Preston first arrived in Portland in 1853 [1852] He was elected to the state legislature in 1862, representing Clatsop County.
"First Oregon rose fancier, nurseryman and customs collector, was born in Ohio, the son of Horatio Nelson Gillette (who grafted and introduced the Rome Beauty apple). His schooling was local and at Clermont Academy, following which he studied law , 1851-52. In March 1852 he started overland, arriving at Oregon City in September, but went almost at once to Clatsop Plains, where he purchased property on the Lewis and Clark River, near old Fort Clatsop. In May, 1853, he received three boxes of fruit trees, seeds and ornamental shrubbery from his father in Ohio--the first importation of ornamental shrubbery in the Oregon Country. Inclluded were a number of varieties of roses, the only others then in Oregon being the Mission Rose. From this stock sprang a large proportion of the roses, shrubbery, flowering shrubs and berries seen afterwards in early Oregon. In 1866 he was appointed to the revenue service at Yaquina Bay, and in 1867 sold his Clatsop property and moved to Portland, where he worked for the Oregonian, and engaged in the real estate business. He was a legislator from Clatsop and Tillamook counties, 1862 and in 1865-65 represented Columbia and Tillamook counties. He was instrumental in developing new pilotage laws for the Columbia. In 1864 he served as Collector of Customs at Astoria. In 1888 he married Mary McCabe, they had one son. Throughout his life his love of nature amounted almost to worship--that nature made it possible for man to do much for hmself." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 99-100 Note: in this bio his name is incorrectly listed as Percy Wilson Gillette]
"First Oregon rose fancier, nurseryman and customs collector, was born in Ohio, the son of Horatio Nelson Gillette (who grafted and introduced the Rome Beauty apple). His schooling was local and at Clermont Academy, following which he studied law , 1851-52. In March 1852 he started overland, arriving at Oregon City in September, but went almost at once to Clatsop Plains, where he purchased property on the Lewis and Clark River, near old Fort Clatsop. In May, 1853, he received three boxes of fruit trees, seeds and ornamental shrubbery from his father in Ohio--the first importation of ornamental shrubbery in the Oregon Country. Inclluded were a number of varieties of roses, the only others then in Oregon being the Mission Rose. From this stock sprang a large proportion of the roses, shrubbery, flowering shrubs and berries seen afterwards in early Oregon. In 1866 he was appointed to the revenue service at Yaquina Bay, and in 1867 sold his Clatsop property and moved to Portland, where he worked for the Oregonian, and engaged in the real estate business. He was a legislator from Clatsop and Tillamook counties, 1862 and in 1865-65 represented Columbia and Tillamook counties. He was instrumental in developing new pilotage laws for the Columbia. In 1864 he served as Collector of Customs at Astoria. In 1888 he married Mary McCabe, they had one son. Throughout his life his love of nature amounted almost to worship--that nature made it possible for man to do much for hmself." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 99-100 Note: in this bio his name is incorrectly listed as Percy Wilson Gillette]
Preston first arrived in Portland in 1853 [1852] He was elected to the state legislature in 1862, representing Clatsop County.
"First Oregon rose fancier, nurseryman and customs collector, was born in Ohio, the son of Horatio Nelson Gillette (who grafted and introduced the Rome Beauty apple). His schooling was local and at Clermont Academy, following which he studied law , 1851-52. In March 1852 he started overland, arriving at Oregon City in September, but went almost at once to Clatsop Plains, where he purchased property on the Lewis and Clark River, near old Fort Clatsop. In May, 1853, he received three boxes of fruit trees, seeds and ornamental shrubbery from his father in Ohio--the first importation of ornamental shrubbery in the Oregon Country. Inclluded were a number of varieties of roses, the only others then in Oregon being the Mission Rose. From this stock sprang a large proportion of the roses, shrubbery, flowering shrubs and berries seen afterwards in early Oregon. In 1866 he was appointed to the revenue service at Yaquina Bay, and in 1867 sold his Clatsop property and moved to Portland, where he worked for the Oregonian, and engaged in the real estate business. He was a legislator from Clatsop and Tillamook counties, 1862 and in 1865-65 represented Columbia and Tillamook counties. He was instrumental in developing new pilotage laws for the Columbia. In 1864 he served as Collector of Customs at Astoria. In 1888 he married Mary McCabe, they had one son. Throughout his life his love of nature amounted almost to worship--that nature made it possible for man to do much for hmself." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 99-100 Note: in this bio his name is incorrectly listed as Percy Wilson Gillette]
"First Oregon rose fancier, nurseryman and customs collector, was born in Ohio, the son of Horatio Nelson Gillette (who grafted and introduced the Rome Beauty apple). His schooling was local and at Clermont Academy, following which he studied law , 1851-52. In March 1852 he started overland, arriving at Oregon City in September, but went almost at once to Clatsop Plains, where he purchased property on the Lewis and Clark River, near old Fort Clatsop. In May, 1853, he received three boxes of fruit trees, seeds and ornamental shrubbery from his father in Ohio--the first importation of ornamental shrubbery in the Oregon Country. Inclluded were a number of varieties of roses, the only others then in Oregon being the Mission Rose. From this stock sprang a large proportion of the roses, shrubbery, flowering shrubs and berries seen afterwards in early Oregon. In 1866 he was appointed to the revenue service at Yaquina Bay, and in 1867 sold his Clatsop property and moved to Portland, where he worked for the Oregonian, and engaged in the real estate business. He was a legislator from Clatsop and Tillamook counties, 1862 and in 1865-65 represented Columbia and Tillamook counties. He was instrumental in developing new pilotage laws for the Columbia. In 1864 he served as Collector of Customs at Astoria. In 1888 he married Mary McCabe, they had one son. Throughout his life his love of nature amounted almost to worship--that nature made it possible for man to do much for hmself." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 99-100 Note: in this bio his name is incorrectly listed as Percy Wilson Gillette]
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