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 ward became Mrs. Bacon, then made her home in Portland and was here married the second time. She continued to live all her later life in this city and was one of the most highly esteemed and best known pioneer women here. Her death occurred March 17, 1906. Their children, beside Mrs. Weidler, were: Lizzie, who was born in August, 1858, in Portland, and died in 1861; and Charles H., who was born May 26, 1860, and is now living in Seattle.

The other member of the Bacon family was Mrs. Weidler, who has spent her entire life in Portland and has practically witnessed its entire growth from a village to its present metropolitan proportions. She attended a school which stood on the present site of the Portland Hotel, living in a district that is now the business center of the city. On the 1st of October, 1879, she gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Weidler and they became the parents of seven children, of whom two died in infancy.

The death of Mr. Weidler occurred on the 19th of September, 1908. According to his wish his remains were cremated and his ashes now lie in the family lot. During the latter part of his life he joined the Episcopal church. He was prominentlv associated with the first clubs of Portland, becoming a charter member of the Portland, the Arlington and the Commercial Clubs. His name is inseparably interwoven with the history of the city and he left the impress of his individuality upon its business development, its municipal advancement, and its social progress. Throughout his life he looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future and so he utilized opportunities which others passed heedlessly by. He seemed to understand just when the time was ripe to institute new projects and the spirit of enterprise which animated his every action made him a leader and valued factor in much of the development and upbuilding of the city. No history, therefore, would be complete without extended and prominent reference to George Washington Weidler.

William Simon U'Ren, a member of the bar at Oregon City, practicing as a partner of C. Schuebel, was born in Lancaster, Wisconsin, January 10, 1859, a son of William Richard and Frances Jane (Ivey) U'Ren. In the acquirement of his education he attended successively the public schools of Nevedaville, Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado, until 1868. A removal of the family was then made to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he reentered school and later he studied at Plum Creek, Nebraska, and at Lancaster, Wisconsin. He afterward supplemented his public-school course by study in Denver Business College at Denver, Colorado, attending the evening sessions during the winter months of 1878 and 1879. The succeeding two years were devoted to the study of law and he was admitted to practice before the Colorado bar at Denver in January, 1881. He located for practice in Gunnison and in Denver, and devoted eight years to his profession in that part of the country, coming to Oregon in 1889.

Locating in Oregon City, he has since been numbered among the representatives of the bar at this place and his ability has won recognition in a large and distinctively reresentative clientage. He continued in practice alone until January, 1901, when he formed his present partnership with C. Schuebel. The firm is regarded as a strong one. Mr. U'Ren's interpretation and application of the law is usually correct, and it is proverbial that he most carefully safeguards the interests of his clients.

On the 6th of March, 1901, occurred the marriage of Mr. U'Ren and Miss Mary Beharrell. Their hospitable home is the scene of many delightful social functions. Mr. U'Ren gives his political allegiance to the republican party, and upon its ticket was elected from Clackamas county to the Oregon legislature in