Background
Coshow, Oliver Perry was born on August 14, 1863 in Brownsville, Oregon, United States. Son of Oliver Perry and Sarah Elizabeth (Cochran) Coshow.
Coshow, Oliver Perry was born on August 14, 1863 in Brownsville, Oregon, United States. Son of Oliver Perry and Sarah Elizabeth (Cochran) Coshow.
Public schools and University of Oregon (non-graduate). Doctor of Laws, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.
Admitted to Oregon bar, 1890, and began practice at McMinnville. Moved to Roseburg, 1897. Member State Senate, Oregon, 1905-1909.
Member Board of Higher Curricula, 1909-1920.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon, term 1924-1930, chief justice, 1929-1930. Trustee Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, since 1893.
Baptist. President Baptist State Convention 2 years.
Mason. Deceased.
Married Elizabeth Kay (died 1925). Children: Elizabeth Ann (Mistress East B. Stewart, deceased), Minnie Hazel (Mistress K. H. Pickens), Lenore Dale (Mistress Charles F. Thompson), Bertha Leone (Mistress John L. McClintock).