Family Card - Person Sheet
NameOtis Henry Culver 
Birth1 Nov 1862
Death15 Nov 1941
Spouses
ChildrenEvelyn Louise (1895-)
Leda Gertrude (1897-1984)
Mabel Florian (1907-1996)
Mary Luella (1903-1980)
Carroll N. (1904-1995)
Notes for Otis Henry Culver
{geni:about_me} Buried Olga, Doe-Bay, WA
O. H. Culver, United States customs commissioner at Bellingham, has long been identified with this branch of government service and has also achieved prominence in other walks of life. A native of Vermont, he was born in 1862, andwhen fourteen years of age he went to Iowa with his parents, George Nelson and Diana L. (Akins) Culver, who later migrated to North Dakota. There the father entered the field of finance, becoming secretary of the North Dakota Loan & Trust Company. Later he engaged in merchandising in Idaho, and in 1890 he came to Washington and for many years operated a farm on Orcas island. He passed away in Bellingham.
O. H. Culver completed his studies in the University of Minnesota, and for two years was principal of the high school at Jamestown, North Dakota. He first came to Washington in 1884, on a vacation trip, and was much pleased with this section of the country. He was in northern Idaho from 1884 until 1889, devoting his attention to the publication of a newspaper, and in the latter year was appointed registrar of a United States land office. He resigned the position soon afterward and in June, 1890, arrived in Tacoma, Washington. In August of that year he located in Fairhaven, and he was made secretary of its first Chamber of Commerce. He was the first secretary of the Bellingham StateNormal School, and he also purchased stock in the Bellingham Herald, of which he was manager for two years. Mr. Culver became connected with the United States customs department in 1897 and for three years was in charge of the port at Roach Harbor. He then returned to Bellingham and after a brief connection with journalistic interest reentered the customs service. He established the port at Friday Harbor, where he was stationed until October 7, 1920, andhe has since been at the head of the department in Bellingham. He has a comprehensive knowledge of this branch of federal service and is one of the most efficient and trustworthy of the Washington body of government officials.
In 1894 Mr. Culver was married to Miss Mabel G. Smith, also a native of Vermont, and five children were born to them: Evelyn, now Mrs. Russell Watson, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Leda, the wife of George Hipkoe, a reporter on the Bellingham American; Carroll, who is taking a course in the University of Washington; and Mary and Florian, both of whom are attending the State Normal School.
Mr. Culver is identified with the Masonic order and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. His work has been of a nature that has brought him a wide acquaintance, and his probity, ability and fidelity to duty are known to all with whom he has been associated.
History of Whatcom County, Volume II, by Lottie Roeder Roth, 1926, pps. 41-42.
http://www.archive.org/stream/richardclarkeofr00pe...keofr00peck_djvu.txt
Written before Mary and Florian were born:
Mabel Gertrude, b. Oct. 5, 1872; m. in Gaysville, Vt., Sept. 6,
1894, to Otis Henry Culver, eldest child of George Nelson and
Diana Louise (Aiken) Culver, who was born in Gaysville, Vt.,
Nov. 1, 1862, Mr. Culver moved with the family to "Woodstock,
Vt., in 1875, and to Iowa in 1876. He was educated in the public
school of Gaysville, in the Des Moines (Iowa) High School, in
Mitchell Seminary, Mitchellville, Iowa, and in the University of
Minnesota. Taught in Minneapolis Academy in 1882, and then
was principal of Jamestown, No. Dakota, High School for two
years. In 1885, engaged in the newspaper business in Murray,
Northern Idaho, and has continued iu that and similar business in
Spokane Falls, Seattle, Fairhaven and Friday Harbor, Wash., to
the present time. In 1897 was appointed deputy collector of cus-
toms, having charge of the custom houses at Roche Harbor and
Friday Harbor. He resides at the latter place, where he owns and
publishes a county newspaper. Children: 1. Evelyn Louise, 10 b.
in Whatcom, Wash., Nov. 11, 1895. 2. Leda Gertrude, b. in "What-
com, Wash., Sept. 11, 1897. 3. Carroll Nelson, b. in Friday Har-
bor, Wash., April 7, 1904.
