[or-roots] Renne's

[Sue Steward]

Les, the bio on Oscar Hayter said Bertha's parents were W. V. and Eliza so
it seems you make a good assumption there.

W. V. FULLER
Submitted by:  Lynn Mack

Hon. W. V. FULLER, one of the progressive business men and substantial
citizens of Dallas, is secretary of the Commercial Club and proprietor of
the Fuller Pharmacy and is also extensively interested in timber lands.  His
activities are thus broad, varied and important and constitute a valuable
element in the substantial upbuilding and progress of his section of the
state.  He comes of distinguished ancestry, representative of the family in
both the paternal and maternal lines having defended American interests as
soldiers in the Revolutionary war.

Mr. FULLER was born in West Union, Iowa, January 10, 1861, and is a son of
Lewis and Diantha (HOYT) FULLER, natives of New England.  In an early day
the father came west to Iowa, taking up land in Howard county, which he
cleared and developed, continuing its cultivation and improvement until
called to his final rest.  He served for a short time as a soldier in the
civil war, enlisting as a member of an Iowa regiment.  He passed away in
May, 1866, and the mother's demise occurred in February, 1912.

Their son, W. V. FULLER, was reared and educated in Iowa and on attaining
adult age he engaged in farming in that state until 1881, when he went to
northern Minnesota, where he became connected with the lumber industry.  He
conducted his operations on an extensive scale, becoming the owner of
planing mills and several retail lumber-yards, and continued to reside in
that state for a period of twenty years, or until 1901.  In that year he
came to Oregon, settling at Dallas, where he engaged in the real estate and
lumber business, but is not active in the former line at present.  For the
past eleven years he has been
proprietor of the Fuller Pharmacy at Dallas but does not devote his time to
its operation, his attention being largely given to the
conduct of his extensive timber and horticultural interests.  He has timber
holdings in Polk, Benton, Lincoln and Tillamook counties and also has large
farming interests, specialzing in the raising of cherries.  During the
summer months he has charge of the fire patrol in Benton and Polk counties,
being secretary and manager of the Polk County Fire Patrol Association.  His
activities thus cover a broad field and he is active in pushing forward the
wheels of progress in Polk county.  He is a farsighted business man,
possessing sound judgment and keen discrimination, and his initiative spirit
and notable ability have carried him into important relations.

In October, 1880, Mr. FULLER was united in marriage to Miss Eliza STEWART
and they have become the parents of a daughter, Bertha, who is now the wife
of Oscar HAYTER, a prominent attorney of Dallas.

In his political views Mr. FULLER is a republican and he has been called
upon to represent his district in the state legislature,
serving in the sessions of 1917 and 1919 and also during the special session
of 1920.  He carefully studied the problems which came up for settlement,
giving his earnest support to all bills which he believed would prove
beneficial to the commonwealth and his legislative record is a most
creditable one.  He is much interested in the welfare and progress of his
community and for two terms was a member of the city council.  He is
president of the Polk county fair board and has served
in that capacity since its organization in 1913.  He belongs to the Sons of
the American Revolution and is a most patriotic and
public-spirited American.  During the World war he rendered important and
valuable service to the government as county food and fuel administrator, as
chairman of the Council of Defense, and was also active in promoting all the
local drives.  Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, having
membership in Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Portland, and for
thirty years he has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
In religious faith he is a Presbyterian, loyal to the teachings of the
church.  The activity of Mr. FULLER in relation to the public welfare has
been of wide scope
and no man has done more to further the interests and upbuilding of the
community.  The years have chronicled his growing success and at all times
his career has been such as would bear the closest investigation and
scrutiny.  His ideals of life are high and he utilizes every opportunity
that enables him to climb to their level.


History of Oregon, Biographical, Vol. II, The Pioneer Historical Publishing
Company, 1922, Pages 608-609.




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