Joseph C. Bayer, b. Feb. 1855 Santa Rosa, CA to Oregon
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 176.
BAYER, J. C., of Portland, was born in Santa Rosa, California, in 1855, and was educated in San Francisco and Oakland. He learned the metal cornice and roofing trade, and in 1879 came to Oregon and established himself in that business in Portland, and has built up a large business. He organized the Builders’ Exchange in 1882, and was its president for two years. He has been a consistent and active Republican and is now a nominee for the legislature.
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