Charles True Tozier (November 7, 1832 – July 6, 1899) was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he moved to Oregon in 1863 and served as the second mayor of the city of Hillsboro and in the Oregon House of Representatives.
Early years Charles Tozier was born on November 7, 1832, in Manchester, Indiana. Charles True TOZIER. FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Retrieved on June 5, 2008. He was married to Caroline Miner, who died in 1857; he then married Zerilda Mayfield (December 22, 1841 – March 31, 1912) on August 1, 1858, in Nebraska.Mayfield-L Archives. RootsWeb. Retrieved on June 4, 2008. Tozier had one child by his first wife, and five with his second wife. The children were Edith, Nellie, LeRoy, Rozella, and Albert E. Tozier, the latter a newspaper editor and historian.
Oregon In 1863, the family, which consisted of Charles, Zerilda, Rozella, and Albert, immigrated overland to Oregon via the Oregon Trail. The family settled in Washington County.Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 246. From July 1872, to July 1876 he was the sheriff of the county."The Hub: County lists past sheriffs since 1843", The Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976, p. 15. In 1876, Tozier was elected to a two-year term in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican representing the county during the 1876 legislative session.1876 Regular Session (9th). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on June 4, 2008. He also was on Hillsboro's first city council that year, serving from 1876 to 1877. In 1877, he was elected as the second mayor of the city, which is the county seat and incorporated in 1876."The Hub: Mayors: City of Hillsboro, The Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976, p. 6. Tozier was mayor from December 10, 1877, to December 3, 1878. Charles T. Tozier died in Wallace, Idaho, on July 6, 1899, and is buried at Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery.
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