Otto D. Upton

Otto D. Upton was born the 31st of May 1890 in Spring Creek, Warren County, PA.  He was the third of five children of James Monroe Upton and Ellen Augusta (Nellie) Carter. 

He lived in Spring Creek and attended school through the 8th grade.  Shortly thereafter he left his family and headed to the Pacific Northwest.

He worked in lumber camps in Washington and as a milkman in Portland, Oregon where he met Margaret Elsie Greenwell.  They married on the 29th of October, 1913.  

Otto was the proud father of three girls, Margaret, Ellen, and V'Ona. 

His work career including working as a dairy farmer, running a sawmill, co-owning a lumber company in partnership with Mr. Williams...

and as in independent logging contractor.

The Log Scale book was one of the important tools of his trade.  And before heading up to the woods for a picnic with family on the weekend, all the log scale tickets were meticulously recorded. 

He was happiest in the woods both for work and for pleasure.  He suffered a severe stroke in the early 1950's and spent the last years of his life in a care facility in Portland, Oregon.