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Charles Drain (December 28, 1816 – June 24, 1894) was a politician in the Oregon Territory and later the U.S. state of Oregon, and the founder of the city of
;Earliest Authorities in Oregon - Speakers of the House of Representatives of Oregon.
''Oregon Blue Book'', Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved 2011-10-05. Catherine A. Drain (married Simon R. Lane, son of Joseph Lane); and Charles Douglas Drain, builder of the Charles and Anna Drain House, a prominent Drain landmark.
Charles Drain (December 28, 1816 – June 24, 1894) was a politician in the Oregon Territory and later the U.S. state of Oregon, and the founder of the city of Drain
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. He was born in 1816 near Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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. The family moved to Shelby County, Indiana, when Charles was five. Both parents soon died. He married Nancy Ensley in 1839, and in 1852 the family moved to Marion County, Oregon, and later to Linn County, to farm in the Willamette Valley.
In 1855 Charles Drain was elected to the Oregon Territorial Legislature, and during pre-admission statehood in 1858, Drain was elected to the Oregon State Senate
The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Sena ...
. He also served as President of the Council during the last session of the territorial legislature from 1858 into 1859.
In 1860, Drain moved his family to Douglas County and began to purchase parcels that would become a farm. He bought from Jesse Applegate
Jesse Applegate (July 5, 1811 – April 22, 1888) was an American pioneer who led a large group of settlers along the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Country. He was an influential member of the early government of Oregon, and helped establish the ...
. At a price of one dollar, in 1872 he sold to the Oregon and California Railroad to build the town and depot, which would become the city of Drain.
Charles Drain died in 1894. His three surviving children included John C. Drain, who was the first mayor of Drain and a Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives #REDIRECT List of speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives #REDIRECT List of speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives {{R from other capitalisation ...
{{R from other capitalisation ...''Oregon Blue Book'', Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved 2011-10-05. Catherine A. Drain (married Simon R. Lane, son of Joseph Lane); and Charles Douglas Drain, builder of the Charles and Anna Drain House, a prominent Drain landmark.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drain, Charles 1816 births 1894 deaths Members of the Oregon Territorial Legislature People from Douglas County, Oregon People from Shelby County, Indiana 19th-century American legislators