Edward Quackenbush, who was born in 1839 in New York. He came to San Francisco via the Horn as a young man and was educated in accounting. When the firm of Allen and Lewis, in Portland, was in need of a bookkeeper, he came to Portland and soon began work at the Ladd and Tilton Bank, where he was an eventual manager. He was very involved in in civic activities, being credited with having founded the Portland Chamber of Commerce and the Y. M. C. A. He is also largely credited with the organization of the first baseball team in the city. He married Anna Clarke Hasty (or Hastie) on September 5th, 1867, in Multnomah County. They had one son, Fred, who died several days before Edward, in 1928. Anna passed away at their summer home in Hood River, in 1911.