John W. Minto

John Wilson Minto was a law enforcement officer in the U.S. state of Oregon. He served as sheriff of Marion County in the 1880s[1] and as chief of the Portland Police Bureau in the 1890s. His father, John Minto IV, was a well known Oregon pioneer and politician, and his brother Harry Minto was head of the Oregon Department of Corrections. In his memoirs, Oregon governor Oswald West related a story in which Minto, while serving as sheriff, averted a bank robbery in progress.[2]

Minto was born in 1848 and died in 1926. He was a graduate of Willamette University.[3] His youngest daughter, Lena May, died at age 15.[4]

References
  1. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6j8QAAAAYAAJ/page/n355/mode/2up?q=Minto
  2. Oswald West: Reminiscences and Anecdotes: The Harding Brothers, Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 4 (Dec., 1951).
  3. https://portlandpolicemuseum.com/john-w-minto.html
  4. https://www.salempioneercemetery.org/records/display_record.php?id=4538
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