O. H. Culver, United States customs commissioner at Bellingham, has long been identified with this branch of government service and has also achieved prominence in other walks of life. A native of Vermont, he was born in 1862, andwhen fourteen years of age he went to Iowa with his parents, George Nelson and Diana L. (Akins) Culver, who later migrated to North Dakota. There the father entered the field of finance, becoming secretary of the North Dakota Loan & Trust Company. Later he engaged in merchandising in Idaho, and in 1890 he came to Washington and for many years operated a farm on Orcas island. He passed away in Bellingham.
O. H. Culver completed his studies in the University of Minnesota, and for two years was principal of the high school at Jamestown, North Dakota. He first came to Washington in 1884, on a vacation trip, and was much pleased with this section of the country. He was in northern Idaho from 1884 until 1889, devoting his attention to the publication of a newspaper, and in the latter year was appointed registrar of a United States land office. He resigned the position soon afterward and in June, 1890, arrived in Tacoma, Washington. In August of that year he located in Fairhaven, and he was made secretary of its first Chamber of Commerce. He was the first secretary of the Bellingham StateNormal School, and he also purchased stock in the Bellingham Herald, of which he was manager for two years. Mr. Culver became connected with the United States customs department in 1897 and for three years was in charge of the port at Roach Harbor. He then returned to Bellingham and after a brief connection with journalistic interest reentered the customs service. He established the port at Friday Harbor, where he was stationed until October 7, 1920, andhe has since been at the head of the department in Bellingham. He has a comprehensive knowledge of this branch of federal service and is one of the most efficient and trustworthy of the Washington body of government officials.
In 1894 Mr. Culver was married to Miss Mabel G. Smith, also a native of Vermont, and five children were born to them: Evelyn, now Mrs. Russell Watson, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Leda, the wife of George Hipkoe, a reporter on the Bellingham American; Carroll, who is taking a course in the University of Washington; and Mary and Florian, both of whom are attending the State Normal School.
Mr. Culver is identified with the Masonic order and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. His work has been of a nature that has brought him a wide acquaintance, and his probity, ability and fidelity to duty are known to all with whom he has been associated.
History of Whatcom County, Volume II, by Lottie Roeder Roth, 1926, pps. 41-42.
http://www.archive.org/stream/richardclarkeofr00pe...keofr00peck_djvu.txt
Written before Mary and Florian were born:
Mabel Gertrude, b. Oct. 5, 1872; m. in Gaysville, Vt., Sept. 6,
1894, to Otis Henry Culver, eldest child of George Nelson and
Diana Louise (Aiken) Culver, who was born in Gaysville, Vt.,
Nov. 1, 1862, Mr. Culver moved with the family to "Woodstock,
Vt., in 1875, and to Iowa in 1876. He was educated in the public
school of Gaysville, in the Des Moines (Iowa) High School, in
Mitchell Seminary, Mitchellville, Iowa, and in the University of
Minnesota. Taught in Minneapolis Academy in 1882, and then
was principal of Jamestown, No. Dakota, High School for two
years. In 1885, engaged in the newspaper business in Murray,
Northern Idaho, and has continued iu that and similar business in
Spokane Falls, Seattle, Fairhaven and Friday Harbor, Wash., to
the present time. In 1897 was appointed deputy collector of cus-
toms, having charge of the custom houses at Roche Harbor and
Friday Harbor. He resides at the latter place, where he owns and
publishes a county newspaper. Children: 1. Evelyn Louise, 10 b.
in Whatcom, Wash., Nov. 11, 1895. 2. Leda Gertrude, b. in "What-
com, Wash., Sept. 11, 1897. 3. Carroll Nelson, b. in Friday Har-
bor, Wash., April 7, 1904.