Devereaux, C.P.

From Lane Co Oregon

C. P. Devereaux is senior member of the Devereaux & Tripp Timber Company, which was organized in the spring of 1903 by he and Frank A. Tripp. Throughout his entire life C. P. Devereaux has been connected with timber interests; his father also was always engaged in the timber business. C. P. Devereaux was born in Ithaca, Michigan, October 16, 1877 and is a son of Philemon Theodore and Ella J. (Wilson) Devereaux. His grandfather, Theodore Devereaux, was one of the pioneer settlers of Gratiot county, Michigan, and had a family of twelve children, including Philemon T. Devereaux, who in early manhood became connected with timber interests in Michigan. The father has been a resident of Eugene for three years.

C. P. Devereaux spent his youthful days at Park Rapids, Minnesota where his parents had moved during his early childhood. He went through all his school years there, after which he became associated with his father in timber work. He is a thoroughly trained timber cruiser and an enterprising, energetic young man. In the spring of 1903, he joined Frank A. Tripp in organizing the Devereaux & Tripp Timber Company, which has been a successful business for nine years. They buy and sell standing timber, operating in Oregon and northern California, and always have on hand at least two hundred million feet standing timber.

Mr. Devereaux was married in 1898 to Miss Eula M. Hoyt, a daughter of William R. Hoyt, of Hillsboro, Oregon, and they now have two children, Hoyt Theodore and Ella Cleone. The parents are members of the Baptist church, Mr. Devereaux serving as chairman of its board of trustees and also as church treasurer. He is likewise a member of its finance committee and chairman of its music committee. He has sung in the choir and in different choral organizations from his boyhood. He is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, of Eugene, and serves on its board of directors.

From the The Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1912, Volume II published by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1912. "C. P. Devereaux", p. 110