State of Maine, of English ancestry who were
early settlers of the colonies.  John Royal married Miss Hannah Sargent, also a
native of Maine, and had six children, four of whom are living.
     Dr. Royal, their third child, graduated at Bowdoin college, Brunswick,
Maine, in 1862, and at once entered the Union army, as a surgeon, and during the
whole period of the sanguinary struggle ministered to the wants of the wounded
and dying.  The Tenth Army Corps, with which he was connected, was a part of the
Army of the Potomac, and also of the Army of the James.  The Doctor's position
as surgeon brought him in contact with the horrors of the great Civil war, and
he did all in his power to alleviate the sufferings of the "boys in blue" who
were wounded in defense of the Government; and the duties of the army surgeon
with a heart to sympathize with the intense human suffering, were often most
depressing, but the Doctor "staid" with the "boys" until he was mustered out in
1866.
     After returning from the war he began his practice in Maryland, but did not
like it there, and moved to Kirksville, Missouri, where he practiced several
years.  He was married there in 1869, and the following year he removed to San
Diego, California, where he practiced several years, and where two of his
children were born.  After six years' practice in San Diego he moved to Santa
Rosa, same State; but, becoming convinced of the bright future in store for
the State of Oregon and the city of Portland, he removed hither and purchased
property, opened an office, built a dwelling and became identified with the
interests of East Portland, where he has since resided.  He has a good
residence, stable and carriage, which he has built according to his own ideas.
He has a large practice, and has nearly worn himself out in the profession.
     He is a member of the K. of P., and P. C. of Phalanx Lodge, No. 14, of
Portland, and since coming to Portland has been Surgeon of the Grand Army of the
Republic, Sumner Post, No. 12, for eight or nine years.  In 1888 he was an
active member of the Oregon State Medical Association, and he is an honorary
member of the Foresters.
     Before the war the Doctor was a Douglas Democrat in his political
sympathies, but since then has voted with the Republicans.
     March 13, 1869, is the date of the Doctor's marriage to Miss Helen A. Eddy,
a native of Michigan, and they have had four children.  The two younger were
born here in Oregon.
     

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