- Arthur W. Graham, 66, mariner, pioneer river steamboat operator and ship designer, died at his home, 761 East Lincoln street, Friday following an attack of heart trouble. Funeral services will be held at 1 P. M. Monday at the Portland crematorium.
Mr. Graham had been foreman of the Burnside bridge since the completion of the span two years ago. He sprang from a family stock whose history was rich in the lore of the sea. His forebearers on both sides of the family for three generations back had been master mariners. When a mere lad he went down to the sea and sailed before the mast. In 1885 he came to Portland and had made his home here since.
He was well known as a master mariner and river steamboat man. With his two brothers, A. B. Graham and John N. Graham, he owned and conducted the Oregon City Transportation company, which operated a fleet of river boats on the Willamette between Portland and Corvallis from 1886 to 1919. The names of the boats owned by the company ended in “ona.” Many of them were designed by Mr. Graham, who was an expert in that line. The most famous were the Altona, the Pomona and the Grahamona. It was said that he could perform the duties of any man on a boat with equal skill.
He is survived by his widow, Anna L. Graham; two children, Clyde C. and Lena A. Graham of Portland; two brothers, A. B. Graham of Portland and John N. Graham of Seaside, and three sisters, Mrs. G. Fox and Mrs. R. D. Morrill of Portland and Mrs. William Anderson of Oregon City. Remains are at Finley’s mortuary.
[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Sunday, April 29, 1928]
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1862 - 1928 (65 years)
